Gonna have to suck it up tonight, maybe...

So, I'm not doing any more ballroom dance lessons this year since the next two sequences are uninteresting, though that can be a good thing since beginning salsa is starting up, and if anything salsa is the most useful dance I could learn since I know a lot of people who go salsa dancing, only, these lessons aren't given by a professional instructor, but rather by undergraduates, and I'm not sure if I'm ready to put up with the undergrad egos...

The fact, too, that I missed the first class and they're all weird about joining up at the second -- they make it look like you have to jump through hoops! -- makes me really hesitant. Just look at the beginning and end of this bullshitty e-mail some girl who's taking over the club sent out yesterday:

Good evening all,

Please arrive TEN minutes early to sign in. **Remember this is the last week to join all classes except the Ballroom classes (since they are not happening this week).**

Since it is the second week in all sequences, instructor approval is necessary to join the sequence.

Please arrive with sufficient time to dance with the sequence instructor since you will not be permitted automatically to join the class.

Please note: since all the sequences have started, you must pay $5 per class in order to join the sequence...

Membership Policy:

Membership can no longer be purchased. It can be purchase for the '08-'09 academic year from September 29th through October 17th (first three weeks). Membership will cost $100 for [our university] affiliates and $120 for non-[our university] affiliates.

Just a Reminder:

We do not allow unauthorized photography or videotaping during classes. Also, you may not give instruction to other students in the class. If your partner is having trouble with the step, please ask the class instructors or TAs for some help.

See you all later this week. If you have any questions just ask.

~ [the chicky-poo's name]

It's hard to describe this e-mail, since they just changed policies and some new girl took over, and she looks like a joyless tight-ass... Plus, what I marked in asterixes she used red in her e-mail to do -- who the fuck uses red in an e-mail like that?

You know, then there's the whole issue of calling undergrads "instructors" in phrases like "instructor approval", which just reeks of one big fucking ego trip, as does the fact that you can't help anyone out with a step -- maybe they're trying to prevent students making other students feel uncomfortable, but isn't that better addressed through a courtesy lesson than such a weird draconian policy that bolsters the instructors' fragile little undergraduate egos?

And, to start out with "Good evening all" and then the posed friendliess of "If you have an questions just ask" (thank god she left out an exclamation point! - I would have gone apeshit) is awful, as is her using a tilde to precede her name in the e-mail signature.

If they give me and my couple friends who are going tonight any bullshit, I'm going to lose it, I just know.