This morning I had this GREAT DREAM that I found myself at a party with 19 (yes, I counted in the dream) mounted stripper poles, and the little monkey that I am, I totally had my fun on one! I was SUCH a gymnast in the dream, I was able to twirl around on it and spin (which I can do in real life anyway), and I was able to do a move that flips me upside down on the pole so that I hung feet-up! And it was so incredibly easy when I tried it in the dream, that I doubled it by flipping over right-side up again, still hanging on the pole, and then flipping upside down again, like doing a slow somersault down a pole. I was SO impressed at how athletic I was and how effortless the moves were, that I jumped around excitedly in the dream and declared that I wanted to buy a pole for my house. I know that last part was due to the fact that a coworker had tried to get me to buy in on a collapsible stripper pole ($300+!) so that they could get a bulk discount. I turned it down, but in the dream, I REGRETTED THAT DECISION SORELY.

The flippy move in the dream was inspired, I’m sure, by this little minute-long video that another coworker emailed me on Friday: