You Know You Are A Dancer When...

...you use long hallways to practice grand jetes and tour jetes.
...you have more pointe shoes than street shoes.
...someone mistakes you for a rubberband.
...instead of toes you have blisters.
...you sit up straight in class.

...you stand en pointe when talking to friends.
...you sit in a straddle comfortably.
...you put on your pointe shoes to reach high places.
...you walk turned out and don't notice.
...dance is life, the rest is just spare time.

...pirouette and fouette are the two main words in your vocabulary.
...you know more French(and Italian) words then anything else.
...you can't count past eight.
...you can't sit still when listening to music.
...you laugh at a non-dancer when they say there feet hurt.

...watching T.V. is a time to stretch.
...you promise to never stop dancing.
...you point your toes even during sit ups.
...you dance down a hallway instead of walk.
...'Practice makes perfect' isn't just a saying, it's a way of life.

...all of your friends are eating dinner while you're in class.
...you do plies and tendus while in lines.
...you do grand jetes in parking lots and down streets.
...you can't remember a time when you're feet were soft and uncallused.
...a new leotard makes your whole day.

...every hard floor is a place for practicing.
...you have an entire drawer full of dance stuff.
...you have washboard abs from those 100 v-sits before each class.
...you have bigger muscles than all of the boys at school.
...before everything you do you say 5,6,7,8

...you use more rosin than soap. 
...you shuffle your way to class.
...you rate music based on whether it would make a good ballet, tap, or jazz dance.