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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Milonga

Don't panic.

That's really all you need to know.

You wake up one morning and someone's about to bulldoze your house but it's no matter because your whole planet is about to be demolished to make room for a new intergalactic highway?

Hey, it's ok, man. You've got a towel, you've got a cheese sandwich, you've got a friendly red button that says Don't Panic in big letters...you're set.

The Ford Prefects of our tango community have been spreading the gospel to me ever since I first stuck out my thumb on this intergalactic highway. No te hagas drama. Keep on reminding me, Fords.

Have you ever noticed that there is no step so complicated that doing it calmly does not make it seem manageable? Have you ever noticed that there is no leader so amazing that dancing with them calmly does not make them seem like just another guy? Have you ever noticed that there is no night so stuck-in-the-corner that sitting there calmly does not make it seem like you're choosing to watch for your own personal edification?

Someone please figure out how to create this “calmness” and reproduce it at will!