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Sunday, April 06, 2003 On Dancing and Sleep Deprivation For the last couple of days, Tait's actually beat me (for the first time ever!) in blog updates; while he usually updates once every two weeks and I every two days, he's managed to post three times in the last three days. The stinker. [makes a face] I'm a "professional open mic player," according to Rob Chesnick; if he hasn't hit professional status yet himself I'm sure he will soon. 
The best translation that Tait could come up with for the Latin wording on the cover of the Riverside Milton: "Foemina, a bad jaw from the Devil is worse by a pound." And on to more interesting topics, something you'd actually (possibly) want to read... dancing. I figure that in the last two weeks I've spent around 20 hours dancing, mostly swing and salsa. I was at an amazing event last night sponsored by MSalsa, Arts at Michigan, and Hillel (seems like an unlikely combination, doesn't it?): Salsa con Chutzpah, i.e. a few hours of salsa and Israeli dancing. What I learned last night is that salsa's origins are arguably in New York from a mixture of black, Hispanic, and Jewish roots, and there's apparently a sizable community of people who are part Jewish and part Latino. For example, one woman said that for Thanksgiving they'd have black beans, rice, and enchiladas (or something similar--I can't think of the actual dish right now, running on no sleep... darn insomnia) with chicken instead of pork. Brings a new spin to the cliche of "melting pot," doesn't it? ^ Top | 7:05 PM | | | 
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