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weetanya posted about about the marvelous idea someone had for The Shower Meme. My answers are

1. Family history, eh? Any interesting stories come out of your exploration? Where's your family from?

Interesting story (at least I think): I was raised believing that I was a direct decedent of Daniel Boone. After doing some digging, not only are we not the grandbabies of Mr. Boone, but more than likely we're the spawn of a mean man who knocked up a young girl, then refused to marry her. She married a Boone while she was pregnant with this child.
My family so far is almost totally English in every branch I can trace. The ones I've seen traced back very far (probably 6 or so different lines), all came from England in the late 17th century or early 18th century. There is one branch that is Scottish. Most of them have even been in the state of Georgia since the mid 1700's. Oh, and I have Quaker ancestors in two different families.

2. What was the most interesting thing you'd gleaned from the History of Mistresses book?

I haven't gotten too far into it because I'm reading too many books at once right now. I'd say that I've found Heloise and Abelard's tale most interesting. The writer only used them to push a point she was trying to make and so only briefly covered their story. I will be seeking out more information on them.

3. Very interesting discussion of church friendships! You mention that when you were in church, you felt as though friendships were based upon your behavior. Care to elaborate, explain what you feel is important in friendships now?

In my own experience, the relationships I formed in church fluctuated based on my behavior and adhernce to the church's beliefs. When I stopped attending church and when I began to change, these people all withdrew their friendship and pretty much dropped completely out of my life after telling me how many mistakes they believed I was making. These were people who had mostly known me since infancy. I've seen this happen to plenty of other people. My mother is dealing with the same approval game with the people at her church.
I am sure that many non-churchy relationships end up the same way... people who only are friends with someone because they adhere to a certain lifestyle. But I think that the important relationships are the ones that we form based on something deeper than the lifestyles we adopt. If that makes any sense at all.

4. I miss point shoes too. What was your favorite experience dancing?

We did a piece about our grandmothers once. There were interviews done with some of our grandmothers, and they were played throughout the music, woven into it, and images of them as young women were projected onto a scrim. There were two halves, one with us portraying them as young children, skipping wildly across the stage, playing and just being carefree, and then another with them as teenagers. I believe the stories and pictures correlated. It was just so much fun to dance and so very personal to us all.

And in the spirit of carrying things on, anyone want me to interview them?

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No, I don't have a single tape of me dancing and not very many pictures. I have no idea how that happened. I miss dancing something fierce. -sniffle-