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Congress Intervenes to Force Eight-Year-Old to Bed by 9PM

Congress passed emergency legislation today to force eight-year-old Ethan Deters to be in bed by 9PM every night. Ethan has been struggling over his bedtime schedule with his parents, Sondra and Wally Deters of Lafayette, Indiana. With Ethan consistently staying up until after 10PM, congressional leaders felt they had to take the extraordinary action.

altfriday5: you make me feel like dancing....

From the altfriday5:

1. How often do you dance in public?

Dancing defined as "moving one's body rhythmically to music": Three or four times a week.

Club dancing (ie get out on the dance floor and dance for an extended period of time while not doing anything else) less often - a few times a year.

I'd like to learn how to ballroom dance.

2. Are you selective about the circumstances (music, gotta have a few drinks, club), or will you dance to anything, anywhere, anytime?

The other day I was dancing to the Musak at the grocery store. I dance to the music I sing when I'm driving or riding in the car (the radio's broken in my Mazda). I dance to the music in my head all the time.

Ask Ross -- he's frequently left looking at me saying "you are *so* your Mother".

In terms of club dancing, it generally has to be a song I like, or at least don't hate.

3. Name some music (genres, artists, songs) that would be guaranteed to get you on the floor.

All that retro-80's stuff. Abba, always.

4. Name some music (genres, artists, songs) that would have your ass super-glued to your chair.

Hip-hop, industrial, oontz oontz, stompy stomp.

5. Fill in the blank: In general, dancing makes me feel __________ . (e.g. scared, happy, free, awkward, etc.) Why?

Happy, entertained, and amused.

Happy because it's fun. Entertained because I enjoy the fact that I've gotten to the point where I'll happily dance whenever I want to, just because I want to. And amused because I really am turning into my mother.

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