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When she began working for HipMix.net, she decided she'd try out this crazy world of belly dance.
As a child, she was forced to try tap, jazz, tennis and ballet, to make come true her parent's yuppie dreams of having a great athlete/dancer in the family. She was awful at all four, and after years of fighting her mom about wearing itchy tights, got out of dance with a promise to do gymnastics (this all happened when she was around 10, she thinks).
Her brief stint with gymnastics ended when she didn't make the cheer squad in high school (thank goodness - if you know her, she would be the worst cheerleader ever considering her dislike of public performances and in general having cheer at all). She promises she used to be able to do 3 backhand springs in a row, but due to not having life insurance, her boyfriend forbids her from attempting even one.
The only sport that stuck with her was swimming. Her fitness love is and has always been competitive swimming. Her races were 500 and 200 yard freestyle. She started swimming when she was seven years old, and quit after high school because her hair/skin/nails told her that if she ever stepped near chlorine again they would go on strike. Also, she doesn't believe in belonging to gyms and typically bathtubs aren't great for swimming laps.
Now she runs outdoors or at her apartment gym, assuming that treadmill will ever work again. She's a self-proclaimed awful runner who hates running on the side of the road, but has little alternative.
The count right now is one belly dance class taken, and loved.
