Linda Belly Dance

READ THIS FIRST!!!!!!!! I ONLY ADD FRIENDS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE/MUSIC/ART OR OTHER RELATED FIELDS OF INTEREST!!!! STARTING FEBRUARY 2ND I WILL NOT ADD YOU UNLESS YOU SEND ME A MESSAGE WITH YOUR FRIEND REQUEST. PERIOD!!!I get so many unnecassary friend requests. Although they have lightened up since I started putting scary messages like this one on my profile, my new policy is that I will only add people that send me a friend request as well as a message. Please understand that I get about 20 requests per day and I'm only on here a few times a month. It sucks up all my time to use myspace just filtering through friend requests, 80% of which are bogus/spam/perverts/idiots.I will NOT under any circumstances add you unless you are involved somehow with Belly dance as an art form, other related arts, or I know you already. If your profile does not have evidence of this or is set to private, please briefly explain your involvement in the email. I can't tell who you are unless I can see your profile. Otherwise I will delete your friend request.I also do not need any wanna-be, supposedly-14-year-old, actually 10, punk/gansta loosers OR 98-year-old, pin-up collecting perverts sending requests. Give it up. Get a real life with some dignity and respect for the fact that I am here to promote my art/business. Note that you are NOT under "who I'd like to meet" and I am not "here for" your libido. There are plenty of profiles on here that are. I am not one of them.I also request that people keep messages to me appropriate. Belly Dance is not stripping, vulgar, or sexual. It is not an invitation for explicit or suggestive comments. I am not interested in meeting people for the purpose of dating. I put this profile up to stay in contact with friends out of town and to share knowledge and love of Middle Eastern dance.------------------------------------------------------ --- What can I say (other than the rant above), I'm a belly dancer. I teach it, I perform it, I love it, I breathe it, I watch it until my contacts shimmy and I still want more. I prefer Egyptian/Lebanese Music, the real, classical kind as well as the more modern stuff though I've taken a new interest in Turkish traditional/folkloric dancing. I'm not so big on the 85% naked girls with no talent that show up on turkish talk shows. I take it very seriously because I think it is an art that is in danger of loosing its true charms which are intelligence, maturity, grace, control, and most importantly, musicality.I also salsa dance with my husband, love to learn other languages, and read about various religions. I recently started taking South Classical Indian dance knownw as Bharatnatyam (sp?) with Monica Cooley at the Vanderbilt dance Program. Ahe is AMAZING! I have a website you can visit which is www.lindabellydance.com for classes, performances, etc.