November 18, 2000. Last evening I went contra dancing. It was very Cultural. I didn't feel that I was in what I know to be contemporary America. Don't play with my words, now, I didn't say I didn't like it, I'm just saying it was different. At the beginning I was analytical it seemed childish and unproductive. As I began to dance with Ms. Graham, I began to realize how soothing and relaxing the dance truly was. By the end I found myself oddly enjoying something I never thought I would enjoy. Contra dancing is a humanistic pattern. It isn't a purely natural, but humans have natural patterns inside themselves, therefore we create things with patterns. It's a typical theoretical example of "Monkey see, monkey do".