walkovers, work and Obama

Last night in Kung Fu we did tons of drills, this time against the bags. My knuckles are peeled raw. No matter how much I hit exactly on the spot, it still tears my skin off. Then we started doing kicks, roundhouses with the back leg. Chris started doing his with a really cool jump. I decided I wanted to do that, too. He corrected my timing and then I started to get really into it. Sifu was watching and I heard him mumble something to Chris about "getting really good height on that," and then he had his video camera and he was all, "Don't watch me, just keep doing what you're doing."

So I did, and then it ended up that he hadn't been working the camera right and I had to start over. And over. And over. For the second time in Kung Fu I thought I was going to fall down out of exhaustion. Then we had to do the other side.

It was awesome.

After that we did our blackbelt warmup, and then I decided to try a back walkover. I was afraid to try it myself, and no one was willing to spot me last week because they were afraid they would mess up. yet last night Jenn was there, Jenn from the other school. She was like, "Yeah, I'll spot you, let's just do it." And wouldn't you know, I did it? She totally got me over my fear of going over my hands backwards. Now if I can manage it with more grace, that'd be really cool. 'Cause I can tell you it wasn't pretty when I did it. ;)

Dang, gotta get those videos from Sifu.

Umm, today at work we were superfly busy, but Scooter came in as a third which rocked, and we got all our stuff done in no time. Then Dr. Rob was getting rid of his computer and asked me to find and remove the hard drive so that no one could steal his stuff off there. I did so, then told him we should really destroy the motherboard, too. So it was one motherboard, me, Scooter, a hammer and a screwdriver and we had way too much fun.

I'm cool with every work day except Friday, and that bums me right the hell out. I used to love Fridays. I actually had a nightmare about Fridays the other night, it's ridiculous. I dread them.

Check out Obama winning Wisconsin. :D I wonder if months from now I'll be looking back at these entries about Obama with joy or nostalgia. I want so badly for him to win. I can't take another four years of the Republican idea of "democracy."

walkovers, work and Obama

Last night in Kung Fu we did tons of drills, this time against the bags. My knuckles are peeled raw. No matter how much I hit exactly on the spot, it still tears my skin off. Then we started doing kicks, roundhouses with the back leg. Chris started doing his with a really cool jump. I decided I wanted to do that, too. He corrected my timing and then I started to get really into it. Sifu was watching and I heard him mumble something to Chris about "getting really good height on that," and then he had his video camera and he was all, "Don't watch me, just keep doing what you're doing."

So I did, and then it ended up that he hadn't been working the camera right and I had to start over. And over. And over. For the second time in Kung Fu I thought I was going to fall down out of exhaustion. Then we had to do the other side.

It was awesome.

After that we did our blackbelt warmup, and then I decided to try a back walkover. I was afraid to try it myself, and no one was willing to spot me last week because they were afraid they would mess up. yet last night Jenn was there, Jenn from the other school. She was like, "Yeah, I'll spot you, let's just do it." And wouldn't you know, I did it? She totally got me over my fear of going over my hands backwards. Now if I can manage it with more grace, that'd be really cool. 'Cause I can tell you it wasn't pretty when I did it. ;)

Dang, gotta get those videos from Sifu.

Umm, today at work we were superfly busy, but Scooter came in as a third which rocked, and we got all our stuff done in no time. Then Dr. Rob was getting rid of his computer and asked me to find and remove the hard drive so that no one could steal his stuff off there. I did so, then told him we should really destroy the motherboard, too. So it was one motherboard, me, Scooter, a hammer and a screwdriver and we had way too much fun.

I'm cool with every work day except Friday, and that bums me right the hell out. I used to love Fridays. I actually had a nightmare about Fridays the other night, it's ridiculous. I dread them.

Check out Obama winning Wisconsin. :D I wonder if months from now I'll be looking back at these entries about Obama with joy or nostalgia. I want so badly for him to win. I can't take another four years of the Republican idea of "democracy."