Fencing has been going pretty well. Last week I was fencing for 6 hours, plus an extra hour of workouts (running, 300 crunches). It’s weird; sometimes we’re doing a drill and I’m like “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO FENCE! I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING!” and sometimes we’re doing a drill and I’m like “Goddamn I’m good at this.” So, you know.
I can’t remember when our first tournament thing is.
Who the hell invented these goddamned “no damage” hair ties? I never had problems with the metal ones, personally, and the no-metal kind break way too easily. Like this one broke the second time I used it. It still more or less works, but seriously?
Sigh.
I dropped the Theater class. It was a hard decision, because I was really enjoying it, but the add/drop deadline was coming up and I was fairly certain I wouldn’t be able to handle the workload.
I talked to the costume head about coming in and using the sewing machines. She said the theater chair has decided that she doesn’t want students who aren’t working on the play to be coming in when it’s not class time. But she said I could sneak in on Fridays when the chair isn’t here :D
So…maybe less sewing than anticipated this semester.
On the other hand, fencing seems like it may be a decent de-stressor. Compulsory exercise is good for me.
I remember what it was. I don’t think I was hallucinating. I heard geese flying south and I said “Oh shit winter is coming.”
In other news, how the fuck does creative commons attrib function if you don’t display your name in your flickr profile? Way to go, internet.
I thought of something last night and I was like “Oh I should tumble that.” But it was probably a feverish hallucination.
In other news, I’m still sick and I’m freaked out about getting all of my work done for the next week. Noes.
Went to my first fencing practice of the year. Didn’t feel like fencing when I got there, but I ran around the track as fast as I could and when I fenced, it felt good.
Although it hurt. I haven’t fenced since December. Gotta get in shape, kick some ass, stab some people.
I really think that every designer of automatic flush toilets has never actually used one. I mean, they either flush while you are still using them or don’t flush until you’ve been done for 10 minutes. I mean, I’m not the only person who stands up a little bit to wipe and then the toilet flushes, right?
If they want to make it touch-free, why not have a thing you wave your hand through to say “I’m done”?
Sigh. UI is so critical.
My problem with blogging or blog-like things is that once the moment is over, it’s kind of anticlimactic to talk about it.
I was going to write about my first day as TA and maybe about my theater class, but they seem like distant memories now.
Plus…I think like 4 people read this.
Currently making two decisions:
Should I take biochemistry lab Tuesday night instead of Tuesday afternoon? It’s a smaller group, and I would like having my afternoon free. On the other hand, it might conflict with fencing etc.
Should I take theater ungraded? I have 2 weeks to decide, but it would make it so I could focus more on enjoying the course and less on whether or not it will destroy my GPA.
We went to see Saltimbanco by Cirque du Soleil last night.
The first adventure of the night was getting to the venue. Gustav was passing through, so the torrential downpour deterred all other cars from the road, except people who were also trying to go see Cirque du Soleil. So there were thousands of cars trying to park.
Once we finally got parked, some 10 minutes after the show started, we had to scurry down a hill, still raining.
The show itself was amazing. The pattern sort of alternated between multi-person general spectacle and then showcasing of spectacular individuals. A guy who danced around on two or fewer wheels of his bike. Trapeze twins. A pair of male acrobats, one of whom balanced on the other’s head. Amazing costumes, amazing music.
We got even more soaked dashing back to the car. Then, because of concerns that roads might flood and to avoid the traffic jam, we took a circuitous home that involved a considerable amount of guesswork.
I had wanted to see Cirque du Soleil live since I was 12, and it definitely lived up to my expectations. I was only disappointed when the show ended.
