Constant motion
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icepixieIce skating today was...interesting. I nearly killed a couple little kids who fell down in front of me. I couldn't stop in time, so instead of skating into them, I was nice enough to fall down backwards instead. I better get some karma points out of that, man.
Then Meg caused me to fall down twice more by spinning me around and around unexpectedly. Ow. I was already feeling the whole afternoon in my butt and thighs by dinner; I can't imagine what tomorrow will be like. Painful, I'm sure. Ballroom tomorrow night will be interesting. In less humiliating news, I did figure out how to do one of those split-second turns where you're facing forward one minute and then are backwards the next. Not at speed, mind you, but even stationary is good, I suppose. :)
Fiesta food was, as always, wonderful. Mmmm, Fiesta.
Fandango was actually a lot classier than I thought it was going to be. (Fandango is an annual event wherein seniors and professors get together and party. The main attraction is generally the free booze.) Everyone was all dressed up, they had these amazing strawberries dipped in milk and white chocolate to look like little tuxedos, not to mention other food, and one of the professors is in a jazz band, and they were playing (loudly) some pretty decent swing and hustle stuff. Peter, you should've stayed longer! Meg and I danced a fair bit, and I bopped around by myself for a while. There weren't very many professors there, though; the only ones I knew who I ran into were Doc and my Fiction professor. Most of the English department seemed to be boycotting for some reason. Alas. I wanted to ask Matz to dance. *g*
I ended up playing a vicious round of air hockey with Meg in the game room next door (I lost 14-22, I believe; today is not my day for ice-related activities, apparently) before coming back to the flat. While I was walking back, I passed by one of the Kokes (I think) doing a countertenor rendition of "Loch Lomond" on Middle Path, which seemed the perfect end to things.
Ah, Kenyon. I will miss you.
Then Meg caused me to fall down twice more by spinning me around and around unexpectedly. Ow. I was already feeling the whole afternoon in my butt and thighs by dinner; I can't imagine what tomorrow will be like. Painful, I'm sure. Ballroom tomorrow night will be interesting. In less humiliating news, I did figure out how to do one of those split-second turns where you're facing forward one minute and then are backwards the next. Not at speed, mind you, but even stationary is good, I suppose. :)
Fiesta food was, as always, wonderful. Mmmm, Fiesta.
Fandango was actually a lot classier than I thought it was going to be. (Fandango is an annual event wherein seniors and professors get together and party. The main attraction is generally the free booze.) Everyone was all dressed up, they had these amazing strawberries dipped in milk and white chocolate to look like little tuxedos, not to mention other food, and one of the professors is in a jazz band, and they were playing (loudly) some pretty decent swing and hustle stuff. Peter, you should've stayed longer! Meg and I danced a fair bit, and I bopped around by myself for a while. There weren't very many professors there, though; the only ones I knew who I ran into were Doc and my Fiction professor. Most of the English department seemed to be boycotting for some reason. Alas. I wanted to ask Matz to dance. *g*
I ended up playing a vicious round of air hockey with Meg in the game room next door (I lost 14-22, I believe; today is not my day for ice-related activities, apparently) before coming back to the flat. While I was walking back, I passed by one of the Kokes (I think) doing a countertenor rendition of "Loch Lomond" on Middle Path, which seemed the perfect end to things.
Ah, Kenyon. I will miss you.
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Date: 2006-02-26 07:03 am (UTC)Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day!
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Date: 2006-02-26 03:49 pm (UTC)Hmmm, perhaps the virtual IcyHot worked, 'cause I actually don't feel too bad this morning. Hmmm.
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day!
Thanks!
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Date: 2006-02-26 11:34 pm (UTC)IcyHot cures many ails. And it provides amusement when the boys play the IcyHot game. Step 1: Go into bathroom. Step 2: Put IcyHot on cup. Step 3: Wear cup. Step 4: Scream like a small child as your buddies laugh. It'll be their turn next.
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Date: 2006-02-27 07:10 am (UTC)And yes I do think that should earn you major Karma points, I've yet to fall ice skating (mostly cause I stick to about 2 pushes and then just glide :) no speed skating for me *G*) and there's a reason for that! It looks painful! Yowch! :)
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Date: 2006-02-28 09:36 pm (UTC)Falling isn't quite as painful as you think it is, depending on where you fall. It's less painful than falling on an icy sidewalk, I can tell you that.