I’ve been following the development of the new Women’s Pro Soccer league for so long, I completely forgot to post about it! Since yesterday was the inaugural league game, let me remedy that oversight right now. There are 7 teams in the new WPS league: FC Gold Pride (SF Bay area) Boston Breakers Chicago Red [...]
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Mar 25, 2009
|Martial Arts
Tonight, I managed to do a series of standing front rolls without killing myself! Wooo! Standing front rolls are not terribly difficult, but they have scared the bejeebus out of me since I started martial arts. At first, I worried excessively about my back, since rolling is not generally advised for folks with bad scoliosis. [...]
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Mar 25, 2009
|Martial Arts
I started learning the spear last night in weapons class! The spear is weird. It’s longer than the staff, which was already pretty damn long, and it has a funny red fringe just below the spearhead. I assumed the fringe’s purpose was to distract, but Sifu Carrie said there is a second theory: that the [...]
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Mar 3, 2009
|Life Stuff, Martial Arts
I drove all the way to class tonight. I parked, got out of the car, opened the back door, and reached for my duffel bag. I stood there a minute, breathing in the dark air. Then I closed the door, got back in the driver’s seat, and drove home. I didn’t get a lot of [...]
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