Battered and bruised

“So… Aaron came over last night with a split lip….” said Jenny as she approached me for lunch. *Uh oh*… *try to look innocent*…

Last night was a great night at Kung Fu and Shootfighting. It was the first time I’ve ever put boxing gloves on and ran combination drills. And once the gloves went on they stayed on for most of the night. Sifu used them in a series of drills where we got hit and then counter hit. None of us unloaded on each other, but it doesn’t take much to learn to respect a blow to the face (or anywhere for that matter). The worst part, by far, was the final drill of the night. Basically we each took turns getting our ribs pounded with hooks from our partners while we kept our hands over our heads. Aaron was my partner for that drill. Even though he was only hitting at about 50% I wanted him to stop, oh, after the third hit. All and all it was a very sobering experience (and a reminder that in general I much prefer to be the hitter not the hitee)….

(btw. The split lip came from a punch that slipped through Aaron’s block during an earlier drill. I wasn’t the perpetrator of that one. Unfortunately I did catch Aaron with an accidental hit later in the night. While it was a glancing blow it definitely loaded the Karma Wheel against me. Sorry again Aaron).

My back is killing me. I have a curve in my spine and on damp days I often end up with a kink at the base of it. It’s been rainy here for the last day or so. Try as I might I can’t pop it into alignment. Usually I can run up the Kodak gym and throw a quick form and that will do the trick (funny how most martial arts forms have movements geared towards spinal alignment… and people say it’s just for fighting). Today however, the Gym is being used for a presentation *grrr* So, I keep stretching as best I can and hope that it will eventually resent. But it’s a knawing distraction and concentrating on work has been difficult. Plus it’s a bad hair day on top of that.

wow they managed to make Alyson even whiter… and GAH! that woman’s holding herself!

In other news… Tina informed me that *sigh* Alyson Hannigan *flutter*, pale goddess and my “lust girl” (see earlier, kinda strange blog from August), is going to be on E!-TV’s Celebrity Adventure. Apparently they take a celeb out to a remote place and have them interact with the indiginous people and wildlife. Here’s part of what she does on the show from the E website:

Hannigan hung out with a tribe of natives who were cannibals until 50 years ago. She attended the body-painting ritual, hiked up to some beautiful waterfalls and swam with dolphins.

Also along for the ride is Alexis Denisof, Alyson’s *grumble grumble grumble* boyfriend (and Wesley from Angel). I’m sure wacky hijinks ensue. Peronsally, I’m not a huge fan of the entire Survivor/Road Rules thing. In fact I really don’t go in for just about anything on E! (I’m not big into the Celeb worshiping thing), but this has got Alyson in it so it gets my seal of approval. ;-P

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note to self: take care of Alexis…