Author: cheerfulchaotic

gymnastical

So, I did an open floor gymnastics thing, actually participating for the first time. It was a blast. The guy who was showing me around (gymnist on gay.com) had previous experience as a circus trapese artist, and knew his shit, backward, forward, and inside out. Tumbling score of 24. I started off the evening with a 1 and ended with at least a 3. Some of the shit he did just made me think “The Matrix”. Then I saw one guy doing a one-hand handstand, and was like “star wars”. scu = nerd, and I love me for it. =)

I did some stuff on the trampoline, practiced handstands and cartwheels, and forward and backward somersaults, tried a little something on the uneven bars (actually there was only one, so not sure what you’d call that.) and on the mushroom (which is like a pommel horse, but less threatening). The last thing we did was sort of a precursor to handsprings. (he said that the last thing I did was an attempt at a handspring, which I’m not quite ready for, but we shall see how long it takes. =)

I’m going to do more of this, dammit.

another goal

I want to get rid of my separate email client. I want to set up my email so that I can get at it via the web. I want to filter spam. I want to continue to use my two imap accounts. So, I’m going to either a) alter squirrel mail to accomplish these goals, or b) build some new php monstrosity, teaching myself the mail stuff in it at the same time.

Another livejournal meeting

Met last night. We were originally planning to hit Ananda Fuara, but it turns out they’re closed on Sundays (which he fortunately noted before we crossed the bay =). Instead we went to mondo expensive Indian palace which has good indian food (though I still prefer udipi’s). A good time was had. We then hit eudamonia. Turns out he has had some exposure to strategy board games. Excellent. Then we hit comic relief, where I introduced him to barry ween (though he seemed more interested in strangers in paradise). I also had a chat with the guy at the counter about nausicaa. And a little websearching today turns up a reference to the ghibli collection dvd set, region free, for $60. This is so cool, it must be illegal. Pity I’m broke and have nothing capable of playing dvd’s regardless of region. Cruel world.

We then see triplets of belleville. Before the actual show, there was a short which was apparently inspired by a long ago plan by salvador dali and walt disney to make something together. It was pretty surreal. Anyway, triplets is an animated action/comedy from Montreal which takes a critical eye towards the US (and probably france as well). There are only two lines spoken in the entire movie. A little bit of singing in there, too, but the lyrics can’t quite be made out, so it really doesn’t count. But I still liked it, really. It was cute. Don’t know what else to say without giving stuff away. Check it out, if only to see something different from what you’re used to.

But after that, Eric and I went our separate ways for the evening.

Today

Got up early, and went to join Cal Rugged for a bike ride around angel island. We had fun. Biking & climbing. Very leisurely pace. We did have an explosive flat, due to what I think was over pumping of a bike tire. Though, it could have been a really crappy inner tube. Probably a little of column a, a little of column b. This meant that we swapped off running & biking. (well, there were 10 of us. At one point, on the downhill) I volunteered to run. We also had an attractively dorky mech e grad student riding a unicycle. It was cool.