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Near Death by big truck smash into little scu

So, on the way to work today I pulled up to university on shattuck, waited until the light turned green, then went. Fortunately, I heard the rumbling noise that warned me of a multiple ton truck hurtling through the intersection after the light turned red. And the asshat had the nerve to glare at for having started into the intersection. Anyone who wishes to lecture me about how cyclists disobey traffic laws can shove it. =)

Relationships starting abruptly

An interesting point came out while chatting with All of my relationships started rather abruptly. In all cases, I went from not knowing who the person was to sleeping with them most nights within a one or two week span. This would provide a partial explanation for my discomfort with the early/dating stages of relationships. I dunno. How has it worked for you, gentle reader? How have your initial dating/courtships/whatever gone?

Gymnastics

No original gymnastics mentor today. I have a feeling that telling him on Monday I’d found someone I was interested in may have been a big let down for him. He’s a sweet guy. Plus, I’m sure that he’ll be fine. He has a bf to provide comfort and what not, should he need it. =)

Cut it short to go do housemate bonding stuff at Thelassa (local pool hall). Except that the roommates there were the ones I’m already well bonded to. =) Ah well. My leg was feeling twonky anyway. Did cartwheels on the diagonal for the first time today. It was cool, and yet dizzying.

The calorie curfew does good things for me, but is starting to seem fairly incompatible with gymnastics. And full days are also incompatible with keeping up on lj. Excuse me if I don’t mourn too long.

Parental Coolness

Last night I learned something about each of my parents that I never knew before. Mom worked on the McGovern campaign and Dad took a gymnastics class in college. Heh. Neat. =)

It’s actually kind of easy to have an inferiority concept with respect to my dad. He’s owned his own medical practice for about 20 years at this point, was assistant county coroner, and later county health commissioner, and is now chief medical officer for the ohio national guard and has been repeatedly recommended for promotion to 1 star general. Oh yeah, and for a trump in my suit, he built an opamp in a circuits class in college. I have never understood how the circuitry on one of those suckers worked.

Gymnastics injuries

Did the parallel bars for the first time ever on monday. Just shoulder swings (supporting yourself on the bars with the hands and upper arms, arms roughly parallel to the bar, as opposed to the more advanced ones, where you support yourself with your hands only, and they’re perpendicular to the bar), and some dips. Well, the shoulder swings had some consequences, detailed in the following pics.

cut for the easily disgusted

Yay for zephyr

blk@AND(share&enjoy@AND)» [19:14:03 grumble grumble grumble] |
hm, is Nat my FRIEND?
tmaher@ECE(share&enjoy@AND)» [19:14:31 exempli gratia]
I’d call him more of a “nemesis”, actually.
tmaher@ECE(share&enjoy@AND)» [19:14:47 exempli gratia]
With “archfiend” tendencies.
magus@CS(share&enjoy@AND)» [19:15:15 freak gasoline fight accident]
thank you, tom. I’ve been trying to put forth that extra archfiend effort recently, and I’m flattered that you noticed.
tmaher@ECE(share&enjoy@AND)» [19:15:53 exempli gratia]
Oh, your work with the Western Pennsylvania Infant Mauling Association really speaks for itself.

That, and miscellaneous advice and useful bits.