Premature Gymnastication

The class was over so quickly. Tuesday was the review for the final. 50 multiple choice questions, where some of the options for the “what is the name of the depicted skill” section included “Whoa! What was that?!” I got a 96. I finished in 15 minutes.

It was so weird walking out of the gym knowing that I wouldn’t be back for more than 3.5 months, and that I wouldn’t be doing it with the same people when I did come back. Some sadness. I feel like I bonded with these people, though I really don’t know much of anything about any of them. Still, there’s alot of trust that is earned when people support you (literally, physically) through dangerous explorations, and when you likewise support them.

I’ll probably feel the same way leaving which ever gym I join in chicago. I found two on adultgymnastics that are close to an eL line, though one, as I recall, is a bit of a hike through a scary neighborhood, and was kinda run down 4 years ago. Naturally, that’s the one that offers more sessions for adults per week. The other one is close to the last stretch of the brown line. Don’t really recall what that neighborhood is like, though I’m pretty sure it’s less scary than the area between wicker park and downtown.

If I end up living on the brown line (like I want to) there really won’t be any contest between the two. I’m also planning on sitting in on some seminars at ‘green tech u’, but that’s getting off topic.

Movies (aka, this is what I get for tagging people with questions)

1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video:

Three on dvd. Fight Club, X-men 2, Fellowship of the Ring. My mom did get me a vhs of fantasia at some point, but I have no idea what happened to it. On vhs, I have a quasi-porn guide to gay male coupledom, a quasi-porn gay guide to tantra, the CGMC concerts I was in and the Salivation Army. Can’t find the quasi-porn either. I may have given that away before leaving the bay.

2) The last film I bought:

A used copy of X-men 2, which I left in pittsburgh. *sigh*

3) The last film I watched:

Ghost in the Shell 2.

4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:

Fellowship of the Ring, The Corporation, 10 things I hate about you, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Princess Mononoke (if only Nausicaa didn’t have the terrible 80’s synth soundtrack…)

Once again, you’re all adults, do it if the meme appeals 😉

GAO anxieties

So, work performance anxieties suck. I’m uncertain of my ability to hack it, though certain circumstances should make it easier to perform. 8 hours/day. No websurfing, no gaming, no im, and NO partisanship. (I seriously doubt they’d be cool with any the first 3, and even if they were, uh, probably not a good idea for me. =)

The last time I had a full time job was in 2002. The last time I was in a job with no net access was working with Ro. I’ve never had a job that was both full time and no net. I seriously slacked via webbrowsing at motorola. Starting in my teen years with DnD & no friends to play it with, I developed a habit of reading about games more than playing them. My motorola web-browsing certainly matched that pattern.

Anyway. The anxiety is still there, but I’m not about to let any of this stop me.

A passing thought on Ann Coulter

Leaving aside her bullshit claims applied to vast swaths of humanity (ie, liberals love terrorists), I wanted to check and see if she advocates violence against liberals. Surprisingly, my 5 minutes of web searching suggested that she pulls up very close to that line, but stops short. She advocates intimidation through execution of John Walker. She says that “a baseball bat is the best way to talk to liberals,” which probably doesn’t cross the legal barrier of proposing violence (too vague), but certainly implies it to my mind. Am I saying that she ought to be silenced by government intervention? No. I’m saying she ought to be ignored by society.