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What's white and cold and goes *flush*?
Sep. 12th, 2004 01:08 pmRemember a while ago when I was talking about one of the old great bookstores in town going out of business with way too much bitterness, extolling the virtues of typewriters over computers and suchlike? Something Positive, which is Boston-based, seems to agree with me.
I had a good day yesterday, athletically speaking. I went to a blue belt test review for TKD, and with only 2 other people there I got way more specific advice from the teacher than I usually get. I really felt like I was understanding a few things. Then he said "not this time" to me with regards to the actual test late this month... which probably sounds discouraging, but actually made me happy because "not this time" seems to imply "sometime, maybe next time or the time after" and I wasn't sure he was feeling even that positive about me these days. It did surprise me that the two others seem to be testing, since I thought they were at least as shaky as me--but that's their business. Some people the teachers like to push through before they (the students) feel ready, because that motivates them, and others have the testing witheld for a while because that motivates them, and that's just the game they play. After that I was a bit tired, but went and did upper-body lifting anyway. I went light on my back in an attempt to loosen up the knots I have without making them worse, and... it might have helped. Dunno. It felt good to attempt all that, anyway. :) It's been such a long time since I felt really enthusiastic about tae kwon do that I hardly recognize the feeling, but there it is. Hmm. I can see the probability tipping toward me staying and getting a black belt just because I'm psychologically too lazy to break out of the system.
The very best thing about this weekend, though, is having a toilet again. No door, true, but face it--it's easier to get out of sight of the toilet than the sink. The contractors can't do anything over the weekend because the electrical inspector couldn't come to see the wiring (which means they can't put drywall on the walls, which is the next step) so it's been nice and peaceful. And toilet-enabled. And we have two new medicine cabinets now that will go between the studs... hurrah for storage.
I had a good day yesterday, athletically speaking. I went to a blue belt test review for TKD, and with only 2 other people there I got way more specific advice from the teacher than I usually get. I really felt like I was understanding a few things. Then he said "not this time" to me with regards to the actual test late this month... which probably sounds discouraging, but actually made me happy because "not this time" seems to imply "sometime, maybe next time or the time after" and I wasn't sure he was feeling even that positive about me these days. It did surprise me that the two others seem to be testing, since I thought they were at least as shaky as me--but that's their business. Some people the teachers like to push through before they (the students) feel ready, because that motivates them, and others have the testing witheld for a while because that motivates them, and that's just the game they play. After that I was a bit tired, but went and did upper-body lifting anyway. I went light on my back in an attempt to loosen up the knots I have without making them worse, and... it might have helped. Dunno. It felt good to attempt all that, anyway. :) It's been such a long time since I felt really enthusiastic about tae kwon do that I hardly recognize the feeling, but there it is. Hmm. I can see the probability tipping toward me staying and getting a black belt just because I'm psychologically too lazy to break out of the system.
The very best thing about this weekend, though, is having a toilet again. No door, true, but face it--it's easier to get out of sight of the toilet than the sink. The contractors can't do anything over the weekend because the electrical inspector couldn't come to see the wiring (which means they can't put drywall on the walls, which is the next step) so it's been nice and peaceful. And toilet-enabled. And we have two new medicine cabinets now that will go between the studs... hurrah for storage.
