I don't buy pants with cuffs anymore, after the unfortunate incident in which I broke my toe.
See, in my fantasy, when I'm kissing you... you're kissing me. It's okay. I can wait.
Oz ,'First Date'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Mar 21, 2005 11:39:34 am PST #9206 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
sj - Mar 21, 2005 11:41:49 am PST #9207 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Congratulations to Raquel and her DH! Welcome to the world Mallory!
Almare - Mar 21, 2005 11:43:08 am PST #9208 of 10002
"My drink preference does not indicate my sexual preference. "
I'm extremely graceful as long as I'm not standing on two feet. Give me, a cane, or a staff, and have nice grace. If you take it away, prepare to start giggling at my pain.
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2005 11:44:59 am PST #9209 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So far I've managed to keep this year's New Year's resolution, which was to not fall on the ice and break a limb.
But I still think I need to learn how to fall properly.
amych - Mar 21, 2005 11:51:20 am PST #9210 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
But I still think I need to learn how to fall properly.
Probably so. But you want to practice on mats first, before you move up to ice.
Sean K - Mar 21, 2005 11:51:24 am PST #9211 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
But I still think I need to learn how to fall properly.
It's never too early to start. Just fling yourself at the ground a lot. Like right now.
The early days may bring a lot of expensive bills, but the payoff in training will be well worth it.
DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 11:52:18 am PST #9212 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's as annoying (well, I'm less gracious than I am graceful, for sure) as a friend of mine with lightning reflexes.
This would be your friend Wally?
Beverly - Mar 21, 2005 11:52:33 am PST #9213 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
We actually had a unit on falling in high school theatre. Trust exercises, where you fall straight back and trust the person/s to catch you, "fainting," or crumpling gracefully to the floor, pratfalls. It was a lot of help, on top of the childhood ballet, in being aware that I was falling enough to relax and roll with it.
I also took ballet in college. Our ballet instructor was a past premier danseur himself, and also taught in the school of dance. He came into class one Monday morning with a walking cast on his foot.
"I'm remodeling. I *knew* the paint cans were there, therefore I had no need to look where I was going. *sigh* Dancers are the clumsiest people on earth."
Betsy HP - Mar 21, 2005 11:54:59 am PST #9214 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I did a trust exercise in high school once. They dropped me. Cured me of *that* impulse.
They replace our office carpet last week and glued down carpet tiles instead.
Through a miscommunication, instead of leaving the building open to outside air all weekend, they shut the air OFF all weekend. Fume city. Need I say that there are no user-operable controls?
§ ita § - Mar 21, 2005 11:58:49 am PST #9215 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This would be your friend Wally?
Or a close relative thereof. With better fighting skills.
Bastard.
My improv troupes would do those trust exercises. Sadly, they told the truth.