Yes, Childhood I think. I can still do cartwheels, but I'm a freak. Cartwheels are, I think, gendered.
Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'War Stories'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
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.
Kat - Jan 05, 2006 8:16:46 am PST #7792 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Nutty - Jan 05, 2006 8:16:53 am PST #7793 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Have you ever tried to teach an adult to swim? Not inconsiderable.
No, but I've never tried to teach an adult to pat her head while rubbing her belly, either.
I do remember learning to locomote with my head under water (as opposed to the generalized doggy-crawl) at about age seven, because I gave myself a black eye due to locomoting with my eyes closed, directly into the wall of the pool.
In fact, it is the only black eye I have ever had.
Connie Neil - Jan 05, 2006 8:17:32 am PST #7794 of 10002
brillig
I can ride a bike, but it's been decades. I grew up in the country, and distances, hills and roads without shoulders kept me from going far. Can jump rope. Fairly incompetent with a ball. Cartwheels are a mystic art to which I have not been initiated.
Hayden - Jan 05, 2006 8:17:45 am PST #7795 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Cartwheels are, I think, gendered.
Very true. That would be a great name for an all-girl punk band, too, now that I think about it.
Scrappy - Jan 05, 2006 8:19:08 am PST #7796 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Just read this story and it made me happy, so I thought I'd share it. [link]
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2006 8:20:09 am PST #7797 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I admit I was skimming when I saw this and wonder what I did to make ita hate me.
I knew as I was typing that I was doing something messy, but the caps and lowercase are so different in my head I couldn't work out what. Sorry! No hateration from me in your direction, rest assured.
Up to 1993, I'd only spent two years living not-on-an-island. And for most of my time in Michigan I lived right up on the river. New Orleans, on the Bayou.
I only wish I could be that close to the water here, but I can smell it, and that's a start. It's only 10 minutes away. Mostly.
Like, can you ride a bike? Do a cartwheel? Catch, throw, hit a ball? Jump rope?
Yes, yes, yes, yes. Though I can't: ride without using my hands or do any fancy jump roping. Never worked out how to learn, either. And thinking about it, I could swim decently before I started learning any of those, because I don't actually remember initially learning to swim.
Kalshane - Jan 05, 2006 8:20:20 am PST #7798 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Like, can you ride a bike?
Yes.
Do a cartwheel?
No.
Catch, throw, hit a ball?
Yup. Baseball was my favorite sport to play as kid. Though I wasn't particularly good at it.
Jump rope?
Maybe? I think I can do the basic just jump over the rope thing without killing myself, but anything more complicated leads to badness.
msbelle - Jan 05, 2006 8:20:24 am PST #7799 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Like, can you ride a bike? Do a cartwheel? Catch, throw, hit a ball? Jump rope? Skate? Any other skill I didn't mention?
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, too broad.
DavidS - Jan 05, 2006 8:20:25 am PST #7800 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I had swimming lessons when I was 4. Then I grew up in South Florida so beach going and pools were a constant. Most of my teen years leisure activities were at the beach, and most of my H.S. friends were on the swim team and/or water polo team.
So I spent a lot of time in the water. Pools, ocean, freshwater canals.
Emmett likes splashing in pools but he isn't really a swimmer quite yet. Well, he can swim underwater, it's the staying on top part he hasn't mastered.
sarameg - Jan 05, 2006 8:20:45 am PST #7801 of 10002
Like, can you ride a bike? Do a cartwheel? Catch, throw, hit a ball? Jump rope? Skate? Any other skill I didn't mention?
I've done all of those as a kid (though I sucked at actually hitting the ball), but I have never ever ice skated, unless you count slipping around in regular shoes on the rare patch of ice.