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Today I decided to drive really far to put myself in an akward situation. To my surprise it wasn't too bad.
I woke up at ten, got dressed, grabbed my skates, and drove all the way to Landslide skatepark in Clinton Township, all by my lonesome. It may not sound too akward to the average person, but let me state that I started skating on Thursday and going to the skatepark alone can be pretty intimidating. Not to mention I am the most akwardly shy person ever. Oh yeah, I suck at skating. Anyways, I went to McDonald's in Utica and had a beautiful meal before noon when the park opens to 18+.
I got to LS around 12:15 and paid for an hour and a half to skate. As soon as I got out my money to pay some little ginger kid on blades says to me "I bet I can skate better than you!" to which I responded, "I bet you can." Then he proceeded to tell me he could kick my butt in SKATE. I told him I'd kick his in Mortal Kombat. He didn't know what that was. The kid running the register said, "He probably doesn't know what a nintendo is." The kid interrupted and said, "I have a nintendo wii!" Point proven. I walked into the park, the ginger kid followed, telling me about all the video game systems he has. He told me he was nine and that he had been skating for four years. I told him how long I have been skating. He laughed and told me he was going to make fun of me. I got my skates on and the ginger kid kept doing stupid things asking if I could do them, too. I attempted his tasks, succeeded, but not too well. For a few minutes I just skated around, the ginger kid staying near by. I climbed the stairs to the ramp leading to the quarter pipe I am trying to conquer. Let me map out what I am trying to do: go down one ramp, up another, up the quarter pipe, turn around, go down the quarter pipe, down a ramp, then up a ramp. Sounds stupid, but it's hard. Laugh. It's funny. I tried it a few times, failed.
I decided to go to the mini half pipe and practice dropping in and turning around. I was doing pretty good. I lost ginger kid, oh well. The park started to get pretty crowded, mainly skateboarders. I was sitting along the wall and this little kid dropped in on a skateboard, then came and stood next to me. He was chatty. He and I watched some middle aged guy skateboard for awhile. The little guy asked me what I was listening to. He didn't know what it was. He and I started talking, I told him how it was only my second time and what I was trying to accomplish. We both skated when we got our chances, both trying to further our skills. He transfered out of the half pipe and told me to follow him. I slid(on my butt) down the quarter pipe on the opposing side. It's pretty embarassing. We went up to the spot where I started out. I tried to turn around on the quarter pipe. Wasn't happening. All the kids around kept talking to me, trying to give me advice. The thing that sucks about the spot I have been trying to skate is everyone wants to skate it. I waited awhile to take my turn and go. When I finally went, I got to the quarter pipe and jumped up for some reason, then fell on my tailbone. Yowza, horrible pain. I crawled to the nearby stairs and sat down. I watched all the kids skate while I shook off falling. One of them asked my name by saying "hey, my friend wants to know your name." The "friend" was probably 14. Haha. As soon as I told him all the kids were yelling "Mary, watch this!" or "Mary, come over here!"
The little kid I was hanging out with was awesome, he is fearless. Yeah, he's not too good at skateboarding, but he still attempted to skate everything. Not wanting to attempt anything because my tailbone hurt so bad, I followed the kid around the park. He asked me to guess his age in two tries. I guessed 9, 11, then 13. He's 13. His guess for my age was 16. I probably seemed like a creep when I told him I was 20. We talked about where we were from, he talked about school. Finally I decided to start skating stuff again. The little kid took me up to a ramp double the size of the one I started on. Facing it was a tiny quarter pipe. All I knew was if I went down that ramp I was going to go up that quarter pipe and over it. No thanks. The kids were egging me on to try it until one kid came up to me and said he'd tell me the secret. He was probably 12. His secret wasn't a secret at all, he got behind me and pushed me down the ramp. I went up the quarter pipe and sat down. Haha.
I looked at the clock and time was up. The little kid followed me to the front of the park and said goodbye. I said goodbye, took off my skates, bought a gatorade, then drove home.
Today wasn't a great success. It really wasn't successful at all, but I had a blast. I can't move my legs without my butt hurting, both of my knee caps are completely purple, and I can't lift my arms higher than my chest. Awesome.
In other news: I need a roomate. I want to move out of where I am. It blows.
I woke up at ten, got dressed, grabbed my skates, and drove all the way to Landslide skatepark in Clinton Township, all by my lonesome. It may not sound too akward to the average person, but let me state that I started skating on Thursday and going to the skatepark alone can be pretty intimidating. Not to mention I am the most akwardly shy person ever. Oh yeah, I suck at skating. Anyways, I went to McDonald's in Utica and had a beautiful meal before noon when the park opens to 18+.
I got to LS around 12:15 and paid for an hour and a half to skate. As soon as I got out my money to pay some little ginger kid on blades says to me "I bet I can skate better than you!" to which I responded, "I bet you can." Then he proceeded to tell me he could kick my butt in SKATE. I told him I'd kick his in Mortal Kombat. He didn't know what that was. The kid running the register said, "He probably doesn't know what a nintendo is." The kid interrupted and said, "I have a nintendo wii!" Point proven. I walked into the park, the ginger kid followed, telling me about all the video game systems he has. He told me he was nine and that he had been skating for four years. I told him how long I have been skating. He laughed and told me he was going to make fun of me. I got my skates on and the ginger kid kept doing stupid things asking if I could do them, too. I attempted his tasks, succeeded, but not too well. For a few minutes I just skated around, the ginger kid staying near by. I climbed the stairs to the ramp leading to the quarter pipe I am trying to conquer. Let me map out what I am trying to do: go down one ramp, up another, up the quarter pipe, turn around, go down the quarter pipe, down a ramp, then up a ramp. Sounds stupid, but it's hard. Laugh. It's funny. I tried it a few times, failed.
I decided to go to the mini half pipe and practice dropping in and turning around. I was doing pretty good. I lost ginger kid, oh well. The park started to get pretty crowded, mainly skateboarders. I was sitting along the wall and this little kid dropped in on a skateboard, then came and stood next to me. He was chatty. He and I watched some middle aged guy skateboard for awhile. The little guy asked me what I was listening to. He didn't know what it was. He and I started talking, I told him how it was only my second time and what I was trying to accomplish. We both skated when we got our chances, both trying to further our skills. He transfered out of the half pipe and told me to follow him. I slid(on my butt) down the quarter pipe on the opposing side. It's pretty embarassing. We went up to the spot where I started out. I tried to turn around on the quarter pipe. Wasn't happening. All the kids around kept talking to me, trying to give me advice. The thing that sucks about the spot I have been trying to skate is everyone wants to skate it. I waited awhile to take my turn and go. When I finally went, I got to the quarter pipe and jumped up for some reason, then fell on my tailbone. Yowza, horrible pain. I crawled to the nearby stairs and sat down. I watched all the kids skate while I shook off falling. One of them asked my name by saying "hey, my friend wants to know your name." The "friend" was probably 14. Haha. As soon as I told him all the kids were yelling "Mary, watch this!" or "Mary, come over here!"
The little kid I was hanging out with was awesome, he is fearless. Yeah, he's not too good at skateboarding, but he still attempted to skate everything. Not wanting to attempt anything because my tailbone hurt so bad, I followed the kid around the park. He asked me to guess his age in two tries. I guessed 9, 11, then 13. He's 13. His guess for my age was 16. I probably seemed like a creep when I told him I was 20. We talked about where we were from, he talked about school. Finally I decided to start skating stuff again. The little kid took me up to a ramp double the size of the one I started on. Facing it was a tiny quarter pipe. All I knew was if I went down that ramp I was going to go up that quarter pipe and over it. No thanks. The kids were egging me on to try it until one kid came up to me and said he'd tell me the secret. He was probably 12. His secret wasn't a secret at all, he got behind me and pushed me down the ramp. I went up the quarter pipe and sat down. Haha.
I looked at the clock and time was up. The little kid followed me to the front of the park and said goodbye. I said goodbye, took off my skates, bought a gatorade, then drove home.
Today wasn't a great success. It really wasn't successful at all, but I had a blast. I can't move my legs without my butt hurting, both of my knee caps are completely purple, and I can't lift my arms higher than my chest. Awesome.
In other news: I need a roomate. I want to move out of where I am. It blows.