Resolution Time!

Jan 03, 2010 19:04

2009 was a mixed bag. There were serious lows. There were (not quite as impressive) highs.

I spent most of the year seriously crazy and had some spectacular meltdowns, but at least I found a sweet therapist and found out that I've got a fair amount of turf staked out on the Autism spectrum (Asperger's and NLD). And through that, I found one of the new highlights of my life: volunteering with kids with learning disabilities and helping them to learn martial arts. Oh my god, guys. I love those kids so much. Even if the program wasn't rewarding on a deeper level, I would stay for the entertainment value.

I got some real, for serious clients, which was awesome. Then I managed to lose all of them, which was less so.

BJJ and I took a break. We're dating again, but I'm not really into it just yet.

My little cousin died. My grandfather went missing twice more and I still can't believe he didn't die out there. My grandparents have since been moved to a town about an hour outside of Sault Ste Marie with my aunt. My grandfather is safe and happy. My grandmother is... well, improving, I guess. They're better off, but they're not two subway stops away form me anymore, and that sucks.

My dog had a few more health scares, but he's still alive and well. For now, at least.

The writing is improving, even if I just spent two whole months working on a single chapter. Writing one of the greatest novels of all time is hard, dude!
And I interviewed Sean Kingston about Shortie Fires.

My performance in the resolutions department was equally mixed, although decidedly less emo.

1. Change (non-MMA) gyms: I did not do this, primarily because they got two eSpinners. Why can't I quit that bitch?

2. Write more: I did that!

3. Do more training in the afternoon. I'm more at my physical peak then and it frees up some of my evenings: I did not do that! So I'm actually trying this one again as of tomorrow.

4. Drink some Mexican or Kosher Coke: Two cans! One I could barely taste because I was sick, so I saved the second one for my birthday. It made my day, and that is only partially because I am somewhat easy to please.

5. Do Snow's "Informer" at karaoke: Hell yeah. It was met with some admiration and much confusion.

6. Write at least one song for the jiu jitsu musical, Jitz! : Sadly, this did not happen. I blame Tara.

7. Finally put my Cobra patch on my gi and fight more like The Baroness: I somehow managed not to do this, despite the relative ease of the task. I will get around to it this year, though, as soon as I figure out to put it on the damned thing.

8. Actually do a Pilates jacknife that satisfies me: I have actually done a few. I've also done a bunch that didn't quite make it, but I do have ridiculously high standards for this move.

9. Get a gogoplata in BJJ: Well, I think I half got this. In Muay Thai. Sometimes, when my instructor gets bored in the women's class, he tells us to spar MMA-style instead, which is fun for me, because I'm the only girl with a bjj background. A couple of weeks ago, I got a really good omoplata setup on a girl and my instructor told me to go for it, but I decided to fight for the gogo instead, which is kind of awkward when you're wearing shin guards. She ended up tapping to a sloppy mix of the two, but I will take it.

10. Make Tara a pie: See number six. This is her punishment.
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