bloodyrosemccoy: (Calvin And Uncle Joker)
bloodyrosemccoy ([personal profile] bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-04-22 11:32 am

Hand Foot Wayward

I think this new sports bra I’ve got is working. As evidence, I present to you the following conversation I had with a ten-year-old boy at the tae kwon do academy yesterday:

KID: *puzzled stare at unfamiliar person*
AMELIA: Hi! I am checking this school out to see if it suits my purposes. My name’s Amelia. What’s yours?
KID: I’m—wait, you have a GIRL’S name!
AMELIA: … Yes. I have wondered about that too. Then I realized it’s probably because I am a girl.
KID: *disbelief and embarrassment*
AMELIA: But I just got my hair cut, so it’s hard to tell.

Which I suppose it is,* if the Princess Peach T-shirt with some telltale bumps underneath doesn’t give me away.

That was also an issue of some concern to the masters at the school—I do’t have quite the right uniform. Mom threw out (and rightly so) most of our old uniforms, except for one rather important exception.

INSTRUCTOR: (on the phone setting up my first time at the school) I don’t suppose you have a uniform for the first day?
AMELIA: I have my Formal Black Belt uniform. It is black.
INSTRUCTOR: Ah, yes, we have the very same black belt uniform! It is white.
AMELIA: That does not actually sound like the same uniform at all.
INSTRUCTOR: Of course it does! There is a black v-neck collar on this uniform.
AMELIA: … No, you do not understand. My black belt uniform is BLACK.
INSTRUCTOR: Black?
AMELIA: Like a raven on a moonless night. Like the finest obsidian blade. Like deepest infinity. When I wear it, I am the night.
INSTRUCTOR: Right. Okay, I guess the offer of a free uniform with first month’s tuition stands.

Which is probably good, since I showed up in the pants from that outfit and a black T-shirt with Princess Peach on it—the full uniform is too hot to actually do much in. I looked like the Evil Ninja on casual Friday.

I told the master I was rusty, and he observed that it’s not like riding a bicycle. But once I started the kicking drills, I had to disagree. I remember how to kick just fine. It’s just a question of trying to get my body to do them again with its less-than-in-shape form. At this point everything I do looks like a mutant roundhouse kick, but then it always has.

And man, did it feel good to do some kicks. I didn’t realize I’d missed it so much. I think I’m going to keep missing the camaraderie of my old school—this new one does not seem the type where we can heckle quite so much—but then, I didn’t expect it to be quite the same anyway.

The only drawback is that this place is off in Way The Hell Over Thereistan, so it’s a bit of a commute. But hey—I rather enjoy the drive, once I know how to get there. It may be an issue in the winter, though.

I suppose I could wear my black uniform then. It’d keep me warm on the drive, anyway.


*Perhaps it’s due to the fact that I marched into this new hairdresser’s salon and said, “I am looking for a hairdresser who agrees that I would look good with a hairstyle from the men’s sections of these hair magazines!” I have never seen a man outside of a magazine or movie actually sport those styles, anyway—they should me marketed as “slightly less girly.”

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/ 2009-04-27 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't help but think long hair would be distracting and annoying, even though I've never had it that long. I'm pretty sure I'd wear it short even if I wasn't a guy (and I'm not sure I wouldn't wear a Peach shirt even though I am). Kicks are catharsis! :>

[identity profile] padparadscha.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
And the Peach shirt just makes it that much easier to pretend you're in a Smash Brothers game!