Happy rainy Sunday!
Did you know how much the physically (temporarily) disabled love rain? It adds wonderfully to the constant challenge of staying atop one's crutches and causing no further damage to one's already weakened person.
Well, a slightly hungover gimp trekked out in the rain yesterday to go see the love of her life, keeper of her heart, blessed giver of piggyback rides. It was well worth a little water from which I was mostly shielded anyway by a pink Fruit Roll Up raincoat from H&M.
Now, even a ninja gimp in love can manage to fulfill her ninja duties. For instance, I spent some time with my new monologue from "The Lucky Spot," a play by American playwright Beth Henley. I've got an audition coming up where I need a Cockney accent, so I decided to do a little dialect work on that one and get it ready to go.
I also did my one-legged ninja workout in the hotel room while my flame eternal was out doing his show. And...can we talk about how much my one usable calf is hurting? It appears my ninja workouts have been a little too effective. I added into my routine yesterday some butt lifts, leg lifts, and kickbacks from a one-legged (duh!) plank position. I also came up with a really great exercise using my crutches: With my good leg firmly on floor, I kick the knee of my other leg up to my chest and do a little crunch motion. I don't want that other quad or hamstring wasting away. I've already accepted that my left calf will pale in comparison to its counterpart, but that's where the asymmetry ends. I’m really psyched to hit the gym and do the rowing machine one-legged, I think that should be pretty intense.
Guitar is going well - full fledged blister on my left middle finger! Please, if that finger thinks it’s getting any attention, it has another thing coming. I played on despite its nagging, and now have another song under my belt - “Check Yes Juliet”, by We Three Kings. So, partially because I have darling, exceptionally bright and charming siblings in their teenage years, and partially because I don’t know how to work an iPod and therefore said siblings have to do this for me, I have something of a taste for punk-ish music. Okay, I may like it more than I let on, but as a newly-25 year old person, I feel the need to be discreet with this information.
I am heading over to meet my sister in a little while to cook something (take note this is an original list item!), most likely of the vegetarian Asian persuasion. That is my favorite cuisine and the one in which I am most adept, but I will not limit myself to this genre at the next culinary opportunity.
Oh, I also learned about time-exposures (photography thing) from the handsome boy who makes me smile all time. Basically how to take really cool pictures at night by messing with the aperture. Know what that is? I do. When I get good, I’ll post some examples and maybe even some tips.
Stay dry, folks, and watch out for wet leaves. They’re a real nightmare.
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