All this clamoring for me to actually put up some content.
Ok, ok!
Not much of a writer (signed on to Blogger mostly just to leave snotty notes on other peoples blogs), however, I hear the will of my public and I obey.
Now, if I only had something to write about... maybe just stick to the basics? What shall it be shuriken or chevre? Maybe a bit of both?
Ninja class has been pretty mello. We've been working on a bit of gymnastics, which for the most part is fun, but I gotta tell you once you're past 30, anything more involved then a summersault is potentially dangerous to your body and just damned difficult unless of course you're the non-ninja visiting friend who shows up at class for a few chuckles and nails a front handspring on his third try (bastard).
Have achieved my advanced blue belt which means I'm working on water technique (read: evasive movement). Need a laugh? Water is supposed to be a more female friendly form as it's about reacting to an attack and parrying it away (as opposed to standing there and taking it like earth or attacking like fire. My Shodoshi says my personality is very water like (read: reactionary) so one would think this would be right up my alley having fluid on the personality and owning a uterus and all, turns out, not so much. Again, need a laugh?
See water often requires you to do tricksy things like foot work. HA! Lunge in, strike, lunge out and to the side. Ha-HA! Want to have some real fun? Give me a piece a bubble gum to chew and stand back and wait for the fun to begin. Geesh. Sadly, my favorite movie line, from that sci-fi classic THEY LIVE ("I'm here to chew bubble gum and kick some ass and I'm all out of gum") can never be apart of my pre-fight taunting routine. How sad for me.
Put me in earth and let me endure, I'll stand there and take the punch, hell, it'll probably just piss me off and sending me careening into fire where I'll begin hitting strikes out of my way and then move in for a Glasgow kiss. Ovaries and a mercurial personality should be good for something other then tearing up at Kodak commercials! Blasted footwork! Grrrrr! Grrr! Frustrated much? O, a touch! Wind should be a real hoot, there's twirling involved.
As for the actual shuriken... got a couple braces of throwing daggers. I told my Mom she'd be proud of me, as I choose these petite jobs that have hearts carved in their handles- tre girly. It's not the cheer squad Mom, I know, but baby steps, baby steps. I haven't had a chance to train with 'em yet, most my knife work has been taking place in the kitchen. Speaking of which...
The kitchen is where I am currently typing, when what I really should be doing is washing dishes, cleaning out the fridge, or mopping the floor. *Sigh* This catering thing is exhausting. Too exhausting even to write about just now, so on the chevre front I'll just say do yourself a favor and pick up a Shun utility knife when you can- they're amazing! The one my MIL got me for Christmas has been dubbed "the Race Car" and is the most used knife on the board. Can't afford such luxury just yet? Treat yourself to some St. Andre triple cream brie (I think Trader Joe's carries it) and try not to think about bitchin' cutlery you don't own.
More adventures in the life of ninja foodie, hopefully, soonish.
3 comments:
You should see Jeremy do water techniques...it's significantly different. I'm not certain any of us have properly grasped water. Which would pretty much make sense as Shidoshio had just entered water when Jonin started fast-tracking her.
And I had just got my water belt when he left for WY. I tend to think that there's a lot more to that element than we've seen...
Anyway - glad to seee that you're actually posting to this thing. Write on!
Hey - it's been two months. Get back to the writing!
Nag. Go eat some cheese.
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