This And That

[sleigh]

I promise you I won't bore you with constant updates on aikido... But I thought I'd mention that after my latest Tuesday night session there, where Charlie was teaching and thus the session was, well, vigorous and I ended up doing lots of high falls, I still wasn't as sore the next morning as I was after the first time back. This is a good thing. Mind you, the gas tank was entirely empty and I was running on vapors by the end of the class, so I've still a long way to go to get back into shape. And that's after teaching the first 20 minutes myself -- Charlie was running late, and I was the senior student (sempai) on the mat, so 'protocol' meant that I had to start the class...

Still in all, it's good to be back. Hopefully, I can drop a few pounds, lose a few inches, and get back a little of the stamina I used to have...

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As I was getting out of my car to teach yesterday, I realized that I was actually looking forward to teaching the classes, and that with teaching, for the first time in my life I actually have a 'job' that I enjoy and want to be doing. All the other 'real' jobs I've had in my life I've taken simply for the income. None of them have been horrible (with the exception of the last few years of my Kelly Services stint), but none of them have been something I wanted to get up in the morning and do. It's a nice change.

Of course, I've always had writing and music, at both of which I'd spend all day and night if I could afford it...

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Driving home yesterday, I came up to the light, and alongside me was a pickup truck with American flags attached to the windows on either side, and patriotic stickers all over the bumper proclaiming this person's dedication to America.

Just before the light turned green, the guy rolls his window down and drops a fast food bag on the roadway, then rolls up his window and drives off.

Yep. A true American.

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[adarkjewel.livejournal.com]

Driving home yesterday, I came up to the light, and alongside me was a pickup truck with American flags attached to the windows on either side, and patriotic stickers all over the bumper proclaiming this person's dedication to America. Just before the light turned green, the guy rolls his window down and drops a fast food bag on the roadway, then rolls up his window and drives off. Yep. A true American.

Oh man...littering just drives me nuts.

I was once dating a guy who flicked his cigarette to the ground, stubbed it out and left the butt in the street. He reached for my hand and I refused to give it to him until he picked the butt up and throw it away. He never littered in front of me again. Needless to say, we didn't last. :-P

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Littering bugs me also. One thing I notice every time we visit Toronto is how clean the city is, compared to any city in the states I've ever been in. Sure, there's some trash on the ground and the inevitable cigarette butts here and there, but not in the quantity you find here in the states...