Vertical World

the remains of the day

winter dusk
golden mirrors
turn to windows

frosted pink chocolate cupcakes

Scrimmage!

Woke up with a blink of sleep - rushed to dress for practice. Rushed to undress after realizing I had put on my compression girdle backwards. Wasn't quite compressing the right parts... Dressing for football takes about 5x longer than dressing for any occasion including a dates, prom... halloween - what have you. It never fails that after everything is in place and belted up, I have to use the bathroom. I should invent women's football pants with those button buttflaps like the ones on pajamas for kids. Sexy.

Practice was relocated at the last minute to somewhere in boonsville so I arrived late but my team was supportive. As soon as I got on the field I was pushed to the front of the line and the uniform I had spent so much time and effort on was driven into the mud with me clinging onto it for my life.

After the "warm-up" Coach yelled out SCRIMMAGE!! The rain poured down, we pumped up with adrenalin and ran plays over and over until we couldn't tell if what was dripping into our mouthguard was rain, sweat, blood or tears. Whatever it was, it tasted... rewarding... and a little salty. Fall/winter weather and football go together perfectly.

I have come to the point of realizing how I feel about football. Last week, Coach said this:

Coach: People do not LIKE football. You either LOVE it or HATE it. You will find out in the next 2 weeks how you feel. If you hate it, you will always hate it. If you love it... you will always love it.
Me: I think I love football... but I think it hates me...
Coach: hahaha... you crack me up. Drop and give me 20!
Me: son of a... i think i hate something else right now..

This week, as I was laying face down in the mud under several double-wide asses, I realized that I love football. Its puppy love at this point since I'm still a very green rookie but for me, puppy love is still love. Things are getting progressively harder and I'm always behind but I'm pushing.

I headed over to SS & Deco's place for dinner. SS prepared Alaskan King salmon, steamed clams, tossed green salad, garlic bread and of course rice. Rice shows up with everything over there - sandwich with a side of rice. Spaghetti... with a side of rice. I'm like - "we get it, you're Asian".. It was so incredibly good... I ate and ate until my bellybutton became an outie.


Brings tears to my eyes... thank you SS - you rock my belly.

Arirang Arirang Ah Ra Ri Rang...

Collector’s Death May Free Long-Lost Korean Classic Film
Evidently 50,000 films were found in this collection.

TOKYO - The death of a Japanese film collector Abe Yoshishige, could yield vital clues to the whereabouts of a surviving copy of director Na Un-gyu's classic 1926 film "Arirang", believed lost in the Korean War.

Abe made contradictory promises to return the film "if North and South Korea agree,” "if the two Koreas unify," and "if the president formally asks the emperor to return the film."

Ass Full of Grass

Last night's practice... aka My First HIT.

We were running routes. I turned around to see who was coming after me and yelped as I saw I had mistakenly been paired up with the biggest linebacker on our team.

Her: Chugga chugga chugga...
Me: oh shit oh shit oh shit
Her: Chugga chugga chugga..
Me: You..you look pretty tonight
Her: CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA..
Me: ..dear father who art in heaven..
Her: CHOO CHOOO!!!!!
Me: Noooo nooooooo!!!

BBAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM!!!
Yes, I got laid out. Grass stains from my helmet to my cleats. My pants actually slid down - I got grass stains on my ass. Lucky for me, green doesnt show up since my ass is already blue.

ode to epsoms salt

Ouch.
Ouch.
...ouch.

soaking in the tub
epsoms salt rub
i laid staring at the ceiling
trying to lose all feeling
hours passed and the water got cold
i drained half way and replaced the old
chess playing penguins came and threw me down
yes, i feel asleep and almost drowned
oh epsoms salt, how long has it been
i look 80 years old with this wrinkled skin
time to get out
time to get out...

Update Part Duh

Activities:
- I'm finally starting up drawing again. The walls in my place are still bare after 6 months... I will fill them in the next 3 months or not. No pressure

- I'm on a pro women's full tackle football team. No I didn't studder.

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Other:
- Once again I'm back to eating mostly vegetarian. No meat or dairy but on occasion I do eat seafood. My biggest luxury item is probably the worst - I love honey. I love to drip golden ribbons of a billion bees lifetime work in my mouth..

"Optimism"...a mere shadow of the good life?