Go jump in a lake.
2001-12-19 8:41 a.m.

Kung fu kitten got a 4% raise! Does a happy dance around cubicle until she realizes that inflation is 4% so technically she got a 0% raise. Damn. Oh well.

I was feeling icky and exhausted last night but still managed to get my ailing body to kung fu. Sifu was gone so two senior students ran the class. It was very fun and they kept things going at a quick enough pace that we got a killer work out without realizing it. I love practicing throws. There's nothing funner than throwing a 180 pound guy on the ground when you're only 5'2" and 120 pounds. Okay, I'm 128 but I'm working on it. Still it's fun to throw around men that are larger than you. Interestingly enough I was the only chick in the dojo last night.

The local Mo Duk Pai (my form of kung fu, translates to Martial Ethics Method) schools have a tradition of meeting up on January first and jumping into some freezing cold water in their uniforms. This year they are jumping into a lake in Vancouver, WA. I missed out last year as I only started kung fu on January 4th.

I grew up in the Puget Sound so the notion of jumping into ice cold water in the dead of winter really doesn't bother me. I used to skinny dip all the time in high school, of course there was usually alcohol involved. This might also be good incentive not to get completely schnockered on New Years. I think being extremely hung over and immersed suddenly in cold water might result in spontaneous implosion. Or at the very least, extreme barfing.

Stole this from Mel.

If I were a Dead Russian Composer, I would be Igor Stravinsky.

Known as a true son of the new 20th Century, my music started out melodic and folky but slowly got more dissonant and bizzare as I aged. I am a traveler and a neat freak, and very much hated those rotten eggs thrown at me after the premiere of "The Rite of Spring."

Who would you be? Dead Russian Composer Personality Test

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