Time to update the description. WSV50 fencer since 2005. Mostly recovered from two meniscus tears in 2006 (not fencing related) and other minor injuries. Focused on improving fencing skills and avoiding injuries. Goal is to qualify for the WSV60 team in 2012.
http://www.usfencing.org/news/article/28615 Cat is a member of IndySabre and we're looking forward to seeing her qualify for the paralympics. For now, however, we'd really like to see her voted athlete of the month of October. Voting continues until Sunday.
At least five years ago, I bought a lined, 3-piece suit that I thought was suitable business attire and would be good for wearing to job interviews. Today, I'm wearing that suit and I noticed
1. It's tight across the shoulders and back and
2. It needs to be dry cleaned.
Thus, the dilemma:
Should I have the suit dry cleaned or give it away?
I note that I'm preparing to go to another city for a week and thus I'm looking into what to pack to take with me. I have too many clothes tha
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Last night's fencing was fun, followed by a lesson that reminded me both of how far I've come and how impossibly far I need to go if I want to achieve my goal of making the world team in 2012.
I've probably said this before but it bears repeating:
I am determined to set aside everything that has been drilled into me since childhood and engage in pure, selfish fun for no other reason than self-gratification.
I drove to Dayton today to fence the Wright Challenge at the WSU. Unfortuantely, only 5 of us were there rather than the expected 11 and thus there was one D whom I've lost to more times than I can count, one E, me, and two Us.
Guess who was older than everyone's mother.
My first bout was against a new fencer so I was pleased that I won 5-0 but figured it was just because he was new. Mr. New Fencer, however, had a good parry-with-opposition and defeated everyone except the D fencer (a
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I'm fast reaching the point where I may stop going to local competitions unless there's a specific goal to be achieved. I have reached my objective on working past some strip mentality difficulties and I think I would achieve more staying at the club and drilling than going to opens. That said....
The IU Open was disappointing in that one of the Cs was not there and the strength of the event was lower than I had realized until I
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I've signed up to fence Saturday at the IU Open in Bloomington, IN and then Sunday at WSU in Dayton, OH. It's going to be a busy weekend.
Practice and lesson yesterday. I think I've reached or am very close to reaching a "tipping point" in blade control. I am sensing things a little better and while some of my bladework is still too large, it's becoming tighter (which, by default, should make it faster).
Regretfully, no matter how hard I work and how much I improve, I cannot keep ahead
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I've been reminded that my last encounter with M&Ms was NOT in April, but in July. I took a bag with me to the Summer Nationals, ate a few, and gave away the rest of the bag.
In a nutshell, caffeine makes me hyper and nervous.
an M&M overdose leads to euphoria>>crash>>burn>>fume>>angry b1tch syndrome.
I am in what I hope is the final phase of ABS. I'm jumpy and much more easily annoyed than usual. My husband says he's staying out of the way until it wears off; whereupon I have to as
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I'll update this after the results are posted as I simply cannot remember names and some details.
I printed out three maps and one Google return map before leaving for Chicago and it wasn't sufficient. I also left at 9am to arrive before 315pm, knowing I'd gain an hour on the way. Not enough time and no, I didn't make any shopping stops along the way.
First, I wasn't aware that Ohio State was playing Purdue in Layayette, which was enroute. Second, I wasn't aware that road construction
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I'm annoyed with myself over my rising frustration level and how my inability to effectively deal with/ignore/suppress my frustration is iimpacting my fencing.
I tell myself over and over and over again, "It doesn't matter." and ... DAMN IT ALL!!!!... it does TOO matter and I can't make it NOT matter. I'm concerned that one of these days I'm going to be carded if I don't learn how to deal with this.
Thus far, my outward expression of frustration has not gone beyond an occasional, "WHAT
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Last Saturday, I watched someone direct pools and DEs with such ineptitude that I briefly considered taking the referee exam in sabre and getting back into directing.
Then sanity returned.
I quit trying to learn to be a director because it became obvious to me that even if I could acquire the skill level needed to feel confident calling actions at the local level, I had/have the wrong personality type for this. When I know I've made a mistake (and I do know, thank-you-very-much), I keep
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11-06-2009 11:47 PM 