... when it's this cold out. But my right knee is bruised badly enough that it seemed necessary. The good news is that the joint isn't actually damaged; I didn't twist it or cause it any real injury. It's just really bruised ( Read more... )

I have a bruise on the pinkie-side of my right ring finger, and on the palm-side in between my index and middle finger. It's probably the result of two days of reverse knife-hand strikes to Tony the Dummy, but those aren't actually parts of my hands that make contact with anything ( Read more... )

This is a piece I wrote recently that I'm particularly proud of, so I'm actually bothering to post it here.

After the Storm (1896 words) by
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I got my blue belt today. It is so very blue and it makes me very happy ( Read more... )

( Blue Belt Skills )

Today I tested for my blue belt. Everything went pretty smoothly, so I'm not worried about not getting it. (I'm not sure anyone has ever actually failed, although certainly from what I've seen it seems like some people ought to...)

( Testing, Testing... )

White Blank Page (823 words) by
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Today one of our white belts, who is probably 5 or 6, came off the mats with his arms outstretched. I think he was going for water, but I asked him if he had been turned into a zombie, and he said yes. Then, when I asked him and his sister if they were ready for their yellow belt test (in two weeks) she said yes, and he said he was scared. When ( Read more... )

Not content with writing 3500 words for my Camp NaNo novel, I had to finish up a fic I started a while ago. It was a very silly idea I came up with while in the shower one day, and decided to go for it. It can't be all angst, all the time, right? *g ( Read more... )

To Be Unmade (4577 words) by
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