How To Disappear Completely

Chocolate is what makes life worth living...

Well, I guess there are other things that make life worth living, but after all those other things, chocolate is the most important.

Michael: What have we always said is the most important thing? What comes first, before anything else?
George Michael: Breakfast.
Michael: No, family.
George Michael: Oh yeah! I forgot. I thought you meant food. You know, what's the most important food of the day....

Arrested Development, Season One.

Having chocolate brownies to come home to makes fencing practice pass pleasantly. Or perhaps the time flew because the foil assistant instructor would periodically ask "So are we having fun yet?" as we sweated through running and footwork drills. One of these days I shall come up with a reply slightly more witty than "Um...........yes? Is that the right answer? Should I try again?" And arguing over whether we were running in a rectangle or an ellipse DEFINITELY kills time. Especially when the foil assistant instructor tries to prove his point by running square corners. I suppose that is what I really love about fencing: the people here are just plain silly. I have a special heart for geeks.* And this team is full of them.

Sadly my new shoes have felt soles and I was sliding all over the wood basketball court where we practice. So it's back to my old tennis shoes.

*Okay, so maybe I haven't always had a heart for geeks of the science/computer department bent, but I do now, okay?! At least, I've gotten to the point where I can admit they are human beings. There. Only 11 steps left to go...

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I have also decided that if I ever get married, I am going to have a jazz band at the wedding reception, even if it costs so much I end up having to sew the wedding dress out of bed sheets. (Or I could pull a Scarlet O'Hara and go for the draped look, except I wouldn't want to imply that marriage was "curtains" for me...) All I ask for is a piano, a standing bass, definitely some horns, maybe a few guitars, a drum kit, the clarinet, and of course....the saxophone.

Posted by funke at 27.09.06 23:55 | TrackBack | Posted to Fencing