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[moominmolly]

Sick and snuffly and sleepy and beuuuuh. What on earth am I doing at work? I should have an afghan wrapped around my shoulders, bouillon in my hands, and trash on the television. And bunny slippers. !! !!

dilletante and I are undergoing some organizational revamping on the home front, which is satisfying to even think about. At work, I finally got a KVM switch, so I only have one monitor in use on my desk. It's like I've gone up to a master level of some skill, and I'm using it as much as possible. My desk is so clean! Only one monitor, not four! Look, I just hit this button, and suddenly I'm on my Oracle server! MAGIC! *cackle*

I've been in social hermit mode ever since we got back from Burning Man. Most nights, I've been hanging out at home with dilletante and getting sleep. I'm toying with the idea of taking up a martial art (Tae Kwon Do? Gotta put these legs to *some* use), but I'm afraid I've become a bit jealous with my time. Not that I'm doing anything with it. This is probably related to being sick, hmm?

Anyway, don't let me breathe on you.

Comments

[arachne8x.livejournal.com]

First of all "I heart my KVM" to quote ectophylla.
I no longer have to bounce between computers but for when I did it was wonderful.

Second Martial Arts are cool. I would suggest looking into a throwing art, because although hand and feet arts are fun, they aren't useful from a self defense standpoint.

Wow you had four monitors? Crazyness.

Get better.

[justinjs.livejournal.com]

Get better. Or at least bring the bunny slippers to work and sip bouillon at your desk.

If you really do decide to devote the time to a martial art, you should ask yourself seriously what your reasons for starting are. That should somewhat inform your choice of what art to study and who to study with. I am personally of the opinion that for most people in most situations, the choice of teacher is at least as important as the actual art being chosen.

You're not likely to breathe on me from way over there, but I still hope you get some good rest and feel better soon.

[coraline]

i highly recommend kokikai aikido with lyonesse et al. maybe i'll even get back into it ome of these days :}

it meets MTWF, and you can attend as many or as few per week as you want, and it's something ridiculously cheap. and i really enjoyed it.

i'm sorry you're sick :(
wanna do lunch when you're feeling better?

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

We had talked about getting drinks. Maybe we can do that when you feel up to it?

[srl.livejournal.com]

I used to do TKD at Jae H. Kim in Porter Square. It was fun, but life angst intervened. I sort of wish I hadn't drifted away from it. Anyway, I'd recommend it.

[amare.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon!

[museplay.livejournal.com]

With your legs . . . and cat like spirit . . . you should study Kalarippayattu (if you can find a true and suitable teacher).

[dilletante.livejournal.com]

ok, i'll bite. i've never heard of that one.

Kalarippayattu

[museplay.livejournal.com]

It's a very ancient martial art from India (associated with ayurveda). It requires a lot of leg strength. I've only met a couple of students of the form and done a bit of reading. If my legs were of a more robust sort I'd love to seek out a teacher. Alas my legs have always been . . . shall we say . . . less than powerful (that's me being kind to me).

My sense of it is, as a martial art, it would take a strong physicality in the legs, a propensity toward dynamic movement, and a calm, steady, long term approach. So, when I thought moominmolly and martial arts - Kalarippayattu came to mind.

Just ruminations of a tinkering mind

Re: Kalarippayattu

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

That sounds intriguing. Do you have any idea how I would seek out a teacher? Google wasn't immediately informative.

Re: Kalarippayattu

[museplay.livejournal.com]

Great question.

Two ways (or two people) come to mind. Seek out a very traditional (Hindu centric) yoga teacher and ask if they know of anyone practicing Kalarippayattu in the area. The second person would be a traditional Indian Ayurvedic healer / doctor. Basically I'd suggest finding a path into the Indian community. It's likely a practitioner of something so non-mainstream is going to be an "amateur" who practices the form for personal / cultural reasons. It’s unlikely you’ll find a dojo that lists it as a form they teach.

If you go looking, let me know how things turn out. I'd love to hear your impressions of the subject (especially if you take on the studies).

[palmir.livejournal.com]

Arrr!
Wait.

Okay, I just spent the last 20 minutes or so reading (here and other journal and website a bit), based on ladytabitha's suggestion, so now I'm going to friend you so that the next time you post I'll remember who you are and go back and read more. Because right now it's 1, and I'm a little on the tired/incoherent side.

Mmmmm, tired...

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Hee! She mah pimp.

Welcome! I really like your userpics, incidentally.

[palmir.livejournal.com]

Thankee :) And beware! My journal can be really boring! And.. uhh... cause you to like, go out and do stuff because you don't want to end up as boring. Or something. I dunno. I really need to go for a ride.