This is just a little story about me. It is kind of long and personal so if you are not interested, skip it. A certain person frequently copies and pastes my stuff from here to ccb, so we will see if that happens. Kind of past being embarrased, really, though. Rack-em!!
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I was like a human spider . They tell me now I have a connective tissue problem, enabling me to do things that no body is meant to do. And all of this time, I just thought I was coordinated.
As a child, you would find me at the top of the highest tree or climbing from room to room in my house on the little two inch ledges which bordered every room, much like a spider climbs a wall.
It is no wonder that I discovered karate as young adult and could do it for hours on end and knew no fear. When I started finding myself dumped on my back or neck after executing a jump flying kick, I knew that something was wrong. I would go get patched up at the chiropractor and go back to class again. Over and over I went back and over and over ended up at the chiro’s office. So that is how I found out I have messed up spine bones which fights against my body’s desire to do all of these strange feats with my connective tissue. Almost like a constant battle, one against the other.
After 15 years of this and much training in various systems, I put up my belt and pads, sort of. But occasionally, being addicted and stubborn, take them out again.
And against medical advice, I sometimes race with my dogs (malamute and Siberian husky) across a field and catch the mal and almost the husky, then back to the doctor again. One time we fell all on top of each other, which to me was hilariously funny, even though I knew I would pay for it the next day. One time I got dragged across a gravel pavement by my wolf dog, because I did not let go of his leash. I thought this was funny too. I guess to me life is pretty funny, even when it hurts physically, the funny events are more than worth the physical pain.
My doc says not to run with my dogs, that I might get hurt, but my stubborn mind says ‘yeah, and I might not’, ‘why be scared of living and a feared of dying’. Like gremlin says, ‘better to die on my feet than to live on my knees’. It is like I would rather live full tilt and end up wherever I end up than to live the rest of my live in fear, doing none of the fun stuff. You see, life for me is just helping people and dogs and having fun. That is all that it is to me.
I guess the discovery of pool came at a good time. It is hard for me, being more of a large muscle type person to get to be any good at it. I really have gotten kind of addicted to pool now, even though I am not good, though, because I love the stroke and the way it feels and I climb all over the table, shoot offhanded and all kinds of weird stuff and I guess being the kind of person I am, I like all of that.
Pool does not hurt my body so much and it is fun and very challenging to this old woman. I guess that is why it is a lifetime sport. Even an old person like me can play it and when I am 70 or so I can even be better.
I hope I get to play pool for a long time and get a little better at it but I will still run with my dogs, and every now and then, I will get out those pads.
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I was like a human spider . They tell me now I have a connective tissue problem, enabling me to do things that no body is meant to do. And all of this time, I just thought I was coordinated.
As a child, you would find me at the top of the highest tree or climbing from room to room in my house on the little two inch ledges which bordered every room, much like a spider climbs a wall.
It is no wonder that I discovered karate as young adult and could do it for hours on end and knew no fear. When I started finding myself dumped on my back or neck after executing a jump flying kick, I knew that something was wrong. I would go get patched up at the chiropractor and go back to class again. Over and over I went back and over and over ended up at the chiro’s office. So that is how I found out I have messed up spine bones which fights against my body’s desire to do all of these strange feats with my connective tissue. Almost like a constant battle, one against the other.
After 15 years of this and much training in various systems, I put up my belt and pads, sort of. But occasionally, being addicted and stubborn, take them out again.
And against medical advice, I sometimes race with my dogs (malamute and Siberian husky) across a field and catch the mal and almost the husky, then back to the doctor again. One time we fell all on top of each other, which to me was hilariously funny, even though I knew I would pay for it the next day. One time I got dragged across a gravel pavement by my wolf dog, because I did not let go of his leash. I thought this was funny too. I guess to me life is pretty funny, even when it hurts physically, the funny events are more than worth the physical pain.
My doc says not to run with my dogs, that I might get hurt, but my stubborn mind says ‘yeah, and I might not’, ‘why be scared of living and a feared of dying’. Like gremlin says, ‘better to die on my feet than to live on my knees’. It is like I would rather live full tilt and end up wherever I end up than to live the rest of my live in fear, doing none of the fun stuff. You see, life for me is just helping people and dogs and having fun. That is all that it is to me.
I guess the discovery of pool came at a good time. It is hard for me, being more of a large muscle type person to get to be any good at it. I really have gotten kind of addicted to pool now, even though I am not good, though, because I love the stroke and the way it feels and I climb all over the table, shoot offhanded and all kinds of weird stuff and I guess being the kind of person I am, I like all of that.
Pool does not hurt my body so much and it is fun and very challenging to this old woman. I guess that is why it is a lifetime sport. Even an old person like me can play it and when I am 70 or so I can even be better.
I hope I get to play pool for a long time and get a little better at it but I will still run with my dogs, and every now and then, I will get out those pads.