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Jun. 12th, 2008 01:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phthalombrageWork today was extra-sucky. I am starting to not have fun. I sat at the desk doing nothing for at least an hour, then did lots and lots of filing. Arbitrary change in HR filing system, not so much fun! And the HUB is confusing; must call my mother again. I'm totally looking forward to that!!
Took an afternoon nap, baked curry crackers, stir-fried tofu and onions and garlic because I fry a lot of things with onions and garlic this week, and left for climbing.
Climbing was fun! Lots of people were there. I can consistently make v0s on the first try, which is not that much of a feat, but yay. I was trying (with general success) mostly v1s and v1/2s, but I got a couple or few v2s. I remember more what the climbs looked like than what they were rated. I also aborted a couple more v2s because outlook was bleak. I don't have much finger or forearm strength... I bank on flexibility and creative use of corner-space, if any, most. I feel like I have improved at clinging to the wall and not giving up when I am halfway up the wall and stuck. It's very puzzle-y and requires much focus. Then everyone started trying this crazy unmarked jumping climb. 8 could do it, but most of us were less successful, until this magical stranger showed us how to use the corner space to do it differently. That was within my body's capability, unlike the vertical leap.
Then chrisamaphone, wjl, gwillen and I went back to chrisamaphone's (they talk type theory in the car) because we heard there were guitars and a ukulele and a viola and violin and things. They played and sang jonathan coulton songs, the house of the rising sun, horse with no name?, and a few other things. I tried to make friends with the kitty. She is less terrified of me now, I think, or maybe she was just very tired when she finally let me pet her. Right as we were trying to leave, after having watched two episodes of the clerks cartoon (who is driving? the bear is driving!), I noticed she was looking at the wall funny. We then watched her half-kill and tease a moth, chasing it around in adorable, brutal fashion.
But gwillen was tired, so the wjlmobile took him and then me and then presumably wjl himself to places where each could sleep.
Took an afternoon nap, baked curry crackers, stir-fried tofu and onions and garlic because I fry a lot of things with onions and garlic this week, and left for climbing.
Climbing was fun! Lots of people were there. I can consistently make v0s on the first try, which is not that much of a feat, but yay. I was trying (with general success) mostly v1s and v1/2s, but I got a couple or few v2s. I remember more what the climbs looked like than what they were rated. I also aborted a couple more v2s because outlook was bleak. I don't have much finger or forearm strength... I bank on flexibility and creative use of corner-space, if any, most. I feel like I have improved at clinging to the wall and not giving up when I am halfway up the wall and stuck. It's very puzzle-y and requires much focus. Then everyone started trying this crazy unmarked jumping climb. 8 could do it, but most of us were less successful, until this magical stranger showed us how to use the corner space to do it differently. That was within my body's capability, unlike the vertical leap.
Then chrisamaphone, wjl, gwillen and I went back to chrisamaphone's (they talk type theory in the car) because we heard there were guitars and a ukulele and a viola and violin and things. They played and sang jonathan coulton songs, the house of the rising sun, horse with no name?, and a few other things. I tried to make friends with the kitty. She is less terrified of me now, I think, or maybe she was just very tired when she finally let me pet her. Right as we were trying to leave, after having watched two episodes of the clerks cartoon (who is driving? the bear is driving!), I noticed she was looking at the wall funny. We then watched her half-kill and tease a moth, chasing it around in adorable, brutal fashion.
But gwillen was tired, so the wjlmobile took him and then me and then presumably wjl himself to places where each could sleep.
