Up a new belt!!!!

There is supposed to be a picture of the Dojo Kun up here, which every self-respecting karateka, Sempai, Sensei, and Master lives by, but I am having some problems with trying to get the picture from Google up here, dangit (and pardon my language), so just use your imaginations. Seek perfection of Character, Be Faithful, Endeavour, Respect Others, and Refrain from Violent Behaviour.

So happy!!!!! I just earned my orange (yes, orange) belt in karate the other day! Yes, believe it or not, I have just become a little bit more lethal, a little closer to my black belt (by the way that colour is supposed to be black, but with my template.....) , and one more step closer to the rank of Master. So don't anybody try ticking me off!! So much to learn!!!! A whole new kata, whole new series of moves to learn, more stuff that I'll need when I get my green belt..... lol.

The seminar that we had with Sensei J (NOT Sempai J) was really tiring, with the majority of about 45 students sweating in the first 15 minutes of class, while none of us (minus Sensei D and the higher sempai) are used to. Another ex-yellow belt, DE, actually had to sit out the last 5 minutes of class, but managed to come back on for the grading. My dad was watching us spar for the grading half, and he was worried that we were going to hit each other and land in the ER, since we were punching really hard and we both were tired, and......

But I'm happy to say that no one died, and everyone who graded passed to their next belt. I don't think that we have anymore white belts in our dojo anymore!!! (Or we won't, until I coax, bribe, or forcebly encourage some people to join. Hmm.....)

Next grading's in July, haven't decided yet if I'm going to grade then or not for my green belt.

And for those of you who have read some older posts, two days ago I got my injuries of the last two weeks within the space of a minute playing soccer. I was turning around when JS (not Sensei OR sempai) crashed really hard into me like a linebacker, knocking me over. So I told her to get me back up, and less than a minute later I saw a ball coming towards me, and....

Ya know the cartoons when the guy tries to hit the ball but misses and lands on his butt? The only difference was that I hit the ball! That was somewhat painful!!

And then yesterday I had my feet stepped on twice (Really smart, Canadiangirl, you dummy, to forget your shoes at home and wear sandals that day. Tsk tsk) and got a soccer ball in the back of my head, which also was somewhat painful. Ouch. Now that I'm all caught up on my injuries for the next couple weeks....

Anyways, if you were not on my good side before the grading, then BEWARE!!!!! Muahahahahahaha! *ahem*

Random things that have happened since my last post

Dude, it's Friday and I didn't injure myself at all this week!!!! Yay!!!!!! OK, that's not entirely true, I tripped over myself running to Outdoor Ed class (I swear, that class is cursed!!!) and made a very graceful fall in front of the rest of the class, bumping my knees and hands. And skinned my knee on the floor of the RDAC trying to recover a dodgeball. (By the way T, join the enemy team next time again and I may do something bad to you) ANYWAYS......

Crap, now I've probably just jinxed my good luck with the injuries (or lack of) this week. Since I have to cook dinner tonight for youth group potluck, I'm probably going to burn myself or cut myself open again. Hmm....

It took forever, but little bro #1 finally let me attmept burning his new Kutless CD, Hearts of the Innocent, and what happens?!?!?!?! I finally get my first copy of a Kutless disc, and, like my burn version of AudioA Lift, IT SKIPS ON MY CD PLAYER!!!!! *cusses* And carrying around my Discman, which only works every other odd day, to listen to my tunes is annoying, and I can't afford MP3 batteries. But I'm desperate to hear Kutless, so as I type this, my Discman is strapped to my waist, and hasn't skipped more than twice, Whereas, my CD player.....

Yep, remind me that I gotta get a new CD player. Argh.

What else did I do this week? Practiced for the grading, since I am trying to get my orange belt. Was informed that while my camae (or some other Japenese word like that) is good, I need to perfect my kata if I want to pass. With my friend LM in grade 8, bought AS, a grade 12 student, as a slave for a whole day when spring break ends. Thought of some things that I can get said slave to do for me, such as cleaning my disasterous locker out. Thought of new pranks to play. Thought of escape routes when said pranks are pulled. Got TL to attempt teaching me some Portuguese. Wondering if he forgot already. Came close to burning my report card after I missed Honour Role by two grades!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sulks* Decided that if I do that, no one will belive I got 100% in computers. (Yes I did get 100%) Went to a sports banquet.

Nope, I do nothing over the course of a week, as seen above. Lol.

Happy Easter to all who read this!!!!

30 Hour Famine

As we speak, I am on the 30 Hour Famine, and wondering if this was such a great idea. I am coming up on 24 hours without food and I am beginning to wonder: HOW THE HECK DID I SURVIVE LAST TIME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? (Meh, I guess a few gallons of friut juice and a little less temptation helped somewhat) The day Mom makes fresh bread, smells so good, looks so good, tastes so good too, AND I CAN'T EAT ANY!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!! :@ *sulks*

Getting distracted all day (so far) has helped a lot by sleeping away the 5 minutes that I spend eating breakfast, supper was spend on the Internet, and just now, lunch was over watching my friends practice songs. So cool... Anyways....

My goal was to raise $400 dollars (see? There is a reason why I do this!!) but so far I only have... lets see... about $270 total. That is not good. I need another $130! Oh well, I did the math, and if I get 13 people to each give me 10, then I am happy!!! Major hints to all who read this, cause I need the dough by Monday..... Thanx to all who have chipped in so far!!!

Now I get to go continue my pity party over hunger, and kill the first person to wave a potato chip in front of my face.

Potato chips............. NO!! Must not give in!!!!!!! Must not!!!!!! WILL not give in to temptation!!!! Will resist.... will resist.....

Chips....... mmmmmm.......... food...........

Meh, who am I kidding? RUN, IF YOU HAVE FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It hasn't been a week since the last injury yet!!

Hey, it's only Tuesday and I already have an injury!! This can not be good. I'm afraid of what will hit me in about a month, possibly sooner!!! Hoo boy...

Anyways, what happened was, we were in karate class, doing one-step-sparring, and I was with NE, who besides being a guy is about a foot taller than I am, (I'm about'5"3), and could easily be as strong as Arnold Swar-howeveryouspellit. Anyhow, he was coming up to punch jodan (jaw-level), and either he moved too fast or my block came up too slow (I like to think it was his fault) but he clobbered me Really, Really Hard right above my left eye!!!! It hurt!!! And it's true, you do see stars when ya get clobbered, wether it be a concussion or otherwise.

But it was somewhat fun listening to him have a panic fit, that he had just hurt a more fragile, delicate being, that she now had a severe injury to her head..... And yes it was severe, in my opinion!!!! Well, I was tasting blood in my mouth, as well as brain juice (ew), and I was dizzy, and I saw stars, and I thought I was going to pass out, and my head was throbbing. It hurt a lot. Does that not qualify as severe?! And now I have limited muscle coordination and a major headache. Very annoying. And I don't even get out of working!!!

So I have now employed his little sister Q as a hitwoman until my brain settles back into place. I will get revenge, somehow!!! MUHAHAH- *ahem*

Wouldn't ya know it, as soon as my head recovers from the badminton raquet, I get punched in almost the same spot!! Why me?!?!? Why me?!?!?!??!??!!?!? *sobs*

The stupid thing I did this week...

... That one never wants to do to one's person? (The badminton incident was last week, thank you very much. ) Well, it was during the Outdoor Ed class, we were making kites (genuine, wood-and-garbage-bag kites), and I had to cut a notch into a stick for a string to go. Dry wood cuts very easily. Easier than I thought. My hand was holding the stick, my thumb placed in a desprate position, Right Underneath The (Sharp) Hunting Knife!!!!!!!! Honest, it took 2 seconds and I couldn't even see the cut, there was so much blood coming out!!!! It was gross!!! And I am on... Let's see...... This has got to be at least my 6th bandage on my thumb, cuz they get all nasty and stuff. And a gash right on the end of one's thumb is hard to bandage. So annoying......

I think my thumbs are both going to go on strike soon, cuz there was the hunting knife incident, and on Sunday my cousin's cat attempted carving my other thumb into mincemeat. I think she must have smelled dog/enemy cat on my hand, as opposed to common opinion, which says she only wounded (yes, wounded!) me cause of the tissue wrapping paper I was playing with. Accusation!!! The cat's just predjuced against other cats. I had nothing to do with it!!! Hmm.

And don't give me that look, I wasn't being mean with the tissue paper!!! Darn kitten... (What am I saying?!?!?!?! I love kittens, until they develop claws!!!)

Anyways, back to the hunting knife.

Don't ever do that to yourself, take it from the voice of experience, it hurts!!!!!! And it doesn't even get you out of work, unless you just bleed and bleed to life-threating levels when you get cut, which I don't, so it's not even worth the pain.

So why did I do it? Hmm, hard to say.... Well, I got to gross people out with it, so it was DEFINETLEY worth it for that!!