TweetBack when my mother was still deluding herself into thinking I had some musical promise, she would send me to weekly piano lessons. I don’t actually remember being presented with the concept of “choice” in this decision. I was supposed to learn how to play piano. End of story. I was maybe six or seven […]
how i roll
October 15th, 2009 Comments Off on how i roll
Tags: exhausted · foam roller · rollers · sitting still
rolling addiction
August 26th, 2009 4 Comments
TweetDespite a calf that’s wound up so tight my heel actually hurts, I’m pushing, thrusting, alternatively gritting my teeth and biting my lower lip. Eyes closed, head tilted back, hissing in air and letting it out in trembling exhalations. Moving my hips just a little bit to the left, a little forward…right there. Right right […]
Tags: addict · embrocation cycling journal · pain · perfection · rollers · sweaty
tannery
July 29th, 2009 3 Comments
TweetI hate it when people ask me whether I prefer hot or cold weather. If I had to absolutely choose one over the other, which one would I pick? Like if all year long, it was either really hot or extremely cold, and you couldn’t ever move again. It’s kind of asking someone, if forced […]
Tags: crazy · embarrassing · rollers · summer · sweaty · tan lines
lazy rain
July 22nd, 2009 Comments Off on lazy rain
TweetI don’t know what my parents were really thinking but my name is a homonym for “silkworm” in Japanese. Or maybe they weren’t really thinking. The characters are different, obviously, but it still makes for somewhat awkward introductions. Like oh, hello, my parents named me after a worm that you eventually boil in its own […]
Tags: day off · drenched · rain · rollers · silkworm · sweaty · thunderstorms
the view
May 6th, 2009 1 Comment
Tweet…from my rollers… …is absolutely amazing. Took an exam this morning and I have one coming up on Friday. Then Tuesday. Then sleep, maybe. I’ll be back Friday afternoon. Cross my heart.
Tags: finals · law school · rollers · sleep