one in which i don't vent
Jun. 25th, 2005 07:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhyll(because i enjoy your comments)
so, yesterday i went to capoeira. on a friday! (novelty.) and i really enjoyed it, despite sudden-intense-pain in my knee (which also happened on wednesday). i massaged it a while, and it went away, and i did the whole lesson - it didn't play up and didn't hurt afterwards, so i think it's ok.
and then, i went out to simon b's. big trek, which involved sitting around at the joondalup train station for half an hour waiting for a bus. so fucking cold! (and, i was still in my sweaty capoeira stuff.) but then simon made me soup and coffee, and i got to have a shower, and generally felt quite good about the world. there were Issues, but i enough distractions that i didn't have to deal with them.
and then, i got to drink beer and talk politics. and it was really, really, excellent. 1) because, after some discussion about other things, one of the women there said "well, to be honest, i just hate boongs". and, of course, that is quite a shocking thing to hear, if you're me. but instead of getting into a fight, or making an excuse and leaving the conversation, i actually managed to have a productive discussion. i kind of steered conversation (yes, an actual conversation - not just me ranting!) around how easy it is to dislike a particular group when you only see them in some contexts, and how the media is skewed, and how everyone has some prejudice but you can deal with it in different ways. and, at the end of it, i felt like i'd actually done something productive. because i'm fairly sure that she was straight-speaking enough that she would have told me if she thought i was speaking absolute bollocks. and instead she agreed with me, and she ended up telling me some interesting things about how pastoralists have treated indigenous people.
plus, there was enjoyable talks with l, about bits and pieces. and sparring, which i enjoy very much. and i got to see t and s, both of whom i like very much.
i am somewhat nervous around t still. because generally, around many of the girls i meet, i worry that they dislike me, and are just not telling me. on the whole i try to assume that they do, in fact, like me, at least until i receive information to the contrary. well. recently there has been yet another girl that i am moving over from the i'm-just-paranoid category to the almost-certain-she-dislikes-me category. it makes me fret that t actually finds me irritating and immature. hmm. if you're a girl, and you don't like me, just tell me. (maybe i should put that on a t-shirt? but then, if someone didn't like me, why would they do as i requested?)
and i went to capoeira again this morning - which makes it four times this week. and i enjoyed myself, and i sang loudly, and enjoyed that too. and no knee-related problems. still some frustration at not being able to do some things - like compaso, which shouldn't be a problem by now. but mostly, all good.
so, on the whole, i would like to report that i am happy.
so, yesterday i went to capoeira. on a friday! (novelty.) and i really enjoyed it, despite sudden-intense-pain in my knee (which also happened on wednesday). i massaged it a while, and it went away, and i did the whole lesson - it didn't play up and didn't hurt afterwards, so i think it's ok.
and then, i went out to simon b's. big trek, which involved sitting around at the joondalup train station for half an hour waiting for a bus. so fucking cold! (and, i was still in my sweaty capoeira stuff.) but then simon made me soup and coffee, and i got to have a shower, and generally felt quite good about the world. there were Issues, but i enough distractions that i didn't have to deal with them.
and then, i got to drink beer and talk politics. and it was really, really, excellent. 1) because, after some discussion about other things, one of the women there said "well, to be honest, i just hate boongs". and, of course, that is quite a shocking thing to hear, if you're me. but instead of getting into a fight, or making an excuse and leaving the conversation, i actually managed to have a productive discussion. i kind of steered conversation (yes, an actual conversation - not just me ranting!) around how easy it is to dislike a particular group when you only see them in some contexts, and how the media is skewed, and how everyone has some prejudice but you can deal with it in different ways. and, at the end of it, i felt like i'd actually done something productive. because i'm fairly sure that she was straight-speaking enough that she would have told me if she thought i was speaking absolute bollocks. and instead she agreed with me, and she ended up telling me some interesting things about how pastoralists have treated indigenous people.
plus, there was enjoyable talks with l, about bits and pieces. and sparring, which i enjoy very much. and i got to see t and s, both of whom i like very much.
i am somewhat nervous around t still. because generally, around many of the girls i meet, i worry that they dislike me, and are just not telling me. on the whole i try to assume that they do, in fact, like me, at least until i receive information to the contrary. well. recently there has been yet another girl that i am moving over from the i'm-just-paranoid category to the almost-certain-she-dislikes-me category. it makes me fret that t actually finds me irritating and immature. hmm. if you're a girl, and you don't like me, just tell me. (maybe i should put that on a t-shirt? but then, if someone didn't like me, why would they do as i requested?)
and i went to capoeira again this morning - which makes it four times this week. and i enjoyed myself, and i sang loudly, and enjoyed that too. and no knee-related problems. still some frustration at not being able to do some things - like compaso, which shouldn't be a problem by now. but mostly, all good.
so, on the whole, i would like to report that i am happy.
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on 2005-06-26 05:50 am (UTC)They're the best sort of posts. I'm glad to read it. :)
Also, I'm totally in awe of you being able to drink beer and talk politics in a constructive and friendly manner, at the same time. I heard that people like you existed, but I didn't dare believe it. ;p