on Friday nights?
I'm nowhere near as good at hand balancing as my training partner tonight, but I did manage to hold my handstand for 10 seconds, so that's progress!
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Sign Here
When I was newer to the Navy, I didn't like signing things. Now...whatever they put in front of me, no matter what the volume. (Yes, each folder AND the cover page of the binder.)
Best Seat in the House
I may be a food snob, but that means I like good food, not expensive food. In San Diego that means dingy taco shops. This particular place is a San Diego institution and happily is just a few blocks from the shipyard so it's an easy walk.
I picked what I consider to be the best seat in the house to eat my tacos...right in front of the back kitchen where huge caldrons bubble with carnitas, chorizo and tamales and the ladies make corn and flour tortillas. This particular machine takes sections of flour dough and with a press and a rotation, each section turns into a dozen round portions that are flattened and then fried on the flat top.
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Seeing Red
Well, I'm still struggling to get my ship out of the shipyard, but every day is one step closer to heading back to sea.
In the meantime, I'm doing lots of training at the local flying trapeze rig and the circus arts studio, and it feels like I'm making real progress. I skipped my usual Sunday afternoon at the rig this past weekend to go to the drag races in Las Vegas. And to drag my mom off to a couple of Cirque Du Soleil shows, which was really what convinced me to fly out there. We saw Ka at the MGM Grand and Mystere at Treasure Island. Ka has an actual plot, though not so much of one that you don't have to think about what's going on between scenes. And the massive hydraulic lift sometimes steals the show, at least if you're a mechanically inclined person. Definitely an amazing experience; I was surprised that the show wasn't sold out. I'd go see it again and ask for different seats so I could see it from another angle. Mystere was a much more traditional Cirque and circus-style show, with individual acts divided by bits of clowing to distract you. Weird and beautiful and captivating. Mom really loved the Chinese Pole act and thinks it's cool that my circus school teaches that.
At the races, and on the plane, I actually knit. Not only that but more surprising since I have been afflicted with a complete lack of ability to pay attention to anything crafty lately, I finished something.
It's a pretty simple wide ribbed hat that I will send off for the Hat for Sailors drive. This one needs a good soak and it will be ready to go. I might even have another one done before the due date (7 November!), though that might be a stretch given that it's still not cast on yet.
