The Jujitsu Test That Happened Months Ago

So, this is an embarrassingly late post. I generally try to update this blog with what's new in my life, but as you might have noticed, there was a period of time where I was simply too swamped to post anything new.

(Sorry.)

So, I got my green belt in Jujitsu! Yay! Wait, you knew that already? Because I've had this green belt for a couple of months now? Oh, well... I know for a fact that you haven't seen pictures! Because VikingDad took hundreds of pictures and I had to go through them and sort them and well... I just didn't feel like it until now.

(I can't be too sorry about not devoting hours of my life to going through hundreds of pictures. Meh.)

Most pictures are basically white blurs anyway, because, let's face it, it's really really difficult to get a good picture of someone performing martial arts.

(...Like this one, for instance. White blurs. Except for the higher ranking students in the background standing in judgment. Eeep!)

Anyway. I didn't feel ready for my test, so I was super nervous.

(I think my expression says it all.)

After bowing in, we had to demonstrate how to fall properly.

(I.E. not on your head.)

I really like that picture, because it looks like I'm falling straight onto my head, and that's hilarious to me. In reality, I started from a headstand and was flipping over. So, just in case you were worried, I did not, in fact, break my neck.

(This one looks kind of cool, though.)

(...Although sometimes the landings are kind of rough. LOL)

After intentionally falling down a lot, it was time for joint locks.

(In other words, how to break someone's wrist in all conceivable ways. This is one way.)

(Here's another way.)

(We also frequently break thumbs.)

(And even do the occasional neck crank.)

I did pretty well on joint locks, but next came the throws! Throws are far and away my weak area in martial arts.

(To my surprise, they worked pretty well!)

(One of the few non-blurry throw pictures.)

(I also demonstrated a submission hold or two.)

(Setting up a Makikomi throw.)

(And the test ended in a throat crush. As all good things should.)

I passed my test! And not only that, but I did my best, too. I'm pretty happy about how it went. After the test, I took my first throws as an official green belt.

Victory!

Epic Barbarian Bedhead

In the interest of making fun of myself (to be fair that's pretty much all I do these days- I do have plenty of material to work with), every once in a while I'll snap a quick photo of myself in the morning. Why? To capture the truly one of a kind artistic creations that I apparently create every night due to my tossing and turning. That's right- I'm talking about bedhead.

 (This is one of my morning masterpieces.)

(This is another. Trust me, despite appearances, there are no wild creatures living in my hair... other than myself.)

Why is my hair so fucking crazy? I don't know. It could be because it's thick. It could be because when I sleep I resemble a log rolling down a hill. Or it could just be that my hair has decided to match my personality completely and just does whatever the fuck it wants. Like my life, the result is usually chaos and tangled messes and the inability to see where I'm going.

(I did manage to find my glasses- yay me!)

(On the other hand do I really want to see what I look like in the morning???)

There are some occasions where I sleep like a normal person. Those occasions are rare and should be commemorated in a photo.

(Whose bright idea was it to take a picture while I was sleeping? Nevermind, let's move on.)

Other times... well, I found this gem in my IPod camera... It should accurately illustrate how my hair gets the way it does every morning.

(Apparently WildGirl found my IPod while VikingDad and I were napping and snapped a few pictures.)

(This is what happens when your 6 year old finds the camera while you're sleeping. Just so you are aware. I have 134 similar pictures on my IPod now...)

It's a good thing the "messy hair" look is in.

(But maybe I've taken it a little too far???)

You don't want to know how long it took me to comb that out. Combing my hair is an adventure sometimes.

(This picture was taken at 3:30AM as I was getting ready for work. To be fair, no one looks dazzling at 3:30AM.)

(I get bedhead when I have long hair or short, it doesn't matter.)

(Although the shorter hair is easier to comb out, so there's that.)

Well I hope you've enjoyed looking at some samples of epic bedhead. They truly are artistic creations, don't you think? At least that's what I tell myself whenever I get a comb stuck in my hair.