the first post of the year was supposed to be something profound about the new possibilities of the year or something. but I’ve got something better to write:
yesterday I got to fight with sticks and I learned how to break someone’s thumb.

how cool is that?!
the classes I signed up for started last week, but since Aimee was in California I was too big of a wuss to go to the class which teaches us Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do Concepts. when we arrived there yesterday I was happy for that.
first of all we were about five minutes late, finding the right building took a little while, and when we came through the door we were met with a group of big dudes doing push ups. a second later they were jogging in one place again. we were stunned and the only girls in this class. could we be more out of place?
we waved a quick hello to the instructor and found our spot on the floor. me and Aimee looked at the very muscular, tattooed guys and at each other. what the heck were we doing here?
when the instructor told us to do 20 push ups I went down on the floor and did five (?) and asked her just that. I also told her to never ever ever leave me alone in that room.
once the warm up was over and we signed in the real stuff began. we got the pads and started to learn different boxing (in lack of a better word) combinations, they threw in ducking and kicking as we went along.
even though it took me a while to get some of the combinations it was surprisingly fun, partly because we would break into fits of giggling while trying to look tough and like we wanted to kill the other person (the fact that I started to sing a long to Hey Jude didn't really help the situation).
I don't think anyone was annoyed with us, though. the instructors made a comment about how that was the fun corner, but they were really sweet to us and came over to show us how it was supposed to look.
after a small break we started using sticks. we each grabbed two bamboo sticks each, and again it was all about different combinations. the instructors were pretty smart - they sent one guy over to us and he stayed in our corner for the whole second hour. we obviously had no clue what we were doing. he was great. he helped us get it right and didn't get mad when I messed up five times in a row. we learned how to counteract an attack and this is when
*drum roll*
they showed how you easily can break someone's thumb - just make sure the person in question is holding a bamboo stick first :)

it was a long time since I had so much fun and the class I dreaded the most has easily become my favourite part of the week. once I get back home I'm going to find another class like this and go. anybody who wants to come with me?