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Sometimes, it breaks your heart just remembering how much you love them. SG with his muscle car and greaser hairdo, this laugh that brings his whole face together like the sun shining. SD with [...]

Lis, the black belt I worked with last night on brush blocks and partner kicks, writes today with some advice: “You’ve been in class what 4 months? Five? Give yourself room to screw up, [...]

It’s not that I’m falling out of love with karate…It’s that we no longer have any white belts in our class and I’m the one with the least amount of training, so practically everything we do is [...]

I’m mentally jabbing this guy’s eyeballs out before he can even lock the door of his car in the Ingles parking lot. Call it a trigger reaction, but seriously—he’s got these jeans on that [...]

My friend called to tell me that she and a buddy hitch hiked home after backpacking this weekend and got a ride, by chance, from my ex-boyfriend. Later that day, he emailed to tell me he’d picked [...]

A little over 30 people came to the reading and celebration last night. I was nervous before the reading until Wesley got up on our makeshift stage and said the nicest, most encouraging things on [...]

Tomorrow night is the big MFA thesis reading at my house! A friend is organizing the potluck and reading for me, so I get to celebrate with my NC peeps and practice for the reading that will [...]

It’s that kind of weariness that comes from lack of sleep. Getting to bed after midnight and waking at 6:30am to the alarm for about ten days in a row will do that to you. Or to me, at least. [...]

I decline the PT under the advice of another physician (friend) who sends a packet of at-home exercises which cost approximately 41 cents postage, as opposed to $70 twice a week for several [...]

Hanshi says he’s force-feeding me more than any student he’s ever had. This is largely a symptom of having a small, mixed-level class, combined with the fact that I have a high retention rate. [...]