Disprocrastination!

It appears that the City of Raleigh recently audited their parking violations management and billing system and then outsourced it to some private company in NYC. In the process, they miraculously knocked off about $80 from the sum of my slew of parking violations. :X Hey, a girl's gotta get to work on time! I paid off the amount that I was most recently charged, and my life suddenly feels like it's in order.

Then, I paid my December power bill, which was sadly quite high due to the fact that my natural state is "freezing cold." Doesn't help when the weather matches - the high on Friday is in the 20s, with the low at about 11 F! It's not uncommon for me to have $20 power bills during spring, summer and fall.

Ah, kung fu! The distance run on the night before proved to be a bad idea, since Sifu Ken decided to give us a workout. I could barely hold horse stance for 20 seconds, my quads were so sore. It's always fun when Sifu Ken's around, because he knows all the little ways you can tweak certain techniques to maximize potential carnage. He says, "here's the official version, and here's what you do if you want to be a real ass, or..." Then he turns to the two ladies (both of us rather small) in the group with a meaningful look, hinting that it'd be acceptable for us to use the dirty versions at any time. Which looks bad on paper, but really means that he'd expect us to assert ourselves if attacked.

We also had another session with E of the calm voice and perpetually happy mood, focusing on the first hand form. Once I can do that and the first staff form (and once I get a gi that doesn't make me look like Yoda dressed up in Obi Wan-sized clothes), I'll be able to pretend with some confidence that I am a ninja, to fool an audience of plebeians.

And Eric regularly makes me die laughing!