If Nadia Commenaci can perform with a sprained whatever it was, I too can soldier on.

[slemslempike]

I have skinned palms and a slight limp because the corridor back to my office was deserted so I decided to try a cartwheel, misjudged the angle and crashed into the wall. This has not remotely dented my belief that I am a gymnast manque. I was always better at round-offs anyway.

My last gymnastic injury was when I was waiting for a meeting and did a handstand against the wall, but apparently while my body is far ampler than it was when I last handstood, my arms are inexplicably no stronger in compensation, and so they gave way almost immediately and I crashed down, bearing that ampler weight on my head. It was a concrete floor. Ow.

The time beore that was when I was about 7 or 8, and watched some competition on TV. Then I decided I could very probably do a somersault in the air and dived head first off the dining chair I was standing on. At least there was a carpet involved in that one.

I am getting lots of emails about the strike action ballot and the nefarious nature of universities. It's very exciting. In a low-level, snippy email kind of way.

Comments

[nerdcakes.livejournal.com]

You do cartwheels when nobody's looking! That is the BEST THING EVER! It is WORTH the pain!

NOTE: This may well come under the heading of 'easy for you to say'. Yes.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Ouch! But I love that you tried.

[jekesta]

Dude.

[lsugaralmond.livejournal.com]

Am jealous. Have never in my life been able to do a cartwheel. Not even badly.

[debodacious.livejournal.com]

Yay - I get to use my gymnast icon! Hope you have recovered from your cartwheel. The last time I did a round off I ended up with crutches and a plaster cast - just as well I din't gor for a back flip or I'd probably have broken my neck.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I'd love to see people doing secret cartwheels in corridors. Especially if they're wearing ties. That'd be the best. I've never been able to do cartwheels or handstands. My arms just ask if I'm kidding, then they collapse.

[wonderlanded.livejournal.com]

NO MORE WORKPLACE GYMNASTICS! I do fear for you sometimes.