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Lindy knee
Jul. 2nd, 2007 12:03 amGood dance at the Melody Club tonight. A couple of the follows said I improved since last time I danced with them. I'm not that good yet, but the Lindy is finally starting to feel comfortable. I don't have "uh oh...what now?" moments in the middle like I used to. My dancing is still pretty monotonous, just because I haven't learned many steps yet, and I'm still working on communicating the lead well, which is a lot harder than just knowing the moves.
I had a realization today. I used to grump that women will have a huge smile on their faces dancing with some guys, but with me they looked more like, "Nice try. Is this song over yet?" Must be just the difference in dancing skill, right? But I wasn't thinking about my own dancing face. For the last two months I've mostly been dancing with a look on my face like I'm doing math problems in my head. It's a lot more fun when I can look up and smile instead of looking at my feet--and the women are more likely to smile back.
My knee is still hurting. I was limping visibly on the way to my car. It's my fault it's still a problem after, what, six years? My doctor gave me a set of exercises to do, about half an hour three or four times a week. If I can keep doing the exercises for six months, the muscles will be strong enough to keep the tendons in place so they can repair themselves. After six months, it'll be cured forever. Problem is, when my knee hurts I will do the exercises religiously for about a week, then my knee will feel better, so I forget about the exercises, then my knee gets worse again.
This is ridiculous. No more messing around. There's 6 months between today and New Year 2008. I'm printing out calendars I can mark on. Six months, 3-4 times a week, one half hour a day, cured forever by 2008. I can do this. I just need to do it.
I had a realization today. I used to grump that women will have a huge smile on their faces dancing with some guys, but with me they looked more like, "Nice try. Is this song over yet?" Must be just the difference in dancing skill, right? But I wasn't thinking about my own dancing face. For the last two months I've mostly been dancing with a look on my face like I'm doing math problems in my head. It's a lot more fun when I can look up and smile instead of looking at my feet--and the women are more likely to smile back.
My knee is still hurting. I was limping visibly on the way to my car. It's my fault it's still a problem after, what, six years? My doctor gave me a set of exercises to do, about half an hour three or four times a week. If I can keep doing the exercises for six months, the muscles will be strong enough to keep the tendons in place so they can repair themselves. After six months, it'll be cured forever. Problem is, when my knee hurts I will do the exercises religiously for about a week, then my knee will feel better, so I forget about the exercises, then my knee gets worse again.
This is ridiculous. No more messing around. There's 6 months between today and New Year 2008. I'm printing out calendars I can mark on. Six months, 3-4 times a week, one half hour a day, cured forever by 2008. I can do this. I just need to do it.
