Don’t Be Fooled By This Brown Belt… I’m Actually Just An Orange Belt Who Was Generously Promoted Out Of Turn. Eight Times.

I would say that 25% of all my sparring matches or drills involve a full-force knee collision. This is a pretty atrocious record, particularly since I’m supposed to be of the level where I can anticipate when someone is THINKING about kicking, and throw a killer double roundhouse/jumping back kick combo before their central nervous system even sends out a “Leg, kick!” signal. Oops.

One of these days, I will master the art of timing my kicks. Until then, I’m going to practice walking without bending my right knee.

In Two Months and Eight Hours, We Will Be Sampling One Of The Best Tasting Menus IN THE WORLD!!

YAY!!!  I have a dinner reservation for The Fat Duck in Bray, England!!  I might have to abstain from the daily click marathon of the Momofuku Ko website today, because if I also landed a reservation there, I might explode with culinary joy.

OMG!  I did it!  After a dozen back-to-back calls to the UK reservation line, I finally got through, AND got exactly the meal time I wanted (7:00 p.m. on the 11th of November).  SO EXCITED!  Now we can spend the next sixty days drooling over the sample menus online.  I cannot wait!

Using Amazon Prime Is Even Faster Than Buying Things From A Real Store

I placed an order with Amazon.com yesterday, and took advantage of the free Amazon Prime express shipping trial.  I figured that since this was such a large order, and I was very excited about many of the new purchases, it might be fun to get them early.  Early is an understatement: I placed my order late yesterday afternoon, and I already had more than half of the items before noon today.  A girl could get used to this kind of service.