Writer's Block: Physical Education
Dec. 2nd, 2008 11:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The device has not yet been conceived that could measure my indifference to most sports. A lot of this stems from the fact that while growing up, I was extremely small and very unathletically inclined. Having been raised by a single mom who (despite doing her best) was more interested in her career than my growth, I had nobody to show me the joys of being a dasypygal troglodyte. So I hated all sports, being invariably the last one picked for any team, up to and including kickball. Notable exceptions from summer camp were waterskiing, which I adored; archery (Ho, knave! stand and be recognized!); and riflery (NRA Sharpshooter 2nd bar). It's no coincidence that these were all sports where my only true competitor was myself.
40+ years on, I look at these experiences as a blessing. I have a black belt in TaeKwon-Do and am currently studying Aikido. I ski when I can, I walk regularly, and I swim when there's a pool available. So I have numerous ways of keeping in shape, and I thank G-d that I never developed a fixation with televised sports.
Oh, and there's that thing about hiking around the mountains of West Virginia, chasing invisible cows...
The device has not yet been conceived that could measure my indifference to most sports. A lot of this stems from the fact that while growing up, I was extremely small and very unathletically inclined. Having been raised by a single mom who (despite doing her best) was more interested in her career than my growth, I had nobody to show me the joys of being a dasypygal troglodyte. So I hated all sports, being invariably the last one picked for any team, up to and including kickball. Notable exceptions from summer camp were waterskiing, which I adored; archery (Ho, knave! stand and be recognized!); and riflery (NRA Sharpshooter 2nd bar). It's no coincidence that these were all sports where my only true competitor was myself.
40+ years on, I look at these experiences as a blessing. I have a black belt in TaeKwon-Do and am currently studying Aikido. I ski when I can, I walk regularly, and I swim when there's a pool available. So I have numerous ways of keeping in shape, and I thank G-d that I never developed a fixation with televised sports.
Oh, and there's that thing about hiking around the mountains of West Virginia, chasing invisible cows...
