For June, I set off fireworks! I have never done that before. I’ve only held sparklers. The Saturday before Independence Day, Joe’s family threw a party. Since they live outside of city limits, fireworks are legal. So, Joe and I bought a small set of fireworks, some poppers, Roman candles, sparklers, and some other stuff. The other people at the party had hardcore fireworks compared to ours.
Joe had said that he likes to hold Roman candles. I read the directions, and they say not to hold them. They should be put halfway into the ground. I was really nervous, but a few other people shot them off, so I tried it. I probably set off five of them, but I think I’d be too nervous to do that again. For the actual fireworks, lighting them was quite an experience. I just wish the fuses were longer. Ours were the small cluster kind. The others had the huge circle ones. Something went wrong one with person’s firework, and it went off only a few feet above the ground. I think I stuck to the Roman candles after that.
For July, I took a pole dancing lesson, I tried indoor surfing, and I broke stuff in the Anger Room.
I have wondered about pole dancing fitness because a few of my friends have attended classes for bachelorette parties. I decided to go to a 90 minute workshop. We learned a handful of moves with the pole: body roll, hip twist, roundabout into a flamingo, and the Madonna. Spinning around the pole was more difficult than I thought. We also did a few moves on the floor. I thought they were silly except for one move that I couldn’t do. The speed bump starts with lying face down and slowly raising the body, starting with the butt. I just couldn’t figure out how to make my body do that. Here’s me in a flamingo:
For indoor surfing, Joe and I went to a sports store that had a wave machine. We had to share the time with four little boys and two little girls. The boys were ridiculously good. Two of them were show offs. With the boogie board, they flipped over, acted like they were going to wipe out and then do something to go back to the bottom, stood up on the board, did push-ups, and splashed the worker. The youngest boy tried the wakeboard and was also good at it.
I didn’t do so well. I started from the bottom and had trouble controlling the boogie board. Another way to go onto the wave is to jump from the top. When I first tried that, I didn’t jump far enough, so I wiped out. I stayed starting out at the bottom for a while. I tried from the top a couple more times, but I did much better starting from the bottom. I did try the wakeboard once. The worker had a rope for me to hold onto while I got my balance, but as soon as she pushed me back onto the water, I fell over.
The day after indoor surfing, Joe, my older brother Vincent, and I went to the Anger Room. I’ll let the video do the talking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xsFQ1ZlSU&feature=g-all-lik
For this month, I’m doing boot camp fitness!
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