When I was in sixth grade (1985) I just wanted to wear blue glitter eye shadow and Chucks and fake leather pants. Then I moved to Texas. No one in New Braunfels, Texas, was into the 80's punk look. They were all wearing Coke and Pepsi shirts, "jams," and bows in their hair. Dammit. Anyhoo, I wasn't trying to make a point about how lame Texas was. The thing I was getting to was the only positive exposure I had to cheerleaders was my friend Cathy (in South Dakota), who was kind of chunky and not very limber. I have to say that Cathy was cooler than any cheerleader I've *ever* met. Go Hill City Rangers! Ha. Who's living in the past? Waaaay past. But I digress...

Meet two of my cousins - Jeremy and Jeffrey. Both are (obviously) into martial arts. Would you look at them? Dammit - even when I was at my most athletic... my most LIMBER (which was my whole totally screwed up cheerleader take) I was *never* able to kick like this:

I hate these kids. Ha! I'm so kidding! I LOVE YOU GUYS! And Sydney, who I haven't met yet... I love you, too. And their parents, CeCe and Jamie. James is my youngest uncle (nine years older than me). He became my favourite uncle after he stopped being a jerk and hogging his race car sets, and my uncle Gordon (the utmost in fun before Jamie) became a cop. My mom has five brothers: she's the eldest, followed by George, Donald, Clark, Gordon, and Jamie. Clark passed away from leukemia before I was in kindergarden. He was awesome. No matter how sick he was he always joked around with us. I wish I could have known him as an adult. Jamie (the spoiled one) finally grew up and met CeCe, who is absolutely the *coolest* chica (and aunt) ever. Which made Jamie cool by association. :)

Anyway, I'm just saying that I've never been as limber as my little (who aren't so little anymore) boy cousins. That's all. Dammit. Ok?

Ok, whatever. This will make a lot more sense when I edit it while sober tomorrow. :) Damn you people.

Posted by draigdu @ 03/15/2002 11:05 PM CST

i'm jealous. i took karate [well only for a semester] - and i was ok. but i doubt that i'll ever be that good - wow!

Posted by tiff @ 03/16/2002 01:10 PM CST

Wow! Look at those kids! Awesome!

btw - I was a cheerleader in college...and a coach! I have a "Texas Cheerleader Mom" story sometime I'll share!

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