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Dec. 9th, 2010 09:10 amCurling is my new obsession. I've always enjoyed watching it, and my cousins and parents have played for years, but I hadn't really ever spent any time on the curling ice. One work event in 2005, which I loved, and that was it.
But this year, a friend asked if I was interested in joining Toronto's gay curling league, and I jumped at it. We ended up with a team of friends which is wonderful, and our Skip (team captain, for those unfamiliar with curling lingo) is quite experienced but not worried about being the super-winningest team, so very supportive and coaches well. The others are friends that we never get to spend enough time with, and one has some high school curling experience and says nice things to me like "you win at curling" because I'm good at throwing rocks in the right direction. :-)
The schedule was a bit of a mess at first when combined with my own schedule, so I've only played three games so far compared to my team's seven. But I'm in like Flynn for the rest, and loving it. LOVING IT! I just feel so hesitant out there - it's weird, as it's been so long since I've tried to do something that I didn't have any developed skill at. I want to spend hours and hours on the ice practicing, just to get a better handle on things. I considered an iPhone app to play curling games in, but somehow I don't think that'll improve my real game.
And oh, my aching muscles! I've been going to physio for a shoulder problem, and as that is mostly healed curling didn't seem like a dangerous thing to do. But apparently ALL MY OTHER MUSCLES have been on vacation. And they KEEP TELLING ME ABOUT IT after the games. So that's interesting. Working on stretching, physio exercises, and icing my shoulder to make sure I actually heal and stop "pulling my everything" as I like to say.
Next stop (other than the weekly games): Ottawa Bonspiel! (tournament) My cousin and great-aunt I'm sure will want to see me play, but I may need to find them a safe place to watch away from the most explicit gays - curling is a social, drinking-centric sport, and the gay curling league is especially!
Anyway, in honour of curling I have a new usericon for LiveJournal. Woo!
But this year, a friend asked if I was interested in joining Toronto's gay curling league, and I jumped at it. We ended up with a team of friends which is wonderful, and our Skip (team captain, for those unfamiliar with curling lingo) is quite experienced but not worried about being the super-winningest team, so very supportive and coaches well. The others are friends that we never get to spend enough time with, and one has some high school curling experience and says nice things to me like "you win at curling" because I'm good at throwing rocks in the right direction. :-)
The schedule was a bit of a mess at first when combined with my own schedule, so I've only played three games so far compared to my team's seven. But I'm in like Flynn for the rest, and loving it. LOVING IT! I just feel so hesitant out there - it's weird, as it's been so long since I've tried to do something that I didn't have any developed skill at. I want to spend hours and hours on the ice practicing, just to get a better handle on things. I considered an iPhone app to play curling games in, but somehow I don't think that'll improve my real game.
And oh, my aching muscles! I've been going to physio for a shoulder problem, and as that is mostly healed curling didn't seem like a dangerous thing to do. But apparently ALL MY OTHER MUSCLES have been on vacation. And they KEEP TELLING ME ABOUT IT after the games. So that's interesting. Working on stretching, physio exercises, and icing my shoulder to make sure I actually heal and stop "pulling my everything" as I like to say.
Next stop (other than the weekly games): Ottawa Bonspiel! (tournament) My cousin and great-aunt I'm sure will want to see me play, but I may need to find them a safe place to watch away from the most explicit gays - curling is a social, drinking-centric sport, and the gay curling league is especially!
Anyway, in honour of curling I have a new usericon for LiveJournal. Woo!
