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And week three is done! I'm a quarter of the way through and its all just going way too fast! Aggghhh! I have lots of big ugly looking bruises but otherwise injury free! Sweetah!
This week I have learnt some new moves such as hip tosses, sunset flips, clothes lines, leg drops, elbow drops. I also learnt how to be thrown/fall out of the ring properly. Yes, there's a proper way! Hehe! We practiced everything we have done so far as well and had small one minute chain wrestling matches which was cool as it showed us that we have learnt stuff. Once again I was reminded I need to be more confident. I am doing the things right when I do them but I hesitate a lot or do it really slowly when I just need to do it! I will get there!!!
Embarrassing moment: Lance gives me a body slam and then laughs as he hears my tummy gurgle on the way up :s
Hilarious moment: Trying to sell whilst being beaten up by Lance and accidentally backing into Lance in a provocative pose...everybody laughed
Other things this week:
* Season premiere of Heroes - sooooo awesome! And Sylar appears even hotter than ever!
This week I have learnt some new moves such as hip tosses, sunset flips, clothes lines, leg drops, elbow drops. I also learnt how to be thrown/fall out of the ring properly. Yes, there's a proper way! Hehe! We practiced everything we have done so far as well and had small one minute chain wrestling matches which was cool as it showed us that we have learnt stuff. Once again I was reminded I need to be more confident. I am doing the things right when I do them but I hesitate a lot or do it really slowly when I just need to do it! I will get there!!!
Embarrassing moment: Lance gives me a body slam and then laughs as he hears my tummy gurgle on the way up :s
Hilarious moment: Trying to sell whilst being beaten up by Lance and accidentally backing into Lance in a provocative pose...everybody laughed
Other things this week:
* Season premiere of Heroes - sooooo awesome! And Sylar appears even hotter than ever!
* Bo made nachos and they were uber yum! Yay!
* Went to a PZW indie wrestling show in Lethbridge with about half the class. Road trip! Very cool to meet some of the local talent and see what they were about. A really nice bunch of guys who put on a good show and will definitely be heading out to see them next month. Even though they are having midgets and I'm terrified...
* Friday night at Steve's watching wrestling with everyone and everyone trying to do my accent and failing miserably. Hilarity ensues. Drunkenly ordering taxis in funny accents is not clever however.
* Saturday night at the Rock Club delightfully named The Back Alley. Very fun night with a excellent mix of music, a packed dance floor, shots and a Harley Davidson! Oh yeah! Will definitely be frequenting there again especially since a guy gave me a $25 voucher for there! Sweetah!
And bring on week four of training! This week I really want to push myself to my limits and do myself proud. I only get a certain amount of time here and I need to make the most of it.
Also I'm volunteering at a literary festival in town called Wordfest and I have orientation tomorrow should be cool. Possibly seeing Kevin Smith on Tuesday which would be awesome - fingers crossed! And this weekend I have a birthday, an SG Canada West meet (hopefully!) and a PPV to watch with the guys! It's all go!
Much love to you all have a good week!
Hey peeps!!!
So week 2 of training is up! This week was a real up and down week!
My upper back muscles hurt and I have big bruises from running the ropes. I strained my groin for a couple of days which had me out and everyone was getting sick!
We learnt some new moves. We started learning correct form on running the ropes which was good but its hard to stripe across a 20ft ring in three steps! I got that down though and have good footwork on it. Then we included drop downs and tackles and leapfrogs! Crazy times! I don't have the ups for leapfrogs but I can run under them! I was so worried about headbutting someone in the balls but I should have had no fear! These guys have hang time!
We did body slams which I can proudly say I take really well! My best bump yet in fact and even though she slammed me hard it didn't hurt one bit! W00t! I still need to work on giving others body slams a bit but I'm getting there.
We also did armdrags which I uber love! Flying around the ring is uber fun!
We had a big talk about all the serious scary stuff in the wrestling business. About roids and pills and addiction and all the people Lance has worked with that are now dead. Depressing stuff!
But then today we had promo day and that was lots of fun! We all had a laugh and some guys were really good. I cut a promo on Bo and I didn't do too bad! My content was real good just need to work on my delivery a bit more! We will be doing another promo day soon! Hehe!
Tonight we are having some of the class over to watch some wrestling and then this weekend is all aout chillin! Bo hurt her ankle so she can't even really walk so its chillin out with movies and X-Box for us!
I hope everyone had a good week! Will keep you updated!
So week 2 of training is up! This week was a real up and down week!
My upper back muscles hurt and I have big bruises from running the ropes. I strained my groin for a couple of days which had me out and everyone was getting sick!
We learnt some new moves. We started learning correct form on running the ropes which was good but its hard to stripe across a 20ft ring in three steps! I got that down though and have good footwork on it. Then we included drop downs and tackles and leapfrogs! Crazy times! I don't have the ups for leapfrogs but I can run under them! I was so worried about headbutting someone in the balls but I should have had no fear! These guys have hang time!
We did body slams which I can proudly say I take really well! My best bump yet in fact and even though she slammed me hard it didn't hurt one bit! W00t! I still need to work on giving others body slams a bit but I'm getting there.
We also did armdrags which I uber love! Flying around the ring is uber fun!
We had a big talk about all the serious scary stuff in the wrestling business. About roids and pills and addiction and all the people Lance has worked with that are now dead. Depressing stuff!
But then today we had promo day and that was lots of fun! We all had a laugh and some guys were really good. I cut a promo on Bo and I didn't do too bad! My content was real good just need to work on my delivery a bit more! We will be doing another promo day soon! Hehe!
Tonight we are having some of the class over to watch some wrestling and then this weekend is all aout chillin! Bo hurt her ankle so she can't even really walk so its chillin out with movies and X-Box for us!
I hope everyone had a good week! Will keep you updated!
So today I cunningly decided to strain my groin muscle and Lance thinks there might be a mini-tear. I can't even walk properly never mind wrestle! I'm not in pain when I don't move so its not all bad but I can only take little steps and don't have much additional movement in my right leg. So I'm out for the rest of this week. I'm still going to training because you can learn a lot from just watching but no in ring action for me for the rest of the week. I am literally going to training then coming home and resting up in the hope it will get better asap!
Oh and I also got my Storm Wrestling Academy T-Shirt today! WoooO! Photo to follow shortly!
Last night I met up with the Calgary Poetry Group and have been inspired to write more. They liked my work and offered advise and encouragement. Yay!
The weather is still glorious here however due to aforementioned injury I can't enjoy it to much!
Stay beautiful peeps!
Oh and check out the following SG sets in member review!!!
Miyo's Gossip Girl
French SG's Battle Royale!
Oh and I also got my Storm Wrestling Academy T-Shirt today! WoooO! Photo to follow shortly!
Last night I met up with the Calgary Poetry Group and have been inspired to write more. They liked my work and offered advise and encouragement. Yay!
The weather is still glorious here however due to aforementioned injury I can't enjoy it to much!
Stay beautiful peeps!
Oh and check out the following SG sets in member review!!!
Miyo's Gossip Girl
French SG's Battle Royale!
Phew! Week one survived!
I've settled into Calgary now! The weather has mostly been lush this week which has been awesome. I have settled into the house well and me and my Aussie housemates have bonded well. Nick keeps trying to do my accent though and its hilarious cause hes rubbish at it! Makes me laugh so much though so i hope he doesn;t give up trying. Boleyn is a crazy Aussie girl who already wrestles for Australia Wrestling Federation. Check her out! And then there's Jenny - shes real quiet and loves UFC hehe!
Training has been tough but good! Every day after training I ache all over and I have new bruises but I'm learning. This week we have learnt bumps, basic chain wrestling arm work, headlock takedowns, snapmeres and firemans carrys. It would be so much easier if it was real but its learning to do everything to make it look as real as possible without injuring each other. I understand all the theory and know what I should be doing its just having the confidence to put it all together. I think about it too much. But I'm only a week i - it should come more naturally soon enough!
Other than that I haven't been up to much - too tired after training and too poor to go out much! Today I did see a Slayer snowboard which was very cool and I think I have decided on a place to get tattooed but I'm gonna check them out on Tuesday!
Back to training tomorrow! Bring the pain!
Have a good week peeps!
I've settled into Calgary now! The weather has mostly been lush this week which has been awesome. I have settled into the house well and me and my Aussie housemates have bonded well. Nick keeps trying to do my accent though and its hilarious cause hes rubbish at it! Makes me laugh so much though so i hope he doesn;t give up trying. Boleyn is a crazy Aussie girl who already wrestles for Australia Wrestling Federation. Check her out! And then there's Jenny - shes real quiet and loves UFC hehe!
Training has been tough but good! Every day after training I ache all over and I have new bruises but I'm learning. This week we have learnt bumps, basic chain wrestling arm work, headlock takedowns, snapmeres and firemans carrys. It would be so much easier if it was real but its learning to do everything to make it look as real as possible without injuring each other. I understand all the theory and know what I should be doing its just having the confidence to put it all together. I think about it too much. But I'm only a week i - it should come more naturally soon enough!
Other than that I haven't been up to much - too tired after training and too poor to go out much! Today I did see a Slayer snowboard which was very cool and I think I have decided on a place to get tattooed but I'm gonna check them out on Tuesday!
Back to training tomorrow! Bring the pain!
Have a good week peeps!
Oh yeah! My FAQ! Hehe!
Who are you?
I'm rdpixie! Its my initials and one day I wore a stupid hat and my dad said I looked like a pixie. I've been using it online now since 21st January 1999. Precise, I know. And last year I got it tattooed on my back! In real life, people also call me Rhia. I was the first registered Rhia in Northern Ireland!
So, what do you do?
Right now, I'm unemployed. I left a job I really enjoyed going to by choice. Yes, I'm an idiot. But I left for a good reason - I travelled to Calgary, AB to follow a dream and train with Lance Storm at Storm Wrestling Academy to be a pro wrestler. You can check out the school here. On the class photos I'm on the September 2008 one - I'm the girl with pink hair!
Wrestling?!?
Yes, I don't really know why either I just love it. My inspirations are Trish Stratus and Alison Danger. Favourite boys: Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Matt Hardy
Oh, and I want to marry John Cena. He's pretty!
Will you marry me?
Maybe. But there's a bit of a queue at the moment. First The_Happy_Pig, then mat8drb and then TheQuestion. If I manage to get through 3 divorces I may consider you. If you feel like being bumped up the list buy me things off my wishlist!
So, why are you here anyway?
Well, originally I planned to get naked. Then i changed my mind yet throughly enjoyed checking out all the other hot ladies. Mostly I'm here now because of all the awesome peeps I've met. True story.
So, friends with people on here - are you a big geek then?
I'm even worse. I'm a wannabe geek. I love comics but I don't know everything or anything really. I love my Mac but I don't really know how to work it. I've seen a lot of movies but I can't recall random knowledge about the making of them. I watch too much TV but I can't relentlessly quote it. I like to hope the powers that be let me hang out with them anyways.
Who are you?
I'm rdpixie! Its my initials and one day I wore a stupid hat and my dad said I looked like a pixie. I've been using it online now since 21st January 1999. Precise, I know. And last year I got it tattooed on my back! In real life, people also call me Rhia. I was the first registered Rhia in Northern Ireland!
So, what do you do?
Right now, I'm unemployed. I left a job I really enjoyed going to by choice. Yes, I'm an idiot. But I left for a good reason - I travelled to Calgary, AB to follow a dream and train with Lance Storm at Storm Wrestling Academy to be a pro wrestler. You can check out the school here. On the class photos I'm on the September 2008 one - I'm the girl with pink hair!
Wrestling?!?
Yes, I don't really know why either I just love it. My inspirations are Trish Stratus and Alison Danger. Favourite boys: Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Matt Hardy
Oh, and I want to marry John Cena. He's pretty!
Will you marry me?
Maybe. But there's a bit of a queue at the moment. First The_Happy_Pig, then mat8drb and then TheQuestion. If I manage to get through 3 divorces I may consider you. If you feel like being bumped up the list buy me things off my wishlist!
So, why are you here anyway?
Well, originally I planned to get naked. Then i changed my mind yet throughly enjoyed checking out all the other hot ladies. Mostly I'm here now because of all the awesome peeps I've met. True story.
So, friends with people on here - are you a big geek then?
I'm even worse. I'm a wannabe geek. I love comics but I don't know everything or anything really. I love my Mac but I don't really know how to work it. I've seen a lot of movies but I can't recall random knowledge about the making of them. I watch too much TV but I can't relentlessly quote it. I like to hope the powers that be let me hang out with them anyways.
Watching wrestling at the cinema is awesome sauce!
Finally Matt has a title! Woooooo!
Anyways, more importantly, I started training!!!!
It was absolutely killer! We did circuit training first thing which nearly killed me but I managed to complete it! We learnt bumps and lock ups today and then off to the gym for a workout! Crazy! I ache all over but its awesome
Canada has got a bit colder now but I'm surviving!
Hope you guys are all having a good weekend!
Mwah!
PS. SGUK are doing this FAQ thingy at the moment so if there are questions about me that need answers please leave them below!
Finally Matt has a title! Woooooo!
Anyways, more importantly, I started training!!!!
It was absolutely killer! We did circuit training first thing which nearly killed me but I managed to complete it! We learnt bumps and lock ups today and then off to the gym for a workout! Crazy! I ache all over but its awesome
Canada has got a bit colder now but I'm surviving!
Hope you guys are all having a good weekend!
Mwah!
PS. SGUK are doing this FAQ thingy at the moment so if there are questions about me that need answers please leave them below!
So, yeah, Canda eh!
The flight was good, pretty smooth and little turbulence. I got to watch Kung Fu Panda whch I hadn't seen and really enjoyed hehe. And there was Feta cheese in my lunch! Yummers! I had some really nice people sitting beside me which were happily chatting to me until I took out my book. When I brought it out of my bag it was fairly fine, looked like this...
But then when I took the plasic wrap is taken off there's boobies! Oops!
Oh well! I really enjoyed it so yay!
Got to Calgary and it wasn't too cold! I even went out in a t shirt today! W00t! It's gonna get so cold by the time I leave though. And because of the mountains and stuff the weather canbe really changeable but so far so good!
I joined the public library! Geek out! They have an extensive graphic novel collection - geek out even more!
Met up with Atrasties and pacmanman in a cool little hangout called Broken City and had a few bevvies and was given Calgary advice! Hopefully see you two again soon! Today has all been about chillin with the housemates. One of the guys is already thinking about going home. So crazy I can't imagine leaving before we even get started. The other guy is an awesome Aussie called Nick who has been mucha fun and saved me from boredom! The Aussie girl is nice but really quiet and she just stays in her room. One more girl arriving tonight and then thats the house!
Tomorrow night we are going to see the WWE Pay Per View at the cinema which is an entirely new concept for me and therefore uber exciting!
And on Tuesday we start training! Agggghhh! Real monsters!
Hope everything is good with you guys!
Miss you!
The flight was good, pretty smooth and little turbulence. I got to watch Kung Fu Panda whch I hadn't seen and really enjoyed hehe. And there was Feta cheese in my lunch! Yummers! I had some really nice people sitting beside me which were happily chatting to me until I took out my book. When I brought it out of my bag it was fairly fine, looked like this...
But then when I took the plasic wrap is taken off there's boobies! Oops!
Oh well! I really enjoyed it so yay!
Got to Calgary and it wasn't too cold! I even went out in a t shirt today! W00t! It's gonna get so cold by the time I leave though. And because of the mountains and stuff the weather canbe really changeable but so far so good!
I joined the public library! Geek out!
They have an extensive graphic novel collection - geek out even more! Met up with Atrasties and pacmanman in a cool little hangout called Broken City and had a few bevvies and was given Calgary advice! Hopefully see you two again soon! Today has all been about chillin with the housemates. One of the guys is already thinking about going home. So crazy I can't imagine leaving before we even get started. The other guy is an awesome Aussie called Nick who has been mucha fun and saved me from boredom! The Aussie girl is nice but really quiet and she just stays in her room. One more girl arriving tonight and then thats the house!
Tomorrow night we are going to see the WWE Pay Per View at the cinema which is an entirely new concept for me and therefore uber exciting!
And on Tuesday we start training! Agggghhh! Real monsters!
Hope everything is good with you guys!
Miss you!
So I made it I'm in Canada and its not cold! W00t!
So tried now I can't say much more!
Miss you!!!
So tried now I can't say much more!
Miss you!!!
So long, farewell....
I am not sure what my internet status will be from now on til I go so I'm gonna ay bye just in case! Though I will probably be on here freaking out before then just the same!
Today i leave my job of 3 and a half years and I know its gonna be Niagara Falls baby....
This evening I leave Portsmouth behind.
Saturday I say goodbye ot the UK and hopefully some of you lot will be there!
Sunday I fly back to Ireland for 3 days.
Thursday I go to Canada for 13 weeks!
Aggghhhhh! Real monsters!
Love to you all!
Mwah!
I am not sure what my internet status will be from now on til I go so I'm gonna ay bye just in case! Though I will probably be on here freaking out before then just the same!
Today i leave my job of 3 and a half years and I know its gonna be Niagara Falls baby....
This evening I leave Portsmouth behind.
Saturday I say goodbye ot the UK and hopefully some of you lot will be there!
Sunday I fly back to Ireland for 3 days.
Thursday I go to Canada for 13 weeks!
Aggghhhhh! Real monsters!
Love to you all!
Mwah!
OCTOBER 2008