I wish I could explain to you folks what I'm feeling tonight. It's amazing. And it's for a number of reasons.

I'll start with the little things. Working out every night...and pushing it. HARD. And my back problems seem to have disappeared over night. Always learning on the piano. Keeping up the schoolwork (led an awesome discussion on Monday, 4.0 on the math midterm). And my tattoo design is almost finished. I call these things the little things because they're about me. The big things are...bigger.

First of all, there have been so many random people that have jumped into my life again after we've lost touch. Some of them have just said nice things, and others have had long, long conversations with me about...stuff. Deep stuff. Meaningful stuff. And it's these people who have surprised me the most, because I never thought that it would be THEM. The party-goers, the wannabe G's...people are surprising me left and right, and I'm loving every bit of it.

And then, there's jump rope. I'm going to get extremely sentimental for this next bit, so brace yourself.

When I first started travelling for jump rope, there was so much love and so many new people. And SO MUCH excitement. We were all enthralled with the sport. We would reminisce about how many times we had all sat through something important thinking about a new routine, or a new trick, or the next time we'd all see each other. Lately, however, I feel like that excitement has died down. People have left for school. The workshops seem smaller, the campers less enthused. The STAFF less enthused. But tonight, I feel a change. TONIGHT, six of my jump roping friends made it onto Season five of America's Best Dance Crew and the jump rope world is ON FIRE. There is so much support and so much emotion...people are getting excited again. I wish I could explain what it feels like to see people from around the country showing so much pride in something that we all love. I got on Facebook after the show and that's all I could see....and it was so gratifying. And I felt excited all over again to be a part of the sport of jump rope.

It's a weird thing to explain to people. I've tried, and it hasn't work. I think it's just one of those things that you just have to experience yourself, because it's beyond words. I was talking with some friends today and on Skype, and one of them stopped and said "guys, do you realize how lucky we are?" And it is amazing. I haven't seen her in YEARS, and out of nowhere we have a 3 hour conversation about life, love, how we fit into this world and how we should live it. And maybe I'm in one of those super-sentimental moments and I'm taking this waaay too hard, but...I can't help but feel a little bit mystified by the undeniable perfection of this thing that I'm a part of.

And of course it makes me happy to know that my friends are on national television! Haha it's weird seeing them interviewed and perform because they're just so...themselves. But ABDC that's just the thing that galvanized all of this. In reality, what's going on is a lot bigger, and I hope that this ball doesn't stop rolling for a long time. I'm excited all over again, and I have the goosebumps to prove it :)

Now that I've stayed up till 1am chatting with people from around the country, I must return to work on...DUN DUN DUN: math. But I leave you with this message, Nutang: I no longer believe that the recent events and people in my life are just the byproduct of randomness and chance. Coincidence only goes so far, and I think I just crossed that line.

Muffy over and out.

OH...and if you missed out, here they are:
Saltare - Latin for "jump." They're the last crew on the list, and please vote!

You're a stinky fellow.
I voted!
» middaymoon on 2010-02-05 06:49:15

i'll have to check out this vid when i get home... i was going to watch, but i totally fell asleep (like the old guy that i am) before it was on.

you're a very inspirational person, muffy. do it to it brother.
» thaitanic on 2010-02-05 09:00:45

"Coincidence only goes so far"...? Wait, are you religious?
» randomjunk on 2010-02-05 11:26:41

this is amazing! I've seen many a dances in my time and Saltare was the best out of all the other dances you could vote for. You can do those things too? Wow.
» SporadicFunk on 2010-02-05 09:09:03

But muffy, the nice guys who makes mistakes... If they were really any decent to begin with they would want to stop doing it, ie to discontinue their affairs and what not... At least that's what I think decent pple would do.
» merrick on 2010-02-05 09:10:00

Ahhh, this entry made me happy ^__^.
I'm very glad that your life is at this perfect point of sorts. I want more of those :P sooner or later.
» Mockiller on 2010-02-06 12:02:59

hey that's cool! it's like you had an epiphany of sorts. good for you though! I'm glad you're doing well.
» LostSoul13 on 2010-02-06 01:37:46

P.S.
Your "secret" yields lame results.

(I will come back and actually read this entry later when it is not 1:17am)
» invisible on 2010-02-15 02:17:31

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