My foot problems would not stop me from doing this.

[cjsmith]

Via matociquala: a stunning Chinese ballet/gymnastics routine.

Amazing. Stunning. WOW.

Oddly enough, one of the most uplifting things for me watching this performance is that my foot problems (which give me a lot of trouble walking) would not prevent me from doing what she did. Of course, there are a lot of OTHER reasons I couldn't do what she did! And my foot problems might prevent me from doing most of the training necessary. But being gimpy in the way I happen to be gimpy would not stop me from doing that routine if I had been able to do it before. What an odd feeling, to see a performance where that's the case.

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[meep.livejournal.com]

I was going to say.... you do ballet/gymnastics? I know you only through lj, and I got confused. I'm very tired.

But I get your point.

Made me think of:
"Doctor, will I be able to play piano?"

"Sure!"

"Cool! I couldn't before!"

(or something to that effect from Troy McClure's commanding performance in "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I want to get off!" (or whatever))

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Exactly! :-)

"Sure!"

"Oh good - I was afraid I was going to have to take lessons!"