Coach Kirstin

So this is kind of a gripe but I'm hoping someone can explain. So at MMA fights the fans always get antsy when it goes to the ground. They boo (which I can't stand) or constantly yell "stand them up" (fight pet peeve #2). The fans go bananas when the guys just stand there and bang it out. But that's not MMA. So I don't understand why Muay Thai isn't more popular. I'm still learning about Muay Thai but it seems to have a really large component to staying in the pocket and banging it out. Theoretically it should be more popular the MMA. But it's not. Is it the UFC marketing machine? Is there something of disdain about MT? I hardly believe that's even possible for fight fans. If we don't get offended by condom depot or gun store ads, what's really going to upset us? Surely not a Diaz flipping someone off for the umpteenth time. What has stifled MT's growth and rocketed MMA?

So in this scope of person victories, today was actually kind of big.  This is going to seem irrelevant to everyone else but I ate broccoli for the first time in about 4 weeks.  It didn’t make me gag but it wasn’t the worst thing that happened to me.  A little salt (or a lot) and General Tso’s sauce makes a huge difference.  And I rode my motorcycle to work.  Again big deal for me.  It still scares the shit out of me.  I don’t think I ever made it over 60 but considering this is only my 3 rd time riding it, I kind of feel a minor victory.  After I got here, I thought “who do I know that could ride my bike home and I could take their car?”  I love it at times and then there is this reality of if I wreck, it’s gonna be mess.  I’m getting more comfortable but it’s still not always fun.  Is what it is and now I have to get home, or to practice and then home.    ...

So most of the music I like doesn’t play at large venues, probably better for me because people get on my nerves most days.  But a few weeks back I was asked if I wanted to go to RHCP concert.  Honestly, if it had been anyone else I would have said no but it was two of my best friends and probably one of my favorite couples to be around.  They are that relationship you can only hope to have, that just seems to work easily.  They have fun with each other.  I also have a ton of fun around them.  They have been my biggest advocate as I went through some shit in the last year, being the logic I sometimes didn’t have and also hugely support my fighting.  Who would have known that me falling asleep on their couch during fights would lead to this friendship?  I could never quite figure out what made their relationship work so well and then we got in a conversation about double lives and being honest in your relationships, especially s...

Do you ever see something and think “That’s a terrible idea”?  Apparently that’s what I’m magnetically drawn to.  Anything that’s bad for me.  If it’s a dumb idea I’ve probably tried it.  Maybe except for stealing cars, haven’t gone there.  But if I keeping driving Mike’s M5, it won’t be long.  Sometimes I know it’s dumb and decide f***-it and do it anyhow.  Other times, most times, there are red flags everywhere.  And I dismiss them.  Rationalize them.  Ignore all logic I see written everywhere.  Believe the things I hear instead of that gut feeling. Ignore that feeling that is right almost always.  But only in my personal life.  At work, I’ve followed my gut more times than what people told me to do.  Its worked out well.  Guided me through breaks, different paths and now down the path I’m pursuing.  Strange thing t...

So Im still processing yesterday and not ready to write about it.  What I am ready to write about is a challenge I have taken on.  Sometimes I need a little prodding.  Probably anyone that is reading this would never believe that.  But Im my own worst critic.  I saw this come across my FB timeline but didn't even consider it, and then a good friend told me I should.  So naturally I signed up.  Its a 9 week challenge to basically rep Under Armour  in a competition to redefine the female athlete.  They are calling it "Whats Beautiful" .  I actually tried getting a job with UA at one point, its probably the single company I admire and want to be a part of most.  You post a goal and perform a series of challenges towards that goal.  The challenges are listed below.  Some are individual, some involve others.  Im kind of nervous to undertake this.  Not really sure why.  I guess the fear of failure in putting mysel...

So it’s a funny thing to be called out about something, that is kind of this inkling down in the bottom of your soul.  The funniest thing was it was by one of the managers who works for me.  In theory, I’m supposed to be mentoring him.  But who hasn’t heard of leading up.  I feel like I’m pretty successful.  I screw up on a regular basis but I’ve also done pretty well for myself.  I actually think it’s my screw ups that drive me to better things.  I love my job, actually I love working for my boss even more but my job is pretty good.  Though there are days that I don’t find it fulfilling.  Days that I wish my extra-curricular’s intersected with my day job.  That I didn’t sit at a desk all day.  I’ve thought about a couple different avenue’s for how to make that intersect but I’ve never acted on it.  There have been things tying me to the DC area....

When I left New Mexico in June 2003 I never wanted to come back. And it took me almost 3 years to come back. There are probably many reasons. Striking out on my own, I thought I was busy, yada yada but probably the biggest was my disgust for NM and its lifestyle. I had always felt like I didn't fit in. That my overly ambitious life plans weren't the norm. That being educated and smart was somehow weird. That because I didn't have a kid and baby daddy drama I wasn't normal. I loved DC from the moment I got there. There are days it's too much of a swing in the other direction and can be a little pretentious, but I have developed a good circle to keep me grounded. So when I come back to NM it makes my stomach knot. I love my family and friends, miss them terribly but this place drives me crazy. So for now I just visit, hoping everyone else moves to me. Some of the highlights of the trip. Making my Dad take me to Sonic before we went home because surprisingly there ...