I finally went to jujitsu again! It was a beginner’s class so there was a lot of standing around as people learned how to set up a hip throw, but in the warmups and ab exercises, I got worked. It was also a good 85 degrees Fahrenheit in the room. Mr. W said that people there would be upset that I didn’t show up for the last 3 months and they’d disown me for the Hawaii trip, and I told him, “Nah. They’ll welcome me with open arms.” And that’s what happened with the returning students. It was also Vanessa’s first day back, and Josh was there, so it was a lot of fun.

After class, those of us who’ve been around the class for awhile and have become friends went out to Chomp! sushi for my bday. Yes, again. It was a really good time, lots of laughing and goofing off. I’d post the details of the night, but I don’t think it’d be good for my karma.

*** LATER ***
Navy Girl Vanessa’s email to me:
“I don’t think it’s bad karma to blog about [Creepy Guy]. If you knew he was going to read it and you wanted to hurt his feelings then that would definitely qualify for bad karma, but you are just journaling your feelings, so need need for karma to come back.”

I already told her that I’m gonna blame it on her, so here we go…
There’s this creepy guy in our jujitsu class whom I’ve mentioned on a few earlier blog entries. The first time he met me he thought it’d be good to walk around with his shirt off and try to start up a conversation with me. Subsequent to that, Vanessa had an experience where she was hugging people hello or goodbye and he planted himself there so without much thought, she included him on the hugs. After that, for a long time, he tried to hug her every time he saw her. Someone else told us that he “accidentally” grabbed another female student’s breast during practice. When I was chatting with a student about taking Mr. W to a future performance of Cirque du Soleil’s “Quidam” and the student was telling me his recommendation of “Quidam,” Creepy Guy kept interrupting the conversation and following me around asking me about when I was going and saying how he wants to go, too. For days.
So anyway, last nite, Creepy Guy was on his way out the door after class but overheard someone mentioning going out for my bday. He came back and announced he was hungry, and asked everyone where we’re going. Damn. We all acted indecisive, but he wouldn’t leave. So we had to decide on the plans with him having planted himself under our noses. Vanessa had to go run some errands so she bailed out. Josh, however, totally took one for the team.
Chomp! seated us at a semi-circular booth and Creepy Guy got in first. I was like, “Frick, that means he’s gonna be in the middle.” No one moved to sit after that, cuz either way you slide in, you’re gonna be next to Creepy Guy. But then Josh got in, I clambered in behind him, and then one of the blackbelts, Ramon, got in the other side. Whew. Josh complained afterwards that Creepy Guy’s breath stunk and he wouldn’t shut up. HAHA! Creepy Guy’s not a bad person, but…
Oh yeah, and afterwards as we were about to separate outside, Ramon got up and hugged me again. I saw Ramon moving toward me and look like he was gonna hug me, and my immediate panicked thought was, “Now there’s gonna be a hug chain and Creepy Guy’s gonna hug me, too! ACK!” And that is just how it happened. Ramon hugged me, wished me happy bday and apologized again for forgetting, Rebecca then hugged me, and then Creepy Guy stepped up, and then another blackbelt Lee, and Josh and I walked off since we parked next to each other. Of course the first thing he did was bust up laughing at me. As we walked off, Creepy Guy said pointedly, “I guess I’ll walk home.” We just kept walking, and apparently the 2nd instructor Lee offered Creepy the ride. Josh said, “THANKS, LEE!” I’m sure Creepy didn’t know what the thanks was for, but Lee did and grimaced. Vanessa said that that’s how Creepy tagged along for Ramon’s birthday celebration, too; saying the same hinting thing and suggesting that someone give him a ride. Gerardo took the hit that day, not wanting any of us girls to give him a ride home.

Now I must cleanse my karma.

*** STILL LATER ***
I just added a photo onto my Disneyland post.