Falling... Free Falling

This weekend I had the ultimate music fest at Unit 11. One was to go and watch Coals of Juniper win the Semi Finals of the Durex Ultimate Challenge.

Whilst waiting for them to rock the stage another band was playing and my cronnies and I were playing sing along at a table outside.
They sang many songs with similar tunes and one sounded just like Free Falling by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. So on the count of 3 with the chorus coming in, we belted out "Now, I'm free, free falling...". We sounded drunk no lies.

Well the subject of falling reminded me of a passage I read in that Big Great Glorious Book for Girls I told you about here.

"Falling"
"Learn to walk before you run and learn to fall before you climb. Knowing how to fall properly is an art. Done well it is exciting, it looks great, can be very funny- and besides crutches are such a bore."


"Start by perfecting the stage faint, itself an invaluable accomplishment and a useful strategy for all manner of uncomfortable situations (non-completion of maths homework, getting out of PE, wanting the morning off school). Practice it on a lawn or in a room with thick carpet.
Bend you ankles, bend your knees and let yourself go floppy, collapsing vertically at first, until you start to topple. The trick is to be very loose, very relaxed, and not to stick out a hand or try to catch yourself :you are supposed to be unconscious...." then I love this bit after the falling to the ground part, "...Resist the temptation to open one eye to check the reaction."
"Once you have mastered this technique, you can use it to tumble off everyday objects, such as garden walls and top bunks. Higher challenges require a higher degree of skill: land feet first, everything bent, and topple sideways very quickly, catching the secondary impact on your shoulder. Now the roll is the most important thing; you do not want to absorb all the shock through your shoulder. Roll over once, twice, three times if you feel like it. Remember: you are not trying to avoid the ground; you are trying to befriend it at speed."

Don't you just love that?! I wish I knew that when I was in school. I encourage you to practice falling, free falling and to get this book!