Do your friends cringe when you walk into a room? Do they secretly wish you would drink from sippie cups to avoid spilling stuff everywhere? Do you walk into walls? Come on, tell me I'm not the only one.

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2000

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I'm not as dangerous as you are, Jan.. but I have my moments.. when I was seventeen I fell off of a diving board and sprained my ankle. How I fell off of a diving board onto cement is worth questioning.. don't look here, to this day I can't figure it out. I impale myself on paperclips constantly, I drive into things with my car alot.. and yet.. I don't view myself as a klutz. More as, challenged. Yes, that's it.. I'm grace-challenged.

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2000

I think I may have you beat, Jan. Or at least tied. Because I managed to break my foot. By walking down my hall. Barefoot. On carpet. No, I did not trip. I was not running. Stepped sideways and snapped a metatarsal. Got to go the emergency room and get a spiffy ski-boot contraption and everything!

One friend's first comment when I told her was 'I've been expeccting you to do that for years'.

I routinely run into furniture that has been there forever. I just moved a rather large wooden blanket chest into my bedroom. The comments from my friends were not on how lovely it looks when I proudly showed it off but 'You're going to run into that on a daily basis, you know.'

Sigh.

In my next life I want to be graceful. Please?

Jenipurr (http://www.jenipurr.com/meow)

-- Anonymous, March 24, 2000

Impressive! Although it still doesn't beat my umbrella story. I don't have time to recount the whole thing right now, but I promise I'll mention it in an upcoming entry.

In the meantime, you just let your little brains pore over that one -- "Umbrella story.. my God, she can't mean---"

Muahahahaha.

-- Anonymous, March 24, 2000

Hi, Jan, and all :)

Well, I'm klutzy as all get-out, though I get better (mostly) every year, with some exceptions. I usually manage not to permanently damage any body parts, though. Some of my favorite incidents: - falling on the kitchen floor after mopping a few months ago - seeing a bleeding or bruised area on my body and wondering when I did that (this happens to me all the time) - running into a school bus w/ my car in HS (the all-time fav)

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2000