I had watched this self defense video or clip from probably the local news. Idk. I remember it was orientation for women’s self defense.

I was laying on the floor watching TV and my 1 year older cousin came over and pinned me to the floor. Like straddled me. (We both were girls btw but she was a little bigger than me and sometimes did this sort of thing to tease) Anywho. I remembered the move from the show which was like you bring your legs up so that your feet come in front of their neck/chest and then pull your legs back down which flips them backwards.

But see I’m not skilled.

I was able to get my legs up and my feet to get in front of her body to pull her upper body backwards. But only barely. So was more like my legs pulled back down harder and faster than I wanted.

Slammed her so hard and she hit her head on the hard floor really loud. I felt bad. Cause she was just playing around and I had almost knocked her out.

I wonder if she still remembers that. I remember she was super surprised I pulled that off. Usually it was like slapping fighting when she would do this stuff.

She wasn’t a bully or anything. Just teasing. Being goofy really.

I still feel bad about it.

Had a moment like this rock climbing as a kid.

Particularly nerdy friend, made the mistake of climbing to a risky spot that turned out to be wet and immediately started getting visions of the future.

Repeatedly cautioned him not to follow there, that I was coming up. Made him promise before I turned my back.

Finished the climb back up, realized he’d tried it, looked down just in time to see him slip and plummet (like 2m?) down onto his back on the grass.

He screamed and cried for… minutes… enough time that I was able to go to his house and bring his mom back, and she carried him away.

Almost immediately came back ready to play more. Just needed his booboo kissed.

God dammit Spencer. You didn’t make things easy.

That reminds me of the most concern I’ve ever seen in my older brother’s eyes.

We were young. He punched me in the solar plexus, and I couldn’t breathe.

There was genuine concern when he thought he killed me.

That reminded me of a video I watched ages ago. A couple of kids were play wrestling when one got up and screamed, before jumping into the air and double knee bombing the other. Now, with a single knee bomb, you can brace yourself with your free arm and leg to avoid hurting yourself or someone else, but a double knee bomb turns you into a kamikaze projectile with arms behind your back, gripping your feet. No one with any sense would ever, for any reason double knee bomb anything besides a pool.

This fucking kid embeds himself into the other’s stomach and, without the ability to balance or adjust, just continues forward and face-first full scorpions himself before landing back on the other. Both of them just start shrieking. One had a visibly dislocated knee and blood dripped from their nose as they hobbled elsewhere, while the other just rolled into a ball.

Which is to say, kids can be silly little goobers sometimes. But that’s enough about our home movies.

Mom gon be mad