1st Week - Back in the bubble, back in the boat, back in the blogging.

First week was surprisingly fun. I seem to have quickly slipped back into the routine with a new-found enthusiasm and I like it. Rather than a standard blog I think a poem will best represent how I got back into the rhythm of things this week - inspired by our outings this week.

Pushing off from the banks.
Aaaaaand Go!

Library.

Lecture.

Library.
Tutorial.
Library.
Class.
Library.

Starting from back stops.
Arms only.
Square blades.
Ready...
Aaaaand GO!

Reading.
Translation.
Dissertation.
Essay.
Prose.
Oral.

Bringing in the legs and bodies,
three-quarter slide,
on the next stroke,
Ready...
Aaaaand GO!

Naturalism.
Realism.
Surrealism.
Modernism.
Symbolism.
Decadence.

Bringing it up to full slide now,
feathered blades,
on the next stroke,
Ready...
Aaaaand GO!

Fascism
Liberalism.
Socialism.
Communism.
Eurocentricism.
Protectionism.

Keeping it smooth
and together.
Catching together.
Every time now.
Aaand THERE!
Aaand THERE!
Making
every,
stroke,
count.

Beckett.
Baudelaire.
Balzac.
Beigbeder.
Dante.
Duras.
Diderot.

If you take one bad stroke,
pick it up on the next.
Aaand THERE!
Aaand THERE!
Eyes in the boat.
Focus now.
Taking it up two on the legs,
down two on the slide.
on the next stroke,
GO!

Aaaaand THERE!
Dante Lectu-aand THERE!
Prose cla-aand THERE!
Pushing off the footplates.
Translatio-and THERE!
Dissertatio-and THERE!
Keeping that balance now.
Handle heights!

Library.Lecture.Library.Lunch.Tutorial.Library.Class.Library.Dinner.Library.

Get the balance back now!
Focusing on handle heights.
That's it!
Catch. And Finish.
Catch. And Finish.
I want a power ten now.
Bringing it up over three strokes.
Adding pressure.
Every time.
Working it up
aaand GO!
POWER TEN NOW!
Give it all you've got.

Reading.Translation.Dissertation.
Essay.Prose.Oral.
Naturalism. Realism.Surrealism.
Modernism.Symbolism.Decadence.
Fascism.Liberalism.Socialism.
Communism.Eurocentricism.Protectionism.
Beckett.Baudelaire.Balzac.Beibeder.
Dante.Duras.Diderot.

WINDING DOWN!
Calm that slide down,
lower the pressure,
don't stop yet.
Almost there now,
Aaaaaaaaaaand..
EAAAASY THERE!

Good effort girls.
Beautiful rowing.
Bow side,
backing it down.
Stroke side,
rowing on.

Rowing on.
Rowing on.
Rowing on.
Smooth and together.
Every time.