Whenever I am in a serious situation where decorum is needed, I like to do a karate air kick just to spice up the moment. This has always proved to be a bad decision but one that makes me laugh so I keep doing it. For example, when I was an intern at the Supreme Court in Washington DC we were given strict instructions to act with dignity and respect whenever we were to meet foreign dignitaries and visiting guests. I honestly tried but unfortunately it is hard to change your spots and sometimes I would show them my cool karate moves. This is one reason there is a picture of me in a courthouse in Kazakhstan. They thought I was funny and wanted me in their picture.... this seems to be the theme of my life. When I was a kid I went to a birthday party and I remember the dad thought I was super funny and took a picture of me. Apparently my sense of humor needs to be documented because no one is going to believe a girl that nutty actually exists.
I come by this crazy rightfully. When I was a kid we were cleaning the house and I was on my way to hang out in the bathroom when my mother said 'Becky there is something in this vacuum hose, I can't seem to see it, come look'... any other person would have picked up on the future joke heading my way and though I consider myself wicked smart, I have to admit that I am ditzy as a box of rocks. So I went over to the vacuum hose and look in, only to have my mom flip the switch. I got to keep my eye and no damage done... but this joke provided great laughs in my family for years. This is the same mom who thought it was fun to drive up to a persons house, honk the horn and when they came outside wave and drive away. Actually that was funny... so you see the apple does not fall far from the tree.This brings me to my story for the day, last year I worked with individuals who not only understood but took part in my sense of humor. It started one day after a big meeting with the president of the company, he wanted more from everyone. I am not exactly sure what he meant because I was not fully paying attention to him. He tended to ramble a lot. But after the meeting everyone walked back to the cubby room feeling the weight of the arbitrary scolding. I walked into the room and felt the need to produce a couple of karate air kicks. I tried to hold it in... but this habit was hard to break. I few people stared at me, some laughed... but others took part in the joy of air kicking. From that moment on when someone would walk through the office after dealing with stupid... they produced an air kick. It came to a point where we would judge the kicks and see who could kick the highest or produce the most movement. This culminated to the video you have before you... Air Kicking in Business Casual Attire. So next time you feel stress or you think you should behave a certain way throw in an air kick and embrace the crazy.
