Kapow!

To quote News Thump, squeezing stress balls not as effective as punching someone in the face, finds study.

This is probably another of life’s undeniable truths.

My go to imaginary act of violence is a punch, possibly because I can throw a punch.

I haven’t punched anyone since the 1980s.

The Main Tart imagines kicking, because she’s good at it. I think she used to kickbox. I’ve said before now, that much like our duel teaching, we’d be a great fighting team.

Come the end of July, I have no work lined up, I work short contracts. Covid-19 is wreaking havoc in higher education. One institution I work for is asking for candidates for voluntary redundancy. All my summer courses have been cancelled.

On my walk today I began to wonder if academic cage fighting might become a trend. If so Main and I might be ok.

I think my fashion academic, fighter name should be, The Overlocker or Stab Stichup or The Over Caster. I’ll keep working on the name. I’ve got a year before I’m desperate.

I’m also looking for a new business name for when I set up my new studio, hopefully in a few weeks.

FashionFistFight.co.uk is today’s favourite.

Just in case I need a complete career change of direction, I’ve spent a little time researching Lucha Libra masks. They are the grooviest of the available fighting masks online. They’re around $70. You can pick up a Spider-Man mask for less than a quarter of that.

Due to the mouth covering nature of a Spider-Man mask, it might be a good investment, from Monday week it could be used for travel on public transport.