When being fat is a good thing.

walked to the store in my snow boots this morning, turned a corner too sharply and slipped on a sheet of ice on the sidewalk. felt myself falling. managed to impress myself due to my controlling the fall so that i landed on my left buttcheek. couldn't land on the right due to my sciatica. i can usually manipulate the fall so that i land on my butt. kind of like how a cat always lands on its feet, only i wish i could be that accurate all the time.