Well, I just witnessed something rather embarassing. Not embarassing for me, but rather for E's and my friends, the BOBOs if they saw their daughter do what I just did.
Frankly, what she (at 14 or 15, I think?) and her friends are doing at a coffee house on a Sunday night near midnight is beyond me... although, I guess it is a holiday weekend, isn't it? In any case, she and her friends must've...
Sunday, May 30, 2004
I'm still suffering from the cough that just won't die. Plus, I somehow managed to find myself working in the coldest parts of my job. So, between sickness and my few moments of health spent working, I haven't had time to post.
In any case, judging by the counter, I see that someone who shall remain nameless has been anxiously checking out the blog here, most likely waiting to see if I'd write...
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Laziness - Didn't go to Club last night. I wasn't feeling well (on a lot of fronts), and neither was E, so we sat and watched Trainspotting: The Prequel Shallow Grave. It fit the mood perfectly.
I haven't felt much for working out solo, either. Maybe I can get some time in tomorrow. E may opt out of a kung fu lesson this week, since it's week 8 of the quarter and she's up against a lot of deadlines.
New...
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
I wouldn't even be writing today. I've been feeling ill (upper respiratory something or other) and I just got out of bed in time to walk myself uptown, have a cup of coffee and gather myself before attending to some unpleasant chores that have fallen on my plate unexpectedly. But I just had to comment about the drama that just finished taking place 5 feet away from the table at which I'm currently...
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Yesterday was a surreal day. How was it that I could spend the early afternoon in my wage-slave job, and the evening in the company of, literally, some of the richest people in town?
I've written before about the local power couple (call them BOBO_S and BOBO_E) who served basically as E's benefactors when she first moved here. These are the types of people who hand out bottles of wine to people...
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
...can people actually have the balls as well as the opportunity to jack world leaders like Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Prime Minister Tony Blair.
And while we're on the subject of British media, let me introduce you to the person I look forward to hearing during the BBC's Newshour heard over here on NPR: Julian Marshall. His voice and manner are so irritating, it's actually amusing. Nice...
Well, last night was a so-so night at the old Club. Had better, had worse. Any success I had was in the form of the occassional shot I'd land or tapout. The rest were a series of shin beatings and shoulder grindings. Damn, work will suck today.
Potential BILLY JACK QUOTE OF THE WEEK:I've got a list of people I wanna fight... you [I can't think of a nick for this person yet - a quiet, slight girl...
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
A very, very late start to my day. Work's been hell, so I slept in late.
Making a nice lunch... a nice sandwich with inferior yet oddly tolerable mayonaise. I'm serious, of all the "Brand X" mayo I've ever had, this one has been the best.
A trip to an empty grad school office. Things to check on, no live humans.
Playing around with more Blogger tags, especially the MainPage tag. This way, you...
I can't believe I neglected to mention that last week, E had her first lesson in my kung-fu style. She's been itching to learn it since almost the day we met. It is what brought us together, after all.
Not that I'd necessarily want it to get out, at least into my old martial arts circles right away. My old instructors have a generally free, relaxed, Americanized attitude regarding the transmission...
Monday, May 17, 2004
Noooooo... really?Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker magazine has published a new article that claims U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld may have been directly responsible for ordering the interrogation tactics use at the Abu Ghraib prison. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.Sure, you can fall on either side of the argument. Give the average person a cattle prod and tell him or her that to use it on some...
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Well, I managed almost an entire weekend without internet access. That's long enough. Man, I couldn't even see that my emailed blog post would include inappropriate line breaks as well as the automatic Yahoo! footer until today. Eh, what do you want for free? I edited the line breaks, but left the footer just as a reminder to myself.
So, how was your weekend?
The weekend's just been work, work,...
Thursday, May 13, 2004
This will be my first email post. Hopefully this'll work -- I won't know until tomorrow sometime.
Tonight's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sparring record: 3 for 5.
I don't know how I got STRETCH ARMSTRONG, although he was having a bad night. He lost one later to SPEAKMAN. Hell, DATU_S tapped to him, too, for that matter. Anyway, I finally got the ankle lock down!
I actually sparred SPEAKMAN twice. First...
Yesterday on NPR's Day to Day I was listening to a story about a news program produced by kids for kids. In it, I caught a passing reference about the latest Olsen Twins movie premiering at, of all places, the Tribeca Film Festival? De Niro green-lit this?
Eh, well even if he did, who's going to tell De Niro not to do something with his film festival? I like my legs intact, thank you very mu...
I went in for another workout and BILLY JACK was there a-waitin'. Hey, he was good for something. Thanks to him, I finally perfected my BJJ handstand sweep (though for me, it didn't necessariliy require a handstand). The amazing thing about BJJ is how subtle finesses can make the difference between executing a technique properly or not at all.
BILLY JACK showed me some drills he learned in some...
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
As you can see, I've made a few more changes. I'm not sure I like them, but it's been awhile since I shook things up in here.
I don't know what's up with the new Blogger posting apparatus. Sometimes I need to try 2 and 3 times to republish the damn thing after a template change. It would probably drive a less patient person into a homicidal/suicidal spr...
How I performed last night depends on your point of view. From the standpoint of how many "wins" (via submissions, hits, etc.) it was an abyssmal night. From the standpoint of trying some new moves, failing, and learning, then it was a great night.
We did some warmups and pad work led by DATU_B2. People seemed to like my boxing work. I guess I've developed a bit more power as of late. Still,...
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Well, I played around with some of the new tags they have here. I also tried to streamline things a bit. A good chunk of sidebar links have been moved over to the self-restraint site. That is what I decided to use the space for after all.
I'll be tinkering with the format over the next few days, so forgive me if things look a little fun...
Sunday, May 09, 2004
Communion - Based on Whitley Strieber's UFO abductee experience. I didn't like it as much, personally, but I have to say that once again Christopher Walken proves his ability to bring out the wierdo in any character he plays.
Fist of Legend - I loved this movie! But having said that, now I know why Bruce Lee followers might have called this movie blasphemy. In this movie, not all the Japanese...
As promised, the continuation from the last entry...
What, Another Martial Art?
The first part of Club were mostly pad drills from Lethwei (Bando kickboxing). I had a decent partner -- no SPEAKMAN to hog me, thank Christ. I never know what to think when an instructor doesn't say much to me as I proceed with drilling. He only spoke to me twice during this time. Once when he was correcting my partner...
Saturday, May 08, 2004
THE BILLY JACK QUOTE OF THE WEEK
This may be a paraphrase. I may quite possibly have heard him wrong, but I would swear that he made this statement to the guest Bando instructor we had that night:I want to spar you this summer.I guess you'd have to know BILLY JACK as well as the skill of the instructor to know just how ridiculous a thing it was for him to say.
Speaking of which, before last Thursday's...
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Again, seeing as I'm not sure what kind of time I'll have tomorrow...
As dictators go, you're kind of pathetic! Instead of military coup or systematic persecution to get power, you just happen to be the head of the only party in the UK that isn't totally worthless! While not very impressive it is none the less...
I'm making this a separate post instead of lumping this in with the last one.
Like I wrote, for one reason of another my powers of analysis pertaining to my martial arts has been growing. I guess people in my old club would tell you I had that already, but I've noticed a definite improvement. Very recently, I read somewhere about how studying different arts can lead to insights about your own art...
Well, at least for the time being. What can I say, even I get bored with the same jokes once in awhile.
I should save this until after tonight's session, but I'm not sure what kind of time I'm going to have tomorrow. Plus, BILLY JACK wasn't at club, so unless he shows tonight, I may not have one of his "Quotes of the Week" anyway.
Tuesday night's session was a good night for grappling. I'm as...
Here's an out-of-context, edited excerpt from my journal...I need to look at my strengths for what they are – things I’m already good at that, as good as they are, won’t necessarily propel me to develop the strengths I don’t have yet. It’s like thinking the levels of taekwondo and my kung fu I’ve reached can and should help me become a better stick fighter, kickboxer, & grappler. So, perhaps...
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Yes, that's what I've decided to be today, and why not? Work's been long and excruciating lately, so I deserve. OK, well maybe I don't, but tough. Anyway, some goings on...
Gross Violations
You know when you've got a top class supermarket in town when they've got a magazine rack with a few martial arts periodicals and a copy machine. Hey, Grappling magazine goes for $6 a pop, and I only wanted...
Monday, May 03, 2004
Inside Joke of the Week #1
Since I titled the entry thus,Because those are Loverboy songs... and Loverboy has always sucked.Inside Joke of the Week #2
Brought to you by the letter E:All these mothers have gone...Takin' What They're Givin' 'Cause I'm Workin' for a Livin'
I literally did work for the weekend. Although it wasn't without its relaxation points. Chillin' out with DATU_B and his wife,...
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