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Tuesday, June 29, 2004
E and I had a record squabble. Not counting the time we were both asleep, it lasted, oh I'd say about 2 hours. It wasn't pretty but it's all good now (I hope ;).)
Reminds me of something I read awhile ago, a snippet from Larry Crabb's book Men and Women that was included in a compliation of devotional readings:We will not move very far in our efforts to develop good marriages until we understand...
Monday, June 28, 2004
In the next few days, I've got to...Prepare for the camping trip I'm going to take with some friends on the weekend after the 4th of July.
See E to the airport next Tuesday, where she'll leave for China for 6 weeks :(.
Make some time to hang out and/or train with DATU_B and maybe DATU_S while he's still in town.
Make some time to hang out with BILLY JACK -- I did promise him some time, after all....
Five days until "Chapter 31" of my life begins. I'm almost excited about it, due mostly to the fact that I can look in wonder about all the positive changes that took place in "Chapter 30" and can hope for bigger and better things.
For some reason, I've been feeling an almost Zen-like calm for the past couple of days. But it's not some stupor-like calmness. I'm trying to be very mindful to maintain...
Sunday, June 27, 2004
Friday, June 25, 2004
Thursday, June 24, 2004
I found Bill Clinton's interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross very captivating. Maybe it's because I'm listening to these things at 30 years old nowadays, but I don't remember a past President talking about the state of things before, during and after his presidency with such candor.
I caught it on NPR as I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop. I think I inadvertently (inadvertently like a fox)...
Earlier in the week, E and I had an overnight guest, a friend of E's from back in the day who went with her to Ireland to help film Between the Worlds. R was a great person, and she taught us a new word:meatbelt n. That ring of blubber leaking over the tops of those low-riding hip-hugger jeans worn by females who truly have no business wearing them.The lady's a geni...
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
I vas only follovink ze orders...1) Go to Google and type in "You know you're from (your state here) if..." 2) Pick out whatever you wish and bold the ones that apply to you. 3) Post it in an entry. 4) Have your friends do it themselves!
You don't think of Florida first when someone mentions Miami.
You snicker when someone's from Tiffin, because you think of the State Hospital.
You think Pro...
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
I've been meaning to post this forever...
This was taken late last year when E and I were visiting MR. PO-PO's house. His wife (or was it someone else?) was taking some pictures and MR. PO-PO managed to insert himself into the background.
An alternate caption could read "A glimpse of the serial killer can...
I've been going through this book like the freakin' Zapruder film to unearth it's wisdom.
The only gripe I have about it is that it doesn't have a whole lot to say about kicking. Still, I guess it wouldn't be that much more effort to just apply all of Bruce's principles -- balance, economy of motion, etc. --...
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Well, my Friday ended much better than it began, with a couple of minor kinks. One kink, to be precise. And it happened while DATU_B and I were sitting in my favorite coffee shop and were accosted by a Korean gentleman, henceforth to be known as SUM YUNG GAI (I know it's not Korean sounding. Screw you.). I made the mistake of letting him get close enough for him to see I was reading The Tao of...
Friday, June 18, 2004
Pretty much sums up how I feel today. My little vacation day a couple of days ago was nice, but started out sort of stressful-like. Yesterday, we headed back here, and I went to work. In the middle of work, E comes with news that my chances of going to China were excellent, provided I jump through a million and one hoops, some of which needed thinking through. So, I had to agonize about all of...
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Well, provided I can get off my lazy @$$ day after day, I can follow through with something I've been planning for about a week now, inspired by Bruce Lee's notes in The Tao of Jeet Kune Do as well as MMAC's summer training routine (in pdf): A semi-structured training routine designed to, at minimum, strengthen my basics in TKD, kung fu, kickboxing and FMA. I need a couple of miscellaneous items...
Which Office Moron Are You?Rum and Monkey: jamming your photocopier one tray at a time.
I just had to copy and paste the verbage they wrote along with the image:I'll smoke you a kipper, because you'll be back for breakfast. You're the cult television show quoting, user account deleting, soap loathing IT Manager....
E and I had to get up at the butt-crack of dawn to vacate our hosts' house. MRS. PO-PO (I gotta make up some nicer-sounding names.) makes some extra money providing day care, and part of the rules involve a minimum of strangers passing thru the home during day care hours. But, it was nice to see them. A third friend joined us, so it was just like old times. I even got another taste of cable TV...
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Why copy, paste and spam when you've got a blog, right? From DATU_B...Friends Oath 1. When you are sad ... I will get you drunk and help you plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad. 2. When you are blue .. I'll try to dislodge whatever is choking you. 3. When you smile .. I'll know you finally had sex. 4. When you are scared ... I will rag you about it every chance I get. 5. When...
Well, more for E than for me, but today she and I are headed up to Columbus for a day to see some friends of ours before she leaves for China in less than a month. I'll get to hang out with those same people the weekend after the Fourth of July weekend. We'll get to check out the old haunts, drink some decent coffee and then stay up late talking and going to sleep around 3 AM, which is usually 2...
Sunday, June 13, 2004
Let's see, what else was there...?
Here's last Thursday's Talk of the Nation discussion on the Defense Department Torture memos, the revelation of which I'm sure was a big, big surprise to everyone. Anyway, there were other things on NPR I wanted to make note of, but I just forgot.
A very important person passed away recently. No one else can ever sing Georgia like you, Ray Ray. Oh, and Ronald...
I'm baaaaack. Maybe if this test were true, I'd have gotten to this sooner.
You're the Flash!
People say you're impatient, proud, and bold, andyou sure are! While you are impulsive and letyour abilities do your job, you CAN think onyour feet if you need to and you're alwaysthere for your friends. You joke and...
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Last night, Club held an open gym. Before that, though, I gave E her second kung fu lesson. I thought it went pretty well.
DATU_B showed me some larga work that got all jumbled up in my head by the time I managed to get it all down on paper. Hopefully, I'll get other chances to train that, even if it is his last year in club. Now, I'll be the official sole "old man."
For kicks and giggles...
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Well, I might've stretched my luck with exposing E to Black movies. She just didn't seem as into I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka as I'd hoped. At least she got most of the jokes, like the various Shaft references. I suppose it was dated and a bit slow compared to Undercover Brother, which she liked.
She liked Twin Warriors with Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh a lot better, and so did I. Our next goal is Jet...
Heard a couple of interesting things from NPR.
One was a rather interesting analysis of Christian Contemporary Music on Talk of the Nation, and something a friend sent me. It's a commentary from All Things Considered about being proud of your guilty pleasures, which in this case sci-fi/fantasy stu...
Monday, June 07, 2004
Well, that last post was probably the most significant to happen in the time since my last post life. But, there were a few minor things as well...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Saw it and liked it because it was, as the critics have said, really nice and dark. I lost count of how many times the character who played Ron said "Bloody Hell!" -- I thought I was watching an episode of...
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Movies recently seen...
Bubba Ho-Tep - Bruce Campbell's latest movie. I like B-Movies, even intentional B-Movies, as much as anyone. But I would've shut the flick off in the first half hour if it didn't have Brucie in it. I can see the Evil Dead nerds in their Ash T-shirts walking in to see this movie only to have their expectations dashed. No real snappy quips like "Yo, she-b!+ch" and "Come...
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