Watch out for me today, Big Guy.

SHOBU DA!

^^^ Japanese for: "Let's fight!"
Tomorrow is the big day!
Shea, Oso, Smith, Neal (probably not fighting), David Jones, and Hannah will accompany yours truly to spar (my bad, I mean challenge) the Affects Fitness school of martial arts.
I'll need to make sure that they sign the same waivers that we must. I'll also need to make sure we're just sparring and not fighting.

Should be a helluva day to remember.

Like I said before, a martial art cannot be taught for the sake of fighting without some kind of person to person contact, be it practing techniques on each other or sparring. Either way, what I believe and what is right are possibly two different things. We'll just have to see which way it is tomorrow.

Aoki Masaru.
Takamura Mamoru.
Kimura Tatsuya.
Miyata Ichiro.
And last but not least... Makunouchi Ippo.

Real or not, you all inspire me greatly.

My legs gave out after the front snaps. I am so weak. I hate feeling so weak.

So like 3 days ago I trained, doing 1080 punches.
Later on today, after I get up, it's 1080 kicks.
I am indeed a masochist.

I'm a masochist.

Turns out a lot of us were in the same boat, but I jumped out to swim.

The Sound of Music.
The Phantom of the Opera.
Pure genius.

God help me.
The first time, I thought it was over.
End of story.
Tsubame Gaeshi.
And now I am again at a fork in the road...
I know of which path I want to take.
But I know now the path I will take.

SAIKYO!

"Right Before Your Eyes"

- Hoobastank -
When the door shuts, don’t worry about me
It’s not attention that I want from you
I need you to trust who I’m gonna be
And in everything I’m going to do
Cause I’m not afraid of what I don’t know
For understanding is all that I yearn
What is for sure is I’m going to go
I’m going to live and I’m going to learn
And I know there will be mistakes that I will make
But I know none are worse than chances I don’t take, take

Right before your eyes, I am changing
Changing
You laugh on the inside, I am changing
Changing

When the door shuts, it shuts finally
A new person that I have become
I’ll follow my heart to my destiny
Living in fear and the sorrow is done
There will be no more feeling that I’m all alone
I will surround myself with things that help me grow, grow

Right before your eyes I am changing
Changing
You laugh on the inside, I am changing
Changing

Right before your eyes I am changing
Changing
You laugh on the inside, I am changing
Changing
Right before your eyes, I am changing
Changing
You laugh on the inside, I am changing
Changing

Right before your eyes
Right before your eyes...

Kokuryu...

... has returned.

TV

Symphonic (meh)
27 inch (yay)
Pure flat screen (yay)
Stereo sound (yay)
S-video (standard for me)
Component video (woohoo!)

$234 after tax.
Not bad at all.

Pam. Very interesting.

Merry Christmas

Apparently, Randalls can't make money during the regular year, and must therefore resort to making money on holidays, such as today. MORONS! And a great big ---- --- to all you idiots who can't do your shopping on days besides Christmas Day.

Look at the profile pic. That's how I'm feelin' inside. A part of me really wants to love a girl, but then my ambitions get in the way. I honestly am feeling that I can only have one or the other. I want to be something of a warrior doctor. Yeah, thas right. I'm the one that'll break your nose and then set it. I'm the one who'll kick you so hard that you'll have internal bleeding, and then I'll operate on you. I'm the one who'll break your face, then reconstruct it. That's a helluva thing to want to be. And I'm well on my way there.

I've been reminded of my priorities. Grandmama died two days ago, and Grandpapa not even 3 months before that. I know they lived a long time, but life is still relatively short. Why waste it, pining over someone that probably isn't worth it? Instead, shoot for greatness! Within everyone is the capacity for greatness, and therein immortality. I'll live my life to be great and remembered, instead of a failure and forgotten...

3 A's and a B.

San Sho Ryu: admittedly, Mom does prefer somewhat that I marry a "nice Asian girl"
San Sho Ryu: but that's an oxymoron
San Sho Ryu: and my mom loves all my friends

Not all who work hard are rewarded, but all who have succeeded have worked hard.

So, as I'm gettin' my ass handed to me by the Chem test, I shake my head. *sigh* I really did look at this material. And two hours into it, Dr. Pelezo goes: "Take it home. Turn it in on Monday." Talk about divine intervention.

Later on today, Oso calls me about how Mr. Affects (Ray Ashton) says that what I do in martial arts is just dancing around and is only good for sport. OK, fine. But we spar to move, not to fight. Sparring helps you develop a fighting mode. You CANNOT teach a true martial art for the sake of combat WITHOUT sparring or PRACTICING on a living person. Forms get you largely nowhere in terms of combat sense, and I believe, Mr Ashton, that you have a rather rude awakening for you and your little business. Your poor disciples are going to be left, again, without direction, as I will be challenging the students of your school before the end of this year.

Interested in what the hell I'm talking about? Check out www.affectsfitness.com and enjoy. And laugh.

So yeah, I think I pwned my math test. Fun shit. Did less'n half the homework. Last chem test tomorrow. Then next week is finals. Then after that, TAMU or HBU. I have 8 days left to decide. I'm at a fork in the road, and I don't know which path I should take. But either way, it'll be a great challenge. And challenges are what I live for.