Street fights aren't much like the lessons. I guess I should've known they'd be different. That isn't a complaint, understand, the man teaching me is good. I didn't
behave very well when I asked him to work with me. He doesn't seem to be offended. What does 'shihan' mean? I thought sensei was the word for a martial arts teacher. Maybe I should ( Read more... )

( I'm a what? )

Boston, Massachusetts. I told my roommate and my cousin I'd be at an out of town training course. I guess it wasn't altogether a lie. Fuck, I'm nineteen, not six. How many explanations do I owe them ( Read more... )

Placement tests for second year classes are tomorrow. I have my books. One tip about ( Read more... )

The plan failed.
Ms.Rosenberg, Ms.D'Angelo, 'n Mr.Knight did travel to my reality. I crossed without any chill. They followed; we ran into a major wrinkle. They were in Los Angeles in 1984.Willow had to fight to cross at all. She said it was like a steel wall in her way. "High magic," "wards", all that fantasy she was spouting. I know it's real ( Read more... )

It's nighttime when the group appears in downtown L.A. They arrive on a streetcorner that abuts a deserted stretch of sidewalk. Cars screech by, the drivers paying no heed of them. Windy weather, and cold for this region, clouds hide the moon's face above them.Bright storefront windows, lamps, neon displays cut the gloom. Noise and smells of smoke ( Read more... )

We found this recipe for something called 'Chocolate Orgasm', and another one for a stew that sounds good. Jean's(my neighbor)always says I should eat more. Greg cracks jokes about her wish to 'fatten me up for Thanksgiving dinner'. Calls her the Gingerbread Lady ( Read more... )

Roger Smith thinks that the lady and her co-workers might be able to help with the Fever. Worth a shot, I suppose. I have copies of all my medical records at home. I don't rely on other people to keep my information. I trust the City docs but you never know when some clerk is going to be careless. Plus, I don't like not to know what's in files ( Read more... )

What frustrates me isn't so much getting hurt. That happens. Some of the jobs I've had to take, before I got off the street, weren't exactly nice ( Read more... )

I wake up when it's past dawn, or when someone wakes me, or the pain meds wear off if I've bothered to take any. I'll go out to sit, have my breakfast on the porch. I like the feel of the weather on my face ( Read more... )