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Spring must be here
You can tell spring is here or on the way (in some States).
The amount of posting activity on the lj gardening group appears to be growing exponentially this past month.
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Fighting on a jelly planet
This weekend must be the weekend for teaching me balance ( Read more... ) -
Demonstrating kata - blind
We did something interesting in iai today.
We were all practicing kata when Sensei stops the class and asks the class to gather round....me. *gulp*
He then asks me if I have my tenugui. This is when I started getting anxious.
I was pretty sure he was referring to the cloth we keep in our gi to wipe off sweat or to handle the blade of the sword but I ( Read more... ) -
Videos Shown in Iai Today
Today we got to watch some videos in iaijutsu.
The first video was of Tsumaki Sensei performing Omote No Maki. It was filmed 30 years ago which would have put Tsumaki Sensei's age at about 70. I had only seen videos of him performing kata in his 90's, so it was interesting to watch his technique when he was a (relatively) younger man.It was also ( Read more... ) -
Antisocial Networking
I was talking to a newly friended cousin-in-law today on Facebook. She asked me if there was any chance he would start a Facebook account now that he knows she joined.
I said probably not since that would require him to be social. He would probably only want to join an antisocial networking site.
So that got me to thinking. What would an antisocial ( Read more... ) -
What's for Dinner?
My son wandered into the kitchen when I was feeding the dogs and asked what was for dinner.
I said that I was thinking of meatloaf or sloppy joes (obviously, hamburger meat is what is available in the fridge).
He said that sloppy joes would be nice (it has been a while since I have made them).
I then asked if he was okay with french fried potatoes (I ( Read more... ) -
Bushido now
I have been doing some thinking about bushido and iaijutsu and what it means to me.
When I first started iai about 3 years ago, I learned the principles of bushido and thought a lot about whether I was incorporating those principles into my daily life.
Even before iai, I had been living my life to a large extent in accordance with the principles of ( Read more... ) -
2/23/09
There is nothing like unstructured time to let you know what really motivates you. In my case, it is real, not self imposed deadlines (duh), and knowing that I will be speaking in front of an audiience.
I'm going to Northwestern U. on Thursday to talk research and get some advice on how best to package and "sell" my research to the journals.
I still ( Read more... ) -
Lost wallet
I lost my wallet today ( Read more... )
