waiting for a destination address from a friend, then i am off to virginia tech for the weekend.

as recently as last night i was convinced i was not going..

but now i think it is a great idea.

lexington dear, i need to see other people. it's just how i am.

i'm going through some weird phase these days ( Read more... )

my wrestling coach says:

the degree to which you control your opponents posture is the degree to which you are in control of the match.and that the only way to change their posture is to use force in the right places at the right times ( Read more... )

my vocabulary has failed me today, as usual ( Read more... )

words are a medium that reduces reality to abstraction for transmission to our reason, and in their power to corrode reality inevitably lurks the danger that the words will be corroded too. it might be more appropriate, in fact, to liken their action to excessive stomach fluids that digest and gradually eat away the stomach itself ( Read more... )

i declare today my cleaning/shopping/pleasure reading day ( Read more... )

what now, on the other hand, makes people sociable is their incapacity to endure solitude and thus, themselves!

- arthur schopenhauer

that said, i won't be spending v-day by in solitude. ;) skyshards and it_self were kind enough to invite me over to dinner, and as i've got no significant other, i can't think of better people to spend the evening with ( Read more... )

well, i have two days to finish my application for germany. i will have it done tonight, if it takes all night. i'm way too interested to get the hell out of here to pass this up.


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like the icon? pretty weird ( Read more... )

so, muay thai yesterday was loads of fun. i'm a total newb, so i can't kick or punch for crap.. but as soon as we started working the clinch, judo/wrestling kicked in and i was throwing my partner all over the place.. haha ( Read more... )