fights (MMA) this past weekend... excellent. my BJJ instructor kicked ass. 1:09 of the first round. the other guy was tapping out to Gigueto's (Andre Soares, American Top Team) arm bar, but the ref didn't see, so G just kept going with it. broke the guy's arm. it's not the first time. "he does that", his wife told me. hey, it's within the ( Read more... )

i'm on 36th tonight, around 10pm. tipsy businessman (i'd say 35, 5'8", slender) waiting for light with me ( Read more... )

so i think i am having my first official grad school breakdown. so early in the semester, no less. never really had one during master's, but this... this paper due monday. yowzers! incorporating lab results, no less. and having to condense intense material into 10-12 pages, double-spaced. i hope that doesn't include appendices of plots and ( Read more... )

so... i was late getting to the first of my classes with this tough professor. blah. i get to my D train station, and there is a handwritten sign, "no trains to Manhattan." ask the guy behind the glass what i should do. "you can walk to 62nd. but you can't get on there, either. so you get on here and take it to coney island, and then take it ( Read more... )

i have been blasting music while home alone in NJ for the past two weeks. only today did i realize that the outdoor speakers are on, as well. all neighbors are out of sight, but are they out of hearing distance? trees provide buffers. if not, i hope they've been appreciating my musical selections. this morning was Grateful Dead, WORKING MAN'S ( Read more... )

waiting the last 7 minutes before I am able to attempt class registration. It's been a long time since i've been at the bottom of the registration totem pole, taking the sloppy seconds of the older folks. ha. if these classes are required, why isn't it like my Master's program, where there are enough slots for all the people who need to take ( Read more... )

avoiding packing. i think the depeche mode album just killed my motivation. hehe. makes me want to just lie down amidst the Sterilite containers and liquor store boxes stacked everywhere. this bedroom is perhaps more square feet than my new apartment. ha. but the apartment will be MINE! as long as i send that check every month ( Read more... )

so i started a self-defense class tuesday. tonight was my second session. and i LOVE it. amazing. next week, I will be taking a 5 hour photo class (audit at comm college) M/W nights, and tues = jiu jitsu, 1 hour break, self defense class. thurs = self-defense ( Read more... )

bah. i have one more paper to write. short little one. knowing it's easy and just needs to be in by friday makes me procrastinate. and this is why i could never do online courses ( Read more... )

wow, when's the last time i posted on here? oy, ve. it's been so long that as i was typing in the URL, i typed in www.liCejournal.com hehe. lice ( Read more... )