You know what's the most unbelievably painful thing? Trying to do Brazilian jiu jitsu with an ovary the size of a baseball. Yeah. I know pain is supposed to be your body telling you to slooow dooown, but when I'm aware that it's not something that's actively trying to kill me, I have a hard time doing that. Did you know I was ready to start MMA ( Read more... )

GUTUPDATE ( Read more... )

work_Susan's printer stopped working, and she said she "heard through the grapevine" that another legal assistant's printing was down. That lead to the following exchange of YouTube videos ( Read more... )

fenrirvallin: LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I AM GETTING NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED AT WORK TODAY BECAUSE OF YOOOU ( Read more... )

Got a fair bit I could write right now, but I don't really have the energy ( Read more... )

Agh, I have a bunch of stuff to post about. Seminars! Tournaments! Belt ceremonies! Hanging out with famous BJJ trainers eating fried chicken and sushi! Not getting drunk and talking about using the gym for an S&M dungeon! (*cough* I mean...not that that ever happened before. *ahem ( Read more... )

Gah, I suck. Not just on the mats -- I totally left my belt in the laundry basket when I packed my gym bag. Durrcore. Luckily, I'm still a couple weeks from getting my first stripe, so it's not like I delayed getting promoted...any more than I have already, I mean ( Read more... )

Tuesday practice tonight, following a wicked weekend practice that had us rolling 10 minute rounds for almost 2 hours. For comparison, professional boxing uses 3 minute rounds, and professional MMA fights are 5 minute rounds. Wrasslin' someone for 10 minutes without a break is a serious workout ( Read more... )

I've been told that keeping a running log of one's progress in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can help with the learning process, so...behold, I've found a use for this blogging kind of thing! The one I've been ignoring for so friggin' long! Woo ( Read more... )

I think I'm going to change my artistic endeavors, or at least the subject matter of such. The reasoning behind it is still kind of muddled, and probably more something I need to hash out with my therapist than the internets, but I'm gonna try to explain ( Read more... )