Slowly we are stepping into our new skins. They are the ones we made fun of in high school, revered when we were children, ignored for the most part ( Read more... )

Self improvement is masturbation
Now self destruction....
-Fight Club

I write how my brain thinks it ( Read more... )

No conclusions are drawn.

I hung out with Jabel tonight.
It was good seeing her again.
There are many things I do not remember.

There are a few things I remember.

All kidding aside, you stare at the mirror ( Read more... )

Waiting in the ranks to advance, out in the shadows, eyes intent on those in the middle. Watch me shine, watch me fly, this is my gift ( Read more... )

Everyone tries to build themselves up, telling themselves they won't die, they won't fail, they can't stop here, they won't fall, they won't err ( Read more... )

I will not lie, I find the triangle choke to be one of the most beautiful chokes.

It takes precision and finese to execute and yet the idea behind it is very simple:

'Close the arteries and you're done.'

off I go.

I'm just working towards the 'end'. The 'end' being the finish, the submission, the tap. There are all these movements between the start and the finish and I want to know them all. I want to know every single step and move with a confidence that on the outside displays simplicity, but to the person in 'the thick' of things, it is a storm.

"What have we become?", I think to myself as I write this. With a belly full of almonds and bananas, I ponder this question. "What have we become?", I say it outloud, in my head and then outloud again ( Read more... )