Got back from the seminar this afternoon.

IT WAS AWESOME.

There is so much more to say than that. I could go on and on and on about all the participants, about Yamada-sensei, about the techniques, about living at the dojo, about all that USAF gossip Lynn and Sensei's friends, about the San Francisco weather . . . just. The list goes on. Sensei ( Read more... )

I was about to go to sleep and then I realized it was 11:54 -- six minutes until my birthday. Damn, I thought, I should make a post or something ( Read more... )

I wonder if I'll ever learn that sometimes, if I need something, all I have to do is ask for it.

OMG GUYS IT'S SNOWING, WTF YAY.

:D:D:D:D

Mouse, Tom, Simon, Sara & Colin are all safely in Portland/Beaverton/Lake Oswego, although Colin is rather more accurately stuck in Beaverton. He's meant to be going to Seattle . . . we'll see how that works out. I'm rather cruelly hoping that he will continue to be stuck. Because I am selfish like that ( Read more... )

This is so exciting! For the first time in a long while, I have enough entries throughout the entire year that I'm actually able to do this. WOOT, guys. Woot.

THIS YEAR (mildly edited based on filters)

January (1/2/08)
THIS IS MADNESS.

February (2/2/08)
I just experienced the most awkward moment of my entire life.

March (3/28/08 ( Read more... )

It is time to start living again. At home, that is. So I'm going to SHOVEL. I'm going to clean the kitchen, I'm going to clean my room, I'm going to organize my desks. I'm going to GET RID OF SHIT. I'm going to put up holiday lights & put out candles. We're going to get a tree. I'm going to make food and it will be DELICIOUS ( Read more... )

Guess what, guys.

Remember when copperbadge was hacked?

Well, it appears that the same person/bot has visited dorkorific . . . and from there, shoebox_project.

WTF. Seriously.

EDIT: Definitely a person.

Listening to David Bowie does amazing things to my headspace. I am not kidding. The man makes everything better, everything ever.

::loves::

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OMG GUYS OMG GUYS OMG GUYS.

We elected Barack Obama. WE ELECTED, TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA.

. . .

This is going to take a while.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

EDIT: Been listening to OPB online for the past hour and a half or so, and it just occurred to me . . . beginning January 20, we no longer need be the Embarrassment of the Free ( Read more... )

Take some normal bicycle brakes and a thriving urban neighborhood (where there might be an Aikido dojo). Add a bunch of rain ( Read more... )