You know? I feel pretty great about my life right now. I was kind of kicking myself for a while for not being in school and living at home, but I've got a lot going for me right now. I'm 1-1 in amateur MMA in the state of Michigan, meaning I've met my dream of finally fightin' for real, and plan on fighting more in the summer. I'm getting my own ( Read more... )

 Well, I realized I never even posted this!
This is my first MMA fight - I win in the first round.
www.youtube.com/watchThis is my second MMA fight. I lose in the first round.
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That initial punch may only seem like a glancing blow, but I assure you, it rocked my brain into stupid land, rendering me into a condition where a flying ( Read more... )

Praise to thee, black nectar ( Read more... )

I have my first MMA fight this weekend.
I am, of course, super-psyched. My opponent is 2-0, but upon viewing his fights, I'm pretty confident that my jits will see the day for me. If not, the worst thing that happens to me is that I lose.
I've been cutting weight, which has been less bad than I imagined it so far. I'm fighting at 149 (down from my ( Read more... )

Ah, my sweetheart ( Read more... )

I'm hopefully having my first amateur MMA fight on March 6th.
I talked to my coach, and he seems to think that I'm ready. And hey, he's the guy that would know.
I certainly feel ready. After having had a couple Muay Thai fights, I'm no longer worried about getting my shit rocked. I seem to have a decent chin, and honestly, if I get knocked out, so ( Read more... )

Well, my Fulbright application got rejected ( Read more... )

So I've been feeling like a layer cake of crap as of late.
Kicking it off is my health. I developed a cough over the weekend, which developed into chest-wrackingly horrible cough on Monday, and a full blown cold on Tuesday.
This cold, in turn, has taken away my principle source of seratonin and otherwise mood-stabilization, exercise. I haven't ( Read more... )

I've started on the GOMAD diet.
The above awesome acronym stands for "Gallon of Milk a Day." In this diet, one (get this) drinks a gallon of milk. Every day. This is on top of all of the food you'd normally eat.
When coupled with doing a shit-ton of squats, this has the miraculous effect of making the human body put on weight. So far, I've put on ( Read more... )

So after seeing the first skirt I made, my good friend Amanda decided to commission one for herself.
I finished it a while ago, and finally gave it to her last night.

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