Go somewhere and turn!

I know I probably say this way too often but I love these warm nights when we go outside and do forms in Kung Fu. Especially weapons. That's what we did tonight. Snarklit has returned from school though we were minus the Gold Dragon and Te Ji Nan. Still a fun group.

While we were outside doing sword and staff, two guys started watching us from across the parking lot. Actually, a few people came out to watch, but these two were very intent. One was young, blond and built, like maybe a dude who lifts weights or something. The other who was with him was sort of the opposite of everything I said. They started videotaping us. Not even taking photos, but videos. I pointed them out to Sifu and a few others and we were all sort of like, "Uhh, yeah, LOL... hmm." Anyway, eventually they went into the school where the Empress and CC were practicing for a demo. I went in to see what was up, and saw the blond guy signing up.

I probably would have signed up too, but it's maybe hard to understand that you don't touch a weapon until you're in the advanced class, and you don't touch a sword until at least green belt. New people never stay, but it's always kind of neat when they try. I always get psyched when someone new comes in. But, usually it's just the same core group it's been for years.

So the other day I randomly missed listening to Iron Maiden. They were one of my biggest in high school. In fact when SB's mom was pregnant with him and living with us, and she took over my bedroom and I moved into the spare room ("the music room" is what it was usually called.) I was 16 and didn't like being out of my bedroom. I couldn't sleep unless I had Iron Maiden's "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" on repeat, as well as the lights on. I would fall asleep listening to that CD and wake up with it still playing, and whichever song was on was an omen about how my school day was going to go.

So I downloaded a few old favorites of mine, such as Aces High, Wasted Years, Run To The Hills and Caught Somewhere In Time. Which always reminds me of when I played that song for my Mom in the car once and she thought he was saying, "Go somewhere and turn." I still have "7th Son" on CD somewhere in my room and I plan to dig it out and upload it. Unfortunately the rest of my Maiden music is all on cassette. Curse my entire generation for its lack of foresight. Anyway, it was sort of fantastic to be driving down the road again to Maiden's oft-imitated definitive galloping bass-beat and Bruce Dickenson's earnest wail. I had a crush when I was a kid. I think he even made it into one of my stories as a famous fencer or something.

What else what else? My fish tank is still mothereffing cloudy. WHY? It's getting me so upset! I want to see my fishes in clean, clear water.

Umm, finished RE4 for like, the fifth time or something, I don't know. Finished re-watching Sorcerer Hunters. Closing out Kenshin, the ones I never bothered seeing. They're pretty disappointing. Gonna download a new book to read tonight, kind of excited about that. And I suppose that everyone can guess that that way over-colored anime-style drawing is of/for that guy I'm crushing on, who is going away for three months after we totally had a really nice time getting to know each other, eff my life? Naww but I'm all for the good causes. So yeah, that's what that was about.

The rest is school, work, revising, and the usual, I think. Yes, the usual. :)

Go somewhere and turn!

I know I probably say this way too often but I love these warm nights when we go outside and do forms in Kung Fu. Especially weapons. That's what we did tonight. Snarklit has returned from school though we were minus the Gold Dragon and Te Ji Nan. Still a fun group.

While we were outside doing sword and staff, two guys started watching us from across the parking lot. Actually, a few people came out to watch, but these two were very intent. One was young, blond and built, like maybe a dude who lifts weights or something. The other who was with him was sort of the opposite of everything I said. They started videotaping us. Not even taking photos, but videos. I pointed them out to Sifu and a few others and we were all sort of like, "Uhh, yeah, LOL... hmm." Anyway, eventually they went into the school where the Empress and CC were practicing for a demo. I went in to see what was up, and saw the blond guy signing up.

I probably would have signed up too, but it's maybe hard to understand that you don't touch a weapon until you're in the advanced class, and you don't touch a sword until at least green belt. New people never stay, but it's always kind of neat when they try. I always get psyched when someone new comes in. But, usually it's just the same core group it's been for years.

So the other day I randomly missed listening to Iron Maiden. They were one of my biggest in high school. In fact when SB's mom was pregnant with him and living with us, and she took over my bedroom and I moved into the spare room ("the music room" is what it was usually called.) I was 16 and didn't like being out of my bedroom. I couldn't sleep unless I had Iron Maiden's "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" on repeat, as well as the lights on. I would fall asleep listening to that CD and wake up with it still playing, and whichever song was on was an omen about how my school day was going to go.

So I downloaded a few old favorites of mine, such as Aces High, Wasted Years, Run To The Hills and Caught Somewhere In Time. Which always reminds me of when I played that song for my Mom in the car once and she thought he was saying, "Go somewhere and turn." I still have "7th Son" on CD somewhere in my room and I plan to dig it out and upload it. Unfortunately the rest of my Maiden music is all on cassette. Curse my entire generation for its lack of foresight. Anyway, it was sort of fantastic to be driving down the road again to Maiden's oft-imitated definitive galloping bass-beat and Bruce Dickenson's earnest wail. I had a crush when I was a kid. I think he even made it into one of my stories as a famous fencer or something.

What else what else? My fish tank is still mothereffing cloudy. WHY? It's getting me so upset! I want to see my fishes in clean, clear water.

Umm, finished RE4 for like, the fifth time or something, I don't know. Finished re-watching Sorcerer Hunters. Closing out Kenshin, the ones I never bothered seeing. They're pretty disappointing. Gonna download a new book to read tonight, kind of excited about that. And I suppose that everyone can guess that that way over-colored anime-style drawing is of/for that guy I'm crushing on, who is going away for three months after we totally had a really nice time getting to know each other, eff my life? Naww but I'm all for the good causes. So yeah, that's what that was about.

The rest is school, work, revising, and the usual, I think. Yes, the usual. :)