My brother said he had found a dojo that does BJJ almost around the corner from where I live, so I checked it out; turns out that the BJJ teacher left for greener pastures recently! The search for a practical place to train BJJ continues!
Journal
20080929
I had another attack yesterday, only minutes after walking into Eva’s apartment. I’m glad that I was there, and that Eva was there to look after me. There’s very little that she could do, but she got me some ice to hold against my face, which helped. She was pretty shocked at it all, which made me feel bad. She also made the guys, who had arrived mid-attack, wait outside until I was finished riding the beast, which also made me feel bad. In the end everyone was very cool about it, for which I’m very thankful.
Online Shopping
I think I only have one real objection to online shopping; they keep track of everything you buy. Sure, I could launch into a big tirade about how one day all these database will be connected and we’ll be enslaved in, to quote Alex Jones (I love that guy), a “globally spanning matrix, a control grid that turns our world into a prison planet where we’re subject to the will and the power of the elite,” but I won’t. No, it’s not that the government will come to take my woman’s uterus, black helicopters following me home and such, no, it’s much, much worse…
These bitches, and especially Amazon, since I’ve shopped there regularly over the last decade, have gotten really good at predicting what I like and what will interest me. They have figured me out to the point where I can judge by the subject line of their recommendation e-mails that I should just delete it right there and then and not even bother opening the e-mail. “Would sir perhaps be interested in some Jesper Kyd’s Hitman: Blood Money original soundtrack?” *waggles eyebrows* “Yes…yes, I would, actually. You bunch of bloodsucking vampires!”
20080924
I’ve pulled a muscle in my shoulderblade. Well, actually, someone else pulled it for me during MMA, but still, a muscle was pulled. It’s not that painful, but it’s very consistent, and it makes sleeping a very restless affair. As a result, I’m walking around in a bit of a foggy haze. Lucky for me, my last cluster-attack was on Thursday, so perhaps the Verapamil I’m taking is actually doing something good. I foresee bad things happening if I get an attack while so sleep-deprived. In fact, I’m starting to get uncomfortable with the idea of being outside for too long, not to mention being in public transport. As for my shoulder, perhaps I should skip kung fu for a little while and concentrate on swimming a bit more.
I’ve been playing a lot of chess on Facebook, but unfortunately, with mixed results. I just lost a game to Dennis, which went sour due to a mistake I made really early on, but I still manage to grind him down to a point where I had a really good chance of winning. Sadly, I positioned myself poorly and he managed to pull off the win. I’m getting closer and closer to finally beating Jim, who is really very good at chess, and even against Edwin it’s no longer like he’s out clubbing little baby seals. One of these days I’ll actually pull off a win.
I finished Hitman: Blood Money last night, and I have to say that the Hitman series is probably one of my favourite computer game series out there. The games are all a combination of a puzzle and an action game with an interesting story and I’ve enjoyed playing all four instalments. Considering the climax of H: BM I wonder if they’re going to do a fifth game, perhaps with a slightly different angle.
Orbital – The Box
An awesome video clip and track by Orbital. Done a few years ago, and still, whenever I stumble across it, the music and accompanying visuals still blow me away.