Well, I had a good day yesterday, a busy day, but a good one. Started the day by going to bed at 3am, then waking up at 7am. Went over to martial arts stuff from 8am to 4:30pm. The day started with me helping administer a black belt test. It was a pretty good test too, 2 and a half hours of hard work. Then I helped with 3 non-black belt tests. After the tests there were 3 weapon seminars. Started with a tonfa, which is kinda like a night stick. So I can do a few things with that now. Next was a bokken, which is a "great" katana/samurai sword. The last weapon was nunchaku, but I didn't stay for all of that one, wasn't as interested in them. I've also learned how to use a bo staff. I know a kata, or form, in it.
In other news, I'm up here in Stillwater, yeppie. Classes start tomorrow, non-yeppie. I have 2 teachers I've had in the past, and they are both good, so that is... good. First class is at 10:30am, not too bad.
Time to go and eat some lunch with my roommate, Matt Hafner. Oh, and I suppose I'll be seeing how many push-ups I can do tomorrow.
Oops, I was about to save the entry, but then I looked at the title and realized I didn't mention anything about Brazil. So, the whole martial arts thing was done by Brian Bryans, and he does a lot of mission trips where the do karate demos and minister to people. I was wondering if he was doing any in Jan/Feb/March, as I would be out of school, and could probably do one. It would be a good experience and let me see another country. So I was like, "Since I'll be out of school, I was wondering if you are doing any trips in Jan, or Feb, or" and he said, "March, we're going to Brazil, I'll sign you up", I was like, "oh, ok". Well, it wasn't quite like that, but pretty close. It's during spring break. I'll have to have money of course, but I have some saved up, and maybe I'll see if I could raise support for it. Ok, time for food.
TUMEO.
Sounds cool. I am all about people going to other countries and seeing the world. Hopefully you won't freak mom and dad out too much.
Posted by: jen at August 21, 2005 01:08 PMTry to get them to pay for the trip. :) You planning on doing some travelling on your own after your mission there is done? That's so awesome that you're going!!! :)
Best of luck with the new semester...
Posted by: Jay at August 21, 2005 01:43 PMInteresting stuff, good luck with teh semester. I'm sure you'll be able to raise money to go.
Posted by: Adam at August 21, 2005 02:29 PMSounds like a great idea ~ maybe you can meet a hot Latin girl and then you and Jennifer will stay the male and female version of each other :O) Just make sure the initals are the same as Rene'
Posted by: Emily at August 21, 2005 11:53 PMHey dude, I was reading about your crunches. I would recommend not timing them. If you are trying to build up abdominal muscles and deal with flab try this. Hold the up position for a full 1-3 seconds, then relax for a second, then repeat. Find a relatively slow and consistent pace. The slow burn you'll feel is much more effective than thrashing through ups and downs. And remember, the abdominal muscles are the most powerful and endurant muscles in the body. They can continue to work long after they feel like they're going on strike. Good luck w/the hundred, and yeah, maybe I'll come up and chill w/ya sometime.
Posted by: Wes at August 23, 2005 05:30 AMHooray for weapons training!
Posted by: Hardwareguy at August 23, 2005 12:58 PM