My instant thought was "unicorns", too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
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My instant thought was "unicorns", too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
trek i need to invest in these chocolates to begin with. wonder if i can find them online. google here i come!
knot i know its nerve wrecking but good for you! i'm behind you 100% (BMof3 if you accidentally get the letter instead of the bra, well... you have a shoulder to cry on.)
nanci my first thought unicorn.... what about an ultrasaurus (if you count dinosaurs).
Ok, Nanci, you're driving us nuts with anticipation- what is this animal that starts with a U?
*chokes on her Dr. Pepper* CHICA! NO! How did I not come up with Ultrasaurus?! I was such a dinosaur nut when I was a kid, and it didn't even occur to me!
Ooh, you get bonus points. :D
nanci we need your snake expertise over here on this thread.
I went to the employee picnic at the beach . It was 64 very hilly miles. Was doing OK until about 2 miles. when I Fell out of the blue . There was a CHiP behind me and he said I was up one minute and down the next . Just scraped up, but need to go helmet shopping again. I think I may have bonked. Plus I'm my getting strong enough that I get the Bike Friday up into 20's, and does it appear to have squirrely handling at that speed. My take a couple days off. Also may drop out of Tour De Tuscon. I've got other things I want to do in 2007 that are bit more important
Ack- glad you're ok, Fredwina. Just blacking out like that is scary. No history of it, I take it?
Nope. I don't think I blacked out, as I can remember think "Oh S**t! I'm going down" before hitting the pave'.
Part of it was I thought I would have 50 miles and about 2000 feet of climbing. Real Life 64, and 4500 feet:eek: plus the BF climbs like a tank compared to my Cannondale:eek: :eek: almost took it, but wanted to haul stuff, then left my 508 tee at the beach:mad: should have ate mote at the picnic, and brought more with me.
To paraphrase my late Father, "we can but another handlebar, But we can't buy another you"
PS look at the bike 'puter. Max speed which I'm sure I was at) was 37mph I don't recall every going that fast on the "pocket tank" before
:eek:
37 mph?!
was it calibrated for those tiny wheels? That's smokin! No wonder... Well... lotsa carbs nextime, b/c yeah, we can't buy another you! :p Like I said, though, really glad you're okay!
Why Trek is called Tek'inator in Aikido.
Our dojo's lineage is there's:
* the founder of Aikido, O'sensei and....
* his favorite senior student was a man named Saito Sensei and....
* Saito Sensei is my teachers teacher.
Saito Sensei rarely came to the US, I got to see him three times. My teacher went back to Japan to train with him yearly. One rare exeption was five years ago in September Saito came to the US. The workshop was in Rohnert Park was advertised for a long time and everyone who is everyone was going.
But I wasn't.
My ex (not an ex at the time) and I were going on vacation and there was a no cancelation policy on the workshop so I said IF we got back in time Id go up North try to find a 2' x 4' space on the mat and train. But I wan't gonna register.
Well what happened happend and flights were stopped all over the world and when they finaly started up Saito Sensei wasn't going. We later found out that Saito Sensei had cancer, this trip would have been his last to the US and he never visited again.
We got back from vacation the skys were still oddly silent but my e-mail box was not.
First there were a slew of messages "Saito Sensei Workshop Canceled due to Sept 11 emergency"
then another slew of e-mails "New Workshop announced, same date place and time but all US High ranking instuctors"
then another slew from the organisers "ya know if you really want your money back just ask and we'll give it to ya".
Then there was a letter from A.N.
Now A.N. and I have played catch up with rank, he's always been a step ahead of me, 1st kyu when I was 2nd, shodan when I was 1st kyu, now I'm 2nd degree black and he's third. But at the time I was a 1st degree black belt and he was newly minted 2nd.
and in it he ranted about the workshop and that he wanted his money back but couldn't get it and about the workshop that had been put together something along the lines of "these instructors I see all the time, I paid to see Saito Sensei"
oooh, might not want to say that to the local head instructors if you want to get your next rank...
So I carefully composed a letter and in it I laid out that the organiser had reversed their policy and yes you could get a refund, but even if they had not we all new that going in that there were no refunds and that's becuase even in a national emergency there were expenses to organise the event and they are entitled to recoup them and I went on to say his comments about "you guys I see all the time" were uhm a little insulting.
Intended to reply to A.N and guess what happened?
Yep, all over the planet! Hombu dojo (the BEEEG one in Tokyo) major instrutors worldwide....all about A.N.s business.
This is martial arts, I have to train with this guy, he's big and strong and his 2 daughters are 2nd degree black belts. He gets to throw me across the room and turn my arms into pretsels. Did I mention he's big?
Now what?
At first I was so embarased I thought I'd simply give up on Aikido then one day I screwed my courage up and went to the class. From the dressing room I could hear A.N. talking and laughing and thought I'd sink through the floor.
I went out, walked past behind him he smiled, we did warm ups and Sensei gave us our first technique to do I was looking for someone to train with and suddenly literaly slidding in front of me on the matt in a bow .... was A.N. asking to train with me.
"Hi there Trek'inator" he looked up with a big :D
"Ami'san (an expression of respect) I bowed, "domo arigato" (thank you very much).
so things were fine but that's why I'm called "Dita'nator" on the mat
Nice story!
I love aikido. My ex called it "the falling-down dance" because of the grace with which one can guide one's opponent into the floor. ;)
Do we get to call you Trekinator then? ;)
Yes, it calibrated right. at least it matches the car and the other bikes. It's fairly good size hill, and a real popular training route. when I rode out, Health Net, Colivita, and Jelly Belly were having a race. No, these weren't people who bought the Jerseys, either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
BTW, here's the route :
http://routeslip.com/map.php?map=11609
SK, I know I should buy an altimeter. Maybe when sell the tank... I think I'm cursed when it comes to bicycling in Orange County. and it was such a pretty ride.
I drank a Rock star after I got back to the car, and some O'douls here. The o'd's seem to hit the spot for me as a recovery drink.
Kitsune06 "I love aikido. My ex called it "the falling-down dance" because of the grace with which one can guide one's opponent into the floor. ;)"
I dunno how gracefully I'm guided to the floor, falls I think are something you give yourself not so much something done to you and my ukemi (falls) are more along the line of "crash burn". :cool:
It only LOOKS dance-like. When you're in it, doing it...powerful stuff but fun fun fun and constantly learning. I can't think of any martial art you smile as often doing, today in class Marinella had me cracking up (she always does) as she was doing a sword form with me...to the tune of Blue Danube.
"Do we get to call you Trekinator then? ;)"
only on TD? :p
weellllll... I meant how gracefully the thrower threw you. The throwee doesn't need to be so graceful (unless they're good at landing and rolling, which is hard, hard, hard, and I don't think I could do it...):p
I try to call myself graceful (I try! I do!) but yeah, he had me land pretty disgracefully more than once. (like the "Oh, you're coming straight at me? Blurry hand movement, subtle step, oh, suddenly you're on your butt! How cute." :rolleyes: Never was good at finding balance, but I always had a thing for Ki and the exchange thereof.
[QUOTE=Kitsune06;133472 but I always had a thing for Ki and the exchange thereof.[/QUOTE]
When I was preggers my Tai Chi instructor (yes, I tried 2 martial arts, karate and Tai Chi. Tai Chi was my favorite) was utterly entranced by my belly. aka SKnot. He said it was total Chi. I was so darn graceful as a huge pregnant chick (I'd been taking his class for a while) that he had me be at the front to help lead class.
That was one of the highlights of my silly little life.
Pregnant women are amazing and beautiful in their own rights... but I'm assuming that wasn't what was originally meant...
I knew a shaman once (well, I still know her- beside the point) who had very interesting views of chi and people. SKnot strikes me as a very special person. It'll be interesting to see what he does when he grows up.
tai chi is a beautiful art. One days I ride to work I pass a park where lots of old people do Tai Chi.
I wish I got there early enough to join them,
My teacher and any other women I know in Aikido have usualy stopped training while pregnant, either the balance thing or there's a tale that the falls/rolls could endanger the baby.
I'm in DC, my brother safely married. It was a wonderful wedding, and it's been a great weekend. My mom and I are staying at my brother's house tonight and tomorrow...she leaves Mon, I stay 'til Tues AM, exploring the city. I love DC.
I can't get into AOL mail! Whaaaaahhh! :( I just know J. wrote me...blech. I had the same problem last time I was here. What kind of computer lets you go anywhere except AOL mail? Wierd.
KN, I'm glad you sent that letter (((KN))). You've taken a big step toward opening your life back up to love and joy. I know a thing or two about this.
OK, I'm tickled that I got on here, but time to go to bed. Love to you all, L.
We miss you, Lise!
Oh, goody. I'm an honorary "old people".Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
I watched my instructor and his instructor fight once. It was like watching snakes wrestle. I wish I could find my instructor again. I want to keep doing Tai Chi as a martial art. (as opposed to an old peoples' exercise)
Please note the proper use of the apostrophe. I've consumed an entire bottle of wine (don't even TRY to tell me I don't deserve it) and I can still do at least one grammatical gymnastic correctly.
I lost a few critters before I was able to keep one (SKnot). So I believe the thing about falls/rolls to some extent. But really, I believe that if the critters have other more pressing engagements, they won't stay with you no matter what.
...my relieving officer is late. I've had too much caffiene (or something) and I'm crawling out of my skin trying to just sit still here in the chair, waiting for an opportunity to squeak outside and pace around the parking lot until I wear down some of this buzz. GRUH! (just watch, I'll want to complain about jsut being around her when she's here, I just know it...) :D
Knot- I appreciate the efforts with the wine, but I think I found a couple grammatical errors. ;) don't hit me!!! I type my stuff in word, squint to see if there are any green or red squigglies under it, then copy and paste it. When Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v don't work anymore, I put the bottle away. :D
Hey, I only said ONE grammatical gymnatstic.
The rest are up for grabs!
KnottedYet "Oh, goody. I'm an honorary "old people".
Knot, that's not what I meant...
First) martial arts is an activity where age in the sport is a good thing. it takes years to get this clumsy....and then they change everything and I'm a dolt again.
More important) tai chi is not and "old persons" art but....I ride past the edge of Oaklands China town and this square is a large gathering of mostly older Chinese doing Tai Chi every morning.
Lise, glad you're having fun. Let us know what you visit in DC. It is a fabulous place to wander around in--the museums are amazing, I like the different neighborhoods, etc.
I was about to pursue aikido when my back decided to go fibromyalgia on me, and I had to quit ballet after many years and thus KNEW I could never manage aikido--too bad, since I too think aikido is beautiful.
I SMASHED my toe against Mr. Salsa's still-packed suitcase this morning on the way to the bathroom (in the basement dungeon--so it's not like it was actually in my way, just not accustomed to the smaller space configuration). OW OW OW OW OW. My toe is hugely swollen and purple and disgusting and I can't put any weight on it. Wonder how compatible this is with the 60-mile tandem ride planned for tomorrow? AND dammit, REI didn't have the SIDI Dominator size I need, although the guy was immensely useful in helping me figure out what size I really DO need (male regular width 42.5, for those who are interested. The women's shoe is too narrow for me, and TE Goddess Susan Otcenas helped me figure this out. Thank you, Susan. Wish you sold the male shoes; then I could buy them from you).
Why are construction crews such china shop bulls? They've dumped a gajillion nails in our yard, so we're trying to clean them up so a) the cats can go back out without six million nails underfoot and b) whenever I get back to relandscaping and a real garden I won't have to worry about being impaled by large nails every time I dig a hole to plant. Arrr.
Maillotpois, are you running/walking/hiking? How you feeling?
Fishdoc, are you there yet?
Am assuming that Choco, Maizey, tortoises are well, and Nanci's daughter's bird is getting better. Poor both of them.
I know that's not what you meant, dear Trek. I'm just being an obnoxious drunk frat-boy @ssho1e.
Watching my instructor and his instructor fight taught me that Tai Chi is MUCH more than just old peoples' exercise.
We once did a thing in class where the entire class (I wasn't preggers at the time) tried to push over our instructor. We couldn't do it.
I loved the book "ChiRunning". Man, I followed that book and my running style improved soooooo much. Not enough that I could run in the Danskin Tri, but improved enough that I noticed. Tai Chi applied to gait. Very cool. I've tried to use it with my patients, but it rarely works. They need the whole philosophy first.
No kidding, obnoxious. Watch out, you'll make me act like a 20 something, and that's the last thing anyone wants to see.
Honorary old people my @ss. I can still easily compare you to my age. I might as well be honorary ol--- waitaminute. *points*Margo! You put her up to that, didn't you!? ARGH! *forehead smite!*
Crassy, very crassy. ;) I wanna see how much of this you derete tomorrow. :D
and Chi pressing is very cool. ex decided to show me, so occasionally, we'd gently nudge each other by extending ki. Weirdos. I now just use it in ki pressing and massage to try to relax tight muscles or make dgf feel better...
on a related note: does anyone here know about seeing auras, or perceiving them? is it too highbrow for the moment? ;) :D
Kitsune06 "I wanna see how much of this you derete tomorrow. :D"
yep, will she still respect us in the morning?
Will she respect herself?
I know I'll feel just fine about me in the morning. :D I just like picking on drunk people. It's fun, but you know, I kid b/c I love. Of course. :D
It's ALWAYS SOMETHING.
The other officer is here now, but I have to wait 45 minutes before I can GO HOME. Going CRAZY WAITING. *taps foot restlessly-jiggles leg-drums fingers*
Hey, I respect myself all over the damm place! Now, where's the damm corkscrew?
Don't tell, but I do a lot of aura and energy field work with my manual therapy at my job. My patients like it and they get better, so what's the fuss?
The fuss is just that it's unconventional, ya d@mn hippy! :eek:
I'm working on 'seeing' aura, but for me it has to be a very dark room, and I can't look *directly* at it, but I can pick it up in peripheral vision. Pretty nifty stuff. I can feel it better. hot/cold, close, further away, etc. It's uberawesome for tantric excercise, etc. :D
*sniff* Knot, I wanna respect myself, too. *checks watch* half an hour till I get home. :rolleyes:
...the guy on the ad in the humor section needs some help with self-respect, too. Or just to get back on his saddle.
...help! I'm a Sag and I can't shut up!
I can't see 'em, I can only feel 'em.
But honey, when I feel 'em, watch out!
I've done some very cool work with energy fields! But I can't say that, I can only document what muscles I've worked on, etc. I think the "field" is the brain's shorthand for something else it's observing. Maybe tension in muscles or something.
(oh, the weird stories I could tell...)
to see them is something else, totally, and you know it when you see it. For me, it often looks like blue/green steam coming from my fingers, just a faint outline, where there's really only enough light to see a silhouette (and my hands should be black-on-black... but doing energy work, you can often actually *see* the cause and effect. it's like steam or vapor. Very cool.
I'm with ya on weird stories. D@mn hippies have all the fun. :D
If you haven't already, check out Kirilian photography.
I have. When I get a scanner, I'll put the pic online for you. I came out all white/pink/turquoise/blue, with a funny yin-yang energy swirl over my head. H was more pink/blue/green.
mmkay y'all, it's been fun, but I've made enough of an @ss of myself tonight... so I'm going home. To sleep, perchance to dream. And yes, I'll have fun. :rolleyes:
You guys were sure talkative last night while I was watching the season two finale of Grey's Anatomy. Talk about a tear jerker... I HATE McDreamy.
I didn't ride my bike yesterday. I'm still freaked out by almost getting hit last Sunday. (All my fault, what a dumbaxx) I put down eight more bags of cypress mulch under my big oak garage tree, and added another two patio blocks, dug in, to my little landing I made by where I park, and moved one flower, a carnation, and planted a lantana, along my stepping stone sidewalk where I envision someday little colorful flowers and edible tortoise plants tucked in the uneven edges of the stones. I hand-picked all the pine needles out of the grass in my tortoise garden. I moved my cast iron birds next to the new flowers. The torts grazed happily. I made crockpot chicken and dumplings, and went to see Jackass Two with a girlfriend. I was crying (with laughter) before I was five minutes into it...Then I came home and took the torts and Dill out again. With a nice bottle of Viognier. I love watching the birds go to bed for the night- the crows who are all out walking in the grass go back to the woods. A pair of doves that sound like they weigh ten pounds each- they are so clumsy! land in the oak and crash around and coo at each other till they fall asleep. Bluejays and squirrels look for acorns till it's almost dark. Sometimes the little wrens flit about and complain. Woodpeckers fly to the oak, out to the huge mimosa, out to the woods, back to the oak. When it's too dark to read, I take everyone back in the house. It got down to 40 something last night! Was 44F when I got up.
I get daily updates on Kelly's bird Roy. His first bandage change will be Monday. Then we will know what amount of foot was salvaged. He's doing fine, though.
Salsa, I had a toenail fall off a couple weeks ago. Actually, it was helped off. I think it got injured at Wickham Park in May. Then I dropped my bike on it last Saturday!! (You know I ride with sandals...) Watch your toe- purple and swollen might indicate a fracture.
Knot- I'm sorry.
CWR- got the snake thing handled. I wish they wouldn't have murdered it, though.
Oh, yeah, Baton Rouge, how could I forget?? Every time I think about it, I get that Garth Brooks song stuck in my head...
Lise, AOL blows. I bet he's sent you a bunch of letters! Probably even PR has written!
Fredw, that is very strange.
Oh, the "U" animal I thought of immediately was Umbrella Bird. Of course, BF who called from work at the sheriff's dept and demanded I produce a "U" animal with no explanation then thinks I made it up. I'm like, well Google it if you don't believe me. There is also the Uakari, a particularly unfortunate-looking New World monkey, and (sea) urchin.
Umbrella Bird
Any of three species of bird of tropical South and Central America, family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, about 45 cm/18 in long. The Amazonian species Cephalopterus ornatus, the ornate umbrella bird, has an inflatable wattle at the neck to amplify its humming call, and in display elevates a long crest (12 cm/4 in) lying above the bill so that it rises umbrella-like above the head. These features are less noticeable in the female, which is brownish, while the male is blue-black.
In the long-wattled umbrella bird C. penduliger, the wattle is covered with black feathers and may reach a length of 28 cm/11 in. The wattle of C. glabricollis is short, bare, and red.
I'm resisting, I'm resisting!!
Do you guys ever hear weird things at night? A few months ago, I woke up in the middle of the night. I thought I heard a man walking down the street, laughing. I went over to the window, and finally, after being really scared, decided it was an owl.
Now last night, I heard a thing that sounded like a man trying to bark like a dog, and I heard it in the space of about 30 seconds- first at my neighbors' which was what drew my attention- I went to the window for more information, then suddenly in my front yard, then way across the street in a field. Had to be a bird- but I sure don't know what...I listened to a bunch of owl calls just now, and it doesn't match any of them.
Sorry I missed the fun last night...hey Knotted, how's your head feel?? :D Mine would feel stuffed with cotton and my tongue would feel carpeted with 1970's orange shag. ;)
Oh, no! What have I done?!?!?
well there photos of you with the lampshade....and you mailed this letter to DPITA and a lacey bra to BMo3
And what are you doing up so early??? And what kind of wine was it??