Category
fighting
-
beer, fighting, movies
Swords, Gravity, Bikers: Three Things That Pumped Me Up Last Week
1. Samurai Movies. Last Saturday was an active one for me. The day began with the traditional Samurai Saturday Kurosawa movie viewing. The Criterion Collection on Netflix Watch Instantly has proven a handy tool for filling out the gaps in my samurai movie knowledge, even while it gives me a chance to go back and [...]
-
fighting
Friday Fighting: I Knew How it Would End
07.10.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI knew how the fight was going to end as soon as he threw that first punch. It was a right cross, thrown correctly. This guy was serious and he knew what he was doing. Instead of flailing away with a wild haymaker, his punch came at me in a straight line. The whole thing [...]
-
autobiography, fighting
Tango Kilo Oscar
10.21.07 | Permalink | 6 CommentsWell, Friday came and went. I was unable to participate in Friday Night Fights, because I was busy participating in Friday Night Fights. It only sounds like nonsense. You see, I was participating in some good old fashioned fisticuffs on Friday Night so I was unable to post a scan of comic book characters fighting. [...]
-
fighting
Before Enlightenment – Chop Wood, Carry Water, Get Punched in Face. After Enlightenment – Still Getting Punched in the Face
10.08.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI’m a smart guy. I read books. I move in intellectual circles. I also get punched in the face on a daily basis. Sometimes people ask me why I do things like boxing and MMA, suggesting by their tone that I am somehow too smart for combat sports. Perhaps influenced by the monosyllabic, mush-mouthed mumblings [...]
-
autobiography, fighting
Me Versus My Body: Round Two Leaves Me Taking it on the Chin
09.25.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI am now at the midway point of my boxing bootcamp, and things are progressing nicely. Timing, strength, and overall conditioning is improving. I’ve lost some weight, to the point where I don’t have to hold the ends of the towel together when I drape it across my post-shower nether regions. They meet comfortably and [...]
Words are spells against demons
RSS
Tumbls
Donald Glover “Save Community” PSA (by MusicTelevisionNewsC)
grantimatter:[via girldefective: iateabee]
surrogateself: Beavis and Butthead in Real Life
Copyright
Copyright © 2007-2011 by Semantic Drift. All rights reserved.Designed by Upstart Blogger.