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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: Living Space Changes Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Living Space Changes Yah for us. On Tuesday we at last completed the long-planned and long-delayed reorganization of our condo. Gone (into storage in the corner) is the never-used kitchen table, out of the storage shed and onto the far corner of the back patio are our seldom-used bikes, moved are the back patio furniture, slid was the enormous bookshelf from the bedroom to the living room, and so on. I'd detail all the changes and include photos, but since none of you know (or care) what the rooms looked like before, I doubt you'd give much of a damn about how we rearranged the deck chairs on this particular Titanic. We like the changes though, and it makes the bedroom and living room seem larger, even though we didn't actually remove any furniture yet, and it will likely still seem larger even after we add another dresser in the bedroom after our next Ikea visit. My favorite part is the added space in the TV area of the living room. We used to sit perhaps four feet from the TV. We're now more like six feet back, and while this has intensified our desire for a larger TV, it's also given us enough space to do something on the floor. Something. Something... if you know what I mean? Nudge, nudge. We got started doing it Tuesday evening when I returned from Kali, ran over to the gym for an intense 30 minute workout (Kali class was largely sweat-free, for a change, and I had energy), and returned home to show Malaya the stick technique we worked on in class. And I had enough space to do that without banging my length of wood into the couch, the TV, or her. Not that we ever bang it into things by accident; one of the key things we learn is to control our weapons and to know just how far they're swinging out behind us, and what we might hit back there if we're not careful. And yes, there are lots of hits that target things behind you. After that brief demonstration (I was tired and my left elbow hurt from banging into the stick so many times during class.) we ate and relaxed for a while, and next used the floor after watching UFC on tape from Monday night, and seeing Matt Hughes submit a guy in like two seconds by skillful application of an arm bar. I couldn't quite understand just how he'd rotated around the guy so quickly and manipulated his arm into the "bent to the breaking point" posture, but with Malaya's help I soon found out. I've never done any Gracie Jujitsu, or other ground-based martial arts, or wrestled, but that stuff looks more and more useful and impressive, the more we see it used in UFC fights. Stand up fighting is great in theory, and it's tons of fun to practice and it looks flashy, especially if your opponent is willing to stand there and trade punches/kicks with you, but with 99% of real life fights instantly turning into mutual headlock brawls, your ability to land a spinning heel kick or how well you can disguise your hooks and crosses with jabs is pretty much irrelevant, outside of class. Tragically, ground skills aren't much use either, since any serious real life fight is going to revolve more around biting, eye-gouging, choking, and the bashing of heads into brick walls, but at least you'll be somewhat more prepared to inflict or suffer those types of assaults if you've spent a few hours on the mat. And hell, at least that ground stuff is great exercise. Posted by: Flux # 3:02 AM Comments: Try reading this without the paragraph break and it can sound like something other than what you intended. "We're now more like six feet back, and while this has intensified our desire for a larger TV, it's also given us enough space to do something on the floor. Something. Something... if you know what I mean? Nudge, nudge. We got started doing it Tuesday evening when I returned from Kali, ran over to the gym for an intense 30 minute workout (Kali class was largely sweat-free, for a change, and I had energy), and returned home to show Malaya the stick technique we worked on in class." #: 2:20 PM posted by Anonymous Nice, Lanth! Funny. #: 6:40 PM posted by Anonymous Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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