And That's Why Torture Is Funny

To avoid the bloody insurrection that will no doubt follow my missing 2 full months of blogging, I come to you in blog form (which is much nicer than say jello form, and we don't even want to discuss the poo flinging monkey form... I've been told not to mention it).

As I still really have nothing to say of any consequence I will go about filling this blog with random snippets of things that interest me, we have done, or random thoughts I have had recently.

I got new weapons for Aikido on saturday, which was nice. A good jo, and bokken, which I now need to lightly sand down, and soak in linseed oil... a process I have no idea how to accomplish in the limited space we have that could support an aluminum foil tray of oil, and would not have kids or animals in it within seconds of me putting it down. Something I'm going to have to figure out.

New music has arrived, in the form of Rush (Snakes and Arrows which are great live btw), Oasis (Be Here Now), The Streets (Original Pirate Material), The Arctic Monkeys (Everything you say I am, that's what I'm not), and oh yea, more Rush (2112, and Grace under Pressure).

Oasis continues to amaze me in the capacity to have a great rock soundtrack to the background of anything. I only realize how generally nonsensical (about 1/2 the songs make no real sense) when I go to play them (which is also nice, they aren't too damn complicated) and realize what exactly the lyrics are. But it's a damn fine rock album, none the less.

I would actually recommend all the albums there, although I believe the Arctic Monkeys have a better offering in favorite worst nightmare.

In other news, I have really been enjoying Aikido. I just recently got my first real taste of something called yonkiho. It's a form of wrist lock, which I got on saturday, and is still kind of smarting yet today. Pretty friggin cool given that it is practically effortless. That's the part I love though, being able to learn so much about the mechanics and movement of the body combined with the intent of the mind. Very cool.

I love my wife too. Yea, I know, blech ick yuck sappiness, but it's pretty cool to work though life with someone else. I can see the appeal of going it alone, in terms of just picking up and doing whatever, and the adventures to be had, but once you figure it out, I think there's plenty of adventure out there for two, just different stakes.

Been doing lots of thinking about houses recently, and what should be a requirement. I want to build a secret door, and that will happen (maybe not in the first house, but eventually). I also want to do all kinds of building projects on the thing, and am wondering how it will all pan out. I've never tried to build a deck... I'll give it a shot though!

I think I need to exercise more during the day. I have a small routine I like to do 3-4 times a day, but I keep having issues to remember to do it. I would set a schedule, but it's hard to follow at work... or perhaps I'm just lazy :-p

I'm really close to taking the first part of my networking cert test. While not nearly as fun, it's worth some money, and allows lots of flexibility. We shall see what comes of that.

Also been thinking alot about leaders recently. I find the Chris Rock analogy of all we have are substitute teachers to be quite accurate for most of the leaders I seem to be subject to recently. Of course that makes me compare myself, but I don't really want to be one. Just a sargent or something similar. I facilitate leadership, and take it when no one else will do so. I don't really like dictating to others, but I'd like to think that stuck in that position, I would at least throw my balls up on the table and be decisive dammit! :-p

So I think that's long enough for now, yay for more than 4000 characters in the blogs!

Are you pondering what I'm pondering? I think so Brain, but I don't think it burns that long no matter how you light it!

Oh yes, the title comes from a statement I made after not enough sleep, and whilst engaging in aggressive tickle torture.