Sanity… is for the Weak

Was a hearty Sausage with Green Pea soup, paired with a delightful ‘07 Brown Brothers Special Late Harvest Orange Muscat and Flora. Just the thing to chase away the monday blues ~

Separately, the wifey took her supplementary card and went on some retail therapy.

Two Kate Spade bags and a wallet. Ouch. Oh well, her birthday’s coming up anyway.

Yet another all-nighter at the office.

Don’t think I’ll be in any condition to swing a sword later; but I may drop by later to watch practice.

Too tired… to think. ZZZzzzzz

We went for a live cut last Sunday.

As can be seen, my form sucks in so many ways, it’s not funny:

1) Most glaring of all, I’m leading with my face ~ first rule of swordsmanship: see a target, hit a target. And my chubby face isn’t exactly small to begin with…

2) I’ve allowed the sword to travel past the ending-point of dente di zengiaro. In fact, it’s almost a coda longa ch’è destesa, albeit on the wrong side.

3) I’m hunching my shoulders, probably in an effort to power my strike; something which is not good swordsmanship. It throws my aim off, introduces torque to the cutting motion and simply takes longer to execute the strike.

It improved somewhat in latter cuts, especially after reviewing the pictures. But the hunching of shoulders was still evident:

Oh well. Back to basic training and cutting drills ~ something which I have been neglecting for a while.

Mwahahaha!!!

Prepare to lose your sanity!

And additionally, a little something for our Finnish friends:

Be seeing you next month when we head up to Helsinki!

I was doing a little research on Vocaloid, and came across this little gem on YouTube.

It’s something that can only be described as… Disturbingly Cute.

So, remember kids:

Sanity… is for the Weak!

Oh well. Here we go again.

Mess dinner tonight. Laters ~

Audio/Visual Update

Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
+The Sex, the City, the Music: Shanghai
+Monkey Majik: 空はまるで
+Queen: Greatest Hits

Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Heroes Season 2
+My Neighbor Totoro
+Appleseed: Ex Machina

Animania:
+Freedom
+Hayate no Gotoku
+Clannad
+Rental Magica
+Bamboo Blade
+Toshokan Sensou (図書館戦争)

Movies to Catch - ‘08:
+Sweeney Todd
+The Spiderwick Chronicles
+Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
+Iron Man
+The Dark Knight
+Cloverfield Missed this
+Jumper
+Wall-E
+Hancock
+Get Smart
+Charlie Wilson’s War
+Bangkok Dangerous
+Speed Racer
+The Love Guru
+Wanted
+Indiana Jones and The Temple of the Crystal Skull
+Forbidden Kingdom
+Doomsday

Movies soooo bad, it’s gotta be gooood
+The Machine Girl
+Oneechanbara
+Zombie Strippers

Current Reads
RAWs
+謎の彼女Ｘ - Chapter 21
+魔法 先生 ネギま! - Chapter 211
+死がふたりを分かつまで Chapter 13
+おばあちゃんはアイドル Vol 3

Dead Tree
+Freakonomics
+Conquistador
+Why We Want You To Be Rich

Online
+Questionable Content
+Real Life
+The Order of the Stick
+Turn Signals on a Land Raider

Iron Man
Iron Man was a total blast! From the soundtrack to the F/X to the comic scenes to the fast and furious fights, in a totally awesome romp through the Superhero genre. The only thing that jarred came at the end, after the credits rolled ~ why, oh why, did they cast Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury?!? Then again, this probably means that this vision of the Marvel Universe will probably be cast on the Ultimates couch… but why did he mention the “Avenger Initiative”? Will that mean we’ll be seeing a Thor and Captain America movie sometime soon, seeing as Hulk is coming up next?

Muggings! Car-Jackings! Drive-by Shootings! All these, and more, all accompanied by a rockin’ soundtrack!

Heh.