Christian Samurai

Cheesy, campy, kinda like a modern version of the Adam West Batman.

*sniff*  It's a beautiful thing if you can catch it.  Monday's at 9pm Central on ABC family channel.

Have you ever thought about it?  If you have ever trained in Karate or whatever, you probably know that there is a difference between how you fight in a tournament and how you fight to save your life.  

In a tournament, I'm trying to hit you hard enough and a lot of times so that you consider that maybe you should keep away from the big guy that can reach half way across the ring with his fists and more then that with is feet.  I still pull back though, because it's a game, it's fun.  Throw in some ground play, and then it's a game of mercy, with more punching.

However, in real life, I could care less what your ground game is.  My goal is the throw whatever it is I have at you until I can run away, or until those who I am protecting can run away.  I'm not going to let you get me on the ground, and if it happens, you'd find out that you just threw away your best bet at not being permanently hurt.  I will find that special part that you most want to protect, and make it go away.....eyes, nads, throat, whatever will cause you to release me.  Just being honest. 

So why is it that you get these fools who watch too much UFC that think you are going to protect yourself with am arm bar, or a choke hold?  Sure against one, maybe, but what about more then that?  Everybody has friends, especially the bad guys.  Even the Gracie's (they helped bring Brazilian Jujitsu to the status that it has) would be smarter then to use a full nelson in the middle of a multiple attacker fight.  Some of these fools tell me "every fight is going to go to the ground."  

Personally, I don't go around to places that get me into fights, I keep a good attitude, and I don't hang around people who make me fight.  For the most part, I don't have to worry about it, but I hate, really hate, the schools that teach kids that the best way to fight on the street is on the ground, when really, the best martial arts techniques are self control so that you don't get into fights that are not needed, and the ability to run away from danger.

Sorry, had an entertaining "discussion" with a jujitsu guy that was a little to prideful. 

Do you know, or does anybody know, what is going to happen with "Wheel of Time?"

It'll be a bit, but man, I need to play something.  Right now, my wife and I have WOW to take up the time, but it's just not enough.  

I love the fact that we get to make something completely ours, give it life, love, tragedy, and many many ways for the Game orientation director to screw the entire group, for just a 1pt flaw.  I'll admit, breaking a GM brain thought (which of course brings about plan B, a darker and grislier death plan)  is a lot of fun too.

Anyway, should have weekends less encumbered late in the year (hint hint to the two people who have allowed me to populate their games)

Wife and I both would like to play something.  We'll find a sitter for the munchkin too.

Every year, the president pardons a turkey before Thanksgiving, who is then taken to Disney to be the honorary grand marshal of the Thanksgiving parade.

I want to meet the kid that asks the Make a wish foundation to let him eat the presidentially pardoned turkey during the parade.

I mostly only read LJ, but I figured my little girls birthday warrants something.  I fell asleep holding my baby girl, and woke up holding a two year old.  Doesn't seem right, but I guess I'll roll with the punches.  Happy Birthday baby girl!  Let me know if y'all find the rewind, fast forward, or pause button on these crazy things called kids.

SO.................

I tend to attribute coincidences to Jesus.  It's what I do, it's what I believe.  Some things, I can understand letting it slide off as a coincidence, but then there are other things entirely. 

I mentioned talking to my pastor about trying to get ready for Japan again.  I have begun to feel like now is the time to prepare, not the time to go, but the time to get ready.  So my pastor, Bob Oliver, told me that he wanted to see if this was a calling, or just a really cool want.  4 tasks, begin to learning the language, find out where the Japanese hang out in our area and hang out with them, learn their culture from them.  Talk to Japanese missionaries, learn what they are doing, find out how to pray for them.  Lastly, compile a file on Japan, and everything concerning that you can use later for notes.

The file is no problem.  See something on the net, print it off somewhere, there you go, but how do I go about the other stuff?  Heh, God started helping out there.  2 days after the meeting, a guy in my Karate class says "Hey, you wanted to learn Japanese, right?"  A few days after that, he gives me a couple of books, two CD series, two tape series, and a CDROM for kids, all on how to learn Japanese.  2nd, met my second missionary in Japan.  You can hear her on my profile, and I gotta say, she's better than the Barlow Girls.  Anyway, she and her husband are there in Sapporo, doing the stuff.  Sushicowgirl is her blog.  3rd and final, I was given the opportunity to go back to a Japanese bible study again.  At one point, one of the ladies in the group looks at me, and says "Dustin, when are you coming to our church?  If you are going to Japan, you need to come to our church."  Pastor Futoshi told me that I was welcome at anytime.  Probably the coolest was Kimie, from my first visit.  She asked when I was coming to her church, I don't know was the reply.  She said, "you are coming to my church.  I will pray, you will pray, God will tell you, and then I will see you at my church."

Cool, huh?