Thursday, August 31, 2006
Something Cool...
The other day at work I headed for the bathroom and opened the window for a breeze. I saw an impressive looking spider web. I also saw a nice juicy grasshopper that I am sure was about to jump into the web. Rather than help out my karma even a little bit I pushed the little bugger right into the web to watch what would happen. I was amazed!!! The spider came running out so quick and had the grasshopper wrapped up in an impressive web in about 10 seconds flat. I just stood there with my jaw on the floor, til I realize just how disgusting that was considering I was in the bathroom!
After wrapping up the grasshopper the spider returned to the middle of the web and started humping it, sending vibrations throughout his web. I can only guess, as I am not an insect expert, that this was done to see just how big a meal he had caught. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Since I was in class at the time I had to cut my sideshow short and head back there. Once class ended though I was right back to the bathroom. The spider was now feasting on his meal. I am pretty sure he had some fangs sticking into this poor hoppers head! Again I was amazed at just how cool this all was and I made a fatal mistake on behalf of the spider. I called others to come and see the show. Well... It seems that Komatsu Sensei was not as interested as I thought she might be given her extreme fear of spiders. I was ordered to execute spidey! I was given the order and the bug spray with the seriousness of a soilder headed into battle. The poor 8 legged friend... Time of death, 5:13 PM. So not only did I murder a hopper, ultimately I had to introduce my feasting friend to his maker as well. Just goes to show, there is always someone bigger in the food chain!
This week has passed by pretty quickly. The events of last weekend caused a ruckas to be raised but that has been dealt with and the aftermath is slowly fading away. I have been busy the past little while trying to get my computer cleaned up and all my files moved over to my external hard drive. I also want to get all the video footage of my travels and such moved onto there so I can edit them and make some cool videos. I have also gotten a copy of my first Karate fight so that will not be long before it makes an appearance on this thing.
Karate is going really, really well! I am enjoying it more than ever now. The fellas have stopped hitting my which is nice. They have decided that because I am a white belt they will not persue an offence when fighting me. Its great, but it is going to end soon! Next week I have a Karate belt test. Sept 10th. I am really nervous about it. I know that the fighting part is going to go over well becasue I enjoy fighting in the ring, but there are a bunch of other things like, kata, stretching, jumping squats, push ups, and one other technique that I have not yet perfected. Everyone has been working extra hard with me though to prepare for the tests so I am sure that I will do fine. Either way, if I remain a white belt thats good cause the bruises have just about healed!
I was supposed to go out for dinner with a pretty lady the other night but she stood me up. Her mother was not feeling well so she stayed home to take care of her. So since I was already at the restaurant I decided to have a bite and ended up having a great evening anyways. The restaurant we were meeting at before heading elsewhere, she works there, is owned by one of the surfers in town. A couple of other people swung round and we passed the time just chatting away. Before I knew it, it was close to 11, I had arrived at 7. I ended up meeting with her the next night after Karate and I had a really good time. I will keep you posted on any developments that may occur there.
In other big news, the internet was finally installed at my appartment. The guy came the other day and installed the phone so I was good to go. I am really happy to have access to the net outside of work. I will be posting up some photos in the near future of the past couple of months around Japan.
Enough writing for me for now. I gotta get ready for my evening class. I have not checked my students writing in quite a while so I want to complete that before they arrive. If you have not yet gotten my cell phone e-mail address let me know and I will pass it along to you. Leave a comment or send me a quick mail. Stay well, but more importantly, stay classy San Diego!
After wrapping up the grasshopper the spider returned to the middle of the web and started humping it, sending vibrations throughout his web. I can only guess, as I am not an insect expert, that this was done to see just how big a meal he had caught. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Since I was in class at the time I had to cut my sideshow short and head back there. Once class ended though I was right back to the bathroom. The spider was now feasting on his meal. I am pretty sure he had some fangs sticking into this poor hoppers head! Again I was amazed at just how cool this all was and I made a fatal mistake on behalf of the spider. I called others to come and see the show. Well... It seems that Komatsu Sensei was not as interested as I thought she might be given her extreme fear of spiders. I was ordered to execute spidey! I was given the order and the bug spray with the seriousness of a soilder headed into battle. The poor 8 legged friend... Time of death, 5:13 PM. So not only did I murder a hopper, ultimately I had to introduce my feasting friend to his maker as well. Just goes to show, there is always someone bigger in the food chain!
This week has passed by pretty quickly. The events of last weekend caused a ruckas to be raised but that has been dealt with and the aftermath is slowly fading away. I have been busy the past little while trying to get my computer cleaned up and all my files moved over to my external hard drive. I also want to get all the video footage of my travels and such moved onto there so I can edit them and make some cool videos. I have also gotten a copy of my first Karate fight so that will not be long before it makes an appearance on this thing.
Karate is going really, really well! I am enjoying it more than ever now. The fellas have stopped hitting my which is nice. They have decided that because I am a white belt they will not persue an offence when fighting me. Its great, but it is going to end soon! Next week I have a Karate belt test. Sept 10th. I am really nervous about it. I know that the fighting part is going to go over well becasue I enjoy fighting in the ring, but there are a bunch of other things like, kata, stretching, jumping squats, push ups, and one other technique that I have not yet perfected. Everyone has been working extra hard with me though to prepare for the tests so I am sure that I will do fine. Either way, if I remain a white belt thats good cause the bruises have just about healed!
I was supposed to go out for dinner with a pretty lady the other night but she stood me up. Her mother was not feeling well so she stayed home to take care of her. So since I was already at the restaurant I decided to have a bite and ended up having a great evening anyways. The restaurant we were meeting at before heading elsewhere, she works there, is owned by one of the surfers in town. A couple of other people swung round and we passed the time just chatting away. Before I knew it, it was close to 11, I had arrived at 7. I ended up meeting with her the next night after Karate and I had a really good time. I will keep you posted on any developments that may occur there.
In other big news, the internet was finally installed at my appartment. The guy came the other day and installed the phone so I was good to go. I am really happy to have access to the net outside of work. I will be posting up some photos in the near future of the past couple of months around Japan.
Enough writing for me for now. I gotta get ready for my evening class. I have not checked my students writing in quite a while so I want to complete that before they arrive. If you have not yet gotten my cell phone e-mail address let me know and I will pass it along to you. Leave a comment or send me a quick mail. Stay well, but more importantly, stay classy San Diego!
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