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| Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 |
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Last wednesday night/thursday morning i slept from about 2am until about 5am before getting up and working out with Guy then proceeding with my day. I did get a nap thursday. Thursday night/friday morning I again only slept from about 2am until 5am, then drove the entire day before arriving at a brooklyn workout, pretty heavy chi sao/bill gee, that went until after midnight. After the workout we went out for food in williamsburg, and I had a great opportunity to observe myself in a state of sleep deprivation, starvation, and general trauma, while on the phase one of the diet. -While working out at times it seems my muscles would burn out to easily and I would feel short of breath. After a brief rest (a few minutes) however I would feel Fully recovered, no progressive exhaustion. As long as I kept cycling like this i could keep the energy up no problem. -At no point did i experience any mental crash from sleep deprivation, lack of food, or exhaustion. I was distantly aware of all of these feelings, but if i ignored them they just faded and I was left with a very intense, calm focus. After eating (a salad with steak, very good) and driving back to Mikes place I passed out pretty hard at about 2:30 am. Woke up the next day at noon and proceeded to Brooklyn. Ate a good breakfast (omelet with salad), and headed out to the Bayside Queens school for Micky Chans class. We worked out from about 3:30 till 6, heavy tsui ma/ chi sao, then a lecture until 7. -this was really grueling training, every ounce of strength crushed from the body, totally soaked in sweat. Some of our "training partners" had 20 years. its was intense. Afterward I was pleased to find I had no problem keeping total attention on the lecture, maintaining posture and breathing. we then headed to a carb-laden kung fu dinner at the flushing chinatown, which i was pleasantly surprised to find had plenty of asparagus and broccoli. didnt eat much. back to brooklyn by about 11:00pm, then it was heavy chi sao until 3:00am. -this was an excellent workout, following the concepts introduced earlier. i was definitely tuning in on the major ideas and taking it up at notch at points. I was still standing ready for more at 3am when we were wrapping up. My energy had leveled out and I was ready to keep going. -also at this point i was not having any of the brun out/shortness of breath feeling i was having friday noght, and the workout was much more intense, something had really come together. Sunday we met for Dim Sum in chinatown which i could eat very little of, and then proceeded to do cermonial things until about 9pm. The day consisted of a lot of intense NYC area driving, alternating with solemn attention to memorial processes. Normally this in itself would have been severaly draining after such a minimal breakfast, I was fine the entire day. We ended up then getting into intense lecture/discussion of major kung fu ideas with Lester Moy Yee, and Moy Tung (2 of the most senior kung fu masters of our age) until, seriously, 4am. I was fully aware and attentive the whole time, no problem. I crashed out at about 6. Monday i got up around noon, cleaned up, packed, and struggled through NYC traffic to meet Sigung in little Italy for "breakfast" at about 5pm. No eating beforehand. This would have been impossibly agonizing under normal circumstances; no problem. at this little sidewalk cafe i had chicken parmesan w/vegetables. This was technically a cheat because of the breading on the chicken, much of which i scraped away. Afterward i left, in the midst of rush hour traffic (it took me an hour just to get down to the holland tunnel), then drove all the way back to detroit, getting here just in time for the morning workout with guy at 6am. 12 hours on the road would have been an agonizing struggle, but i was able to smoothly ignore tiredness and hunger and do some very constructive thinking on the way back. basically, I feel like i'm on really great drugs. Like, drugs so good they dont have any side effects. its really amazing. i just thought i'd describe some of the extremes I'm working with, because people on this diet dont generally deal with the physical exhaustion, followed by intense mental challenges, followed by cross country driving, while sleep deprived. i do this kind of thing pretty regularly, and its normally much harder. as of today I'm in my final week of the detox phase, and I should begin re-introducing carbs. its probably worth noting that I've been up since 1:30pm, its about 4:30, I've not eaten and i'm not hungry or dazed at all. This is highly abnormal for me. Usually i'd be a basketcase if I had gone this long without eating after waking up. I think I'm going to do this again next year, strategically planning major training and travel phases while in Phase 1. I also think next time I'm going to do this for 6 weeks, and really make the best use of the last 4. in fact I'm tempted to extend it this time, but i think what i'm going to do is a soft transition to phase 2 over the course of the next 2-3 weeks, while seriously escalating the athletic training, possible introducing some cardio. should be interesting |
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| Monday, June 29th, 2009 |
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http://sfscope.com/2009/05/comics-artis |
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James Brown + Bruce Lee = Michael Jackson http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/ar |
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| Friday, June 26th, 2009 |
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| NYC this weekend. right now I'm heading out alone, anyone interested can come along. this is primarily a brooklyn workshop, and its pretty informal, and there is crashspace, this is as accessible as a NYC training trip is ever going to get. | ||
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| Thursday, June 25th, 2009 |
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This weekend: NYC/Boston Next weekend: iowa for paul/jeffery wedding and 4th of july party, stay until my sisters bday the weekend after that, return on the 13th. weekend of the 17th/18th, senior training workshop here in detroit, my birthday, then off to NYC for Metal on the 19/20th. Late july - 21st of August; final production for Into the Current. early Sept; possible Denver trip Late Sept; Richmond Kwan seminar, probably 1 week visit Oct; 2 anime con security gigs including youmacon over Halloween. November: possible 2 week trip to China December; nothing planned yet but trying to keep the later month clear for holidays with family. |
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| Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 |
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I'll be in NYC July 91/20th to see Ensiferum on this tour: http://www.myspace.com/summerslaughtert IN case you've hadnt heard it, one of my favorite Ensiferum songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12WPayHu |
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| Monday, June 22nd, 2009 |
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Its seems at this point I've lost about 4-5 lbs and dropped maybe 3% body fat. Thats really not significant for people on this diet. Here is what I think the problem is: I never really ate that many carbs to begin with, and I've always been physically active, so the massive weight dropping may just not happen for me. The most interesting thing about week 2; This diet causes a "higher conciousness" to kick in somewhere after the first week. High energy becomes consistent, sleep quality increases, emotional stability and comprehension become easier and the body and mind become much more relaxed. a couple of tricks I've learned; -control your expectations, and look forward to the low carb meals. It seems the body is used to expecting a rush of carbs after just about every meal, so you'll crave the cheap sugars in fruit and pastries. The hardest day for me was the first sunday, because I normally go out for breakfast on sunday mornings. It was really dissapointing. This last sunday was a lot easier because I made myself anticipate the omelet and broccoli. the cravings arent really bothering me anymore. -the quality of coffee matters a great deal if your not using sugar in it. get the best. |
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| Sunday, June 21st, 2009 |
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Got back from Richmond last night after a few days of shooting for the movie that will have its final production cycle in August, here in Detroit. Seeing the way the crew is coming together I realize the major questions facing this budding production company is scripts. If you've got some good ideas, and want to get a script together that may actually get produced, let me know. |
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| Monday, June 15th, 2009 |
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1) things used to be really bad here, and people who grew up here didnt have the perspective on this that imports like ourselves do. The risky environment that we chose to be in, they felt trapped in, and now they are very glad to have escaped. When a bad thing happens to someone I think it has a psychological domino effect on a whole scene, when a certain threshold has been reached inertia sets in. -The answer I'm working with now: Things arent bad anymore, the downtown area is rapidly changing, even gentrifying in places, many people are moving in to the downtown, the market is packed. A lot of development is happening now. being a part of that development process bring a lot of potential. 2) the sociological foundations of most detroit culture are related to factory work. these people are socially imprinted with a factory workers life-cycle, which involves socializing intensely in the early 20's, then getting married and becoming a suburban recluse until you die, relatively early if your the male. -There are many other imports who dont buy into the "social retirement" paradigm. They are still here, going out and doing cool stuff. Another generation of post-internet weirdos is hitting the streets now with some very deviant ideas, many of which are very constructive. 3) the economic environment that fostered the socially dynamic world we enjoyed then was the end of the tech-boom gold rush, and a lot more people had a lot more cash. now gas is 3.00$ and the auto industry is bankrupt. -financial collapse spells doom for people who livelyhoods were invested in the conventional dayjob/mortgage paying society. people who werent, arent losing anything, and houses, cars, and startup buisness costs are cheaper than ever. 4) Ubiquitous social networking has made virtual socializing more accessible then ever, and people let the social junk food anesthetize their animal need for human contract, because to expose yourself to actual humanity you have to risk akwardness and dissaproval, but on the internet your always cool. -Social networking produces real world results like never before. The combination of craigslist, facebook, and google means opportunity can be manufactured in ways that were only theoretically possible in the era in which I arrived here. |
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| Saturday, June 13th, 2009 |
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http://video.forbes.com/fvn/wine/wi |
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| Friday, June 12th, 2009 |
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| day 5 of phase-1 low carb diet, the "detox" phase. Its a powerful experience. | ||
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| Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 |
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http://www.gladwell.com/2009/2009_05_11 |
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| Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 |
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Intellect is a matter of intensity, not extensity -Shopenhauer there is no higher law of strategy than of keeping ones forces concentrated -Clausewitz by knowing one thing, know all things -Sun Tzu perfection lies in quality, not quantity... Intensity gives eminence, and rises to the heroic in matters sublime -Gracian |
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| Friday, May 29th, 2009 |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/dt10111/se |
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| Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 |
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| breakthrough time | ||||
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| Monday, May 11th, 2009 |
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| coming soon to a cave near me: moped shop. | ||||
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| Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 |
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In the darkness of the North Sea, there is a kind of fish. Its name is Kun. Kun's body is vast, its length extending to unknown thousands of miles. Suddenly it changed into a bird. Its name is Peng. Peng's back is even bigger, its width extending to unknown thousands of miles. With force, Peng flies from the sea to the sky, and its wings are like clouds at the horizon. When storms arise in the North Sea, the Peng bird flies to the South Sea. The South Sea is void without boundary. It is not created by man's work. It is created by Heaven and Earth, so it is known as the Lake of Heaven. -Li Po |
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As long as a man's inner nature remains stronger and richer than anything offered by external fortune, as long as he remains inwardly superior to fate, fortune will not desert him. -Wilhelm |
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| Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 |
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returned to Detroit and working hard to recover. The whole cycle has accomplished at least all goals set out initially I think were seeing the end of the beginning of my personal training, and the opening of a massive new phase. also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWT07iRv |
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| Friday, April 17th, 2009 |
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leaving shortly for NYC, another chinatown event hosted by Lester and Moy Tung. This one shoudl begin to get into Nelson Chans international agenda as well as some of the deepest chi sao ideas out there. Afterward i'll be travelling with Moy Tung for at least 10 days, and should hit the Roanoke event, and be back in Detroit, with MT sometime thereafter. Last weekend was the Va Beach workout, and an evening with my Sifu in his house full of girl-children, it was engaging. this month, which I had at one time reserved as [prep-time for the memorial day event, has become a period of total action that, one way or another, will turn out to me a major threshold of my life. |
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