5:50 am...that's when I started wrtting this
I've been up since about 2:30. I went outside to the gazebo and practiced advancing and retreating a bit. Then i decided to go around the gazebo left style instead of right handed-style dealie. Whilst listening to DJ Bobo's 'Chihuahua' and various other songs I contemplated things and cursed the crazy fuck wind. I'm hungry now. Damn you depression induced insomnia. And like next week I'm going to be a fucking narcoleptic i swear! That's how I roll in the fall/winter. When does fall start this year? But with the insomnia i feel like i could draw...i have likes... not quite motivation or inspiration, but the ability to draw and for it to not suck. It's been a while since I've felt like this. I've had a bit of an art block for the past like..month, but recently I've been in the mood to draw.
With fencing i understand why Glenn is upset with Jason's lack of control with keeping us on foil to learn the basics, but I also understand how J feels. It's interesting being confided in i guess. I'm so used to ranting that hearing how other people's minds work is interesting. With fencing there's also Adrienne's idea of renting out gear for the semester instead of just for the practice. I'll ask her if she told Glenn her suggestion, if not, I'll 'pass it on, I mean, it makes sense, and it would expedite the process of doling out gear to everyone EVERY NIGHT. But we could also have it set up like that for people who are there every night, but most of those people bought their own stuff anyway.
So, onto these opinions I mentioned, but never explained.
We just got swords which makes s all really REALLY want to fence. The rise in our blood-lust is exponential. The problem is we all really want to fight, but Glenn's issue is we don't quite have the basics. We shoult'd be fighting epee or sabre yet because we don't quite have the basics down. I know i make mistakes, but I also know things that I'm not doing instinctly from me bullshitting while fencing, sub-consciencely copying J, CR or Sean and using things that we went over in practice. J wants us to have fun and get into our sword focuses sooner. We want to get into our focuses sooner too. The upside to breaking apart now into our focuses is that we'll stop making mistakes because of things you can't do as a sabreist in epee or foil. I mean, Nick's making mistakes like trying to cross over and in competition saberists CAN'T cross over, but you can in epee and foil. There are up and down sides to what's going on. What's going to suck is when i go to sabre [if I do] 'cause I love to cross over to get the fuck out of the way sooner. But I guess I'll just have to get faster. I need to move faster anyway. Crossovers are both good and bad so :shrug:
So, review on my early fuck ramblings. Breaking into core weapons = check-plus because we learn the roles for our weapons sooner and we get focus there. Breaking to core weapons = minus...minus because we don't have all the basics down yet, and if you look at it, it's still only been a month. It's easy to see where both of them are coming from. And Glenn has to look at J, J is 18, a freshman who wants to have fun sword fighting, and he wants to have some more fun competition. But he's looking at what people want and not what's necessarily good for the. Glenn is 26 and is looking at what is best for our skill levels. Glenn wants us to kick ass, but he also wants to do things right and have high skill levels for our future fights.
I think they should come to some sort of compromise. I mean, let us practice the basics with our core weapons. I mean, the moves are still the same 85% of the time. It could help to practice with our swords, get better used to the different balances and such.
So, whilst watching Viva la Bam I saw my favorite epi, the one where Bam FILLS Ape and Phil's house with ramps. Man, i'm fucking hungry...time for ramen i guess =D
Bam is really adorable. I swear these hard fuck rocker celebrity types are really sweet and nice to their parents...well, aside from when Bam does crazy shit...but they often showed times when he was just plain sweet. That's why the first two seasons are fucking awesome, and the latter ones aren't as much
With fencing i understand why Glenn is upset with Jason's lack of control with keeping us on foil to learn the basics, but I also understand how J feels. It's interesting being confided in i guess. I'm so used to ranting that hearing how other people's minds work is interesting. With fencing there's also Adrienne's idea of renting out gear for the semester instead of just for the practice. I'll ask her if she told Glenn her suggestion, if not, I'll 'pass it on, I mean, it makes sense, and it would expedite the process of doling out gear to everyone EVERY NIGHT. But we could also have it set up like that for people who are there every night, but most of those people bought their own stuff anyway.
So, onto these opinions I mentioned, but never explained.
We just got swords which makes s all really REALLY want to fence. The rise in our blood-lust is exponential. The problem is we all really want to fight, but Glenn's issue is we don't quite have the basics. We shoult'd be fighting epee or sabre yet because we don't quite have the basics down. I know i make mistakes, but I also know things that I'm not doing instinctly from me bullshitting while fencing, sub-consciencely copying J, CR or Sean and using things that we went over in practice. J wants us to have fun and get into our sword focuses sooner. We want to get into our focuses sooner too. The upside to breaking apart now into our focuses is that we'll stop making mistakes because of things you can't do as a sabreist in epee or foil. I mean, Nick's making mistakes like trying to cross over and in competition saberists CAN'T cross over, but you can in epee and foil. There are up and down sides to what's going on. What's going to suck is when i go to sabre [if I do] 'cause I love to cross over to get the fuck out of the way sooner. But I guess I'll just have to get faster. I need to move faster anyway. Crossovers are both good and bad so :shrug:
So, review on my early fuck ramblings. Breaking into core weapons = check-plus because we learn the roles for our weapons sooner and we get focus there. Breaking to core weapons = minus...minus because we don't have all the basics down yet, and if you look at it, it's still only been a month. It's easy to see where both of them are coming from. And Glenn has to look at J, J is 18, a freshman who wants to have fun sword fighting, and he wants to have some more fun competition. But he's looking at what people want and not what's necessarily good for the. Glenn is 26 and is looking at what is best for our skill levels. Glenn wants us to kick ass, but he also wants to do things right and have high skill levels for our future fights.
I think they should come to some sort of compromise. I mean, let us practice the basics with our core weapons. I mean, the moves are still the same 85% of the time. It could help to practice with our swords, get better used to the different balances and such.
So, whilst watching Viva la Bam I saw my favorite epi, the one where Bam FILLS Ape and Phil's house with ramps. Man, i'm fucking hungry...time for ramen i guess =D
Bam is really adorable. I swear these hard fuck rocker celebrity types are really sweet and nice to their parents...well, aside from when Bam does crazy shit...but they often showed times when he was just plain sweet. That's why the first two seasons are fucking awesome, and the latter ones aren't as much