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Had an absolutely lovely birthday. I am honored and embarrassed by all the well wishes I received. It is quite a compliment.
Recently, my life has been both been trying, as well as rewarding. In the past two weeks I have spent more time in armor than most will spend all summer. This has been a good thing, but I am quite tired. My Sword elbow is aching due to a hyper extension in practice on Tuesday. It is quite annoying.
I HATE being weak. I yearn to cut the weakness from my flesh and spirit. But alas, it is not so easy.
Speaking of weak, It will be interesting to fight this Sunday at the Springfield practice. Should be a very hot day. Good training for Pennsic. After practice, I have some stuff planned to help Ambrose work on a sensationally cool opportunity. Don’t wanna spill the beans too much, but it has the potential to be amazingly cool. I am honored to have some small part in helping him out.
Planning on working on some drills with Brian tonight. He has some excellent ideas on sentemento de ferro type drills. Should be good.
Friday I am NOT GOING TO TOUCH A SWORD… I promise. Need to get some rest. Doesn’t mean I won’t go to the gym, but that’s ok. The steam room after my workout will be worth it.
I went over for a VERY LONG overdue visit with my father last night. We had a ball just simply talking. Took him to Red Lobster, (his favorite restaurant) and we wound up talking till midnight. It was very very refreshing, on several different levels.
We had some great philosophical conversations, and it crystalized something that has been itching in the back of my head for a long time.
I was describing the chivalric books, like Raymond Lull, or Geoffrey de Charney’s books, and was trying to verbalize the fact that there really needed to be a chivalric text for 21st century practitioners along the same lines. I’m not talking about some kind of victorian regurgitation of Mallory-esque fever dreams, I’m talking about something along the lines of De’ Charney’s Book of chivalry for the modern practitioner, as it applies to the “new” chivalric culture.
Something along these lines needs to be written. I think to some extent, Vitus’ Anvil of virtue is close, and I would say it falls under the criterion, but I am thinking along a bit different lines. I am thinking more along the lines of a text for a person who applies a “modern” chivalric structure to their lives. Granted, it would by definition need to deal with appropriate martial pursuits, or it wouldn’t be chivalric, so there would, but definition, need to be some overlap.
I may try my hand at sketching out a chivalric text along these lines to see if something like that is possible. Of course, I doubt anyone would actually read it, but that’s ok… It would be a useful exercise for me, in any case.
Because I need another project…. (laugh) Still, that project would have some strong appeal to me.
I have been told by four different people this last week that I am being pulled in too many directions as it is. I have no doubt that this is the case. I very much need to sit down and prioritize the things in my life, so that I can accomplish and pursue what is truly important to me.
To some extent, this is an exercise in selfishness. I have no doubt that, should I do something like this, I will disappoint some people. Although I care very much about not disappointing my friends, I really need to think about what the things I want to get done before I die, and what things are noise.
I think that exercise is for Friday… Since I’m not planning on practicing anyway… (laugh)
So much more in my head….. That, of course, is part of the problem. Heh.
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