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Ahhhhhh

alice_the_raven Jan 08, 2013 23:43

So my brothers and their beloved families have returned home and I can catch a breath. I loved seeing the kids again and now the toys are cleaned up and my cats can emerge. And ahhhhhh, a free evening ( Read more... )

Kaboom - Shobu ari

alice_the_raven Jan 01, 2013 22:54

Well, I hit the gym with a vengeance. I started with a run, 5 miles @ 8:03 min/mile and then a mile sprint @ 6:12. I came back in for a bout of Insanity - The Asylum: Speed and Agility and then AbRipper X. I rounded out with lat pulls - 4 sets, 65 lbs with 4 second negative. Shoulder press - 4 sets, 55 lbs with 4 second negative. Ok, here's ( Read more... )

shobu ari

Another year younger

alice_the_raven Dec 30, 2012 15:12

Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! 明けましておめでとうございます

My brothers arrived for Christmas and it's great seeing them and the kids. We had a wild blowout Christmas. Angry birds, Toy Story and Star Wars was the theme. After dinner we settled down into the war of Sith and Angry Birds. The boys all got lightsabers and so I had to pick up the mantle of the ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas all

alice_the_raven Dec 23, 2012 23:10

Joyeuse Noel! Et bonne année ( Read more... )

seme (pronounced say may)

alice_the_raven Dec 20, 2012 23:50

I sometimes float between adoration and irritation with sensei. He is extremely picky and rarely complimentary. I realize that this is very "old school" Japanese. I've lost count of the times I've thought, Jesus Christ, how minor is that? However, I do find that my skill level is much higher than my peers in other dojo of the same time of ( Read more... )

Odds and ends

alice_the_raven Dec 17, 2012 00:38

I am still horrified by what happened in Connecticut. How does someone do something like that? I have no words ( Read more... )

chameleon

Blah, lost the last post

alice_the_raven Dec 09, 2012 21:07

Ok, recap ( Read more... )

Back to acting 2nd banana!

alice_the_raven Dec 05, 2012 00:33

I survived the TPS report redundancy and it seems people were satisfied with it. Both top bananas are back and so I am no longer in charge of two entities. I flew a gig with Downtown yesterday, a nice easy milk run. I'm being pushed to renew my instructor certification, which had lapsed many years ago. So, today, I flew with a newly minted ( Read more... )

Oh my Lord...vent vent vent

alice_the_raven Nov 30, 2012 00:52

No sooner do I get over a really bad cold when I get pushed up two bananas in supervisorship. I'm a permanent 3rd banana, but the top banana left and so I'm the acting 2nd banana. The permanent 2nd banana is out as is her boss so I'm in command of, not one, but two organizations. It has been a sh*tstorm of administration...performance reviews, ( Read more... )

Ugh, sick

alice_the_raven Nov 24, 2012 23:12

I survived the wild ride around the Pacific and it was very benign. I ended up in Maui where Evan was able to join me. But, by this time, most of the crew was sick and I knew it was just a matter of time before I got it. I'm closing in on 3300 flight hours and flew over 100 hours during the trip. There were a couple of night where we were low, ( Read more... )