First epee class was last night. Much fun was had, though I quickly found the huge gap between it and my previous sword training, and, for that matter, the martial arts training I had growing up. In my early Tae Kwan Do days, it was very firmly drilled into our heads that what we learned was for self defense only, to be used as a last resort. Then ( Read more... )

So I haven't updated in a long time. I could make excuses (I've been busy/sick/chained to my sewing machine/a pathetic recluse) but I don't think any of that matters incredibly ( Read more... )

Hear Ye, Hear Ye - You are officially and cordially invited to the

12th Annual Boxing Day Party at the Peterson’s!

The turkey is gone (finally!) the snow is coming (maybe), so it’s time to prepare for that great holiday - Boxing Day!!

When: Saturday, December 26, 2008 at 5 PM until ???

Food - 6 PM serious soups and home made bread served, plus ( Read more... )

Well, LJ friends, it is just past thanksgiving. Which for me, has always meant two things. One, that Christmas will be right on its heels, and somewhere in between, I will have passed the marker for my 22nd year.

So for those inclined to give me things, here is a small list of requests.

( Merry's Wish List )

Last night was so much fun we may as well have company when we go for round II.


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Lately, I've been a horrible horrible hermit and it needs to stop. Anyone want to get together for a couple rounds of Apples to Apples on Thursday?

So not only am I missing ICC (when it's in my freaking hometown, dammit!), but I am also missing work and...the big one...halloween night ( Read more... )

So, since I started going to GA State, I have noticed (you'd have to be BLIND not to notice) various bible-thumping street-preachers around the fringes of campus. For a long time there has been a simple unspoken accord: They would yell at us from the parks and streetcorners, and we (the students) would ignore them ( Read more... )

It's articles like this that keep me in my religious studies major as something to contemplate: http://www.dailyglobal.com/2009/10/god-is-not-the-creator-claims-academic/

( Cam Ramblings )