Posted on November 23, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
Last week.
Monday
“I’m just not sure if I’m doing the right thing,” she said, shrugging.
I thought for a moment, settling back into the couch. Then: “What’s the one thing you could do right now that would make you feel in control?”
“Driving somewhere.”
“Where?”
“The beach.” A pause. “Salem. That would do it.”
“Okay,” I said. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: jiu-jitsu, rubenfeld synergy, salem, the replacements | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 9, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
Games People Play
I hadn’t seen Melissa and John in too long, so they obliged me for a drink at Drink, where Aaron served us a variety of historical cocktails. Mine were all whiskey-based; Melissa and John’s were primarily gin-oriented, if I’m not mistaken. We talked about Chicago and reminisced on the virtues of [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: apartment, conservatives, dating, drinking, gaming, greatest american hero, improvboston, jiu-jitsu | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 31, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
Holly over at Pervocracy (NSFW text but image free) wrote an interesting post a week ago about the one safety class that every woman ought to take, but nobody offers yet:
I’ve seen a couple dozen assaults in my day, and about two of them were between complete strangers. (Both of those, incidentally, weren’t in “fringe [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: feminism, jiu-jitsu, self defense | 4 Comments »
Posted on July 2, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
Working out on Tuesday, the instructor really kicked my ass. We worked our core harder than I think I’ve ever worked it, though in a way that didn’t feel strained the next morning. I stumbled out of class with my legs loose and my arms glowing with warmth.
And this was half an hour [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: jiu-jitsu, yoga | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 17, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
As an atheist, rationalist and all-around humorless asshole, I don’t go in for a lot of Eastern mysticism. I don’t think much of reiki. I don’t believe in the healing power of crystals, or cranio-sacral touch, or reflexology. I think ear candling’s a dangerous fraud. I don’t trust acupuncturists or chiropractors.
So [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: atheism, basketball, dwight howard, jiu-jitsu, ki, religion | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 27, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
But seasons must be challenged or they totter
Into a chiming quarter
Where, punctual as death, we ring the stars
- Dylan Thomas, “I See the Boys of Summer”
For as long as I can consciously remember I’ve feared death. But I’ve also feared aging just as much. At least in death you’re asleep for the bad [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: aging, introvert, jiu-jitsu | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 23, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
Weekend adventures included:
Drinking at the Davis Square VFW in a benefit concert for the upcoming Avon walk for breast cancer research. Attendees too numerous to list: essentially, the entire Davis Square community on LiveJournal. I had plenty of beer and cheap gin – there’s no cheaper drinking than VFW drinking, let me tell [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: jiu-jitsu, drinking, video games, davis square, guns n roses, bioshock | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 17, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
At 90s Night this past Friday, I ran into KT, who had fully recovered from her case of K.I.D. (though I hear there’s 18 to 25 years of outpatient visits). I only got to see her briefly. And b0st0n regular jenskot (no known alias) showed up as well with a friend of hers [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: 90s night, drinking, jiu-jitsu, road house, yelp | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 5, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last few months wondering if I’d do the right thing in a crisis. Last night I did.
Chester St in Davis was narrower than usual last night, due to piled snow from last night’s storm. I alternated between walking down the one-way street with traffic to [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: jiu-jitsu, driving, davis square | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 28, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
My school promotes students to black belt about once every ten months on average. We never do more than two or three at a time.
At the last one, in March, I promoted to black belt, along with two other students. We were the last three students to join the program while it was [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: jiu-jitsu | Leave a Comment »