Aikido players:
John, Adam, Willie, Jacob, Bao, Laura, Rodrigo, and two new white belts
Ukemi:
Just the basic slaps, plus a few falls
The Walk:
Twice
Releases:
Worked with Tony, one of the new white belts
Techniques:
Worked with Adam on the first Bokken technique from Koryu Dai San. Lordy, lordy, lordy was I rusty.
Commentary:
None of note.
Thursday
Up before 4 to catch a 5:50 a.m. flight to OKC
20 people on the flight
1 piece of checked baggage: mine Hand delivered to me in the baggage area
Checked in to the hotel early
Went to Windsong for their noon class
Dinner at McNellie's Public House
Helped a little setting up the SoonerCon art show
Set out my art
Friday
Breakfast at Madison's on S. E. 29th
3 hours of martial arts (judo, aikido) at Windsong Seminar
Lunch with K. Antell at the hotel restaurant
Back to SoonerCon
Dinner was a cookie sandwich from a food truck
Saturday
Breakfast at the Waffle House
2 hours of martial arts at Windsong
Back to SoonerCon to get David Weber's autograph
Went to a beginning sewing panel and made a drawstring bag
Helped out with the Art Auction until 10:15
Dinner at hotel restaurant
Sunday
Breakfast at Madison's - a very strange one - a separate post
Helped close out the Art Show
Flight home
Friday:
X-Men: Apocalypse
Lunch at Steak and Shake
Stained glass work
Saturday:
Car inspected
Truck washed
Picked up dog food
Called GoDaddy about cron jobs not working
Did work on the ArmadilloCon Art Show
Sunday:
Did some work on matting the artwork needing framing
"Blackberry Dream" - angel food cake and buttercream icing with blackberries.
Zootopia - 3
I was really expecting more from this than I received. Not certain why.
The final scene with Flash does not work if you think it through.
X-Men : Apocalypse - 3
Typical X-Men movie. There were a couple of spots where I thought the mutant powers were not being used to best effect. A couple of green screen shots that were poor quality.
Aikido players:
John, Adam, Willie, Jacob, Bao, and Rodrigo
Ukemi:
Just the basic slaps, plus a few falls
The Walk:
Twice
Releases:
Worked with Jacob
Techniques:
Worked with Adam on the first Jo technique from Koryu Dai San. Lordy, lordy, lordy was I rusty.
Commentary:
None of note.
Lunch out today was at Emma's Mex Grill on Broadway in Pearland. Nice, decent sized joint. Feels like it would be noisy on a busy night.
I
had the Suizas Enchiladas. That and the sides were all pretty good. The price was a little higher than I would like at $13.
Here's the score card
Atmosphere: 3 (too upscale for me)
Green Salsa: 5
Red Salsa: 5
Chips: 5
Rice: 3
Beans (refried): 3
Suizas Enchiladas: 4
Margaritas: As it was lunch, I did not try a margarita. I should have though, as my workday was done.
Hot mess.
We played pretty well, but we were still outclassed. We got at least 10 point in each game, I think. Maybe not the third, short game.
Friday:
Half day at work will be the usual on Fridays!
Lunch at Emma's in Pearland
Refreshed sourdough
Picked up some clasp envelopes
Worked on cutting out stained glass patterns
Did some SoonerCon prep
Repaired the riding lawnmower
Saturday:
Up early to pick blueberries: 28 pounds
Worked on ASH
Updated LinkedIn profile with the new job
ArmadilloCon work
Sunday:
Baked sourdough
Aikido players:
John, Randy, Adam, Tasbitha, Willie, Jacob, Bao, and more late arrivals
Ukemi:
Just the basic slaps, plus a few falls
The Walk:
Twice
Releases:
Not tonight
Techniques:
Worked with Adam on Koryu Dai Yon, mainly #3 and #4 (the variations on the 1st and 3rd releases)
Commentary:
None of note.
Cervaces. Pretty much a stomping. I think the games were: 9-21, 9-21, 9-15. Or something along those lines.
Hot mess. Lost the first two games. Last game was us up 14-13 and I managed to get a fluke shot, off the back of my hand, just over the net to drop for the winning point.
