<center>2006.06.09</center> <a name="coedsports"><h3>coed sports</h3></a> <p>그요일 아침: <b>"it's friday, i'm in love":</b> i recently pur¢a$ed @ streetlight records on the bascom circuit the <i>50 first dates</i> soundtrack that has a bunchf islandish covers'f mostly 9180s n' 1990s modern rock / altrock favourites. dude, those covers rock. 1'f the covers's'f the cure's "friday i'm in love." it, of course, rocks. so what's been up? i s'ppose i've been trying to stay active. <p><b>taekwondo</b>: last nite, i rushed out'f werk, picked up sooni, picked up my 도복 dobok top, n' rushed to the <a href="http://www.us-tae-kwon-do.com" target="new">u.s. taekwondo akademy</a> adult beginners class that mark n' i teach. we started late, n' i didn't get as much done as i'd hoped, so i dragged my students out onto the walkway by the parking lot after class n' continued to teach. then mark n' i went in 4 <font color="black">black belt</font> sparring praktice. dude, it's awful! i accidentally kicked 1'f our best female sparrers flat out in the groin! <tt>:-(</tt> i feel horrible! she's really good, so i didn't take as many precautions to hold back or nething. seriously, she's good. however, of course, i outweigh her by 'lot, so i knocked her over a couple'f times w/ push kicks, which isn't a really grand technique or nething, just sheer weight. i didn't mean to, but... well, it's mostly cos i, myself, am not that confident 'gain yet w/ my sparring, so i just sort'f reakted w/ an "oh shoot" n' a quick cut/push kick those 2 times. then we clashed knees a couple'f times, which threw off our games (both'f us). then @ the very end, i saw her coming in, so i threw a left, counter back kick. i <i>did</i> hold back cos w/ <i>that</i> kick i even hold back on the guys in praktice, reserving a full strength, full speed kick only 4 (if it ever were to happen 'gain) a competition. still, even a held back / pulled counter back kick can be pretty bad. i thought i kicked her under her 호구 hogoo in the stomach. later, after the match, she was doubled over. later, i found out i'd kicked her flat out in the crotch. *sigh* really bad! after that match, i was up 'gainst 1'f our best competitors n' just plain 1'f the best competitors i know these days, matt. i was thinking, "dang, now i'll get a beating in return." after praktice, we went to 길목 gilmok, where i ate 김치 돌솥밥 kimchi dolsotbap. thus, i went to 길목 gilmok 2 days in a row. the others @ our skool r upset w/ the 아저씨 ajuhssi there cos'f the beautiful <a href="http://www.realestatesforcharity.com" target="new">kaela hwang</a>'s bug in her 냉면 naengmyuhn incident; but i dunno... i think both kaela n' i've 4given them; so i've been <i>trying<?i> to patronise them more this week. 길목 gilmok has a really good relationship w/ our church <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font>, so i wanna support them. not only that, they have good fud. well, i'm on the topik'f <u>coed sports</u> 2day. on that note, i'll mention that most'f my adult beginners taekwondo class is female. isn't that interseting? i'd been telling the guys @ <a href="http://www.us-tae-kwon-do.com" target="new">u.s. taekwondo akademy</a> 4 a long time that what our skool needs is more females. well, i hope we're bringing up a new generation. c, @ <a href="http://www.ucmap.org" target="new">ucmap</a>, in <font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font>, we alwyas had a good nombre'f women. that was always kewl. it keeps the class social; n' <i>in fakt</i>, it really makes some guys train <i>harder</i> cos they don't wanna look bad in front'f the gurls. either they wanna look <i>good</i> in front'f the gurls or <i>'least</i> they don't wanna look <i>bad</i> in front'f the gurls. <i>honestly</i>! it's a big help. on their own, if guys turn taekwondo into such a barbaric, paramilitary aktivity, it's 2 easy to get discouraged or bored. however, if u bring in women, then it turns into a more <i>normal</i> aktivity that u don't mind doing so many hrs a day, every day a wk! <p><b>skateboarding</b>: this morn, i kind'f wanted to go to janice's 600a turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e arques 24 hour fitness. kaela came home late last nite but had to leave early to skool 4 a test or sumpthin' n' told me to make sure she woke up. she also sed she'd bring sooni to skool 2day. that was great cos, then, i didn't hafta walk her (sooni). i bet she needed to poop this morning (sooni). well, since kaela n' sooni were out the door b4 700a, dude! i took off to the sunnyvale skate park, no doubt! (jn' no diggity, to reel us back into the 1990s...) i found the usual older morning crew. i like these guys. they're mellow. they're nice. i should talk to them more. i'm kind'f shy w/ them, but that obviously might come off as stuck up. well, i skated 4 a whiel, then... to keep this "coed sports" theme going, lemme tell u: a gurl came to skate. this is the <i>2nd</i> time i've cn this @ the sunnyvale skate park. <i>transworld magazine</i> praises sunnyvale skate park 4 the laid back, nice attitude, the nice architekture'f the park, n' the fakt that there r <u>gurl</u> skaters. last time, the gurl that showed up was more'f a skate betty, just there to cheer on her man but had a skateboard in her hand n' dressed like she came rt out'f a avril lavigne video. this time, this asian chick skater really ripped the bowls! she was outskating many'f the guys there. pretty durn good, man. as 4 me, 2day, i continued my werk from my previous day in the skate park n' tried to ride the coping more w/ variable results, meaning mostly bad results. usually i get 1 truck on the coping, get my board stuck, n' then step off n' run/stumble down the bank/tranny/transition. &bnsp; i gotta say, i <i>did<?i> manage to pull off a sketchy backside 5.0 grind @ 1 pt, but it's barely worth mentioning. <p>2day, i'm skipping the <i>other</i> friday janice's noontime turbo kick box (tkb) class to go to lunch w/ my cowerkers @ krung thai (#1). 2nite, i'll be going to the <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font> t3 south bbq, which wraps up our 0.25. i guess we'll be taking a brk 4 the summer n' then shall resume in the fall as <i>2</i> groups instead'f 1. we're "multiplying." wow, it's weekend soon. it's gonna be the wknd soon. the wknd'll start soon. how'll this wknd be? well, i hope to hit the sunnyvale skate park each morn: sat n' sun. i guess i worry a li'l 'bout my increased sun exposure w/ all this skating. i guess it'd be nice to have an indoor skate park. the silicon valley <i>used to</i> have an indoor skate park, which was the vans skate park in the great mall, but that closed down. i s'ppose it's cos most ppl'd rather skate 4 free instead'f paying to skate. i know <i>i</i> would. unless theere were sumpthin' <i>that</i> good 'bout the pay skate park. mostly, i want a skate park where a 30 yr old guy can skate w/o kids laffin' @ him. <p>btw, <b><u>all sports should be coed</u></b>. well... i dunno if taekwondo <i>tournaments</i> need coed matches or nething... but it's good to train in a coed environment. as u know, i don't play futbol, basketball, or baseball. if i were to play like softball, i'd prefer it to be in a coed enivironment. often, ppl play coed, recreational volleyball, i s'ppose. our friend gordon met his lovely wife (n' mutha'f his twin boys) meredith, playing ice hockey. snowboarding's a coed aktivity. <p>[later] <b>"art rock"</b>: 1 tune i really like off the <i>50 first dates</i> o.s.t. (original soundtrack) is the cover'f the tune "slave to love." now, is that a bryan ferry or roxy music song? or is it "roxy music featuring bryan ferry"? neway, it's an ol' new wave (funny, "old new") tune that i immediately recognised. when i read the wikipedia articles 'bout bryan ferry n' roxy music, i think 'bout the talking heads. hrm... do these groups have sumpthin' in common? consider: roxy music, the talking heads, the velvet underground. r these all related? r these groups the forefathers'f new wave n' "modern rock"? *shrug* [later] oh yah, david bowie! how does he fit into this? also, how 'bout iggy pop? didn't he have a group called "iggy and the stooges"? i dunno... where does this pre new wave genre end n' punk begin? like, i would shy 'way from lumping the sex pistols n' the ramones into here, w/o doubt. altho' they obviously had a big part in shaping "modern rock" altho' not so much "new wave." <p>[later] 오후: i went to lunch @ krung thai, ate chicken tofu khee mao. <p><font face="comic sans ms" color="#005500"><center>"i can trust you" by rebecca st. james<br>from her 2005년 release <i>if i had one chance to tell you something</i><br><font size="-2">lyrics stolen from <a href="http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/lyrics/new/track.asp?track_id=3296" target="new">http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/lyrics/new/track.asp?track_id=3296</a></font></center> <p>yes, i know that you have paved a path for me<br> <br>yes, i know that you see what i do and don't need <br>but when it comes to the deepest things <br>i have a hard time relinquishing control <br>letting go <p>god, it hurts to give you what i must lay down <br>but when i let go, freedom's found <br>god, it hurts to give you what i've held so dear <br>because of your love it's clear <br>i can trust you with this <br>i can trust you with me <br>i can trust you <p>lord, i know that you are worthy of my trust <br>for you have shown me time and time again <br>you're faithful and yet <br>i'm so scared of letting go of this <br>afraid of what you might do with it <br>how could i forget who you are like this <p>me forsaking <br>heart is breaking <br>i let go of what i've held so tight <br>freedom's mine now <br>for the taking <br>i move in faith, not by sight <br>let your will be done</font> <p>heh, so the benocritic bags on me cos 1 sec i'm talkin' 'bout all this 1970s classic altrock, n' then the next i'm quoting christian, kelly clarksonesque bubblegum pop, eh? ha ha. eh, whate'er, man. i'm just a versatile guy. <p>[later] yah, i totally dig rebecca st. james's musik these days. i also dig the tunes'f the david crowder band. u've gotta check out the remix'f their song "no one like you" on <i>sunsets & sushi." it's pretty well done in retro 1980s style, the "thanksgiving mix." pretty kewl. <p>skating in the streets makes my wheels durty. skating in the skate park makes my wheels clean.<br><br><br>