Sketchism

Many an event has happened since I last wrote. I survived Hurricane Wilma, attended the SBGI Fall Camp, lived without power for a week, dressed up as a werewolf (or lycanthrope for all you…umm…dweebs) and scared my friends at a Halloween costume party, went to work at my bosses’ house since our office power was out, and got angry due to the cancelled Death Cab for Cutie show. Yeah man, I’m a survivor.

Today I gleefully woke up early again and sat through an hour of traffic before arriving to the school parking lot to nap in my car for half an hour. I had a wonderful breakfast with an old schoolmate of mine and attended my psychology class yet again. I’m eagerly awaiting the evening so I can go to the Yellowcard & Acceptance show at the Culture Room. I can’t wait. Acceptance has become one of my favourite bands as of late. I’ve heard mixed things about Yellowcard, so I’m not too anxious about seeing them. But hey, a show is a show. And two days from now is the Copeland show. Much excitement indeed.

Let me go back for a moment. The SBGI Fall Camp was incredible. I was able to roll with people from all over the world, including Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Massachusetts, New York and I have forgotten where else. What a great group of people. I am continuously surprised at how well-mannered MMA fighters can be. Everyone at the camp had a great attitude and sense of humor. I can already tell my game is going to improve, from groundwork, passing the guard, clinching and striking. I am ever grateful to Coach Luis for allowing me to attend the camp. Hopefully with this training and a few more months of of practicing and working my game some more I will be well prepared for my tournament in January and eventually testing for my blue belt. The training from Matt Thornton was incredibly valuable, so much so that coach Luis reminded me that the drills and skills we were learning equalled up to 10 years of his own training, and we got it all in one weekend. We are definitely a step up from other gyms now.

I hope everyone is doing well after the hurricane. Happy post-Halloween.