Songs remaining: 220
Currently Listening To: The Future Sound of London--> Dead Cities -->Antique Toy
With so much going on in the world, you'd think (especially you of all people) that I would write more. But really, what is there to say. Perhaps if I could build moment, some great post might come through. But as it stands now the pace is so bad not even a nugget falls out.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
This Day
QOD:Real recognize real
Songs Reamining: 1164
Currently Listening To: Nothingface --> Skeletons --> Incarnadine
Not much else to say for now. Need more time to write and compile my thoughts.
Songs Reamining: 1164
Currently Listening To: Nothingface --> Skeletons --> Incarnadine
Not much else to say for now. Need more time to write and compile my thoughts.
Monday, October 13, 2008
110039 Jumbles
QOD: I'd probably be in a cult right now if I wasn't so cynical
Songs Remaining: 1420
Currently Listening To: Mohamed bouya Mohamed --> Ilham Al Madfai -- > Bagdad Blues
Went to the Eddie Bravo seminar last weekend at SNEMMA.
4 hours
Lockdown --> Dogfight --> Pyramid --> Rubber Guard
It was very similar to the seminar I went to at Reality self Defense (now Lauzon MMA) in March except we spent no time on butterfly guard and very little on Rubbar Guard. Instead we worked on the Pyramid. (Need to find a picture) More to come...
The difference between the march seminar and this one was really seen in the improvement in my own rubbar guard game. I am confortable and consistantly able to get to chill dog and at least sweep or improve my position from there. I attribute that to my newest pseudo hobby: Yoga.
Improving flexibility is not seen as a big priority at my school, and until I went to the Bravo seminar last march, it wasn't for me either. But since i have tried to focus at least a few times a week to stretching, my flexibility has skyrocketed. Had I the ambition to make it a 7 days a week chore it'd probably be better. My new focus for this week is to do yoga or stretch at least 6 days a week for at least 45 minutes (Yoga should take care of that 3 times a week).
Songs Remaining: 1420
Currently Listening To: Mohamed bouya Mohamed --> Ilham Al Madfai -- > Bagdad Blues
Went to the Eddie Bravo seminar last weekend at SNEMMA.
4 hours
Lockdown --> Dogfight --> Pyramid --> Rubber Guard
It was very similar to the seminar I went to at Reality self Defense (now Lauzon MMA) in March except we spent no time on butterfly guard and very little on Rubbar Guard. Instead we worked on the Pyramid. (Need to find a picture) More to come...
The difference between the march seminar and this one was really seen in the improvement in my own rubbar guard game. I am confortable and consistantly able to get to chill dog and at least sweep or improve my position from there. I attribute that to my newest pseudo hobby: Yoga.
Improving flexibility is not seen as a big priority at my school, and until I went to the Bravo seminar last march, it wasn't for me either. But since i have tried to focus at least a few times a week to stretching, my flexibility has skyrocketed. Had I the ambition to make it a 7 days a week chore it'd probably be better. My new focus for this week is to do yoga or stretch at least 6 days a week for at least 45 minutes (Yoga should take care of that 3 times a week).
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Danger of Abstraction
The idea of abstraction has a few very fundamental flaws. To wrangle out the essence of something you first assume that there is an essence to wrangle out. In assuming an 'essence' of things we assume the following:
1. Its existence
2. Its knowability
3. Its containment and limits
4. Its ability to be objectively defined
For the sake of argument, or maybe in order to start one, let's stipulate something. The essence of an object can never be directly accessed. It is not a value type. It can however, be referenced. I can refer to chairness even if that is tantamount to an empty concept.
I know however, by differentials whether or not something is a chair. The idea might dither at the ends but at its core essences should be able to separate out X form not X.
This is a work in progess.
1. Its existence
2. Its knowability
3. Its containment and limits
4. Its ability to be objectively defined
For the sake of argument, or maybe in order to start one, let's stipulate something. The essence of an object can never be directly accessed. It is not a value type. It can however, be referenced. I can refer to chairness even if that is tantamount to an empty concept.
I know however, by differentials whether or not something is a chair. The idea might dither at the ends but at its core essences should be able to separate out X form not X.
This is a work in progess.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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