Training Log - Week of 12 JAN 14

13 JAN 14:

Krav Maga/Muay Thai: Month one week one sees us learning defenses against underhand knife strikes, the second part of our combo.  Oh and the usually litany of cardio.  Great class tonight.

BJJ: Worked on setting up the S-mount.  From there we can go for an arm bar or key lock.  Rolled for the last half of class.  Got taken apart by a brown belt, but I was tapped about once a minute.  This is an improvement when I would get tapped 5 times a minute.

15 JAN 14:

General: tried out some kettle bell workouts.  Seems pretty fun.  Also been working on push ups, sit ups and squats.

16 JAN 14:

Krav Maga/Muay Thai: More review from Monday's class.

BJJ: Did S mount again.  I really like it.  Need to work on escapes and defenses.

Doctor Who: The Movie (1996)

To the Summary!

The Eight Doctor comes to be in 1990s San Francisco where he must battle The Master for control of the TARDIS.

To the Cast!

Paul McGann - The Doctor

Sylvester McCoy - The Doctor

Daphne Ashbrook - Grace Holloway

Yee Jee Tso - Chang Lee

Eric Roberts - The Master

To the Deeper Thoughts!

As part of my continuing quest to absorb as much Doctor Who as possible, I decided to take a quick adventure with the Eighth incarnation.

And may I start by lamenting how sad it is we never got to see more of this incarnation.  Now, I'm no expert on the Doctor by a long shot, but I think Paul McGann was slighted a bit in only getting one shot at the Doctor.

(I know he's done audio stuff, but I'm focusing mostly on the television stuff)

In short, I really liked this entry into the Doctor Who universe.  I've heard hard core fans have issue with it, but being that I came into this fairly new to Who, I really didn't have any issues with it.

If you're looking for a quick classic Who adventure, then look no further.  Its very 90s, but lets not hold that against it.

Back in the saddle again!

Hello all!  I'm back!

I have a new list, which can be found above or here's the link:

A Bunch of things to do in 10 years

Bit of a longer form list, but the goals are slightly bigger as a result.  Some goals will change/update as time progresses.

But the important thing is I'm back and ready to take 2014 head on!

I'm still here!!

No, really.  I'm still here.  Just lost some blogging focus.  But I'm planning on coming back strong in 2014.

Quick update on my list-o-things to do before my 30th: FAILED.
I'm working on a longer form, more free flowing list.  Look for that to come 2014.

Take care fellow residents of the internet.

Bloggingly yours,
Lord Zupka

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

To the Summary!

A mysterious monolith is discovered on the moon.  So we send a mission to Jupiter to find out its meaning.  Oh, and HAL 9000 tries to kill everyone.

To the Cast!

Keir Dullea - Dr. David Bowman

Gary Lockwood - Dr. Frank Poole

William Sylvester - Dr. Heywood R. Floyd

Douglas Rain - HAL 9000

To the Deeper Thoughts!

I really liked this.  To be honest, I liked it a heck of a lot more than I expected.  I think this is in part that I read the book first.  There were certain sections that would not have made as much sense had I not read the book.  Especially the opening chapter with the obelisk and the apes.

A fine Sci-Fi classic that I am glad to say I have finally read and watched.