Posted by Junior on June 4, 2010
So my girlfriend moved in with me in August, and she’s always been a cat person. She’ll tell me all about her previous cats, their personalities, I just thought she was crazy. Needless to say, when she made the phonetic trip from Boston to Austin, she wanted to continue to have a cat in the home. An orange kitten, to be precise. One that needed to be saved, to be picky.
So we picked up Lucy (female calico kitten) and Ralph (male orange kitten).
They were fine growing up, they had each other to entertain themselves.
About 3 weeks ago we saved a little kitten from a bush in George west. We had to endure the growing pains again, and the acclimation of Lucy and Ralph now with their bulk size and matriarchal/patriarchal roles to defend.
Suffice to say we have endured scratches, baby kitten attacks, restless nights, desperate cries for attention, and all this comes with no gripes (just frustrated observations).
Now I see Lucy’s and Ralph’s personalities being nudged just a little bit further to make room for the kitten. Although usually I would just call Ralph a relaxed pushover, and Lucy the one that wears the pants in the family. This may sound weird, but I guess I’m a cat person now.
Posted by Junior on March 29, 2010
So lately I’ve been totally engaged on all fronts. My gaming side have been tempted with World of Warcraft (my long-time passion) and Harvest Moon: Animal Parade. I’ve also been jamming out to mariachi music at work which has me thinking that maybe I should start taking up practice of the guitar or mexican guitarrón. I have decent traditional acoustic guitar that I could practice on (maybe I should get new strings).
Marching through my mind is the ever popular geeky side. Roaming around finding new uses for my new Droid phone. How will I ever satisfy my 21st century daemons?
Posted by Junior on March 19, 2010
Recently, I saw a re-broadcasting of the History Channel special “Samurai” where it followed the life of Miyamoto Musashi. He ran away from home at an early age and after making his first samurai kill at the age of 13, he went into the forest for 4 years perfecting his fighting technique. He emphasized the practice and perfection, the meticulous practice of anyone’s art.
Now, the teachings that he wrote shortly before his death, ‘The Book of Five Rings’ is a guide for business executives and can be applied to anyone in a competitive position. Perhaps this 350 year old book may have some insight.
So here I am, although I don’t have anything that I’d call my ‘own’ technique, here I practicing in the forest.
