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I’m jetting to Thailand early tomorrow morning for a BJJ tournament. This should be a lot of fun. I’ll be sure to take a lot of pictures and throw them up on flickr when I get back into Taipei.

If you’re interested, the website for the tournament is [SEA Grappling Games]

I plan on returning with a bit more bling to add to my ever increasing collection. That golden kind.

Wish me luck!

YEAH!

Actually, most of my weeks are busy weeks, but this one had me running around a bit more than usual.

I figured out all my shit for applying to school this week. I’ll be trying to get a scholarship as well which be real nice. It’d last for the full 4 years and give me enough to live on so I can just focus on my studies. I’ll have sent off all of my applications and that sort of thing hopefully by next week.
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I’m not proud of it or anything, but on my ride home tonight I went through 2 red lights because it’s 3 am and there are ZERO cars out.  A scooter pulls up next to me honking it’s horn.  It’s a cop waving me to pull over.  I pull over, he sees that I’m a foreigner, doesn’t say a word and does a U-turn.

I continue home and run one more red light.  I might have a hard time adjusting to US police culture if I ever make it back.

I wonder how long this phenomenon has gone on. When doing anything that mimics taking a basketball shot, do you shout “Jordan!” (or Kobe! or whatever it is now)? And I wonder if something similar exists for other sports. I know Dave Chappelle did a skit about this that was pretty funny.

I wonder what other cultures do for their sports. I bet yelling Jordar! is like yelling HAI-YA! when doing fake karate stuff. It like puts you in the “zone” for when you’re doing the action. It only seems to be applicable to things that are quick bursts. I was trying to picture something silly like a preacher going “Jesus!” but it wouldn’t work during a sermon. Maybe someone could yell that while dunking heads in the water baptism style or something.

Anyway, all this randomness came about because I took a shot from across my classroom this morning with a balled up piece of paper, yelled “Jordan!” and made the shot. The kids were impressed.

Jordan!