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[Dec. 9th, 2009|05:26 am] |
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Leavenworth upcoming!!! Can't WAIT!!!! |
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| Weight loss update |
[Oct. 16th, 2009|08:21 am] |
We started a little contest to see how much weight we could lose (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) elspethn and I). I think that the support that we are giving each other will pay dividends, though we're not doing it on total weight lost but on the percentage of body fat lost. This gives her an advantage, but what the hell we're getting healthier anyway.
On a different note, this week my knee has been pretty much pain free. I think I'm going to bypass the surgery for now and see if my losing weight and working the knee to make it stronger will pay off in the long run.
To cap off what has been a horrible month for me so far, my phone was stolen on Wednesday from my work truck, and the idiots from Nextel can't get my old one to work right so I get to buy a new one (with a new plan of course, and a new agreement). What a bunch of crap.
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| Weight regimen |
[Oct. 13th, 2009|08:19 am] |
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So, I'm starting my weight lifting back up again. I have a routine that I've done in the past, but it's for more muscle building...I need some kind of regimen that burns calories (besides the recumbent bike, which I am going to try here in a couple of days) and builds cardio. Any ideas? |
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| Dammit |
[Oct. 4th, 2009|07:44 am] |
Well, I just popped on here and read my friends page...and not I'm pretty goddamn happy that my problems are small compared to what many of them are going through. Death seemed to rear it's ugly head again this past week and taken some real good people away from our society (as well as our Society). Makes my little leg problem seem pretty insignificant in comparison.
I know that when Death comes for me he'd better be ready to take a flat snap to the head... 8) |
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| Knee update |
[Sep. 28th, 2009|08:05 am] |
Update on knee: Saw a specialist on Thursday last week....got a 50/50 shot at surgery, if not then I am going to need some physical therapy. Sucks. Anyway, get an MRI finally (damn insurance company is holding out on me about this) and that will tell the story.
Not fighting is making me really really pissed at everything. |
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| Dragon's Laire Rose tourney thoughts |
[Sep. 16th, 2009|07:50 am] |
Well, I was able to fight more or less pain free (FINALLY) this Tuesday at the Dragon's Laire fight practice. There were probably about 20 fighters there, about 7 from Blatha An Oir and a couple from the Portland area (Sirs Einar and Olin). Sir John, Sir Olin, Sir Einar, Baron Cedric and myself held the field against everyone else. Fought very well, even with my heater shield which is not my strong style.
Woke up this morning with very little swelling in the knee. Crossing my fingers and hoping that things are finally behind me....
Anyway, might be going to the end of the month Seattle practice for the first time this year. Also going down to the Vancouver fight practice in two weeks.
Cut the IRS a big check this week, and get to cut another big one to St. Clare hospital for my sleep study......finally going to take the bull by the horns and get a CPAP machine for my sleep apnea....but it's dipping into my funds pretty badly....I guess I can be glad that I can actually afford to do it rather than not being able to afford it. |
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| Leg feels good. Fighting tonight at Dragon's Laire... |
[Sep. 15th, 2009|08:16 am] |
.....we're supporting our good cousins Cedric and Brighid today by going up to the Dragon's Laire fight practice and helping run a tournament....didn't realize that we're also going to have some visitors from the Portland area as well. Going to be a hell of a time!!!
Finally over the quasi-flu bug that I had the past few days. Felt like crap, went around the house and pretty much got to everyone.
Sad to see Patrick Swayze die. I liked his new show: The Beast. Was a idol to many people growing up in my era. Didn't like Point Break. Hated Dirty Dancing, but Red Dawn was a great movie..... |
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| Fighting |
[Sep. 11th, 2009|07:39 am] |
Well, I was able to practice close to full speed on Tuesday, I was real happy about it. It was funny, me with one leg fighting Sir John with one arm....very comical if it didn't hurt so bad...
Anyway, might be checking out the Puyallup Fair this weekend. It's a huge money pit, but I like it for some reason, and I'm a sucker for that as-seen-on-TV stuff they have there....
Knee hurts but what can you do? Doc says nothing's wrong.... she's gotta be on crack....very inflamed today as I write this, but I can feel it getting better....
More later. |
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| GRRRRRRRRRRRR........ |
[Sep. 3rd, 2009|08:15 am] |
Well, it seems that once again mundane life has stepped in the way of my SCA'ing and I won't be able to go to Crown.
This, while it pisses me off to no end, may be a blessing in disguise. It's going to give me a 3-day weekend to take care of a lot of things that have been left to wait since we've been so busy this summer, and it's going to give me a chance to heal the knee that much more (though I am at about 65-75% right now, getting better).......
I am angry, though, that it's happening. I feel a strong urge to attend Crown events (when possible) and it's so hard to pass them up. I really like seeing everyone there, and it's fun to be able to be part of the larger Kingdom. I'm sure I will get over it, though....8)
So Doc says 'severe muscle strain' on the knee, probably happened while I was sleeping. Can't believe something I did while in bed has taken three months to heal, but there you go. I'm sure walking around on it at the Randle site for five days didn't help it at all....but what can you do? Diet is going well, starting to be able to work out again, which is definitely going to help out. Starting my lifting regimen this weekend (anger always motivates me to work out) so I have to clean out the garage again. Too many projects in there undone. Gotta get going on them. More later. |
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| Last night's tournament |
[Aug. 26th, 2009|07:55 am] |
Well, I was pretty happy with the Blatha an Oir fight practice last night. We had 22 fighters in armor, and 18 in the Crown warm-up tournament.
But the highlight is that we had almost 20 new people who were interested in what our Barony does and who we are, including a guy who brought his entire Boy Scout troop to the practice.
I must say I take great pride in seeing the BAO practice growing the way it is, involving almost everyone in our Barony and it's so valuable as a tool for new people to come and see what our fabulous Society is all about. It's taken some years, but it's a far cry from the 5 fighters it used to be.
Oh yeah, Baron Sir Kane Severus had to beat my squire Hengis in the finals. That was cool too. It's all going to be on YouTube in a couple of days. |
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| OMG -- Knee better before Crown???? |
[Aug. 25th, 2009|08:33 am] |
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Well, I don't know how I managed to do it, but my knee is such that for the first time in a couple of months I'm walking around without a limp!!! I'm so TIRED of fighting through the pain of it! There's residual pain as I walk, but that I can deal with, not the constant ache and having to be on painkillers just to get through the day. Still going to the doc on Thursday though.... |
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| Autumn War .... what a time! |
[Aug. 18th, 2009|05:47 pm] |
Well, for those of you who didn't get a chance to be at Autumn War you missed a HELL of a good time.....
There were probably about 150 fighters out on the field, in spite of the weather (which was crappy everywhere but the event, where it was PERFECT fighting weather) and we had a real good time. Blatha an Oir'ians fought on both sides, which was weird at Autumn War but what the hell it was a hoot. Hung out with a lot of people that I don't normally get to hang around at events, which was really good. Got crushed more or less in the war, since I could hardly walk by the time Saturday rolled around (this goes back to earlier knee injury now requiring the services of a really good doctor), but I did make my goal of making it through Autumn War so I was happy about that. Got to lay around at night (not) because noone wanted to bug me about anything (not) and got lots of sleep (not). I don't know what I would have done if I was the actual autocrat... 8)
Anyway, the feedback so far is great and the Princes both are thinking about making Autumn War a Principality event!
First thing on the list to make Autumn War a Estrella-of-the-North...check!
More later when I have time to decompress. |
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| Finally.... |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|05:32 am] |
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I'm finally getting to some of the back video that I've shot at fight practices/classes/wars over the past year and a half. It's pretty lame getting back from An Tir/West War and going straight into a 60 hour work week....but what the hell a few of these and I can pay off my hot tub early.
Anyway, the knee actually feels better after Tuesday practice, got to fight a few more bouts than I have in the past couple of months, too. Think things are finally starting to turn there.....we had 10 fighters, and that was not a well-attended practice (which is WAY better than it used to be here in BAO when 6 fighters was a good turnout). Usually get 12-15 fighters there, with new ones showing up on an almost weekly basis.....
Also this means that I can hop back on the bike for 30min a day, if my work schedule allows me to.....getting up at 5am is getting rather lame.
If you want to check out my videos go to my YouTube page .. www.youtube.com/siraleksii.
More later |
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| Honey War |
[May. 21st, 2009|09:22 am] |
Well, I've had some pretty cool days lately. If you know me, you know what I'm talking about.
Anyway, did get on the puter yesterday and wrote some schtick to Godric and the rest of the Barony of Glymm Mere, with the intent of pumping up Honey War. Got some good responses. I think that is an element that's been missing from our Society. Hopefully, with the success of Honey War and Autumn War this year we'll bring it back into use among other Baronies.
Knee still bothers me, bothers me more that I have no idea how I hurt it. But another week without fighting and I'm going to have to tear something down like my garage.....I *am* pretty excited to shoot at Daffodil Archery this weekend. Have a chance to break one of my new arrows!
Anyway, more later. Or not, depending. 8*) |
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| What's been happening |
[May. 12th, 2009|01:17 pm] |
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I haven't been able to post onto here as much as I would have liked to. I would like to say it's because I've been REALLY busy, but that would be a half-truth. I've had some things going on in my life which have screwed with my head over the past few weeks. Serious things that I thought were LONG over, but fate has a way of bringing things full circle, doesn't it?
Speaking of the past, things weren't always so great in my life. In fact, I think I've done quite well to get here from where I was (and where I put myself, but that's another story altogether). However, there were some mistakes that I have made in my past that have forced me to look back to that time in my life when things were out of control.
Typing this, I marvel at the fact that I'm not dead now. I should be, I have done some REALLY REALLY stupid things. Things which I won't go into here, but things that have affected me nonetheless.
There was a girl, who I loved very deeply, who I wanted desperately to marry oh so long ago in Alaska. I loved her (and in some ways, I still do) so much back then, but I was a child. Was it a child's love? Did I even recognize the concept back then? Twenty plus years have a way of distorting how you look at things. Anyway, she and I were in love with each other, then I graduated into manhood and starting f*cking myself up. Not quickly, mind you, but slowly, so you can't really tell what you're doing until you've done it so much it's habit. Pardon me while I ramble about this. Now, also realize I never did drugs (well, I experimented but who hasn't?), but I lived an out-of-control lifestyle. She still lived with her parents, as we were still teenagers, but I was out of the home and 'on my own', which at 18 should read, 'I'm out of the house and taking advantage of people so I have a place to crash from last night's party and not worry about finding a good job or even some decent friends'. Luckily for her, she has enough common sense to dump me after about six months of this crap.
Anyway, I'm checking my MySpace account and Lo and behold! I get an E-mail from her out of the blue. A very painful one for me to read.
Since then, we've been corresponding back and forth about two weeks, all the time I'm dealing with emotions about her that I thought were long buried in my rather copious psyche. How are things? What's your life been like? Seeing a picture of her children was very unearthly for me. She's a great person, who also just so happens to be getting into the SCA in Oklahoma. She's had a great life and she's very deserving of the things that she has accomplished with herself since I knew her.
Last Sunday night I get a phone call. It's her. It was an emotional roller-coaster for me to endure, but I did endure it and I think I'm better off for it. I hadn't realized to the depths which these feelings had been stirred up in my soul, but I came away from the experience with a new understanding of myself which I thought that I would share with you.
I love Beth. I love her deeply, dearly and with all my heart. I am SO glad to have met her in my lifetime. I want to spend every waking moment with her, and when she's not around I feel a bit emptier. I am sorry to her for making her go through this with me, but she's been supportive and that's all I can really ask. So I don't mind telling you any of this.
There's more to this, but I'll save it for another post. |
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| Old age???? |
[Mar. 28th, 2009|09:52 am] |
Damn, I spend an entire week sick from the flu, only to wake up today with a SPLITTING pain in my side like I slept wrong or something. I'm going to miss Sir Antonio and Jarl Skeggi's class today (which REALLY pisses me off), and on top of that my damn hot tub is acting up and I have to go out in the friggin' RAIN and try to fix it! Not to mention that I also get the fun activity of adding up reciepts today (and for those of you that are self-employed, you all know what a nice thing THAT is to go through) for the precursor of paying some number cruncher $500 to tell me that I owe the government (who has already given this money to AIG, no doubt....) thousands more!!!!
F*CK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Been a long time |
[Mar. 26th, 2009|07:58 pm] |
since I posted anything on LJ. Been super busy here at the house, and then finally got to go on my VEGAS trip. We stayed at the Augustus Tower in Caesar's Palace and had many good adventures (I'm sure elspeth will tell you more about it...).... lost my ass at the tables, but aren't you supposed to do that in Vegas?
Weight loss is coming back around, now that I've basically quit drinking and cut WAY back on the carb intake.....starting to feel healthier as well. Goal is 40 lbs before An Tir West War. That will put me back in my scale armor, and I look WAY too cool in my scales...
Here's a pic from the hotel room we stayed at overlooking the fountains at Bellagio.....was pretty cool looking out that window at night when the fountain show went off!
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| My house |
[Dec. 21st, 2008|05:50 pm] |
This is the scene at my house this evening. 
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| BAO's End - of - the - year tournament |
[Nov. 29th, 2008|08:18 am] |
Greetings from the lands of the Golden Blossom! This past Tuesday, the Barony of Blatha An Oir had the honor of hosting a end-of-the-year tournament, highlighting the skills and the chivalry of not on Blatha An Oirians but of people all over the mighty Kingdom of An Tir. I am pleased to say that we had over 25 fighters come out for 3 ½ hours of intense fighting, not only in the double elimination tournament that we hosted but the general fight practice stretched on into the night! Sir Terrick, mighty Knight of An Tir, did best Baron Cedric Wlfraven of Dragon’s Laire in the finals, and claimed himself a 9’ stick of rattan for his efforts. However, there were a lot of good things to report in the tournament at large, the chivalry of all the combatants was second to none. All had a great time, and left wishing that every week was the end of the year. Notables included a group of fighters from the Portland area, a contingent from Madrone and parts north, and a group of fighters from Dragon’s Laire. Sadly, I didn’t make a record of who was actually there, but there were at least 8 knights there and many good squires who travelled far to test the knight’s mettle! In service, Baron Aleksii Konstantinovich Chernoi Knight of An Tir |
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| Woohoo! |
[Nov. 10th, 2008|07:37 am] |
My hardcore diet week has begun ... and my tricep is back to where I can start lifting again.
Don't tell anyone but I turn the big 40 this week and I'm looking around and don't see a lot of 400 lb 40 year olds....so I'm going at this diet with a fervor.
It's pretty hard but once you get into a habit of doing it it's a lot easier.... |
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