dancing queen
do you ever wake up to the most random song in your head? somehow, i have "dancing queen" by abba in my head and i can't get it out! maybe i have to dance it out...
the maintenance guy came to fix our dishwasher today, turns out it was just a sliver of wood stuck in the drain. i didn't think we owned any wooden utensils until i noticed a wooden spoon on our counter. huh. then we started talking about captain morgan and how his last job was bar securty (even though he's about my size). then he told me a story about when he was going into a bar (long time ago) and the bouncer was a huge african-american and the guy in line in front of him was a small japanese guy. the bouncer says he doesn't like "orientals" so he can't come in. the japanese guys starts pleading with him to just let him go in and get his friends and they'll leave. the bouncer says no and puts a hand on his shoulder. the japanese guy tells him to take it please three times and when the bouncer doesn't, he sweeps the hand off his shoulder and strikes the bouncer, knocking him backwards. the bouncer tries to hit him back, but the japanese guy is much quicker and ends up knocking him down the stairs (this was on the second floor at the top of the stairs). the bouncer is madder than ever and is still trying to land a punch on this little japanese guy who keeps knocking him backwards. all the while, the japanese guy is saying sorry and asking if he can just get his friends and leave. the bouncer is mad and saying things like i'm going to kill you so the japanese guy knocks the bouncer into the street, but since there's traffic, he quick grabs him and throws him back onto the sidewalk. the bouncer still won't give up so the japanese guy uses cotta or kota (???) or something involving hitting nerve simplexes thus rendering the bouncer unconcious. he revives the bouncer, but it takes awhile for the bouncer to be completely coherent so the japanese guy goes up and gets his friends and leaves. pretty cool story. then the maintenance guy tells me about this martial art (cotta) and how it's illegal to teach it because of too many accidental deaths. anyhoo, that's my story for the day.
the maintenance guy came to fix our dishwasher today, turns out it was just a sliver of wood stuck in the drain. i didn't think we owned any wooden utensils until i noticed a wooden spoon on our counter. huh. then we started talking about captain morgan and how his last job was bar securty (even though he's about my size). then he told me a story about when he was going into a bar (long time ago) and the bouncer was a huge african-american and the guy in line in front of him was a small japanese guy. the bouncer says he doesn't like "orientals" so he can't come in. the japanese guys starts pleading with him to just let him go in and get his friends and they'll leave. the bouncer says no and puts a hand on his shoulder. the japanese guy tells him to take it please three times and when the bouncer doesn't, he sweeps the hand off his shoulder and strikes the bouncer, knocking him backwards. the bouncer tries to hit him back, but the japanese guy is much quicker and ends up knocking him down the stairs (this was on the second floor at the top of the stairs). the bouncer is madder than ever and is still trying to land a punch on this little japanese guy who keeps knocking him backwards. all the while, the japanese guy is saying sorry and asking if he can just get his friends and leave. the bouncer is mad and saying things like i'm going to kill you so the japanese guy knocks the bouncer into the street, but since there's traffic, he quick grabs him and throws him back onto the sidewalk. the bouncer still won't give up so the japanese guy uses cotta or kota (???) or something involving hitting nerve simplexes thus rendering the bouncer unconcious. he revives the bouncer, but it takes awhile for the bouncer to be completely coherent so the japanese guy goes up and gets his friends and leaves. pretty cool story. then the maintenance guy tells me about this martial art (cotta) and how it's illegal to teach it because of too many accidental deaths. anyhoo, that's my story for the day.
posted by scott at 11:56 AM
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It's Kota...and I'm an expert. An old Japanese man taught me in his basement before he died.
This morning I woke up with "Paper Heart" by All-American Rejects in my head.
luke: i hope he didn't teach you after the law was passed. anyhoo, can i practice on you?
natalie: heh, now that song is in my head.
Eureka! I came across that character of yours. It is a "Chinese-only character now meaning select, and is felt to derive from a combination of [the character meaning] bundle and [the character meaning] disperse/away...(i.e. remove selected items from a bundle). [This character] also lends its sound to express soften by boiling."
-Henshall, Kenneth. A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters. Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 1998. Page 187, discussing character 608.
You going to be in Urbana this weekend? I might be coming down.
Random!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will be down Sunday after church and overnight for Monday, because some of the libraries are not open on the weekend, and for some reason all of the libraries are closed this Saturday and Sunday. We can take the girls to the Wounded Crane. We can also make pilgrimmage to Friar Tuck's in search of Kloster Andech's (Andech Monastery's).
You could probably get a job in Peoria. Fred Funk talked to me in church on Sunday, and when I said I was looking for a job he said he (Peoria "Typewriter") was looking to hire someone who could go set up networks for people, solve their software problems and change out their hardware, especially someone who had Microsoft's MSCE or something certification. I said that wasn't me, but after church I put two and two together.
He said if there was anybody from church who could do that, he would probably hire them in a minute. I do not know what the pay would be, but something is better than nothing, the Peoria area has its attractions, and it could at least get your foot in the door for a better job at a major corporation.
Most of the reason why I took the job at Berean's was to get a good reference for something else.
I will talk to him on Sunday and get his phone number for you, if that is alright.
i can't promise you a bed on monday night. travis will be back by then.
yeah, get fred's phone number. that just might work. i'm not ms certified, but i wouldn't mind getting it. you can give him my phone number too or let him know i'll probably be calling him.
oh, and bring that henshall book. i want to see the entry.
You know I sleep on the floor!
stupid me. how could i forget?
I want to learn Luke
"A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters." I believe that I have a book "How not to forget Kanji" it dosen't even pretend that it will teach them.
Way to turn a wooden spoon story into an exciting fight scene.
Did you talk with der Fred yet?
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