Matt Meade

Man,,,, Jiu-Jitsu on a hard floor really sucks….

But some people just don’t know how to shut up unless you choke them…

Saturday the guys from our local Street Fighter scene traveled to a state-wide tournament together to compete. We did pretty well, I got 13th out of 40-50 and one of our guys got 4th. I will post video ASAP.

I was happy with my play for the most part, the only big mistake I made was thinking I could push around Luis’ Sagat (I don’t know why that is stuck in my head, maybe because he was so bad when I first met him) but up till then I was on point. Nothing worse than blowing a tournament because you were jsut having an off day or the pressure got to you, so I was glad that didn’t happen.

Here's a cool Halloween / Michael Meyers customized arcade stick from the tournament.

Also it was fun just because it was a road-trip, and I feel like I know the guys I traveled with a little more than I did before.

When I got home it was time to watch UFC with Jose! I have been missing watching fights at his house lately so this was long overdue. BJ Penn and Kenny Florian won as I predicted.

After UFC Mike, Brian, Cody and me went sledding at the park which was ridiculously fun. We hit a few jumps on the way down the hill, and I even got to test my frisbee theory (…that you can sled down a hill on all fours using only four frisbees.)

2009 Resolutions:

1. Phase meat and dairy out of my regular diet (I have a year, not cold turkey). FAIL
   
2. Save money. I’m tired of living paycheck to paycheck. WIN
3. Make the non-profit org I started official. WIN
4. Upgrade my job. I either need a new one or a raise. FAIL
5. Get back to Jiu-Jitsu (This depends a lot on resolution 2 and 4, but I miss it so). FAIL

Ok, technically it’s the best weekend ever.

• Non-profit brainstorm
• Got to watch a (DVR) UFC fight with Jose
• Got Gert vaccinated now that I have money
• Festival at the park
• gourmet hot dogs
• Street party
• Pub-crawl
• Received an important certificate in the mail
• And I even found where I could buy one of those political yard-signs I’ve been looking for.

Nice sunny days, seriously couldn’t get much better.

Just a shout out to my old Judo club, who I’m told haven’t forgotten me. Thanks for everything guys, including the nickname.

If you’re wondering if I remained “Gumby Dammit” in my old age, here’s a trip down memory lane: Shoulder 360 from a keylock!

I am officially a black belt in Midori Yama Goshin Jiu-Jitsu today!

The body of UFCs Evan Tanner was found yesterday. He had apparently died of exposure after running out of gas and water on a camping trip alone, deep in the desert.

http://www.evantanner.net/

RIP Evan

Spring is here, and a 4 mile run never felt so good.

It’s the least I could do since I missed jiu-jitsu last week. That technically broke one of my resolutions (to go each week unless I had a good reason) but thankfully the spirit of the resolution lives on and I will still go more often than previously.

I think I’m going to shave my head again…

Emo-bangs were a fun trip back to my High school days, but alas, I remember how annoying it is to have to fix my hair again.

Not to mention how annoying it is to grapple with hair in jiu-jitsu.