jecks juvenile journals

The weekend started after my last morning shift at DW. After a little laziness I beat up my weaker self and went to the karate lesson where I was instantly rewarded with the toughest fitness training I had so far. After a quazillion of mawashi and other what-not-giris (kicks) I barely felt my legs but was full of that self-contented feeling that comes with well-done-workout. After that I met with G, N and M in the “Aufsturz” were I drank something called “Two Dogs” which despite the name tasted not like animal hair, but was really refreshing. Actually that beer is made of lemons which makes it a perfect summer drink.

After that we saw “The Boondock Saints” but - due to the audience - had to cope with the german version which is called “Der blutige pfad Gottes”, which retranslated means “God’s Bloody path” - what a silly name. I saw the movie for the 3rd time and it’s still very good. Willem Dafoe as homophobic homosexual FBI-Agent is hilarious. [Read this for more about the movie.]

Saturday morning started with another karate lesson, which was quite interesting because the sempai told us to think of some practical applications for the blocks we’ve learned so far. We thought of some things which weren’t half bad. After that I took the Kobudo lesson as well were I learned my first Bo-kata. Well, at least theoretically it still doesn’t look as fluent as it should. Train, train, train.

I had lunch and a game of chess ( I won! yeepie! ) with J and we talked about the topic, which had the same outcome as everytime: It doesn’t seem to get better but we’ll try cheerfully anyways. The evening took me to Fete de la Musique stage at the Oranienplatz were I saw Strange Fluid and Handsome Hank & the lonesome boys, which didn’t play all the songs I hoped for ( no paradise City or Black Hole Sun ) but where as much fun as Gossip said they would be. Near midnight I called A and we and some other friends went to K17, from there to another club and - as the sun shone bright again - finally home.

Five hours later I had to get up again because I incautiously promised to my fellow Ka-Djins that we’ll meet for a sunday breakfast. We brunched for several hours and talked about the next Larp we’ll attend. The biggest question was how we fit L which is a new member into our group. We solved that problem - my character now has a sister. :-)

Nothing more to tell: If it were the desperados or just me growing old, I fell in my bed early…