Woodshed time (caution, adult language)

Yes, It's woodshed time. Someone I know needs a "Look Bitch Speech". A trip to The Hurt Locker even. The difference is, that when I set that person down and give them the ole "Look Bitch, shit needs to change!", I should be looking in the mirror.

I did a little soul searching today, and decided I didn't like my attitude this week. Bitching and moaning. Getting all butthurt over stupid stuff. Basically, I was acting like the assholes I hate.

A good example. I'm cutting weight again. Because of that, when I was at Jiu Jitsu tonight, I was a bit more tired and didn't perform like I should have. This caused me to get the redass over an honest mistake. A mistake made by one of the nicest guys in class. Looking back I definitely needed a checkup from the neckup.

I can make excuses, I'm tired, hungry, the Sun was in my eyes, the dog ate my homework, but the reality was, I should have been better. Short story long, I needed to change my attitude. Thus, I take a trip to the woodshed. Tomorrow I am going to bust my hump at work, act like the consumate sales professional I am, and win the contest they are running. Then, I will use that money to buy a new shotgun. Either a Stoeger sxs 2 barrel set, or maybe one of those CZ O/U shotguns.

It's amazing what a little perspective can do for a bad attitude.

Greetings from beautiful Las Vegas

It was an uneventful flight, which is honestly the best kind. Checked in, the booth was coing along nicely, and they didn't need or desire my input. Excellent says I, lets go hit the tables. Hmm, on second thought, lets follow-up on the 20 VM & emails you received.

Professional me wins again. Two conference calls, one build, and a couple emails later I am done. I decided to grab a late lunch then head up to the room again. Around 5ish I caught a cab to Marc Laimon's BJJ gym. I was early, and didn't bring a Gi, so just hungout and watched the Gi class (taught by Simpson Go). Even just watching I caught a couple cool techniques.

After the Gi class, Marc showed up and taught the No-Gi class. I'm not sure why that surprised me, but it did. He seemed like a nice guy, introduced himself to me, then class got started. I was a bit surprised that they don't really have a warmup (formal or otherwise). He immediately launched into techniques. These included a good arm lockup for defending the arm bar, the stacking defense, and a slip defense - this was new to me slipping the leg, and then pushing your shoulders to the floor (might get you mounted but at least not armbarred). He also covered the hitchhiker escape, which was most recently used by Rich Franklin against Travis Lutter.

After technique, he paired us up, and we rolled for roughly 8 minutes. The first guy I rolled with was a stalemate (although I dominated him positionally). The second guy tapped me with a neck crank/jaw crush when he couldn't sink the choke. It worked, and was legal, but seemed cheap (might be sour grapes on my part). The dropin price is $40 and includes a Tshirt (which was of questionable quality). Next time, I will try Extreme Couture, to see the difference.

No pictures, because I already had too much stuff to pack. Instead, here are some pics from my hike around the Pennybacker Bridge in Austin.

Vegas ... again, and a new toy.

Just got word that I will be in Vegas again next week (For Interop). Current plan is arrive on Monday and leave on Thursday. Hopefully I will get to wrestle a bit while there. May try to hit Marc Laimon's gym (Cobra Kai) as I leave for Dallas on Friday (NAGA BJJ tournament).

Last time I went to Vegas, I ended up a couple hundred dollars up. That coupled with my winning the office March Madness pool, bought me a new CZ 452 (the .22 bolt action rifle). No pictures yet, but I will add them when I get home. For some reason, work frowns on me bringing my rifles in for a photo shoot. Something about playing with my camera vs working. Phillistines.

*Edit* No pictures. I couldn't get them to come out properly. I will try again this afternoon.