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Tex-Pat Diaries: April 2012
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Ravings and ramblings of an exited Texan. Monday, April 30, 2012. I can't stress it enough, the things I went through as a female budoka have nothing to do with the injuries, the injustices (changing in the broom closet because the men freaked out about my longline sport bra and bike shorts, which I politely wore under my clothes so I could change without disturbing anyone) the weirdness and stupid jokes, which, frankly, I was born and raised to turn back on anyone. Get better at those, get better at budo.
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Tex-Pat Diaries: December 2011
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Ravings and ramblings of an exited Texan. Tuesday, December 20, 2011. This is not the mountaintop, and I am not the first to pioneer this direction. In any case, I was never interested in it, or anything to do with Zen, status, flatus, or any of the accompanying baggage. I am not here, to dance circles round the Sun. I am just here to Train. My soul is only rewarded by Shugyo, the simple fact of training which brings us all together in the holy communion of sweat and honest effort. The fact is, that ever...
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Tex-Pat Diaries
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Ravings and ramblings of an exited Texan. Thursday, April 12, 2012. I began, in the second largest state of the union. Try not to feel alone, especially if you are too eccentric to fit into its most eccentric city, Austin, Texas. Living on the outside of the outside, it was a relief to be in an actual foreign country. If it was true that the strongest, physically, should rule society, then let's just get a lot of orang-utans to run for office. It would make as much sense as the jocks running high sch...
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Tex-Pat Diaries
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Ravings and ramblings of an exited Texan. Wednesday, March 21, 2012. I am living in a generation of shame. Ashamed of our basic rites of human life. In order to make more of our selves, we must surrender to our selves. The most basic urge is to "re-create". The difference of modern human life, is the ability to regulate the consequence, which lies largely on the female of the human species, who must bear the burden of gestation. Who teaches children how to interact with others? A Slightly Raucous Kitchen.
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Arx Hereticus: Jul 17, 2007
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Welcome to the ramblings of a merry heretic, an ex-pat (Tex-pat? American living in Maryland after having spent six years in Germany. Arx Hereticus is part travelogue, part cooking, part budo, part socio-political commentary and mostly just me BSing. Thoughts on Self Defense. The Devil Made Texas. Uncle Aldos spaghetti gravy. Kefta/Koefta/Kofta al la Schloss Gordon. Making store bought steak taste like restaurant gr. Jan 2, 2006. Jan 13, 2006. Mar 4, 2006. Mar 5, 2006. Mar 9, 2006. Sep 3, 2006. It's hard...
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Tex-Pat Diaries: May 2012
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Ravings and ramblings of an exited Texan. Thursday, May 10, 2012. So I finally got to go a little sword to sword with our dear teacher QC this past weekend. We had good fun, his great fantastic spirit against my kittenish attempts. At one point, teaching a bloody counter, he said "oh you like that one? And I was practically growling with combative ecstasy, oh yes, lots! And I think we began to understand one another. I'm a lucky budo bunny. Links to this post. Blessed by the masters. Every one of you,.
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Tex-Pat Diaries: Blessed by the masters
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Ravings and ramblings of an exited Texan. Thursday, May 10, 2012. Blessed by the masters. The gift we Gaijin have, is the gift of shortness of time. We shake unto our bones, walking up to our teachers, asking for training. For my own self, I have had to be tremendously unconventional. I have had to walk through changes of life,. Changes of state and continent. I have stuck to it through and through,. I have never wavered, though. I have bitched and wailed. When we leave dear ones behind. Every one of you,.
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Tex-Pat Diaries
http://tex-pat.blogspot.com/2012/04/so-often-i-am-just-striding-through.html
Ravings and ramblings of an exited Texan. Monday, April 30, 2012. I can't stress it enough, the things I went through as a female budoka have nothing to do with the injuries, the injustices (changing in the broom closet because the men freaked out about my longline sport bra and bike shorts, which I politely wore under my clothes so I could change without disturbing anyone) the weirdness and stupid jokes, which, frankly, I was born and raised to turn back on anyone. Get better at those, get better at budo.
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Tex-Pat Diaries: July 2011
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Ravings and ramblings of an exited Texan. Wednesday, July 27, 2011. In my private, claustrophobic world, I am in the Bavarian woods, I am open and venturing under the sheltering skies of pines and spruces. I am finding Pfifferlinge, blueberries, cranberries, and stashing them in the freezer for future use. I am the beloved daughter of Bavaria, making use of her wares, I am protected and secure. The grandmothers and fathers of Bavaria, love me and protect me, I am doing their work. I love to hear the loon...
