Lake City Way Aikido

Went to check out the Lake City aikido dojo today; it's an independent, kinda, but not entirely. (They're part of the international federation, which means their testing is the same as everybody else's.)

They have a beginner workout and a full workout; I showed up for the 6pm beginner session, which was much too beginner even for me, and which I didn't think gave me a good look at much of what they do. So I ended up staying through the regular evening class too, from 7-8:30.

Attacks are a little better than Ki Society; not as good as Kokikai. On the other hand, they do a lot of weapons work, which I find attractive in theory. They've got a huge dojo, the biggest I've ever seen. They're also struggling to work on a "new" roll type which doesn't seem that different than what I'm already doing for rolling, so I'm kind of confused by that. The main differences showed up in what moves they emphasised and the heavier than usual training in bokken and jo.

It's friendly, and pretty informal; they have a lot of middle school and secondary school kids in the regular class, which was a tad surprising; they work with schools a lot. They also have a dojo dog (sensei's dog, of course) who is kind of late puppy in age. The introductory class was extra slow, which I disliked, but which wasn't an issue in the regular class.

Wow, I'm sleepy. I got quite the workout (which is good) and really I'd like to get a bit of a bath before going to bed but, well, Anna's already to sleep so I'd better not. Besides, I fell asleep in the tub last time, I'd probably just do it again!

surprise!

So today, from the following data:

1. There is a lighthouse sculpture thingie out front by the driveway. I dislike it.
2. There are several switches we've found that do NOTHING we can figure out, one of which is by the front door.
3. The lighthouse sculpture is on a post that looks not unlike a conduit pipe.

...I formed this hypothesis:

H: The lighthouse is actually illuminated, and the bulb inside is burned out.

I tested this hypothesis by going over to it, looking at it, and seeing if the top came off. It did! And inside?

BEES

(Hornets, if you want to get picky about it.)

"HA HA FUCK YOU," said the universe. "Whut?" said the hornets inside the lighthouse. "WELL, SCREW THAT!" said me.

I put the cap back on and ran away. Fortunately, it was cool. Hornets don't like the cool. They did not dare to follow. Soon when it is cold I will take the whole stupid lighthouse nest and toss it into the garbage. That'll show 'em.

Stupid lighthouse.

Stupid bees.