Saturday, June 22 + Sunday, June 23
Are you interested in beauty in a normal way or a fascist way?
Twitter Likes of the Day
Jiu-Jitsu Training of the Day
Trained 7AM NoGi with the morning crew since I missed training on Thursday–needed an extra session to make up for it. Trained with Camille, Darrell, Jason, Thomas, Omar, and Bret. Hurt my ankle again super randomly–I hurt it last night, I think I just need to start wearing my ankle sleeve at all times while training.
Trained 11AM Gi. Covered options from seated double hooks; push/pull dilemma into SLX or tilt sweep, loop choke, collar drag. Didn’t get to drill too much, helped correct details for the lower belts. Sparred w Pedro (x2), Vedha, Anthony, Stan, PJ, Kareem. Successful turn away inversion sweep from half guard into SLX w Pedro, beginning to see more success w guard detention from hooks guard; need to keep working on seamlessly integrating hooks guard wrestle ups a la Wardzinski alt. SLX footlock guard Isaac. How to create dilemmas between the two? Need to flow + focus on this topic. Make plans to drill. Caputi?
Sunday AM did a light bench press workout before asst. teaching Basics w Fabio. Did a couple rounds after with Anastasio, Yara, Luiz, Harrison, Reece, and Neil. Several new beginners today. Luiz has been improving; I’m worried I might be inflicting the same bad habits I have unto him; on several occasions I let him achieve a position where he might have swept me, but he didn’t commit.
Something I was experimenting with today was focusing on switching sides on chest to chest half guard / underhook passing to put the bottom player in increasingly worse positions. Worked well. Need to try again tomorrow night.
Reading / Writing of the Day
Transcribed + edited for Full Moon w Jupiter Right Under.
Misc. Media Consumption of the Day
Weird | Kaytranada et al.
Hanoi | Red Axes, et al.
Coco Bongo | Tom Tyger, et al.
Waiting for a Surprise - Original Mix | Red Axes, et al.
Substance Use of the Day
Pre-workout to start the day during 7AM Porrada session. Pre-workout again before / during 11AM tech + sparring. Went to Housing Works to buy pre-rolls + edibles, took a few hits before lunch, falafel. Smoked a little bit after arriving back @ Leah’s for catsitting. Did some work & then went to the party; stopped at Ezra’s before the party & smoked a bit, then smoked a bit more at the party. Next morning, matcha w Mary; took two hits of last night’s joint before opening the gym; spilled matcha on my T-shirt. Espresso shot at the gym. Spoke w Ezra the previous night re: substance use & how I feel as if each day I survive by fueling my body with ridiculous concoctions. And then writing in this substack keeps me sane / helps me remember what I did the day before / has me acting throughout the day like I will want something to show for it at its close. Smoked at night, then Redbull.
Outfit of the Day
Addidas x Y-3 Low-top sneakers / JNCO Twin Cannon Black Shorts / Saturday’s Baby Blue Button-Up / Mami Cap from 787 Coffee / Standard Chain Stack (Cuban, Rope, “The Lovers”)
Addidas x Y-3 Low-top sneakers / JNCO Twin Cannon Black Shorts / White T-Shirt from Cotton On / AP x Yankees Cap / Standard Chain Stack (Cuban, Rope, “The Lovers”)