Shaolin Summit Los Angeles May 2011

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Dm is coming. But what is more important is that American Ninja Warrior is holding tryouts on Monday and Tuesday. I think he needs to enter, as of all the brothers, I suspect he is in the best shape. I promise to follow him around and take picture.

I just realized I had a DM time slip. The tryouts are four days before he arrives not the Monday after he arrives. Dammit. I need an innoculation. I guess DM could come down early rather than staying late.

[Drunk Monk]

it's contagious

[Drunk Monk]

...what makes you think I'm in the best shape? I'm a physical trainwreck. Besides, I couldn't lift 25 lbs. GM Tu leaves his weight plates in front of our copy machine so I have to move them when i make copies. Every time I pick those up - using my arms like normal humans - I think 'no way. no f-ing way'.

You should audition G. Just dust off your ninja duds, drop trou, and lift. You'd probably win with only 70 or 80 lbs....

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

I did lift 110 last night.

I'll know more on Tuesday when I witness the American Ninja Tryouts in action.

[Drunk Monk]

"What Greg & DM did for Judgment Day..."

What's everyone else doing for Judgment Day? I know LB is throwing a party. I figure Greg and I will be in good company. Shaolin monks are great against zombies, terminators and aliens.

[The Queen]

The night before Judgement Day, I will be eating Lou Malnati's deep dish Chicago pizza. (Was that the sound of hk's drool dripping on his table?)

On Judgement Day, I'm attending my 30th high school reunion. Apropos -- I've been to hell with these people before.

[Drunk Monk]

When the demons rise up out of the ground, we'll swing by with our monk posse and save you. Greg will be filming it all. It'll look cool, especially in 3D!

Do Buddhists & Jews even figure into all of this?

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

And so it begins.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

G2 needed Tea in a part of town I am unfamiliar with. We stopped into the first tea shop we spotted.

You know that feeling you get when you know you've walked into the wrong room or place? That was the immediate impression I got. All the seats were taken by smoking Vietnamese men. There were what appeared to be slot machines at a back counter. The noise in the room dropped perceptably as we entered and all eyes turned to us. We never made it more than two steps in the door. A quick vote was taken and we beat a hasty retreat out to the wrong car.

Good times.

[Haggis Killer]

Chicago Pizza for Doomsday does sound like a yummy idea, but I think I'm heading out to see a movie about a Norse god with a mighty hammer. If things start to shake, hopefully he'll hop off the screen and stand guard over my quivering flesh. I guess I'd better see it in 3D to make sure he can jump out for me. Of course, if Natalie Portman decides to jump out also.... so much the better!

Celebratory waffles for breakfast, I'm thinking.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

If you were to scan my collection of photos from the Summit, you would think my job was to take awkward pictures of Drunk Monk

[Drunk Monk]

just delete all the ones of me picking my nose or scratching my ass. i know, i know, that's most all of them, but come on now - i have an image to uphold for the sake of the company.

after the vietnamese incident, we introduced greg to chewy balls. he liked them. he liked them a lot.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED:

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

At least you had that nice moment during the panel discussion.

[Drunk Monk]

The best part of the rapture?

My daughter placed 4th on Level 5 Beam and All-Around at the State Championships!! I get more proud about this with each time I repeat it.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Woohoo!

I'd like to point out I haven't leaked a single shred of video or picture, including the one of me with my good friend the Abbot.