Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Story-time with Aaron: Part 1

So I bought an iPod touch, at the more expensive Korean price because I'm impatient, thinking that I would be able to write things on the train. I like the touch screen keyboard, and the size is ideal for train typing. I hope to do my Korean homework on the train when the new semester starts, but I also thought I might be able to write other things for fun. Tap Tap Revenge is pretty darn fun, but one way or another I have actually started writing some stuff. I'm as surprised as anybody. So here's the beginning of a strange little story, written in the second-person present imperative, with a major character with my name. Not really edited at all, just whatever I was rambling at the time. And I think I ought to add, I'm feeling a little sick.

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"Are you sure you want to see him just today?" Mrs. Tabernacle is a little uncertain. "It's just that, well, he doesn't seem to really believe in himself today."

It can't be helped. "Even great minds suffer from the occasional lapse in confidence. I'm sure he'll be fine."

Mrs. Tabernacle is momentarily confused. "Oh - it's not that. I mean he isn't believing that he exists right now. He can be hard to talk to when he gets like this."

How peculiar. Still, it can't be helped. Head into the house. Follow Mrs. Tabernacle up the stairs. Aaron is laying in bed, shrouded by an extravagantly overstuffed duvet.

"Hello dear, are you existing, at the moment?" Mrs. Tabernacle calls to the corpse.

"Mother," comes the reply, have you been telling people I don't think I exist again? You know I told you, it isn't that, it's just that I don't see any compelling reason to believe that I do exist. It's not the same thing."

Mrs. Tabernacle has heard this before. "Okay dear, well, your friend is here." She leaves the room.

"Cogito ergo sum though, isn't it?"

Aaron sits up to answer. "You know, it's the damndest thing. It's an issue I think is important, and something I think about rather a lot, but do you know what I always have to say first whenever somebody mentions that?"

"No, what?"

"He published it first in French. Did you know he published it first in French?" Aaron does not wait for an answer. "He deliberately did it in French, but everybody insists on quoting it in Latin."

"Oh."

"And that's what I always have to say first. But it doesn't matter. Either way, it's wrong."

"So you don't exist?"

"Well, I'm reasonably well convinced that something has to exist, thanks to ol' Descartes, but I don't see how I should be able to know just what it is. Anyway, why are you here?"

"It's Thursday."

"Ah, yes." Aaron smiles on half of his face. "We still haven't quite got the hang of Thursdays, have we?"

Sunday, March 21, 2010

bboy Aerospace Footage

From 2003 to 2010 March 28:
88 videos (some on both facebook and youtube; counted only once)
34 events I participated in
58 individual battles that I battled in
91 judged rounds
4 performances
8 practices
6 playing around / cypher things
22 un-judged rounds
5 events I know are missing, 6 missing battles, at least 6 missing judged rounds
If you have something I'm missing, I'd love to hear about it!


2010.3.28 B-Girl Party (Bonnie and Clyde)
Round of 8; with Judi vs. "Winner" crew; 1 round
Prelim; solo vs. Dark Horse (20th Century); 1 round

2010.3.27 West Coast Seoul
Prelim; with Hiski vs. Omac and Equus; 1 round

2010.3.7 KSBC Season 1 Volume 8
Round of 16; solo vs. 리얼 [Real] vs. 매드맨 [Madman]; 2 rounds

2010.3.6 R-16 2010 Korea Qualifier
Preliminary; Three Nation Army vs. The Art Crew; 1 round

2010.2.28 Kerberos Battle (Busan)
Round of 16; with Device vs. Vero and Skim (Jinjo); 1 round
Preliminary; with Device vs. "Ghetto BBoys"; 1 round
Hiski's collected event footage:

2010.2.27 KSBC Season 1 Volume 7
Round of 8; solo vs. 2 others; 2 rounds
Round of 16; solo vs. JazzyBear; 3 rounds
Hiski's collected footage:

2010.2.6 Soul Flow
Round of 16; with Riddle and ManOfGod; 1 round
Preliminary; with Riddle and ManOfGod; 1 round

2010.1.30 KSBC Season 1 Volume 6
Round of 16; solo vs. Butterfly; 2 rounds
Preliminary; solo; 1 round
Hiski's collected footage:


2010
2009


2009.12.26 KSBC Season 1 Volume 5
Round of 8; solo vs. 텐버드 (10 Bird); 2 rounds
Round of 16; solo vs. 터치 (Touch); 2 rounds

2009.11.21 Break in Anyang Volume 1
Battle for 3rd; with Device vs. ???; 1 round
Round of 4; with Device vs. Soul Kingz (Miego and Flow); 1 round
Round of 8; with Device vs. "J-Crew" (Mold from Jinjo and somebody else); 2 rounds
Round of 16; with Device vs. ???; 1 round
Preliminary; with Device vs. ???; 1 round

2009.11.14 KSBC Season 1 Volume 3
Round of 16 (?); solo vs. 벙프 (Beongpeu); 1 round

2009.10.31 Bboy Challenge 8
with Hiski and Device vs. somebody; 1 round

2009.10.25 Random Battle (Bucheon)
Round of 12 (yes, 12); with Poison vs. ???; 2 rounds
Preliminary; with Poison vs. ???; 1 round

2009.10.24 No Money, No Fame
Round of 2; with Device and KeeRoc vs. Phantom Group; 2 rounds
Round of 4; with Device and KeeRoc vs. Quantum Mechanics; 1 round
Round of 8; with Device and KeeRoc vs. ???; 1 round
Preliminary; with Device and KeeRoc vs. The Art Crew; 1 round

2009.10.18 Dynamic Championships
with Hiski and KeeRoc vs. Critical Damage; 1 round

2009.9.19 R-16 2009 Korea Individual Preliminaries
Preliminary; solo vs. Timon (Gamblerz); 2 rounds
Footwork Round of 4; solo vs. RedFoot (Rivers/Floor Gangz/Zulu Kingz); 2 rounds
Footwork Round of 8; solo vs. Roadrunner (Maximum Crew); 2 rounds
Footwork Preliminary: solo; 1 round

Messing around on the subway after UK-Champs Korea qualifier; 2 "rounds"

Messing around in the Hongdae playground with live music; 1 "round"

Rockin' Sensation 2
Preliminary (?); with Joe vs. Andrey and some guy from Drifterz; 1 round

2009.6or7(?) Burning Point 3 (?)
Preliminary; with KeeRoc and Jmoon vs. Nathan, Kwon, and Chosen1; 1 round
Known missing: Same day but no footage:
Same event round of 16 or 8 (we advanced). (1 round)
Known missing: Different event that was earlier on the same day; I battled with Nathan and Kwon. (1 round)

2009.5(?) Jeonju Grand Prix
Preliminary; with Chacha, Lilfat, Staid, RuleOne, Jmoon, Matt Choi vs. Soul Hunterz; 1 round

2009.5(?) Cyon Qualifiers
Preliminary; with Dan and Q vs. Fate Crew; 2 rounds

2009.4.13 Korea Bboy Practice Video 4

2009.4.5 Physicx class cypher video; (4 rounds)

2009.3.29 Seoul City Rockers (cyphers)

2009.2.23 Korea Bboy Practice Video 3

2009.2.18 Korea Bboy Practice Video 2

2009.2.11 Battle Area 2
Second Round(?); with RuleOne and Kamikaze vs. ???; 1 round
Preliminary(?); with RuleOne and Kamikaze vs. ???; 1 round
Only available in the combined event footage below.
Dan's combined event footage

2009.2.4 Korea Bboy Practice Video 1


2009
2008


Messing around at Rivers' 2008 Christmas party (1 round)

2008.12(?) Random Mixed Battle
Preliminary(?); with random people vs. random people; 1 round

2008.12.6 Messing around at some battle in Anyang (1 round)

2008.11(?) Some Battle
Preliminary(?); with RuleOne and Philcroy vs. Penny, Ghostwalk, and somebody; 1 round

Known missing: 2008.10.? Hellaween with Soul Hydraulics

Known missing: 2008.9(?) Falling With Style 4 battle video (one round)

2008.8(?) Practice at the park in Brooklyn (1 round)

2008.8(?) Wall Street Breaking Video Project (3 rounds)

2008.6.21/22 Beantown Breakdown
with StereoTyke and Chase vs. Ace Legion; 2 rounds

2008.4.? Breakin' the Law 5
with Squeeze, Minhzy, D-Struct, Soupy vs. Rhythm Attack; 1.5 rounds
with Squeeze, Minhzy, D-Struct, Soupy vs. ???; 2 rounds (plus routines)
with Squeeze, Minhzy, D-Struct, Soupy vs. ???; 1 round (plus routines)

2008.3.14 Some battle in Manhattan
Preliminary; vs. many; 1 round


2008
2007


2007.11(?) Kicked in the head at practice, haha

2007.11(?) Night Market performance with Raw Elementz, Columbia University; 1 round

2007.July(?) Flow Clothing 'battle' (Green Bay, WI)
exhibition-style solo; 7 rounds

2007.March(?) Breakin' in da Burbs (Connecticut)
solo vs. Edu; 2 rounds
solo vs. Chase; 2 rounds


2007
2006


Known missing: Master the Art 2 or 3, one round with Wisconsin heads...

2006.spring Breakin' the Law: 3rd Strike
with Spirit and Davron vs. "Ground Beef"; 1 round
with Spirit and Davron and Whisper vs. Unique Illusionz; 1 round


2006
2005


2005.spring(?) AAFS West Side Story bboy interpretation (1 solo round)
Worked so long on that music! So much fun! Crowning achievement of b-club in my time?

2005.? UW-Madison Student Performance Showcase (3 rounds)

2005.spring(?) School of Hardknocks Midwest
with Yoo-Nho and Xin vs. Groundhogs Crew; 2 rounds
with Yoo-Nho and Xin vs. LiveStyle (Barry and friends); 2 rounds

2005.spring Breakin' the Law 2
with Xin, Johnny, Michael vs. somebody; 2 rounds


2005
2004


2004.fall Mad-Town Break-Down
with Xin vs. guys from Milwaukee; 2 rounds
with Xin vs. ManOfGod and Benny; 2 rounds

Known missing: 2004.spring Breakin' the Law 1


2004
2003


2003.10.18 608 Style
with Benny vs. Aeflex and Wille; 3 rounds, 1 "routine"
with Yoon-ho vs. Aeflex and Willie; 3 rounds, 1 routine

2003.fall UW-Madison Student Organization Fair outside (2 or so rounds)

2003.3.6 UW-Madison Club Practice Video

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Aerospace Battle Footage 2010 (to 3.14)

Six events, ten battles/preliminaries, fifteen rounds.

2010.3.7 KSBC Season 1 Volume 8
Round of 16; solo vs. 리얼 [Real] vs. 매드맨 [Madman]; 2 rounds
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=926627374237

2010.3.6 R-16 2010 Korea Qualifier
Preliminary; Three Nation Army vs. The Art Crew; 1 round
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=925762662127
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150126953090603 (Hiski's footage)

2010.2.28 Kerberos Battle (Busan)
Round of 16; with Device vs. Vero and Skim (Jinjo); 1 round
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=923509297887
Preliminary; with Device vs. "Ghetto BBoys"; 1 round
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=923505904687
Hiski's collected event footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vUDSmo9Lz0

2010.2.27 KSBC Season 1 Volume 7
Round of 16; solo vs. JazzyBear; 3 rounds
Round of 8; solo vs. 2 others; 2 rounds
Hiski's collected footage:

2010.2.6 Soul Flow
Round of 16; with Riddle and ManOfGod; 1 round
Preliminary; with Riddle and ManOfGod; 1 round

2010.1.30 KSBC Season 1 Volume 6
Round of 16; solo vs. Butterfly; 2 rounds
Preliminary; solo; 1 round
Hiski's collected footage:

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Goals or whatever

So I was on a stationary bike at the gym, and I started thinking about goals. So here are some goals!


BBOYING GOALS

Korea Super B-Boy Championship (KSBC)

It has a silly name, but it's the most fun, my favorite, semi-underground, bboy jam in Korea. It's a 1v1 at Realization crew studio, all free, and I can't see any reason for them to do it, other than the organizer just being a cool guy. Anyway they have it planned out like this. Each "season" is 8 events long. The winner of each of those 1v1 battles goes on to a great 8 event battle to be crowned "king of ksbc". And then they do four seasons, and the four kings battle at the end of it all to be "king of kings". I've entered a couple times but I haven't made it past top 8. My friend Matt just won battle 7 of season one, and now season one is over and he'll be in the great 8 event soon.

So there are still 3 more seasons, which means 32 more one-vs-one battles for me to enter. So here is what I'm thinking.

In season one I made it to the top 8 at least once, maybe more (I don't remember and it would be annoying to go check old videos). So okay good.

KSBC SEASON TWO GOAL: make top 4

KSBC SEASON THREE GOAL: make top 2

KSBC SEASON FOUR GOAL: make top 1

Of course if I win before season four, that would be cool too.

Sub-goal: Make a new battle set for every KSBC battle that I enter. Which means I'll have 32 new sets? DAMN! ㅋㅋ


KOREAN LANGUAGE GOALS

Complete the Yonsei Korean Language Program through level six.

Test to level six on the TOPIK test.

Be generally pretty kick-ass at Korean.

Sub-goal: take that other test with Anthony, whenever that is.


JOB / WORKING / MONEY-TYPE GOALS

Keep doing my current job. Pay off all my debt. Debt sucks. Pay it off! 화이팅! Okay.