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Roger gave me my blue belt today in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I am really happy to get it. Now I just have to defend myself against the angry white belts.
But… Woo!

I just returned from Newquay. I went surfing this weekend with some friends. The waves weren’t very good, but it was good to go paddle around. I didn’t actually *stand* on my board very much, but I had a really fun time. I even got to turn once! I haven’t looked through my photos, but if any are good I’ll post them.

I am going surfing tomorrow. At last! I’m pretty excited about it. It has been a while since I got to paddle.
Tonight Susi and I went to the Surrealist Ball at the Victoria and Albert Museum. This is my new favorite museum. They have such a weird assortment of stuff. For example, the always popular and interesting key exhibit. Also they have a lot of ironworks, which fits in well with my latest photography experiment: ‘Barriers to Entry’ aka “Don’t Go There!” a celebration of the myriad ways that Londoners are kept out of places.

Barriers to Entry: Don’t go there!

Not a lot of time to explain right now, but a lot of things have happened:

• I got a silver medal at the Gracie Invitational in London last weekend.
• We have a plan about moving out of our flat.
• Susi got a great new job.
• We saw Modest Mouse at the Royal Albert Hall last night. *Yawn* I like the old stuff more. It’s getting a bit too “pop”. Plus, all the hipsters with their carefully-chosen edgy but unoffensive t-shirts are boring.
• I’ve been training a lot.
• Other stuff has happened, too… but I can’t really do it justice right now…

I just returned last night from the 3e Coupe Suisse Jiu Jitsu Brésilien in Geneva. It was a great trip. I went with my friends Oliver and Luciano from the RGA. The team did great all of us getting medals in either our division or absolute against really tough competition. Surprisingly they were not armed with little tiny knives and corkscrews. In my case, I finally won my division after a few very difficult fights. I’ll post more about it once the news has broken and the paparazzi starts calling. Maybe we can hold a press conference.