Halloween

We dressed as gypsies and the parties sucked.
I dressed as Mr. T and the party was okay.
We all dressed as trannies and the night was wild.
We stole and the cops drove by midway through, they didn't realize we were stealing!
Also the wig I wore I dumpstered.

Friends, food and uh school...

Today; good times with some doubts lingering in my head.
Wake up, try to sign up for classes, fail at doing so. Biked (on my brand new/used awesome bike) to the people's potato and ate there, ran into Pagoda, TKJ, Bum and a bunch of other people who don't have cool names on this blog (yet?). Hung around a with TKJ and Bum mostly, Bum wants to get into parkour again and I told Pines and V I'd start it up again, looking forward to that.
After the potato went to Rainbow's house but she wasn't there, dumpstered a ton of carrots with TKJ instead and started cooking up a huge dinner at his place with his awesome roomie Liberty. A bunch of peeps ended up coming over and I met cool people and shared a dinner table with them all. In the end me and a girl biked home in the rain together with was fun times, I def thought biking in the rain would suck but it was very enjoyable. Now I'm back here did some school stuff. Time to chillax and waste time being unproductive.

Visitors, guests and garbage

V left, he ran his race and came in 3rd in his wave of 250 people, good stuff I think.
Now Flo is here, she called me on my cell while I was at work and asked if she could stay here a bit and told her yea. Nothing too exciting as of yet, went to grub on sunday with V, dumpstered tonight with Flo. and I'll visit Ithaca this weekend which I'm kinda excited for. Montreal soon, which is also exciting, Cali even sooner but I don't really care about Cali that much, dunno why...
Also the squat garden is gonna die methinks, the composter was taken apart, a lot of the weedy areas were cleared and the pallets from the composter were tossed into the garden part of the lot.

running around and dumpstering by accident

Today is pretty fun so far, and we haven't even gone to the party in Greenpoint yet.
On governor's island there was CTF, but not just regular ol' CTF, like zombies vs Commandos CTF. Yea I went and it was fun, if you don't know V is staying here for the weekend to run a race in Brooklyn on Sunday. It was good times, ran around, met cool people and all that.
Came back home, worked on the garden and while removing trash from the lot, found a whole box of unopened and still wrapped reusable shopping bags! Pretty awesome if you ask me, I'm gonna give them out and drop some off at the free store and alla that.
Now though: food and then party and then sleep and then watch V race.

Pillows, drums and the letter S

The pillow fight was awesome! TKJ and Australia showed up at my place with Australia's friend in tow and we headed to the fight on foot. We waited around and slowly the square filled with anxious people clutching pillows. The original plan was to have a signal to spark the fight but forget that; these two girls holding pillows crossed paths, looked each other in the eyes and started hitting each other with pillows and then the surrounding area filled itself with pillow fighters. As the fight went on there were lulls and peaks and a lot more people showed up throughout, Guts came, Thief came, Pines and V showed, Lil Jon was there, Rainbow was there as well, she's a girl who was at the Bike against the Pipe Protest and has started to chill with us, we had a decent group. The pillow fight was pretty wild, we drew a crowd of spectators and when we took a "nap" they thought it was appropriate to clap which was funny. The pillow fight was a great success, no mess at the end, no cops to shut anything down, just good times with strangers in the city.
After the pillow fight we (TKJ, Australia and her friend, Lil Jon, V and I) dumpstered at the fruit dumpster and at Tim Horton's, found a ridiculous amount of food and cooked up vegetables and made jam and ate pastries. Good times were had. After a bit Lil Jon and V split off and we headed to the coop.
There we watched an awesome documentary on the transition movement, we watched it outside projected onto a screen (illegally blocking off the alleyway with a dumpster). After the movie me and Ithaca took a nap and then a bunch of use went dancing at around 2 in the morning. At the club this guy would occasionally join us and dance really crazy, it was pretty entertaining, I was a bit confused though when he put my head into his shirt.
The original plan was to go sleep on the mountain after dancing, but we stopped at TKJ's place to eat a bit then we would head to the mountain but after food people got lazy but we still managed to leave. We left in two groups; Australia went home with friend to pick up sleeping bags, me, Ithaca, TKJ and Guts left straight to the park. We got there and waited a bit but TKJ got impatient and left with Guts about two minutes before Australia got there. Australia left with her friend when she found out that TKJ and Guts left, so in the end only me and Ithaca slept on the mountain.
We walked up the mountain a bit and found a spot we thought was secluded and nice and lay out our sleeping bags, Ithaca's couldn't close so we opened mine and used her's as a blanket and fell asleep. We woke up the next day and realized we weren't as invisible as we thought as bikers and joggers went past us, most didn't notice but we got a few odd looks, nothing more than that though.
Sleeping in the first S. The second S is sex but that didn't happen, I did end up fingering Ithaca before we headed down to the Tam Tams, it was kinda an urge I had and she was cool with it so we had a good time.
Tam Tams was fun stuff. We met up with Guts, Rainbow, TKJ, Australia and her friend as well as some other peeps I don't really know. We danced to the drumming, did some of the sword fighting stuff and just lay around in the sun.
Later that evening we went to the coop (all of us) and did a ton of sewing (the third S), Rainbow made herself a nice buttflap. I fell asleep with Australia's friend and Ithaca on Ithaca's bed, Australia sleep over as well, Rainbow left around 7 in the morning and TKJ left around 12ish.
Woke up, just me and Ithaca, Australia was gone. We messed around in bed a bit, headed to the roof and did the same, tried having sex in the shower but failed miserably and ended up doing stuff on the floor instead. Not much done that day except the three Ss (sleep, sex and sewing). I finished Ithaca's buttflap and the day kinda flew by.
Next day we headed to the People's Potato and met up with everyone, I told Ice Cream I was sleeping with Ithaca as well (they know each other and I don't want to build tension) and she was alright with it. after eating the three of us headed to McGill to hand out surveys for Ice Cream's research methods class, then got ice cream with a friend we ran into. We wanted to sleep at Jimbo's but it rained so we just slept at Ice Cream's and watched a movie.
The next day was BBQ. We had dumpstered a ton of food after leaving McGill and we found a bit more and brought it over to Ice Cream's and people started showing up and fires got hot and food was eaten, it was good times.
The night ended with everyone chillin in the coop then heading home. Ithaca came home with me since I felt sleeping in my own bed (no idea how long it's been since I did that) so we slept here then went to the potato. Came back here, rolled out quickly to help Rainbow buy a bike now I plan on doing nothing productive all day except catching up with Lost and reading and being lazy...

Frozen Monkeys Unleashed

Had a great jam today with the Frozen Monkeys crew, we had Guts, Pines, V, and two new guys Lil Jon and Columbia. It was good times we were at McGill, we moved around the campus and jammed for maybe two hours, about halfway through we were working tic tacs and wall runs when we ran into Kunoichi's roomie who's friend joined us for the rest of the jam he found us online and I hope he keeps showing up.
We started with a warm up, did a bit of wall stuff and then went off to play tag at a new spot we found it was great times, after that we did wall runs where we added the new guy. We went back to playing tag and working at random spots around. We all parted a bit after it got dark. I wanna jam again next week since it was such good times.
I might go do some UE on Sunday with Pines and a friend of his.

Cops, fires and swords

Went to the fruit dumpster, the bakery and the pharmacy. In between the fruit dumpster and the bakery the popo stopped me, told me I didn't have lights on my bike which of course makes me hard to see (oh really?) and that it was illegal to ride with headphones in (I'm gonna look this up because it's a practice I really enjoy and it hasn't hindered my awareness in the slightest). After looking at ID they kept asking me if I had a screwdriver *shrug*, which I didn't, then they left. At the pharmacy dumpster I saw something that troubles me; the lids were missing and the dumpster seemed to be full of half burned store furniture and shelves, I didn't get too good of a look since I didn't stick around but it looked and smelled of ash and old fire. I can only hope that the place will continue running as it does and will keep throwing out ridiculous amounts of foods. Dropped of a ton of food at Kunoichi's place, got home with:
2 heads of broccoli
1 baguette
3 small loaves of bread
2 bell peppers
1 bunch of green onions
1 yellow onion
1 bunch of parsley
2 bok choy
Earlier today I did some bokken practice out back and set the firewood from the fall to dry since it was covered in snow. My arm strength isn't where it should be so I'm doing upper body workouts again. I noticed that my arms got weaker when I went to do parkour with V, I have stronger legs from biking but my arms have gotten weaker from disuse. If all goes well there will be a nice Frozen Monkeys jam tomorrow.

Triumphant Return

I'm back in MTL. The city of course welcomed me back with open arms, nice events and great weather. It's so nice out I'm often in a sleeveless hoodie with a t-shirt. Acting on the nice weather I called up V and we did some parkour yesterday, it was good revisiting the old spots but there's still a bit of snow everywhere so it's annoying but not too problematic. My wall runs are ridiculous, I get really high but my climb ups and general upper body strength seem to have deteriorated, I'll get on that with push ups and sword conditioning. Have been dumpstering as usual, haven't bought food since... well honestly I don't even know when the last time I bought food is lol *shrug*
I got my housing situation pretty much figured out for next year but I'm unsure of exactly how I'm going to structure my summer.

Tired legs at the end of a long day...

Longest day ever...
I actually woke up early despite knowing that I wouldn't go to class, no idea why, but of course I couldn't fall back into a nice dream, I ended up watching lost then making food etc, normal morning stuff. At around 11.30ish me and Kusa headed out on bikes to take part in this unusual event with Uberculture; we were reclaiming space in one of the buildings in the downtown campus. We all met up ahead of time and were briefed while we waited for a few people to show up.
A few weeks earlier I had received an email asking for artists to take part in something from an email address that I didn't recognize, I answered that I was a traceur if that was among the kind of artists they were looking for, after the reply I followed the instructions provided to me and ended up at the briefing. The idea behind the event was to reclaim the space in the building and show up the ridiculous security policy, everyone but me and Kusa brought instruments. We all splintered off into groups and enter the building from a variety of entrances and each person set about playing music where they say fit, once everyone was settled in me and Kusa found a nice spot and started training then moved around a bit until one of the coordinators told us the something happened related to security cameras and we had to stop, the rest was boring, just standing around while a few peeps played music.
Afterward Kusa and I headed to McGill for a protest but ended up being early, we went in and did some quick parkour then left to the protest, which frankly was boring and I won't really cover.
Thinking I could go relax a bit we went home a bit and just chilled for a bit before my phone rang. It was for a craigslist trade, a food swap. I put on something with longer sleeves and went out to trade. I gave some dumpsters fruits and veggies with a bit of bread in exchange for some rice, mashed potatoes and some pork and beans, not bad for a bunch of stuff I got for free.
I got home, watched the Fresh Prince a bit and planned on going on a bike run nearby then going to sleep. I start putting on my dumpstering clothes and just as I'm about to step out, I get a text from V, he wants me to be at the student bar tonight...
After some convincing I'm there in a t-shirt waiting in line, of course this opens the peeps next to me to start a conversation about how I should be cold and how I'm crazy for coming on a bike, hiding my coat on a roof and generally being a strange type of hardass. Turned out to be a pretty awesome night aside from being molest by this insane girl me and Kusa know; I met a cute girl who I was happy to see found me on facebook, I ran into a jillion friends, I danced all night but somehow didn't get covered in sweat and I ate pizza with two girls I had met the previous Thursday at their friends place before going home.
Needless to say my legs were tired from the day and I couldn't stay up long enough to write this in it's entirety (I finished it this morning).

Frozen Monkeys

I've created a group called the Frozen Monkeys, it's a small local parkour crew. so far it consists of me, Kusa, Kunoichi, Pines, Guts and V. Guts and Kunoichi are just just starting so we'll guide them through the basics and keep them progressing. I've told other people who have come to me inquiring about parkour about the crew so that they can come learn or train or jam. Our first meet up will be this Saturday if the weather permits, and will be either a jam or a class depending on who shows up.
Frozen Monkeys because once it gets cold we'll just be jumping around in the cold like frozen monkeys.

Precise conditioning

After class today I felt very acrobatic and decided to do some parkour training with someone. I called all the people who would be down to train and V came through. I told him to meet me at the entrance of a nice campus in the city. We went in and realized that a lot was being renovated (including an awesome tictac to lazy vault). We worked on vaulting a bit just some basics like speed, two handed and lazy. We didn't work on them too long before we decided to move and find more interesting spots.
We found a nice wall with a few rails and cement lines around it. This was a great spot to condition various techniques. It turned out to be a very technical conditioning session that turned out well. We first worked on wall running and reverse blocking rolls. After getting technique down we did a few conditioning circuits to work on flow. We moved onto precision landings from high, low and with momentum and without. After a lot of landing and jumping work we did wall run + momentum precision circuits before calling it a day.
Overall a good technical session. I learned a lot by breaking down the techniques to explain them to V.

Back up North

I'm back in Canada for school, though I have some time before it starts. I'm in an apartment with Kusa and another friend (guy does boxing and Muay Thai, I'll call him Ting). No definite plans for any ninja stuff yet but I'll get to it soon. I wanna get in touch with Pines and V to start some parkour before everything gets covered in ice. Looking forward to a good year.

Parkour in the sun

It was really nice out yesterday. I took V and Pines to Olympic Stadium to do parkour, they had never been there and it was good times. Since the weather was so nice there were a bunch of traceurs, freerunners, tricksters and break dancers out as well. I spend the day training and show the stadium to Pines and V but right before we left I ran into a friend from PK514 who I hadn't seen since before the winter. Was a nice jam.

Street Escape and Evasion

Tonight I was at a party with some friends, it was being held at a friend's house. Turns out Pines and V were there so I was glad to see them. Met some people there and all that. Pines and V tell me that earlier they were on the roof, they'd gotten up by a fire escape that was just stairs and a ladder. We went up later just us three. However some friends who were smoking followed us up and after a while they made enough noise to get the cops called. Hearing this we all dispersed, the groups splintered I was of course with Pines and V, two smokers followed us down another fire escape into a unlit alleyway. Everyone else went down the way they came which I don't like due to predictability. In the alley we head toward the street after checking a few corners we proceeded stealthily until we hit a really tight area where we had to shimmy through. After that we got to the street.
I led Pines and V over a few fences and through a few alleys to make sure we were invisible ghosts and that the cops wouldn't find us. V wasn't too sober and he was freaking out a bit but he trusted us so it was more of an emotional problem than a physical or tactical one. We checked my friend's street saw three cop cars and casually walked past, we continued until we saw a dark dirt alley. I brought us into that where we ducked under a stair case for about ten minutes as V collected himself with a bit of reassurance from me and Pines.
After laying low in the alley for a bit we returned to the party, all our friends were outside getting ready to call it a night. We joined them and headed back to the residence. Pines and V left for the train after a few blocks and I plan on training with them at Olympic Stadium tomorrow. Other stuff happened later in the night but it wasn't ninja stuff, parkour or anything like that so I'll leave it out.

Urban Exploration

Parkour has become a weekly thing with me and Pines, Kusa shows up sometimes, and Pines friend shows up a lot (we'll call him V). This week was ugly out (rain) and we all met up and went to a pillow fight in our city.
After the fight, (it was short but intense) we headed to a spot that Pines heard of from his brother, an old abandoned factory. We all talked while we were going there and I really feel Pines would make a good BSC ninja. I'm gonna start training him in BSC Ryu Ninpo soon.
At the factory the ground was really really muddy and walking through it quietly was slow and nasty. Not much on the first floor besides mud and some cement blocks. Upstairs however...
It looked great, lots of nice colorful graffiti and some spots of the ceiling were missing which let in rain and light which was very pleasing to the eye. As we walked around and checked the place out Pines signaled for silence and let us know a guy was around the corner, either a bum or a druggie I assumed because they had "gotten up" according to Pines and taggers and explorers don't go to sleep in abandoned places.
We left quietly and headed out of the building climbing a small fence on the way out. After that some parkour in the rain on a nearby playground. We're gonna wear grey from now on when we explore and red for parkour, because red isn't as stealthy as we'd like when it's bright out.