Topic: Talk Story - Pidgen, Gibberish, Ozzish you name it, Brah!!

[Gregg]

It was buried at the end of the other Halloween contest. I was like "I don't have 300 people willing to spam APK. Ooh... what's this? Carve a pumpkin, get $50 coupon?" So I'm getting a pair of the black combat pants and one of the on-sale long sleeve t-shirts. I really wanted 2 pairs of the on-sale $25 cargo pants but they only have small left.

For people who want to try to write a novel, it's NaNoWriMo. National Novel Writing Month. The goal is write a 50,000 word novel by midnight, Nov 30. Don't worry about logical plot. Don't worry about spelling or format. Just blaze away. I've tried several years, and finished twice. It's about QUANTITY, not QUALITY. Check it at www.nanowrimo.org

Did some strength training last night. Pretty sad [compared to where I was 2 years ago]. Let's see how fast I can get back to that peak. I haven't even dared do the 12 MN tests again.

Did you vote today?

[FrostySTL]

Did some strength training last night. Pretty sad [compared to where I was 2 years ago]. Let's see how fast I can get back to that peak. I haven't even dared do the 12 MN tests again.

Don't worry, I'm horribly out of shape, so you will look like a 28 year old gymnast compare to me when I get there!

(Not that it's a competition, of course, but it should make you feel better!)

[turtlekarma]

50,000 words?  that's a bit scary....i guess if spelling and logic aren't important... does that mean you can make up your own words...english shorthand even???  pretty cool concept though.  I've always toyed with idea of writing a novel.  I wonder if you have enough words on the forums alone gregg? 

[Gregg]

50,000 words is only 1667 a day. It's time consuming, but not out of the realm of possibility. I probably have enough words just in the "Going Natural" forum, but that's not the point...

You can make up your own words. A couple years ago I took Hawaiian words and chose the OTHER set of consonants... instead of K, L and P I used T, R and B - like some of the old maps, before the spelling had been settled. It slowed me down a little, but by the time it mattered, I wasn't using any new words. So kapu -> tabu, etc.

I'm a little ahead of pace right now. I've never been ahead - one year I didn't even start until Nov 12, and had to write like a maniac.

[Michael H. HIPK]

I'm throwing my hand at it. I'm only afraid because I normally only write short stories.

[Gregg]

Give it a shot.

"Real life superheroes" http://www.zetaman.tv/episode_1.php 

[turtlekarma]

anyone ever try singing while they train?  I was training at my local park, with my headphones in and kinda just felt like doing it.  I found it self indulging, exhausting, and a great source of information. 

I learned some things about the pacing of my breathing that I hadn't noticed before...especially on moves that required me to lift my knees into my chest, or when I need quick successive explosive movement.  I encourage my fellow practitioners to give it a go.  The great thing is that we don't have to worry about looking weird singing while exercising, because we already stick out doing PK...how much could it hurt to sing while we do it?  I mean, I can't be the only one who has been training on my own and spontaneously broke out into dance while training cause the song that was playing on my ipod made me feel like dancing...why not take it a step further?  Why not indulge the flow we feel from the music that inspires us while training?  Feel like I'm rambling....

summary...sing while training, it fun.

[Gregg]

sing + train will give you more respect for some of the dance music singers...
It takes a lot of work to do both well.

Zetaman.tv, episode 15 had "Blue Blaze". Right off I could tell he does some pk training.

[turtlekarma]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6BBk3Nvj9k&feature=autofb

looks really fun..i think i'm going to try this on rail once I get some basic moves down on flat surface.

[Gregg]

He's strong, graceful, and has a lot of control.
Combination of gentle music and slow movements about put me to sleep, tho

[Ozzi]

I want to sing, lets sing...

[Gregg]

You go, Ozzi! Sing away!

[turtlekarma]

I don't think I can sing that well, but maybe that would be a cool video to make.  Maybe like three or more guys training "a cappella."  Carrying a simple tune like this guy didhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlW5c4tInvY.  Lay down the back ground harmony doing simple things like sound bytes of rolls, tick tacks, cats.... basically whatever simple sounds we make doing Pk (tweak sound a bit with synthesizer and layering software).  I think quick runs while singing a line would be best we could get before winding ourselves. 

Anyone want in? 

[Ozzi]

It can be done with some creativity and the right software, Im down with that.

[Gregg]

Balance walks and other high skill low power moves would be ideal for singing longer lines.
Sony's ACID program - not sure what features the demo version will give you. It allows loop and linear recording, etc. Can be fun.

[turtlekarma]

yeah, song choice is very important.  I was actually thinking of an instrumental version of a song and we re-do it with just our voices.  Actually since putting it together would be all digital, you could help me with this too gregg.  I'm going to go get some simple sound bites of me running and what not, and play around with it.  I'll post it up soon.

[turtlekarma]

this is what I'm using gregg...if you like it http://download.cnet.com/Audacity/3000-2170_4-10058117.html?tag=mncol;pop

[AndrewL]

Singing is all breathing and muscle control and forces total present awareness...great idea

Crazy idea, but I could bring my guitar to a training session and we could have kanikapila conditioning! Live music makes sense to me cause you want to adjust the tempo to match the rhythm of your drill, right? I have a djembe as well

This is maybe taking it too far but i can also arrange harmonies to help people know what parts to sing. Maybe its a dumb idea.

[AndrewL]

I don't think I can sing that well, but maybe that would be a cool video to make.  Maybe like three or more guys training "a cappella."  Carrying a simple tune like this guy didhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlW5c4tInvY.  Lay down the back ground harmony doing simple things like sound bytes of rolls, tick tacks, cats.... basically whatever simple sounds we make doing Pk (tweak sound a bit with synthesizer and layering software).  I think quick runs while singing a line would be best we could get before winding ourselves. 

Anyone want in? 

This is a nice and simple idea.

But I don't think song choice matters. Could be Brittany spears or anything with easy lyrics and other people are going "bap bah" or "do do" for  rhythm. Military march songs would serve the same purpose...

[AndrewL]

Actually a chant would be perfect. Somehing in sanscrit. I will look

Ok I'm done I promise
But I love this idea!