The seminar yesterday was fun and difficult. It was hard to maintain energy for five hours in the heat of the dojo, which is out in the hottest part of the City.

Today I have a couple of bruises, soreness, and so on. But it’s not too bad, and worth it to me.

In the art of the bujinkan, being shorter is actually an advantage, thanks to the physics of levers. I think. Anyway I learned that I could stop a guy a foot taller than me who outweighs me by eighty pounds. Or at least have a shot at him, anyway. With more training, I could become a lethal weapon!

Me and Brian are going to form a crimefighting duo that will travel the country stopping bad guys and helping people with their personal problems. It will be like “Touched by an Angel,” except with lots and lots of sex. And ninjas. The end.