The past few days have been pretty interesting. Things at MERECL have started to pick up a bit, and I've been keeping busy working on writing the abstract for a soon to be paper on religion and video games. To start my background research I made a monk avatar on Second Life, and have spent a few hours now wandering the virtual hot spots looking for advice on digital enlightenment. I had hoped to find temples, churches, and other places of virtual worship; However, to my dismay (and to my avatar's as well) all the hot spots were nude beaches, strip clubs, or casinos. I even wound up at a sex club where someone invited me to 'Strap on a **** and join in the action.' I explained I was celibate, and he seemed to understand. The patrons of these establishments advised me that 'This is enlightenment'. Perhaps they're right, but for now I'm going to keep on looking, so there is surely more on the wandering monk to come.
In other news, I have found a Table Tennis coach. His name is Eric, and he's a very compact, slightly serious, though mostly friendly man. I've included a picture of him here. My first lesson is Tuesday at 9am, and I'm very much looking forward to it. I'm not sure what a Table Tennis lesson consists of, but I'm sure I'll be pretty bad at it. At $30 (US) an hour I better get something out of it. There is actually a Table Tennis Cup coming up at the place where I go to work. If coach thinks I'm up to it I might have to join up. I guess we will see.
-Misha
In other news, I have found a Table Tennis coach. His name is Eric, and he's a very compact, slightly serious, though mostly friendly man. I've included a picture of him here. My first lesson is Tuesday at 9am, and I'm very much looking forward to it. I'm not sure what a Table Tennis lesson consists of, but I'm sure I'll be pretty bad at it. At $30 (US) an hour I better get something out of it. There is actually a Table Tennis Cup coming up at the place where I go to work. If coach thinks I'm up to it I might have to join up. I guess we will see.
2 comments:
ah, you are fancy now, because you call it "table tennis" instead of "ping pong."
do you have a table tennis training outfit? you should probably get one before tuesday @ 9am.
until i read all the way through the post i thought the image shown was of your monk avatar.
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