Flying Gogoplata

i like my body when it is with your
body. It is so quite new a thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body. i like what it does,
i like its hows. i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones, and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,
i like, slowly stroking the, shocking fuzz
of your electric fur, and what-is-it comes
over parting flesh … And eyes big love-crumbs,

and possibly i like the thrill

of under me you so quite new

–E. E. Cummmings (via syntheticpubes)

You have to be always drunk. That’s all there is to it—it’s the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually drunk.

But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be drunk.

–Charles Baudelaire (via andthenyouexplode)

I can’t hack the poetry. I try at the virtue constantly and fail consistently. So I default to the wine.

(Ripping off tumblr’s citation format, both because I couldn’t find an original source to cite, and because it is concise)

Exhibit A – Nick Diaz:

Exhibit B – A Boxing Kitteh:

Am I the only one who sees the stylistic resemblance? Perhaps this kitteh should challenge Roy Jones, Jr.

Yoshihiro Akiyama - Photo Via Sherdog

“I think a lot of people tend to focus too much on nationality, and when they try to assert or put me into either category [Korean or Japanese], I’m saddened by it,” he says. “A lot of ‘Zainichi’ Koreans (ethnic Koreans living in Japan) feel the same way — where they don’t know if they’re Korean or if they’re Japanese.”

“I often get this question from fans asking, ‘Which do you like better: Japan or Korea?’ Or if it’s a Korea versus Japan game, ‘Which side do you support?’” Akiyama says. “And it’s an extremely difficult question because it’s like asking, ‘Which parent do you like better, your mother or your father?’”

I remember reading that Akiyama actually had his name changed from Korean to something more Japanese-sounding, though I don’t actually have a citation for that. He still played the heel through most of his fights in Japan.

He has a very interesting post-national perspective, something that is rare in MMA, and in sports in general. In a time where The Ultimate Fighter can only pick up ratings by doing a country vs country, US vs UK, jingoistic schtick, this is incredibly refreshing. TUF 9 actually had the opportunity to address this in an interesting way, where one of the UK cast members, James Wilks, has expatriated to the US. He’s actually been living and training in Orange County, CA for years. They instead chose to shove him in the UK box, with the US team further alienating him for being a traitor(?).

People have been moving and bleeding through borders for way too long to make the claim that an arbitrary territorial land mass composes one’s ‘blood’. I suspect that Akiyama’s ability to transcend his borders and his ‘blood’ has a lot to do with the particularly exclusive view of ethnicity and nationality in Japan.

Read more of the piece over at Sherdog.

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans gets a scolding from his mother.

“She got mad at me after the ‘Rampage’ thing,” said the UFC light heavyweight champ. “She was watching on TV and she’s like, ‘Rashad, I don’t like all that cussing and s—. Rashad, you don’t get on TV cussing like that now, shoot.’ And I’m like ma, he made me mad. ‘Rashad, still, you don’t do that. People don’t want to see that s—.’”

Evans burst out laughing as he recounted the irony of the situation.

“I’m like, looking at the phone, saying, ‘Mom, you’re cussing right now.’”

This has got to be the funniest thing I’ve read in a while. Apparently this isn’t the first time she’s had to scold Evans over things that happened in the cage. Read the rest over at Sherdog.

The Light Heavyweight division is continuing to prove itself as the most exciting division in MMA.

Following Anderson Silva’s controversial title defense against Thales Leites, the UFC decided to go all out in bouncing him back in the eyes of fans by matching him up with none other than Forrest Griffin. I LOVE this matchup, for many reasons:

1. Forrest Griffin is a live underdog. He was tagged to lose against both Quinton Jackson and Mauricio Rua, both while they were considered #1 in the division. He is easy to take lightly, one of the worst mistakes you can make against him. He will come to fight, and he will grind you out if you are not ready for him.
2. Anderson Silva has no size advantage against Griffin. Forrest Griffin is a HUGE LHW, both long and solid. Though Silva has a technique advantage, he certainly won’t be able to toss Griffin around like a rag doll in the Thai Clinch. I also doubt Silva will be able to get the figure four body lock on the ground that he likes so much. The physical metrics are even and negligible in this one, something that hasn’t been the case for Silva in a while.
3. Forrest Griffin is the kind of fighter that will bring out the best performance in Anderson Silva. In his own words, Forrest Griffin is a dog, and he may not beat you, but he WILL fight you. Griffin is an emotional fighter, someone who likes to have fun in the cage, and he leaves everything there. But he’s also not an idiot; one does not get to be top 5 in the world by being an idiot. He has an incredible pace and conditioning which he uses to his advantage. He is not content to sit and wait for the fight to come to him, but he doesn’t come barreling in, hands down and chin up, either. He has an excellent gameplanner in Randy Couture in his corner, who brings a mantra of “imposing one’s will” on their opponent. Forrest Griffin WILL FIGHT Anderson Silva, and given his counter striking nature, Anderson Silva WILL FIGHT BACK.
4. For the first time, Silva will hold the part of the heel. Fans love Forrest Griffin, and many of those same fans are upset with Anderson Silva’s most recent performance. Griffin will, once again, be the underdog in this fight, and every punch he lands will bring drama to the event. Silva has a HUGE opportunity to regain some support in this fight, as many eyes will be on it in spite of the taste he left in peoples mouths in his last two outings.

Along with this fight is the Rashad Evans-Lyoto Machida title fight at UFC 98. Quinton Jackson will get the winner of that one. Mauricio Rua catapulted himself back into the LHW ranks with his knockout of Chuck Liddell, with a possible matchup against up-and-comer Luiz Arthur Cane. Thiago Silva has been matched with Keith Jardine. And outside the top ten there’s Brandon Vera vs Matt Hamill (both being built into possible contenders), and prospect Jon Bones Jones has a fight against Hall-of-Famer Mark Coleman.

This division is a chum-filled shark tank and I feel sorry for anyone that hast to fight in it. But as a fan, I couldn’t be more happy.

These are the Top 10 search queries bringing people to my blog:

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So obviously the new name for my blog was a poor choice, and not JUST because it’s an awful, awful pun. I’ll be changing it pretty soon.

I also gotta look at the fact that Nick Diaz dude is a tough club thug vato loco that learned him some fighting and is the taller of the two Mexicans.

-Shonie Carter on Shamrock vs Diaz

I’m very excited

I’m having trouble figuring out what Armor All and Sexy Maids have in common. Maybe I’m missing something:

The obvious choice for sexy maids

Perhaps inhaling its fumes makes your fantasies appear?

Yes. And how dare you.