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Over the New Years holiday I had another photo sale,
although this one was a little bit different. Since
I had already made plans to spend time with the in-laws
I was unable to attend the sale. But the organizer told
me that all I would have to do is set up the stuff at
the start and then take it down at the end and they
would do all the selling for me. Ifd have to be an idiot
to turn down an offer like that. (Technically, according
to my wife, I am an idiot, but I did not let that stop
me from taking them up on their offer.) I made $850
and I was not even there. Youfve just gotta love it.
I donft expect that to happen again though, so I count
myself lucky this time.
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Like most Holiday Season revelers one of my favorite
New Years Eve pass times is to watch people knock each
others teeth out.
Let me back up bit.
K-1 is an Ultimate Fighting Championship type event
(similar to riding a crowded morning commuter train
in Tokyo, but with less grab ass going on) that
has gained a lot of popularity in Japan in recent years.
Itfs basically a mixed martial arts fight where some
holds are barred. You can kick, punch, knee, choke,
or grapple your opponent. But the more nasty things
like biting, using elbows, post-dating of checks, eye
gouging, and playing grab ass are not allowed.
I guess someone did not fully explain these rules to
a recant Japanese competitor since he used some rather
unorthodox methods to win a fight.
Sadly, since the fight was between two relative unknown
fighters (One American, the other Japanese) it was not
broadcast along with the rest of the matches. But there
is a still picture sequence to show what happened.
At the start of the match the two guys were standing
toe to toe while the ref went over the rules with them.
They both got a little overzealous in trying to psych
out the other guy and ended up staring at each other
with their foreheads actually touching.
In a moment of either pure inspiration or idiocy (I'll
leave it to you, the reader to decide) the Japanese
guy figured out a great way to totally freak out his
opponent.
As they were glaring at each other, literally eyeball
to eyeball what does the Japanese guy do?....
He KISSES the American square on the lips!
After a split second the American guy recovered and
promptly blasted the Japanese guy with a punch that
knocked him into next week. He hit his so hard that
the Japanese guy had to get carried out of the ring
on a back board.
But in getting his opponent to hit him before the fight
started the Japanese guy was able to get his American
opponent disqualified. I'm not sure if winning the fight
was worth taking a shot like he did, but the Japanese
guy did win.
Here is the sequence of pictures to better illustrate
what happened. (Make sure to look at the look on the
spectators faces and how it changes during each subsequent
scene)
Link
to picture sequence
Actually, I don't think the Japanese guy intended to
disqualify the American. I think he really thought it
would be a good way to rattle his opponent.
I guess it worked, but not in the way he intended.
--
Seeing as it is a New Year, I have a couple of new
ideas for Sushicam. Nothing is definite yet, but I plan
to make some rather sweeping changes to the blogging
model I currently operate under.
I'll still be offering up the same type of content
as usual, but I also have some ideas on how to add even
more fresh content on an even more frequent basis.
I'll wait till I have the idea a little better developed
before I let the cat fully out of the bag, but let it
suffice to say that I think it will be a definite improvement.
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