Stro

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Thanks for the tease, G-Man!

[Greg]

My current edit theory is that if I throw away footage now, I won't have to see it ever again.


Did you ever hear the story about how Michaelangelo was able to sculpt the David? His process was just to look at the block of marble and just get rid of any rock that wasn't The David.

At the moment, I'm clearing away the excess rock and only finding more rock.

[cranefly]

Reminds me of a movie I saw about a woman sculptor back in the day when it was rare for woman to sculpt.  She brought this big stone into her studio and started chiseling away at it.
An inquisitive little boy came in and would watch her day after day.
After several weeks, maybe months, she finished sculpting a horse in a very dynamic pose.

The boy kept looking at it, then at the woman.  Finally he asked his question: "How did you know there was a horse in that stone?"

That is the question we must all ask ourselves.

[Greg]

Was the sculptor movie about Rodin's mistress Camille Claudell? (There aren't a lot of movies about female sculptors. Or male sculptors for that matter once you get passed Michaelangelo)

My other metaphor is that I finished eating the elephant only to find that the second course was an even bigger elephant.

[cranefly]

Yeah, I'm almost certain it was Rodin's mistress.

Someone should tell that elephant koan to Tony Jaa -- while standing on the other side of kick-proof glass.

[Greg]

The struggle is real. But I continue to sift and patch and paste. Or mainly just stare at the monitor.

But I need some validation, so I'm uploading this.

No, DM in this one. Please do not share.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

If you want to see an SJSU interview that you coulda done, but didn’t, check out James May at the Edge of Space on Amazon streaming. In addition to being a good show, it features our #4 or #5 foilist, Johnny Cabigas, who has the Best. Job. Ever.

[Greg]

Johnny Cabigas was on the list. But I don't think we had contact information for him.

[Drunk Monk]

I mentioned Johnny to you too and thought I also mentioned I had his contact info. We were planning to reunite a few years back when he passed through but it didn’t work out. I suspect at this point you have more than enough - too many weird Stro pupils gets distracting.

What you really need is more dm & PPFY.

[Greg]

Just like an addict needs more heroin.

Okay. I don't know why i didn't follow up on John. He probably has the best story ever. And that won't keep me up thinking about that at all.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

His story is great, though not sure what he would have to say about Stro.

Needs more cowbells.

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That is a great story. I only remember getting a “here’s something to watch out for” and a description of how to do this.

I had heard that Stro also had recommended on occasion the logical attack progression of #1: Cut balls. #2: Feint balls, cut head.

I also heard that the rule against deliberately cutting someone off target was a “Stro Rule”, but I cannot confirm this.

[Drunk Monk]

Cowbells!

You know, of course, that Ferrell's character in that classic SNL skit was named 'Eugene'.  Story of my feckin life, man.

That is a pretty great story.  It catches Stro well and editing the two speakers together has a really nice validating flow.

"Cut balls"  Dang, I forget that.  I don't think I ever heard that directly from Stro, but I remember the saber team used to say it, especially Juan and Brian.

[Greg]

I'd just like to blame scores of teenage girls for ruining my life. It just sounds really awkward now when I say I'm a cutter. There's also a group called the LA cutters who I think should change their name.

One of my few techniques is to intercut interviews of the same story. Prepare to see more of it.

[Drunk Monk]

It just sounds really awkward now when I say I'm a cutter. 

CUT BALLS!

[Greg]

I'm getting some much needed DM revenge today. I'm cutting up his speeches and throwing them away.

It's so liberating.