The Shaolin Zone

[Drunk Monk]

I have free tickets to the show. Too bad no one here is in LA. 

I thought about reaching out to Scapino, but he never comes round here no more.

[Greg]

He does have a phone. And email.

[Drunk Monk]

I imagine he does. Doesn't he work in phones? 

I meant that he hasn't come around here so why should I bother? Isn't he still D00M blackballed?

[Greg]

Nah. Not at this stage. Although at least four years ago, he tentatively thought about posting.

He works for Ricoh.

[Drunk Monk]

My phone has been blowing up with texts and messages all day. 

Shaolin business.

[Drunk Monk]

My WhatsApp started pinging at 4am. I’d turn off my phone but my alarm is set on it and I have a telemeet first thing today. I need to check in for my boarding pass tomorrow anyway. 

I’ll be glad when Monday comes and the abbot heads to Venice.

[Greg]

You should have the Abbot take you to Venice with him!

[Drunk Monk]

If only.

It’s actually exhausting to be with the Abbot, mostly because my mandarin is so bad.

Since I was awake, I got my southwest boarding pass right on time. I got A2. I’ve never even scored an A before (a peril of being a lone traveler).

[Drunk Monk]

I was just tasked to record a promo spot for https://www.kpfk.org for Immortal Shaolin on my iPhone. I'm am positioned as one of the MCs for the show.

Shaolin business...

[Greg]

Woo-hoo!

I think it was on FB that I saw a movie poster showing Bruce Wen and Jack Tu in a movie together......

[Drunk Monk]

I bailed on iaido tonight. I was getting so inundated with texts & messages that I couldn’t get my work done for the day so I’m doing it now.

[Drunk Monk]

Daaaaammmn

SJC is packed at this hour. Huge lines. But they let me keep my shoes & jacket on going thru TSA so it’s all good.

For a moment, as Stacy was driving me over, I had a flashback to waking before dawn at Shaolin to those scratchy speakers blaring the national anthem and the days orders. Ah the Shaolin zone…

[Greg]

Will you spend the weekend singing the Shaolin Shaolin song?

[Drunk Monk]

I only know the chorus

A lot more people are showing up from all over the country for this one. It’s good to reunite.

[Drunk Monk]

Calm before the storm. I have a bad feeling about the tournament. They are taking on too much given their infrastructure.