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Damian

About Me

Hey, everybody. I'm here basically to chronicle my training in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). It is my goal to have an officially sanctioned fight within three years (if not sooner). I do have a modest martial arts background, and I've been in the U.S. Army, but still, this is the toughest, most intense thing I've ever attempted. So, wish me luck. When I'm not training, I'm working as a legal analyst in Boston, playing my guitar (my undergrad degree is in music), writing, acting, or taking care of my two cats.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

MMA practitioners of course, but also anyone who just wants to be cool and have a good conversation. I don't discriminate. :)

My Blog

Quote of the Day 5/24/2009

"I told her I'd be there.It's easy to say what you want to believe."--Chris Isaak, We Let Her Down
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 18:17:00 GMT

On Susan Boyle

I'll admit, when I watched the youtube video (no, I don't watch TV shows like that) of Susan Boyle's performance on Britain's Got Talent, I was pretty much knocked over.  I wonder why.  Here are some ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:03:00 GMT

Quote/lyric of the Day

Every nightYou wrote another lineWith a bloody, broken, bottleAnd every dayYou wish it awayWhy don't you pull the pinOn that grenadeYou coddleI wanted to believeBodies swinging from treesStruggling to...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:11:00 GMT

The Last Time I Cried . . . . (Originally posted elsewhere 10/2008)

The last time I cried . . . .After these past several years, what is left to say? You have been my love, my muse, my joy. But now you are gone, and I must accept this as an immutable truth, as solid a...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:27:00 GMT

Poetry!!!

So, my latest two poems are up on poetry.com.  But I'll save you the trouble of searching.  Here they are:  A Season Long PastAt the end of the day,We were as two leaves,Suspended in the setting Autum...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:12:00 GMT

On the Eve of Lent

I wrote this article about three years ago, but I think it still bears force:  Standing in the Rubble, Admiring the Beauty Another day, another headline. "Papal Scandal"; "Catholic Church Still Wont ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:42:00 GMT

Quote of the Day, 02/08/2009

From the legendary, recently deceased Helio Gracie:"Why fear death? I dont need anything, I dont have anything, I dont want anything. I think its silly for somebody to be scared of dying. One shou...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:07:00 GMT

Quote of the Day

"Earl, sometimes I don't much like the world that we live in."--Randy Hickey, My Name is Earl
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:52:00 GMT

Quote of the Day 12/09/2008

"It's been such a long time, since I knew right from wrong."--Guns & Roses, One in a Million
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:27:00 GMT

Quote of the Day

What have you achieved now you're old.Did you fulfill ambition, do as you were told?Or are you still doing the same this year,Should I give sorrow, or turn 'round and sneer?I know that the prospects w...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:02:00 GMT