“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.”

Sir, yes sir!

1/23 went to West Point, NY for a fencing competition with my college. I’ve been doing this for 4 years and waking up at 5AM to meet with the team for morning competitions is still something I’m not used to. Last visit to West Point the competition took place at their ballroom, it had a balcony with the most amazing view…the best part of last year’s visit was that it snowed. Making the amazing view just all the more beautiful. I’ll post up a panoramic of the picture I took last year when I dive into my HDD to clean it out. That doesn’t mean the trip up to West Point wasn’t filled with nice scenery.

Sitting in the back of the van with my lovely lady teammates.
On the road
New and old Yankee Stadium
A view of some of the buildings of the Upper East Side
Crossing the George Washington Bridge. No, I did not see Solid Snake =)

Some photos from the gym, taken during the break.

It’s during breaks where I would readjust they way I fence and music usually helps me get into the right mid set.
For those who have heard this, the song isn’t exactly one of those “let’s get pumped up!!” type of tunes. Songs like this keeps me level headed and reminds me not to get cocky. Though, “Star Line” can be playing one second and then “Pleather for Breakfast” next, which usually takes me out of a level headed mind. As such is the contradictory of that 5 song playlist, and it gets me through a competition.

Side Note: “Pleather for Breakfast” is a track from the game No More Heroes and can be heard at the Level 2 ranking battle against Bad Girl.