We got braces and forced into a diet.

      Wow, noticed that I haven't written here in a long time. As my last post said it was diet time, but that didn't really go any where. Recently I was forced into a diet. More like my wife and I was forced into one. We are getting braces. So far I got the Bottom put in and my wife got the top ones. We have to go back on August 6th to get the rest put in.
      So far I have been in a lot of pain because when they put on my bottom braces, they also put metal brackets around my top molars, and put two cement balls on the bottom molars to open up my bite. So it's been so hard to chew and with the metal hooks on the brackets digging into my cheeks has been so painful, it even hurts to swallow too. The thought of having braces for the next two years, is a grave one for me. Since I love to eat, I won't be able to eat what I love anymore. It's mostly oatmeal and soft foods now. Hopefully my wife and I will lose a lot of weight because of this.

Time to lose weight

Hi everyone, I am almost done with getting equipment for my excersize room. As soon as I get over this damn cough, I will start working out. I really want to go back to karate class, need to lose some weight so my knees wont hurt too much in class. Sorry that I haven't written since April, its been so hard keeping up this blog. As you know I had stopped writing poetry for the time being until I publish my own chapbook of poetry.

Publishing my own Chapbook of Poetry

Hi everyone, I have finally decided to go ahead and publish my own chapbook of poetry. Something I can sell, if I get enough guts to beat my stage fright and go in front of an audience to read my poetry. I wonder if I can work from a small crowd and then work my way up to maybe doing the open mic at the Tuesday Night Cafe in Little Tokyo. My book template is almost done, then I need to either find a printer or go to Kinko's and get a hundred copies made. Those of you who have already kept up with my WordPress site, would you be interested in buying it when I get it printed?

Other news, I think I will not be dancing much during this years Obon season due to my knee problems. I have taken some time off from Karate class to allow my knees to heal. Some how I don't think its healing at all, because I still feel pain above the pain pills my Doctor gave me. I will keep you all posted as to whats going on in my life.

A New Year and New Adventures

Hi everyone, Its a new year and things have changed alot since last year. As some of you know that Phuong and I have started taking Karate classes in Little Tokyo, but this year starting in Feburary, I have been sick off and on, went to the Doctor to see what was up and it turns out that I have allergies that screw up my sinuses, and a bad case of athletes foot on both feet. The left foot is all healed now but the Right one wont seem to heal.

Since, I turned 40 this past Feb, I have been having a painful knee problem, have a feeling that Karate class had made it worse. Need to go to the Dr. to see if I can get an MRI done on both my knees. I am tired of this excruciating pain and dont like that I have to take pain pills before each class. Been out of class since Feb, and Phuong has been going without me. She may even get her Green Belt at the end of this month.

Other news, this year Phuong and I were going to volunteer for Nisei Week, but after something happened a few weeks ago between me and the Nisei Week Facebook Police, I don't want anything to do with it, until the people involved are no longer there. To sum up what happened, someone on the Nisei Week court complained about my postings and said that they were uncomfortable around me. So I had to unfriend her and block her and the other court members off my facebook friends list, blocked a few of the volunteers too. I don't understand why they can't unfriend me themselves. I have never wrote anything bad about them on the posts on their page. Also if you dont want anyone to like your myspace page, dont link it to facebook in the first place.


So this week, I had started to volunteer with the Tuesday Night Project, the group that puts together the Tuesday Night Cafe in front of EWP. At least there, the people know me and have no problems with me. I will write more later.

One Year Later

Wow, just opened up my blog and noticed that I haven't been here since September of 2010. I am still a part of the Undeniables Writers workshop, now writing letters this session. I am in session 25 now. Other news my wife and I are taking Karate Lessons at Centenary Church across from our Temple. The style is Matsubayashi Ryu Shorin Ryu, under Sensei Art Ishii.
I am still jobless, I still wonder what is on my resume that's keeping people from hiring me? Is it the California School of Culinary Arts that are scaring people away, because the school is a scam. More news, since I am in the Writers workshop, I haven't had the time to update this blog. Please follow me there for the time being.

The Undeniables Writers Workshop

Hi everyone, I have been busy lately writing poetry each day and trying to get published. This blog I will update when there is something worth talking about. Please keep an eye on www.eikichilane.wordpress.com to check out my daily poems.

The TN PARTY

Tuesday Night Project & JACCC present

THE TN PARTY

Annual Benefit for the Tuesday Night Project

art + music + food + dancing + community under the LA sky

Raising funds to keep TNProject and the "1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Cafe" going strong!

Saturday, July 31 2010

5:00 - 11:00 pm @ JACCC Plaza

244 S. San Pedro Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tickets on sale NOW (http://www.tuesdaynightproject.org/)

$15 pre-sale, $20 at teh door // $15 student / senior (60+) with ID // children 12 and under FREE

I survived...Yay

After joining the Undeniables Poetry workshop and have tried to write a poem every day for one month. I may have missed 1 or 2 days but I have kept it pretty consistent. Now that Session 18 has started today for the months of July and August, I will attempt to write at least one poem a day even if its as short as a Haiku. I am going to practice writing Haiku and Tanka poems this month and see how that goes. Next month I will try rhyme. So, I am sorry that I havent kept up with my blogging, its going to be a busy month of, O'bon Hopping and my O'bon at Higashi Honganji is on July 24 and 25th, so come on down and visit us. If I am lucky I will be working one of the booths til dancing starts. Phuong and I will be dancing, I seem to be getttng better at it since I made a commitment to actually go to Bon Odori practice every week. Well until nice time. Gassho...Namu Amida Butsu

Started to Write Poetry Again

Hi everyone,
I started to write Poetry again after all these years. I decided two weeks ago that I was going to start sending my Poetry out to Publishers again. Then last week while attending the Tuesday Night Cafe at EWP in Little Tokyo, Their was a Professor from CSUN who read a couple of his Poems, who told us about the Undeniables Poetry Workshop. He inspired me into writing again and I joined the workshop.

In the workshop, I had to start a wordpress page and link it to the Undeniables website and write one item in my given genre once a day and post it on my page for everyone to read. The Sessons are two Months each and lets see how long I can keep this going. After one year the editors take 10 best Artists and publish a book with their best Poems. So I will keep it up, because I really want to be a Published Poet, well at least get more then one Poem Published. Well, back to my writing...

Stupid Facebook

Last night around 11:00 PM, I took a break from the computer left Facebook open as I usually do and went downstairs for some ice cream. Came back to my room and noticed that my screen said that my log in expired. Went to log back in and the screen said my account had been disabled due to violations with their code of conduct. I did no such thing. Why was my account disabled? There goes all my contacts and photos. I don't know what to do.