Mike, Jill, Lucy, & Wubie!

BJ Penn Book Signing from Mike C on Vimeo.

The main sport I follow these days is MMA and BJ Penn is my favorite fighter, so I thought I’d go down to a book signing he was doing in San Jose Friday night.

I thought there’d be a couple of hundred people there and that I’d be in and out in an hour or so. Boy, was I wrong! The book store was packed. I asked an employee how many people had shown up and he estimated somewhere between 800 – 1000 people. Crazy.

I ended up sticking it out, got an autograph and a handshake. Luckily, everyone in line was friendly, so the few hours we spent together in line weren’t too bad. Penn looked pretty tired and had sunglasses due to a tough loss the previous week in Abu Dhabi.

Music used:

• “Hawaii ‘78″ from Facing Future by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole

Here are a couple of quick YouTube videos showing off some of his crazy flexibilty and athleticism:

We just got back from a get-together at my mom’s place. It was great getting caught up, eating (of course), and just relaxing. Lucy got a chance to play with her cousins. She gets so excited, flapping her arms and constantly moving about. Her cousins must constantly tell her to stay in one place when they play catch because Lucy can’t stand still.

February hasn’t been the best of months. A good friend had a bit of a rough month health-wise. Fortunately, though things were looking a little hairy for a while, he’s doing a lot better now.

Stuff I’ve watched/read this month:

movies & books

• The Invention of Lying
• The Family Man
• The Hunger Games
• Catching Fire

tv

• Pawn Stars
• Sons of Anarchy

Misc. February Events

• 2010 Winter Olympics
• Valentine’s Day
• Family Get-Together
• UFC 110: Big Nog losing (bummer); Wandy winning (cool!)