To begin, I don't know where I'm going with these journal entries. I have no idea who will read them, if I'm writing them for my readers or myself, or anything else. This is more just stream of consciousness so I can write into my little book of "stuff to work on" and actually work on it.

That said, I went back to fencing today for the first time in a few weeks. I fenced a little while in Spain, there was a small Epee club with some decent fencers. I think the best fencer

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Officiating... is hell. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed what I've done just far, and I will always be willing to do it. I guess it takes a certain type of insanity to commit oneself to hell willingly like this.

Oh, I'm sure we've all heard the cliche terms before, "it's a thankless job", "everyone thinks you're corrupt", etc. It's not about that though.

It's about making the right call even when it feels like half the world is converging on

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