Xeni, this is an awesome piece! Thanks for doing it!!! You make one heck of a cool Jedi, and your Yoda impression ain't half bad either!

Beyond the sabreplay, is there any discussion of the philosophies that supposedly go into being either Jedi or Sith? I'm not going to Google them now, but I'm fairly certain there are treatises out there on both, considering that a substantial portion of Australia identified on their census as Jedi.

Xeni, how do you walk around in fur in L.A.? I realize it's winter and you're always in the height of fashion, but it doesn't ever get quite cold enough to justify that extravagance, does it? You've got kids in shorts there!

This is very similar to Japanese Kendo, but it lacks anything that would make Kendo worthwhile. Kendo teaches the swordplay, but is also very focused on creating a warrior (philosophy is a huge part of Kendo).

Light sabers are overrated, give me a blaster any day!
Xeni's wears fur because of her coolness ;)

> Xeni, how do you walk around in fur in L.A.? ...
> it doesn't ever get quite cold enough

Oh, you have no idea, my friend, no idea! I live in Las Vegas, Nevada, and there isn't a day that goes by without a zillion complaints about the freezing temperatures in the US Southwest. Of course, in Vegas, freezing means a low in the mid-40s Fahrenheit.

Accordingly, there isn't a day that goes by that I don't wish to kidnap all the complainers and send them to Wisconsin for a couple of weeks, just for comparison purposes........ ;-)

Wow, I'm applying to grad school and was considering UCLA. This is a very good reason to be around LA.

"Not everyone is a nerd..." Cosmoe Draven(?)

I beg to differ, "Cosmoe".

Could be that's what his mother named him.