Entry 46

The last few months have been without drama…amazingly. I am still working on my lightsaber forms. Corran Horn is teaching me hand-to-hand combat. I still can't beat Jacen in grappling, but I am getting close. I am fairly good at telekinesis, such as Force shoves. Corran can't do telekinesis for some reason and he hates it when people use it on him. When we train at hand-to-hand we are always in a room with a ysalamiri.

I wanted to learn some new skills so I decided to do some research. I tried working with the Jedi Holocron and talk to Master Bodo Baas the holographic gatekeeper, but for some reason when I told him my name he said he wouldn't work with 'The spawn of the insolent forgetter of names'. When I asked my Master what Master Baas meant by that, she laughed and said my father really irritated the gatekeeper years ago and the old Jedi is holding a grudge.

Since I can't use the Holocron, I have to research the old fashioned way by reading books found on Ossus. Yuck! Who reads a book anymore? They are dusty and musty, but when I complained I was told Tionne was looking for a volunteer to scan the thousands of flimsiplast tomes and put them in digital format. No thank you, I'll read the books and keep my mouth shut.

Inside one book I found a reference to something called Postcognition. This is when you can hold onto an object and tell what person held it before you and what he or she was doing. A person who masters this technique can also go into a chamber and see what had transpired in that particular room. I was told we were drawing upon the Force's memory.

My Master knows how to do Postcognition, but is not very good at it. Surprisingly, the Grand Master has trouble with the technique also. I was told there maybe a genetic component to some Jedi skills. This is a little confusing because my dad can't do it almost at all…but for some reason when I was younger my mom could walk into a room and look at me or my brother and immediately know we were either up to no good or we already did something wrong. I sometimes wonder if she has Force abilities and is just keeping it a secret.

After about four months of training I finally was able to perform postcognition. I need to work on control though, because sometimes after I practice that particular psychometry technique I can't turn it off for up to an hour. Which isn't the most pleasant thing. For example, when I go to the 'fresher it can be somewhat disconcerting when touching the handle to flush the toilet. I really don't want a vision of what the last person who touched the handle was doing.

I also learned never ever go to my parents' apartment after I have trained using technique. I did that once and it probably physiologically scarred me for life. I shudder at the vision I saw when I sat on my parents' couch. I jumped out of the seat and went to the dining area, but even the kitchen table wasn't safe to touch. I was supposed to stay and have lunch with my parents, but I lost my appetite. Stang! I can't believe I don't have a dozen brothers and sisters!

I read about Jedi who could do a memory rub. Maybe I need to find a master that can do that to me and get these disturbing images out of my brain. Ack!

Entry 47

Ha! I was in a Jedi apprentice class today with Tionne Solusar about personal conduct and making sure our actions give a positive appearance to the public. Part of the class was about dating. We were given a history lesson on the Jedi Order and their restriction on attachment. We were told that this no longer applies to the Jedi, but Jedi Apprentices and full Knights who teach at the Temple were discouraged from dating each other for fear of the appearance of impropriety.

The Skywalker twins raised their hands and asked questions. "So an Apprentice can date a Jedi Knight that is not in a teaching position, right?" Jak or maybe it was Owen asked.

Tionne nods. "Yes, as long as they are not in a teacher/student situation." She pointed at the other twin who still had his hand up.

"Are Masters allowed to date each other?" he asked. I thought that was an odd question. Everybody knows they can.

Tionne looked a little confused. "Yes, of course."

Then the other twin shouts out. "So Master Dating is okay."

I started laughing. The twins are doing a little word play at Tionne's expense. When Uncle Luke finds out they are in trouble.

Master Tionne looked baffled. She obviously didn't pick up the joke. "Of course Masters date each other."

I bit my bottom lip and tried to reign in my laughter but I could feel my face flush from the effort.

I think Hanna got embarrassed because she stood up and left while scowling at her brothers. "So immature!" I heard her say in a snarky tone.

Finally Tionne realized what they were saying. She blushed and dismissed the class except for the twins. "Jak and Owen you stay here."

Oops, somebody is in trouble. Better them than me. Ha!