Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Whatever has happened since I last posted

Yesterday was good. Got off work, Rachael came up and we made some bread salad and smoothies for dinner. Perfect food in my opinion for the oppressive heat of summer. I tried to get Cho to have some bread salad, but he seemed very uninterested in the idea, oh well.

Not too much of note, watched the daily show and apparently it was their 10th anniversary show, they showed showed some of their funnier investigative reporter clips but oddly glossed over the fact that originally the show was hosted by Craig Kilbourn rather than Jon Stewart. I suspect that Jon Stewart doesn't care much for CK as when the latter had JS on the show to pass the torch, he made a lot of unfunny jokes about the difference in their height and gave JS some phone books to sit on; this was before JS could call people "Dicks" on TV with impunity.

Not too much going on at the moment, I have a dentist appointment this weekend, something that is both exciting and terrifying to me. We'll sign the lease thursday which is good, though it looks like we'll get stuck paying rent for 2 apartments in August, but its worth it to move. If any out of towners want to come to chicago and need a place to stay, I could offer very competitive rates.

That's all for now, nothing exhilirating I know but I'm trying to keep the momentum going so my posting frequency is a little better than once every month and a half.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Hey! he posted.

So long time, no writing, a lack of inspiration I suppose.

I just read Eric's farewell letter to ultimate, sad stuff, the game has lost one of its great defensive innovators, (I personally saw the debut of the hide behind girls defense). was interesting to read as I've recently had my own second thoughts about playing the sport, I'm not at the point of quitting but lets just say its no longer a given.

Suddenly there's a lot more blogging going on. Casualultimate.blogspot is enjoyable, as is theunpaidbartab.blogspot.

So we're about to move. Not far, but I'll be much closer to the train that I take to work which means no bus ride, all together I should have about 30-40 minutes extra in my day than I do right now, that's very exciting to me. As is the place we'll be moving into, 3000 sq ft. or something. Its beautiful with a huge deck. I can picture myself reading, and hopefully writing, on the patio with mojito in hand Taking in gods creation, or at least his creations that inhabit the alley the patio overlooks. I'll also very living with a TV star. That's right, tv's favorite dad Sandy Cohen will be living with us. Not really of course, but about the closest facisimile (sp?) thereof I've seen, in truth it will be Joe Ferrari, kevin cho, Bk, akira, and your own humble sometimes-to-increasingly-never scribe.

Played some ultimate today, it was hot, had to stop near the beginning and catch some shade as I felt very close to vomiting. That was fun. But it was the first practice with Gary's team, which was good. I think we'll be decent, not nationals level, but decent. Its good playing with guys who have been there and know their limits, as opposed to with young players who are good but haven't realized their limits yet as players, harsh but I don't feel like being generous. I just don't want any bullshit or hocus pocus on a team I play for right now, I just want to play with competent people from whom I know what I can expect.

Sand blast and Mars were fun. I think I should ditch ultimate and focus on starting a beer schtick league. Kim? Bryan? any takers? (I know the question to kim is moot as she'll never see this, but that girl is crafty with beer in hand) We did the best the team has done when I've been there at Mars this year. had a weird schedule where we played teams that came in 1,2,4,5,~10,31,32 or therabouts. So a number of tough games. I played rather well in one of them which was nice. Although I don't think I was in better shape than last year, it was remarkable how even occasional playing allowed me to feel less toolish out there compared to last year. Good team, good fun. We are probably 1 of a very few number of teams that have gone 3-3 and made the A pool. One year we went 5-1 and missed it. I wish there were more fun random coed tournaments. PD and Mars just isn't enough. Maybe that's what I should do. Organize a combo coed tournament with a beer schtick game in place of the last round sat. and for all the consolation games on sunday. I think that could work. Maybe next year. Just need a large flat space where drinking wouldn't be a problem, maybe milwaukee? Thoughts?

Sandblast was good. rather hot, a frustrating finish, but a good tourney up to that point. We beat a good team from Iowa soundly and our women, primarily, beat a U of I alum team that had a tennis teammate from high school on it, very satisfying. Was nice to win both of those.

Just watched galaxy quest, the part where the GQ fan shoots a nerf arrow at the evil alien general made me laugh.

Well thats about it for now, figure I should ease into this again, hopefully I'll post soon, no promises though.