I am a rock God

Not really (for those of you whom the title may have duped), but ever since moving into the new place, which I suppose is now officially called "Real World Irving Park" (RWIP is the accepted abbreviation) this playstation game has occupied a place of prominence. Now with two guitars we can battle for who is the better rocker. Russell mentioned on his blog that if his ultimate team in college had played this game, they would have all dropped out. Its really addictive, though I seem to be resisting the the siren call of the whammy button for the most part.

In other news the ultimate team I'm playing on did well at a tournament in Milwaukee. We were grossly underseeded at 19th or so and went 6-1 (losing to Sub-Zero) to finish 5th. I'm just excited to be playing on a team with enthusiasm and competence.

Bryan continues to amaze with his cooking, both in frequency and in quality. I've recently got into the show "Feasting on Asphalt." Which is a show about Alton Brown crossing the country on his motorcycle and trying to sample as much local and genuine cuisine as he could. So far he hasn't liked pickled pigs' feet nor brain sandwiches. I'm really jealous of what he's doing as its something that I have, and I'm sure most others have fantasized about doing at one time or another. I got the bug after reading a book called "blue highways" which I'd be surprised if AB hadn't read before he went on the tour. Good book by the way.

So our place is steadily coming together more and more. We need to have a genuine get together at some point here. Its just dying for a soiree or fete of some type. We'll see.

As for me I'm doing ok, i've enjoyed playing ultimate more this summer than I thought I would at the beginning, even with the uncertainty about who I would be playing with. I'm a little concerned though about the recent lack of whimsy in my life. I feel like I've settled a little too much into routines. Its annoying and doesn't really lend itself either to productivity or creativity, hence the lack of blogging I suppose. In any event, I won't make any promises of being more regular but here's to hoping that I am.

A conservative wedding

Of recent events and so on.

So two major events have transpired since I last wrote here. The first is that I moved into a new place. Its totally sweet. With amazing kitchen appliances, central air and heat, and two separate balconies from which one may survey much that is awesome (meaning the alley running behind our building). Special thanks to Russell for helping us move, My roommates and I do number a disproportionately high amount of skinny no-good-movers and were very thankful for your aid. It seriously is a sweet place, and at least before utilities is cheaper than my old pad. It also is a 10 min. walk from the train station, which means I get to walk down a quiet residential street with cool houses, as opposed to waiting for the bus to ride down ugly ol' montrose, a vast improvement indeed.

The second major event was I attended the first wedding among my college friends. It was an intimate affair held at garfield park conservatory, which was cool in and of itself to see, the flaming sword palm was in particular, a visually exciting plant. It was a small wedding with the reception at the conservatory afterwards. Several friends came in from out of town for it and it was cool to catch up with them. The ceremony itself was brief, 13 minutes, and unfortunately I couldn't hear much of the vows, though I suppose it really only matters that they heard each other. At one point the bride giggled when the officiator used the words "passionate love," it was rather funny as the couple is usually very reserved about such things. Anyway, a good wedding and best of luck to them.

In other news, I used logarithims today at work. I can honestly say that I never ever thought I would personally have occasion to use them when I studied them in high school, but they seem to be just the thing to solve a particular problem I'm working on at work. I also went to Detroit 2 weekends ago for an ultimate tournament, my team did surprisingly well and I'm looking forward to the fall season and am having more fun playing than I anticipated I would earlier in the year.