Lei-Out weekend was, for the most part, a resounding success. Saturday morning, I avoided setting up a single field and finally met Adriana from VC, who had a set of fantastic sublimated jerseys for my team. I led Dark Horse, a hearty band of Claremont alumni and friends, to four victories in our Saturday B-bracket [...]
Seven letter word for small dogs? Yappies.
I have completed my first full day back in Seattle but did not quite complete a full day of work. I must apply forcefully and start raking in the travel funds; Whit e-mails me biweekly to remind me of April obligations.
Massachusetts was lovely and relaxing albeit unseasonably warm. Christmas [...]
My parents have kept a compost heap in their backyard for the last ten years, which, along with recycling and smart consumerism, decreases their weekly trash to nearly nothing.
This year, my father and mother noticed a new side effect of their eocological lifestyle: the caffeination of local fauna. Coffee grounds are excellent compost and can [...]
On December 8th, the day before my birthday, Sparkle Motion asserted its dominance once again. Trina and I were at Red Mill in Phinney Ridge, waiting for delicious burgers (veggie or otherwise), when Trina remembered that she had forgotten her Nalgene in the car. I gave her my keys, and she returned a few confused [...]
I was happy to hear on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me that significant decisions are being passed down by judges in my home state of Massachusetts.
A burrito is NOT a sandwich.
Election Results
Pickup in the mud and rain
A handful of handblocks at pickup this evening
Listening to a crazy old guy at Trader Joe's tell the employee trapped at the sample station about how Frodo is a chump and Sam is the real hero
Skying a much taller player twice to get blocks on hammers
Watching Brooke's dog, Mia, [...]
I awoke this morning in a foul mood for no good reason. All I had was a faint hint of unsettling dreams and general dissatisfaction with my accomplishments of the week. I ate one of Trina's lemon cookies and left her apartment, through the morning drizzle in my car and down to my place.
I found [...]