Two things from the frisbee tournament this weekend that tell me I’m getting older:
1. I got up before 7 AM both Saturday and Sunday, and didn’t really think too much about it. Yeah, it was early, but not so much earlier than usual. This morning, I woke up without my alarm at 6:15 or so. Yikes!
2. When I pulled some muscle in our third game on Saturday, I actually stopped playing instead of just continuing on in pain. I stretched, rested and was in good enough shape to play on Sunday. In my reckless youth (and probably even last year), I would’ve just kept playing.
The tournament was a fun one, though we were definitely in the bottom half of teams there, skill-wise. We ended up coming in three places ahead of our seed (21st vs. 24th), and had a good time.
Last night, Matt and Micaela made me a really nice dinner: a great cheese to start (Berthaut Epoisses), excellent roast chicken, a tasty mushroom risotto and sauteed pea tendrils. They also put together an awesome dessert of chocolate pots (slightly soupier than a mousse, and equally tasty) served with orange polenta biscuits. Thanks!
posted June 7, 2004 – 6:17 am
Love Child had a tough frisbee game last night. We won in the end, but only after lots of running and diving. Unfortunately, the field we played on was comprised primarily of rocks and goose poop, making the “laying out” (diving for discs) portion of the game rather injurious. When I came in to work today, I felt like Ed Norton’s character in the movie Fight Club. I was bruised, battered and happy. Sadly, much like in the movie, no one at my office actually cares what I do outside of work, so other than drawing a few funny looks, the source of my limp and scabbed leg remains a secret.
Tonight is our first pick-up for the Community Supported Agriculture program we joined. I’m ready to be innundated with veggies…
posted June 2, 2004 – 10:17 am
Last Friday, Rif came over to put the finishing touches on the piano bench and assemble it. There may not be a better example of a project that demonstrates the importance of building a model before the full scale version; the bench turned out not to be stable at all! Though it looked gorgeous with the nice wood and shiny metal, the top flops back and forth and it’s useless as a bench! Back to the drawing board…
The BUDA Spring League tournament was on Saturday – boy was it windy. This coming weekend is Mixed Easterns. Lots of frisbee to be had!
I was out in Connecticut for the remainder of the weekend enjoying the great weather and the fam – a good combination.
posted June 1, 2004 – 6:20 am
At the Somerville Open Studios, I bought a print by a local artist, Laura Quincy Jones. It finally came back from the framing place, and looks great. Check it out:
posted May 28, 2004 – 4:59 am
The Hot Club of Cowtown was at Johnny D’s last night, and I even had time after our frisbee game to shower before the show. They’re always so much fun, and last night was no exception. If they make it to your neck of the woods, check ’em out.
posted May 27, 2004 – 11:02 am