My Scrabble Achilles Heel
My greatest weakness when it comes to Scrabble is impatience. If I can't find a high-scoring word within a few minutes, I inevitably become impatient with myself and then I end up using whatever small easy word I can figure out quickly. This is what I have learned by playing against Cindy and Rollie, who both beat me on separate occasions. I told them both they need to play against each other now to determine the ultimate winner since I am clearly not on their level. I think it could be quite a Scrabble battle. A Scrattle!
Not much else to tell. I've been socializing here and there. Went to Mandi and Eric's house where we learned to play Mah Jong and where I learned that Eric has met John Zorn and is part of a gamelan* orchestra that provides the soundtrack for a DVD that Zorn put out on his Tzadik label. The DVD is amusing. It's a bunch of paintings that were digitally animated, portraying a man going through several levels of hell, and then fighting his way back out of hell. It's strangely repetitive and hypnotic.
This weekend I am going to be antisocial, stay home, and get some work done on various projects.
*Main Entry: gam·elan
Pronunciation: 'ga-m&-"lan, -"län
Function: noun
Etymology: Javanese
: an Indonesian orchestra made up especially of percussion instruments (as gongs, xylophones, and drums)
Not much else to tell. I've been socializing here and there. Went to Mandi and Eric's house where we learned to play Mah Jong and where I learned that Eric has met John Zorn and is part of a gamelan* orchestra that provides the soundtrack for a DVD that Zorn put out on his Tzadik label. The DVD is amusing. It's a bunch of paintings that were digitally animated, portraying a man going through several levels of hell, and then fighting his way back out of hell. It's strangely repetitive and hypnotic.
This weekend I am going to be antisocial, stay home, and get some work done on various projects.
*Main Entry: gam·elan
Pronunciation: 'ga-m&-"lan, -"län
Function: noun
Etymology: Javanese
: an Indonesian orchestra made up especially of percussion instruments (as gongs, xylophones, and drums)