Softball update today. Played the early game today, which was interesting with my ankle injury and all. It didn't end up hurting me too much, although at one point in the second inning, I think I whacked it with my other shoe. Stung for a while, but I kept on. I batted three times, and got on twice, but every single time I did the same thing: ( Read more... )

So, second meeting of the revived Go club was tonight. I'm really digging the game personally. Tonight I got to cut my teeth on the 19x19 board for the first time, which was a bit overwhelming, but a very good experience. My first full-size game I ended up losing fairly handily; I should have done better, but I let a group escape and it ( Read more... )

Well, day one of medication is under way. I get to go back Thursday, Monday, Monday, and after a week off, one more Monday for follow-ups. Ah well. Better than risking fatal brain damage. Anyway, I stayed home, being unsure how the medication would affect me. Did give me a chance to work on replacing a faulty kitchen faucet, which was good. ( Read more... )

Well, having a heart just doesn't pay off it seems. We were doing a bit of shopping, and saw an injured stray dog. We wanted to help the poor thing, but didn't really have the appropriate equipment. Regardless, we thought "Let's catch him and figure it out from there." Someone else had already had that idea, so we pitched in and eventually got ( Read more... )

Yay me! I've been pushing myself to beat the harder songs on DDR Festival, and realized that since I'd beaten two of the three ten footers, I may as well try the last (Mad Blast). Tried it, and managed to pass, although I didn't think I'd really played that well. However, because of the rather whack scoring system that Festival uses (US Extreme ( Read more... )

Played some more In The Groove in the arcade today. It's a bit of an adjustment to get used to the two minute song lengths, making the eight difficulty songs tougher than usual. I actually failed one that I tried, although I don't remember the name of it. The up arrow was sticking on me a little bit, but I still managed to pass everything else, ( Read more... )

Quick softball update. Didn't fare too well tonight, but we won anyway. I muffed a ball that was dropped right in the dirt in front of the plate. Didn't get nearly enough power on the throw to first, but I'm usually catching balls, not throwing them ( Read more... )

Okay, so the posting schedule has been pretty meager lately. Things just got busy, as they are wont to do, but anyway, here's the short version ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm playing Extra Mix right now, and I see something I've never seen in a DDR game before. Now, I'm starting to get familiar with In The Groove, and I know they have "hands" in that game, where you have to hold two panels with your feet and hit a third (or even fourth?) with your hand(s), and there are all manner of brain-dead edits in ( Read more... )

Long day. thermokat got up entirely too early for the semi-annual rose show. When I finally dragged myself out of bed, I called up to see if she'd left anything, and ended up getting a rather distracted "Well, I could use this, but I don't need it, but if you happen to be in the area..." Happen to be in the area? Downtown? Yeah, I might happen to be ( Read more... )