Good Handball Day

We were epic on the courts today. We had some of the best played rallies ever....and of course Linus almost got his left nut imploded by the ball, but other than that it was hella fun.

Today was pretty fun. Started off by going for a run with my sweetie. She had a bit of a tough time but she is a trooper, and it is quite a lot of fun to see her run. After the run we got ready for work and headed out. Work was unremarkable, I spent most of my time running around and answering questions. I spent an hour extra at work, yay for overtime, and then went home to get ready for a friend's wedding reception. The wedding reception was held at LaBonte Park and there were few guests. I spent most of my time avoiding this fat, skanky, bitch who was going to be our roommate, but backed out and left us in a tough spot. The rest of the time I chatted, ate little sandwiches, and swatted away a persistent hornet for a couple of hours. The reception ended and almost simultaneously I received invites to go work-out, go to a show at The Grounds, and go drinking. I decided to go home and work on y fiance's kimono. I got a fair bit done and then went to Flock Hall to work out. The workout was good, but reminded me of how weak my arms and back still are. I quite enjoy working out with Flock. They are, despite outward appearances, supportive and goodnatured. And unlike working out at the gym I can relax and have fun conversation, sometimes cake, with the Flock. After hanging out for a while with Flock I headed home by way of Mingles Bar. I wanted to see my brother, who works there, before heading home. After talking with him for a while went home and started blogging.

Feel like a kid again

It's been a while since I was in college full time, so I forgot how it feels to work on really tiny amounts of sleep. The heartburn, the achy feeling, the inability to concentrate, and the constant feeling of pain behind my eyes...all my old friends are back to visit. For no particular reason I have not been getting enough sleep lately, and the sleep I have been getting hasn't been that good. Tonight I hope to remedy that, but for now I feel like a college kid again, yay me.

Funny moment

Do you ever have one of those saturday morning cartoon moments? Have you ever slipped on a banana peel, or had a cream pie thrown in your face? Well, I had one of these looney toon moments just yesterday. While playing handball, I stretched out wide for a few shots and found myself wondering, did...did my underpants just rip at the seams? Sure enough, when I checked in the locker room there was a tear all the way from the bottom to the top of my boxers.

Today, I played handball doubles with Flynn, Linus, and Brendon. I was not pleased with my performance. Some of my por performance can be attributed to tired arms from yesterday's handball and pullup session, but the real problem is my lack of practice. Most of the elements of my game today that I'm ashamed of were errors I almost played appropriately. I was often in the right position, but maybe a foot off from where I should have been, or I got to the ball and hand-faulted. I felt I should have done a lot better, but in retrospect I really couldn't have. When I've had a few games a week for a couple of weeks I can play better, but I should have realized my limitations, how cold and out of practice I was today. I was a little rough on myself today.

Let's just get one thing perfectly clear

This will melt your brains.

I proposed today

Just about half an hour ago I proposed marriage to my love Erin Colleen Anderson.

Here's how it went down. Erin was at CoalCreek Coffee, playing Go, when I came to see her. My pretense was that I would like to have lunch with her while she was there. While there I slipped a camera to my friend Will, who introduced Erin and I. I also pulled out my laptop and surfed a little, with the intent of leaving it open and suggesting she check out the newest Black Vatican. Little did she know that I had been conspiring with Flynn of the BV to have a version of me drawn up in comic form. The comic me is on my knee with ring in hand and a word bubble with a little question mark in it. As soon as she started looking up the comic I knelt down beside her and got the ring ready. As soon as she looked over the comic I held up the ring and asked her if she would marry me.

Here's what it looked like