It occurred to me I didn't give a frisbee tournament update (or any other updates this week). The bad news is I didn't repeat as summer champion in 2008, the worse news is that only 6 players showed for the tournament (7 is the number needed on the field). As a result we had to forfeit or try to play with 6 players and no substitutes-- and as expected, we lost though we put up a good fight. In the losers' bracket, we did pick up a seventh person and won two games in a row in convincing fashion before bowing out of a fourth game because the 6 of us had played 3 hard games with no subs. So while we didn't even get off the ground, those of us who were there played well and we had fun. And no one (on our team) got hurt. One of the other games hauled a woman with a concussion off on a stretcher -- par for the course in an ultimate tournament.

In other news, I finally got a new pair of Vans for biking - I went with the red. Anyone who has looked down at my feet in the last 22 years knows exactly the style I went with. I may pick up a second pair of "gargoyle" colored shoes for actual wearing around. It's wild to think Vans was a hair from going out of business around 1995 (at that time they only offered 3 pairs of "authentic" shoes: black, black and white and blue. Now there's a zillion patterns. Weird Al and I couldn't be happier (and they are great shoes for mountain biking).

I've been apartment hunting a bit too, which is a pain because it's a "landlord's market" these days. Dumpy, crappy location places are starting at about $800 so I may have spend a bit to get a nice place. In the meantime, I'm still biking a lot and might be heading out to Kenosha Pass or Crested Butte this weekend. My car is also a bit shaky these days, so now would be as good a time as any to win the lottery.

Oh and I got a new credit card with Xanadu's picture on it! And I'm working through all 3 endings on Castlevania 2 -- I got the "hardest" one, which is supposed to be the best ending but is kind of lousy (but it is in color). Two more to go (I've seen them before, but this is for my "NES Completion Project" started last year).

Posted by James Dziezynski @ 10:57 AM