I filled in on a game of Betrayal Legacy with Steph, Michael, Michelle, and Justin. The game was the same scenario as last time, but this time the traitor lost. Steph still died, and the conversation with the group was pretty good. I enjoyed it and would love to hang out with them more.
I joined a lot of people for a fun night of karaoke. I sang mostly Disney singalongs. I had a great time doing ‘A Whole New World’ with George; I took Jasmine’s part.
We went to a challenging Paint Nite with Michelle and Michael. The painting was a lighthouse and had a lot more advanced technique and more precise painting required than many of the previous Paint nites we had been to. Everyone had a good time, and the results were quite good.
We read the book Inferior for book club and had a very good discussion around it. The book had some pretty major holes and obviously had an agenda. The history part of the book was probably the most well done part, and the part the book was truly trying to describe well. I think the science for the final argument the author was trying to make was a bit lacking, but a major point in the book is that lack of evidence is a major problem in the field of gender studies. There is also the nature vs. nurture problem, which was covered a little as well. We got into a lot more personal impacts than we had with previous books, and the discussion format I think helped with that. The sunflower conch allows for people to take the time to really compose their thoughts and express things that would be steamrolled otherwise.
George had us over for some omurice cooking, and then we played Gloomhaven with Adam as well. The omurice was tasty, and we mostly got the consistency right, but we couldn’t get the pocket right. There is supposed to be a great moment when you have the egg on top of the rice, and then you slice the egg open. The slice didn’t work, so it just split in two. Despite that not working the dish was still very tasty.
We got closer to the end of the game, and I got some truly crazy item combos. I’m having a lot of fun with the Quartermaster. We failed the first time, as Adam rushed a little too much, but the second time things went pretty well.
We met Ricardo and Irene at Rancho San Antonio and did the Wildcat Loop. It was late in the day, but still was really nice. Parking was more of a nightmare than usual, and we didn’t start until 45 minutes after the planned start time. We got to see some humming birds, turkeys, and deer. The high meadows had a lot of deer close to the trail, but they were plenty used to people and didn’t mind us taking pictures close to them. I’ll post those pictures if I can get them from the others.
We joined Lindsay and Kevin for a fun evening of hot tubbing and switch games. Kevin was nice enough to join us at the hot tub despite not doing getting in and not doing well with the Chlorine. We then played some switch, mainly playing the game Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. I think Lindsay liked playing with us, but she certainly didn’t enjoy the game that much. Kevin I think liked it. I really enjoyed getting to spend some more time with them.
I joined Adam and Tina for a Feast for Odin expansion. The first game Adam won by a good bit, despite them thinking I was ahead. The second game went more in my favor. The horses seemed like a really good strategy, with animals in general getting a buff. I also got some really good occupations in the second game.
Steph and I went to a pie making class for Pi Day (3/14) and we had a pretty good time. We went with a few of the people Steph knew from Mayfield. The class was a lot of fun but rather unorganized. We made some thai curry for a filling, and made one batch of dough. We ended up with some really tasty pies, but I’m no sure I could recreate any of them. I am certainly less daunted by the pie making process, as most everything went off well, despite the lack of organization.
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