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Karaoke at George’s

Friday I had dinner with George and Adam S at Speedy’s Tacos. I couldn’t eat much but it was still delicious. We went back to George’s place and started up some Karaoke. Kevin doesn’t sing and doesn’t drink, so we pulled out Mysterium. It is a light board game that doesn’t require everyone pay attention all the time, which worked well in that social setting. I started as the ghost with Kevin and Adam S as the psychics. We did ok, but didn’t make it to the final round. Then Kevin took a turn as the ghost and we did better, but still didn’t quite make it. The with Adam as the ghost we made it to the final round, but lost badly on the final.

^ Kevin trolling

September 24, 2017 0

Eaton Park

I had a good hike through Eaton Park Saturday morning. The temperature and weather were perfect. I had a bit of a harder time getting to the park than I expected. I knew that there were hills on the way, but I didn’t think they would be as steep as they ended up being. The motor on my electric bike couldn’t handle them so I was peddling pretty hard.

I was surprised the views were so good with such a small hill. At the top there was a labyrinth made of bricks, which I found surprising. I hiked the loop around the park and headed out. I noticed lots of yellow jackets buzzing around, so I’ll probably not go back on my own.

September 24, 2017 0

Scythe

George had Tina and I over to play games, and we chose Scythe. Tina had played a few times before, but George and I hadn’t played before. I didn’t understand exactly how to go about things at the start, and did some really stupid moves. Besides the stupid moves I was feeling a bit out of it from the fast I had been doing. Tina didn’t quite double our scores, but she was way out in front. We had a good time with it and I would love to play again.

September 22, 2017 0

Book Club: Doomsday Book

This was a very contentious book. I liked what it implied in the way of technology not changing the human condition of being superstitious and irrational. The mirroring of the past and present was well done, and figuring out which bits were supposed to relate to each other was fun. This did make the characters more of caricatures in many instances, so the people who didn’t really pick up on the mirroring hated the book with a passion. To be fair I didn’t really pick up on the mirroring until the second read through. There were also a lot of characters that were supposed to be irrational and portray the worst parts of human nature. Those characters annoyed the hell out of most of the people who read the book. There were also a few that got annoyed by the main characters because of their blind spots. Another complaint was the trope of someone going unconscious just when they needed to do or say something. This was a bit overused throughout the book. The last complaint was the miss on technology, in that there were no cell phones.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24983.Doomsday_Book

September 22, 2017 0

Fasting

I did an 80 hour fast this week from 11pm on Monday to 9am on Friday. It wasn’t as hard as I was expecting, but it was uncomfortable in ways I didn’t. I should have expected not being able to think as clearly, but it was more pronounced than I would have thought. I also started getting light headed at times. I started feeling sick in other ways and decided to stop.

During the fast I had black coffee, mint tea, diet coke, and lots of water. I also took multivitamins and ate random pinches of salt. I chose a time that wouldn’t mess with social engagements too much, although the time period did include a wedding celebration. That wedding celebration was low key enough that I could avoid food with only one person wondering why. In total I only had to mention it to 2 people, the one at the wedding and one that invited me to dinner. I also told Steph. I’d do it again, but maybe with more prep.

I broke my fast with my standard two scoops of chocolate protein powder mixed with half a scoop of instant coffee breakfast. My stomach was ok with that, so I’ll try a bit more at lunch and maybe have pho for dinner.

September 22, 2017 0

Wedding Celebration

I went to Nick’s wedding celebration in the Mission in SF. He had it at an adorable brewpub and restaurant called Southpaw BBQ & Brewery. The only person there, besides Nick, that I knew well was Brian. I talked with him for most of the time, and got to talk to Eric and Andrea for a while as well. I had to leave early to make it back to my house to host book club, but I enjoyed the time I spent there.

September 20, 2017 0

Social Sunday

On Sunday I dropped Stephanie off at the airport for her latest trip to China. Then I went to Tina’s for long games day. I had a good time playing with Jonathan in Feast for Odin. I would have preferred to play Mage Knight, but it worked out that I could meet up with Lindsay, Kevin, Debby, and Andrew for dinner. The Mage Knight game was only about 2/3 of the way through when I left. I won Feast, but that wasn’t a bit surprise as I had played before and Jonathan was doing it for his first time. He did really well, and saw the strategies I used and copied them. That led to some blocking of spaces I wanted as we were trying to use most of the same actions.

At dinner we had some tasty Indian food. I really enjoyed the Tandori Chicken, but it was more of skillet than clay pot. We went to Lindsay’s afterward and Andrew had thought ahead and brought swim trunks for me to wear to the hot tub. We talked about doing a movie night and I set up some methodology for deciding what to watch.

September 20, 2017 0

Saturday Hike

We went hiking with Steph’s coworkers and SO’s (Kaijen, Michael, Pete, and Julie). We went up to Windy Hill, and thankfully this time there wasn’t rain. We also started at the bottom, which was easier to get to as we didn’t have to drive on Old La Honda. I hate that road, and usually drive further to get to La Honda so I don’t have to deal with the one lane, blind corners, and bikers everywhere. The temperature was perfect, and there was lots of sun, which we were prepared for. As per usual I was faster going uphill than most of the others, but much slower going downhill. The knee brace I’ve been using helps a ton, but I’m still careful when going down.

After the hike we went to Rong’s place to watch Akira and My Neighbor Totoro with her and Riley.

September 17, 2017 0

Shabuway

We had Shabu Shabu with Kevin, Lindsay, Debby, and Andrew. We were late because I chose poorly on my way to get there, and there was a ton of traffic. The food was pretty good. Steph and I did some trades for the things we liked more, and the others got the giant plates of meat. To be fair Andrew got the giant plate, and the others got the big plates of meat. They were going to se ‘It’ afterwards, but Stephanie and I decided we would rather go home and watch The Defenders. Debby got some red noses for them to wear to the movie, but Kevin declined from what I hear.