Today, I’ve been married to Katie for three years.
It’s been a great three years. We celebrated by going to the Melting Pot, where I ate too much food and drank two glasses of wine.
I love my wife! It’s true.
Category: year26 (Page 52 of 92)
I posted an entry each day during my 26th year of life.
When it comes to eating at home, I have a certain affinity for leftovers.
There’s something comforting about eating food that I ate only a few days ago. I know what it’ll taste like, only a bit crunchier or soggier or blander. I get the satisfaction of clearing out room in our fridge. And, it’s completely free.
The amount of work I have to do to prepare leftovers for consumption is the simple push of a microwave button.
And I know that I’ll like leftovers, because it’s what I originally ordered at a restaurant not too long ago. My tastes certainly haven’t changed since then, and if I hadn’t enjoyed my meal, I would have simply not brought the remaining food home.
In summary, leftovers are winners in my book, even if they don’t get eaten the first time around.
It’s been a while since I brought up curling with anyone, but I found an unexpectedly willing friend tonight who is as interested in learning/trying curling as I am.
I thought I had lost that potential when I moved away from Pittsburgh and from Brian Gray.
Nonetheless, excited, I came home and looked it up on the Internet and found a Bay Area Curling Club which gives one-time lessons, summer lessons series, and offers league play.
I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but I could easily see myself getting consumed into this world. I can’t think of any more joyful way to spend a summer evening than in an ice rink, watching a round stone with a handle glide down the ice while yelling at my wife and teammates to broom harder and faster.
I don’t know what it is that gets me excited in the Tour de France each year. I’m not an avid cyclist myself. I don’t particularly enjoy the fact that it’s 3 hours of footage each day for less than a month, then gone until a year later. I don’t identify to a strong degree with any of the riders and actually sometimes wish that American coverage of the tour was a bit less Lance-centric.
Is it just because I enjoy sports that most Americans shun? I enjoy a good curling match and am sometimes fascinated by the rules of games that only get shown on ESPN2 or 3, like cricket or Australian rules football.
Am I impressed by the mere fact that these men are riding bicycles for 5 hours a day for over 3 straight weeks? Is it the general physical prowess that draws me?
Or is it the subtle and slow-motion strategy that occurs on each stage, where at first glance nothing seems to happen but under the surface, teams and riders are conspiring every moment on how much energy they should be spending?
Regardless, several years ago, I started watching the Tour and I haven’t really stopped. It’s one of those yearly events that I get swept up in, like NaNoWriMo or Boxing Day. Are there any other Tour watchers out there? Does anyone else even know that it’s happening? Is it a bit sad that I had only a passing interest in the Stanley Cup being won by Pittsburgh but am captivated by Thor Husovd’s battle for the green jersey?