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all the news unfit to print
Nigh on four weeks since my last post. Sorry, dear readers. I know you wait with bated breath to hear the details of my rockstar life. Let's see here:
- Work.
- Three(ish) weeks ago I went out to Cali to visit Katherine and wound up hanging with all my West Coast peeps (even Hippo and his hawt chica) for a night. I'll be back there over Thanksgiving, so if y'all'll be around, let me know.
- I posted my first (and second, as of this week) fantasy loss in each of the leagues I'm in, but I'm still well in the running for the playoffs. I know you wanted to know that.
- Work.
- I'm presently sitting in Phoenix Sky Harbor waiting to catch a flight back to Austin after a week in Hawaii for Mike's wedding. There were a few notables from this trip, so I'm whipping out the sub-bullets:
- I surfed the North Shore of Oahu. This sounds much more impressive than it actually is, but I'm actually a not-altogether-horrible surfer. The downside can be summed up in two words: nipple chafing. Ouch.
- We went fishing on Thursday the 26th and I caught a 90 pound Striped Marlin. I also assisted Katie's (Mills, née Todd) dad in reeling in a 200(ish) pound Blue Marlin. Altogether we caught four Marlin, two tagged and two taken.
- Matt, Cyrus, and I observed that the women who live along the north shore of Oahu are unreasonably hot. Surfing apparently does a body much good.
- It may well be the case that in the pursuit of the perfect wedding, all women become completely unreasonable. I nevertheless have hopes that my future wife won't go psycho. Am I just dreaming?
- Our last day in Hawaii was almost perfectly engineered: Jacksonville @ Eagles with cereal (and later, burgers and chicken), then a hike up Diamond Head preceeded by a quick stop at the Banzai Pipeline (at which point Mike, having been there swimming earlier that morning, admitted to having come across a bikini photo shoot, much to Matt's chagrin). After the hike, Matt, Cyrus, and I repaired to LuLu's to watch the Cowboys @ Panthers. Finally, we swung through Honalulu's Chinatown and feasted at a noodle house before repairing to the airport (by way of what must be the sketchiest alley in Honalulu, courtesy of my apparently unfailing nose for the seedy underbelly of any city).
- Believe it or not, I was the week's designated cook, preparing fish, chicken, burgers, and vegetables in various ways to absolutely no complaints (I highly recommend searing Marlin: take a half to three quarter inch steak, add a little lemon juice, some season salt, pepper, and paprika, then eight seconds a side in peanut oil heated to its smoke point; the center should still be only barely warm if done right). Woot.
- Katherine arrives in Austin on Thursday and will be there until early Sunday morning. Nice.
- Ariel gets here Sunday for an interview in my group on Monday. We'll take him out for some Austin-style carousing, fer shizzle.
- Ahh yes, work. I'm supposed to be taping out a chip in two weeks. All I can say is, that shit best get done before Thanksgiving, 'cause I's got plans to be with mah baybee. (Imagine that last in a sort of Tim McGraw drawl. Really. I know you want to.)
That, folks, about wraps it up. Signing off, but not for long: pictures from the trip are forthcoming, along with details of Ariel's visit. Fear not: details of Katherine's visit will be withheld.
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