Weekend!

[ironphoenix]

Well, that was a pretty good weekend!

Friday, we got together for dinner, dessert and wandering around with M.L., S.P. (yes ziggy_b, that S.P.) and his wife G. It was great to see them, since S. and G. don't visit often (they live in Bilbao, in Basque Country).

Saturday, I hosted boardgames, and got a pretty good crowd: beable, jagash, black_cat11, her friend A., niall_, donnav, M.M., iclysdale, ranisilath, and A. and J. from the Strategy Club came by at various times. We played Caylus, Settlers of Catan, Crokinole, Igel Argern, Mao, and Betrayal at House on the Hill. M.M.'s crokinole board is crazy fast now that he's using an anti-friction wax powder (actually like tiny wax ball-bearings)... pieces glide as though it were an air hockey table, and we had to shim the table legs to level it so that the pieces wouldn't drift.

Sunday, I went to the 9 A.M. aikido class for the first time in a few years. It was a great class, although I had to be careful about hydration, since my body isn't used to that kind of workout before noon. In the afternoon, I did a bit of housework, then soul_diaspora and I went walking and birdwatching around the Jack Pine Trail and the Beaver Trail, and took the evening together.

This week, I'm up for doing things with people Wednesday and/or Friday evening, although I want to fit in aikido on at least one of those.

Comments

[gabriel-le.livejournal.com]

I *may* have Wednesday evening free. Work has to get back to me though and see if I'm doing something else instead, =).

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

That would be great; when will you know? Also, what would you like to do if you are?

[gabriel-le.livejournal.com]

I poked a couple of people and so far no one's claimed Wednesday for time. Also, the last two errands are two that I can do while meeting up with you.

My reading "Cryptonomicon" is telling me that I need to improve my geekdom in order to better pass in my crowd of friends. That makes me feel that an evening of Magic: the Gathering sounds like a possibility...please try not to let me chicken out.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

*is slightly taken aback*

[Neo voice]Whoa.[/Neo voice]

Okay, let's book Wednesday evening and sort out details by phone.

[beable]

See, I associate that Keanu moment with Bill and Ted, not so much MAtrix.

I don't doubt it's in both, but I think it's more indicative of actor than role.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

It's Keanu, yes. Really, he could do most of his movies saying that and not much else.