More Rollerderby

Last night I went to the RollerDerby again. It really was a lot of fun, although the seats weren't the most comfortable. Actually, it was more crowded than the last time I went, and parking was a disaster, possibly because the line for tickets stretched into the parking lot blocking the only path for the cars.

Anyway, the match was the Cosmonaughties against the Wicked Pissah's. Apparently the Pissah's were last year's champions, and they proved their credentials by beating the Cosmonaughties. I'm still learning the game, but it didn't seem like the Cosmonaughties were getting all the points they should have. I'm not saying they should have won, because the Pissahs did seem to be the better team, even if they spent a lot of time in the penalty box.

Watching the match for a second time, I began to see the tactics and skills involved in playing the game. The first time it was too hard to separate out the chaos. But this time I really started to understand what was going on. I can hardly wait for next month's match, where the Boston Massacre (all star team pulled from the three teams in the boston league) play against the Bronx Gridlock.

Although, it wasn't all fun and games. Near the end of the third period there was an injury to one of the Pissah's, Evilicious. She slid into the wall and suffered lacerations to her face. Actually, she hit about twenty feet from me, but because of the setup of the seats I couldn't see her until she was being taken off on a gurney. Apparently the gurney was a precaution they take on any injury to the head whether it seemed necessary or not.

Oh, and the weather is smoking crack or something. Driving home last night, it started as a veritable blizzard. In the parking lot I walked around my car wiping the snow off. By the time I got back to the windshield it was completely covered again. When I got home there was nothing, not even a sign that it had been snowing. Then this morning it seemed like it would be a nice enough day. In the forties around noon, and I went out to get lunch. Of course, it was pouring down rain. By the time I got to lunch the sun was shining, and stayed shining all the way home. An hour or so later, it was another blizzard. Snowing blowing every which way, even up! Now, its bright and sunny, with those innocent puffy clouds.

Superbowl

Yesterday was the Superbowl and I made a mistake. I went out to do my weekly grocery shopping. Actually, it is more like semi-weekly, but the point is I should have known better than to go when everyone in the world is getting food for the game. It's like going present shopping the week before Christmas. Although people were a little friendly now than at Christmas time. Probably because they aren't as stressed.

As for the game itself... This is definitely one of the best Superbowls I've watched. Not the best, but it's up there. I knew it was going to be close, but I wasn't expecting it quite like that. Of course, it's sad to be living in Boston when the Pats lost like that.

It was really odd, as I was coming home last night, there was a ton of traffic leaving South Boston. I'm not really sure where they were coming from, but the line of cars reached out of sight on the main drag.

Going to wrap this up, American Gladiators is on. Crush is hawt! So are Venom and Siren.

An interesting week

A lot of things have been going on this week, actually the last two weeks. Last week, I spent the whole week without a voice. I had a sore throat for four or five days, then I lost my voice, and was without for a week. It was strange too because my throat stopped hurting but I still didn't have a voice for a few more days.

But now I'm feeling better, so it's time for the intersting things to happen outside my body. Hmmmmm... that sounds a little grosser than I intended, oh well.

So the manager of my office had his last day yesterday. He resigned to take a position at another company. My office has about 40 people, and is one of four for the company as a whole. Because we are so small relative to the company as a whole, there is a very different atmosphere than at the home office. A lot of people are worried that with the boss leaving, the corporate atmosphere is going to invade and we'll lose our relaxed collegiate way of life. But, we did have a big party last night, where I drank too many scorpian bowls.

It was really odd because by the time everyone was leaving and the last of us got on the T, I was feeling pretty sober. But when I got home and sat on my couch to check my email, my head began to swim and I was suddenly tipsy again. Very bizarre.

But the really big news is my sister's news. I'm going to be an uncle! There is even a possibility that the kid could be born on my birthday! Probably not, since the child would likely be overdue by a couple of weeks by that point, but I was born a couple of weeks late, so when not my sister's child. I hope she realizes that Uncle Peter will spoil the child until such time as I start having children of my own. It is kind of awkward to keep saying the child, but I won't call the kid it, just because I don't know the sex. Although I'm guessing a girl. Or just to freak my sister out, I'm going to guess three girls and a boy (her sister in-laws keep telling her about multiple births being common in the family or something like that).