Started prep work for the dinner party this Friday, chopping chopping chopping or watching Leah chopping. Made some wonton soup for dinner last night. Ran Stadium Tuesday night, dinner by Leah. Practice tonight, it's still cold out. Dinner and Second City on Saturday with Leah and her Aunt and Uncle. And hopefully a nice lazy Sunday with a scrimmage against Xolo. Sounds really busy. Crazy. Oh, happy October.

It happens from time to time. I start to slip. And so it goes, and so it goes. Weekend was good, Friday night dinner party went well, asian food cooks quick, except for chopping and prep work. Saturday practice, errands, then dinner at Dinotto's before Second City. Both were fabulous, the lobster ravioli and "No, Seriously, We're All Gonna Die" was hilarious. Both were in the company of Leah's Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin. Lazy Sunday post Xolo scrimmage, which takes us into the work week. And that continues. Taking the week off, saving strength for regionals this weekend in Naperville. Parents are getting Satellite internet, finally, and I've picked up an Apple wireless bluetooth mouse, which is very nice. Not as cool looking as the blue led modded pro mouse, but still, very nice.

I forgot to mention a blog I've started reading: MediaTinker It's an expat living in Japan.

I'm the proud new owner of a 12" Powerbook G4. It's pretty sweet. Calibrated the battery last night, not going to do too much with it until Panther comes in a couple of weeks, but will comes in handy. It's good to have a laptop again. What's also cool is connecting using my t68i over bluetooth and GPRS. That's really cool. Bluetooth rocks. Besides that excitement, I've got to rename the computers, so I'm looking for suggestions. I finally finished up the dishes from last Friday's dinner party. Looking forward to doing some laundry tonight. And what's up with the weather? 80 in October? Crazy, like the Cubs in the league championship series and Gov. Arnold. Crazy. What a wonderful world.

Not much going on this week. Working, waiting for Regionals. Dinner last night was leftovers, still, from last friday. Still reading the WildCard series of books, up to middle of Book VII. I'm starting to get bored so I don't know if I'll stick through till the twelfth. That's a strange word, twelfth. Leah and I took a walk last night over to Wrigley to see the spectacle that is Cubs in October. A little crazy, but not too crazy since the Cubbies were killing the Marlins, not that exciting. But with the Cubs and the Red Sox in play, eve I'm checking up on baseball. And that's pretty crazy.

Kaze did it. We actually did it. We took 2nd in the Central Region, going 5-1, behind the Carleton Alumni squad. We're going to Nationals. We're going to Sarasota on Halloween. We made it to Nationals. I'm still a little in shock, not quite fully comprehending this new fact in my life. It's good. Friday Leah and I did laundry, made some cookies, watched Bend It Like Beckham. Saturday Kaze won our pool, beating Flaming Moe by a mere 1 point. We then lost to Carleton by 1 in the semis. Dinner was Rock Bottom, listening and watching the Cubs win. Sunday was Sally's Birthday, and Kaze matching up against Chad Larson, to whom we've lost twice before, and this time we came out on top, by a couple. Then we got to face Hot Action, in our first and only meeting of the season, after they lost to Carleton in the 1st place game. We beat them by 3 to take the 2nd spot and our first trip to Nationals. Crazy. Absolutely crazy. For most of Kaze it's our first trip ever, with any team. And we celebrated with a Kaze party at Bryan, Tony, and Carlo's with Mantonios and football, and a pop culture showdown between CBR and KK. Entertaining and fun. And we're going to Nationals.

Got Kaze a place to stay in 3 weeks, Sarasota Surf and Racquet Club. Nice place, expensive though. Not much else to say. Days go by pretty quickly. Going to try and get out to a track to run tonight, try and run a stadium tomorrow, practice Thursday, and that's as far as my plans go. I'd really like to fix my data center, it needs a good cleaning and redesign. Maybe sit down and watch a couple movies, something low key. I'm still trying to come to terms with going to Nationals. I see our team name on the UPA Championships Website and I get a shiver down my spine. Goosebumps. I can't wait.

So instead of track last night, Leah and I made fried rice and watched Matrix: Reloaded. Didn't really get too into it, or try and figure it out the second time around, as I was also ripping CD's at the same time. Maybe more analysis on another viewing. Stadiums tonight, and track for an exciting Friday night.

It just wasn't meant to be. No Red Sox - Cubs World Series. Pause. Moving on. My knee is bugging a little, so I haven't decided on running tonight or not. It didn't bother me enough to stop Stadiums or practice, but maybe I'll take it easy. Got a tourney in 2 weeks that I need to at least play at. I've got iTunes at work, on a Windows XP box, pretty sweet. No music store, so I actually haven't seen the new one yet, but I'm sure I will, eventually. Practice is all I got planned for this weekend. Going to see Kill Bill tonight. Vol 1. that is.

Wandered around Michigan Ave before Kaze night at Fogo de Chao last night and got to play with some PDA's. The Tugsten T2 is really really small. Screen's really good though. The keyboard on the Tugsten C is way too small for me to use. Those were at the Apple Store, which didn't have the newest firmware on their display iPods. At the Sony store down the street they had the UX-50 on display. That is a sweet little machine. Tiny, usuable keyboard. It's really cool. And then Sony Ericsson announced the P900 and T630 cell phones. I think my next cell phone will eventually be the P900. I just miss having addresses handy, the only thing I'm missing from my t68i. In other news, weekend was good, dinner Saturday with parents and family friends, a walk in the park, and lots of sleep. Practice was boot on Saturday, playing on Sunday, Alias Sunday Night. The days definitely are flying by.

Managed to miss another day. My attention span is dropping, either that or not enough exciting things are happening on a daily basis anymore. Track tuesday night. Dinner at Rise. Still hungry for Sai and traditional good sushi. Wednesday dinner at Chicago Pizza and Grinder Oven or something. Brownie sundae at Ben and Jerry's. Hats from Active Endeavors. Practice tonight.

Okay, got my bags packed, I'm ready to go. Pretty soon I'll be on my way down south. Sun, Fun, and Ultimate. Keep track at the Score-o-matic. Watch Kaze tear it up. Good stuff in store. Staying at the Sarasota Surf and Racquet Club. Gonna be a good time. Recap: Friday Panther install. Pretty sweet. Saturday busy, practice, lunch with Leah and Alison at Chicago Diner, watching Lost in Translation, good flick, dinner with Elisa, Christie (Leah's roommates) and Kathryn (their sister) and Leah and Alison at Abu Nawa's. Sunday practice and laundry. Monday sushi at Shine. Tuesday sushi at Sai. Packing. And now the next 5 days, Florida.