Knitting, Botany, Mycology, Nature, Adventure, and Life... in no particular order.
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Celtics
So last night I went to my first Celtics game courtesy of a good friend with his family and my fella. Since I hadn’t really watched basketball since I was a kid I was actually a bit nervous about the whole thing. I mean, I’d heard some names of new players but I probably had not seen a game in over a decade. (Keep all those comments about being old to yourselves)
It was GREAT! The game was fun and fast paced, it was easy to know what was going on, there were some good plays, and we won!
Here are a few choice photos:
I of course wore my Chucks… the original basketball shoe. It was thematically appropriate, which made my sweetie laugh.
My fella, our charming buddy, and his Dad behind who actually was responsible for all the tickets. Thanks again!!
Garnett may be a giant, but Pierce is an animal! (Cannot believe I caught this!)
Oh yeah, you all had to know this was coming.
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Wicked Cool →
Sliding scale to see the size of things. From a coffee bean down to a Carbon Atom. Excellent!
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Whip It
I loved the movie. Good music, hip/alternative roller derby vibe, touching moments between friends and family, and lots of female actors in their 30’s having fun and looking awesome, and a really kick-ass food fight. Not too melodramatic, angsty, or sappy.
Though he didn’t come see it, my fella might be right… “It’s like a chick flick for tough chicks.”
Now I just need to go watch some actually Roller Derby…
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Beer differences
Things beer may make seem different (or actually be different)
- Role playing (especially if you are new/nervous)
- Knitting tension
That is all I am currently testing. Results to follow.
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Planning
Some of you who know me may realize that while I am up for spontaneous fun and adventure, I like planning. I think it’s the act or organization, making lists, making piles, plotting courses, etc. If I didn’t like those things I would probably be less good at my job and I probably would not have done as many cool things on vacation in Seattle and San Francisco in the past.
So what am I planning now? Well there is the upcoming and forementioned trip to Maine, which requires good amounts of gathering of various nerdy equipment (and also material to explain and exemplify herbarium practices); a wedding present to make and give to my friends (well after their wedding next month it seems) that has me plotting with cables and with lace; what to make for a ravelry swap partner that lives way off in Canada (yarn to be purchased soon); and a running training schedule!
So the knitting things all seem reasonable and logical and unsurprising. (I spent a good portion of yesterday with graph paper and reference books!) The trip to Maine also seems like a good thing to plan. Showing up at a field station without your favorite reference books or flashlight or collecting gear (or Pooh Bear) would make for a difficult week! And well, of course I want to be organized and prepared to help figure out how the collections there could be handeled and grown, that takes a lot of thinking and energy! But running… that doesn’t seem so plannable, or does it.
A group of friends at work and I are going to participate in the Susan G. Komen 5K run in Massachusetts on September 26th. People will be running, joging, walking, pushing strollers, etc all to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research in Massachusetts. In addition to feeling like it was a good time to step up and raise some money, I felt like it was good time to step up my running game, so I joined a team. While there is no real onus by the team to run, and our training is fun, I have decided to go for it. 5K is a mere 3.1 miles, and I hope to really give it my all. Hence the planning. I have a decent schedule for the 8 weeks before the race and I hope to get my time in at 27 minutes at the highest. Right now I can do it in about 31-33 minutes so that seems reasonable. BUT this is planning that now leads into longer term planning…
I am giong to sign up and run my first ever 1/2 marathon in November! The Harvard Pilgrim Maine Coast Half Marathon in York ME! Whew! I’m excited/terrified, but now I have plenty of time to plan. Anyone want to join me?
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Sum Magna Anas
This is Roland Anas, duck #10 from the Odd Ducks swap group on Ravelry. Roland seemed both a good name for the little fellow and harks back to Roland Thaxter, mycologist and entomologist who did a great deal of world traveling.
He and I have also visitied the HMNH together so far
And then he helped me at work
Hopefully this weekend we’ll go the the Boston Public Gardens and visit the Swan Boats and the Make Way for Ducklings statues.
