Okay… September 8th isn’t quite August 31st… but that’s cool. I’m blogging a lot sooner than I might have. In my last entry, and the one before that, I stated that I’d be digging up some past memories to put on the blog. I’ll definitely get to that but first I’d like to write about this past weekend.
For the second straight year, Jen and I traveled down to Piney Point Maryland for the annual Labor Day Pig Roast. This event is thrown each year by the super awesome Dad of one of Jen’s close friends. Unlike last year, rain didn’t drench the large plot of land her father owns before we got there. So playing Ultimate Frisbee, rolling around in the grass, and being spastic in general was a lot easier than the previous visit. While I normally pride myself on being in shape, Ultimate Frisbee showed me just how out of shape I’ve fallen. You could say that the slippery slope began back when I quit Jiu Jitsu in 2004. It really wasn’t much of an option. I could have continued and sacrificed a few meals a week but I wasn’t dedicated enough for that route. That and I really didn’t see the point of draining a few hundred dollars a month into something that really wasn’t doing much for me at the time.
It became startlingly evident to me after our first play that I didn’t quite have the stamina that I had years earlier. That and the fact that beer never mixes well with physical activity. I can’t remember too much about the game other than that I gained a new appreciation for oxygen. It was however tons of fun. This was followed by massive amounts of pig, spicy hot dogs, and more beer.
One of the more memorable parts of the trip came on Saturday night, when our group proceeded to play “Personality Guess Who?” I’m sure most people are familiar with the common children’s board game “Guess Who?” Well, this is a slightly modernized and perverse version of the same game. Instead of asking what the physical characteristics of the mystery person might be, players ask what the personality type is based on their looks.
Yes! Its a shallow version of the game. However, it creates interesting descriptions. For example your game could go something like this:
-Does your person look like they could be a pedophile?
Answer: Maybe. Although an act of sexual deviance wouldn’t be beyond them.
This went on for several rounds. The conclusion of all of this was that I was a very good judge of character. My team won 3 out of 4 games. I suggest anyone who has this timeless game gathering dust in their parents closet dust it off and give it a second try. This time with new rules.
While I may have been away from New York for the weekend, I didn’t completely leave my ways behind me. I came loaded with two video cameras and shot at least two hours of footage. What am I going to do with this footage you might ask? Well, I plan on doing an editing exercise that will be quite humorous. So all I can say is that I’ll have something to show by the end of the week.
I also intend on putting Charetta’s live performance on the site by the end of the week. They had a tremendous performance at Crash Mansion in July that the world must see. Hopefully people will visit my little site and witness one of the better bands coming out of New York. And one of the few bands that aren’t hipsters.
I think that’s all for today. I’m sure there are more stories from Pig Roast that will come to me but for now I think that’s enough. Updates will be done far more often so please keep checking back in if you are reading.