Entries from June 2006

June 17, 2006

PDX Softball, Flu Style.

Friday night was fog. My head was pounding, splitting.
I was functioning at 30%. I had to pick up a rental car, pack my softball bag, prepare food to eat during the tournament, and… finish a pretty major project for my sister.
I’ve got some kind of sinus infection, or flu, or god-knows-what.
I dragged myself [...]

June 6, 2006

Judgement

I don’t live up to my own standards.
I constantly have people telling me to cut myself a break.  I find that, more often than not, the break-cutting is a conscious, forced effort.  My natural impulse is to crack my whip, kick my ass, slap me around a little bit and scream at me to shape [...]

June 2, 2006

Rally Caps

This weekend was supposed to be my first tournament with the A-listers. I was getting pumped up, preparing to vomit before the first game, laying out my lucky socks and t-shirts. I rented a car for the purpose of transporting my body and gear there and back. I was about to rock [...]