Hey, speaking of birthdays and dorkiness, check it out! I got a European-style boardgame for my birthday!
I bring this up because it's a 3-4 person game, and there are only two of Mrs.5000 & me, unless you count Caliban, and frankly he stinks at strategy games. So, any of you City of Rose people feel like throwing down?
Monday Night Weigh-In!
Fitness-Type Activities Engaged in this week: Eleven days ago, I did something that always gives me much joy: I created a spreadsheet. In this case, it is a spreadsheet of exercise. And, I think it's working: I've entered a value for distance run or biked for 10 of the last 11 days.
Diet-Type Activities: There were lots of celebrations over the last few weeks, but in general I think I've been doing a reasonable job of eating relatively sensibly.
Tomatoes: Mrs.5000's garden tomatoes have been ripening!
Now, of course I was curious to find out whether every tomato person on the planet was right, and garden-fresh tomatoes are just that much better! And you know, despite my bluster, it certainly seemed likely that such common knowledge would turn out to be correct. Verdict? Well... I will allow that the intensely flavorful garden tomatoes seem not to be, as I had feared, much worse than the store-bought variety.
Weight: 206.2 lbs, which is -2.2 lbs from two weeks ago. But, I think I might be a little dehydrated.
Is Settlers of Catan European? I didn't know that. I will absolutely play with you guys when I get back to the states, I don't totally remember the rules, but I remember it being very interactive.
ReplyDeleteAnd I remember my roommate throwing a hissy fit and getting mad at me when I won by building the longest road. So I ammend my offer to play with you - I will absolutely play with you guys provided no one throws a hissy fit should I happen to win. =)
PS - I would like Caliban on my team. ;)
ReplyDeleteI've got wood for sheep.
ReplyDeletea couple years ago i had a thanksgiving dinner at my house and two people came who were friends of friends and they brought this game. and proceeded to argue and gritch at each other and everyone else while playing. i concluded that this game is not good for building interpersonal relationships.
ReplyDeletei hope you fare better with it.
Settlers of Catan is great - I'll play it if I happen to be up your direction!
ReplyDeleteYeah if you don't like the flavour of store bought tomatoes, I can't really see the flavour of vine-ripened ones working out for you. What do you not like? The slight fuzziness of the taste? The acidity?
ReplyDeleteThe Settlers of Catan looks sort of like Carcassonne, which I love. Let me know if it's any fun!
ReplyDeletei think shu-ju could have brought a "dork out" button for everyone there and they all would have appreciated it -- lest you think you were the only dork at the party. ;)
ReplyDeleteOops, I should've at least brought one for the b-day star at least! And now I don't even remember where I got it, it was SO long ago. (It had been clanging around in my bag for months.)
ReplyDeleteThe next time I am in town, we can play Settlers, I've lost everytime I've played...
ReplyDeleteI don't think your Microsoft Paint proclivities make you crazy, but your dislike for tomatoes makes me think you ought to be shipped off to the loony bin.
ReplyDeleteWow! What an awesome birthday present!
ReplyDelete(Up to you to figure out if I'm sarcastic or not.)
(But whatever makes you happy.)