...i have everything done...directions printed, score sheets copied, car washed (it was covered in salt from my trip to utica on monday, and i decided that a little visibility might be kind of cool), gas tank full, wine and other necessary beverages purchased, laundry done, suitcase packed, applicable phone numbers programmed into cell phone...i ( Read more... )

...would rather attack the camera than pose for photos. but i did manage to get this one:


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this past weekend was amazing...i had both an awesome time and a not-too-shabby performance, and i only have all of you to thank for the fact that i am still buzzing right now...but not from all the drinking i did...that finally wore off sometime last night ( Read more... )

...and since i was going to write up my games from tuesday but don't feel like getting the scoresheets out of the car...

( six silly random facts about sam )

i have way too much to do today and i'm a slave to ups second delivery attempt. but, this made wasting my day online worth it.

2-1 at utica monday night. 0-2 at denny's (informal club of two) after, 1-0 for the only game i could make it for in albany last night.

( hopefully not my last games before albany )

i must make a clarification about my feelings about being in the top of the bottom division in albany. my lack of enthusiasm has less to do with ratings and more to do with the kind of game i like to play -- anyone who knows how much time i spent getting my ass kicked by considerably better players can understand that i would rather lose a ( Read more... )

i went 1-6 minus a gazillion in north salem yesterday. being that this was my first really shitty tournament, i'm not that upset about it. being that i ended up as the bottom seed in d2, i had an easy shot at hitting 1200 for albany, but it didn't happen. not even close ( Read more... )

when the alarm went off, i was passed out on my laptop (in bed), several windows open, friends wondering what happened to me. several moments later, i realized i was quite hungover. i came home from work wednesday night and made a couple drinks, but in retrospect may have put (a lot) of vodka in one of them twice...not a good thing to combine with ( Read more... )

i refuse to participate in the gift giving/receiving process this holiday season. first, it supports everything that i hate. second, i wouldn't know where to start and where to stop. and finally, money that i don't have will be spent exclusively on scrabble tournaments and related costs ( Read more... )