McSweeney's Issue #4
I'm been meaning to ask this of my readers for some time. If you know anyone that has a copy of McSweeney's Issue #4 that they want to sell let me know. I have looked on EBay but I want something that I don't have to bid for (besides some of those bidders are crazy - especially if the book is unopened). I just want it to read. I realize this is a longshot but it's worth a chance.
This is the Real Content
So about curling last weekend. For those of you who know anything about curling you know it's not really as easy as it seems on TV. Our team consisted of our skip (who has curled for a couple of years), the vice (who just started curling more than once a year this last year), the second (myself who had curled 4 times before this day) and the first (this was her second time curling, her first time was last year at the same event). We actually did alright. The first game was against a couple of professors from the University (which seemed fitting since our team was made up of graduate students). Actually two of the people on the team were my supervisor and the firsts supervisor. We played a great game until the last two ends where there were a couple of screwed up throws so that the final score ended at 10 to 3 for them. I attribute this large spread to one of the accidents that occured where I was sweeping a rock, lost my footing, slipped on the ice and on the way day hit the rock causing it to deviate from it's path and taking it out of play. It would have been a sweet shot as well.
The second game we played against a team that had only one good player but this player was amazing. It was a see-saw battle with our team making points on 3 of the ends and the other team making points on the other 3 ends. The final score of the game was a 6-6 tie. We could have beaten them but once again we had a couple of crappy shots in the final end.
The charity (Hospice of Waterloo) made a fair amount of money that day with around 16 teams making a minimum of 400 dollars each. I believe that one team made close to 4000 dollars themselves and our team made around 600. It was a fun day and I'm sure I will be playing again next year.
Friday Five - Feb. 7th, 2003
Another Friday Five. I promise that I will add some real content after this one. I never did talk about curling last weekend.
1. What did you have for breakfast this morning? If you didn't have breakfast, why not?
I had a banana this morning. I usually don't eat breakfast since I rarely have the time. If I do have something it is usually a piece of fruit that I can jam down my gullet (bonus points for the use of the word "gullet") in a couple of seconds and then be out the door.
2. What's your favorite cereal?
One of the sugar cereals. Either Lucky Charms or Count Chocula. We always had sugar cereals when I was younger and I have the cavities to prove it :)
3. How often do you eat out? Do you want that to change?
One or twice a week. A small group of graduate students always go out for lunch on Friday plus there is always a chance that I'll either go out and get something for dinner one night a week or someone will be in town and we will go out. I'm not counting when I buy lunch and eat it in the office since I just tend to go to the Coffee and Donuts shop at the university (where they have more than coffee and donuts).
4. What do you plan on having for dinner tonight? Got a recipe for that?
I am going to my parents place tonight so probably whatever they are eating. I tend to eat little for dinner on Friday since lunch is usually quite enough to last me for two meals.
5. What's your favorite restaurant? Why?
Fast food restaurant I would have to say either Taco Bell (Toxic Hell as I like to call it) or Burger King. Real restaurants I don't think I have a favorite. I like trying different ones whenever I can. There are a couple asian restaurants (vietnamese, thai etc) that I like but not really one in particular.
