Bladder of steel!
May 11, 2009 00:37 Filed in: Life
Tonight, with the help of 6 other great friends, we
played all 84 songs in Rock Band 2’s Endless Setlist
going non-stop getting 5-stars on each song
(medium difficulty) without any pauses (~6.5
hours). It’s an arduous task as there were
several times the mic wasn’t working, or we
feared a cord being unplugged, or when the xbox
started to freeze or even two songs where we got
the 5th star on the last notes we played
together. Crazy! THe last couple hours were the
toughest as the songs were harder and, for the
most part, not fun to sing along to (lots of
speed metal), but we persevered. Thanks to Sarah
(drummer extraordinaire), Ben (string guru),
Troy (Mr Bass Man), Eric (it’s OK, I can sing
it), Vickie (How does this song go?), and
Merinda (arrived for the last hour to sing this
crap?). Pictures added shortly (we filmed it at
various times for posterity).
Yesterday I hosted a game night and put up my new badminton set in the back (after spending the day trimming the trees to make room for it all). It’s a perfect, though tight, fit and we played into the night using glowing birdies - fun! Had another great turnout - ~14 for games. Mandi also stopped by earlier in the week for a game night in her honor with a high of 13 for a Wed night and folks staying until near 1am after tons of good food and fellowship. I truly feel lucky to have such great friends!
Also related to the bladder, last weekend Lizzy & I drove to Wichita on Saturday, visited with high school friends (Clint!), caught up with Fred, and had dinner with my mother & Grandmother, then drove to Dallas to see the King Tut exhibit, stayed with Bavana (the perfect hostess) and drove back to Omaha straight on Monday arriving 10 hours later just in time to play 90mins of ultimate frisbee. Lizzy tried to hold out ~2.5 hours between potty breaks (she hardly drank anything to help). We also enjoyed some Braums twice that weekend - joy!
Weekly movie nights continue to go well. It’s hard to spend much time in the dark basement though with it being so nice and light late into the evening.
Arthur has been more of a pain than usual this past month or so. I’m changing meds after 10 years - a bit anxious about it all. In another not so positive observation, I’m reminded again at how small Omaha still is. Still very single after my 2 years here.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom & Grandmas!
Yesterday I hosted a game night and put up my new badminton set in the back (after spending the day trimming the trees to make room for it all). It’s a perfect, though tight, fit and we played into the night using glowing birdies - fun! Had another great turnout - ~14 for games. Mandi also stopped by earlier in the week for a game night in her honor with a high of 13 for a Wed night and folks staying until near 1am after tons of good food and fellowship. I truly feel lucky to have such great friends!
Also related to the bladder, last weekend Lizzy & I drove to Wichita on Saturday, visited with high school friends (Clint!), caught up with Fred, and had dinner with my mother & Grandmother, then drove to Dallas to see the King Tut exhibit, stayed with Bavana (the perfect hostess) and drove back to Omaha straight on Monday arriving 10 hours later just in time to play 90mins of ultimate frisbee. Lizzy tried to hold out ~2.5 hours between potty breaks (she hardly drank anything to help). We also enjoyed some Braums twice that weekend - joy!
Weekly movie nights continue to go well. It’s hard to spend much time in the dark basement though with it being so nice and light late into the evening.
Arthur has been more of a pain than usual this past month or so. I’m changing meds after 10 years - a bit anxious about it all. In another not so positive observation, I’m reminded again at how small Omaha still is. Still very single after my 2 years here.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom & Grandmas!
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