Be-Labored
Ever since I shuffled off the shackles of that last job, I've been having great weekends. I don't know if those two things are related, but it feels like they must be, because every night's been filled with activity and a wide variety of friends who keep me thoroughly and constantly entertained.
Labor Day weekend set the bar even higher. Vodka with multiple groups on Friday, a baseball game whose Teddy controversy was shared with some fantastic folks that I see too rarely, dinner last night with The Best Friends™ and also...well, this weekend I got to do something that I haven't done in a long time that I can't tell you about because I don't tell you about those sorts of things, but me not being able to tell you is probably pretty telling. That's all I'll tell about that.
One thing that I did do on Sunday that I can tell you about is the movie I saw on Sunday, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. It's a fascinating documentary about the all-time high score of Donkey Kong, and while you'll be tempted by it by the possibility of seeing levels of social awkwardness and nerdiness that defy imagination (and will not be disappointed), what you'll be amazed by is the sheer obsession of everyone involved. Donkey Kong's role in the film is secondary; the focus is on selfishness, arrogance, and pure competition. It's an incredible film.
And for those of you keeping score at home, I just picked up a couple paperbacks that I can't wait to read: Spook by Mary Roach, who also wrote the fascinating and hilarious Stiff, and The Blind Side by Michael Lewis who wrote Money Ball. I'm going to try to read them both simultaneously, one with each eye.
I also made a bet in which I claimed that every single coastal state has a town called Surf City. I will probably lose that bet.
2 comments:
Best of luck with that last bit. I suppose it's possible that the good people of Rhode Island have a collective sense of humor finely tuned enough to incorporate a Surf City, RI, but I just don't know.
I'm planning to read Money Ball on your recommendation, but I'm going to wait until the off-season so that maybe football and basketball won't annoy me quite as much as usual.
I didn't even get at as far as Rhode Island. I started logically with Maine and there is no Surf City in Maine. I was honestly surprised. Humor has nothing to do with it. If I thought it was only a sense of humor, I would say that there's no way that there would be Surf Cities in every state. But cheesiness? That's widespread.
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