So I had the best offensive game of my life tonight playing for my dad's firm's modified pitch softball team. - sadly in a losing effort...but it's still exciting enough to share!
1st at-bat: RBI Double to RF
2nd AB: 3 Run Home-Run to RF (My first home run ever!)
3rd AB: Triple to CF
4th AB: 2 RBI Single to RF (Hit for the cycle!)
5th AB: Single to CF
5 for 5, 6 RBI, 3 Runs Scored ...it was a pretty exciting night, and I swear I wasn't jucing.
- Chris
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Week In Review
It's been an interesting week. I've been challenged by others, I've challenged myself, and it's caused me to think about a lot of things. Instead of a succinct narrative, here's the week in review as footnotes:
- Wednesday I realized that there's not many people in my life these days that are challenging me. I've become so used to being challenged from so many directions, that now when it does happen I tend to get defensive and try to "resolve" the challenge ASAP. It's hard for me to totally comprehend the wisdom in "living the question" instead of obsessing over getting it solved and move past it. Of course this is easy to write after I've had a few days to think about after someone
challenged me on Wednesday...but I'm modest enough to know when they're right and to step back and look at things honestly.
- That being said, I was pretty down on myself Wednesday - so I decided to train extra-hard @ Tiger Schulmann's. I ended up smacking around a heavy bag for 30 min, followed by an hour of grappling, an hour of kickboxing, another hour of grappling, and one last hour of kickboxing. I left there no longer feeling down on myself, and quite a bit sore.
- Thursday was a better day, and I was able to think with a more level head. I went back to TSK and did another 3.5 hours of work for good measure. It's a great feeling to work through the plateau I'd been stuck at for a few months.
- Went climbing at Brooklyn Boulders on Friday with my new climbing gear, and my buddy Mike of Phattire fame. His blog has some snapshots and video links, courtesty of his iPhone. It's more than a supplement to my martial arts training, it's another way for me to challenge myself. More than that, it's a great opportunity to chill to good tunes, enjoy the awesome climbing community, and hang out with good people like Mike:
Chris: "I've been trying to blog more - it's a good way for me to share my thoughts. I've stopped caring about what people will think about what I have to say, and just say it."
Mike: "Well I don't care about what you have to say."
...good times.
- Saturday was spent with Alexandra, and we toured the Botanical Gardens, happened upon a street fair, she got her mani/pedi, and we did dinner @ di Nico's in Little Italy (I'd give it a 7/10 - good food at a fair price). I surprised her later in the night by taking her past the White Rabbit bar, and lucked out that her good friend Orion was 'tending. Orion is the lead guy in The Orion Experience, an incredible band I've gottent to see live once, and they're getting very popular lately, with songs on major TV shows, and playing some big venues. I'm not a big music guy, but T.O.E. is very very good. Afterwards, we stopped for snacks at the Sugar Cafe, 2 blocks east on Houston & Allen St. - recreating the last 2 stops of the night we
first met almost 15 months ago. It was a great day to relax and simply enjoy time with Alexandra.
- Sunday was brunch with Alex, then cleaning/work/reading time while Alex wrote a paper. At night it was another meeting of the fledgling Upper Manhattan Dancers, Gamers & Drinkers Club (acronym and by-laws still a work in progress) :) A fun evening of Dixit, Carcassone, and Kill Dr. Lucky ensued.
The most important part of this past week was being able to sit back, enjoy time spent with my friends, while still embracing the challenges of others, as well as challenging myself to grow. More and more I've able to stop being a self-critic, embrace my flaws, and just go out and try new things, meet new people, create new things, and develop more wisdom.
- chris
- Wednesday I realized that there's not many people in my life these days that are challenging me. I've become so used to being challenged from so many directions, that now when it does happen I tend to get defensive and try to "resolve" the challenge ASAP. It's hard for me to totally comprehend the wisdom in "living the question" instead of obsessing over getting it solved and move past it. Of course this is easy to write after I've had a few days to think about after someone
challenged me on Wednesday...but I'm modest enough to know when they're right and to step back and look at things honestly.
- That being said, I was pretty down on myself Wednesday - so I decided to train extra-hard @ Tiger Schulmann's. I ended up smacking around a heavy bag for 30 min, followed by an hour of grappling, an hour of kickboxing, another hour of grappling, and one last hour of kickboxing. I left there no longer feeling down on myself, and quite a bit sore.
- Thursday was a better day, and I was able to think with a more level head. I went back to TSK and did another 3.5 hours of work for good measure. It's a great feeling to work through the plateau I'd been stuck at for a few months.
- Went climbing at Brooklyn Boulders on Friday with my new climbing gear, and my buddy Mike of Phattire fame. His blog has some snapshots and video links, courtesty of his iPhone. It's more than a supplement to my martial arts training, it's another way for me to challenge myself. More than that, it's a great opportunity to chill to good tunes, enjoy the awesome climbing community, and hang out with good people like Mike:
Chris: "I've been trying to blog more - it's a good way for me to share my thoughts. I've stopped caring about what people will think about what I have to say, and just say it."
Mike: "Well I don't care about what you have to say."
...good times.
- Saturday was spent with Alexandra, and we toured the Botanical Gardens, happened upon a street fair, she got her mani/pedi, and we did dinner @ di Nico's in Little Italy (I'd give it a 7/10 - good food at a fair price). I surprised her later in the night by taking her past the White Rabbit bar, and lucked out that her good friend Orion was 'tending. Orion is the lead guy in The Orion Experience, an incredible band I've gottent to see live once, and they're getting very popular lately, with songs on major TV shows, and playing some big venues. I'm not a big music guy, but T.O.E. is very very good. Afterwards, we stopped for snacks at the Sugar Cafe, 2 blocks east on Houston & Allen St. - recreating the last 2 stops of the night we
first met almost 15 months ago. It was a great day to relax and simply enjoy time with Alexandra.
- Sunday was brunch with Alex, then cleaning/work/reading time while Alex wrote a paper. At night it was another meeting of the fledgling Upper Manhattan Dancers, Gamers & Drinkers Club (acronym and by-laws still a work in progress) :) A fun evening of Dixit, Carcassone, and Kill Dr. Lucky ensued.
The most important part of this past week was being able to sit back, enjoy time spent with my friends, while still embracing the challenges of others, as well as challenging myself to grow. More and more I've able to stop being a self-critic, embrace my flaws, and just go out and try new things, meet new people, create new things, and develop more wisdom.
- chris
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