Now digital posting

So it's Saturday, we're playing Trivial Pursuit with the boat after a nice dinner altogether down in town at Di Maggio's, an Italian place right in the center of some clubs, a great place for some very eccentric people watching. Sooo since that last analog post...
We tried to practice Friday morning, but Jesse missed the bus and alos it was horrifically windy and rainy so we cancelled practice, came home and chilled out. Went back in the afternoon and it was still really windy but less rainy. We had a pretty crazy practice due to the wind, and we still didn't have a good skeg. After practice, though, Rainier Empacher helped us by putting a fullsized skeg in, which was a pretty impressive gesture as Hudson stole his family's boat design... he didn't have to do it but really hooked us up. So now we have fancy, normal slides, rudder, skeg, and hardware. Woooo. The boat feels way better. Went to lunch yesterday with dad before practice, which was again fun, going through town and to some Italian restaurant. The restaurant ended up being kinda crazy expensive but we found some delicious minestrone and lasagna that we shared.
Last night I must have been crazy tired or something, cause I set my alarm for 8am to get some breakfast, then for 9, then 10, then 11:30 until I got up to catch our 12 o'clock bus. Lots and lots of sleeping. Went down to the course amidst crazy wind and rain and had some lunch, then hung around the course until it was time to go race. We had a fairly shitty semifinal, but we qualified for the final, so that's good. We had a much better start than the heat, which was good, but the rest of the race was pretty mediocre. We beat the Canadians again, sending them to the 2nd final, but lost by just a little bit to Great Britain and Estonia. We really could have gone through them, but didn't, so that sucks. Now we're amped up for the final though, and I really think we can do some serious damage. We just have to put it all together and be very aggressive, and we've got what it takes to blow it open. I'm excited, it will be roller derby for sure.
Other than that, it's just a kind of crazy time, thinking about racing and leaving and plans afterwards and all that. I'm nervous but excited for tomorrow, it's a different feeling than before the race last year. Last year we were stil trying to think we could win but were talking about magical plans to make it happen; this year we just have to stay within ourselves and do what we are capable of and we will win, which feels good. It's really fun to have my dad here and get to see him all the time. Sounds like things at home are going well and I'm excited to get some time off and chill out both in Washington and in Woodside. Then I need to figure out what I'm doing with my life and submit my resume to Mike Callahan...
Time to kick some serious ass like never before.

Music: I'm keeping my iPod on random and trying to see how far through my 11979 songs I can get through. I might have to cancel it tomorrow to listen to some angry music to get ready to kill some people tomorrow, but I'm sure that my 10 hours in Newark Airport will give me plenty of time to see what lurks in the depths of iPodland.