playing tour guide
Sampleminded came to visit over the weekend on his first west coast tour, and I volunteered to show him around the city. This is a little ironic, since you who know me know how easily I get lost in that smelliness known as San Francisco, not to mention my inherent dislike of the city after spending approximately 22 years of my life in or around this politically correct wasteland. Nevertheless, I did my best as tour guide, and we even managed to take a hike through Muir Woods (the national park where some say Mr. Lucas found his inspiration for Endor), which was new to me. I had been to nearby Mt. Tam (Tamalpais), but we ended up hiking all the way into this park again after taking a detour off the beaten, or rather, paved path at Muir. I took some photos, as the tourist in me is prone to do, although my little Canon is getting more and more temperamental after the dropping incident. The photos are up on the images page for your perusal. Not my typical artistic endeavors, but it’s been a pretty long weekend.
I did manage to drag Sampleminded to my women’s league game Saturday night, since he missed my hockey debut when I was in Pittsburgh. He must be good luck, because I scored my second goal ever with the help of a very good assist from a teammate in the corner. In the next period, I had a fantastic breakaway which I totally blew due to not being able to grab ahold of my stick with my right hand before getting run over by someone else, but I guess even divine intervention wasn’t going to give me two points in one game when prior to that I never scored.
