perfectly improvised friday

[i forgot to mention waking up to shpongle - dorset perception (total eclipse remix) - fantastic!]

i don't think urchin and i are friends anymore, based on her lack of enthusiasm when bailing on breakfast this morning. i came home, hunted down the velcro for my guards and pockets (but took so long that i didn't actually begin sewing it in), then napped for twenty minutes before getting ready for the day.

i bladed to the park - lately that's become an experience since the construction taking place around the north side of ibn gvirol encompasses about seven or eight streets and is exceptionally difficult to traverse on wheels - and [EGADS! stubbing my left pinky-toe while returning from grabbing a cup of water - *OUCH*] we got off to a good start.

it was a hot, sunny day, everyone was in good spirits and we all managed the inverted wall i was chirping about last week... in fact, i think my achievement was greatly overshadowed by the others' style improvement :P
and, as with last week, the rest of the walls were made that much more difficult afterwards. either i couldn't move my arms, or my hands would get to the right place and be unable to grip... i've got a long way to go before my next great achievement :P

i wasn't ready to leave at 4.30pm, but did so anyway so as to make the rollerblading group on time. when i discovered that the group was only meeting an hour later (yay, summer hours!) i went back, but everyone else was beaten too so we called it a day and stopped for a beer instead.

the route was brilliant - skipper was in the lead, and he chose well. our discussion of tuesday's events lasted all of five sentences, and it appears that we're both interested in that girl... *sigh*

part of the route was going past a beach party that he'd heard about - i don't know how i hadn't, as a bunch of my friends were there! i said hi, semi-stomped (with wheels, it's not natural) and then left with the group; only to split when we were parallel to my place and come home to change and head back to the beach.

i made it in time for a good session, the music was amazing and most of the crowd were great. i finally discovered that awkward girl isn't ignoring me, as i received a warm and friendly greeting when i introduced myself. without sharing any more than a "how do you do", though, we hit the point of no response and i shifted gear back to the dancefloor. i hope that's not interpreted badly (i mean, after all that :P)

skipper rocked up still on blades, left to change, and didn't make it back before we'd reached the last track. the music left us all on such a high that a few of us contemplated throwing a roof party, but the idea didn't travel well. i'd had a bit too much arak, and slowly walked it home with me, feeling absolutely excellent about my day.

once home, it was food / popcorn / chocolate while online / watching rome, and showering somewhere in all of that. now it's time for bed. an early night, but only because i was completely exhausted the entire day. i'm extremely glad i don't listen to my body :)

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this is an insanely beautiful video called pixels

holy bat, crapman! there's a prince of persia movie coming. that means we're gonna have to watch it.

nystire's link to an article on a very particular kind of leech. as i told him:
"one single jaw, eight very large teeth and extremely small genitalia? - reminds me of someone i once worked with"

i thank my sister for her email asking if i'd eat from this weird and wonderful bakery. i think i would! (it's only bread :))

someone i used to be good friends with sent me a link to geekologie, which is not something that a friend of mine would do. the first link i clicked ate seven minutes of my life right off the bat: best fails of 2009.

the chat roulette improv guy reminds me of jemaine.