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This is a shot of what we look like after a softball game. Maybe it's a little better today than recent games. We're now 1-9. That means 9 losses straight for us. We played decent defense, and kept pace with the game. No big blowout innings, it was a little up, a little down, and we came up a run short tonite. There were some stellar highlight reel type of plays. The dude wearing Adidas is Mike,...
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This is a shot of what we look like after a softball game. Maybe it’s a little better today than recent games. We’re now 1-9. That means 9 losses straight for us. We played decent defense, and kept pace with the game. No big blowout innings, it was a little up, a little down, and we came up a run short tonite. There were some stellar highlight reel type of plays. The dude wearing Adidas is Mike, he made two insane over the head catches that I was sure were home runs. He gets a late jump, but somehow stretches like a person at a finish line to make the play. It’s Willie Mays shit. I swear, but twice. Take that Willie. At this point, I can only seek the rad moments of a game, since we’ve been losers almost this entire season. Single moments where something neat happens is all I can hold on to. A funny base running incident, a good throw, a dive-yet a miss, a great hard hit that yields nothing except for a lot of distance, and some positive vibes, that kind of stuff. The photo above captures the hesitancy after a game, where big dude Jason is waiting for anyone except for himself to make a suggestion on where to go eat. When we win, it’s a definite, but when we lose, sometimes, we go straight home losers. So this season, we lose, and we usually go somewhere, but I know Jason is tired of saying, “Norms” or “Carrows” or “Dennys” so he waits for someone to make a move. If not, then he’s on it. Bill, the homerun hitter tells it like it is, we are going to The Counter. At The Counter, you can build your own burgers, there’s a clipboard and you pick what you want, on it, from pineapple to salsa. Anything you want. The beef comes in three sizes, 1/3, 2/3, or 1 pound. It took longer to get a seat, but this was our last game before the holidays, so it was a send off from softball and the relationships from it in 2007, at least for some of us. The factions of new friends, old friends, and family will see each other, but some won’t see any of us, so it’s a “laters” until the first game in 08. Above is the special Bloody Mary burger, which seems like an odd name for a fish burger. Some slaw, pieces of celery, a thick bread which differed from the burgers, a dark lettuce, adorned, the patty which was filled with spices that pretty much attack your taste buds in just the right ways. It’s really good. Our group of 7 shared two orders of sweet potato fries and the onion strings. They open until 10, so once in a while, this can be our spot.
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Tons of boxes, this is our storage space. What's in them? Book distro, some back issues, old paper work, receipts, and spiders! The best thing about seeing the spiders is I'll know that my stock is protected from little critters. Gladly, I don't have to go out there too often, but it always feel good to see this spot. The converse is that ideally, it should be empty, which means, it's all in other...
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Tons of boxes, this is our storage space. What’s in them? Book distro, some back issues, old paper work, receipts, and spiders! The best thing about seeing the spiders is I’ll know that my stock is protected from little critters. Gladly, I don’t have to go out there too often, but it always feel good to see this spot. The converse is that ideally, it should be empty, which means, it’s all in other people’s hands. On the way to or from the space, I stop at SHAKAS. I’ve been back from Hawaii for a while, but with that clear memory in tact, it’s nice to have Hawaiian food in LA. But why is it that Hawaiian food isn’t really “hot”? It tastes good, and you’d think it would be more popular that a Yoshinoya Beef bowl, but it’s not. How many Hawaiian food besides Islands, can you name? Mochiko chicken, sesame chicken, hulihuli chicken, chili rice, saimin, it’s all there. But again, why aren’t they more common? Is it too fatty? A lot of Hawaiian food is based on size and quantity, and savory flavors. Is it just weird, since Hawaii is a state with it’s own cuisine. As in, “let’s go to Nevadan Food!” and it’s buffet, or “let’s have some Idahoan food!” and it’s potatoes. Maybe they need another name besides, “Hawaiian food”. What else could it be? “Island food?” Either way, even if it’s not popular, I like Hawaiian food and wish I could have it more often. Maybe it’ll take Colt Brennan to win the Heisman, and Hawaii to take the Sugar Bowl to make Hawaii just a little more known. Check out this fan site / business. I do hope Hawaii wins the Sugar Bowl on January 1. In lieu of Christmas gifts, that’s what I want. Back to Shaka’s. Here’s their shave ice. On par with Hawaiian shave ice, since I hear they use the same machine as Matsumoto’s – as you saw in some blog photos past. The Hawaiian syrups make this really good. Strawberry and passion fruit are probably among the best flavors.
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