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We had a softball game on thursday. We beat the only team who beat us this year, 15-14. I haven’t picked up a bat for a month, and although I began the game with a weak short fly ball hit, and then did it again on my next at bat, I wasn’t feeling like I was at my best. The next at bats were decent, a regular basehit when I was out of pitches, then a grand slam homerun to tie the game up at 12 with two outs. Another inning, then the other team, Eli’s (the team we played) got another two runs (how do they keeping doing this?), then it was our last at bat. Two more runs, by way of a homer, then after getting two on with one out, I got up again, and since I went 4 for 4, I was due for an out. Hit into the worst possible thing, a double play to end the game? I took the first pitch and hit one pretty hard towards first base, a weak attempt at a scoop, the throw from right didn’t catch Martin who scored the winning run. During the last play, I was thinking of juking and hoping I could get the right fielder to throw me out at first or second. I get pretty into the game, and I do think about the little elements of it, but really, I’m probably the only one thinking these neurotic thoughts. The game ended, I was standing between first and second in no man’s land, trying to do the little things that may one day make a difference. Maybe not. But it’s ok.
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We had a softball game on thursday. We beat the only team who beat us this year, 15-14. I haven't picked up a bat for a month, and although I began the game with a weak short fly ball hit, and then did it again on my next at bat, I wasn't feeling like I was at my best. The next at bats were decent, a regular basehit when I was out of pitches, then a grand slam homerun to tie the game up at 12 with...
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It’s impressive when you see a guy at the top of his game doing his thing. I guess it’s Lebron James, although I’m still somehow a Kobe guy, and it’s also Takashi Murakami. He came to LA to visit a bunch of people, and I was one of them. He came to hang out to deal with MOCA stuff since he has a show there in October, but he also came to WLA to walk around GR stores, and we talked a bunch at gr/eats, then he took off in his van. Aside from him, he brought a ton of staff, a designer came by, two measuring dudes who measured the heck out of GR2, and more. I think he had a crew of 8 or so, and I guess that’s how he rolls.
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It's impressive when you see a guy at the top of his game doing his thing. I guess it's Lebron James, although I'm still somehow a Kobe guy, and it's also Takashi Murakami. He came to LA to visit a bunch of people, and I was one of them. He came to hang out to deal with MOCA stuff since he has a show there in October, but he also came to WLA to walk around GR stores, and we talked a bunch at...
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Stop 1. Lobster Rolls Part Deux – Seafood Haven Lobster rolls shrunk. It’s still claw meat, but the chunks got smaller. Still tasty with the cheap roll it comes on, but that’s what makes it work. No mayo, just Lobster and maybe butter. Since it’s smaller, it was on to the other sides. Crab cake sandwich! Not bad. Soft, fishy tasting since it’s real. Clam Cakes (one of their specialties) tasted better. Soft, big, with a tiny piece of clam in it. Not bad. Clam strips are good, but they’re heavily fried almost like popcorn chicken. Seafood Haven is a nicer spot that Captain Zak’s, and the menu seems bigger. I’m suggest Seafood Haven, but get the Lobster roll for the end of your meal. Legal Seafood is a huge chain that you’d probably see advertised in an in flight plane magazine. Tasty and with everything you want in seafood, it’s a good call. Of course Cioppino is a winner. Julian’s It’ll always be there in PVD. But go there for brunch, it’s works better than dinner. Dinner is good, but it takes a damn long time. But the best thing about it, it’s where I met Jack Long’s work. Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream This place has it all. It’s a shop that’s actually the last business right next to a working drawbridge. It’s arguably on the bridge! The shop is in Mystic, CT as in Mystic Pizza, which is just down the street. In the last picture you can see the drawbridge actually up. When it’s up at 40 past the hour, people have to wait about 15 minutes for it to come down, and the inviting ice cream is right there. They make their own, and they do it well. In every big city in the US, there’s nothing as cool as this. We’re all so trapped with the rules of safety, distances that businesses can be from a bridge, and can a business be on a working draw bridge? Only in a small village town can something like this exist, and the ice cream even tastes better because of it. Too bad their t-shirts are in only ugly colors. Print it in black and you’ll sell a bunch more.
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