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November 17, 2002

boring DC gurl gets rest in city that never sleeps

For a visit to the City That Never Sleeps, I got a remarkable amount of r & r this weekend in NYC. I must be getting old. Friday the team arrived to a FABULOUS estate where Frank Lloyd Wright must have met with the Brady Bunch and Andrew Lloyd Weber before building the place. Replete with heated pool, sauna, lots of food and drink, the Renegades showed remarkable restraint in preparation for the match, due in part to the coaches' castigations to keep out of trouble. Many of them got crazy with the Jenga. Now that's a bunch of wild ruggers for ya. I spotted a long-time woofy NYC internet obsession there, as well as guys from the rugged NYC and Boston teams.

I did not crash at the Swanktuary that night, but got lots of sleep at a location near the pitch. Jimbo is ashamed he wansn't prepared for the weather, as it was cold, rainy and windy that day. I was assigned to be a touch judge on the sidelines, and was suprised to find that the ref wanted me to make actual calls during the match. So I channelled the spirit of Torm and called true, with harsh adjudication. The Renegades beat Gotham in a very heated and muddy match.

Then I jumped from pay phone to pay phone in the rain to intercept Glenn. We finally met up for Thai, and who was there but the neurotic jew, andy's chest and Sam (?). Permalinks soon to be added of all in this gang. Good to meet y'all! We gossiped about other bloggers, and pondered the existence of the Prostate Fairy. Then I crashed for a mellow evening with Glenn at the Swanktuary, sans Sparky. Where were ya, Sparky? Sadly, foul weather and foul health prevented me from visiting with jimbo.

Back in Peace Corps, I found it wise to make a personal rule not to try to do more than three chores in my town because burocracy and Soviet inefficiency really made it impossible to accomplish too many things in one day. I think for short weekends in NYC, it's impossible to commit to anything more than two accomplishments, as there's just too much shit to do in that town. I would burn myself out to ashes if I lived there. It really is a fantastic city, but too much for Jimbo.

Posted by jimbo at November 17, 2002 6:32 PM

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