I really do love Spoon. It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a non-workout-related post (or a music-related post), but when you see your favorite band play it’s hard to *not* write something about it. Last night’s show at the Mohawk was amazingly awesome, probably the best Spoon show I’ve seen to date. They sounded so good, and you could tell Britt Daniel was on. Plus, Ella and I got pretty close to the stage, and being close is always a plus!

First of all, let’s see how well my wish list did:

• Everything Hits at Once - check. YES!
• I Saw the Light…

In no particular order…

• Everything Hits at Once
• I Saw the Light
• I Summon You
• Advance Cassette (highly unlikely)
• Got Nuffin
• Don’t Make Me a Target
• Goodnight Laura
• Metal Detektor
• Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine
• The Fitted Shirt
• The Way We Get By
• Black Like Me

This past weekend was South Regionals, and the last tournament of the year for my team, Beta Iota Delta. It was great to play teams we had never played before from all over the region, mixed in with some ultimate drama that, to put it bluntly, involved a team (that might be called Codename) having to cheat to beat us (i.e. thanks to a few major douchebags). All in all we finished 9th overall, which is considerably better than the original 14th that we were seeded going in, and more importantly, we enjoyed ourselves immensely. Best of luck to Jackie,…

Sectionals was this past weekend, and it was brutal. Seven games over two grueling days of super humidity and heat do not make for the most pleasant ultimate experience. But it was a super fun weekend nonetheless, filled with aimless driving around Dallas trying to find Whole Foods and Central Markets and football watching. Most importantly, BID finished 7th and advanced to Regionals, which will be in Austin in two weeks! We are all super excited to have the opportunity to play with each other for two more weeks and one more tournament.

Yesterday I took a break from cardio and…

So it’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve really been climbing. We’ve gone to Marisa’s wall a few times which has painfully reminded us that gym holds are not going to be the same as outdoor holds. But with the trip home to Virginia, the copious amounts of rain that fell in Austin, and the crazy thick humidity that followed, climbing outside has not been at the top of our list.

The plan, climbing-wise, is this Friday we’ll be joining ARG for one more month. We’re hoping to get to Hueco and also hit up the more local places like…

Yesterday I made a sort-of impromptu trip to the climbing gym. We had gone on Friday, which was our planned last day at ARG for awhile as we’ll be heading to Virginia this weekend. However, at the very end of the session (i.e. right before we had to leave) I found this very cool V4+ overhanging problem in the cave that I managed to play on for two minutes, which was apparently enough to get me so excited about it that I couldn’t stop thinking about it and had to go back. Plus, all the cave problems at the south…