Catching up with late August

Shit. I've been really slacking off with the blogging. Lot's of exciting things have happened since my last blog, but I don't have the time or desire to attack each event with an in-depth rehashing. Instead, I'm going to write a blurb about a couple of the mildly exciting things that have happened in the last month or so since my previous blog entry.

1. Jacuzzi Park Wiffle Ball Party 3 - The third installment in the wiffle ball saga, possibly the best party yet. No karaoke, not an insane amount of intoxication, not the biggest numbers we've seen- but possibly the most fun. We had roughly 10 people there the whole day, and we all played in every game. We had some exciting matches, including a few grand slams and two shutouts. One shutout was actually in a slow-pitch game, in where the pitcher lobs the ball. It's designed for hitters. Oddly, Dan pitched a complete game (3 inn) shutout that way. Hard to figure. I pitched a CG shutout as well, in a fast-pitch, or standard game. I feel like mine should be recorded as being the 1st ever, but Dan's did happen earlier in the day. Dan also etched his name in the tablet of wiffle history by becoming the first player to homer into the tall grass in center field, formerly known as Gopherland. It is now officially known as Danland. Also, for the first time, we had an MVP that wasn't named Ethan. Nick Viti took home the honors with a, frankly, surprising performance which included multiple ground-rule doubles and a couple HRs. Dan and I also received honorable mention.
After the last game, we all went down to the beach and rode waves. It was foggy, the night before the incident at Thunderhole where the folks drowned, and it made for some astonishing waves. Which leads me to no.2...
2. Bodysurfing on a closed beach- We heard that the beaches in Maine were closed on Sunday, due to the tropical storms creating large waves and a fearsome undertow even in New England. Well, we went down anyway to check it out. People were in the water so Jesse, Breanne, and I decided we'd go in too. It was mind blowing. I'd never been so close to such large waves, and the undertow was literally like a rope of water yanking your feet out from under you. I rode several waves for what seemed like 100 ft, having to bail out a few times because I could no longer hold my breath. I was also caught in the undertow at one point, and pulled out beyond where the waves were breaking. I didn't panic, but remembered to swim parallel to the shore, and eventually I was hurled back in by some early breaking waves. It was all very invigorating. Sometimes if I didn't time the wave crests, I would be thrown like a rag doll back towards shore, without the strength to pull my arms and legs in and keep them from twisting and contorting. It's hard to explain how powerful the water was. After an hour or so, the lifeguards called everyone out of the water. We discovered that our bags and belongings, that we'd placed next to the dune grass furthest from the shore, was soaked, even though it was still an hour till high tide.
3. Red Sox game - I also went to a Red Sox game with Jordan. I went down to his house a bit early and we hit the batting cages near his house. It was a lot of fun, and more difficult than the cages at Schooner's in Old Orchard. The game was sort of a bust. Junichi Tazawa only last a few innings, giving up 9 runs to the White Sox after three. J.D. Drew hit two HRs, one that landed not too far from us out in right field. We were roughly half way between Pesky's pole and the visitor's bullpen. I watched Jenks and Contreras and few other guys warm up. Seems like I see the White Sox every time I go to Fenway. We did get to see David Cassidy butcher the national anthem, and the pitching debut of Nick Green. Green worked two innings, walked three batters, but gave up no hits. He cut right through the heart of the ChiSox order too. He threw all fastballs, 87-90 mph, and one "slider," according to the scoreboard operator. Looked more like a fastball in the dirt though.
4. School starts - School started this week. I had College Algebra, Spanish 101, Anatomy & Physiology, and the A & P lab. I now have lots of homework to do. I suppose I should get to that now.

I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things. I'll have lots of school related things to blog about soon, and if the new fall season of softball works out, I'll have that too.