This weekend was fairly relaxing. Fall is in full swing, and after a Friday afternoon that included an extra 1-hour practice test session with my 6th period class, I was ready to enjoy the weekend. Luckily for me, that meant getting up at 7am Saturday morning for the only thing worth getting up that early for…a round of golf. My friend from Mosaic, Eric, and I met up for a short round on a quick par-3 course. What was even more enjoyable than hitting some decent 9-iron shots, hitting some decent putts, and completely duffing some off-the-tee shots, was hearing from Eric about his recent trip with a Mosaic team to Bali to work alongside some cross-cultural workers over there.

Later on in the day, I got to hang out (for the first time, really) with one of my two new roommates, Zack. We went up to Hollywood and enjoyed Wes Anderson’s new film, The Darjeeling Limited. Since the 8:20 show was sold out, we had some time to kill before the 10:30 show and so we walked around a bit, checked out Amoeba Music, and then hopped on a bus, that took us a bit further down Sunset Blvd. Overall, very fun evening.

At this point, it might be helpful to clarify the pictures that you see posted with this blog. Prior to hanging out with Zack Saturday night, I got a call from my friend and colleague Raul, who said, “Are you gonna be home in about an hour? I have something for you.” An hour later, Raul arrives, and no sooner does he walk in the door than he throws me this black t-shirt with the some very familiar orange and blue markings on it. Yes it is the shirt in the picture. Yes, it does reflect the season-ending misery that the Mets endured as they probably completed the greatest single-handed choking in all of sports. Yes, it does have a picture of Mr. Met drowning in sorrows, with an injured-baseball head. Yes, he is wearing a uniform that says “Mess” in an all-too familiar font. And yes, the title of this shirt is “You Gotta Bereave“. And yes, here I am, wearing it! The fun never ends.