Maybe it's because this TV season appears to be the worst ever but I seem to have a desire to do things not involving gawking at a screen like a drugged lemur. And, you know, I would like to do somethings but I don't know if they are even do-able. Herself has the same affliction. Recent ideas considered or discussed around our place include:
- Being in a bluegrass band.
- Adult non-religious recreational choir.
- Commercial brewing co-operative with demand for product but no fixed schedule of deliveries and sufficient membership to keep individual personal time demands low.
- A 500-up league.
Comments
David Janes - October 23, 2005 11:15 AM
- Get a DVD player. Watch Battlestar Galactica.
- Join a Gym
- Aikido, Judo or Karate
- Recreational Mountain Biking!
Alan - October 23, 2005 11:27 AM
Good comments but (for me) here is what I think:
1. I can't add a glowing screen activity however fond I am of John Calicos.
2. I will quit a gym and have one in the building I use anyway.
3. I cannot see myself taking on non-Gaelic based martial arts.
4. Exercise that does not limit itself to the grounds of a field runs the risk for participants of needing to stop the activity or having it stopped for you and being 5 miles from home or the car. One cannot rely on a good pub being within limping distance of every broken bike chain.
optimus - October 23, 2005 11:38 AM
chris from rock crew told me that there's a rec dodgeball league that'll be starting a new season in january. apparently it's just like you remember it from grade school: no strategy, pure fun.
Alan - October 23, 2005 11:55 AM
I did note a LA-based dodgeball league last January...but wouldn't that involve pain?
Alan - October 23, 2005 11:57 AM
And is it in K'town? Your admirable but geographically dispursed blog circle has left me a little unclear.
Arthur - October 23, 2005 12:15 PM
3. I cannot see myself taking on non-Gaelic based martial arts.
[Trying to imagine what Gaelic martial arts might be]
Arthur - October 23, 2005 12:16 PM
- Get a DVD player. Watch Battlestar Galactica.
Get a DVD player. Get a 1000 dollar loan. Buy up the DVDs for all 10 seasons of X-Files.
Humblebub - October 23, 2005 12:56 PM
Go for the Ale thing. I have (only) one remaining Al Ale in the cellar - gathering dust next to the Penfolds Grange. Each call to me. I shall resist.
Alan - October 23, 2005 3:06 PM
Should 2006 be the yer of the mortgage, it shall also be the year of the stainless steel homebrewing tower in the garage. I promise me so.
optimus - October 23, 2005 9:36 PM
yep, it's in kingston. in the gym of either KCVI or loyalist -- can't remember which. i'm sure i'll blog about it once registration opens for next season ;)
Alan - October 23, 2005 10:00 PM
Excellent. Let me know.
jim - October 24, 2005 4:04 AM
Gaelic Martial Arts..like Shinty and Hurling?
David Janes - October 24, 2005 7:05 AM
- The new Battlestar Galactica, not the old one.
- The best thing about biking is you almost _have_ to complete the other half of the trip to get home; it's like an auto-coach. Of course, if you get desperate or blow a tire you can always call the wife on the cell phone!
Alan - October 24, 2005 7:54 AM
I recall hearing about Lap Goch, the Welsh martial art, where you attack your opponent before the idea of attacking you comes into his mind.
cm - October 24, 2005 2:00 PM
<i>Get a DVD player. Get a 1000 dollar loan. Buy up the DVDs for all 10 seasons of X-Files.</i>
Or, get 10 people together and have each one buy a season and then swap. I have Season 1.
Donna - October 24, 2005 10:32 PM
<i>Being in a bluegrass band.</i>
But doing what? Banjo picking? Singing? Plucking washtub bass? Scraping utensils against a rusty washboard?
Alan - October 24, 2005 10:45 PM
Baritone and mandolin, of course.