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why aren't we playing softball?

ThickeningAgentThickeningAgent
edited June 2013
there is no good answer to that question.

therefore, i propose we play softball on sunday june 30.

thoughts?
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  • 000000
    This came up yesterday. I'm definitely in.
  • SchlabeSchlabe
    I am in!
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    gods willing. did seem like a late start to our one-game season.
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    I'm down!
  • Cherry_PieCherry_Pie
    Yep!
  • ThickeningAgentThickeningAgent
    this is exciting.

    disclosure: i own no softball equipment.

    also: in the past, have we reserved the field, or just shown up?
  • Cherry_PieCherry_Pie
    We have done it both ways but just showing up is perfectly cool. I think I have all of the softball stuff- I will check.
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    I'm in!
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    I just thought about how funny it is that I have a "tradition" of sharing my mitt with Bill_M. So many years!
  • 12341234
    I think I took the softball stuff. I will check also.

    I'm in Toronto right now. They say "project" funny, which means actually I say it funny. And I say that word a lot.
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    Red-eye SF to Toronto seems gnarly!
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    If they make fun of you for saying project wrong, make sure you apologize by saying "soory".
  • 12341234
    Red eye was cool cause I was Class 1st (that's what they call it in Canada).

    Weird thing about Canada:

    1. It's fucking SMALL. Not many humans there. Less than California.
    2. There are three real cities: Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto.

    I always think of Canada as a big place because it's all giant looking on a map.
  • 12341234
    But let's back to the softball plan...

    Where and when?
  • distant_shoedistant_shoe
    sorry i cant be there to yell/hit fly balls/ pull leg muscles

    remember to stretch
  • 12341234
    Let's meet at 3pm. What field? I think Overlook is nice...
  • SchlabeSchlabe
    Sooo - what equipment do I need? A glove yes? A bat? A ball?
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    Is anybody else really intimidated by the prospect of playing softball in 92 degree heat? Or is it just me? http://forecast.io/#/f/45.5261,-122.6559 #heatwuss
  • 000000
    I was just going to say it's prob not a great idea to give everyone heat stroke. I'm going SWIMMING.
  • 000000
    Also, Overlook is booked for a brewer's thing.
  • zinzin
    You guys are being babies.
  • 000000
    Tan, drunk, comfortable babies.
  • Cherry_PieCherry_Pie
    We could play at Peninsula on the shadier field...
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    I'm a TOTAL heat baby. Almost passed out in semi-warm yoga (not even that hot!). I'm a sucker for passing out when I exercise in the heat. I'll probably have to pass unless the forecast changes.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Same.
  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    If we play we should play in the late morning to avoid the strongest heat. (10:30 or 11)
    Could postpone to another weekend.
  • the_owlsthe_owls
    I'm a heat baby, this is too hot for me to come and spectate.
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    LOVE THE HEAT. GIMME MORE HEAT.
  • 000000
    I actually love it too, I'm so stoked on it flirting with triple digits. My hometown is supposed to break 100 every day this week, with a high of 108 one day :) I MISS IT
  • Judar_SpitzerJudar_Spitzer
    lets do a swim instead!
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    Would luv a swim.
  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    like a relay race?
  • SchlabeSchlabe
    I have many rafts and tubes! We could float the Sandy or Clackamas river.
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    I have an inflatable kayak and a friend who has an inflatable kayak that's not as good as mine! Who wants to get crazy and float something with bigger waves than the Sandy/Clackamas "float" sections? I'm guessing: NO ONE. But if I'm wrong, let me know.
  • SchlabeSchlabe
    @flossy_logs I will get crazy, but I'm not sure what my rafts can handle.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    I already have plans for river trips Monday and Tuesday... AND YET I AM REALLY INTO THIS SUNDAY RIVER TRIP.

    3 days of REAL BROOKLYN SUMMER!
  • ThickeningAgentThickeningAgent
    has a consensus been formed? i am in favor of any/all of the options mentioned above.

    i'll also throw discussion concerning croquette and/or badminton into the mix as well (playable in the shade!)
  • lolololo
    I have Monday off -- tell me where to swim.
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    Bill mc and I have concluded that you are all together on some awesome Sunday excursion without us. I guess we'll go hiking/swimming sans urho friends!
  • SchlabeSchlabe
    @flossy_logs I am not, and I am ready to join into fun!
  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    Its not true, flossy.

    I'm just sweating in my house!
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    I'm taking care of a sick wife :(
  • Cherry_PieCherry_Pie
    Ian's college friend arrived in Portland semi-spontaneously so we took her and her fam to the Sandy. Beautiful spot, rough crowd. Witnessed a fight in the road involving a tire iron, martial arts, and a sizable rock.
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    edited July 2013
    WOAH, which Sandy spot? I didn't go to the river, but I misted myself in a friend's backyard for a few hours.

    Incidentally, a dude tried to start a fight with me at Holocene for drinking his beer, and when we pointed out that he'd actually knocked his own beer over while making out with his GF, he tried to buy me a drink.

    I told him that his default state shouldn't be so quick to anger, and that he should be more chill.

    #HEAT #ANGER #VIOLENCE
  • Cherry_PieCherry_Pie
    It was on the road into Oxbow park. Lots of cars were lined up waiting to register at the ranger station and dudes got mad. The guy with the tire iron smashed off the side mirror of some random lady's car! Wish you were there, Alex, to preach your message of peace!
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    Wow, that's so intense!

    Matt and I had the opposite river experience. Found a secret spot on the Nehalem, swam across the river to a little sunny beach, coached our dog through the current, which was pretty cute. We saw crab and muscle shells! Very relaxing. Croquet in the backyard that evening.

    Incidentally, if anyone EVER wants to play croquet, we've got a game going pretty much non-stop. Just come on over.

  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    At OXBOW? Wow. That place is usually pretty family-friendly/chill, even when it's busy. We were going to go yesterday around 2! Glad we didn't go, I guess.
  • zinzin
    We were at Oxbow all weekend. We fought EVERYBODY! Awesome place for fighting
  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    Who is the best fighter in your family?
    Follow up question: did you win the fights?
  • zinzin
    Calvin cheats. He will attack you in your sleep.
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