a day at the races

Do you want to know a really fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon? Go to the track.

I'm serious.

It's $2 to get in, you get to hang out outside, the drinks are cheap and you don't even have to bet if you don't want to (lest you think I'm trying to convince you to spend all your hard earned money on gambling. I would never!). I can certainly think of worse ways to spend a day. We stayed through the end of racing at the track and then hung around for the Belmont Stakes simulcast. I didn't do any betting (I didn't even do any drinking) and it was outrageously hot, but still we had fun. I took a couple pictures with my cell phone, as I did not have my camera (for which I was yelled at a lot and have now been scared into making sure the camera is in the bag at ALL TIMES). The quality isn't the greatest, but here are a couple shots of the scenery:


One of the most fun things at the track is the mix of people who show up there. Young people, old people, normal looking well-ish dressed folks (that would be us, obviously, ha) and insane, shouting-at-the-tv-with-crazy-hair-and-dirty-clothes type people. It's a people-watching dream come true.

And for those of us who are not big on the beer, there was a martini stand where for $6.75 you could get a cosmo, a chocolatini, an apple martini, or some other kind. They may or may not have been prepackaged, I didn't get close enough to find out. After all, there has to be some mystery left for the next trip!

After the track we decided to go back to S' place for some food and sangria. And somehow that turned into a free-for-all basketball game with a nerf basketball hoop and mini-ball. The number of bruises currently on my person as a result of this game is quite staggering, actually. Oh well, at least this time I know what caused them (which is sort of new and different for me, I always have these mysterious bruises, I must punch myself in my sleep or something). Never underestimate the funness of random unplanned nerf basketball. And thank goodness for central air.


Because it's so miserably hot right now. At 7:30 this morning I was outside waiting for the bus and I was already wilting from the heat. I shouldn't complain, because it wasn't too long ago that it was about 3000 degrees below zero, but is it too much to ask for spring to last just a little longer with its moderate temperatures and friendly breezes? At least I can be thankful that I'm not one of the construction guys across the street. I can't think of many jobs that would be less fun in this kind of weather than having to be fully covered head to toe and holding a blow torch all day.


Finally, I saw a headline this morning on msn that read,

"Dating Advice: I'm gorgeous, so why won't he get serious?"

(pause for you to absorb)

I'm sure if I bothered to read this article it would (hopefully) talk about compatibility, looks aren't everything blah blah blah, but seriously. Why even make that a headline? I mean, really? I'm sure there are people who actually think that way (which makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit) but that doesn't make it ok and stupid msn shouldn't be condoning that sort of behavior. It's just so wrong (which is why I will not bother to read the article).