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It Could Have Been Worse

While nothing seemed to go according to plan for me this weekend, all I can say is, it could have been worse.

First, I road with a couple of friends up to the VS Elite series in Towson, MD.  I piloted my VU/X deck to a 3-2 record.  I’ll try to write up a full report later, lets just say the matchups where I had to draw perfect to win I drew terrible.

Sunday Lisa and I went to see “Into the Wild”.  An excellent movie, but somewhat depressing.  Afterwards, we hit up Moe’s for lunch, picked up a new video game, and played some tennis.   After two years, I think I’m finally starting to get the hang of tennis.  While I don’t have the serve down just yet, I can actually place the ball where I want it with some speed and accuracy.  I’m starting to get some consistency in putting spin on the ball.  Tennis is much more of an art form than other sports.

I watched a bit of football, the redskins are really lucky to get a win.  My fantasy teams weren’t so lucky, I lost in both leagues.  I was pretty amazed to lose in my public league, with Wes Welker scoring 31 points for me.  My opponent’s team is a who’s who of people who got lucky weeks - Willis McGahee?  Jerricho Cotchery?  13 receptions for Ernest Graham???  Unbelievable.

There was also a UFC this weekend, none of my picks seemed to work out.  It wasn’t the worst UFC in memory, but it certainly wasn’t the best.

Finally, this morning I was driving to work and a car in the HOV lanes hit a deer.  I saw him out of the corner of my eye - it was one of those “what the heck was that” moments, then he comes spinning into the road right in front of me.  I had a split second to glance to my left lane - thank goodness, no cars were there, then swerve to avoid him.

All I can think was, it could have been a lot worse.

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