I Feel Naked...

...and fortunate. I made it through the whole day today without my purity ring on my finger, and no one commented. Not a lot of kids know that's the reason for the ring, but a few do, and I was a little worried I was going to get a lot of grief and people were going to make invalid assumptions.

I'm still wearing it--kind of. The ring was an unfortunate casualty of worship yesterday. Those of you who have seen it know it's really four rings intertwined together--a puzzle ring. Well, while playing my djembe, one of the rings happened to partially unwrap itself, and a few good knocks on the drum later it was in two pieces and horribly bent (but not until giving my middle finger a nice puncture wound). The ring kind of still works with just three pieces, but it looks a little weird and doesn't stay stuck together. So, I gave up on the idea of putting it on my finger, and wrapped it through my chain.

I've been amazed at how many times I've fiddled around with my ring finger today before realizing there's nothing there. It's really an odd sensation. I imagine this is a lot like what wearing a wedding ring would be like. After awhile, it's hard to imagine not wearing it. Probably hard to imagine life without that other person, too, but that's moving a little outside my field of expertise...

Golf is Cool, Take Two

I previously have posted about some of the cool rules that arise in golf...got another one this weekend.

If you hit it toward a spectator who is eating a sandwich, and your ball lands on a piece of lettuce that is dropped, you must hit it off of the lettuce--it is considered a loose impediment, like a leaf. However, if the lettuce has a condiment on it, you are allowed relief from said obstruction.

Sure...

Nerdiness Coming Out

A student I've enjoyed teaching the past couple years (but not this year) was recently having some chemistry questions she was struggling with--she's in AP Chem this year. Now, I took AP Chem in high school (got a 5--woohoo!), and almost completely a chemistry minor in college, so I know a little chemistry, but it's been a really long time. But, I wanted to try, and I like to help, so I gave it a shot.

I was definitely rusty, but I got all the problems done, and it was a total blast. I think I enjoyed it way way way too much. I'm pretty sure it makes you a nerd, though, when you take a break from your math to do hard chemistry problems.

Poker Pro

I was playing a quick online poker tournament a few days ago (ahh, the joys of not coaching--this free time will last for another couple weeks, and then it's gone), and something pretty cool happened. One of the guys at the table was really pretty good. We even got to commentating a couple of the hands we played. Eventually it got to heads-up with him and me. I had him covered (more chips than him) and all-in with a hand that should win about 81% of the time...and proceeded to lose the hand, and ultimately, the tournament. After the hand, though, he mentioned he had played in the main event at the World Series of Poker ($10,000 buy-in, multi-millions to the winner) and eliminated a well-known pro (Jeff Schulman) in an almost identical situation, just out-drawing him. So, by the associative property (don't even bother, bum, I know it doesn't apply) I am a poker pro. I knew I could hold my own, but I didn't know I was that good. :)