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This and that: the weekend synopsis
Mar. 27th, 2006 09:38 amIt was a busy weekend. Saturday morning, the City of Tempe held the annual Town Lake clean-up. There are only four full-time maintenance staff to take care of the entire lake, so some things end up getting a bit out of hand without the help of volunteers. Since I use the lake almost every day, I felt some responsibility for helping to improve it, so I headed down to the lake to volunteer for a while. I ended up on a crew that was removing desert broom from along one of the paths that runs along the lake. It was a nostalgic reminder of the summer I spent landscaping.
After that, I headed to the Town Lake Marina to help out with the first annual Rowing Expo, a learn-to-row event designed to introduce people to the sport of rowing. My housemates and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kihle all showed up, which was pretty fun. I love watching people learn to row. They say the darndest things.
Saturday was a beautiful day, so even after spending the entire morning outside I still wanted more fresh air, so I hopped back on my bike to bike down to the Extreme Bean (coffeeshop). My rear tire was a little low on air, so I stopped by the corner bike shop to fill it up because they have a handy air pump outside. The pump has no pressure gauge, so the inevitable happened--I popped the tube. Fortunately, the service window was right there and the mechanics had a spare moment, so they changed the tube (and the tire itself, which was also looking a bit worn). And because I was there and waiting, I finally replaced my uncomfortable bike seat as well. With the new back tire and seat, my bike's feeling pretty nice now.
After biking and coffee, A, E, T, and I headed over to a nearby park for a rousing kickball game. I finally made it on base this game, which meant a bit more sprinting than the last game and I'm actually sore from it all. Hipster sports are quite amusing. These kickball players usually take a break between innings to socialize and drink and smoke and heckle. E and I tried to figure out what would become the next popular hipster game. I said dodgeball (there's a dodgeball flyer up at the AII, where I tutor); she thought broomball. Who knows.
On Sunday, I pottered around the house for a bit and then headed to the lab for a packing party. Our lab moves on Wednesday. We spent five hours packing and threw a bunch of stuff away. I'm sure we'll throw even more stuff away once we get to the new building. It was pretty exhausting, but I'm really grateful to everyone who showed up to help out. The lab looks kind of sad now in its mostly-packed state. I won't miss the roaches, but I think I'll miss the comfortable feeling of the room where I've spent the past 2 1/2 years doing research, socializing, drinking espresso, reading, and writing. Oh, and sleeping. I must not forget the sleeping. Most of the other labs that are making the transition with us to the new building are relatively new additions to ASU, but our lab has been accumulating stuff for a good 15-20 years. That makes packing quite a process.
After that, I headed to the Town Lake Marina to help out with the first annual Rowing Expo, a learn-to-row event designed to introduce people to the sport of rowing. My housemates and
kihle all showed up, which was pretty fun. I love watching people learn to row. They say the darndest things.Saturday was a beautiful day, so even after spending the entire morning outside I still wanted more fresh air, so I hopped back on my bike to bike down to the Extreme Bean (coffeeshop). My rear tire was a little low on air, so I stopped by the corner bike shop to fill it up because they have a handy air pump outside. The pump has no pressure gauge, so the inevitable happened--I popped the tube. Fortunately, the service window was right there and the mechanics had a spare moment, so they changed the tube (and the tire itself, which was also looking a bit worn). And because I was there and waiting, I finally replaced my uncomfortable bike seat as well. With the new back tire and seat, my bike's feeling pretty nice now.
After biking and coffee, A, E, T, and I headed over to a nearby park for a rousing kickball game. I finally made it on base this game, which meant a bit more sprinting than the last game and I'm actually sore from it all. Hipster sports are quite amusing. These kickball players usually take a break between innings to socialize and drink and smoke and heckle. E and I tried to figure out what would become the next popular hipster game. I said dodgeball (there's a dodgeball flyer up at the AII, where I tutor); she thought broomball. Who knows.
On Sunday, I pottered around the house for a bit and then headed to the lab for a packing party. Our lab moves on Wednesday. We spent five hours packing and threw a bunch of stuff away. I'm sure we'll throw even more stuff away once we get to the new building. It was pretty exhausting, but I'm really grateful to everyone who showed up to help out. The lab looks kind of sad now in its mostly-packed state. I won't miss the roaches, but I think I'll miss the comfortable feeling of the room where I've spent the past 2 1/2 years doing research, socializing, drinking espresso, reading, and writing. Oh, and sleeping. I must not forget the sleeping. Most of the other labs that are making the transition with us to the new building are relatively new additions to ASU, but our lab has been accumulating stuff for a good 15-20 years. That makes packing quite a process.
