whew...finally a chance to relax. my kids have midterms this week, so i can take a break from teaching and catch up on my grading. i've also taken this opportunity to go to berkeley more often. not for hkd or wushu though, but for my rekindled passion for volleyball. i forgot how much i love that sport, even more than i liked wushu in my prime. there are still some of that same old faces that i used to play with a few years ago too. of course, it's mostly new people, but the quality of play is still really good.
back in the day, i think my vball friends were my first ones outside of the dorms. i was the young pup and they were all the recent cal grads. now it seems it's almost reversed, with me being the old fogey and most of them still undergrads

the thing i miss the most are the little details to the game that you just don't get with inexperienced players. don't get me wrong, it's always fun to play, even with those who don't know, but when you get the opportunities to hit shoots and quick 1's, there's nothing that compares. when ever team member moves and adjusts for each play...ahhh...it's just beauty in motion.

so anyways, i also went to yosemite this weekend. i spent the entire saturday at the campsite. the others went off to go hike, but i was too sore, so i just bummed around and read a couple of books, took a nap in the sun, walked around to collect firewood, and ate and ate and ate. i think in the past 2 weeks i've gained 6 pounds again. oh well..i think a third of that's gotta be muscle. right? right....

ooh...holloween's coming up...i know what i'mm gonna dress up as, but i haven' the the time to put my costume together. damn..i'm gonna need makeup and a wig...and some tight black leather....