Karaoke and Softball and Monkey

So, this Saturday was the big Softball tournament in which I was going to practice for. It was to start about 8am in the morning and play til it ends around 5pm (the final game, anyways), so LOGICALLY, we should have taken it easy Friday night and try not to stay up too late. Of course, that's not what happened...

Friday night started with a happy hour early evening lounging at my friend's club, X Factor (which, btw, this is THE BUSIEST I have ever seen the club, though the Dance floor was still bare). Anyways, the plan was to stay for a bit and then head out to go home to get some sleep.

Unfortunately, we ended up meeting some really cool people and we started talking and playing pool (in which I totally played my best game EVER) and having a really good time. Ended up being invited to Karaoke by these people which in turn, more and more people got invited to go (including half the softball team). So, we all stayed up singing Karaoke til 1am in the moring...this was not good.

Next morning, as hard as it was, I got myself out of bed (didn't fall asleep til 3am) and got to the baseball field around 8am.

The tournament itself was fun but our teams (there were 2 of us) were utterly SLAUGHTERED by the other teams. While we were playing for fun (in fact, most of the team nevered played softball before), all the other teams had all very SKILLED players, who even played on other leagues, and very competitive. We pretty much lost all our games and ended up facing each other in the FINAL BATTLE FOR LAST PLACE game. Though my team ultimately lost that game as well, that was probably the most fun and best game we ever played. Spent the rest of the afternoon watching the final games by the SKILLED teams which was very entertainment to watch. Every team really played very well that day.

Check out the pictures:

http://public.fotki.com/namofni/naaap_softball_tour/

Saturday night, after a long nap, went out to celebrate fellow co worker / ex Digipen Jon Tihee Johnson's bday at the Garage, a billard / bowling / bar in Seattle. Actually, it was kinda a surprise party for him which he totally enjoyed. Anyways, a really good time...check out the photos here:

http://public.fotki.com/namofni/tihees_birthday/

Sunday: believe it or not, was my FIRST weekend off, where I did go out with any one, no softball practice, I didn't call anyone, no one called me, did nuthin...but stay home and clean my place and did laundry and oh yeah, watch a couple of Hip Hop movies (Brown Sugar and 8 Mile). I really needed that...