Again I haven't posted in a while. I sort of want to make a voice post, but it would probably not be phoned in so much as recorded, uploaded, and linked to.

Breakdown:
Yeomen went swimmingly. I miss it.
The Sorcerer is going swimmingly. We're doing it again, with a different group, and with my father this time. Now all five of us are in this. We have been since Christmas Carol, but I didn't know if I told anyone from the internet.

I haven't actually started moving on with my life, yet, though I wrote in my callendar: 'Gather Info about MCC'. I already have all this freaking info, and all the paperwork, and everything. But I can never seem to get momentum going to actually find out about this stuff. I've also been wanting to look into volunteering as a fire fighter. The fire station is like 75 yards from our house. I could -walk there- and ask about it, if I had an excuse not to call. But I don't even do that, because I haven't got the motivation. Maybe I am simply not ready to move forward. I am happy where I am, and there are still things to do here. Perhaps I should finish those before I force myself into college or some other situation like that. I am going to start taking vocal lessons this week though, probably... (I hear you: 'It's about time, boy!')

I haven't updated that project in journalism, but I've been thinking about it. I've been considering carefully what I want to do, 'cause I realized that in a way I am still injecting opinion. I'm a bit torn. I can continue with this approach, where I report an exaggerated piece of 'news' or, more frequently, spam email--it's a bit like Snopes, really. Or I can switch to pure news: just research and relay the truth behind these exaggerations, and filter out any opinion or untrue statements.

It occurred to me that I could do both, and split later. There's no reason I can't have one more blog. I have fifty already. (Probably)

Now for the title of this post: Playground Games. The best physical sports, I have found, are the simple ones without many rules, and in a casual atmosphere. My favorite games right now, in no real order:

Four Square -- The wikipedia article explains it best. Apparently there's league play too, but it's best without strict rules..

'Indian Dodgeball' -- A combination of freeze tag and dodge ball. If you're hit by a ball, you're out until the person who hit you is out. If someone catches the ball (or if you hit them in the head) then you are out until they are out. If you're out, you just sit down. Get as many players and balls as you can, and you start getting alliances and strategies forming, as well as just a general excitement. It's difficult to describe how fun it is to not be hit, or to hit a player who has dominated most of the field. In the latter case, usually everyone is rooting for you, and when you succeed suddenly the field comes alive, you are immediately tagged out, and the thing starts all over again...

500 -- Someone calls out a number (and sometimes modifiers which depend on the players) and throws a ball in the air, and if you catch the ball before it hits the ground you get that number of points. Play to 500... (Or 1000 or 5000 or whatever) It's obviously more fun when more than one or two people are trying to catch the ball.

There are more games, certainly. You're never too old to enjoy these! I'm going to be playing Indian Dodgeball well into my seventies.