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we weren't a sports family when i was growing up. i think i went to my first baseball game when i was like 18 or 19 years old. this is all funny to me since now i have a deep love for many sports. i have loved baseball since i was about 18. i like to watch it on tv and i looooove to go to games. nothing beats the 7th inning stretch and a hot dog. i also have a love for the roller derby. for a few years now it has been a goal to join a derby team but that hasn't worked out yet. eventually. eventually.

this past year i have attended my first football, basketball and hockey games. for football we went to a university of richmond game, which was awesome... until it started pouring rain. like bucket fulls. it was just an absurd amount of water and wind and sadness. that's the awesomeness that is richmond weather. one moment it will be sunny and happy out and the next you will be soaking wet.

basketball... i some how managed to go from never having seen a basketball game to seeing 4 games in less than a month. this was all college basketball and i hope to some day go to a professional game. still on the list i suppose. what i like about basketball is it's a lot easier to follow than football is. football i'm always like what in the world is going on? why did they stop? football is easier to watch on tv because they put those lines on the grass with the computer. they don't do that in real life.

hockey... now that was interesting. i first started watching hockey about a year ago with a work buddy at buffalo wild wings. first i would like to say that i haaaaaaate buffalo wild wings. it's loud. it smells like cigarettes. the menu is confusing. i have a terrible time with eating wings in public. the whole thing is just a lot of pressure to perform well. at any rate i enjoy hockey b/c of the violence. i don't like sports where violence is the point (like boxing or ufc fighting), i like it when violence is a bonus (like hockey and roller derby). i mostly enjoy what i refer to as "aggressive hugging." but the besty best part is when they throw off the gloves. that's how you know they mean business. i wish that in every day life we all wore big over sized gloves so that we can throw them down when we were really serious about something. it would be a great visual to let people know they should probably either back off or get ready to do this thing.

this year i also completed my first 10k which has sent me on a crazy running obsession. i'm getting ready for a 5k mud run in may and a marine corp mud run in august. i'm currently toying with the idea of training for a marathon in november but i haven't committed myself to it yet (i just need one or two more runners to tell me i can do it and then i will be convinced).

yesterday kevin and i went to the french food festival at the little sisters of the poor convent. i had the best bacon quiche i've ever had in my entire life. it was better than any quiche i've ever experienced. it was creamy and divine. i also got this dark chocolate fudge dessert that i didn't really enjoy. i'm not a big fan of dark chocolates. it was creamy enough though that we were able to spread it on a baguette and feel fancy. kevin got some french fries that we ate with mayo... he insists they tasted like europe and i agreed because i have no idea what europe taste like but it was fun to say it.

after we left the festival we were driving home and we saw that statue that always makes me shout WHAT IS THAT? and kevin, because he is a genius, turned around and we pulled over to look at it. turns out it is a ridiculously large police officer and a little girl who is normal size and a weird little dog. the officer's name is friendly. officer friendly. some day i want to go back and take some pictures b/c the whole thing was confusing. i liked the police officer though b/c you can stand under his arm and it looks like he's giving you a hug. i like when statues hug me.