Summer Adventures! #2

I forgot to mention that part of the fun of this summer was all the weddings I got to see. As we all know, I love a good time. And weddings are so that! Eating, drinking, dancing, talking, singing - that's like the best kind of party ever! Also, there is love. Some people would consider that to be the most important part of weddings - which I guess it is but, really, the drinking and dancing is a big plus, too. I tried to gank some pictures, but they are either already on facebook or encrypted. Sneaky sneaky.

So, to continue the summer adventures from the previous entry, we have: THE DUCK DERBY! I know, I know, way too exciting.


The ducks zoomed in.
The ducks from afar - NOT RIVER SCUM, actual ducks. And by actual I mean actual rubber ducks. Not to be confused with living ducks.A GIANT DUCK! We support eye protection. Honestly, I don't know what the ducks were supporting this year, but I think eye protection is a pretty good cause anyway.

All right! That does it for today! Next time will be for real even more osom (as if that's even POSSIBLE!) and unless something more intriguing, time-occupying, or otherwise prioritized occurs first, I should be posting about Val's and my trip to Chicago!

Keeping it real.
Real osom.

Summer Adventures! #1

So, this summer has been particularly exciting. It has walloped last summer, for sure. For those of you who don't get to experience the wonder of Kate's summer, I introduce to you: a glimpse.

The plan is to do this with photos, but as I have low expectations and last time was NIGHTMARISH I will start slowly and work my way up. It's like jacob's ladder - super shaky and if you get to the next rung you are talented. That's where I like my expectations - attainable. So here goes, my summer so far.

This is me pitching at our kickball games! We are Team Osom and definitely that (ignoring the final scores). A look at uniforms:
And the back:
We are all flexing our osom muscles. I know, be impressed and afraid. Also, I am giving myself a pat on the back for having THREE photos up already!

On to the next event:
So this is Naseem and I kicking it at a Royal's game. They renovated the stadium and KC now hosts the country's largest Hi-Def screen (queue "Everything's up-to-date in Kansas City"), take a look!
Woo!! Look at all those pictures! I'm going to call this a post, the next one will be equally exciting involving the DUCK DERBY and an excursion to Chicago. And with more pictures (I'm very pleased that I got this far, and if I could do it once, surely I could a second time, right? Right!), so, stay tuned and patient and osom!

Step 0.2

So while making this blog, I was considering backtracking to memorialize my trip through Central/Eastern Europe. But then I realized that that would make me want to show everyone about my escapades during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, then my trip to Costa Rica/Panama, which would then want to make me talk about Ireland. In conclusion, I would look like some pretentious elitist (possibly true but not something one should announce), so I have opted, instead, to scribe about current events - to me, don't worry, the ticker is about as news-y as I get - and to hopefully share some interesting or comical insights to which I bear witness.

Also this is good practice to get into a habit of consistency.

Today, I want to commemorate an amazingly historical event: US men's soccer showed up to play. And beat Spain. I'm clearly not an avid sports watcher, but it's one of those things you can talk about later. This is probably how I would classify myself: if I'm going to watch a sport, I'll cheer on my local teams when they play. If they aren't playing, who cares? Not me. Anyway, when Spain plays all other teams, viva la roja! Ditto for USA. But when they go head to head, my nationalism gets the best of me. Like in the Olympics. Or with KU. Another analogy, if KSU makes it into any big games, I will cheer for them as long as it isn't against KU. I still identify locally. Anyway, very exciting. Plus I could taunt and trash talk some co-workers, ALWAYS a bonus.

Coming soon! Valerie and I explore Chicago in the shortest amount of time that would be logical for visiting a large city - oh well, our track record isn't perfect anyway - to start the official visa process. After a relatively simplistic application process, an annoyingly long waiting time to hear the results, and UNUSUALLY suspicious system problems, this is a tangible step forward! I'm providing future readers ample time to prepare to read a retroactive entry about this event; so, heads up.

Keep it real.
Real osom.

Step 0.1

Oh, hello there!

I see you have stumbled across my humble blog. As the preliminary entry, I am basically just testing all the settings and remembering how to manage such a thing. My last attempt at electronically recording my events, experiences and observations unfortunately must be classified as an epic fail. Too many interesting things happened to me and I totally neglected to share it with people who are bored enough to read about this, I mean, people who love me.

So as my mid-year resolution, I vow to comply with the expectations people have of a blogger - small-scale, mind you - and at least grant you a glimpse of the semi-entertaining and evocative things I experience/get myself into. With that said, here is the unveiling of the blog that is hopefully fascinating enough to keep you coming back for all the posts I hope to remember to submit.

Next up, the processes for the next year of my life and possibly my summer adventures so far! Here's to keeping my mid-year resolution and to keeping it interesting! See you next time!