Feb 24, 2017

When I started my day at Silver Run my meeting schedule left much to be desired as far as free time on such a beautiful day. As it turned out the first two meetings I wasn't needed so I had two hours off right off the bat! I went to Becca's and we immediately headed to the park to play disc golf. I thought we could play the long tees for a change. Well, I was once again reminded why we don't. They're not much fun and some aren't much different. And Becca ended up throwing her disc into the thick brush on hole 10. We used my hoodie as armor and she got her disc back.

I had to go back to work for one meeting, but then I had a long lunch so I met Becca again for Wildflower lunch at Corson Park. It was so nice out. I want to have more meals outdoors.

After going back for a very short time I was done early so Becca, Chuck, and I went to Glasstown. I was excited to try the Super C, their new IPA with Centennial, Citra, and Chinook? hops. It was very citrusy and delicious and maybe my new favorite IPA there.

We had a great time and ended up staying for a long time. Adrian even cruised through! Chuck pretended to be grumpy. It was a proper evening at the bar. 

Feb 12, 2017

When we got up we spent the morning taking photos of the house to put on Craigslist for rent. We kept the momentum up and put up a freezer and paint cans as well. After we got that done we went to Wildflower to pick up brunch. We were supposed to meet Christie but her car broke down. We brought the food back to the house and watched the first episode of Californication while we at amazing taco salad and filling waffles with fruit compote and sweet potatoes. We were very full.

Christie did make it over to Glasstown shortly after so I met her there and Chuck met us soon after. We had a few beers before Becca joined the party. I planned to only have one beer, but I ended up having quite a few more than that. I was really loving the Danky Jr. and apparently it's sticking around. If only I were. We decided to go back to Becca's and continue the party, We opened a couple more beers and spent the next several hours dancing around in the kitchen to music and singing what I'm sure is amazing karaoke to Sum 41's Fat Lip.

Feb 4, 2017

We began the day right-- with pancakes. Halfway into making them we realized we didn't have any almond milk, but I remembered that I had a free coffee coupon for Wawa so I ran down the street, filled up a 24oz cup with soy milk, presented my free coupon, and returned moments later to save the day.

We enjoyed our pancakes while being entertained both by an episode of Flaked and watching the cats act very much like cats. Loki chased his tail quite a bit and kept sitting in the sunlight.

Around noon we headed back to Glasstown for their bottle release. There was a line at the door as people were excited to get a lot of beer, but we waited until they opened up to get out of the car and into the cold. We saw Lance, who was quite far ahead of us in line as well. We waited in line for a little while and I bought a bottle of the 3rd Anniversary Murder, Inc. for Chuck before we grabbed a flight and found a corner of a table to sit at. The Double Bourbon Brown was great, the Murder was much better than I expected, and the Danky Jr. tasted better today than last night. All around good beer as usual. And some lady got really passive aggressive about me sitting in the stool she thought was hers but that she wasn't sitting in for ten minutes.

We came home and made some tofu scramble for lunch and watched some more Flaked. It's really good. We also took out the frozen bananas we put in the freezer this morning and blended them to make some banana ice cream with peanut butter. It was a nice healthyish dessert. Johanna asked me to go get coffee so I meet her at the Starbucks Cafe. We had a great chat about traveling, tinnitus, and social media. I also was happy to have a cold brew again.

When I got back it was late, but we got ourselves right out onto the trails at Silver Run for three miles of running up and down hills and watching our footing as it got progressively darker. I felt great the whole time and I wished we could have kept going. It was nice to get out and be active a little bit for day anyway.

When we got home I had to put my fingers in Becca's eye to help her remove her newly-acquired contact lenses. It was weird. But once that was done we went to Tomo Sushi in Glassboro for Dan's birthday dinner with him and several of his other friends. Becca got him a Cider from the liquor store next door, and we got a six-pack of Tarte Nouveau to have with dinner. It was a nice time replete with a heavy-handed waitress who slammed down our glasses and knocked over my beer, spilling it on the table, and almost taking out people with the food tray more than once. Other than that it was a lovely night of good food and conversation. We didn't go on to the house party portion of the night, opting to relax back at home and get a few things done in the quiet. Like write this blog. Productivity, people.

Feb 3, 2017

After not a lot of sleep and debating canceling my job I went into Memorial for an English class. It turned out to be basically the perfect day. I had good classes, got lots of editing done, and was able to come home for a long lunch to eat our leftover curry and watch an episode of Flaked with Becca. After work I gladly crawled into bed and took a nice nap before heading to Glasstown with Becca to meet Alycia and her friend Jackie. We did a flight and I got a Bourbon Brown and a Danky Kong. Jake even gave me a little taste of the Danky Jr. that they wouldn't be tapping until tomorrow. We had a good time chatting and talking about other breweries and how to properly flirt using hair flips and taking off your belt. Becca and I turned in pretty early when we got home as we were both really tired after a long day.

Jan 18, 2014

A lot of photos today. I went to the gym with Ryan in the morning to continue/finish our pull up day exercises from last night. We did more pull ups than last week, and I improved my wall sit time by 40 seconds. I think I can do the full 5 minutes if I really want to. I met Kate and Matt at Flightline Restaurant after I showered and we had a good breakfast not fully comprised of breakfast foods.

We went next door to Glasstown Brewing for their grand opening. It was more crowded than I expected, but that's great for them. We had to wait for a while until they did the official ribbon cutting. Everyone was excited and taking photos because the mayor was there. And for the cutting, I suppose.

They did a fair amount of talking and thanking everyone. The mayor told everyone to start drinking, but then someone else talked for a minute. After that it was officially open to pouring. The next challenge was getting to the bar.

I was a little disappointed that there were only two beers on that I hadn't had. They mentioned last week that there would be several new ones and eight total. Either way, I started with the Bourbon Brown. It wasn't bad but not what I expected either. It's hard for me to explain, but the bourbon flavor was more muted, and it tasted more like a bitter brown. Good once it warmed up a bit though.

I tried the Glasstown Ale that Matt got. I liked that one; they use dark malts which gives it a full flavor. I got a pint of the El Dorado Pale Ale, which is tasty and maltier than pale ales usually are. They had the Glasstown Founder's Ale which wasn't on the menu, and I liked that a lot once it warmed up a little. I only had a sample, but I'd get that again. Chuck and Alex stopped by to fill up growlers for their evening, and they gave us their raffle tickets to increase our chances of winning. We didn't.

Paul gave us these cards when we came in since we had done the tour twice before. Technically (legally) everyone is supposed to do the tour to be able to drink there. I finished with the IPA, which I sipped on for a while and had some Doritos with the people at the table next to us that we became friendly with. They were all really friendly teachers, but were clearly getting drunk. It was amusing.

I left Kate and Matt to go get a run in before the sun went down. It was much colder than it was this morning when I thought it was a good idea. I went to Parvin anyway and froze my hands for the first mile until they warmed up. One thing I can say for the cold: when I think about stopping to walk I know I'll be frozen if I do so that's motivational. I had a good run around the lake listening to Anberlin, and the sunset was nice as I finished.

I got some food and came home for the rest of the night. I didn't feel great so I had a nap that turned into staying in bed basically. I got up for a few hours later in the night and went through wedding photos that I need to edit in the next week or two. I was in a Scrubs mood so I watched a few episodes and went back to bed.

Jan 11, 2014

Ryan suggested the gym this morning as a way for us to both motivate each other to actually go. It worked out well. We did two sets of jump rope circuits with exercises in between. We were sufficiently exercised after that. I got an oil change and had a few things to take care of throughout the afternoon and then came home to chill for a little while before going out.

We picked up pizzas on the way to Glasstown and then got ourselves a table and some beers. Twice in two days is a good way to do it. It was Chuck and Jamie's first time coming so Chuck sampled some of course. They only had three this time because they are gearing up for the grand opening party next weekend. That's what they said anyway.

I was really digging the Amber this time. It was much better than the sample I had last night. I had a couple of those, a pumpkin, and an IPA. I'm looking forward to them having more on tap next weekend. We hung out for a couple of hours, did the tour again for the newcomers, ate pizza, and tried to figure out what songs were playing on the radio. Brandon stopped by so we talked to him for a bit and realized he had a better idea buying the growler and pouring his own drinks. Economical/illegal. We had a great time and I wanted to have more drinks, but once I came home it was all done. Goodnight.

Jan 10, 2014

The morning was an icy slide to work as the morning rain froze all over the place. I barely broke 25mph the whole way to Vineland Memorial school and the parking lot and walkways were insanely slippery so I tried to stay on the grass and not pick up my feet as best I could. I was covering CST meetings so I spent most of my time in the staff lounge watching Workaholics and trying not to fall asleep. It was a rough day. I met Ryan at the gym after work for the second part of our new set of workouts doing wall sits and pull up exercises. It was exhausting in a whole different way.

Matt and Kate invited me to Glasstown Brewing with them so I finally got to go check them out. I sampled the 4 beers they had on tap which were an Amber that was pretty good, a surprisingly good Pumpkin, the El Dorado 47 Pale Ale, which was flat but tasty, and the Double IPA, which was great. I had a pint of that. I look forward to them having more. We had to do the tour, which showed us their very small brewing system. I was surprised at how small it is. I assume they are planning on upgrading eventually as they grow. I went to Kate's for a bit after to watch Modern Family for a while before it was home for sleep time.