I’m sure Jordan had good intentions when she and the Krogman family sent me a new game for my birthday. The game, called In a Pickle, is all about size: what can fit in what. There are hundreds of cards with nouns on them. You basically just try to play one of your cards on a stack of other cards. Can a feather fit in a mailbox? Can a gopher fit in a library? The game is completely open to interpretation and you can try to play anything anywhere, but you must be warned that you have to make a good case for it or you’ll be challenged by the other players.

Yes, good times were sure to be had, especially by me, Lauren, and Jason—an inseperable trio. Laughter, witty banter, silly arguments—oh, the fun! Ten minutes into the game, screaming and yelling led to the abrupt cancellation of In a Pickle with Lauren and Jason both declaring “I hate this game!!!!” Believe it or not, I actually was the calm one for once. The heated debate erupted when Jason persuaded me to part with him and vote against a move by Lauren.

In other news, tonight is the kickoff of the NFL season, a nice distraction from heartbreaking, late-inning Twins losses. My attention will never focus completely to football until baseball is all said and done with, but I’ll still be paying close attention to the Chargers game Sunday against Carolina, and of course the Vikings-Packers Monday Night Football game. I won’t go to any great details making NFL predictions like I did baseball, but if the Chargers and Vikings are ever to meet up in the Super Bowl, I think this is the year.

A few notes on TV… I finally got my three amazon.com DVDs in the mail yesterday (cashed in gift card from Mom & Pop). We watched the first episode of Dexter, which is really good although very confusing. You have to pay very close attention. Jason said I was cheating by having read the series synopsis on Wikipedia prior to watching the show, but unlike most, I want to know what happens going in because I’m very easily confused if TV shows or movies don’t make 100% sense right away.

We also watched the first episode of Flight of the Conchords, which I had seen before. It’s a show about a New Zealand folk duo trying to make it big in the US, to little avail, and they sing throughout the show which adds to the hilarity.

Next up, the complete series of Weird Science, which aired on USA in the early 90s.