I wore my new hat last night as I sat down to play go. For dinner I'd eaten pizza and read a chapter of First Kyu I logged on to kgs, pretty much the first time this year. I created a game and waited for a challenger. It was already late, and I felt I really had only one game in me, so I turned down numerous guests that could only play Free games, waiting for a ranked opponent. Eventually I settled for a free game with a player of unknown rank.

My play was very sloppy and I resigned much later than I should have. I decided to play another game before I went to sleep. I started another game and was challenged by an [18k] player. My rank on kgs is currently [18k?] although it had risen from [22k?] to [18k?] while I wasn't playing. Anyway, a solid [18k] was the strongest player I've played an even game with.

This game was very exciting. I had very little hope of winning, so I decided to just avoid getting cut to pieces and put in a good show. It wasn't until the last few stones that it hit home how close the game was. I won by about 15 stones. I'm still grinning ear to ear, 12 hours later. Tonight I hope to look over the game with Joe at the go club and see what else I can learn from the game.

listening to playlist R -- this incoporates music from Joss Whedon shows, Green Day, Jem, Interpol, Oingo Boingo, the first playlist I put together on iTunes entitled What's Up after the 4 Non Blonds song, the 200 newest songs on my mac, the Rock Against Bush Anthologies, and my Mashups playlist. Current song -- Jenny was a Friend of Mine by The Killers
reading First Kyu