Happy Monday

Mood: Clear headed, Calm
Location: Urban Standard
Music: Parlour (Octopus Off Broadway)

The image above was taken by Cary with his Lomo of my brother Phil and I playing football in my front yard. Growing up in a house with 3 brothers it was a constant challenge to make up a game given the gravest of circumstances. We have a long running list of ridiculous games that were made up in spite of lame field dimensions. All we really need is a ball of some sort and a game, complete with rules and regulations decided in Democratic/Socratic form, could be made up quickly.
For example, this Christmas all 16 of us Johnson were at Craig's town home for a Little Christmas Eve party (his wife is Norwegian and it's a tradition for them) and the guys were feeling a little weary and restless. We had a football and a long set of stairs, so a game called Stair Fumbles was obviously created. Two guys waited patiently on their knees at the bottom of the stairs while another tossed the ball over their heads up the stairs. Another guy judged from the top of the stairs who actually recovered the fumble, first to 5 wins.
I have been dying to figure out something to play in my awkward front yard for some time now and on New Year's Day Cary, Phil and I finally came up with something that stuck. Two guys on my yard and a quarterback across the street on my neighbors yard. The guy with his back to the QB is on defense while the one farthest away plays wideout. Start at the fence and run as fast as we can on "hut". Offense and defense switch after each play, first one to 10 wins. Completely absurd I know, but it's just a fun excuse to run around and catch stuff.

So, that is just something random for you on this Monday morning.

Things to expect this week:
-more africa film
-some wedding shots
-super bowl predictions

Cheers.