amor fati: update

Apologies for the lack of blog entries lately. Here are my excuses:

First, there was the World Cup. Six hours of soccer a day doesn't leave a lot of time for self-reflection. I did think about blogging, "the zen of soccer,"(but, SACRE BLEU, the headbutt kind of killed that theory....) "top ten reasons soccer is the best sport," "how playing soccer is all about being in the moment," etc. But, watching the games won over actually writing the entries. No regrets.

Second, I'm moving. Yes, I'm leaving Brooklyn for a teaching position on the west coast.
(No, I'm not changing the name of the blog to amor fati: oregon, in case you're wondering.)
So I'm trying to start packing my house, reading sixteen books in preparation for teaching, changing my address on my Time Out New York subscription (just can't give it up even though I'm moving to the side of a mountain), etc.

Third, last weekend I broke my foot surfing. You can read the full report on Long Board Long Haul. At least I caught a few good waves, but it's kind of embarrasing to break your foot surfing at age 33 right when you have to pack up your apartment and you have a six-month old who has to be carried everywhere...

The Tour de France is also wrapping up this weekend (GO FLOYD!), so all my sports obsessions are behind me, at least until the Women's World Cup next year.....

Anyway, that's the story. I'm back.