Wow, what a horse. They're saying only Secretariat ever ran the Belmont faster. And now we finally have a Triple Crown winner after, what, 37 years?
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WHAT A RACE! Jason and I were on our feet for the entire homestretch.
I think they said 27?
That was so awesome. They're such beautiful animals.
37 years. The last was 1978.
God, I feel old.
In other news, Trader Joe's frozen pork shu mai are incredible. I have to remember to have these in the freezer at all times.
Those are good shu mai, yes.
I'm gonna take a stand and say that that "holy shit" that got broadcast while the jockeys were miked up after the race was entirely appropriate. Also, I'm pleased to learn about a professional athlete who is not much younger than me.
We just bought ALL THE THINGS at Trader Joe's, including what looks like nommy gouda with pesto for what has become our friends' annual Cheese Ball (really, it's just a party where everyone brings cheese but we all dress up really fancy -- or whoever wants to dress up fancy does, and everyone else wears what they want). I also snagged some brie for myself, because brie.
And we have reached the time of the year where there's no room in the fridge because we buy so much produce. I can't control myself around berries.
And I have ice on my leg because I whacked the inside of my knee (the part that's really fleshy if you're a big fat panda like me) on our cast-iron pedestal tub. I stepped in with my left leg and my foot slid, which made me lurch forward, and so the inside of my right knee whacked the lip of the tub really hard. It started to bruise immediately. I think perhaps brie will be therapeutic.
annual Cheese Ball (really, it's just a party where everyone brings cheese but we all dress up really fancy -- or whoever wants to dress up fancy does, and everyone else wears what they want).
Man, that sounds perfect.
It's in this house: [link] It is an amazing house.
My parents gave me an Ancestry.com membership for my birthday. I'm looking at the 1870 census, marveling at a very distant uncle whose name was Elphiges. What a name.