good weekend i’d say, with a little non-party fun breaking up the routine we’ve fallen into lately. saturday night i went to see some friends’ entry into the mayday film competition, which i think is one of the best ideas ever for quick-and-dirty creativity for the masses. all the teams entering get a single title at the same time, 11am on saturday (this year it was “hope decoyed”), and they get 24 hours to write, shoot, edit, and finish their movies, to be shown and voted on by the audience at the screening, which was this weekend. really fun idea, lots of great (and a few not-so-great) short films. definitely recommend checking into it.

then sunday we went hiking on mount pinos — you tell me how that should be pronounced. but regardless of the name, it was good to get out in the air and move around. we even climbed a tree, which had to be the first time i’ve done that in, oh, 15 years. jesus, i can hardly believe i’m able to say that about anything.

would have been a totally positive day if they hadn’t just wrapped up a manhunt right as we were arriving, with less-than-positive results. very surreal. we were just looking at a map of trails and a ranger comes over to tell us, “guys, do you mind clearing off this area… we’re gonna bring this lady over here to sit down. we just located her husband.” then see us shuffling hurriedly toward our car and away from the weeping old woman. damn. but hey, the trail mix sure was good! mmm, cashews!