Recently won 6-1, 6-0 against a professor of literature. 6-2, 6-2 against some wealthy retired guy. 6-0, 6-0 against environmental engineer. (also lost 7-5, 6-4) And then today I played a former division one player and won 7-5, 7-6 (7-0). Little things here and there did not do well. Could have won a lot more convincing. Was up 4-1 in second set and lost 4 games in a row. Forgot to start ball toss slowly and gradually gain speed. Had probably ten aborted ball tosses. For large stretches I was lucky to just get it in with some pace. Ball pass was too erratic to really move it to both corners. Started tossing behind me a bit thus losing pace, but was mindful not to do this and eventually corrected. Missed a lot of volleys. And took a while to get used to returning his slice. Was letting the ball get too close to me for a while. Match lasted over two hours and we were lucky to be able to finish it.
But all in all, really played unusually well. Wonder if how low he kept the ball maybe helped me as opposed to Cooke throwing in the occasional moon ball. But maybe that little aerobic back and forth drill really works. Legs felt strong throughout and was moving very smoothly throughout. Almost never missed a return of serve.
He is a librarian and thinks football is evil. That it may in part be a cause of the violence in America. Super nice. Of course he lives up in Pittsburgh and was just visiting his parents.
Winning while playing well against a former division one player who was super nice and intelligent put me in a good mood.
Heal Your Headache by Dr. David Buchholz. Ton more foods I'm removing from my diet. Which sucks but I would really like to never again have a headache. And I've been having a lot with the change in weather. Interesting book in saying that a lot of the weird stuff that goes undiagnosed or wrongly diagnosed could actually be migraine. (With my neurology vocation anyway it's interesting and I wish all the neurologists were familiar with his ideas. But they aren't. And I'm very cautious about pushing my thoughts.)
Had liquid nitrogen sprayed on my head other day. Yay. Actinic Keratosis as I suspected. Lady made me feel like I had nothing to worry about though.
Started rereading Demon Princes by Vance and really I was right. Although in some ways it may be more ambitious than Tschai, it just isn't as good. Think I'll look at something else.
Rereading Gene Wolfe's torturer new sun thing. As before, it really starts a bit slow. Almost started the Wizard Knight, but I recall that got really nutty after a while, not in a good way. But then... so much he has written is really really good. Such that I shouldn't be dismissive. But, some of my music sucks. Some of his short stories really suck.
