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I wasn't sure how much money I'd wind up spending last night with Tracy, not knowing if we'd do dinner in addition to the Blade & Timber axe throwing we've been talking about doing for months, kind of as a lark, and we finally booked a time last night for it. That place is very expensive on Fridays and Saturdays, $124 per person (!) in a private lane booked for ninety minutes. But on Sundays through Thursdays, it's $31 per person. So, we booked a Monday: last night.
They had snacks, but very few. No real food otherwise. Tracy had a soda and I had a bag of nuts. And afterward, Tracy invited me to walk with her over to Mud Bay where she got a couple of things for her dog, but heyond that, we never went anywhere else. She caught an Uber back home, and I walked home—in light rain, having stupidly not bothered to bring my umbrella.
So, about the axe throwing. Before we could check in, we had to get online and sign a liability waiver, which absolved them of any responsibility for any serious injury, which the waiver got pretty specific about. I was kind of like: Jesus. But, the setup was still very safe and honestly the only way injury would happen would be patron stupidity. We weren't even allowed to have more than one person in our lane at a time (lanes being walled with metal fencing), nor were we even allowed to hand off the axes back and forth: you have to put it in its slot before leaving the lane.
Tracy proved better at aiming than I was, although we both took a great many shots where the axe didn't even stick into the wall at the end of the lane. The thing that surprised me the most was that it was actually kind of a slight workout. I got slightly out of breath, and Tracy not only took off her jacket but even went down to her undershirt by the end.
And? As ridiculous as an "axe throwing" business sounds, it was actually fun. I do feel like this is likely very much a passing fad, like belt sushi. I don't think we'll likely see this business continuing to go strong ten years from now. But for now, it was worth doing. I don't know if I'll ever do it again.
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What else is there for me to tell you, then? After I got home, Shobhit had eaten most of the leftovers, which was fine with me; I had a sandwich I'd have preferred anyway. We then binge watched the back half (four episodes) of
Jury Duty on Prime Video. What a fascinating show that was. To call it
The Office meets
The Truman Show is
almost accurate, in that in
The Truman Show Truman was still a fictional character; Ronald was very real, and surrounded by improv actors. The very last episode is all about his reaction to being told it was all an elaborate prank, and I had an emotional reaction unlike I've had to anything else I've ever watched. I wouldn't even know how to characterize it. All I can say is, that show is absolutely worth a watch.
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[posted 12:30 pm]
