Katamari on the swing

Our kickball season is over. We finished one game out of .500, which is way better than the summer season. We almost won a playoff game, too, leading through most of five innings before giving up three runs on a couple of errors.

I didn't really mind not advancing in the playoffs, as this weekend was abysmal weather-wise. So perhaps it's good that we were done early, as that meant we didn't have to sit out in the rain and get pneumonia or bird flu or whatever.

Spent a lot of time alternating between writing my NaNo novel and playing We Love Katamari. The novel... I'm a bit behind where I want to be, but a couple of productive days and I'll be totally caught up. It's going well, mostly. When I actually get out of the way and let the writing happen, there's no problem. It's the getting out of the way part that's the trouble.

Katamari Damacy was a bolt out of the blue. The sequel is a bit more of the same, but they manage to add a lot to keep you interested. There's one level that involves driving around a racetrack with a katamari, rolling up everything in sight. I've probably played this level a dozen times so far— it's just that much fun.