Kill Freshmen

why i love wikipedia

2007-08-16T09:29:28Z

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality:

Most likely the hardest cause of death to overcome is trauma. The problems of aging and disease usually at least provide ample time to solve them, if the technology exists. But even in a postulated world where aging and disease were correctable conditions, getting shot in the head is not.

wubba wubba wubba

2007-08-14T20:44:25Z

anendlessnight wanna know my top 10 W songs. Here, for no reason in particular, is the indie-dork edition:

Washer - Slint
Wish Fulfillment - Sonic Youth
Well Built Road - Don Caballero
Waffle - Sunny Day Real Estate
Which Will - Nick Drake
What Jail Is Like - Afghan Whigs
Waiting Room - Fugazi
Wow & Flutter - Stereolab
When You Sleep - My Bloody Valentine
What To Want - Small Factory

you knew it would come to this

2007-07-26T03:05:38Z

two true outcomes?

2007-07-26T01:20:56Z

Pat Burrell at 30:

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 30 PHI NL  92  259   38   62  13  0  12   46   0  0  69  64  .239  .400  .429  117  111   0   4   1   3   8

Rob Deer at 30:

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1991 30 DET AL 134  448   64   80  14  2  25   64   1  3  89 175  .179  .314  .386   92  173   0   2   1   0   3

Never thought I'd be wishing Pat Burrell struck out more often. But either way, a 44.2% TTO is a pretty good season. And so far tonight he's 0-1 with 2 more BBs.

the loneliness of the OCD filmgoer

2007-07-04T00:08:26Z

I have nothing to say about anything anymore, so instead I'm gonna fill my blog with random crap. Here are the movies I watched in June. Who needs human interaction when you have entertainment like this?

DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE
HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
A BUCKET OF BLOOD
THE BICYCLE THIEF
A FISH CALLED WANDA
SLAYER: STILL REIGNING
SPIDER BABY

ANNIE HALL
DOWN BY LAW
I DRINK YOUR BLOOD
MOTHER, JUGS AND SPEED
THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE
THE WICKER MAN (1973)
ZERO WOMAN: RED HANDCUFFS

BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
BLACK SNAKE MOAN
CINDERELLA MAN
CUTTER'S WAY
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE
MAD MAX
FIVE EASY PIECES
TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!
THE WOUNDS
YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY

BLOOD FREAK
COBRA VERDE
DEAD OR ALIVE
FEMALE PRISONER 701 SCORPION
MR. BROOKS
MS. 45
MY LITTLE CHICKADEE
PRIVATE PARTS (1972)

BAD LIEUTENANT
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
BLOOD FEAST

BLOODY BIRTHDAY
JENIFER (MASTERS OF HORROR)
VERSUS

basophil @ 2007-04-12T23:12:00

2007-04-13T03:22:33Z

Lately I've been feeling like a tourist in my own life; just laying back and letting life happen to me, rather than being an active participant. I can fulfill my daily obligations but I rarely venture past that. It's gotten to the point where I can't even pick up the phone and call my friends when I want to talk or go out somewhere or whatever. I know that when I'm productive and active I'm a lot happier, but I can't find the internal mechanism to get off the couch and spark that sort of activity.

With that in mind, I'm thinking of taking up a martial art. Ideally I'd like to do something with an emphasis on internal growth and strength, rather than just adherence to physical technique. I'd view the physical activity and exercise as a pleasant bonus. Spirituality and mysticism aren't really what I'm looking for, more the ability to drum up confidence without all the forced internal dialogue that never really works anyway. So far it looks like aikido might be a nice fit, but I don't know much about it beyond what I've read on the Wikipedia entry.

It's a shot in the dark, maybe, but I'm wondering if anyone reading this has any experience or suggestions in this area.

standard mopey lj entry #8

2007-04-09T16:11:56Z

I'm trying to lose myself in my studies because I think the more I have going on in my mind, the less room there is for the other shit to seep in. The biggest problem is that I'm pushing a lot of my personal relationships and interests aside, and spending way too much time in a bubble.

Life is never so difficult as when you need to find that balance between being there for others and being there for yourself.

Overall I'm... ok. I can live with ok.

basophil @ 2007-04-01T01:03:00

2007-04-01T05:05:04Z

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age. -- HP Lovecraft

arglebargle

2007-03-30T02:28:50Z

So I'm putzing around with an ISC bot, employing my usual online strategy of just slapping things down as I see them, and I hit this position:

I'm not paying close enough attention to consider things like QuINOA so I just put down QUIN -- keeping a powerhouse ?AAOW. Nearly jumped out of my chair as the bot plays its bing up top and I draw exactly OR.

It's considerably more satisfying to win on a 55-yard rush while breaking five tackles than to watch the other team botch the extra-point attempt... but still it was damn fun getting that word onto the board.

before i go

2007-03-28T07:12:28Z

you people need to be listening to more CURRENT 93

i'd write more, but it'd be all "it's really good. i like music. etc." derp. but trust me. you cannot understand the depths to which the human mind can plumb until you've listened to david tibet make absolutely no sense atop some quasi-christian trope for a full six minutes, while gently-plucked folk music coaxes you down from the walls.

begin with thunder perfect mind, then wander aimlessly as you may. it's all going to be ok.

that name again is CURRENT 93

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flirtin' with the undertaker

2007-03-25T00:47:45Z

If anything burglarizes my time from a certain crossword game, it'll be learning to play fingerstyle guitar like Jack Rose:

Not the best vid in the world but there's more shots that show off his incredible technique than any of the others I've found. I'll try not to make so many weird faces when I do it, though. The song is called "Cross The North Fork" from his album Kensington Blues and I assure you the version he performs live is virtually identical to the album cut.

Also, it's really irritating searching YT for Jack Rose because every other hit is Titanic related.

ramble scramble

2007-03-17T04:02:17Z

Spring break has been fun. Been down in the Ft Lauderdale area with meldeiry.

The Wednesday club draws some good competition but it's only three games and I missed out on games with Ian and Trip and the like. But it was fun. Went 2-1 with my only loss being a one-pointer. The Thursday club is usually weaker but Weisberg showed up and I got two games with him, splitting them. I don't Quackle as much anymore (since upgrading my JRE the board seems to have contracted epilepsy... wtf) but I ran through the win and even though I drew well it was one of the best games I've played in about a year.

Tonight we spent time at the neighborhood bar and some drunken CEO bought Mike and I two shots apiece of Gran Patron Platinum, which we believe may have run him close to $100 a pop. Livin' large. Normally I pass on tequila but this stuff was easily the smoothest, most agreeable liquor that ever went down the hatch.

Nova is losing but that's about the extent of my concern for the tournament right now, so I'll live. Time for bed.

amesoeurs

2007-03-14T05:04:33Z

So I'm somewhat eem-ing over this band called Amesoeurs. I can't possibly be arsed to know what it means but the gals in the typing pool tell me it's French. Super. They are from France, believe it or not, and they play black metal. Black metal is the sort of metal that has, in the past decade, inspired imbalanced Norwegian kids to burn down churches and murder suspected Christian bandmates. No shit. For more of this soap opera, read Lords of Chaos. Black metal began as a maelstrom of intense and yet sorrowful music, precariously balancing hatred and aggression with a sense of mourning and longing for pre-Christian pagan values. Nowadays, it's simply a style of music, long since detached from its ideological trappings. Ordinarily this separation of technique and intent would seem to make for a stunningly bland piece of art, and to be honest, it usually does.

But this. This sounds like your everyday 90s British indie band dipping their toes into extreme metal, and in the process Amesoeurs have created a sadly brief EP of intensely gorgeous and melodic music dripping with the sickly black ichor of despair. It is music that demands to be appreciated on its own terms, simultaneously embracing and rejecting its milieu. I don't recommend it to you if you have difficulties wrapping your head around typical black metal vocals, which as a rule are high-pitched devilish screams (the classical bands of this genre often seem to be simultaneously channeling Skeletor and Donald Duck), but if you're game for something a bit off-center, this might just be your gateway drug.

I'm going to bed, I've drunk too much. I have a long day/week ahead of me. Please take a chance on something you may easily hate. It may hate you back, but remember that hatred is sometimes just confused love. And remember that at at the end of the day, at least I still love you.

Amesoeurs - Bonheur Ampute

yums

2007-03-14T00:48:22Z

I guess I never looked closely enough, but all this time Publix has carried Taylor pork roll. At least one of you knows what I'm talking about. Turns out Publices (?) in Florida are about the only place you can get the stuff outside of the NJ/PA area. I can get (frozen) scrapple, but that's probably a little more universal. I wonder what else I'm missing.

If suddenly a bunch of Wawas popped up down here, I might think about staying.

doodoo

2007-03-10T15:57:43Z

"Cappaletto"?

I know it's not an easy name, but COME ON

[Update: They've given him his second L back! Did someone complain?]

uselessness is go

2007-03-09T06:40:23Z

Shamelessly stolen from squeegman. Meme content follows; you have received your warning.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Phil
2. Yankee (Go Home!)
3. Philadeus

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. I'm an excellent driver
2. I'm smarter than roughly 95% of the population
3. I'm from da Illadelph (where ya health you never take for granted)

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. I drink and smoke heavily
2. I'm smarter than roughly 95% of the population
3. I give at least half a shit about my ability to play a board game

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. German
2. Polish
3. Russian

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. The prospect of being buried alive
2. Christianity
3. Those yip-yip aliens from Sesame Street

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Coffee
2. Scrabble
3. Dead animal byproducts

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Enslaved t-shirt
2. Jeans
3. Surprisingly sexy boxer-briefs

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
1. Burzum
2. Iron Maiden
3. Current 93

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE ALBUMS:
1. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. I've never seen an episode of Star Trek
2. I've vomited into a hotel ice machine
3. I've killed a bird

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Aikido
2. Quitting smoking permanently
3. Passing out on an escalator

THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Trust
2. Intimacy
3. Forgiveness

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Sing
2. Dance
3. Eat properly

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Scrabble
2. Music
3. Film

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Pee
2. Smoke
3. Beat my roommate to death with a tire iron

THREE JOBS YOU'D CONSIDER DOING OTHER THAN THE ONE YOU HAVE:
1. Seismologist
2. Copywriter
3. EMPLOYEE

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Iceland
2. Norway
3. China

THREE KID'S NAMES:
1. Lorelei
2. Jens
3. Cthulu

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Play Scrabble correctly
2. Eat as many different animals as I can
3. Weigh >200 lbs

germans and zombies and stupid comedies

2007-03-07T05:13:17Z

This is roughly half what I've seen since the last post, but I don't bother including stuff if I can't think what to say about it. Not that I have all that much to say about these, but whatever. Hopefully someone is reading this saying "I hope he turns me on to some foreign zombie movie I've never heard of," and if that sounds like you, this might be your lucky day.

Roughly in order of quality, but I'm temporarily putting my numerical ratings on hold while I rethink the algorithm. If this bothers you in any way, you have problems I can't solve.

Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Stunningly beautiful film, with one of the most evocative and picturesque opening scenes ever. I love how this feels like a heavily stylized documentary. Kinski is fuckin' intense and from what I've read about him, it wasn't much of an act. Must explore further.

Borat
Hooray, the hype delivers. Hilarious. Nothing more to say.

Comedian Harmonists
German film about a unique singing group comprising three Aryans and three Jews during the Nazis' rise to power, and you probably see where this is headed. There's a romantic subplot that apparently never happened but adds nicely to an already emotionally cathartic story. Well acted and beautifully shot, and the music is delightful.

Day of the Dead
Often cited as the most polarizing of the "Dead" series, and I can sort of see why. There's no doubt this isn't quite the picture Romero wanted to make -- constrained largely by budget issues -- and much of the opportunity to propel the zombie genre forward seems to go to waste. That said, a subpar Romero zombie film is still heads and shoulders above most other films I'll see in a given year, and this entry is easily the bleakest in tone. I don't much care for the "Bub" storyline the way it turned out, but thought with more breathing room Romero could've really done something with it. Savini's effects are just spectacular, though; the last 10-15 minutes are a veritable goregasm, and without the comic book-style magenta splatter of Dawn. I have a feeling I'll grow to like this a lot more after repeated viewings.

Bio Zombie
Finally got a non-shattered copy. What a bizarre film. The lead characters are two punk teens named Woody Invincible and Crazy Bee, and I don't expect to hear a better pair of character names this year. So it's basically zombies running amok in a mall; where have I seen this before. But as the story runs its cheap, campy course, the film suddenly takes a remarkably dark and tragic turn, and out of nowhere there's a handful of genuinely poignant scenes capped off by a thought-provoking ending. WTF!? There's no real scares here and the effects are sub-NOTLD, but this turned out to be highly worthwhile on sheer "huh" factor.

Insomnia
This is the original, Norwegian film btw. I hate Robin Williams with a marrow-deep passion so I'm not sure if I'll get around to the American remake. This is a pretty remarkable inversion of noir motifs, replacing darkness and shadows with the unrelenting light of the midnight sun. The ending isn't completely satisfying, but that's about all I can think of to knock this down.

The Last Seduction
Hard to comment on what I found remarkable about this film without presenting spoilers. Very worthwhile if a bit cheap, but then again this was a made-for-premium-cable movie that later earned a theatrical run. Linda Fiorentino is pure evil and you spend the entire film unsure if you're rooting for or against her.

Red Rock West
Fun, compact little drama in a neo-noir vein. I like Dwight Yoakam every time I see him but I seem to be running into his films completely accidentally (tho his part here is very small).

Run Lola Run
It's the old "changing the past leads to uncertain futures" trope, and it's basically a 20-minute film played out three times, but this was remarkably entertaining and not nearly as pretentious as I was expecting.

United 93
I was genuinely relieved that the climax didn't involve Beamer shouting "Let's roll" as Adagio For Strings built to a deafening crescendo, but still I couldn't help but think how much more devastating this would've been if we hadn't heard a single note of music until the closing credits.

Choking Hazard
Someone on the IMDB board described it as "a zombie movie invaded by absurd existentialists," and that's not too far off the mark. Low-budget zom-com from the Czech Republic that's genuinely funny, which is no mean feat when there's a language barrier. Still don't get what the title has to do with anything, though.

Orgazmo
So I reenrolled with Netflix at the barebones $4.99 plan just to rent stuff that Blockbuster doesn't carry or seems to have stuck in "Long Wait" limbo, and it turns out I get 5 hours of online movies as well, so I figured I'd hit this up. It's a great feature, btw, and once the selection expands I might consider switching back full time. Anyway. While I was a bit surprised at how taut the direction and writing were, this is exactly as stupid as I was expecting, and a good bit funnier.

Wedding Crashers
With a few more rewrites this could've been... I don't want to say brilliant, but maybe something close. A lot funnier than I was expecting from this camp, but ran a bit too long and fell into too many cliched/lazy writing traps.

Super Troopers
I like dumb comedies but only when they make me laugh. I didn't laugh once during the first half hour and got annoyed and gave up on it. Please explain.

schmeckt gut!

2007-02-19T03:21:46Z

Dinner tonight was wiener schnitzel w/boiled potatoes, and oh man did it turn out great. In the past I've tended to overdo it and it gets a bit tough, but somehow I managed to cook it perfectly and it was as tender and flavorful as any I've had in an authentic restaurant. Also seemed to hit the perfect balance of seasonings this time. "Not fucking up dinner" probably ranks pretty low on most peoples' pride-o-meters, especially with such an easy recipe, but for me it's always a coup.

cw in slightly more detail

2007-02-12T17:23:02Z

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Maybe I was underrated before, maybe I'm overrated now, either way it doesn't really matter because it's just one tournament. I have a few more tourneys planned for this year (most with strong fields) so we'll see where the rating goes when I take it out and get it scuffed up a bit.

Aside from the hoary WL, this tournament was weird in that I hardly had any easy games -- the kind where you can do no wrong and sleepwalk to a 150+ win. My biggest spreads were 90 and 85 and in both cases I had to pull a late bingo and catch opp with a heavy rack. In a way, I think that might explain my finish. I've always known that I'm capable of 1800ish play but I can rarely hold it together for an entire tournament or even an entire game. Slacking off wasn't an option this weekend, and maybe spending every move of every game on high alert was what forced me to play better than usual. At this point I think my meta-game is at an all time high.

My scoresheets -- usually things of beauty -- are a smudgy, scribbly mess. I experimented with a new tracking system this weekend and kept myself busy with that, so in a bunch of these games I either can't tell what was played or just didn't write anything down at all. Most of the bingos on both sides were pretty bread'n'butter, with maybe SAPoNIFY being the funnest. I don't think I missed a whole lot but it looks like my silliest miss was ?EGHORRT.

I got to spend time away from the game with some really cool people that I'm regretting I didn't get to know better in my first year-and-a-half down here. meldeiry has very generously offered me a couch for the Ft Lauderdale tournament in three weeks, and that's about the only way I'd be able to play it. So I think I'll do that. Some nice competition there already.

EDIT: I'm not 100% sure how they rate you when you cross a multiplier boundary -- I went to 1801 in round 9, and if they do it like it's two separate tournaments from that point on, then I'm 1834. This seems much more reasonable than some of the early estimates I was getting.

wtf

2007-02-11T23:04:47Z

I ended up 13-1. My only loss was to Susi in Round 2. Rated somewhere in or near the top 50 now. Scrabble is a weird friggin' game.

clearwater after 8

2007-02-11T02:53:04Z

Sam and I are the lone 7s, but he has about 600 spread points on me. I left my scorecard either in my car or at the hotel (d'oh) but I think four of my seven wins were by < 20. In a vacuum I mightn't be happy with my play but then I remember that I got about 2.5 hours of sleep last night. I'm wiped so I think tonight will be different. I hope. Big day coming. More later.

non-hits redux

2007-02-08T02:21:37Z

A while back, dianagram asked about favorite non-hits by your favorite artists, and I somehow missed the post until now. Interesting question. Rather than bump an old thread, and since I can't think of anything else to write about... obviously I'll try to limit this to artists who have had significant commercial success of some kind.

* I'll take anything off Animals over any Pink Floyd radio standard.
* I get the impression it's not exceedingly popular amongst Radiohead fans -- and I was only one myself for a year or two -- but "Let Down" is a stunningly beautiful song. The whole song evokes this mental image of an emotionally-charged anime-style narrative, where the spurned narrator eventually hijacks a spaceship, careening desperately through a major city before crashing, with the analog synth sparkles at the end representing the dust and debris rising up through the air. Synaesthesia ftw, I guess.
* Bruce's "Candy's Room" is a somewhat simple song propelled by a marginally progressive structure, but it's one of the few Boss tunes I can't help but listen to on repeat. I believe I've rambled drunkenly about this song before.
* Most of my favorite AC/DC songs come from mid-to-late Bon-era albums, almost none of which got significant airplay. Pretty much all of Powerage missed the US public's ear, and roughly half that record is gold.
* Metallica is an interesting little quagmire. I'll have to think about this some more.
* Neil Young's "Little Wing"
* Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music Part III". Hurrr. Actually, it's a pretty great twice-a-year record, but I'm not recommending it to anyone.

I'll probably think of about nine more after posting this.

words your brain tries to teach you in your sleep

2007-02-04T20:56:43Z

BDDEGILNU.

Give up? So did I. Apparently, it's DINDLEBUG*!

For some unknown reason I was studying from these preprinted "Peanuts"-themed flashcards, and when I flipped it over, there was Sally (not to scale) standing next to an apparent dindlebug. The only other card I remember was for MASHGIAH, and since the meaning hasn't yet crept into my subconscious, the image was instead something that resembled a turnip.

So anyway, that's my excuse if I play something truly insane next weekend.

beer's not drinkin'!

2007-02-02T00:57:25Z

It might be a while before I do another movie review post -- for any number of reasons -- but last night I watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and I think Ford-Wayne is going to guide the direction of my film-watching habits for the next few weeks. Absolutely terrific film, finely written and acted, and touching upon a wide range of themes and conflicts that I didn't expect to find in a western.

beating the rush

2007-01-28T23:25:28Z

While everyone gets set to post TACO and NH and Charlotte reports, I'll sneak in with a report from a quaint little club tournament.

So I finished first, 4-2 +221, but with an asterisk. More on that later. Steve was in AC and the other 1500-1600 players didn't show up, so I was top dog by 350+. I drew like hell in all but one game, and if I draw like that against 1700+s I probably go 1-5. It'd be easy (and fun!) to stand up on the table channelling Nimzovich, but instead I pretty much took it all in stride. No way I'd have been able to do that even a year ago.

Aside from their obviously superior playing abilities, I really believe the players who win tournaments consistently are those who have built up the biggest callouses to the bullshittier* aspects of the game. Sure, some might have quieter/more socially graceful ways of dealing with it than others, but you have to be able to stand strong and play fighting Scrabble on every turn if you want to win. And you don't build up a callous by sitting at home with Quackle, and you don't grow as a competitor by screaming about losing to people who think IKEA* is good. So that's why I play these things. I'll take whatever experience I can get, hopefully getting that much stronger with each heaping spoonful of bullshit. I'm no good at succinct aphorisms but if I was, maybe: You'll never win until you learn how to lose. Pass the bong.

As for the asterisk: I'm 4-1 +250 going into the last game, and my opponent is 3-2 with maybe 50 fewer spread points but I didn't note it exactly. Kinda dumb, now that I think about it. So she rolls away from the first rack, alternating between easy bingos and huge JQZ nonsense. Somehow I claw back enough to "only" be down 70 in the endgame. This is probably easier to follow with a board but I'm lazy. I have AAENVWX, she has GLSS. I have WAXEN for 43 but there's a wide open A, no hooks to be made or anything, so she's not missing that. Maybe AVA there first. If so, WAXEN is unblockable with her rack. I don't see any other outpl-- oh crap, there's an O. But it's a moderately tough find, making three overlaps in a little nook. I didn't see it right away. If I can get out first I'll get back a shitload of spread and maybe still win the tournament, but in order to do that, I have to hope and pray that she misses GLOSS. I hate hate HATE playing with the hopes that my opponent will make a mistake because they always surprise me. But if I take WAXEN I'll eat the V and finish second for sure. I lay down AVA, trying to disguise my shaking hands. She doesn't see it. She takes JAVAS/AS (instead of ASS!) for 17, and I go out for a 29-point loss. Her spread going into the game? You guessed it, 192. So we end up tying for first, both 4-2 +221.

So, it ended up being a lot of fun.

Bingos were kinda blah, but at least I know I didn't miss much.

GaTHERED MARTINET / DERANGES UNLINED
GLARIER SECONALS IDEOGRaM / sTOUTEN
OESTRINS / FLOAtER WIENIES
MINTAGE CARELeSS / COaTEES
MUSSIER EKISTIc INsIGNIA / none
UNEDITED / BOOmERS CROCHEt

EDIT: I lol'ed a bit: She gets credited for first place in the cross table because she's a Kn- to my Kr-. As close shaves go, this is one of the closest I've seen.