Pair of Aces

Man, what a tough loss for the Twins. Johan has a rough second inning in which he gave up two runs in an otherwise very solid start, but against Barry Zito of the A’s that was too much. Zito didn’t exactly have dominating stuff, but the Twins hitters let him off the hook far too many times by swinging at bad pitches and making other dumb little mistakes. There were a few other Twins fans aside from just Jacob & I that made the short trek down to Sports Cafe to watch the game, so that was kinda fun, but obviously it would’ve been more enjoyable had the Twins won, instead of losing 3-2 to fall behind Oakland 1-0 in the best-of-5 series. The Twins have dug themselves a hole, but I still believe they can come back and win. After Grad Synoptic tomorrow Jacob & I will be heading back downtown to catch the last half of the game. Go Twins!
The leaves are changing around here, and I noticed some pretty nice fall foliage in the neighborhood around my apartment, so I took a bit of a circuitous walk home this afternoon and snagged a few pictures. I think peak is gonna happen probably this weekend or early next week, which would be a week or so earlier than last year. And in addition to the leaves that are turning all sorts of different hues, on Sunday afternoon there was an absolutely gorgeous double rainbow that I took a few pictures of. It was one of the most beautiful rainbows I’ve ever seen, as both arcs were rather bright and visible in their entirety, from horizon to peak to horizon. There really aren’t too many where you see the full arch, much less a full double arch. And there were places where I could see a hint of a third rainbow inside the primary arc. I tried to take a panoramic shot of the entire rainbow, but that didn’t turn out well at all, le sigh.
I don’t think I’ve ever in my life practiced piano for three hours in one stretch, but I came very close to doing that tonight. The time just sort of went without me noticing too much, although I was kinda tired afterward. On the plus side it’s looking like I should be able to have everything down reasonably well before the worship team rehearsal on Saturday evening. And with all the time I’m putting in, that better be the case…