Chess Night

Tonight we had chess night at the Calgary ThoughtWorks office. And by chess night I mean me sitting around with some pizza, some beer, and three nerdy boys - two on either side of me, the last lounging on the other end of the board looking smug as the three of us - Team World - struggled and bickered and muttered amongst ourselves in our combined effort to defeat the terrible tyrannical Team Isa.

I know I am not very good at chess, but the way these guys played made me feel downright lousy at it. I made some good points at times but too often my suggestions were too clumsy, too rushed. But no matter - playing chess with some of my fellow ThoughtWorkers was a remarkably fun way to spend an evening. I feel so much better about myself now than I would had I wasted that time watching Gossip Girl or clicking aimlessly around Facebook all night.

I'm looking forward to next Monday's game already and to my own improvement. Maybe one day I will get good enough to take on Team Isa by myself.

For now though, the score is:

World 1, Isa 0.