the game

Silver Turtle Boyfriend and I live in the University District. This translates to us living close to students at a big university to our west and south, and not too far from the ghetto further south and east, and close to a little sort-of hippy community to our north. We've lived in this general area for a few years, because we've got an awesome apartment, an okay neighborhood, and we're close to downtown and our jobs.

There are students about year-round, walking to and from class, or to and from their girlfriend's house, or whatever. Every spring it seems that overnight the number of students out at once quadruples because it's suddenly nice enough outside to hang out there. Pretty typical college kid stuff; hanging out on your porch or roof, beers in a little wading pool, not doing your homework, enjoying life.

Then, a couple years ago, something was added to the mix. All of the sudden everyone was playing a game while they hang out. It's so prevalent that both Silver Turtle Boyfriend and I walk or drive past and have to comment on how much everyone seems to love this new game. It's been a couple years and the game is still here - they play it all of the time. And since it's spring again, the games have come out.

The game, of course, is CORNHOLE. Or, as we called it when I was a kid, bean bag toss. It's sort of similar to darts, from what I can tell, in that you need to toss with one hand, and have a beer or similar drink in the other hand - presumably for balance. I didn't really like bean bag toss much when I was a kid. My favorite things were floor hockey or basketball. But maybe the key to enjoying a good game of cornhole is the beer that goes with it.