2024 was a busy year in mahjong for me, with lots of ups and downs. Let's take a look. The year kicked off in January with the Seattle Open. I had a great tournament, finishing 14/91. If the tournament had only 8 more participants and I got the same result, I would have gotten enough ARA qualifying points to put me a hair's distance aw...

Day -43 -- 12/22/2024 -- Washington, DC I grew up in the 90s during the rise of the Internet, while having largely unsupervised access to it. Instead of doing (any) homework, I spent my free time exploring. Some niche/fringe areas have since undergone great evolution and become part of the mainstream. MUDs (like Ancient Anguish where I...

Day -48 (12/17/2024), Washington, DC This song was playing when the vibeshift stirred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq8PyyMbrYQ I don't know what caused it. The certainty of finding solutions to all my moving challenges, the pre-release of the American Riichi Association site, or feeling the tarmac underfoot again. (Who knows how ma...