Regionals was earlier this month. Finished 8th. Had some good moments, had some bad. 4 years of ultimate.. came to an end. Some expectations were met, some weren't. But all in all, I'm done with college ultimate. Team voted on new captains, and I think they'll be awesome as they are already taking over most of the responsibility. But I ran into a rookie at the library last night, and we give them a hard time saying that they're not a crustie (a Pleiade vet) yet, and won't be until fall. Anyways, I ran into a rookie, and she asked, "Why weren't you at pick-up, captain?" and I smugly replied, "I'm not captain anymore." And she goes, "Hey! If I'm still a rookie, then you're still captain!" LOL. She got me.
So now that I'm done with college ultimate, what's next? Honestly, I don't know. Club's on my mind, but I have to make sure my body can take it. And then.. women's or coed? At this point of my "career," after 4 years, and 3 years of rebuilding, I feel like I need something to show off for the past years--some sort of accomplishment. And though placing/making it far (aka nationals) isn't all that matter, but it has always been a goal of mine. But ultimately, I want to join a team that I can actively learn from and that benefit from me. I know I have a lot to learn, 4 years in college means nothing in club, and I've never actually played club. And if club doesn't work out this year.. then that's okay too. I've had a good 4 years, and maybe it's time to take a break. :)
5.22.2010
4.23.2010
Cross Faded Music?
You know how when you do two different drugs, the high is greater than the two highs separately? So that's why it's dangerous to mix drugs.
I feel the same about music. I like songs individually, but sometimes when they are mashed together--OMG it's EPIC!!11! Maybe that's why mash-ups are so awesome.
But today as I was driving to my work meeting, I heard Lady Gaga (who I love greatly) Just Dance and wait for it... JOURNEY's don't stop believing. The two together.. blew my mind. Mind. Blown.
Epic. Awesomeness. I want more.
I feel the same about music. I like songs individually, but sometimes when they are mashed together--OMG it's EPIC!!11! Maybe that's why mash-ups are so awesome.
But today as I was driving to my work meeting, I heard Lady Gaga (who I love greatly) Just Dance and wait for it... JOURNEY's don't stop believing. The two together.. blew my mind. Mind. Blown.
Epic. Awesomeness. I want more.
4.01.2010
knees
i have the knees of an 80 year old.
2.5 days of walking all throughout Vegas strip does nothing on my knees, and one practice during spring break kills them.
2.5 days of walking all throughout Vegas strip does nothing on my knees, and one practice during spring break kills them.
3.08.2010
2.25.2010
Pain in the Butt
Pulled my butt at practice earlier this week. It's surprising how much you use your butt. I've been icing but since I can't find my ice-pack, I'm using my bag of frozen vegetables. My roommates find that gross. I find them gross. So practice was fun to sit out and watch. It always sucks to learn new things but not able to practice them immediately. It's okay, I worked on my high release backhands on the sidelines. Too bad it'll only work on marks shorter than me.
Prez Day ended great for us. I was very proud of my girls. We broke seed and came home with 4 wins. Last year we came home with 1 win, and then lost to that same team later in the weekend. We finally broke our curse of losing to UCSC on tight games by beating them twice at Prez Day. Gave a good game to UCSD (W), Texas (L), and Wash U (L on DGP). Texas game basically was just runs by both teams, and they ended up getting longer and more runs. I almost had a baller sky D. Open side D, saw the huck went up, beat my player to it, jumped up crazy high, brushed the disc--not enough, and she was behind it and caught it and scored.
Played against Wisconsin. Didn't see too much of Georgia, but I supposed they didn't really need to utilize her that much against us. But seeing her in person, on the same field as me (and she talked to me in the bathroom!) did a little for me and the fan girl inside of me. It's comparable to a 12 year old meeting Miley Cyrus. Oh, and Muffin was also there. That was like seeing Nick Jonas. A few epic moments: 1) Colleen skied Georgia for a D. 2) I psuedo-skied someone for a D, the disc misthrown and drifted towards my player, but I had better positioning so I got to it first. Anyways, it was right by our goal line, Beth was extremely open and called out to me. I rushed the throw, and didn't put as much outside-in as I liked and she couldn't quite get to it in time.
Took my first ice bath. Surprisingly painful. People were making fun of me because I couldn't stick my legs completely in and was only icing the back of my legs. And then when I tried to get out--well, that didn't work out too well. Second night, Rad kept me company while I ice bathed alone. Again, painful as heck getting in. Rad tried to bring light to the situation saying it's not as bad as the Titanic where their whole body was in freezing water. I told her that I understood why Jack died now.
Stanford open this week. We're seeded as 1--what's up. Here's to a double Davis victory. Davis sweep!
Prez Day ended great for us. I was very proud of my girls. We broke seed and came home with 4 wins. Last year we came home with 1 win, and then lost to that same team later in the weekend. We finally broke our curse of losing to UCSC on tight games by beating them twice at Prez Day. Gave a good game to UCSD (W), Texas (L), and Wash U (L on DGP). Texas game basically was just runs by both teams, and they ended up getting longer and more runs. I almost had a baller sky D. Open side D, saw the huck went up, beat my player to it, jumped up crazy high, brushed the disc--not enough, and she was behind it and caught it and scored.
Played against Wisconsin. Didn't see too much of Georgia, but I supposed they didn't really need to utilize her that much against us. But seeing her in person, on the same field as me (and she talked to me in the bathroom!) did a little for me and the fan girl inside of me. It's comparable to a 12 year old meeting Miley Cyrus. Oh, and Muffin was also there. That was like seeing Nick Jonas. A few epic moments: 1) Colleen skied Georgia for a D. 2) I psuedo-skied someone for a D, the disc misthrown and drifted towards my player, but I had better positioning so I got to it first. Anyways, it was right by our goal line, Beth was extremely open and called out to me. I rushed the throw, and didn't put as much outside-in as I liked and she couldn't quite get to it in time.
Took my first ice bath. Surprisingly painful. People were making fun of me because I couldn't stick my legs completely in and was only icing the back of my legs. And then when I tried to get out--well, that didn't work out too well. Second night, Rad kept me company while I ice bathed alone. Again, painful as heck getting in. Rad tried to bring light to the situation saying it's not as bad as the Titanic where their whole body was in freezing water. I told her that I understood why Jack died now.
Stanford open this week. We're seeded as 1--what's up. Here's to a double Davis victory. Davis sweep!
2.12.2010
Excitement!
Two sources of excitement. 1) Prez Day in SD! 2) Vegas trip with the roomies during spring break!
1.15.2010
Ultimate!
So Rad and I ran our first tournament. Spent way too much time together, we were very organized and prepared for it. Took a bit more work than we expected. It's okay, now we know for next time (if we were to do it again). But overall, success! People said it was a great tournament because of the high level of competitiveness AND we had lots of women!
Santa Barbara Invite is next week. I'm excited. This is the first test for our team. I really enjoyed yesterday's practice, we were pushed more than we've been recently. First we ran the beep test and that's obviously a great way to start practice! But I was very proud of all our girls, every girl improved their fitness from the first time we ran it. Then A team did sprints for chattering during warm-ups the whole time. Doug had us do a 3 man marking drill, and a few of us weren't sprinting to put on the mark, so he stopped the drill and had us sprint instead. After practice, our conditioning consisted of jumps and, you guessed it, more sprints. So my legs are somewhat tight. Good luck to those going to Lei-Out!
Here's to hoping this year will be my first sunny Santa Barbara Invite! It's been gross for the past 3 years..
And when we had the girls line the fields for the hat tournament, they weren't sure how we wanted the fields oriented.
We emailed the following diagram to a phone with a following message of: Rad drew it
Santa Barbara Invite is next week. I'm excited. This is the first test for our team. I really enjoyed yesterday's practice, we were pushed more than we've been recently. First we ran the beep test and that's obviously a great way to start practice! But I was very proud of all our girls, every girl improved their fitness from the first time we ran it. Then A team did sprints for chattering during warm-ups the whole time. Doug had us do a 3 man marking drill, and a few of us weren't sprinting to put on the mark, so he stopped the drill and had us sprint instead. After practice, our conditioning consisted of jumps and, you guessed it, more sprints. So my legs are somewhat tight. Good luck to those going to Lei-Out!
Here's to hoping this year will be my first sunny Santa Barbara Invite! It's been gross for the past 3 years..
And when we had the girls line the fields for the hat tournament, they weren't sure how we wanted the fields oriented.
We emailed the following diagram to a phone with a following message of: Rad drew it
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