Ass Pictures

As I said in the last post, I made a complete and total ass of myself in Tuscaloosa this past weekend, and I'm sure that everyone there that I know would be more than happy if I never visited again (except Stacey, because not only did she encourage it, she helped facilitate it and proceeded to be completely entertained by it... at least someone was!) So here are a couple pictures from then, and a few explainations.

Here is a picture of me, Stacey, Billy, Adam, Derek (hot guy in green sweat shirt) and some other guy, who I can't remember his name.

Me, Stacey, and Adam. Click Click...

BOOM!!!!! (ok, it was a drunk boom, but it was still a boom!)

And I think that this picture of Billy might just sum it all up...enough said!

Ultimate and Debauchery

So, this weekend should have been my second weekend in K-town, but instead I decided that my friends in Alabama needed to see me. I drove down to Birmingham on Friday night to stay with Stacey, and we had a good time, ate dinner, and watched movies. It is funny though, because I met her friend Allison Ashby, who is from Memphis and went to UT,someone that I met when I was a freshman in college, and she knows my friend Ashley's brother, and some of the girls that lived in my old house, and one of the geography alumni. small world. I fell asleep way too early on Friday night, but I think that Stacey forgave me. On Saturday we woke up, and went to a scrimmage, B'ham ladies vs Auburn girls. The score was 15-2, but it does not reflect the level of play by either team. B'ham should not have turned it over as often, and the Auburn girls, WOW! They looked so good, especially since most of them have only been playing for about two months, and they just learned zone last Thursday... I could go on and on. They played absolutely amazing! So, we go eat with Stacey's mom, then head back to the apartment for a shower and head to Tuscaloosa... and it was great, even though UT lost. We walked around for a while, and I killed my big toe on some of the sidewalks. I stumped it on some brick that was sticking up, and it is a good thing that my toes are basically dead on the fronts from playing ultimate, because I basically took the whole front off. But it didn't hurt too bad, and the alcohol later that night definitely helped.
So, we walked around, ate dinner, I saw will and Ashley walking down the street, and Jenn Joyner too, and we threw for a while in the quad. We finally headed to Gray's apartment to party with some Ultimate kids, after hitting up the liquor store for some girly Shmirnoff drinks. Got there, and got hugs from McCargo while he proceeded to yell "Caroloopy-I'm sorry we beat you! I'm SO SORRY!" which let everyone know that I was from TN. Then I was forced to take an Apple Pie Shooter... ok, forced might not be the right work. I didn't take much to get me to agree! Anyway... I proceeded to drink a little too much and make a complete ASS out of myself, there and with my drunk phone messages I left on many people's phones. It was bad. I kept telling people that we were going to make out (people that I knew of course, not strangers) and calling people, and taking shots... oh my lord it was bad. There will be pictures posted, I promise. I don't think I can even begin to tell what exactly happened here, you are going to have to ask me... it was a crazy night, and I did quite a few things that I don't remember and said a few things I don't remember, but it was well worth it. Ask Stacey and McCargo, I know they were more sober and in a better state to remember things than me!

Random thoughts for the day

So, two things I've been thinking about.
First, I got a call from Garmin on Monday. They make GPS units and stuff like that, and they hire cartographers. Yeah right? Well, while I believe the call was only to set up a phone interview, I can't help but be worried because 1. This is the first company that has called me (So I HAVE to call them back and interview because we are in countdown mode until I am CUT OFF), and 2. They are located in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. I am not a mid-west kind of girl. I am southern down to my bones, despite how much I used to deny it. I LOVE sweet tea, and southern summers (even though i say it is too hot). I like snow, but not all the time, because then it isn't fun to be a dork and act like a five year old and play in it. I like HILLS, and Southern Accents. I like the south. And if I get this job, no matter if I hear from anyone else, I'll have to take it because I need a job so incredibly desperatly. What to do?

Second, I just saw a picture of a friend of mine from high school on Facebook (please, no comments on that one... I know I know, I had to give in) and she looks fabulous. She is wearing a cute satin black dress, has drink in her hand and her cell phone and is just smiling away. And I realized that all a girl really needs in life is a fabulous dress, a good cocktail, and her cell phone (well, maybe not that last part, but mine is my life line). So, there is my two random cents of the day.

Realizing that it's over

So, club ultimate is over, and I don't really think that it hit me until today. I know, it's been two weeks since Regionals, and Shotgun isn't going to Nationals, blah blah blah. That's not what I mean. I know that that is over. I don't think that it really hit me that the whole experince is over until now. Janet and Meridith and I have been talking about it at women's practice. All three of us played with different teams, and we all had to play each other at LEAST twice, if not more, but all three of us agree that this club season was some of the most fun we have ever had. And the thing that I hate more than anything is that I don't really live close to anyone that I played with, so I don't get to see anyone! And I hate it! I was told about the ATL beach hat tourny today that is Nov. 12-13 by Kate. I really want to go, especially since I got an invite to share a condo with ATL people that I met this past season, a few on Shotgun, some Rival, and some I don't know yet, but one's that I've heard lots of talk about (in a good way :)). But I can't go, because my family is coming in town, and by family, I mean my mom and dad, and about twenty other people, along with half of my graduating class, and the graduating class before and after me from Cordova (it's the game against U of Memphis). So, I can't really bail on my parents, that wouldn't go over so well, but I am just sad that I'm not going to get to see any on my ATL friends for a while! Sorry for the complaining... just had a sad moment... because I miss all my friends!

I am a Blog Whore... more pictures!

So, this is my normal state at a tournament. I play hard, and act like a complete goofball on the sidelines. Very few pictures are there of me playing or acting anywhere close to serious!
This is one of the maybe three pictures I have in my possession of me playing. This is with Shotgun at Sectionals in ATL. We won this game against Sequence.
Apple Pie Shooters Line!

This is at Toss in Savannah. Each team was supposed to bring a gift for their opponents. We brought alcohol and shared it. This was after our last game against Rival, and it was a good way to end the day. I know that LPS enjoyed... she went through the line like 3 times! If you have never had one, I highly recommend one... they are very tasty!

AHH... Savannah. On my first trip to Savannah, I locked my keys in my trunk. Do not ask me how, or why, because I do not have the answers to those questions. I do know that having Tom and Susan already drop my antenna in my car, almost drop Tom's, having Heather lay in the top of my car with her arms inside my sunroof holding a stick, having skinner try to tell her where to maneuver it so that we can unlock the doors, and Jen just being Jen was enough. It is definitely one of the most memorable tournament experiences I've ever had!

Fun Pictures...

So yeah. I know that I am a HUGE dork, but that is something I've known for a long time, and have learned to deal with. This was at my neighborhood yard sale in Memphis about a month back. Our friends had this huge frame, and my favorite commercials are the hp commercials, so I did a little imitation of it. I love it!
Oh Halloween 2004. Sometimes, you just have to fairy wings and a blue wig and make something up. I was the Fairy of Darkness/Death. Depending on when you asked me and how much alcohol I had consumed up to that point, the answer seemed to change!
Heather's Wedding!

Heather (the bride... laying in our arms) was the UT ladies coach for a year, someone who taught me a lot about ultimate, and a good friend of mine. This is from her wedding in August 2004. All the Ultimate girls got on our knees and put our hands out and Heather layed out into them with her wedding dress on. By far the BEST wedding I have ever been to!

And another random Shotgun moment. Ray has a DDR machine in his house, so of course we had to play on Friday night instead of going to bed to rest up. Samantha was pretty good, but Ray is ridiculous! This is also the night Susie and I came up with the phrases "Women who handle don't have to dance" and "MORE DANCING LESS CLOTHING". No one will ever beat Shotgun on good times!

First weekend...

So, this past weekend was my first weekend in town in THREE months! It was absolutely fabulous, if not a little dull. Friday had dinner at Tomato Head with ultimate people, and then I just went home a watched movies on TV. I woke up FAR too early Saturday morning (8:30!!!!) had to run to the Walgreens on the strip because I was out of TP, which is very upsetting when you wake up to that! I watched some movies, finally forced myself out of bed to head to campus to meet Memphis folks for tailgating. For me, when Memphis people come in town, tailgating = free food and alcohol. Fantastic times! Met Liz, caught up with her, walked down to Mellow and met Melody, walked home, more movies! I didn't even know that we lost the game until I got to campus on Monday! I'm a horrible UT student! Sunday, woke up at 8:30 AGAIN, watched another movie, some mindless TV... and did nothing! So really my weekend was kind of a bust, but it was nice to be in town. And I have a whirlwind weekend schedule for the next month, so being bored shouldn't be a problem. I'm just too used to being out of town for tournaments with Shotgun, I don't know what to do with myself when I'm here! Well, thankfully, Itchfest and Ruby are coming up, and the family is coming for Homecoming on Nov. 12/13, which is also the same weekend for Dave Baldwin Memorial Tournament for the UT boys. So things are starting to pick up, and I get to see my UTC and Amy Smith and Jennie Yang at Itchfest, maybe Ruby, and Katie. Auburn girls and tag along boys (RAY) are coming for Ruby too, so I will get to see my Shotgun friends too! Can't wait!

Ultimate is taking over... wait a second....

Ultimate has offically and 100 % taken over my life. I can't really explain it, but I know that it is true. Yes, I have been playing for the last three years, and that is all I've been doing. But this club season was the real deal, and so was Shotgun. It was a real team, that I played with at four tournaments, and the same people were on the team at each tournament. I am used to playing with a different squad every time I travel! But the how I know that ultimate has offically taken over is yesterday I was in my Brazilian History class (it's 8:00am and not the most stimulating class), and I am usually pretty good about paying attention and taking notes, or at least listening. And then all of a sudden I woke up and realized I had been completely zoned out for probably close to ten minutes, and I had NO IDEA what we were talking about. I looked at Tom's notes, and nothing made any sense! And I know that I had been thinking about Ultimate and this winter: should I play Nooga league when I don't know where I am going to be? Do I hope that I'll be in ATL and sign up for Women's League? What about when I move to ATL? Who will I live with (it will be an ultimate person, or my aunt and uncle, to be sure)? What am I going to do next club season? What am I going to do about UT, and how do I deal with the issues tha I have with UT?
And when I woke up from my trance, I almost started laughing at myself! I couldn't help it, because that hadn't happened in a really long time! And even still, all I can think about is ultimate and all the questions that are above. WTF?!!!

PS: My Renissance professor used the phrase "Audience Whore"! (meaning that he has to fill an auditorium for a visiting lecturer in a few weeks, and does not feel bad about bribing his students into coming with extra credit so that there will be an audience!)

Suddenly

So, I go out to dinner with Matt, Sharpe, and Anna on Monday night after practice, and they get to Chili's, and start talking about celebrating. Apparently Sharpe got a call from a company in Berkly, CA on Monday about a job and is flying out of Nashville on SUNDAY! SEVEN DAYS after he got the call! And I am super happy for him, because I know this is what he has been waiting for, a job, a good job, not a crappy one at the gun warehouse. But it is so sudden, and I almost think that it's better, because then no one really has time to dwell on it and dread the fact that he has to leave. But still. Sharpe has been there from the beginning. He was one of the very first people I met when I got to school and started playing Ultimate, and he's just been around for the last three years. We've had classes together and all of that in the last year, and we are Settler's buddies (with Anna too!). It's just weird that people are actually starting to leave, people that I am close with. But the thing is, somewhere along the way, I stopped looking at people leaving as a bad thing, and started looking at it as a good thing... places to stay when I want to make a trip! And I know that Sharpe and I aren't the best of friends, but we are close, so it's sad. But I am happy for him too!
Tina and B.V. from Nooga are also heading out! They are moving to Jackson Hole, WY (I think... almost 100%) in less than a month also so they can just live and work for the next nine months or so while B.V. wait to hear from medical schools to see which one's he got into. BV is going to be a great Dr! AND Anna is leaving in two weeks to start her job in D.C.! AHHH!
I think that this is why I can't really stay in Knoxville after I graduate. The people that I've gotten really close to are leaving, and once they are gone, I won't feel like I belong here... hell I don't feel like I belong here anyway! It's so strange to be somewhere and then you realize that you can't wait to leave, but a small part of you is dreading it also. I think that meeting so many people this club season made me want to take that next leap into life, and hopefully I'll land in ATL. Stace wants to move there too, so that is fun, and that is where my life has been for basically the last three months... the time I was MIA because I was playing way too much ultimate!!! I guess taking leave from friends can be hard, but it also means that we are all growing up and moving on. I guess you really can't stay in college forever.

What's Fish without an "i"?

Answer: "Fsh"!

Ok, I never claimed that it was a good joke, but i really like it, and Stace thought it was hillarious on our 8/9 hour drive home from Orlando Sunday.

So, update: This past weekend was Regionals in Orlando. My weekend actually started on Thursday at 9:25 when my one and only class (at least the only one I went to!) got out. I headed down to Nooga to hang at Tom's house, and we did nothing all day! Around 6:00, Janet (knoxville girl, grad from UGA, plays for IP) showed up and we went to pickup in Nooga. Great field, lots of fun. Friday morning I woke up, and left for ATL, hoping that I would get there on time, since I left over a half hour later than I wanted to. Got to ATL, found Teddy's apartment, and finally hopped in the van to get Scott from the GA Tech campus. Did you know that the sliding door windows on mini-vans roll down now! I didn't! Stacy and I had to play with that a while. So, we finally get Scott, but then we can't figure out how to get back on the interstate. And I know that is wasn't helping that Sam, Stacy and I wouldn't stop talking... so we finally end up on the interstate, but we are going the wrong way! Teddy says "It doesn't matter which way we are going right now... all that matters is that we are on the interstate! We'll turn around in a second!" So, besides that, the ride down was fairly uneventful. We did see Amy Smith, Jenny Yang, and Parag (Rival kids) on the way. We finally get to the hotel, do the hot tub thing, and then head up for showers and all that jazz. Bama kids rolled in about an hour or so after us, and we eventually hit the hay.

Saturday: We get up, Emily and Jon are there (but they got in at 4:30 am!!!), and we head to the field. Get there, see everyone, I get all excited about seeing the team since I haven't seen anyone in three weeks. Lots of talking, not really focusing on anything, which may be why Spaz almost hit me in the face with a disc as our teams were warming up on the same field. I didn't even know who threw it, and didn't care at the time... just wait! Anyway, we warm up, play Alpha Omega first, 13-3 win, then Sequence again, 13-2 win. Then the biggie... Holes and Poles (HnP). This is the game that will send us into the semi's for the first bid to nationals. We are up the WHOLE time, and somehow, they win! Final score 13-11 bad guys. So, we go into the Backdoor bracket. i know-i hate backdoor brackets, but when there are only two spots to nationals... you take every chance you can get. Anyway, fourth game on saturday was against DeathKnell, something like 13-6 ? Win. Go back to the hotel, shower, watch some football, Auburn kids hang out there. Head to dinner at Olive Garden (love it!), and Rival is there. Talk to Emmie, Amy, Jennie, finally get seated, and our waitress brings over a bottle of wine, and tells us it's a gift from Rival! Sweet! It wasn't too bad either! Ozone ladies and Chain tag-alongs show up also, and they are way louder than us, but lots of fun, talked with Jen Smith about thier day and everything. After dinner, hotel and pass out.

Sunday: Wake up, first game of the day is Rival. AGAIN. This is the fourth time in the last month that we've played Rival. Don't get me wrong, it's always a good game, but still. It's getting old playing the same teams at every tournament this fall. Anyway, they wanted to win bad, and they made us earn the win. The game was either tied, or only about two points in either direction. score: 15-13 win. Then we had to play JOTS. AGAIN. I wanted to win this game sooo badly. I wear my heart and emotions on my sleeve when I play as it is, but in against this team it is worse. I feel like I have to prove myself every single time. This time was better than the last because I did play better, breaking the shit out of their cup the couple of points I was on. And then I got scored on. Always a heart breaker. Needless to say, i took it super personal, and broke down, but was fine. I do love BV, because he always makes sure tha I am alright whenever this happens. Anyway, we wanted it, and kept it close, but they won, 15-12. And they won their next game, but did not win the game to nationals. For a complete update of the weekend, at least mixed results, go to South Regionals Mixed Results

Highlights of the weekend: trying to come up with a "whore" name for everyone on our team. Examples: Stacy is the Cuddle Whore, Susie the Attention Whore, me the BFF Whore/Drool Whore, Adam the Picky Whore, Ray the Friend Whore... you get my drift. Great fun, and good Iso's for the future. Free Wine from Rival. Dinner with the team. Hanging out with everyone. Playing well. Not a Giver. Stacy doesn't back down... ok, i've got to stop!

SOO, club season is over, and I'm kinda happy about not having to travel as much, but I'm sad because it's over. I don't regret anything from this season, not the time i've spent in my car, nor the massive amounts of money I have spent. I LOVED my team more than anything, especially since it is really the first real team i've been on. It was a team where everyone actually like each other, and liked hanging out together. We played with our hearts, and we played well. We won a tournament, and beat JOTS for it. I've made invaluable friends, that I love dearly, and I can't wait to move to ATL so that I can just be there. I can't wait for next season, even though I don't know if Shotgun will be around again, and if it is, if it will be the same squad, or anything resembling this year's team. I've enjoyed myself more than I ever have. So even though we didn't make it to nationals, that part doesn't matter. I got alot more out of it. So, here's to a Shotgun Wedding, Shawn Champions, Disney Movies, our pop-gun, running hard, playing well, and ultimate.