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Purple Nurple – April 12, 2008
Just over a year ago, I decided to start writing about my experiences playing ultimate frisbee in Ottawa. After over 100 entries, a stint of competitive frisbee, two URL changes, dating a team-mate, playing through injuries, pissing off a coordinator, a tournament victory, one fake Rambler, and captaining my first team...I’ve decided to stop. Although I have plenty of reasons, I’ll stick to the top few.
1. Lack of time
One of the great things about my blog when no one was reading it, was that I could hammer out an entry in 10 minutes. As more people started to visit, the time spent editing grew accordingly. Couple that with a job that’s got me thinking of dropping league altogether, along with other important commitments, and I just don’t have enough hours in a day to do an entry or two every week.
2. It’s not as much fun
Back around October, writing entries started to feel like work. Coincidentally, that was about the same time that playing ultimate started to feel like work. If you look back, one of my “personal goals” every time I listed them, was to keep frisbee fun. I have enough stresses in my life without ultimate being one of them. I can’t imagine the last few months of entries have been fun reading, since I didn’t have much fun writing them.
3. The blog has run it’s coarse
An income statement tells you what happened to a company fiscally over a 1-year period. If you can read between the lines, you get a great idea of the fiscal health of the enterprise. Similarly, those of you who have tracked the blog for a while can figure out much of what has happened to me on and off the field starting last April. Admittedly, I like the idea of stopping now, with tryouts days away…leaving some of my readers in suspense ;-)
4. It’s time for a fresh start
For those of you who have logged onto LeagueRunner lately, you’ll have noticed that your teams from last summer are gone (unless you’re returning). Although it was a bit of a shock not to see ‘BigFish’ on my list of teams, I love the idea of having to work my way back. This year, tryouts are a do-over for me, with limitless opportunities if I can step up…
5. I don’t have much to write about, nor do I plan to.
As awesome as they’ll be this summer, I’m debating dropping my Monday night league team so I can stay late at work more often. Without a league team, and considering I’d never write publicly about comp practices, that leaves me very little frisbee-related matter to blog about. Plus, for those who haven’t noticed, I’ve tried to stop using names of people in here. I like to think of it as protecting the innocent from guilt by association ;-)
I think that’s enough reasons. My short-term plan is to keep the blog up for a few weeks, and then archive it somewhere where I can review it in the future. I might post with the results of tryouts, but don’t promise anything.
I’ll pre-empt a few questions, by telling you:
A) Yes, I do have another project planned, but your chances seeing it are about the same as me hooking up with one of my many “man crushes”.
B) I stand behind everything that I said in this blog. Have I made some mistakes? Hell yes…who doesn’t?
C) No, I won’t tell you which team-mate it was.
D) I don’t harbor any ill-will toward unwanted visitors / readers. The amusement of their viewing patterns (even the ones who find my writing “painful”) more than makes up for the unwanted increase in traffic.
Looking back, it’s crazy how this evolved from something for my amusement, to a site that now receives several hundred views a week. Even though I’ve employed a number of measures to avoid popularity, I would like to thank my readers for all the feedback they’ve given me. As mentioned in my 100th entry, I’ve met some incredible players through this blog, and more importantly, incredible people. Thanks to all of you.
As for regrets, I don’t have any. If I’ve said something that’s offended you, get me back on the field. I hear vendettas are huge in OCUA ;-) Plus, despite a nasty flu that’s hampered me the past week, I’m in awesome shape right now and can’t wait to hit the grass this summer.
I thought about ending with the track-list for my summer ulty CD, but instead, am going to suck it up, and leave myself open for a few parting shots by posting “my” latest ultimate parody song. All criticism should be directed to the lanky, wobbly-throwing, purple-loving geek - James King. If you have compliments, I’ll have to tell you offline who deserves them :P Happy hucking!
Bids
(To 'Kids' by MGMT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnDF3TNYiBM&feature=related)
You laid out
Got turf burn on your knees from it
Making your team so proud
Cheering you ever so loud
They like to watch you flying
Snatching discs out of the air
No time to think of consequences
[Chorus:]
Control yourself
Or you’ll be scarred for life from it
Arthritic knees you never wanted
You’ll be haunted
[Repeat chorus]
The praise is sincere
The applause makes you shiver
A disc is released
Crying out for a sick bid
The memories fade
Like looking through frisbee goggles
Decisions to layout are made
A heavy price is paid
But you guessed it wouldn’t hurt a lot
I guess not
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Friday Light Nate 2008 / 2009 Recap
“What’s your finishing move?”
- An unknowing chump
“Oh, oh, oh…..cocksucker!”
- One of my favorite Friday team-mates, with my handling idol sprawled across his lap.
Although Finishing Move might not have been the top team in league, I’d be willing to bet we had the most fun. Below are a few things I’ll remember about the season.
To captain or not to captain?
Captaining was a totally new experience to me, and I had no idea what to expect. Luckily, I had the league’s best co-captain to do all the work for me. I’m forever thankful to G for giving me the opportunity to captain, and then guiding me through the season. Since G could write a book on captaining, all I had to do was show-up and pretend to know what was going on. One of her best pieces of advice to me was that once you’re a captain, you have to take your game for granted, since your role is to make sure everyone else is playing well, getting lots of touches, and enjoying themselves. G’s consistent, awesome game always was a given. On the other hand, when I was having an off night, I had to do my best to hide it in order to continue to portray a confident image for the team.
The hardest thing about captaining for me was picking handlers on the line. Being an over-analyzer, I’d worry about offending people who I knew wanted to handle, but had to balance it with having a couple solid handlers back. I found a little trick early on, that by calling horizontal, I could give one more person an opportunity to handle.
Will I captain a team again? Probably not anytime soon. Not to say it wasn’t a positive experience, it’s just not where I’m at as a player at this point in time.
Late Night vs Open?
Since I had a very positive experience playing Friday late night the year prior, I signed up again back in September. This was long before rumblings of the open program practice / scrimmages came to my attention. As soon as I found out a couple of Fishes and friends were playing open on Fridays, I kind of regretted committing to late night instead.
Looking back, I’m glad I stuck with the late night. Not only was the captaining a great experience, but there was at least 1 match-up on every team that really challenged me. As much as I don’t like to name drop in here anymore, some of the toughest matches were Lucky, AlCo, Edwin, Reade, Devin (veteran lefty), BJ, Pete, and of course the king of all obvious mismatchfor me – Mike “3” Davidson. Holy shit did he make me run the two times I played him.
Assuming the $40 increase to late night is approved, and the open program continues with their BFP sessions, I have little to know idea what I’ll do next winter.
The Caliber
On some nights, I thought the caliber of play was equal to that of Wednesdays. Every team supposedly had 1 or 2 weaker players, but a lot of these individuals were athletic 3s and 4s who genuinely wanted to improve. To offset the weaker players, each squad also had a couple of comp or masters players to guide the team. It’s worth nothing that beside the list of ‘match-ups’ above, the caliber of women players was outstanding. There was a great mix of BFC, BF, Stella, and Scarlett ladies, along with some very strong league players.
The A&L
A big part of Friday late nights was the post-game socializing at the A&L. Having only went out a handful of times last winter, as a captain this year, I sucked it up the great majority weeks and went out for a post-game bevie. Although I probably wasn’t as ‘mingly’ as I should have been with other teams, for a quiet guy, I think I did alright. Met some new people, got to know some acquaintances better…good stuff.
The Team
Since I gave a brief overview of my IID team, pre-shuffle, might as well say a few things about the Finishing Movers…
G – Best co-captain ever. A star on and off the field.
Super-sub Pete – Best super-sub (with BBQ sauce)
McKegger – Amazing handler, fucking intense D, and cool guy to boot.
Dmo – Holy under-rated batman. Got as many run-through D’s as any guy in the league.
Derek the Gator – If I had his hands when it comes to catching high swill, I wouldn’t keep on getting cut from…everything! :P
Andrew ‘Midnight Runner’ – One of the few people who I’d gladly trade legs with.
Big John – If Arrested Development knows what’s good for them, they’ll put him on the A team this summer. Loads of potential.
Axel – Quietly is one of the most consistent players I’ve ever met. I can see how he shares a field with GLUM Ford on Mondays and lives to tell about it.
Don Kung Fu Fighter – The solid handler / on field captain that I needed to help me. So much respect for him.
Hello Jessie – Improved the most, since she wanted it the most. Can’t wait to call her a team-mate this summer.
Casey (not Jackie) – One of the ladies who could play comp in a second if she wanted to commit to it.
HaasofD – A defensive goddess?!
Lily-hammers – I love her energy. Too bad about her injury.
All in all, I had a great time, with a fantastic group of people. As for next year, I’ll worry about that when the time comes. In the meantime, feel free to ask me about my Finishing Move ;-)
- An unknowing chump
“Oh, oh, oh…..cocksucker!”
- One of my favorite Friday team-mates, with my handling idol sprawled across his lap.
Although Finishing Move might not have been the top team in league, I’d be willing to bet we had the most fun. Below are a few things I’ll remember about the season.
To captain or not to captain?
Captaining was a totally new experience to me, and I had no idea what to expect. Luckily, I had the league’s best co-captain to do all the work for me. I’m forever thankful to G for giving me the opportunity to captain, and then guiding me through the season. Since G could write a book on captaining, all I had to do was show-up and pretend to know what was going on. One of her best pieces of advice to me was that once you’re a captain, you have to take your game for granted, since your role is to make sure everyone else is playing well, getting lots of touches, and enjoying themselves. G’s consistent, awesome game always was a given. On the other hand, when I was having an off night, I had to do my best to hide it in order to continue to portray a confident image for the team.
The hardest thing about captaining for me was picking handlers on the line. Being an over-analyzer, I’d worry about offending people who I knew wanted to handle, but had to balance it with having a couple solid handlers back. I found a little trick early on, that by calling horizontal, I could give one more person an opportunity to handle.
Will I captain a team again? Probably not anytime soon. Not to say it wasn’t a positive experience, it’s just not where I’m at as a player at this point in time.
Late Night vs Open?
Since I had a very positive experience playing Friday late night the year prior, I signed up again back in September. This was long before rumblings of the open program practice / scrimmages came to my attention. As soon as I found out a couple of Fishes and friends were playing open on Fridays, I kind of regretted committing to late night instead.
Looking back, I’m glad I stuck with the late night. Not only was the captaining a great experience, but there was at least 1 match-up on every team that really challenged me. As much as I don’t like to name drop in here anymore, some of the toughest matches were Lucky, AlCo, Edwin, Reade, Devin (veteran lefty), BJ, Pete, and of course the king of all obvious mismatchfor me – Mike “3” Davidson. Holy shit did he make me run the two times I played him.
Assuming the $40 increase to late night is approved, and the open program continues with their BFP sessions, I have little to know idea what I’ll do next winter.
The Caliber
On some nights, I thought the caliber of play was equal to that of Wednesdays. Every team supposedly had 1 or 2 weaker players, but a lot of these individuals were athletic 3s and 4s who genuinely wanted to improve. To offset the weaker players, each squad also had a couple of comp or masters players to guide the team. It’s worth nothing that beside the list of ‘match-ups’ above, the caliber of women players was outstanding. There was a great mix of BFC, BF, Stella, and Scarlett ladies, along with some very strong league players.
The A&L
A big part of Friday late nights was the post-game socializing at the A&L. Having only went out a handful of times last winter, as a captain this year, I sucked it up the great majority weeks and went out for a post-game bevie. Although I probably wasn’t as ‘mingly’ as I should have been with other teams, for a quiet guy, I think I did alright. Met some new people, got to know some acquaintances better…good stuff.
The Team
Since I gave a brief overview of my IID team, pre-shuffle, might as well say a few things about the Finishing Movers…
G – Best co-captain ever. A star on and off the field.
Super-sub Pete – Best super-sub (with BBQ sauce)
McKegger – Amazing handler, fucking intense D, and cool guy to boot.
Dmo – Holy under-rated batman. Got as many run-through D’s as any guy in the league.
Derek the Gator – If I had his hands when it comes to catching high swill, I wouldn’t keep on getting cut from…everything! :P
Andrew ‘Midnight Runner’ – One of the few people who I’d gladly trade legs with.
Big John – If Arrested Development knows what’s good for them, they’ll put him on the A team this summer. Loads of potential.
Axel – Quietly is one of the most consistent players I’ve ever met. I can see how he shares a field with GLUM Ford on Mondays and lives to tell about it.
Don Kung Fu Fighter – The solid handler / on field captain that I needed to help me. So much respect for him.
Hello Jessie – Improved the most, since she wanted it the most. Can’t wait to call her a team-mate this summer.
Casey (not Jackie) – One of the ladies who could play comp in a second if she wanted to commit to it.
HaasofD – A defensive goddess?!
Lily-hammers – I love her energy. Too bad about her injury.
All in all, I had a great time, with a fantastic group of people. As for next year, I’ll worry about that when the time comes. In the meantime, feel free to ask me about my Finishing Move ;-)
Saturday, April 18, 2009
IID 2008 / 2009 Recap – One Man’s Perspective
“I recommend biting off more then you can chew to anyone,
How can I call myself “emo” without once referencing the top selling emo record of all time? ;-) Clearly, I learned a lot both on and off the field this season in Wednesday night intermediate. Since only iid-iots repeat their mistakes, feel free to avoid my bounty of blunders by incorporating some of the lessons learned below.
1. Tryouts – Play to your strengths
The feedback “ou should have cut more” bothered me since it was obvious. Even though it was apparent to an evaluator who barely knew my game, it didn’t make it any easier to swallow. One of the big differences between good comp players, and good league players, are that the former are specialists, while the latter are generalists. I’d argue that the same distinction applies to advanced and intermediate players. Advanced is a ‘do’ league, while intermediate is a ‘try’ league. If there’s a next time, I’ll remember not to focus on making my “competition” look good.
2. Don’t worry, be happy
I played the first five or so games with this huge chip on my shoulder that I was too good for IID. After a disastrous game against the Corny Kiddies, I snapped to the realization that there were players on every team who were “too good" for IID. Every game after that, I made sure to match up against those standout players, to try my best to stop them. Oddly, when I gave up on IAD, I started having a lot more fun…
3. Have fun!
This is as controversial as I’ll get in this post: IID is more fun than IAD. Given my decision making with the disc, there was no chance I would have got to handle all year on the flip side of the iron curtain. Similarly, I can’t imagine my “Nurplettes” would have supported me in the big league, nor would my team had purple night. The fact that Marko’s sole shot at me was the quality of my parody songs…is nothing compared to some of the shots he took at friends and aquaintenances in advanced. Even when I was sick or having a bad game, the smiles of my team-mates and opponents always brought me up. The fact that my favorite picture from the season (below), doesn’t contain a single frisbee, speaks to the importance of keeping things light.
4. I’m still a huck-star ;-)
Much of the ‘offline’ feedback I get about my blog is that I’m too hard on myself. To those individuals – here’s the paragraph you’ve been waiting for. When my team was clicking this winter, and we were pretty fucking dominant for a large stretch of the season, I was a big part of it. Don’t get me wrong, Giddy-up and DGo were the main reasons we went undefeated in the second half of the regular season, but my contributions were substantial. Those of you who know me are aware I mentally keep track of stats. There were nights I’d play a direct role in over 50% of my team’s goals. However, we seemed to do better when that figure was around 33%…so I point-shaved accordingly (just kidding) :P Speaking of stats, there was one night in particular where I got around 10 Ds…
5. Pick your area to improve…then do it!
I considered defense my biggest weakness heading into this winter. As indicated above, I tried to pick challenging match-ups for myself each point. Getting burnt a few times early in the season gave me all the motivation I needed to try harder to improve. Between KJ’s workouts, Michelle’s classes, and the tips I picked up at the Stella/Phoenix clinic in the winter, I’ve found my defense is much stronger and more consistent.
6. Never take it for granted.
I played all 20 games of IID this year. That’s double the number I did last year. I’m thankful my body held up (with the exception of game 20…which was rough given a flu). There’s this great guy on my Friday team who tried out for IID this year, but didn’t make it. He would have benefited more in terms of development than I did. Even though I bitched and moaned about not getting picked for the “old boys club”, I was lucky to have a spot in a great league. Especially since it most likely won’t be around in FCS again next year *sigh*
There you have my re-cap of my second winter of IID. There’s a summer team-mate of mine who said after four winters of the league, there’s nothing more they could learn. Given their game (which is awesome), I wouldn't argue with them. However, I’m under no delusions that another winter wouldn’t benefit me. I’m going into comp tryouts much more confident in my handling ability (thank-you IID), in much better shape (thank you IID, KJ and workout partners), and with no glaring weaknesses (thank you IID)…rather than my host of mental issues ;-) Bring on winter #3 of IID! Until next time, happy hucking!
I certainly do.
I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time,
Feel free.
Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind),
Hold it up (to the rays),
You wait and see when the smoke clears.
You live, you learn
You love, you learn
You cry, you learn
You lose, you learn
You bleed, you learn
You scream, you learn”
Alanis Morissette – You Learn
Alanis Morissette – You Learn
How can I call myself “emo” without once referencing the top selling emo record of all time? ;-) Clearly, I learned a lot both on and off the field this season in Wednesday night intermediate. Since only iid-iots repeat their mistakes, feel free to avoid my bounty of blunders by incorporating some of the lessons learned below.
1. Tryouts – Play to your strengths
The feedback “ou should have cut more” bothered me since it was obvious. Even though it was apparent to an evaluator who barely knew my game, it didn’t make it any easier to swallow. One of the big differences between good comp players, and good league players, are that the former are specialists, while the latter are generalists. I’d argue that the same distinction applies to advanced and intermediate players. Advanced is a ‘do’ league, while intermediate is a ‘try’ league. If there’s a next time, I’ll remember not to focus on making my “competition” look good.
2. Don’t worry, be happy
I played the first five or so games with this huge chip on my shoulder that I was too good for IID. After a disastrous game against the Corny Kiddies, I snapped to the realization that there were players on every team who were “too good" for IID. Every game after that, I made sure to match up against those standout players, to try my best to stop them. Oddly, when I gave up on IAD, I started having a lot more fun…
3. Have fun!
This is as controversial as I’ll get in this post: IID is more fun than IAD. Given my decision making with the disc, there was no chance I would have got to handle all year on the flip side of the iron curtain. Similarly, I can’t imagine my “Nurplettes” would have supported me in the big league, nor would my team had purple night. The fact that Marko’s sole shot at me was the quality of my parody songs…is nothing compared to some of the shots he took at friends and aquaintenances in advanced. Even when I was sick or having a bad game, the smiles of my team-mates and opponents always brought me up. The fact that my favorite picture from the season (below), doesn’t contain a single frisbee, speaks to the importance of keeping things light.
4. I’m still a huck-star ;-)
Much of the ‘offline’ feedback I get about my blog is that I’m too hard on myself. To those individuals – here’s the paragraph you’ve been waiting for. When my team was clicking this winter, and we were pretty fucking dominant for a large stretch of the season, I was a big part of it. Don’t get me wrong, Giddy-up and DGo were the main reasons we went undefeated in the second half of the regular season, but my contributions were substantial. Those of you who know me are aware I mentally keep track of stats. There were nights I’d play a direct role in over 50% of my team’s goals. However, we seemed to do better when that figure was around 33%…so I point-shaved accordingly (just kidding) :P Speaking of stats, there was one night in particular where I got around 10 Ds…
5. Pick your area to improve…then do it!
I considered defense my biggest weakness heading into this winter. As indicated above, I tried to pick challenging match-ups for myself each point. Getting burnt a few times early in the season gave me all the motivation I needed to try harder to improve. Between KJ’s workouts, Michelle’s classes, and the tips I picked up at the Stella/Phoenix clinic in the winter, I’ve found my defense is much stronger and more consistent.
6. Never take it for granted.
I played all 20 games of IID this year. That’s double the number I did last year. I’m thankful my body held up (with the exception of game 20…which was rough given a flu). There’s this great guy on my Friday team who tried out for IID this year, but didn’t make it. He would have benefited more in terms of development than I did. Even though I bitched and moaned about not getting picked for the “old boys club”, I was lucky to have a spot in a great league. Especially since it most likely won’t be around in FCS again next year *sigh*
There you have my re-cap of my second winter of IID. There’s a summer team-mate of mine who said after four winters of the league, there’s nothing more they could learn. Given their game (which is awesome), I wouldn't argue with them. However, I’m under no delusions that another winter wouldn’t benefit me. I’m going into comp tryouts much more confident in my handling ability (thank-you IID), in much better shape (thank you IID, KJ and workout partners), and with no glaring weaknesses (thank you IID)…rather than my host of mental issues ;-) Bring on winter #3 of IID! Until next time, happy hucking!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Week 20 Picks
"I wonder how's it gonna be, when it goes down?
How's it gonna be, when your not around?"
Third Eye Blind - How's it Gonna Be?
It's bittersweet to write the last set of IID predictions for the year. Bitter since Wednesday night ultimate won't be the same after the FCS Dome management vowed to jack up costs 50% next year (if OCUA decides to committ long-term). Sweet since I'm tired of writing predictions and taking flack for my blog. Since the wrestling theme proved popular last week, and because I had three annual reports waiting for me in the mail tonight, this week's theme will be equally easy 'numbers'.
Ocho by 8 over Threezerburn
In what I erroneously predicted would be the championship game, expect the offensive juggernaughts of Ocho to cruise to an easy win over the Chow-less Threezies. Why you may ask? Even an iid-iot for life knows that 8 > 3. Further justification can be found when accounting for Ocho's 13th man, who's coaching prowess is unsurpassed in IID ranks. Plus, Ocho's Laysoutfrequently looked mighty impressive last week wowing his oppoents with his 24-inch calfs. In the Threezie's defense, their highest LeagueWonder ranked player is out of action in what can only be described as a sock-related accident.
Cup to out rank Army
When all the IID marbles are on the line, expect Cup's 4 girls (Mush will be there in spirit) to shine like the former and future comp players they are. I'd even go as far as to venture that Cup wins with 25 points (a number that will be "flipped" this summer on a BF jersey). Keys to victory for the Cup will be controlling their '8' (does that make him twice the player as Chow?), and captain '7' leading the way like he has for the past 2 weeks. Well into his Carlsberg years, Downtown Dave Brown had a great quote last week about the Army having 12 weapons. Although this is true, I'm expecting a misfire tomorrow night, something that never happens to Army's Matt-snap Thomas when he's taking pictures.
Grey on universe over 2x12s
Assuming age is more important than beauty when it comes to frisbee, count on Grey to inch out 2x12s in what will be the closest game of the night. Grey has four of the most-underanked '5' women in the league, while 2x12s has 3 fairly ranked 5s, and 1 awesome MC ;-) As you can probably guess, I'm also a huge fan of the 2 best captains in IID (with all due respect) when it comes to developping their players. It's been an up-and-down season for 2x12s, and I think their best chance of an upset will be using their towering 6'4 Tree and my soon-to-be summer team-mate Poulitdown (and his 20+ inch vertical) to their gravity defying limits.
Hammers to throw 24x more swill than Kiddies
Despite bribing the Almighty Mahatma (make sure to thank him when you see him tomorrow night) with 2 chocolate chip cookies last week, he threw the 7th place 'chumpionship' game in the 12am timeslot. Ah well, considering my favorite kiddie has a milestone bday to celebrate, and MamaFish devised a 100% fool proof (...but is it Nurple proof?) plan of wearing purple garb this week ("purple > black > red > blue > white "), both teams are bound to have fun. My 'lucky 25-cent peice' is on at last 1 side bet, 5 or more potential quotes of the week, and too much slagging for the game's two equally sexy CMAs to count.
Predicted Quote of the Night:
"Yo 55! 25 is making you look like RPA v1.0 out there!"
- 24
There's 39 minutes of my life I will never get back :P I'm off to hit my tub of ice cream and box of Oreo cakes in an attempt to gain back the 8lbs I lost over Easter...damn 24 hour flu! Until next time, happy hucking!
How's it gonna be, when your not around?"
Third Eye Blind - How's it Gonna Be?
It's bittersweet to write the last set of IID predictions for the year. Bitter since Wednesday night ultimate won't be the same after the FCS Dome management vowed to jack up costs 50% next year (if OCUA decides to committ long-term). Sweet since I'm tired of writing predictions and taking flack for my blog. Since the wrestling theme proved popular last week, and because I had three annual reports waiting for me in the mail tonight, this week's theme will be equally easy 'numbers'.
Ocho by 8 over Threezerburn
In what I erroneously predicted would be the championship game, expect the offensive juggernaughts of Ocho to cruise to an easy win over the Chow-less Threezies. Why you may ask? Even an iid-iot for life knows that 8 > 3. Further justification can be found when accounting for Ocho's 13th man, who's coaching prowess is unsurpassed in IID ranks. Plus, Ocho's Laysoutfrequently looked mighty impressive last week wowing his oppoents with his 24-inch calfs. In the Threezie's defense, their highest LeagueWonder ranked player is out of action in what can only be described as a sock-related accident.
Cup to out rank Army
When all the IID marbles are on the line, expect Cup's 4 girls (Mush will be there in spirit) to shine like the former and future comp players they are. I'd even go as far as to venture that Cup wins with 25 points (a number that will be "flipped" this summer on a BF jersey). Keys to victory for the Cup will be controlling their '8' (does that make him twice the player as Chow?), and captain '7' leading the way like he has for the past 2 weeks. Well into his Carlsberg years, Downtown Dave Brown had a great quote last week about the Army having 12 weapons. Although this is true, I'm expecting a misfire tomorrow night, something that never happens to Army's Matt-snap Thomas when he's taking pictures.
Grey on universe over 2x12s
Assuming age is more important than beauty when it comes to frisbee, count on Grey to inch out 2x12s in what will be the closest game of the night. Grey has four of the most-underanked '5' women in the league, while 2x12s has 3 fairly ranked 5s, and 1 awesome MC ;-) As you can probably guess, I'm also a huge fan of the 2 best captains in IID (with all due respect) when it comes to developping their players. It's been an up-and-down season for 2x12s, and I think their best chance of an upset will be using their towering 6'4 Tree and my soon-to-be summer team-mate Poulitdown (and his 20+ inch vertical) to their gravity defying limits.
Hammers to throw 24x more swill than Kiddies
Despite bribing the Almighty Mahatma (make sure to thank him when you see him tomorrow night) with 2 chocolate chip cookies last week, he threw the 7th place 'chumpionship' game in the 12am timeslot. Ah well, considering my favorite kiddie has a milestone bday to celebrate, and MamaFish devised a 100% fool proof (...but is it Nurple proof?) plan of wearing purple garb this week ("purple > black > red > blue > white "), both teams are bound to have fun. My 'lucky 25-cent peice' is on at last 1 side bet, 5 or more potential quotes of the week, and too much slagging for the game's two equally sexy CMAs to count.
Predicted Quote of the Night:
"Yo 55! 25 is making you look like RPA v1.0 out there!"
- 24
There's 39 minutes of my life I will never get back :P I'm off to hit my tub of ice cream and box of Oreo cakes in an attempt to gain back the 8lbs I lost over Easter...damn 24 hour flu! Until next time, happy hucking!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Week 19 Predictions
"Know your role and shut your mouth!"
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (and what my team-mates, captains, coaches, and possibly coordinators think when I open my mouth)
While making my foolish picks last week, I missed out on using last weekend's Wrestlemania XXV as a theme. In retrospect, I feel like a total jabroni. Below are my wrestling inspired picks for this week. If you don't like the picks, I got but two words for you...(they rhyme with "huck it")...
Kiddies over 2x12s by submission
Rumor has it that IID's heavyweight champion of handling was held up by his adoring fans on the way to FCS last week, thus thwarting Corn's chance of topping Ocho. If he can make it to the game on time, and because team manager Bo saves energy when he signs his efficient autographs, expect Corn to pummel 2x12s into submission. True wrasslin fans know that 2x12s deserve to lose, for not choosing the superior name "24 Inch Pythons".
Ocho to piledrive Army
Ocho, managed by the intermediate version of Bobby "The Brayn" Heenan, will pull out the win over Army, even if their captain Morthongs has to throw salt in Downtown Monty Brown's eyes. Wednesday night's version of Steph and Triple HHH, Mr & Mrs Bush will do all they can in a losing effort, stopping short of pulling out a sledge hammer and taking care of business. For the ladies in attendance, count on Grey Laysout to perform his infamous 5-minute flexing routine to celeberate the win.
Hammers to pin Grey
"Let me tell you something mean Ginn(e) - That junoir Pyper you have on your roster is bad news! Although he grew a little since last year, the fact he's so skinny proves that he hasn't been saying his prayers, taking his vitamins, and working on his huck. And another thing, with her firey red hair, Deefense can Waite reminds me the Fabulous Moolah...a real she-devil! So let me ask you something Grey - Whatcha gonna do when the wrath and fury of the 24-handed Hammers run wild on you?!?!"
Threezerburn to bodyslam Cup in the main event
Can the Mikey Wimpreck-like fairy tail of Cup continue against the mighty Threezies? Since the good guy always wins in the last match of the evening, and because Chow is the IID "Prototype" (selling all the Navy t-shirts and ulty e-zines), the odds are stacked against the Cuppies. Furthermore, I wouldn't put it past Prouxl to sunset flip Hello Jessie for retribution before exclaiming "I flipped that bitch." One can only hope everyone's favorite referree Mahatma sticks around to avert full out battle royale...
Predicted Quote of the Week:
Because your Sable impression always cracks me up...
"All the men want to see me, and the women want to be me."
Since it's a wrestling themed night, blood shed is inevitable. If it hasn't happenned by the third game, not to worry, instead of blading, I'll just lay out elbow first and get the red fountain flowing...for the 3rd week in a row. In words of the alter-ego (Cactus Jack) of my favorite wrestler (Dude Love), have a nice day!
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (and what my team-mates, captains, coaches, and possibly coordinators think when I open my mouth)
While making my foolish picks last week, I missed out on using last weekend's Wrestlemania XXV as a theme. In retrospect, I feel like a total jabroni. Below are my wrestling inspired picks for this week. If you don't like the picks, I got but two words for you...(they rhyme with "huck it")...
Kiddies over 2x12s by submission
Rumor has it that IID's heavyweight champion of handling was held up by his adoring fans on the way to FCS last week, thus thwarting Corn's chance of topping Ocho. If he can make it to the game on time, and because team manager Bo saves energy when he signs his efficient autographs, expect Corn to pummel 2x12s into submission. True wrasslin fans know that 2x12s deserve to lose, for not choosing the superior name "24 Inch Pythons".
Ocho to piledrive Army
Ocho, managed by the intermediate version of Bobby "The Brayn" Heenan, will pull out the win over Army, even if their captain Morthongs has to throw salt in Downtown Monty Brown's eyes. Wednesday night's version of Steph and Triple HHH, Mr & Mrs Bush will do all they can in a losing effort, stopping short of pulling out a sledge hammer and taking care of business. For the ladies in attendance, count on Grey Laysout to perform his infamous 5-minute flexing routine to celeberate the win.
Hammers to pin Grey
"Let me tell you something mean Ginn(e) - That junoir Pyper you have on your roster is bad news! Although he grew a little since last year, the fact he's so skinny proves that he hasn't been saying his prayers, taking his vitamins, and working on his huck. And another thing, with her firey red hair, Deefense can Waite reminds me the Fabulous Moolah...a real she-devil! So let me ask you something Grey - Whatcha gonna do when the wrath and fury of the 24-handed Hammers run wild on you?!?!"
Threezerburn to bodyslam Cup in the main event
Can the Mikey Wimpreck-like fairy tail of Cup continue against the mighty Threezies? Since the good guy always wins in the last match of the evening, and because Chow is the IID "Prototype" (selling all the Navy t-shirts and ulty e-zines), the odds are stacked against the Cuppies. Furthermore, I wouldn't put it past Prouxl to sunset flip Hello Jessie for retribution before exclaiming "I flipped that bitch." One can only hope everyone's favorite referree Mahatma sticks around to avert full out battle royale...
Predicted Quote of the Week:
Because your Sable impression always cracks me up...
"All the men want to see me, and the women want to be me."
Since it's a wrestling themed night, blood shed is inevitable. If it hasn't happenned by the third game, not to worry, instead of blading, I'll just lay out elbow first and get the red fountain flowing...for the 3rd week in a row. In words of the alter-ego (Cactus Jack) of my favorite wrestler (Dude Love), have a nice day!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Week 18 Recap
"If I played left-handed, on one leg, with my eyes closed, and only handled..."
- My favorite "old boys club" member explaining what it might take for Mahatma to allow them to sub on the fun side of the curtain.
"Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth."
- Will Rogers
Two great quotes; one from the week I missed, and one for the week that mercifully ended. Before I forget, vendetta, vendetta, vendetta! (If I have time in the next two weeks, I was thinking about inserting popular search words and names in random archived entries...purely for my own amusement). Onto the ramblings...
- I learned an important lesson from Monday's workout: No matter how much stronger I've got this winter, I won't try to keep pace with someone who's naturally stronger than me.
- Instead of taking it easy on Tuesday, I proved my stupidity by pushing myself through an arm workout that left me spent for Wednesday's game. Clearly, I'm an iid-iot for life.
- The high-light of Wednesday wasn't the playoff game (that rather sucked), but was bumping into GLUM Ford on the bus and shooting the shit with him from Bank to Billings. He had this hilarious quote that I shared with a few of you, and kept me thoroughly entertained with his thoughts and anecdotes.
- As for the game, as (foolishly) predicted, we lost to Girls/Cup. They played a smart, physical game, and really ramped up their intensity. My sincere congratulations to the victors...
- Low-light: After hearing about one of my team-mates blaming himself for the loss, I almost laughed, knowing full well that my throw-aways, decision-making, and allowing my man to burn me for two scores more than equalled the margin of defeat. Ultimate is a team game, but reality is that I didn't step up when my team needed me to lead. Sorry guys.
- High-light: *scratching head* Developing a close and personal relationship with the turf at FCS before it most-likely gets pulled up next fall when Melynk gets his f-ing downtown soccer stadium?
- It's that time of year when countless rumors fly around about who's playing what, who's trying out, what the captains are looking for, and the like. As the the second quote this week indicates, I'm not a fan of rumors (although I don't mind the ones linking me to ulty hotties who are clearly out my league), but did hear an interesting one about a superior blogger (and player) starting an Open team. Giving 20 extra guys from Ottawa a chance to show their stuff could only be a good thing.
- Limped through Michelle's class on Thursday. If only my "competition" was there so that I could have showed them up on the t-sprints/agility ladder/everything ;-)
- We lost on Friday to the first place team that we had defeated the week before. As a captain, I was very proud of the fact that we never gave up, and faught til the last point had been thrown (<- highlight). Low-light was taking the game a little too seriously...afterall, this is Friday night ulty.
- After having a BFC-er break me with a beauty scoober for a score, I asked the best trick thrower/catcher I knew to teach me to scoober today. In less than 5 minutes, he had me throwing some respectable swill, that I plan to try out this Wednesday.
- Feel better after today's workout. Didn't push quite as hard, and am closing in on squatting my body weight (next week???).
One of the few important frisbee-related things I did this past week was fill out my tryout application. The three boxes in the 'Preferred Position' question were tricky...and I'm currently regretting not asking one of the captains a question before hitting 'Send'. Ah well, c'est la vie. Until next time, happy hucking!
- My favorite "old boys club" member explaining what it might take for Mahatma to allow them to sub on the fun side of the curtain.
"Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth."
- Will Rogers
Two great quotes; one from the week I missed, and one for the week that mercifully ended. Before I forget, vendetta, vendetta, vendetta! (If I have time in the next two weeks, I was thinking about inserting popular search words and names in random archived entries...purely for my own amusement). Onto the ramblings...
- I learned an important lesson from Monday's workout: No matter how much stronger I've got this winter, I won't try to keep pace with someone who's naturally stronger than me.
- Instead of taking it easy on Tuesday, I proved my stupidity by pushing myself through an arm workout that left me spent for Wednesday's game. Clearly, I'm an iid-iot for life.
- The high-light of Wednesday wasn't the playoff game (that rather sucked), but was bumping into GLUM Ford on the bus and shooting the shit with him from Bank to Billings. He had this hilarious quote that I shared with a few of you, and kept me thoroughly entertained with his thoughts and anecdotes.
- As for the game, as (foolishly) predicted, we lost to Girls/Cup. They played a smart, physical game, and really ramped up their intensity. My sincere congratulations to the victors...
- Low-light: After hearing about one of my team-mates blaming himself for the loss, I almost laughed, knowing full well that my throw-aways, decision-making, and allowing my man to burn me for two scores more than equalled the margin of defeat. Ultimate is a team game, but reality is that I didn't step up when my team needed me to lead. Sorry guys.
- High-light: *scratching head* Developing a close and personal relationship with the turf at FCS before it most-likely gets pulled up next fall when Melynk gets his f-ing downtown soccer stadium?
- It's that time of year when countless rumors fly around about who's playing what, who's trying out, what the captains are looking for, and the like. As the the second quote this week indicates, I'm not a fan of rumors (although I don't mind the ones linking me to ulty hotties who are clearly out my league), but did hear an interesting one about a superior blogger (and player) starting an Open team. Giving 20 extra guys from Ottawa a chance to show their stuff could only be a good thing.
- Limped through Michelle's class on Thursday. If only my "competition" was there so that I could have showed them up on the t-sprints/agility ladder/everything ;-)
- We lost on Friday to the first place team that we had defeated the week before. As a captain, I was very proud of the fact that we never gave up, and faught til the last point had been thrown (<- highlight). Low-light was taking the game a little too seriously...afterall, this is Friday night ulty.
- After having a BFC-er break me with a beauty scoober for a score, I asked the best trick thrower/catcher I knew to teach me to scoober today. In less than 5 minutes, he had me throwing some respectable swill, that I plan to try out this Wednesday.
- Feel better after today's workout. Didn't push quite as hard, and am closing in on squatting my body weight (next week???).
One of the few important frisbee-related things I did this past week was fill out my tryout application. The three boxes in the 'Preferred Position' question were tricky...and I'm currently regretting not asking one of the captains a question before hitting 'Send'. Ah well, c'est la vie. Until next time, happy hucking!
Friday, April 3, 2009
V for....
Vendetta, vendetta, vendetta!!!!! Lol
My "new readers" and their searching habits crack me up. The same individuals make me wonder if their employers pay any attention to how much time they're spending on the Intraweb. Seriously though, thank you. After a hectic week, I needed a good laugh.
- J
My "new readers" and their searching habits crack me up. The same individuals make me wonder if their employers pay any attention to how much time they're spending on the Intraweb. Seriously though, thank you. After a hectic week, I needed a good laugh.
- J
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