Don't worry Anne, I always encourage people when they get the sudden urge to say good things about me, and I'll always make space for it in my blog too.
BLOG PARTY, WOOOO!
Moxie
Asmus: I'm sorry to have to break it to you but the only cool thing about me is my name. You'd better prove yourself as a rockin person if I meet you. When I meet people I don't like I kick them in the shin.
Don't worry Anne, I always encourage people when they get the sudden urge to say good things about me, and I'll always make space for it in my blog too.
BLOG PARTY, WOOOO!
Don't worry Anne, I always encourage people when they get the sudden urge to say good things about me, and I'll always make space for it in my blog too.
BLOG PARTY, WOOOO!
"I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
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I know that because you wrote this to me:Anne wrote:Asmus, how do you know I hope Emily is going to worlds?? And don't worry she'll prove in real life that she's cool!
Jeg tror hvis du charmer hende nok, kan vi lokke hende til at spare sammen til worlds til naeste aar!!
Which means "I believe that if you use your charm enough on her, we can make her save up for worlds next year!!"
Damn! Now you made me unfold my secret plan..
Okay last words.
I hope you come to worlds in Prague Emily! That would be sweet!
Sorry Asmus, I'm not going to be able to come because I won't be able to earn enough money by then. 
NYJ write-up
This was scribbled at different times on my trip home and typed line thought by thought over the last few days so I’m not going to fix the tense stuff. I’m also going to post it without re-reading it (as it is 3:45am) meaning that it might be a little messy, but I’m sure you can all handle it.
-The climate was tough on my skin. I had to put body lotion on several times every day and my hair was flat the whole time I was there. It was a bad hair day for two weeks straight. Entertaining so far, huh? If you like that, you just keep reading.
-Ride to Chicago with Reid
-9 days of waiting
-First time I saw Zeke was him playing 2-square against Alex D. and Zeke did some awesome tricky move to get Alex out—then laughed in his face all loud and obnoxiously. Aww.
-Mathieu and Nick boxing (VIDEO COMING SOON!!!)
-The first day of trying to kick was so bad. SO bad. Oh man. I couldn’t get more than a few contacts each string. The 2nd day was better (it couldn’t have been worse) which was good. I felt a little more like myself. I hadn’t played in a little over two weeks and it felt like way, way longer than that. I still had fun.
-Wandering around with Tom and Andre. Pictures of some really attractive people. Sign-reading safety mom.
-Sign-reading safety mom’s kid getting kicked in a different part of the gym later in the day, and Tom and I happening to be there to witness her freak out. Beeeautiful.
During the event I kept hearing people ask Andre when he’d get lavers (I did it too). Poor guy must have been asked a lot, but that is to be expected. He said he’ll get them very soon. He was fun to hang out with.
-Zeke’s insane 6-square gauntlet. I wish we had checked the time to see how long it lasted. Zeke took on as many people as wanted to complete in a game of 6-square where he was always king. If you ace him (get him out without him contacting the bag) 3 times you win. 4-square pros had to ace him 9 times and people who had already won prizes were not allowed to compete. If Zeke got out but it wasn’t an ace, it was replayed. If another player got out, they went to the back of the line. After a long time of constant play, Zeke was sweating and people in the line started dropping out. Not only that, but some of the people who were left started sitting in chairs in line. I didn’t sit down, but me feet hurt from so much standing. I can’t imagine how tired Zeke must have been.
-There’s no use in talking about the shred because we all know it was great and you’ll all see the videos. I was surprised at how few people there were taping, especially compared to many of the more recent events I’ve been to where it felt like there was an inordinate number of people were filming.
-At the event site I looked over and saw not one, but two people filming with their cell phones. Or maybe they were taking pictures, but they kept the phones up long enough for me to get a camera and pretend to be taking a picture of Fletch. To avoid coming off as a jerk, I won’t tell you who those people were.
…I’ll just post the picture.
I’m not seriously making fun of you. I don’t even have a camera (or camera phone), I just used Fletch’s. I just thought it was cute.
-Meeting Colin who looked COMPLETELY different than I thought he’d look based on his avatar. Wow. Fun guy. Completely different than I thought he’d look. Wow.
-Since Jeremy got to the hotel first he checked in for our room which was under my name. Since the hotel overbooked DD rooms, they gave us a room with one King bed instead of two doubles. I went to the desk to see what they could do for us. They had given us a rollaway bed, but that still means we only had a bed for three people. I asked for extra bedding and what other compensation she could offer since someone had to sleep on the floor.
I schmoozed like the devil and got us HALF off on the room plus breakfast for six people. Including tax, for both nights each person paid $15. Nick, Reid, Fletch and I went to breakfast and got the buffet which costs about $25 per person including tax and tip. It was rockin. There was a slight scare with the bill, but we realized that a Canadian buffet has a different meaning than an American buffet. Kind of like the difference between a subyurban block and a city block. In that order.
We gave the extra breakfast voucher-for-two to Zeke and Tom since they did so much for everyone and deserved a little pampering. And I like them. It was great, too, that when I was checking out there was an $18 breakfast charge on the room bill and I knew I hadn’t had breakfast and that no one in our room would sign anything to our room so I asked them to remove the charge. A while Jeremy told me that he owed me $18 for breakfast. Turns out he got a free breakfast too.
-In our room was Reid, Nick, Mike Hansen, Jeremy, Fletch, Emily, and on the 2nd night Cale McCoy.
-Cale made his first 3-stitch footbag and it turned out really well besides the size. He is super nice, and I was worried that our room corrupted him by way of internet humor. On the last day of the event Cale realized he didn’t have his black flying clipper bag containing all of his footbags (which is maybe 7-9?). He was really concerned (as anyone would be and especially at their first event) but it felt good to be able to honestly reassure him that anyone who found it would make sure to find out who it belonged to and get it back to the owner. As it turned out, not long after I told him that Tom returned it to him.
-Speaking of Tom,
he was my tourney-buddy this event. I was really glad to spend time with a good friend. I used to make sure to get to know all the new (to me) people at an event, but slowly learned that it’s more important to me to spend quality time with friends I only see once or twice a year. It’s too bad I didn’t get to know a bunch of people at this event. Months before NYJ I thought to myself that if I had the chance after school, I would move to Chicago for a year. Just a year, because it’s not where I see myself living in 5 years from now, but I would give just about anything to be back there with people I miss so much. Chicago and Waukegan. I would be able to hang out and kick with CIC, have them train me at 4-square, and eat really greasy Chicago food. NYJ this year really sealed that thought. I don’t know if I’ll actually be able to do it, but it’s a nice thing to dream about for now.
-I hope it was okay that when Zeke, Tom or Reile asked my opinion I gave it without sugar-coating. No, I think they know me enough to expect that when asking what I think about something. I like that even though I haven’t lived there in just over 3 years I still feel so comfortable around them. I felt like I got a fair amount of time with Zeke considering everything else he was doing all the time. It’s also weird for me as an ex-Chicago area kicker to show up and not know so many locals. The big boom seemed to happen as soon as I left. Maybe it was a hint?
-Which brings me to Nathan. I know “funniest personâ€
NYJ write-up
This was scribbled at different times on my trip home and typed line thought by thought over the last few days so I’m not going to fix the tense stuff. I’m also going to post it without re-reading it (as it is 3:45am) meaning that it might be a little messy, but I’m sure you can all handle it.
-The climate was tough on my skin. I had to put body lotion on several times every day and my hair was flat the whole time I was there. It was a bad hair day for two weeks straight. Entertaining so far, huh? If you like that, you just keep reading.
-Ride to Chicago with Reid
-9 days of waiting
-First time I saw Zeke was him playing 2-square against Alex D. and Zeke did some awesome tricky move to get Alex out—then laughed in his face all loud and obnoxiously. Aww.
-Mathieu and Nick boxing (VIDEO COMING SOON!!!)
-The first day of trying to kick was so bad. SO bad. Oh man. I couldn’t get more than a few contacts each string. The 2nd day was better (it couldn’t have been worse) which was good. I felt a little more like myself. I hadn’t played in a little over two weeks and it felt like way, way longer than that. I still had fun.
-Wandering around with Tom and Andre. Pictures of some really attractive people. Sign-reading safety mom.
-Sign-reading safety mom’s kid getting kicked in a different part of the gym later in the day, and Tom and I happening to be there to witness her freak out. Beeeautiful.
During the event I kept hearing people ask Andre when he’d get lavers (I did it too). Poor guy must have been asked a lot, but that is to be expected. He said he’ll get them very soon. He was fun to hang out with.
-Zeke’s insane 6-square gauntlet. I wish we had checked the time to see how long it lasted. Zeke took on as many people as wanted to complete in a game of 6-square where he was always king. If you ace him (get him out without him contacting the bag) 3 times you win. 4-square pros had to ace him 9 times and people who had already won prizes were not allowed to compete. If Zeke got out but it wasn’t an ace, it was replayed. If another player got out, they went to the back of the line. After a long time of constant play, Zeke was sweating and people in the line started dropping out. Not only that, but some of the people who were left started sitting in chairs in line. I didn’t sit down, but me feet hurt from so much standing. I can’t imagine how tired Zeke must have been.
-There’s no use in talking about the shred because we all know it was great and you’ll all see the videos. I was surprised at how few people there were taping, especially compared to many of the more recent events I’ve been to where it felt like there was an inordinate number of people were filming.
-At the event site I looked over and saw not one, but two people filming with their cell phones. Or maybe they were taking pictures, but they kept the phones up long enough for me to get a camera and pretend to be taking a picture of Fletch.
To avoid coming off as a jerk, I won’t tell you who those people were.…I’ll just post the picture.
I’m not seriously making fun of you. I don’t even have a camera (or camera phone), I just used Fletch’s. I just thought it was cute.
-Meeting Colin who looked COMPLETELY different than I thought he’d look based on his avatar. Wow. Fun guy.
Completely different than I thought he’d look. Wow.-Since Jeremy got to the hotel first he checked in for our room which was under my name. Since the hotel overbooked DD rooms, they gave us a room with one King bed instead of two doubles. I went to the desk to see what they could do for us. They had given us a rollaway bed, but that still means we only had a bed for three people. I asked for extra bedding and what other compensation she could offer since someone had to sleep on the floor.
I schmoozed like the devil and got us HALF off on the room plus breakfast for six people. Including tax, for both nights each person paid $15. Nick, Reid, Fletch and I went to breakfast and got the buffet which costs about $25 per person including tax and tip. It was rockin. There was a slight scare with the bill, but we realized that a Canadian buffet has a different meaning than an American buffet. Kind of like the difference between a subyurban block and a city block. In that order.
We gave the extra breakfast voucher-for-two to Zeke and Tom since they did so much for everyone and deserved a little pampering. And I like them.
It was great, too, that when I was checking out there was an $18 breakfast charge on the room bill and I knew I hadn’t had breakfast and that no one in our room would sign anything to our room so I asked them to remove the charge. A while Jeremy told me that he owed me $18 for breakfast. Turns out he got a free breakfast too. -In our room was Reid, Nick, Mike Hansen, Jeremy, Fletch, Emily, and on the 2nd night Cale McCoy.
-Cale made his first 3-stitch footbag and it turned out really well besides the size. He is super nice, and I was worried that our room corrupted him by way of internet humor. On the last day of the event Cale realized he didn’t have his black flying clipper bag containing all of his footbags (which is maybe 7-9?). He was really concerned (as anyone would be and especially at their first event) but it felt good to be able to honestly reassure him that anyone who found it would make sure to find out who it belonged to and get it back to the owner. As it turned out, not long after I told him that Tom returned it to him.
-Speaking of Tom,
he was my tourney-buddy this event. I was really glad to spend time with a good friend. I used to make sure to get to know all the new (to me) people at an event, but slowly learned that it’s more important to me to spend quality time with friends I only see once or twice a year. It’s too bad I didn’t get to know a bunch of people at this event. Months before NYJ I thought to myself that if I had the chance after school, I would move to Chicago for a year. Just a year, because it’s not where I see myself living in 5 years from now, but I would give just about anything to be back there with people I miss so much. Chicago and Waukegan. I would be able to hang out and kick with CIC, have them train me at 4-square, and eat really greasy Chicago food.
NYJ this year really sealed that thought. I don’t know if I’ll actually be able to do it, but it’s a nice thing to dream about for now.-I hope it was okay that when Zeke, Tom or Reile asked my opinion I gave it without sugar-coating. No, I think they know me enough to expect that when asking what I think about something. I like that even though I haven’t lived there in just over 3 years I still feel so comfortable around them. I felt like I got a fair amount of time with Zeke considering everything else he was doing all the time. It’s also weird for me as an ex-Chicago area kicker to show up and not know so many locals.
The big boom seemed to happen as soon as I left. Maybe it was a hint? -Which brings me to Nathan. I know “funniest personâ€
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Yay writeup. In that one buffet pic it looked like there was no plate, and y'all were eating on the table. In the other pic where Fletcher is staring at me eating pizza (not really) I was trying to see which David-brian-reile (Dabreille) that was. I swear I mistook each for the other several times this year. It was partially the hair.
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Yay emily on the pdx drifter bsos! I was in Indianapolis for new years and it was weird knowing that there was a footbag event so close by that I wasn't at...
Can't wait till we get to kick again. My schedule next quarter is pretty much just classes ending before 12 and then there's no way I can kick on tuesday as I have class from 10 - 6 which is a bit ridiculous but it makes my other days easy
edit: also when I was flying back from indianapolis we flew through chicago and I ran around the air port to find a hot dog stand. When I was standing in line I remembered your warning about ketchup. I hope hot dogs were included in your "greasy food"
Can't wait till we get to kick again. My schedule next quarter is pretty much just classes ending before 12 and then there's no way I can kick on tuesday as I have class from 10 - 6 which is a bit ridiculous but it makes my other days easy
edit: also when I was flying back from indianapolis we flew through chicago and I ran around the air port to find a hot dog stand. When I was standing in line I remembered your warning about ketchup. I hope hot dogs were included in your "greasy food"
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emily wrote:-At the event site I looked over and saw not one, but two people filming with their cell phones.
i guess thats what happens when im injured at a tournament and have too much time on my hands. its a little sad that i turn into a total fanboy
haha i just wanted a good picture of dave shredding...is that so bad??
it was cool meeting you anyway, emily, even though i've lost some respect and trust for you now
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awesome write up emily!
next year, we can have as many girl circles as you want. seriously. even if its a two person circle. (this reminds me of the last nyj, where danny petrick came up and asked to join our lady circle and he was DENIED... lol)
anyway, that last circle i was in with you, you seemed to be doing really well. you've always been so smooth and consistent. i read someones blog where they described it as "textbook"... i'd agree if the textbook were velvet and smelled of lavender (whatwhat)
next year, we can have as many girl circles as you want. seriously. even if its a two person circle. (this reminds me of the last nyj, where danny petrick came up and asked to join our lady circle and he was DENIED... lol)
anyway, that last circle i was in with you, you seemed to be doing really well. you've always been so smooth and consistent. i read someones blog where they described it as "textbook"... i'd agree if the textbook were velvet and smelled of lavender (whatwhat)
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Sounds like you guys had an awsome jam!! I spent my new years at an underground party in LA which was closed down by the police because a girl fucked on some strange thing fell 2 stories through a class roof and hit the dj set up. Man I hope she's ok!!!!
Anyway... Hope to see you soon, Emily!! I'm in Denmark right now. Will be back in the LA around the 22nd (if the American Embassy in Denmark will allow me back - they may think I'm some scampy person, who's only looking to take advantage of USA for the shred! - which is NOT true at all.....??!?!!!)
I'm still so up for the cali jam idea, and I'm still in contact with Tony about it. Would be so great!!! If it doesn't work out, I'll still promise you that we'll find a weekend for kicking together. I'll jump in the car and come up!
Happy new year, my best to the people around you and all that stuff! Take care!
\Anne
Anyway... Hope to see you soon, Emily!! I'm in Denmark right now. Will be back in the LA around the 22nd (if the American Embassy in Denmark will allow me back - they may think I'm some scampy person, who's only looking to take advantage of USA for the shred!
- which is NOT true at all.....??!?!!!)I'm still so up for the cali jam idea, and I'm still in contact with Tony about it. Would be so great!!! If it doesn't work out, I'll still promise you that we'll find a weekend for kicking together. I'll jump in the car and come up!
Happy new year, my best to the people around you and all that stuff! Take care!
\Anne
I don't necessarily want to speak for the whole club on this but I would assume that they do feel the same way about this topic as I do. I truly appreciate your opinions and trust your judgment. I value your input as much as much as any O.G. in Chicago Inner Circle. I think you help to keep us focused and grounded in reality when we really need it.Moxie wrote:-I hope it was okay that when Zeke, Tom or Reile asked my opinion I gave it without sugar-coating. No, I think they know me enough to expect that when asking what I think about something. I like that even though I haven’t lived there in just over 3 years I still feel so comfortable around them. I felt like I got a fair amount of time with Zeke considering everything else he was doing all the time.
Zeke
Funny movie titles if the movie were about poop:
Red
Fast & the Furious
The Green Mile
Children of the Corn
There Will be Blood
Funny movie titles if the movie were about poop:
Red
Fast & the Furious
The Green Mile
Children of the Corn
There Will be Blood
It made me SO happy to read every one of those posts. I mean it. 
Wow, that was one of the best blog reads (in my blog) in a long time. Thanks all.
I know what you mean about their hair, Tom. Zach J. was included in my list too.
Thanks Dustin. I’m excited about that too.
My school schedule so far is as follows:
Monday: 12-3:10
Tuesday: 4-5:45
Wednesday: 12-3:10 and 5:30-6:40
Thursday: 4-5:45
Friday: 11-3:10
I don’t know what my work schedule will be or where I’ll be working for sure, but we’ll make something fit. Nice story about the hot dogs! That made me proud.
Chrissy, that last picture is of Freddy, Zac (?), Henry, and Alex playing some crab game that involved a footbag and using their feet to fling it at each other.
Haha, Holly. I don’t like the way lavender smells but it really does sound like the best smell.
Anne, you beat me. My blog was right next to yours before I made the big post, so I was reminded to PM you about the jam and to bump your blog, but by the time I finished everything up I had forgotten to bump your blog and it was after 4am. Safe travels! Wow, you have a good LA New Year’s Eve story!
I will play footbag this week.
Wow, that was one of the best blog reads (in my blog) in a long time. Thanks all. I know what you mean about their hair, Tom. Zach J. was included in my list too.
Thanks Dustin.
I’m excited about that too.My school schedule so far is as follows:
Monday: 12-3:10
Tuesday: 4-5:45
Wednesday: 12-3:10 and 5:30-6:40
Thursday: 4-5:45
Friday: 11-3:10
I don’t know what my work schedule will be or where I’ll be working for sure, but we’ll make something fit. Nice story about the hot dogs! That made me proud.
Chrissy, that last picture is of Freddy, Zac (?), Henry, and Alex playing some crab game that involved a footbag and using their feet to fling it at each other.
Haha, Holly. I don’t like the way lavender smells but it really does sound like the best smell.
Anne, you beat me. My blog was right next to yours before I made the big post, so I was reminded to PM you about the jam and to bump your blog, but by the time I finished everything up I had forgotten to bump your blog and it was after 4am.
Safe travels! Wow, you have a good LA New Year’s Eve story!No, no, Zeke. Since what you said was positive I’ll just assume that everyone in the club feels the same way. No one correct him if he’s wrong!Zeke wrote:I don't necessarily want to speak for the whole club on this...
I will play footbag this week.
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^Awww gyeah.
Awesome write-up. Thanks for the nice things you said.
Awesome write-up. Thanks for the nice things you said.
I don't think I even know what you are talking about. So I'll just agree with Zeke. In general I think honest advice is more useful than dancing around the point, even if it is sometimes harder to take. Yay honesty.Moxie wrote:No, no, Zeke. Since what you said was positive I’ll just assume that everyone in the club feels the same way. No one correct him if he’s wrong!Zeke wrote:I don't necessarily want to speak for the whole club on this...
HA! Nathan, you seemed to fit in so easily that I forget that you were not around when Emily was still living in the area. So, I won't assume everyone else appreciates Emily like I do. She'll have to find out for herself.
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Funny movie titles if the movie were about poop:
Red
Fast & the Furious
The Green Mile
Children of the Corn
There Will be Blood
Funny movie titles if the movie were about poop:
Red
Fast & the Furious
The Green Mile
Children of the Corn
There Will be Blood
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lol... would you prefer cranapple?Moxie wrote:Haha, Holly. I don’t like the way lavender smells but it really does sound like the best smell.
you have an awesome school schedule. i wish mine were anything close to that. i will hop on your ban-wagon and post my schedule too.
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Get it straight, Henry, I was an ADMIN!!!!!HG wrote:Emily got off the ban-wagon when she stopped being a moderator!
^as well as a mod
Yeah, so those videos... I'll have to bug Fletch to help me because I can't find the right kind of program on my computer and I'm a goof with these sorts of things. I knew how to do it but too much time passed and now that knowledge is gone...
I've played times in the last 2 weeks. I think. I spent those sessions working ripwalks and ducking clippers. Last session it seemed to pay off some since I hit 5 ripwalks which beats my record... by 1.
It doesn't feel great to not have highlights to post about several of the last sessions, but I had a bunch of fun at each of them. Today my heart jumped when Jacob showed up for the first time this quarter and pulled his brand new first pair of lavers out of his backpack.
He had looked up lacing methods online and cut the stitching next to the last eyelet. Aww, our newest kicker. We've got 5 (pretty much) dedicated active UCSC club members, how exciting. I’m only working 3 days a week right now. School is keeping me pretty busy these days, and organizing a footbag jam 8 hours south of where I live isn't helping, but it's fun and going to be worth it for me and bunch of other people. It’s going to be fun to see everyone again.
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