Odds and Ends

There have been a couple of topics I've wanted to write about or comment upon recently, but I haven't found the time to sit down and type some blogs out. I have 10 ten minutes until pickup, so we'll see what comes out.

-Look for a CLX trivia quiz coming within the next couple of days. I'm looking to make it so hard that 50% would be an excellent score. Prize(s) for the winner(s).

-One thing I wanted to blog about was My Life On the Mississippi. Two weekends ago, seven of us headed over to Lansing, Iowa to spend a day out on the river. We spent the day out on Gibb's family pontoon. Activities included tubing, random jumping out of the boat while it was moving, a game of beach ultimate complete with 2-point scoring pit, backwater log bumping, and much talk of, but little display of bridge jumping. I did get a great tan/burn. Thank you Gibbs for inviting us out there and to the Gibbs family for the hospitality.

-Yesterday, 6 of us got together to run some sprints. I did a half mile warmup jog and felt fine. Then, stood by Lana for a little bit and my knee started having some acute pains. I took a couple of steps and it hurt so bad I had to quickly sit down to get pressure off of it. What did I do? I waited five minutes and then did the sprints. I'm not too sharp, but the pain in my knee is now. Well, only eight minutes to practice. Should I?

-For some reason, when I write, I want to add the word really into all of my sentences. Such as, the weekend was really fun. Or my knee really hurt. I have to actually catch myself doing it because I really do it too often.

-I believe all the travelling members of CLX Worlds2006 have their place tickets now, with Drew included in that list! After the last couple of tournaments CLX has played, I'm getting very (not really) excited to play Worlds. I believe we have a great shot at making quarters and beyond, but just like at nationals, the key is to make quarters, not win all of your games. You simply need to start winning them when elimination is possible.

Well, out of time. Watch for CLX sometime before Sunday.