Basketball: Finale Flop

Despite our best efforts, we lost our first game of the play-offs, meaning we are done. We actually played really well. The end score was 39-35, pretty heart breaking actually. We only had 5 because 2 of the team decided to ditch the game for the U of A vs USC game. They had 7 or 8. So had we had those 2, who are both fairly talented, plus the ability to sub out, we probably could have won. For the sake of my own psyche, I'm going to blame our loss on them, and not me. Today was also the first day that I actually felt good enough to do anything physical, but now my body is punishing me. I've been coughing pretty bad ever since the game, and it's beginning to give me a pretty decent headache. Anyhoo, sorry I haven't been posting much. My life is pretty boring these days.
Edit: Forgot to mention. The team we played also wore white shirts. We got the lucky honor of wearing the pennies. After grabbing the pennies, we all noticed they were... moist. The ref told us they had just been washed. We all said, cool, and thought nothing of it. Until we put them on. It was instantly obvious that they had not just been washed, they had just been worn, by very, very, very sweaty people.

B-Ball Blow Out

So, yesterday was our last "regular" intramural game. The only thing left is playoffs. However, seeing as how we lost last night yet again (our worst loss yet, 22-40) I don't have too much hope for the playoffs. Surprisingly, the team is thinking of putting me in as point-guard, which makes me kind of excited. Our current point-guard is good, but needs to be in a better scoring position. During warm-up, he'll usually make 60-70% of his 3-point shots. During the game, he'll make one or two. Also, he can be a little selfish with the ball, making drives and shots that don't really make any sense. And the other guys know that I'm not a big shooter and prefer to pass, which is what they're looking for. So next week actually might be kinda fun. I am actually beginning to feel confident in my competency for playing too, I actually know what's going on most of the time. It's an interesting feeling. It's been a fun experience though, and I think I'm gonna play indoor-soccer in the upcoming months (I think it starts late March). Apparently the Yuma team is really good, and took 2nd or 3rd in the advanced league last time. Definitely looking forward to getting back to soccer.

Madina Lake Concert

Just a picture of the venue. This is actually My American Heart.

So the concert was last night, and I already have my hearing back. Don't let that mislead you though, we rocked hard. Andrew's uncles (identical twins) are the vocalist and bassist for the band, so we got free tickets. Needless to say, I'm not gonna turn down free tickets to a concert. We missed the first 2 bands that played, but we saw one before Madina Lake, and the headline band after Madina Lake, Aiden. Madina Lake definitely rocked the hardest out of any of them. They had confetti cannons, balloons filled with confetti, the singer dove into the crowd a few times, had people crowd surfing. It was awesome. Then came Aiden, a whiny, emo/goth, "my life is so miserable" band that just sucked. There are a million bands just like them, only the other bands do it well. Then we got to meet Andrew's uncles and talk for a bit. Heard an interesting story involving them and Coheed and Cambria (another American band that has been gaining popularity lately). Damn, wish I was a rockstar.

Helped Andrew post these flyers all over campus, I think I'm officially a groupie now.

Just a quick video of Madina Lake. Yeah, that's the singer, practically stepping on the crowd.

The frenzy that is my friday night

For those of you worried that I'm partying too hard here at college, this post is for you. So yeah, Friday night. What did I do? I played 3 games of NBA 2k6 on XBox with Andrew, 3 games of racquetball down at the rec, and drew (drawed? who knows). Woohoo. I think my brain just said "hey, use me please" until I finally did, cause for some reason this picture kept popping up in my head. So instead of ignoring it like I usually would, I sat in my room and drew. You don't know partying until you sit in your room, at your desk, and move a pencil around a piece of paper. It's like homework, but prettier.

The offending picture.
I am going to a concert on Sunday though, so my weekend won't be without some excitement. I hope. Anyway, expect a post on the concert, seeing as how that's the most entertaining thing I have on my schedule for the rest of the semester.

Basketball: Revisited

So, our team played again today. And we lost again today. The refs weren't calling any fouls on the other team, and they were taking advantage of that. But to be fair, they outplayed us as well. They had solid shooters and some really solid passing and screening. Final score was 26-32. At least it wasn't a blowout or anything. A little disappointing, but it's still a good time regardless of the outcome.
Also, it was free pancake day down at ihop, and anyone who walked in got a free short stack of pancakes. So, being college kids, we got 25 people from my dorm together and drove down to the local ihop. Fun stuff, I'm sorry I didn't bring my camera. I ended up leaving the same amount in tips as I would have payed for the short stack, so it kind of defeated the purpose, but I couldn't bear to screw the waitress on the tip.
Also today was the first ACM meeting of the semester. ACM is the computer science club or organization or something like that, they really haven't been too clear on any of it. I don't even know what ACM stands for. I was there for about an hour (Had to leave a little early) and still had no idea what the club/organization/brotherhood/cult thing was about. There were some textbook nerds there though. Holy crap. Like, the nerdiest people you will get outside of a comic convention or a renaissance fair. Not sure if I'll continue going. It's seems like a valuable resource to get in touch with other comp-sci majors, but at the same time, I have no idea if that's what ACM is even for.

What just happened?

So, I come back from playing Racquetball with my friend at about 9:30. My friend is a desk attendant, so we start talking. Then a few of his friend come up to the desk, they begin talking about the on-campus improv group, The Charles Darwin Experience. I mention that I did improv back in high-school, they kinda flip out. Turns out, auditions were in 30 minutes. I'm sitting there sweaty, in my gym clothes, and they're all urging me to go tryout. Wow. So I give in to peer pressure, run upstairs, shower, get dressed and run back down with just enough time left. Then they don't show up. Crap, did I miss it? Turns out it started 15 minutes later than they had though. Phew. About 6 people come down, but only 2 others were gonna try out. We head out, go through the audition (it went alright, I got a few good laughs) and here I am. Waiting for the call if I got callbacks or not. I don't really expect to, but it would be crazy if I did. You always forget what it's like to wait for that cut until you're in the position again, and you realize how much it sucks. Wish me luck!
Update: Didn't get the call back, which is a little disappointing, but not at all surprising. There's always next semester!

If only...

So there's a Chinese place right next to the domino's that has the larg, 1 topping pizza for 6.49 special called "Lucky." I had been wanting to check it out for a while, so Andrew, his friend, and I went last night. The food was pretty good, I ordered General Tso's chicken, which I've never had before. It was a little lacking, but I'd order it again. Definitely planning on eating there again. The place is kind of a hole in the wall, no real ambiance or decor. There's a fountain all by itself, and some asian-esque things on the walls. However, it's all worth it for one of their slogans, which is "Eat Lucky, get lucky." Heck yes. While this proved to be false advertising, it was still pretty damn funny to see.

Basketball Blues

(Sorry it's blurry, took it on my phone)

So I just got back from the first game of intramural basketball. We lost, but not by too much, the guys still have hopes of progressing in the end-of-season tournament. To our credit, the final score was 22-26, and we played 4 vs 5 - we had no subs while the other team had around 10 players- for a good 3/4 of the game. So had one of our players not gotten injured early on, there's a pretty good chance we would have won. Needless to say, we were all disappointed, and once again, I contributed almost nothing to the team effort (though I did score 2 points) . I really don't know if I have the drive to go practice and try to improve for only 3 more games (or I guess just for the sake of improvement). It's rather frustrating, I have to say.
On a more amusing note, not sure if anyone knows about or has been following the internet's war on Scientology, but it has hit campus and I had to make a note of it as I've taken a bit of interest in the topic. There's a group of people from a popular website who deem themselves "anonymous" and they have been fighting Scientology through technological means for the past few weeks. It's really quite amazing considering this group usually hacks people's myspace accounts and crashes websites for fun. So there's a protest of Scientology on Feb. 10, and these flyers are all over campus.