7 parts random

There have been 7 comments, must mean that a critical mass has been reached. With this type of readership how could I be a one-hit wonder. My desire is to pick a theme to which I can stick for the duration of a complete post. This ability eludes me. There is no particular point to the existence of this space, thus it is difficult to pick out the thing with which I can fill it. In honor of everyone of your comments I will pick the first 7 disparate things that come to mind starting now...

1) NYU women's team went 1-2 on their first day of Nationals competition. Good for them to reach the pinnacle of college ultimate, but I wanted them to be the story. Just like they were out at College Vegas many moons ago. I like an underdog, especially one there where there is any sort of connection. Time is not up, step one is to be in prequarters.

2) I could be on a ridiculous road trip from PA/NYC to Columbus, Ohio right now. Instead I choose to stay home and go to practice tomorrow morning, and move out of my current house over the weekend. The company and booze was almost enough for me to forget the rest of my commitments for a weekend. JP, that was a shout out to you.

3) Practice tomorrow. This season I'm ten times more excited to be at any practice or tournament. I no longer feel like I'm on the bottom rung. The perception may be entirely inaccurate, but that concerns me considerably less. I've put in the work this season, and it pays dividends every weekend. Saturday is the driving force for me to get out to the track at least 4 times a week, either for a leg circuit, track workout, or core exercises. Doubling the frequency of workouts from last season has given marked increase in my desire/ability to create a spot for me on the playing field.

4) My ultimate career has subtly shifted over the five years of competition. I snuck in and swindled my way into a lot of playing time freshman year out in SC. A lot of this has to do with my entire lack of conscience concerning my physical well-being. I threw myself around and got Ds. Then leadership responsibilities came. I needed to lead by example concerning fundamental ultimate. I suffered a number of rather harsh injuries, so I didn't play nearly as reckless. Now I get to do both. Pike needs people on defense willing to stick their neck out there and make plays happen. I forgot the most fun aspect of defense is taking chances that no one else expects. Go big or go home. After a turnover I can go back to the fundamental ultimate thing. No turnovers and want the disc. I like this mental switch.

5) Less beer and meat. I've been making significant strides in giving up my red-blooded Americanism. First, I went back to being a vegetarian a month ago. Could be happier. I'm sticking to it this time. There shall be another post on all of the reasoning behind this. Less beer as well. Talk about needless calories/carbohydrates in our diets. Drinking beer has probably been one of the biggest obstacles to my being in peak playing shape. I still need the alcohol since the world scares the dickens out of me, so I'm working on my wine-ology. Soon I will be a connoisseur.

6) Brings me to my father. He does need a blog. I would read it, as would everyone else that knows him. However, his writing/editing process will make this impossible.

7) Moving out. That is one of my other tasks for this weekend. Mixed feelings about this. Monetarily it will be a sound decision to take a year with the parents. I don't make much money. Rent = no savings. However, living where I need a car for nothing besides ultimate has been nice. Oh well, that ship has sailed. It won't be for more than a year, since I need to go back to school. Oh those LSATS, they loom so brightly.

"It's good to be the king."