Track '28'

[For Jay, and all those others of you preparing for World War Z... I thought it was about time there was a 'z' themed rap.]

Blood drips
-Off his teeth and his lips

He can’t quit
-All his thoughts been eclipsed

By a need
-By a need to commit-

By some cryptic desire to FIND FLESH and RIP IT!


A slight shift
-A wrong turn of the hips

All it takes
-And his next victim slips

Soon enough
Has her wrists in his grip

Nearby someone screams “It’s the a-pocalypse!”


‘It is the apocalypse!’ ‘Is it the apocalypse?’ ‘It' is the apocalypse!’ ‘Is it the apocalypse?’

Far off
On the deck of a ship

The air’s tense
Men are loading their clips

They have doubts
They doubt they’re equipped

To-deal with-an-evil no-army’s-yet wit-nessed

'The horror'
Watching men conscience-stripped

Devour
Their own ‘cause they've flipped

And become
Become like horses whipped

IT overtakes all life
Like the ol’ movie script.

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Training Links

http://www.mapmyrun.com/

Easier than trying to use Google Maps, or some such program to determine routes, etc. Just draw it on the map!

http://www.thestick.com/

Does anybody know where to get one of these locally? If not, I'm thinking of buying a couple... I know quite a few Ultimate players with hamstring issues right now. Without borrowing one of these last year, I don't think I could have played Saturday of Nationals.

Tryouts '07

Well, Flaming Moe had its third tryout for the '07 season last night. And I finally started playing. The first two tryouts were fine, but I was playing quite "conservatively." I had a couple opportunities that I could have done more with on D, especially. Last night was a little bit better though. I shut down a couple people, beat someone out in the air, and had a couple of nice throws completed. I don't want to sound like Lou here (wink wink), so I will admit that I'm still a work in progress for this season... I just finally felt like I was coming into my own a little bit. (It's a true luxury to be a returner at tryouts, because I have the opportunity to 'come into my own...' I'm trying to take as little advantage of that as possible though - it's definitely a lot more comfortable to play my way onto the team.)

Other than on the field, it's been fun talking to tryouts on the sidelines and getting an idea of what Moe '07 could look like. There's going to be a lot of weight on the returner's shoulders this year - and especially, I think, in the handler postitions. But when I take a step back and consider only the top 10% of the field (the top tryouts), I see Moe being better than before (Best Case Scenario), or just within reach of the talent we had last year (and that's Worst Case Scenario). Best of luck captains.

I Wooted.

Er, excuse me?

:)

In case you haven't heard, Woot.com is a web- site/community/lifestyle that offers products on a one-per-day basis. The Woot team apparently has a huge warehouse full of random junk (most of it consumer electronics) and they select one item each day to sell until it's sold out. There's no bidding or anything - the price is set at midnight each night for each product.

So each night the more committed Wooters wait for their atomic clocks (purchased on Woot) to signal the change of day, and the release of some new product into the Wootsphere. About 25% of Woot's sales are committed between that hour of midnight and 1am.

Anyway, I've been excitedly waiting for the first product that I could justify Wooting, and today it came. It's just a bottom line (many of Woot's products are no-name, refurbs, etc.... but the price is always right) wireless card that I could/might use for my desktop - but my first Woot nonetheless.

My Feet Hurt.

Training Log -- 4/19 - 5/13

Moe had another pick up game last night, which was pretty fun. Maybe more competitive than the last one, although a little less poorly attended. I'm not sure who is benefiting the most from these pick up games... But I've decided that I am benefiting to some degree, so that's a good thing. :)

Joe was right when he said it last night: Only Ultimate can really prepare you for Ultimate. Although I've been running 3 days a week very consistently for the past month, I still can get destroyed on the Ultimate field during these games. So I'm benefiting from these games when I come out knowing that I need to work harder to come into tryouts a bit stronger. Or maybe just better prepare myself for competition.

Another major part of Joe's Ultimate true-ism that I [re-]discovered last night was just the wear-and-tear kind of toll that Ultimate takes on your body. Last night for me it was my feet. Stupid, frustrating things like breaking in cleats can be just as bad as breaking in out-of-shape lungs and legs. Running on straight paths in perfectly comfortable shoes doesn't quite cut it, but I guess it has to start somewhere.

My lifting has suffered these past weeks. I've pretty much taken on the mentallity that running is more important than lifting for me now, and most nights I only have the time and energy for one or the other. So I run. I'm still doing my push ups and sit ups, and when I remember, 'supermans'... we'll see if it pays off.

Support MN Ultimate!

--- from whatmoves.com ---
Some of my teammates are getting together fund-raising ideas to cover jersey & travel expenses this season and one idea that's currently on the hot plate is MN Ultimate shirts/jerseys. We're thinking that Minnesotans are pretty proud people, and that Ultimate players from the Central Region are just as proud to represent their sport and their home state. Furthermore, with the growth of Ultimate as a sport there are hopes that local teams will develope a fan base, both within the Ultimate community (including High School, College, Club, League and Pick Up players) and among people introduced to the sport via friends and family. So without futher ado, here is the concept design for MN Ultimate apparel!



*Notice* These designs do not [yet?] have any affiliation with TCUL or mnultimate.com...

Wal-atin?

I was always a little cocky about not having any allergies. In my group of geeky friends only I could eat anything, pet any animal... I never got Poison Ivy...For a couple summers I even tried to rid myself of histamines so that not even mosquitos could bother me. I'd think, these reactions that other people have to tasty and/or cuddly things... to nature... are defections. Impurities.

Lately (fortunately) my extreme views on allergies and allergy sufferers have relented -- or at least have become subconscious. :) But I think that it was those same idyllic notions of purity that kept me from coming to the realization that I too have become a victim of nature's air-borne arsenal. I'm not sure how many years I've been in denial about this. Last year though I can clearly remember complaining of a cold that seemed to last the entire spring and summer.... At some point this winter/spring, and with the addition of a second shedding cat to our household, it clicked.

Dang. I have allergies!

And lately they've gotten pretty bad. I wake up most mornings at 4-5am because I can no longer breathe... my nose clogged and my mouth like sand paper after trying to take over breathing duties. (Humidifier be damned!)

Gross.

So I'm on my 3rd day of allergy medication. I went to get some Claritin™ at Walgreens, but ended up with Walitin™... At $5 for 10 once-daily pills, they're half the price of Claritin™, so probably worth checking out.

And so far, so good (?). Judging by my wake up times... Yesterday (Day 2) I woke up at 6am, but in same condition as pre-medicated. Today it was 7am. Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up with my alarm, and still able to breathe!

One can only hope.

Scooter Update and Training Log.

What a glorious past week for scootering! And this week is shaping up to be just as nice. I've been scootin' to work just about every day, and I've found it to be pretty relaxing way to get around the city. Why? Because on my scooter at least, you CAN'T be in a hurry. Where ever I go I have the throttle wide open, just to maintain 27 mph. So what's there to do (?), but settle in and enjoy the ride. I guess stop-and-go traffic can be annoying. Some days it's pretty bad going through the construction on Lake St. But not as bad, I usually decide, as if I was in my van! Bottom line: it's easy to be content upon a scooter.

Training Log, uh, for this last week or so.
Dang. I've been distracting myself away from working out. I think I've gone running twice since my last post, but I've only lifted once. I have been doing my situps on off days still, but admittedly, I've been slacking. It was nice to get out and play Ultimate the other day though. Not exactly the toughest game, but still a little workout. Goal for tonight: lift before going on a run. Tryouts are a week and a half away!