A 15-7 (i think) victory over Red Rover clinched the 'regular season champions' title for the THUNDER MONKEYS :) Next thursday night we will win the end of the season tournament :) Then there will be no doubt who the best team is :)
Last night's game was actually really fun. I was the only girl for my team, so I got to play all night. I felt a huge improvement in my game. Maybe not that I played that much better, but I felt more comfortable and not so scared when I got the disc, my throws were on target too.. and not always dumps :) I was making decent offensive cuts which meant I was seeing more of the disc... I still need to work on this though. My team is also very encouraging which is nice. They're always saying 'good d' which just makes me want to keep playing hard :) Especially when I'm marking the frisbee god in a zone d... and can barely breathe I'm so worn out :) I'm really glad R talked M and I into playing, we've had tons of fun, learned lots, and met some great new people :)
#1 lesson learned. Ultimate Players are INSANE. Life revolves around Ultimate! They are laid back yet very intense. M and I got talked into playing in the Blacksburg Mountain High tournament this weekend. Sounds like fun, get in a couple games over two days. Oh. no no no, not just a couple games. I just found out the schedule. Sat.. we start at 9am and play 5 hour and half games with 15 minute breaks inbetween. Meaning games will end at 5:30. I told you they are insane! Sat night is some big party.. then we get to play a couple more games on sunday. Should be a very interesting :) Fun and TIRING. This may be my first and last Ultimate tournament :)
Here are some team names to make you laugh:
Summer League:
Thunder Monkeys
Acid Rain
Hillbilly Biatches
Red Rover
BMH Tourney:
Olio
Hillbilly Porn Stars
Team Ape Shit
BLUD
Soul Patrol
Elvis Needs Boats
Monkey Knife Fight
Motherless Goat
What happen to normal team names?? So guess what team we are on for the tournament?
Mountain Stage
Posted in on 1:52 PM by Jilian
I feel Lance and I have a common bond now. I road 'ALLEZ' for the third time this morning on the arsenal. Blacksbug is hilly and all... but the arsenal is up... up... up... down... down... down... up... up... up... etc. No little hills either. It was a ton of fun!!! The boys kick my butt going downhill.. though I am gaining some confidence (aka - stupidity) :) Tackling the hills I can hold my own.. I don't win.. but they don't have to wait for me either :) I'm thinking I might just like this biking gig... I know though.. if I ever take a spill... I'm pretty sure that will be the end, I will give it up forever! So for now.. I continue to ride the brakes downhill :)
It's Official... I'm Amazing :)
Posted in on 11:47 AM by Jilian
JK! I saw this on a shirt this weekend and it gave me a good laugh. The woman was wearing a 'curves' shirt and the back said SUPERSTAR... It's Official, I'm Amazing. Mom.. if you join curves, you're not allowed to buy this shirt :) We already know you're amazing anyways :)
It is official, the Thunder Monkeys are no longer undefeated. My boys (I didn't really contribute much) played a hard faught game thursday. We were missing a couple key players, well players in general. The first half we had one guy sub, second half the guys had no subs. One of our players 12 year old daughter played with us which gave us a much needed girl sub :) Of course I never seem to have much hope in my team, but they continue to prove me wrong. The game quickly became 5-2 them.. and I was thinking this will be fun.. NOT! We rallied and went on a 6-1 run taking the half 8-6. Games are to 15, win by 2, hard cap at 17. They started off strong in the second half tying it up at 10's. The rest of the game was really close, they'd score we'd score. By the time it was 16's the sun was almost down and seeing the disc was a challenge. They made 17 first :( It was a great game. Our two teams have become summer rivals so the games between us are a bit intense, with attitudes a little stronger and tempers get heated :) Of course I really want to win against M and R!! I'm looking forward to a rematch in the tournament :) (sidenote: M and I were recruited to play for Roanoke in an Ultimate tourney this weekend in Blacksburg :) Really they just needed girls... but I'll pretend they recruited us because of our steller skills.. and of course 'because we're fun')
On the RnR training front... M and I ran 6 miles saturday morning. M's first ever 6 mile run. She didn't even complain or beg me to let her walk a little :) Another M first :) haha I guess I need to rework my training plan and pick it back up now that the knee is better. That's the plan today.. though being lazy has been kinda nice! Back to waking up at 5:30 every morning!
M and I had a great weekend in Fairfax.. but this is already too long... so I'll just tell the funniest story. A friend of friend came to the soccer game with us. We'll call him MA. Keep in mind we hadn't met Ma til sat night. We went to the soccer game, then went out in Clarendon, caping the night with some yummy diner grub. Well we head back to the car around 3am in a drizzling rain. We get to the parking garage and the door is closed.. hmmm the sign says OPEN 5:30AM -2:30AM. OOooops :\ Well at least we hope the car is in there still :) Plan B. MA will take us back to his place for the night an we can get the car in the AM. So we catch a cab to MA's car and head to his 'cottage'. He lives in a cottage that's behind another house. Well on the drive over he starts giving us all these warnings. "just so you guys know... it's kinda a long walk to the cottage... and it's really dark" "and when we get there, wait for me to find my stick, there's tons of spider webs so I'll go first and knock them down" "and we're going to cross over a bridge.. in this rain the creek will prob be a river" "I just don't want you guys to freak out" Very interesting way of not freaking us out! Don't forget it's now like 3:30AM and raining harder. Sure enough.. we take this long walk through someone's backyard.. in the dark.. over bridge.. through a jungle.. to this little cottage. Talk about a horror movie. M and I got to sleep in the world's most comfortable bed ever :) (alone! for those of you wondering) So when we're leaving the next morning Monica takes off down the path right into a cobweb :) haha. In the daylight things aren't so scary.. til I see a stump behind the main house with an AX sticking out of it. me - "So that's how you were going to kill us" MA - "yeah, but you guys had already had such a rough night I decided to spare you" I don't think I can make up a crazier story :) It was a fun night! Maybe I'll tell some more stories later :)
It is official, the Thunder Monkeys are no longer undefeated. My boys (I didn't really contribute much) played a hard faught game thursday. We were missing a couple key players, well players in general. The first half we had one guy sub, second half the guys had no subs. One of our players 12 year old daughter played with us which gave us a much needed girl sub :) Of course I never seem to have much hope in my team, but they continue to prove me wrong. The game quickly became 5-2 them.. and I was thinking this will be fun.. NOT! We rallied and went on a 6-1 run taking the half 8-6. Games are to 15, win by 2, hard cap at 17. They started off strong in the second half tying it up at 10's. The rest of the game was really close, they'd score we'd score. By the time it was 16's the sun was almost down and seeing the disc was a challenge. They made 17 first :( It was a great game. Our two teams have become summer rivals so the games between us are a bit intense, with attitudes a little stronger and tempers get heated :) Of course I really want to win against M and R!! I'm looking forward to a rematch in the tournament :) (sidenote: M and I were recruited to play for Roanoke in an Ultimate tourney this weekend in Blacksburg :) Really they just needed girls... but I'll pretend they recruited us because of our steller skills.. and of course 'because we're fun')
On the RnR training front... M and I ran 6 miles saturday morning. M's first ever 6 mile run. She didn't even complain or beg me to let her walk a little :) Another M first :) haha I guess I need to rework my training plan and pick it back up now that the knee is better. That's the plan today.. though being lazy has been kinda nice! Back to waking up at 5:30 every morning!
M and I had a great weekend in Fairfax.. but this is already too long... so I'll just tell the funniest story. A friend of friend came to the soccer game with us. We'll call him MA. Keep in mind we hadn't met Ma til sat night. We went to the soccer game, then went out in Clarendon, caping the night with some yummy diner grub. Well we head back to the car around 3am in a drizzling rain. We get to the parking garage and the door is closed.. hmmm the sign says OPEN 5:30AM -2:30AM. OOooops :\ Well at least we hope the car is in there still :) Plan B. MA will take us back to his place for the night an we can get the car in the AM. So we catch a cab to MA's car and head to his 'cottage'. He lives in a cottage that's behind another house. Well on the drive over he starts giving us all these warnings. "just so you guys know... it's kinda a long walk to the cottage... and it's really dark" "and when we get there, wait for me to find my stick, there's tons of spider webs so I'll go first and knock them down" "and we're going to cross over a bridge.. in this rain the creek will prob be a river" "I just don't want you guys to freak out" Very interesting way of not freaking us out! Don't forget it's now like 3:30AM and raining harder. Sure enough.. we take this long walk through someone's backyard.. in the dark.. over bridge.. through a jungle.. to this little cottage. Talk about a horror movie. M and I got to sleep in the world's most comfortable bed ever :) (alone! for those of you wondering) So when we're leaving the next morning Monica takes off down the path right into a cobweb :) haha. In the daylight things aren't so scary.. til I see a stump behind the main house with an AX sticking out of it. me - "So that's how you were going to kill us" MA - "yeah, but you guys had already had such a rough night I decided to spare you" I don't think I can make up a crazier story :) It was a fun night! Maybe I'll tell some more stories later :)
Magnificent Obsession
Posted in on 9:40 AM by Jilian
this song is a really good representation of what's been on my mind lately.
Lord, You know how much
I want to know so much
In the way of answers and explanations
I have cried and prayed
And still I seem to stay
In the middle of life’s complications
All this pursuing leaves me feeling like I’m chasing down the wind
But now it’s brought me back to You
And I can see again
This is everything I want
This is everything I need
I want this to be my one consuming passion
Everything my heart desires
Lord, I want it all to be for You, Jesus
Be my magnificent obsession
So capture my heart again
Take me to depths I’ve never been
Into the riches of Your grace and Your mercy
Return me to the cross
And let me be completely lost
In the wonder of the love
That You’ve shown me
Cut through these chains that tie me down to so many lesser things
Let all my dreams fall to the ground
Until this one remains
You are everything I want
And You are everything I need
Lord, You are all my heart desires
You are everything to me
You are everything I want
You are everything I need
I want You to be my one consuming passion
Everything my heart desires
Lord, I want it all to be for You
I want it all to be for You
Lord, You know how much
I want to know so much
In the way of answers and explanations
I have cried and prayed
And still I seem to stay
In the middle of life’s complications
All this pursuing leaves me feeling like I’m chasing down the wind
But now it’s brought me back to You
And I can see again
This is everything I want
This is everything I need
I want this to be my one consuming passion
Everything my heart desires
Lord, I want it all to be for You, Jesus
Be my magnificent obsession
So capture my heart again
Take me to depths I’ve never been
Into the riches of Your grace and Your mercy
Return me to the cross
And let me be completely lost
In the wonder of the love
That You’ve shown me
Cut through these chains that tie me down to so many lesser things
Let all my dreams fall to the ground
Until this one remains
You are everything I want
And You are everything I need
Lord, You are all my heart desires
You are everything to me
You are everything I want
You are everything I need
I want You to be my one consuming passion
Everything my heart desires
Lord, I want it all to be for You
I want it all to be for You
Anonymity
Posted in on 9:13 AM by Jilian
Having a blog really opens your life, at least what you choose to post, to the whole world. Cool is a way, could be sketch, but whatever, you make the choice when you create a blog. It's fun to know friends all over the globe can keep up with the basics of what's going on :)
Then there's comments. My fav part. I love checking to see what people have to think, add, argue, comment about what I've written. And when your commenters break into their own conversations :) It's fun. M is winning with her 15 comment post!
I'm perplexed why people comment anonymously though? (Or maybe I'm just frustrated and confused I can't figure out who everyone is :)) Reasons I can think of...
A - you just forget to type in your name
B - your name is Josh and you think pseudonames are funny (usually they make me laugh)
C - you really don't know me and found my blog randomly so are afraid to post your name. or you're afraid to admit you're stalking me. I'm nice and like meeting new people... add a little to your comment telling me who you are and how you found me :)
D - your a chicken :) if you can't put your name on what you post.. should you really be posting it? just wondering?
:)
Then there's comments. My fav part. I love checking to see what people have to think, add, argue, comment about what I've written. And when your commenters break into their own conversations :) It's fun. M is winning with her 15 comment post!
I'm perplexed why people comment anonymously though? (Or maybe I'm just frustrated and confused I can't figure out who everyone is :)) Reasons I can think of...
A - you just forget to type in your name
B - your name is Josh and you think pseudonames are funny (usually they make me laugh)
C - you really don't know me and found my blog randomly so are afraid to post your name. or you're afraid to admit you're stalking me. I'm nice and like meeting new people... add a little to your comment telling me who you are and how you found me :)
D - your a chicken :) if you can't put your name on what you post.. should you really be posting it? just wondering?
:)
WOOHOOO!!!!
Posted in on 9:03 PM by Jilian
First time running in over three weeks!! It felt great! M and I hit up 4 miles tonight. M made the whole thing.. no stopping!! Way to go! I didn't realize how much I would miss running!
pieces
Posted in on 10:58 AM by Jilian
It's been a while.. so instead of writing a book I'll attempt to fill ya in by bits and pieces....
~ finally got around to throwing on my headphones today, yes it's been that kind of morning, and one of my fav virgin radio songs is on! Jet - Are you gonna be my girl :) (yes I know random, but this is all about what's on my mind right.. whether you care or not) haha
~ some of you know I LOVE candy. one of my favorites being pop rocks - cause they're fun! saw pop rocks xtreme this weekend and had to try them out. bad idea. why do soo many sequels not even come close to being as good as the original. I should stop setting my expectations so high. I mean these were boarderline gross! I hear the story ends a little differently with the SPIDERMAN sequal and hope to check that out soon!
~ the knee is continuing to improve, but I'm still not supposed to run (high impact) for 2-3 more weeks. I can bike, use eliptical, and swim. so I'm trying to figure out how to keep in enough shape right now.. that 6 weeks will be enough time to prepare for 13.1 miles in sept! I always like a challenge! the guys at work finally convinced them to join their thursday morning ride on base. If you want a hill workout this is the place to be! I enjoyed it, I love going uphill, not too fond of downhill yet though! I'm sure with more riding I will gain some confidence. I'll look pretty dumb in a race if I break down all the hills!
~ mom was in town all weekend! we had a blast. she saw her first Ultimate game on thursday! nashville reunion on friday as well as the friday night jamboree in floyd. spent most of sat at j's bar b que. sunday we went hiking and then took in the blacksburg fourth festivities. very fun! life is always more entertaining with r around. mon we finally relaxed :) can't wait for her to come back for steppin out!
~ amazingly the more weekends I spend in the burg the more I remember how much I love this place! will have to work on doing more of it.. not the next few months though... seems to be quite a few trips to fairfax and the beach (va beach, corolla, ocean city) on the calendar. they will be a blast though!
~ finally got around to throwing on my headphones today, yes it's been that kind of morning, and one of my fav virgin radio songs is on! Jet - Are you gonna be my girl :) (yes I know random, but this is all about what's on my mind right.. whether you care or not) haha
~ some of you know I LOVE candy. one of my favorites being pop rocks - cause they're fun! saw pop rocks xtreme this weekend and had to try them out. bad idea. why do soo many sequels not even come close to being as good as the original. I should stop setting my expectations so high. I mean these were boarderline gross! I hear the story ends a little differently with the SPIDERMAN sequal and hope to check that out soon!
~ the knee is continuing to improve, but I'm still not supposed to run (high impact) for 2-3 more weeks. I can bike, use eliptical, and swim. so I'm trying to figure out how to keep in enough shape right now.. that 6 weeks will be enough time to prepare for 13.1 miles in sept! I always like a challenge! the guys at work finally convinced them to join their thursday morning ride on base. If you want a hill workout this is the place to be! I enjoyed it, I love going uphill, not too fond of downhill yet though! I'm sure with more riding I will gain some confidence. I'll look pretty dumb in a race if I break down all the hills!
~ mom was in town all weekend! we had a blast. she saw her first Ultimate game on thursday! nashville reunion on friday as well as the friday night jamboree in floyd. spent most of sat at j's bar b que. sunday we went hiking and then took in the blacksburg fourth festivities. very fun! life is always more entertaining with r around. mon we finally relaxed :) can't wait for her to come back for steppin out!
~ amazingly the more weekends I spend in the burg the more I remember how much I love this place! will have to work on doing more of it.. not the next few months though... seems to be quite a few trips to fairfax and the beach (va beach, corolla, ocean city) on the calendar. they will be a blast though!
Pick Up Lines
Posted in on 12:15 PM by Jilian
Some song lyrics make me laugh and I've always said if some guy were to come up to me and use the lyrics as his pick up line they would totally work :)
John Michael Montgomery - Be My Baby Tonight **my fav**
"Could ya would ya ain't ya gonna if I asked you Would ya wanna be my baby tonight"
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
"So 1, 2, 3, take my hand and come with me because you look so fine and i really wanna make you mine"
I know there are others.. just can't think of them right now. Have any to add??
John Michael Montgomery - Be My Baby Tonight **my fav**
"Could ya would ya ain't ya gonna if I asked you Would ya wanna be my baby tonight"
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
"So 1, 2, 3, take my hand and come with me because you look so fine and i really wanna make you mine"
I know there are others.. just can't think of them right now. Have any to add??
Tough As Heck Trivia
Posted in on 9:19 AM by Jilian
2% of people buy this for their pets??
Where you up listening to Star Country at 6:20AM this morning?? If so you heard me call in an answer this question correctly! INSURANCE :) So you guys who know me.. know I was VERY excited to win. I've never won anything on the radio before! I'm sure the only reason I made it through was because not many people are awake at 6:20! I'd say 8 or so people got it wrong first though!! I woke up Monica so I could tell someone and so she could listen to it :) haha.
What did I win you want to know... breakfast at Shoneys I think.. but who cares I WON :) So it wasn't Kenny Chesney tickets or a family 4-pack to Carawinds.. but I'm still on a high!
A couple people have told me they heard it too :) heehee! That was me :)
Where you up listening to Star Country at 6:20AM this morning?? If so you heard me call in an answer this question correctly! INSURANCE :) So you guys who know me.. know I was VERY excited to win. I've never won anything on the radio before! I'm sure the only reason I made it through was because not many people are awake at 6:20! I'd say 8 or so people got it wrong first though!! I woke up Monica so I could tell someone and so she could listen to it :) haha.
What did I win you want to know... breakfast at Shoneys I think.. but who cares I WON :) So it wasn't Kenny Chesney tickets or a family 4-pack to Carawinds.. but I'm still on a high!
A couple people have told me they heard it too :) heehee! That was me :)
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