Figured I’d post this here, too.
Here’s a collection of things from the Western Cup, which took place on March 10th & 11th, 2012. I’ll try my best to do things somewhat chronologically.
Donovan messing up our cheer in the opening ceremony.
Kathleen and Sean getting tickets.
The Lost Boys going straight for Gavin at the start of our first game.
Andrew getting jousted.
Tim (Cal’s only other keeper) casually mentioning to me that he had just eaten a whole burrito 5 minutes before our game was about to start.
“HAM and cheese sandwich”
“What should be our strategy for this match?” “Score high in the beginning, score high in the middle…”
Jen-watching with Brady.
Asher’s unintentional racism.
Sitting next to some UCLA frat guys and seeing their shock at finding out how aggressive Quidditch is. They had to ask me several times if what we were watching (clean tackling) was legal.
Playing (and losing to) UCLA 3 times. Good lord.
Not being able to tell ourselves apart from NAU.
Telling myself I’d get some homework done on Saturday night, but ending up just crashing immediately upon returning back to the hotel.
Gavin not being able to walk/move.
Adam informing us Sunday morning that he wouldn’t be able to play at all, then downing excessive amounts of painkillers and kicking ass later in the day. Smang.
Sam’s shoulder popping out, then back in during play.
Natalie cleaning up my knee. What Cal-Stanford rivalry?
Alan showing a lot of skin as a snitch.
“How can I do better the next game?” “Just sex things up a bit.”
Watching the Golden Snitches beat Moorpark by 200 points.
The most epic snitch snatch I’ve ever seen by the Wizards of Westwood seeker.
Snitches AND seekers hiding in boxes (Jeff…)
Lillian’s eye.
Kevin’s emotional support as a goal ref during our last game against UCLA.
Taking a quaffle to the face and a broom to the crotch.
Tom Marks (and his horrible directions)
Finally meeting the famous Dyllan Christopher Fernandez, and him showing me pictures of his pets.
Benepe making a comment about Westbook, and my mom subsequently turning to me to ask if she could join it.
Hugs. So many hugs.
Seeing the famous Becca and Mollie in action. I was not disappointed.
Kara and Sarah’s epic scuffle over a rogue bludger.
Auxkas/FYSU people.
Mitch screaming “Iso-Sparta!” every 5 seconds.
Drinking out of everything except cups.
Zach’s hilarious-but-sad scene at the end of the Snow Cup video.
Brad and Lillian breaking Nicte’s room.
Spencer’s hilarious attempt at fixing the light.
Baltezar.
Brad snoring in my ear the whole night.
Red velvet pancakes!
My jeans ripping off what little skin I had left on my knee.
Meeting new people and seeing old friends.
