Sunday, October 15, 2006

C.H.U.G.

The Chico Hops Ultimate Gathering was this weekend. If there's anything I like about ultimate players is they know how to name their tournaments. From CHUG to the Davis Ultimate Invitational (DUI) to the Oregon Fall Ultimate Conference (pronounced "Oh Fudge" among pleasant company), they know what's up.

This year I played on the community team from good 'ol Redding again. We were pretty terrible - we only won one game - but we still had a blast! We had a mixed group with everyone from from High School students to a journalist at the Record Searchlight to the founder of Shasta QA playing with us. We played 4 games yesterday, and 2 this morning against teams from all over California and Oregon, and of course, Chico (who we beat!)

It's really weird though. I feel like we started the ultimate group in Redding a couple summers ago with myself, Cameron, Stassia, and a few other kids we knew from high school, and now it's grown into something so radical. I mean, they're sending teams to tournaments! I guess they meet twice a week now, once on Sundays when they have the real games with the hardcore group, and pickup games on Wednesdays where a turnout of 80 people isn't out of the ordinary! It's really cool to have been a part of that when I was in town, I almost miss it.

But the tournament was fun, we got dirty, and I got to hang out with Sheryl and even watch her play a tiny bit. I am thoroughly exhausted and I feel every muscle in my body right now, and am just ready for bed. But go figure, I have a calculus assignment and a circuit to design due tomorrow morning. I feel like all I do here anymore is bitch about school. :(