swill

i went to the field near the high school and blockbuster today with howie to toss before seeing "day after tomorrow" (is that it? funny, i saw it and i don't even know its name) at 4:25 ($4 tickets!). the wind was brutal, killing almost everything we threw. so we did that for a while, and some little kids (i would say 8 years old) wanted to throw. and then we played 2 hand touch football, me and howie vs the 3 of them, and owned them. pretty sad. then we tossed some more til we noticed a few kids throwing a frisbee at a field nearby. so we went over there.

it was a motley collection 11th graders. none of them were over 6 feet, i doubt more than 2 were over 5'8". we played about 8 vs 9. howie and i got picked for different teams... he was 3rd pick and i was 4th, sadly. the offense was "spread out and don't move, while someone who thinks they can huck throws it away." everyone had this weird backhand on their right side because no one could throw a forehand. and the wind ate that shit up every time. it was painful to watch. i don't know how many times i said, "i'm right here" when a kid on my team picked it up, and then threw it away before i could say "if you need it." none of these kids were on the frisbee team (LHS has a frisbee team now, i heard they're not good, although they beat the amherst HS girls 11-1).

i'm getting way too in depth. i mainly was bringing it up because i wanted to complain about my hip. i landed right on the damn bone on my right side diving for some awful throw. i must've dove 2 or 3 times in each direction overall, but that's the only one that still hurts. although, i am happy about my diving, because each time i did it without thinking first. not really much time to considering these throws were coming from 10 feet away, but always a foot or two to my left/right and a few inches off the grass.

so yeah, i can dive. and i am a monster on the field, against 11th grade girls and boys who can't throw a forehand, or even a decent backhand. not to mention two hand touch football against kids younger than 10 years old. i feel pretty good about myself.