Friday, April 18, 2008

Chimp Soccer!

Hmmm....Thursday's practice was....hilarious to say the least.  I got there early to work flying armbars with Richard, but we ended up playing chimp soccer with Carmen's mini-soccer ball.  Probably the best game of all time.  It involves running around on hands and feet like chimps, and then grabbing the ball with your feel, and rolling over backwards, thus hurling the ball across the mat.  Surprisingly entertaining and provides an excellent way to return to childhood feelings of being high energy and kind of stupid :D  

I finally did end up working flying armbars with Richard, just to get back in the swing of it.  I'm ok on the motion itself, but I need more practice on hitting it with a moving target :/  I also need to get a little more height and momentum to physically pull the person down.  I can technically GET the armbar from upside down, but it's a little easier and a more guaranteed submission from the ground.....hmmm

That night, Stathi's mom invited all us international kids over for dinner, and I can't remember the last time I've eaten that much.  Fresh roast beef, salad, shrimp, bread w/feta cheese, seasoned potatoes, HUGE cake. God.  It was the best night of my life.  I officially love Greek people.  His mom was great and was treating us like we were family and inviting us to Greece and all this awesome stuff.  

Tomorrow I leave early early early in the morning for a joyous 3 days rock climbing trip :D  It's gonna suck to wake up that early, but climbing is gonna be amazing.  So needless to say, I will be out of commission for the next three days, but updates to come on monday :D

Other than that, I FINALLY got my neuroscience report done, and Christine is gonna drop it off for me on Monday, which is nice to have off my mind.  However, my Islam assignment is still incomplete, as is my stupid BMB essay.  Argggg.  I might try to crank out some of my essay when I have downtime on my trip, just so I don't have to worry about it.  

Anyways, see you kids in a few days, picture update to come :D

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