Since the Hurricane...

Well, since Katrina, here's what's been happening. I dropped that math class that was giving me trouble, leaving me with only 1 class this semester. I know, it sounds bad, but I still have research and that second job with the government on my plate, so it's not all free time. I've still been messing with the stock market, and am finally up overall about $200. I went to a six flags waterpark, which was so-so, but I got in for free so that made it a lot better. The coolest ride was a 100 foot tall water slide that was almost straight down. That was intense. Let's see, after that there has been 2 home football games (UNC-win, and UCONN-win). The UNC game involved a tailgate party at Shuo's apartment, and the UCONN game involved an 8-hour tailgate in the parking lot before the game (night game). That was very fun. This picture sums it up, Ryan getting yelled at by the old people who set up RIGHT NEXT TO US and then complained to him about being too rowdy and whatnot. Get a clue, you're on a college campus on gameday.
During the last whole month intramurals have been going on as well. Megan likes to make fun of me by asking what obscure sport am I playing this month. Well, the newest one is Ultimate (frisbee). That's not that obscure though. Ultimate has grown on me, I really just like to throw a frisbee back and forth. I'm getting better at the "flick" (throwing it forehand), which was impossible for me not too long ago. It's definitely more fun once you learn to throw consistentely. Also I am on the beach volleyball and flag football teams. Beach volleyball is already over, and we were 1-2 (only 3 games). It was one of those teams that was a hodgepodge of talent, so we couldn't really compete with the teams that are hardcore... as is usual in intramurals. For example, our last Ultimate game we played the kids who are on the school's club team. We didn't really have much of a chance. Flag football is probably one of the most fun though, because I had never played any sort of organized football (surprise, huh) and so it was a good learning experience. I finally learned all the positions and what they are supposed to do. I play the center, so I get to snap the ball and then hope to get a short pass. I also subbed in as a cornerback one game and nabbed two interceptions, which was very gratifying. We entered into the school's flag football tournament, which starts tomorrow. We probably won't get very far, but at least we get a t-shirt out of it! And it should be a good time anyways.

Ok that's all for now, I will try to post more frequently as events occur. I'm sure you, oh faithful blog reader, will not be disappointed.