It was my birthday last Monday; the day after Easter haha.
I turned 20 and now I'm at the uncomfortable age of not being old enough to drink but also but too old to be considered a teenager. Kinda a drag.
There's one and a half weeks left of school and I will be returning to allods. The patch is killing me with excitement as I really want to discover new and more meaningful builds with my warden. I also want to work on my pally and have a friend who is joining it with me.
Our lacrosse team has only lost one game so far; we're heading to the championship finals. Our last games are this saturday and if we win; the championship game on sunday.
I hope to dear lord that we win championship again. It would be a nice way to end my years at Holy Cross College as I transfer to IU bloomington in the fall.
Anyway, Love you Rezardi
-LG
P.S. Pearz should stop watching Anime and posting about it.....I miss the bragging and gloatings, and critisizements of other players. O wellz
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Freshmen Failure
So this year, 3/4 of our lacrosse team is freshmen. 1/3 of those freshmen is their first year playing. Though it is not the "freshmen" aspect that makes me cringe in pain every time I hear the word; it is the actions of a good number of those freshmen that make me frustrated.
To start off, I can remember my freshmen year on the team. I would fill the water bottles, fetch the balls, do head counts, and occasionally get the med kit. I did what was required of me to help my teammates and there was no questions asked. Whatever the captain told me to do; I followed orders.
I didn't harbor any ill-will or resentments. In a way, I think of it as a right of passage to the team for the freshmens' to carry such duties.
Now with this year's freshmen - Getting water or picking up balls is like a death sentence. Everyone tries to avoid it, as though if it's a shark and all the freshmen are guppies trying to get away.
Another point I harshly dislike and notice is that most the freshmen carry themselves and talk as if THEY won the championships. They weren't even in this college institution when we won our championships last year. They were in no way, shape, or form had any hand in our accomplishment. Yet today here they stand, talking like they won, like they are the reason we won, as if trying to establish that they are the top of the popularity food chain; making it high school all fking over again when they seriously need to grow up.
What angers me more is the amount of stuff we got this year from endorsements like Nike and Adidas. Last year we got sweats and a sweatshirt; that's all.
This year we got fully tricked out, and it was the freshmen who are reaping all the benefets; full uniforms, black warm up jackets and pants, sweater, sweats, long and short sleeve shirts, pennies, and each with a very own duffle bag.
Our freshmen have honestly been spoiled; seem to lack the concept of hard work, or any seriousness at all with how badly the upperclassmen want to win championships again.
Another thing is a lack of talent. There are a handful that it is their first year playing. They are currently more of a liability then any sort of asset to the team. I don't understand how they can pretend that they are the "shit", when...they aren't.
Thus leading to the bulk of my frustration. Last Sunday half the freshmen appeared to our game either still drunk, or hung over from the night before. Knowing that there is a game today; yet deciding to be irresponsible while not one of our upperclassmen partied.
The upperclassmen understand the severity of how bad we want to win championships again. We lust and hunger for it, some of them even experienced disappointment of not winning championships and the desire to win is greater then my own. I had the luxury of not experiencing this disappointment, but I still carry myself responsibly because I treat the team as a family; and I don't want to let them down.
As we faced off Ohio State, we ended up losing to stupid errors. 5-10 was the end-score. Majority of the goals lost were stupid errors that the flat-footed freshmen made due to their inebriation. They have the mind-set thinking "the upperclassmen will take care of it for us, we don't have to worry."
Now here we currently stand, Holy Cross College Lacrosse Team; almost our ENTIRE first line offense is injured from overexertion; sprain ankles, broken rib, runner's knee. I'm also recovering from a sprain ankle along with 2 others.
Guess who aren't injured one bit? Yep, all of the freshmen. Now here we stand with first year freshmens playing Lacrosse, and they are the ones who need to step up to the plate and try and fill our veterans shoes because we are all injured from trying to pick up the slack.
I can already see this plane crashing and I think coach realize's this harsh truth too after today's horrid practice. A freshmen never talks back to captains, coach , or seniors; today there was so much backtalking over a simple drill that we ended practice early with a scolding from coach.
Not saying -ALL- the freshmen are irresponsible. There are a handful who have done their contributions, are attentive, and follow the rules and I can recognize them and give credit where it is due, but the majority have been spoiled and are still in the mindsetting that this is a high school sport and have no concept of teammates being comrades, a family, and that your actions will affect the outcome of others. If we can't function as a family and there is so much disagreements; we're going to fall apart. It doesn't matter how talented or how bad we upperclassmen want to win championships again, if the freshmen don't shape up and contribute a simple task of keeping possession of the ball in a game so that our upperclassmen can catch a breath, we're going to end up where we are now; a bunch of injured veterans, and freshmen that are incapable of filling their shoes.
I don't know how this season is going to play out; and I have my doubts on if we are going to win championships. But this is probably the worst attitudes I have seen in a team ever. There have been times where I have contemplated quitting but out of the love for the sport, and respect for my seniors who certainly don't deserve that, I'll suck it up for now.
-Unrelated note: I haven't done a damn thing with my enrollment or housing for Bloomington in the fall. I keep trying to get on it but there is so much homework that I literally don't have the time.
-LG
To start off, I can remember my freshmen year on the team. I would fill the water bottles, fetch the balls, do head counts, and occasionally get the med kit. I did what was required of me to help my teammates and there was no questions asked. Whatever the captain told me to do; I followed orders.
I didn't harbor any ill-will or resentments. In a way, I think of it as a right of passage to the team for the freshmens' to carry such duties.
Now with this year's freshmen - Getting water or picking up balls is like a death sentence. Everyone tries to avoid it, as though if it's a shark and all the freshmen are guppies trying to get away.
Another point I harshly dislike and notice is that most the freshmen carry themselves and talk as if THEY won the championships. They weren't even in this college institution when we won our championships last year. They were in no way, shape, or form had any hand in our accomplishment. Yet today here they stand, talking like they won, like they are the reason we won, as if trying to establish that they are the top of the popularity food chain; making it high school all fking over again when they seriously need to grow up.
What angers me more is the amount of stuff we got this year from endorsements like Nike and Adidas. Last year we got sweats and a sweatshirt; that's all.
This year we got fully tricked out, and it was the freshmen who are reaping all the benefets; full uniforms, black warm up jackets and pants, sweater, sweats, long and short sleeve shirts, pennies, and each with a very own duffle bag.
Our freshmen have honestly been spoiled; seem to lack the concept of hard work, or any seriousness at all with how badly the upperclassmen want to win championships again.
Another thing is a lack of talent. There are a handful that it is their first year playing. They are currently more of a liability then any sort of asset to the team. I don't understand how they can pretend that they are the "shit", when...they aren't.
Thus leading to the bulk of my frustration. Last Sunday half the freshmen appeared to our game either still drunk, or hung over from the night before. Knowing that there is a game today; yet deciding to be irresponsible while not one of our upperclassmen partied.
The upperclassmen understand the severity of how bad we want to win championships again. We lust and hunger for it, some of them even experienced disappointment of not winning championships and the desire to win is greater then my own. I had the luxury of not experiencing this disappointment, but I still carry myself responsibly because I treat the team as a family; and I don't want to let them down.
As we faced off Ohio State, we ended up losing to stupid errors. 5-10 was the end-score. Majority of the goals lost were stupid errors that the flat-footed freshmen made due to their inebriation. They have the mind-set thinking "the upperclassmen will take care of it for us, we don't have to worry."
Now here we currently stand, Holy Cross College Lacrosse Team; almost our ENTIRE first line offense is injured from overexertion; sprain ankles, broken rib, runner's knee. I'm also recovering from a sprain ankle along with 2 others.
Guess who aren't injured one bit? Yep, all of the freshmen. Now here we stand with first year freshmens playing Lacrosse, and they are the ones who need to step up to the plate and try and fill our veterans shoes because we are all injured from trying to pick up the slack.
I can already see this plane crashing and I think coach realize's this harsh truth too after today's horrid practice. A freshmen never talks back to captains, coach , or seniors; today there was so much backtalking over a simple drill that we ended practice early with a scolding from coach.
Not saying -ALL- the freshmen are irresponsible. There are a handful who have done their contributions, are attentive, and follow the rules and I can recognize them and give credit where it is due, but the majority have been spoiled and are still in the mindsetting that this is a high school sport and have no concept of teammates being comrades, a family, and that your actions will affect the outcome of others. If we can't function as a family and there is so much disagreements; we're going to fall apart. It doesn't matter how talented or how bad we upperclassmen want to win championships again, if the freshmen don't shape up and contribute a simple task of keeping possession of the ball in a game so that our upperclassmen can catch a breath, we're going to end up where we are now; a bunch of injured veterans, and freshmen that are incapable of filling their shoes.
I don't know how this season is going to play out; and I have my doubts on if we are going to win championships. But this is probably the worst attitudes I have seen in a team ever. There have been times where I have contemplated quitting but out of the love for the sport, and respect for my seniors who certainly don't deserve that, I'll suck it up for now.
-Unrelated note: I haven't done a damn thing with my enrollment or housing for Bloomington in the fall. I keep trying to get on it but there is so much homework that I literally don't have the time.
-LG
Friday, April 1, 2011
More Musical Times of LoveGuardian
Yesterday was Open Mic Night. Pretty much a Talent show with no winner.
I decided to be ambitious and play Apologize by One Republic. I registered to play at 7pm and after class it was 8:15 pm.; the concert started at 9pm haha. Didn't have much time to learn it.
These are actually on my facebook, I already can't wait for the next Open Mic Night.
Not sure if you have watched the "Sexy Sax Man" but a friend wanted me to pull off something like that. Since today is april fools, I did happen to run around playing this song without getting in trouble haha. But I also played this at Open Mic night WHILE Ripsticking. If you don't know what a Rip Stick is, just imagine a skateboard with 2 wheels on it instead of 4. Watch out Sexy Sax Man, you got stiff competition from me.
I decided to be ambitious and play Apologize by One Republic. I registered to play at 7pm and after class it was 8:15 pm.; the concert started at 9pm haha. Didn't have much time to learn it.
These are actually on my facebook, I already can't wait for the next Open Mic Night.
Not sure if you have watched the "Sexy Sax Man" but a friend wanted me to pull off something like that. Since today is april fools, I did happen to run around playing this song without getting in trouble haha. But I also played this at Open Mic night WHILE Ripsticking. If you don't know what a Rip Stick is, just imagine a skateboard with 2 wheels on it instead of 4. Watch out Sexy Sax Man, you got stiff competition from me.
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