2011 in Review!

Blog worthy events that happened in 2011! In no particular order; and I'm sticking to good things! This is a little late, but it's before February!

1. Got a job! Funny how things work, literally don't hear back from applications for months, then all of sudden I started hearing back from all these jobs. Eventually, I landed one of them. :) So now I work for Motive Interactive, an affiliate network (contact me if you want to make money!!), and it's awesome. People have the wrong impression that what I do there is play online games all day. Which is completely not true, because I have no interest in playing games all day and would have probably already quit if that was my job. I tried playing a game that we promote and I lost interest in a week. Teresa = despite being a dork, not a gamer. Oh, and I got to go to E3 which was cool even if I didn't really get it! And it made all of my friends jealous. Hehe. :D

With our SWAG leaving E3

2. Ultimate! My club preseason was my best ultimate record. Lei Out: C bracket finals. NYF: Finals. DUI: Semi's. OLOB: Semi's. Lost to eventual winners in both (still haven't won a tournament since Prez Day 2007, my first and only). Too bad the record didn't carry over to the club season. LOL. Anyways, had a lot of fun with Death Eaters, Hella Bella, Too Swift, and Mass Exodus. Also! I was able to combine my favorite things together! Harry Potter + Ultimate! and Taylor Swift + Ultimate! Wee. Got to play with old friends and new friends, loved it.

Death Eaters 2011

Mass Exodus 2011

3. TAYLOR SWIFT. I bet you're surprised this wasn't the first thing I listed huh? I was able to score tickets to her concert, thank you AmEx! We got them like.. 6 months in advance. So Ducky made the trip down to SD to see her in concert with me. Amahzing. I took the day off from work (obviously) so we could make shirts and posters before her concert.

 

 

 

#tooswift

 

 

 

 4. Making new friends! Still working on that, never can have too many friends. But I think I'm starting to get more comfortable here and all in all, SD is not a bad place to be.

2011 was a pretty good year for me! And hopefully each year will go up! So far 2012 has not disappointed; only time will tell. Though it might not be a good year if the world ends. Anyways, hope your 2011 was filled with good memories and create many more in 2012!

<3 t

Baller

I played basketball last week for the first time in a looooooong time. A few thoughts:

1. Even when playing full court, it's a lot smaller than an ultimate field.
2. Footblocks are not legal in basketball. Boo.
3. I miss the physicality of basketball.
4. I think I'm better at defense than offense (which is the opposite of ultimate). But maybe that's just b/c my offense is horrible especially since I haven't shot a ball in.... years?
5. I've lost what little ball handling skills I had. My left hand is literally useless.

All in all, I had a lot of fun! And I miss basketball, but I guess I miss ultimate too. Haven't thrown since regionals, I'm scared to see what my flicks look like right now.

OURS

T-Sweezy for President!



There's something I can't explain about Taylor Swift. I really respect her as an artist and also think that she's a great person. She genuinely seems down-to-earth and modest.

Her concert was so amazing. No words could describe it. Can't wait til her next tour!

Regionals 2011

I'm pumped. Let's do it. The final countdown!

Knock Out 2011.

p.s. where are all of our team pictures?!?

Not a Handler

*clap clap clapclapclap*

I had 2 summer league ultimate games last night. And I happened to be on for the last point for both of the games. One was tied at DGP (12's), the other 13-14 on hard cap. Basically, in both of these points, it was essential for my team to score. While the last point tied at 12's lasted a good 20 minutes (2 time outs and an injury were called) and there were plenty and plenty of turnovers, I threw the last turnover that led the other team to score. In my defense though, my receiver was in the endzone and the disc was in his hands before it bounced out. But at the same time, I'm sure there was another easier (more conservative) throw. Either way, I take responsibility of that. As a handler, I should be looking for the easiest throw, not trying to complete the most difficult ones..

And then my game with my actual team. I had been doing okay this game. Somewhat tired because I had track earlier and then that marathon point. Anyways, score was 13-14 bad guys. We needed to score to put us on game point too. We got the D, I had an open look. But then somehow misread a perfect throw. This is why you throw and catch when you are tired.. So that turnover was 110% my fault, bad guys got possession and scored. Boo.

At least this is summer league, and not DGP in the game-to-go to nationals. But I need to prove to myself and my teammates that when that moment comes, I can be trusted with the disc and to make the right decision.

My better is better than your better.

Interwebs Technology That I DON'T Like

Facebook.

Not Facebook as a social media because I use that way too much to not like it. But rather, people on Facebook--Facebook makes me dislike people that I would've not disliked if not for Facebook. Do you follow me?

Facebook makes me dislike people that I might've liked... before I realized how annoying they are. Or how ridiculous and shocking their views are (this mainly applies to super conservative people). I think Facebook starts to show you a different side of people and since, for the most part, people's profiles are public no matter how good friends you are with them, you see their status updates, their links, etc. And sometimes it really turns me off.

For instance, I met someone who's super chill and nice. I haven't really hung out with her alone, but in groups and she seems sane and normal. But she LOVES TO YELL ON FACEBOOK. ALL THE TIME. And seeing that ALL THE TIME annoys me. I'm just like, "Really, YOU ATE DINNER?! OMGZ!" Calm the heck down. I really can't fathom the need to caplocks every thought and action. But maybe I am jumping to conclusions. Perhaps her caplocks key is broken? Or maybe she doesn't know how to turn it off..

Another example is an acquaintance. I wouldn't call us amigos, but I did interact with him quite often for a period of time (2-3 times a week?). Again, he seemed normal, we didn't have deep discussions or anything. But he was always friendly and respectful. No cues of psycho-ness. Once we became friends on Facebook, I started seeing his status updates, shared links, notes, etc. And dude, this guy is off. He's got some messed up views. Like this; when I saw that he shared that my first thought was pure disbelief, then I thought he was even more stupid for sharing something like that publicly on his Facebook. Not to mention, he posts some racist stuff sometimes (he has defended himself and said that are not racist views because it's not targeting a race specifically, but rather a religion that is "brain-washing" its followers). All of this I would've never known if not for Facebook..

So in a way, maybe I should thank Facebook for opening my eyes to people. Then again, ignorance is bliss.

And perhaps this is the post where you decide that you don't like me... 

How I Got Wooed By a 7 Year-Old!

Sometime after the kids and before Kardashians, ultimate players also caught onto the rage of sillybandz. After one weekend of ultimate, I went from 0 sillybandz to 4. Being someone around children a lot, I instantly became a hero in their eyes. I quickly obtained superhero status because 3 of my 4 sillybandz were glow-in-the-dark.

I enjoyed the new found fame and showed off my sillybandz to a little girl at church, Abby. She wanted to see them glow, so I took her somewhere secluded, dark, and private (okay, we went into the bathrom--only place without windows and I could control the lights). Abby LOVED them, she kept flicking the lights on and off to see them glow. In the end, I gave her my (glow in the dark) diamond ring sillyband because afterall "if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it" right? She told me that she 1804981509813590 sillybandz at home and she'll bring me one next week.

Thus the chase began. Abby kept forgetting to bring me my sillyband, I suspect she was simply playing hard to get. Then one time, this happened.

"Abby, where's my sillyband?"

"Hehh... I forgot.."

"When will I get it?!"

"Tomorrow?"

"How will I see you tomorrow?"

"Oh.. there's no church tomorrow?"

"Nope, it's Monday."

"Oh... I'll call you!"

I laugh, "Oh, you'll call me?"

"Yeah!"

"Ok... call me tomorrow then."

"Wait! I don't have your phone number!"

I laugh even louder now, "Ask your mom, she probably has it"

"Oh okay!"

She runs off. This kid is too cute.

Abby runs back with a pen and paper in hand.

"What's your number? I'm going to write it down!"

This girl's going old school--writing down digits? Wow. I had to give it to her. Broke down the wall around my heart.

"How do you spell 'Teresa?!'"

Of course, she played it cool and never called me. Typical. Not that I was sitting by my phone and waiting or anything.. Months go by. I was slowly piecing together my heart again. The fire was cooling...

This past weekend, she was a flower girl at a wedding. I noticed that she had a sillyband on, so I asked if I could have the one that she had on.

"No! This is the one you gave me!"


Absolutely adorable that she would wear the diamond ring sillyband to a wedding. I wonder if she planned it or maybe her parents choose it for her. The next day at church, I noticed that she had on two sillybandz. One of them was the diamond ring, and the other a sombero which she kindly gave to me. In return I promised to bring her another one next week.

And so it continues..




EDIT: In the picture, you can see half of my face on the very left! Hilarious, just noticed that.