Today was a good day!
Ever have one of those days where everything goes your way?
I was able to make it out to the actuarial picnic around 3:30 this afternoon. I was just in time for the water balloon toss. Needless to say, UNICorn and I were up to the challenge of avenging last year's heartbreaking runner up finish. The defending champions were talking a significant amount of smack, but we were ready for them.
There were about 35 teams participating this year. The balloons were quite full, so you definitely did not want to get soaked by one of them! The game dragged on for quite some time since balloons would hit the ground often, but not always break. However, once the teams were about 40 feet apart, there were only six groups left, including us and last year's champions. UNICorn lofted a beautiful toss to me, and I barely hung on without breaking our balloon. I then looked to my right and noticed that all five other groups had broken their balloons. UNICorn and I were pumped to finally win the prestigious competition! The rest of the opponents responded by charging at us with about 30 other unused water balloons, but they missed me with every throw. One of my employees used the opportunity to try and get me, and she failed miserably. I'll be sure to remember that when I write her performance appraisal next week. :) j/k!
The official photographer of our softball team got a great picture of me making the winning catch at the water balloon toss. Actually, it's a very unflattering picture of me, but it's still great. Once I get a copy of it, I will post it here. You can all have a caption contest with it.
The great day continued when the raffle started shortly after the water balloon toss. Every year I buy about $10 worth of tickets (about the average for the group), and every year I seem to win about $50-80 worth of prizes. This year was different, but in a good way! I won a $50 gift certificate to a nice steak house and the grand prize, which is four rounds of golf at a super difficult golf course (worth roughly $400). Of course, I always seem to get a loud round of boos whenever I win a prize, even though everyone else gets cheered (and I cheered for everyone else). Why do you all have to hate on me?
Too bad I don't golf, but I think RoopDogg and UNICorn would love to join me as I hack my way through 18 holes sometime in the near future. Right guys? Besides, I don't think I've ever golfed with UNICorn, and I am sure that I will double his score on this course.
Afterwards, we had a big softball game against the Beerbuddies, who were one game behind us in the standings (since we beat them on Monday). We were missing Hawkeye and Tricki, so we had to fill big holes at pitcher and 1B. The game was definitely a grind and full of missed opportunities. The other team played really well, too. We were down 7-5 with runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out on the bottom of the seventh. Our leadoff guy popped the ball up to shallow left center field, and their center fielder dropped the ball. One of the best guys in the league made a rare error. I was shocked. PhillyPhanatic scored on the play, and we tied the game and put a runner on third when I came up with two outs. I was having a good hitting day so far (2-2 with a double and a triple), so I felt pretty confident, despite all the "Gar-bear" catcalls coming from our bleachers. I fouled off two pitches, and the pitcher was throwing me absolute crap (since I think he wanted to pitch to the girl after me in the lineup if I wouldn't swing at a bad pitch). I took a high and inside pitch and lined a single between SS and 3B. We won 8-7! Actually, we stole the game 8-7 since the other team was better than us today. Good ending to a great day!
I hosted an impromptu poker tournament tonight since a bunch of interns and a few full-timers wanted to play. Stakes were low ($10), but we had 17 people. Unfortunately, my luck ran out since we paid the top 4, but I finished in 5th. Oh well, I'm still happy! :)
I have a bunch of great pictures taken by P&C's official photographer at Monday's softball game. I will post a few of them tomorrow when I have more time to upload them onto this site. Now it is time for bed.
I was able to make it out to the actuarial picnic around 3:30 this afternoon. I was just in time for the water balloon toss. Needless to say, UNICorn and I were up to the challenge of avenging last year's heartbreaking runner up finish. The defending champions were talking a significant amount of smack, but we were ready for them.
There were about 35 teams participating this year. The balloons were quite full, so you definitely did not want to get soaked by one of them! The game dragged on for quite some time since balloons would hit the ground often, but not always break. However, once the teams were about 40 feet apart, there were only six groups left, including us and last year's champions. UNICorn lofted a beautiful toss to me, and I barely hung on without breaking our balloon. I then looked to my right and noticed that all five other groups had broken their balloons. UNICorn and I were pumped to finally win the prestigious competition! The rest of the opponents responded by charging at us with about 30 other unused water balloons, but they missed me with every throw. One of my employees used the opportunity to try and get me, and she failed miserably. I'll be sure to remember that when I write her performance appraisal next week. :) j/k!
The official photographer of our softball team got a great picture of me making the winning catch at the water balloon toss. Actually, it's a very unflattering picture of me, but it's still great. Once I get a copy of it, I will post it here. You can all have a caption contest with it.
The great day continued when the raffle started shortly after the water balloon toss. Every year I buy about $10 worth of tickets (about the average for the group), and every year I seem to win about $50-80 worth of prizes. This year was different, but in a good way! I won a $50 gift certificate to a nice steak house and the grand prize, which is four rounds of golf at a super difficult golf course (worth roughly $400). Of course, I always seem to get a loud round of boos whenever I win a prize, even though everyone else gets cheered (and I cheered for everyone else). Why do you all have to hate on me?
Too bad I don't golf, but I think RoopDogg and UNICorn would love to join me as I hack my way through 18 holes sometime in the near future. Right guys? Besides, I don't think I've ever golfed with UNICorn, and I am sure that I will double his score on this course.
Afterwards, we had a big softball game against the Beerbuddies, who were one game behind us in the standings (since we beat them on Monday). We were missing Hawkeye and Tricki, so we had to fill big holes at pitcher and 1B. The game was definitely a grind and full of missed opportunities. The other team played really well, too. We were down 7-5 with runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out on the bottom of the seventh. Our leadoff guy popped the ball up to shallow left center field, and their center fielder dropped the ball. One of the best guys in the league made a rare error. I was shocked. PhillyPhanatic scored on the play, and we tied the game and put a runner on third when I came up with two outs. I was having a good hitting day so far (2-2 with a double and a triple), so I felt pretty confident, despite all the "Gar-bear" catcalls coming from our bleachers. I fouled off two pitches, and the pitcher was throwing me absolute crap (since I think he wanted to pitch to the girl after me in the lineup if I wouldn't swing at a bad pitch). I took a high and inside pitch and lined a single between SS and 3B. We won 8-7! Actually, we stole the game 8-7 since the other team was better than us today. Good ending to a great day!
I hosted an impromptu poker tournament tonight since a bunch of interns and a few full-timers wanted to play. Stakes were low ($10), but we had 17 people. Unfortunately, my luck ran out since we paid the top 4, but I finished in 5th. Oh well, I'm still happy! :)
I have a bunch of great pictures taken by P&C's official photographer at Monday's softball game. I will post a few of them tomorrow when I have more time to upload them onto this site. Now it is time for bed.
posted by GaryGinew at 11:08 PM
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I like rubbing salt in wounds. got this email today...
Dear Michigan Student Football Season Ticket Holder,
For the 2006 season, student demand for football tickets remains high and will likely exceed 20,000. Fortunately, we will be able to allocate every student a ticket this fall with one significant change from last season.
We plan to reunite the students at the Big House! We are moving the visitors and public season ticket holders, who are currently adjacent to the student section, to allow 1,875 more students to be able to sit in the student section. The new capacity of the student section will be 20,469. In addition, we are relocating the Marching Band into the student section to seats near the field in front of the student section.
This change will provide for a more unified student community, create a more enjoyable experience for students and improve the game day atmosphere at the Big House, especially for maize out games.
Wisconsin and the MSU games have already been declared MAIZE OUT games as a part of our Go Blue, Wear Maize campaign. This campaign is designed to encourage Michigan fans to wear maize to all home football games. If you have already purchased a maize football season t-shirt, please wear it to these games. If not, please visit www.mden.com to purchase one.
Go Blue, Wear Maize!
Marty Bodnar
Associate Athletic Director, Ticketing & Marketing
Looks like the athletic department finally did something right for a change. Well done.
Interesting that the marching band will be back in the student section. They moved the band out of the student section about 12-15 years ago. Hopefully it creates a better/more organized student section at the Big House. (However, it's probably just a ploy to move the entire band out of the stands at Michigan Stadium to sell more tickets).
public service announcement:
I. HATE. THE. ART. FAIR.
Mouse - Your endless complaining about the art fair reminds me of the one and only time I walked around the Ann Arbor art fair in my life. I happened to come across a funny piece of woodwork (I think it was a clock, but I don't know for sure). On one side, there was a woman yelling "Blah blah blah blah blah". On the other side of the piece of art was a guy saying "Yes Dear".
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