Spirit

I forgot to say something, but well, at the Österreich Meisterschaft (Austrian Championships), Gazongas won the Spirit prize. Pretty amazing huh? Thats the 3rd time I have won a Spirit prize with a team. After playing so much Ultimate (okay, not actually that much, but 2 years and counting is quite a bit for me), and playing for so many different and varied teams, I discovered that well, Ultimate is just a game. And it doesn’t help if you scream and shout on the field, or play dirty and aggressive. Yah, go play hard, but keep within whats right, earn your victory the right way and do justice to your win. So what if you DON’T win? Its a game, learn from it, and better that game next time. To say this is much easier than executing it. How many times have players realised that most of the mistakes, are stupid ones. And its the stupid ones that make the difference. But it is exactly this point of time to not blow your top but to talk to the each other and work those problems out. 

I hope Sg Ultimate introduces those new WFDF and BULA Spirit score sheets. Its about time in SG for people to pay more attention to the Spirit than to just focus on being the best in the region. Such things are trivial. The struggles only lead you so far before one realises that its Ultimately a Game, to be enjoyed and savored. 

Medical breakthrough?

I just discovered that Dji Sam Soe, is a cigarette brand. So Dji Sam Soe, the team, the pickup with awesome players, is sponsored by cigarettes. How ironic. Lung disease and heart attacks financing people in top physical form. 

Unbelievable. Unless someone can point out a paper that says smoking is directionally proportionally to fitness. 

Moving moving.

I am officially out of Rössl in der Au. Its sad. My home for 10 months. And now I am out of it, kicked out by the New Orleans students. Its my 4th last day in Innsbruck. I saw the last of the Americans today. I probably will not see Baca again, or Mark, or Andrew, in quite some time. So yah its OFFICIAL. Its just me, all by myself now. I almost cried when Andrew and Baca were going off to the party. I wasn’t particularly close to either of them, nor was I extremely fond of them. Sigh. All these departures. I don’t like it. And now I am in Tirolerheim. Its a nice room. Small. For me myself and I. 

I gotta say goodbye again soon. Last leg of the journey. Always the hardest.