it hurts to laugh. any clenching of any muscle hurts. this makes getting out of bed, getting into and out of the car, a little slow. i walk very gingerly. this is the result of a day's worth of football. not even tackle football mind you, it was a day's worth of flag football. i haven't been this sore in awhile. i don't work out (duh), i don't run, i don't exercise except when i play basketball, and i expect to never get sore. this is when i'm supposed to be reaching my athletic peak. if i were in the league, my age would bring me heightened expectations and fatty contracts. instead i'm sore as all hell from a day of flag football.



but it was well worth it. we, a ragtag bunch from cbc, put up a good fight and only really lost due to our inexperience and lack of practice. when we first got to the field we were staring at the other teams --all korean churches, stocked with large korean male specimens-- running pass drills. the quarterback would take the snap, whip out a laser and the receivers would catch that thing in stride. well actually, some of the receivers really sucked but the team uniforms they sported were slightly intimidating. needless to say we were not half that organized. but we put on a good show. after giving up five touchdowns to none the first half of our first game, we only allowed three more touchdowns the rest of the way. we lost all three games, 34-10, 12-10 and 2-0. we gave up like four safeties in total. but we were bringing these organized teams to their knees with our studlly defense. a moral victory is just as good as a real victory, especially when your body is breaking down. half our squad had rebuilt knees, tweaked ankles, torn muscles, and we had more strappable gear than a s&m convention.



why are korean guys so damn big? that was a problem, the huge offensive and defensive linemen trying to truck us little chinese guys. but our d-line was outstanding. i don't even know why i'm sore. i didn't really get hit that much, outside of one huge guy killing me on a block. i knocked off his glasses, he knocked me on my ass with my legs facing the sky. fair tradeoff i'd say. but today was more fun than i've had in quite awhile. we need some more participation in organized sports.