11.23.2004
in less than 24 hours...
...our boat will have raced. And my family will be in London.
First, the boat. Yeah, so we're racing tomorrow at 12:30 PM. We're racing the B boat from Jesus College. Should be fun. I'm feeling the adrenaline starting to build already. Do wish us luck. :)
So who is this motley crew? Here we are from stern to bow.
Mike: our coxswain. He's Scottish and sings strange Scottish songs over the microphone when we're out on the water. Good man.
Noah: Stroke. This guy hails from Dartmouth and is a fitness fiend. He's only here for a semester. Sadly, his flatulence keeps me from getting to know him any better. Thank goodness he's down-wind of everyone but Mike.
James S.: This man is always late to practice. He's British and sort of laconic.
Tuvia: The only other grad student on the crew, he's a lawyer from Toronto. He trains for marathons, so he's seriously fit.
Jared: On a one-semester exchange from Calvin College, he studies philosophy and history here, but is majoring in literature back in the States. Very tall; very long legs. I have to hustle to walk beside him, which I had to do a lot because neither he nor I had bikes at the beginning of the season.
Dan: A real joker from Eastbourne College (it's a high school), he's studying chemistry at Oxford, but only because it allows him to row. Lazy as anything.
Me: I'm me. Truly the earthshattering philosophical revelation of the century.
James B.: Another American, James went to St. Paul's School in NH, and is now at Dartmouth. He's a staunch Republican, and scared all of the Brits at the boathouse by donning a George W. Bush pin. Scary. Doesn't understand the Scottish accent well, which makes him slightly less effective when dealing with Mike.
Duncan: A thin wiry guy, he's seriously fast on his bike or running. Always good for a laugh, Duncan is the second-to-last person to arrive for anything, followed in good time by James S.
That's the Keble Men's Novice A crew for 2004. Wish us luck!
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Right. So my parents are coming. Actually, my whole family is. I'm so excited. We'll see the sights, hear the sounds, etc. the etc. of Oxford. I actually am extremely excited: I was never that psyched when my parents came to visit me at college. I think it's because they did it very often, and it became a relatively common occurance. But with this, I think this may be one of the only times that my family will see Oxford, and it truly will be the only time they'll see it all at once. So I'm absolutely psyched. More psyched, perhaps, than I am for the regatta, but don't tell my crew.
First, the boat. Yeah, so we're racing tomorrow at 12:30 PM. We're racing the B boat from Jesus College. Should be fun. I'm feeling the adrenaline starting to build already. Do wish us luck. :)
So who is this motley crew? Here we are from stern to bow.
Mike: our coxswain. He's Scottish and sings strange Scottish songs over the microphone when we're out on the water. Good man.
Noah: Stroke. This guy hails from Dartmouth and is a fitness fiend. He's only here for a semester. Sadly, his flatulence keeps me from getting to know him any better. Thank goodness he's down-wind of everyone but Mike.
James S.: This man is always late to practice. He's British and sort of laconic.
Tuvia: The only other grad student on the crew, he's a lawyer from Toronto. He trains for marathons, so he's seriously fit.
Jared: On a one-semester exchange from Calvin College, he studies philosophy and history here, but is majoring in literature back in the States. Very tall; very long legs. I have to hustle to walk beside him, which I had to do a lot because neither he nor I had bikes at the beginning of the season.
Dan: A real joker from Eastbourne College (it's a high school), he's studying chemistry at Oxford, but only because it allows him to row. Lazy as anything.
Me: I'm me. Truly the earthshattering philosophical revelation of the century.
James B.: Another American, James went to St. Paul's School in NH, and is now at Dartmouth. He's a staunch Republican, and scared all of the Brits at the boathouse by donning a George W. Bush pin. Scary. Doesn't understand the Scottish accent well, which makes him slightly less effective when dealing with Mike.
Duncan: A thin wiry guy, he's seriously fast on his bike or running. Always good for a laugh, Duncan is the second-to-last person to arrive for anything, followed in good time by James S.
That's the Keble Men's Novice A crew for 2004. Wish us luck!
---
Right. So my parents are coming. Actually, my whole family is. I'm so excited. We'll see the sights, hear the sounds, etc. the etc. of Oxford. I actually am extremely excited: I was never that psyched when my parents came to visit me at college. I think it's because they did it very often, and it became a relatively common occurance. But with this, I think this may be one of the only times that my family will see Oxford, and it truly will be the only time they'll see it all at once. So I'm absolutely psyched. More psyched, perhaps, than I am for the regatta, but don't tell my crew.
