we won! we won!
actually, i was kinda expecting we'd win. it was only MT... i currently have a nice bruise on my middle finger on my right hand. i also fell down once during the game...luckily, the ground was soft from the mud (that was probably why i slipped, even with my cleats on). in the end, we were all really muddy, since every time we ran, hit, or stood near someone who was running or hitting, we got sprayed with mud.
i think i'm coming down with a cold. that sucks.
i really like new moon (sequel to twilight) and since i love it so much, i'm going to include a quote from it
"Instead of moving, I thought about Juliet some more.
I wondered what she would have done if Romeo had left her, not because he was banished, but because he lost interest? What if Rosalind had given him the time of day, and he'd changed his mind? What if, instead of marrying Juliet, he'd just disappeared?
I thought I knew how Juliet would feel.
She wouldn't go back to her old life, not really. She wouldn't ever have moved on, I was sure of that. Even if she'd lived until she was old and gray, every time she closed her eyes, it would have been Romeo's face she saw behind her lids. She would have accepted that, eventually.
I wondered if she would have married Paris in the end, just to please her parents, to keep the peace.
...
What if there were more to Paris?
What if Paris had been Juliet's friend? Her very best friend? What if he was the only one she could confide in about the whole devastating thing with Romeo? The one person who really understood her and made her feel halfway human again? What if he was patient and kind? What if he took care of her? What if Juliet knew she couldn't survive without him? What if he really loved her, and wanted her to be happy?
And...what if she loved Paris? Not like Romeo. Nothing like that, of course. But enough that she wanted him to be happy too?
...
If Romeo was really gone, never coming back, would it have mattered whether or not Juliet had taken Paris up on his offer? Maybe she should have tried to settle into the leftover scraps of life that were left behind. Maybe that would have been as close to happiness as she could get.
I sighed, and then groaned when the sign scraped my throat. I was reading too much into the story. Romeo wouldn't change his mind. That's why people still remember his name, always twined with hers: Romeo and Juliet. That's why it was a good story. "Juliet gets dumped and ends up with Paris" would have never been a hit."
- "New Moon", by Stephenie Meyer
i really like that last line.
i forgot to mention before that during the youth summit, there was an open mic and a guy about our age went up and sang (a r&b song, i think). and he was really, really good. he was in tune and everything, and he had a great tone. he also sang some songs he composed himself, and those were really, really good as well. i think i should've gotten his autograph.
i think i'm coming down with a cold. that sucks.
i really like new moon (sequel to twilight) and since i love it so much, i'm going to include a quote from it
"Instead of moving, I thought about Juliet some more.
I wondered what she would have done if Romeo had left her, not because he was banished, but because he lost interest? What if Rosalind had given him the time of day, and he'd changed his mind? What if, instead of marrying Juliet, he'd just disappeared?
I thought I knew how Juliet would feel.
She wouldn't go back to her old life, not really. She wouldn't ever have moved on, I was sure of that. Even if she'd lived until she was old and gray, every time she closed her eyes, it would have been Romeo's face she saw behind her lids. She would have accepted that, eventually.
I wondered if she would have married Paris in the end, just to please her parents, to keep the peace.
...
What if there were more to Paris?
What if Paris had been Juliet's friend? Her very best friend? What if he was the only one she could confide in about the whole devastating thing with Romeo? The one person who really understood her and made her feel halfway human again? What if he was patient and kind? What if he took care of her? What if Juliet knew she couldn't survive without him? What if he really loved her, and wanted her to be happy?
And...what if she loved Paris? Not like Romeo. Nothing like that, of course. But enough that she wanted him to be happy too?
...
If Romeo was really gone, never coming back, would it have mattered whether or not Juliet had taken Paris up on his offer? Maybe she should have tried to settle into the leftover scraps of life that were left behind. Maybe that would have been as close to happiness as she could get.
I sighed, and then groaned when the sign scraped my throat. I was reading too much into the story. Romeo wouldn't change his mind. That's why people still remember his name, always twined with hers: Romeo and Juliet. That's why it was a good story. "Juliet gets dumped and ends up with Paris" would have never been a hit."
- "New Moon", by Stephenie Meyer
i really like that last line.
i forgot to mention before that during the youth summit, there was an open mic and a guy about our age went up and sang (a r&b song, i think). and he was really, really good. he was in tune and everything, and he had a great tone. he also sang some songs he composed himself, and those were really, really good as well. i think i should've gotten his autograph.