I got a lot of sleep from late start, so I was bouncy the whole time before the meet. We got to get out of class early, which was nice also.
One of our buses broke down, so we only had one bus. The bus driver for varsity baseball happened to be a very nice person, and baseball has like 10 people on the team, she offered to take us there with baseball. They probably all hate us now because before we came onto the bus, each person had a whole row to himself. We made it 2-3 to a bench.
The meet was really fun. They also have a very nice, new track with the astro-turf grass. (see West Co. post for details) Everyone was all hyped up, and there were a lot of people there. Everyone hyped up just cheered for everyone Walnut that ran by. Especially near the end of the meet when they had nothing better to do. The other schools looked at us like we were crazy, screw them, we got team spirit.
TJ: I jumped a 38'4" and 39'-. I didn't try very hard on both jumps because I was being cautious of the wind. Then of course, the official told me I only needed to jump a 37'+ to qualify for finals. So I stopped jumping because I already qualified. It would've been nice if he told us that before we all jumped though.
So then I was all pumped up for high jump. They told me everyone auto qualified for finals since there wasn't that many people. OK. I kind of expected that to happen, but I was still warmed up and ready for it.
So then I realized since I only needed to jump triple today, I could've very well qualified for finals for long jump too. Coach didn't let me do long jump so I could focus my efforts on my other two jumps, and let people who actually spend their whole season practicing long jump to have a chance. They weren't jumping that great today.
Meet lasted until 8:30 though. Bus ride back, I rode the emptier bus whee we got 1 person per bench, and the other bus was 3 to a bench. Obviously they didn't listen when we told them we had two buses.
vs. West Covina
track
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West Co. has the most awesome track ever, their field, not so much, but their track is godly. When you land on it, it feels almost squishy, but still firm, and you kinda bounce off of it. Its great cause out track is super crappy, and as soon as we land, there's a shot of pain running up our legs. Their field is just, astroturf, fake plasticly grass with black stuff. Since today was hot, the nice looking plastic grass gets hot too. But the field was squishy too, so it was ok for warm-ups.
It seemed like everyone did better on the good track, well, everyone on our team anyways. When we would land for jumps, we would be like, "hey! this doesn't hurt like it normally does, lets try to jump a bit farther because we can afford to land harder." So technically, I got two PRs today, and I tied my other PR.
HJ: still 5'6". I laughed at my own patheticalness. I was wayyy over 5'6", but I lost my form jumping 5'8", first time by looking down to see if I cleared it or not, which I didn't. Second time I underestimated the height of the bar. Third time was the same problem as the first jump. Next week, at league prelims, I'll do better.
TJ: 39'10". Super small 2nd phase. Probably a 17' first phase, and 6' second phase, and a 17' final phase. I know I can probably stretch out that second phase to at least 10', though ideally, second phase should be larger than first phase, but shorter than last phase. Lots of space for improvement here. Plus, it didn't hurt to land, so I could afford to make a super long first phase, instead of the normal, not so long, but completely painless first phase I do. If I can improve by league finals, I might be able to go to CIF for this, only 2" more to qualify.
LJ: 18'10¼". My second long jump this season. It's not 20', but it very well could've been. I just didn't have enough time to finish my jumps, and of the two I did finish, one of them was a scratch by an inch. Not to mention that I have no form for this, since the last time I jumped long jump was two years ago. Also CIF possibility here.
After the meet, when we were cleaning up, our ice water buckets were still full, so normally we would jump dump the water so it's lighter to carry. Guess the other guys thought, it's the last team dual meet, lets dump it on the coaches. So Andrea got drenched first with a full bucket of mostly ice. Thompson next with half a bucket of mostly water. Peralta ran far far away while a few guys attempted to dump a bucket of ice on him, which they did, partially, he was wearing the waterproof coach jacket though. Brad ran too, not enough water left for him either way. Polite is off limits, he might actually die of heart attack.
Then afterwards, when we were back in walnut. The coaches wanted to have a team dinner in the village. Most of the guys went to In-N-Out. Guess I missed that memo. I went to Applebee's with the coaches. It ended up being Thompson, Brad, Andrea, and me there, 3 coaches and a captain. Conversation with them was pretty interesting. Thompson treated us even though we all insisted to pay. Some of the guys came to visit us from In-N-Out, who were then asked by the waiter to move to a nearby table because they were "obstructing waiter traffic."
It was a fun day. Sad that track season's coming to an end though.
edit: Forgot to mention the sand. They have those nice white super soft beach sand in their jump pits. Well, for my first long jump, or my only scored long jump, I landed a bit early, and ended up kicking a whole bunch of sand into my face, into my mouth, and up my nose, and into my eyes. Well, it's easy getting the sand out of the eyes, a few teardrops does the trick. Mouth took a few cups of water to wash out. Worst was the nose. It was just kinda stuck up there, like, in the back part of the nose near the throat. So pretty much spent the rest of the meet trying to blow/wash sand out of my nose whenever I could, which wasn't that often cause I was in 3 events. Even when I showered, it took a lot a lot of effort to get the sand out of my nose. I think most of it's out now. Some good advise, Don't get sand up your nose. The sand was soft though, so it didn't hurt to land. But yeah, sine I landed pre-maturely, I pretty much lost the distance equal to the distance from my ankle to my knee.
And I still don't know how well I ranked. I think I may have placed 1st in triple, and 3rd in long. High for sure is 2nd place. I really didn't care because just by listening to the PA, it was obvious that we won, since they would announce the who placed, and it would sound like "3rd place, ___ from Walnut. 2nd place, ___ from Walnut. 1st place, ___ from Walnut" for just about every race.
It seemed like everyone did better on the good track, well, everyone on our team anyways. When we would land for jumps, we would be like, "hey! this doesn't hurt like it normally does, lets try to jump a bit farther because we can afford to land harder." So technically, I got two PRs today, and I tied my other PR.
HJ: still 5'6". I laughed at my own patheticalness. I was wayyy over 5'6", but I lost my form jumping 5'8", first time by looking down to see if I cleared it or not, which I didn't. Second time I underestimated the height of the bar. Third time was the same problem as the first jump. Next week, at league prelims, I'll do better.
TJ: 39'10". Super small 2nd phase. Probably a 17' first phase, and 6' second phase, and a 17' final phase. I know I can probably stretch out that second phase to at least 10', though ideally, second phase should be larger than first phase, but shorter than last phase. Lots of space for improvement here. Plus, it didn't hurt to land, so I could afford to make a super long first phase, instead of the normal, not so long, but completely painless first phase I do. If I can improve by league finals, I might be able to go to CIF for this, only 2" more to qualify.
LJ: 18'10¼". My second long jump this season. It's not 20', but it very well could've been. I just didn't have enough time to finish my jumps, and of the two I did finish, one of them was a scratch by an inch. Not to mention that I have no form for this, since the last time I jumped long jump was two years ago. Also CIF possibility here.
After the meet, when we were cleaning up, our ice water buckets were still full, so normally we would jump dump the water so it's lighter to carry. Guess the other guys thought, it's the last team dual meet, lets dump it on the coaches. So Andrea got drenched first with a full bucket of mostly ice. Thompson next with half a bucket of mostly water. Peralta ran far far away while a few guys attempted to dump a bucket of ice on him, which they did, partially, he was wearing the waterproof coach jacket though. Brad ran too, not enough water left for him either way. Polite is off limits, he might actually die of heart attack.
Then afterwards, when we were back in walnut. The coaches wanted to have a team dinner in the village. Most of the guys went to In-N-Out. Guess I missed that memo. I went to Applebee's with the coaches. It ended up being Thompson, Brad, Andrea, and me there, 3 coaches and a captain. Conversation with them was pretty interesting. Thompson treated us even though we all insisted to pay. Some of the guys came to visit us from In-N-Out, who were then asked by the waiter to move to a nearby table because they were "obstructing waiter traffic."
It was a fun day. Sad that track season's coming to an end though.
edit: Forgot to mention the sand. They have those nice white super soft beach sand in their jump pits. Well, for my first long jump, or my only scored long jump, I landed a bit early, and ended up kicking a whole bunch of sand into my face, into my mouth, and up my nose, and into my eyes. Well, it's easy getting the sand out of the eyes, a few teardrops does the trick. Mouth took a few cups of water to wash out. Worst was the nose. It was just kinda stuck up there, like, in the back part of the nose near the throat. So pretty much spent the rest of the meet trying to blow/wash sand out of my nose whenever I could, which wasn't that often cause I was in 3 events. Even when I showered, it took a lot a lot of effort to get the sand out of my nose. I think most of it's out now. Some good advise, Don't get sand up your nose. The sand was soft though, so it didn't hurt to land. But yeah, sine I landed pre-maturely, I pretty much lost the distance equal to the distance from my ankle to my knee.
And I still don't know how well I ranked. I think I may have placed 1st in triple, and 3rd in long. High for sure is 2nd place. I really didn't care because just by listening to the PA, it was obvious that we won, since they would announce the who placed, and it would sound like "3rd place, ___ from Walnut. 2nd place, ___ from Walnut. 1st place, ___ from Walnut" for just about every race.
you forgot to say goodbye...
work
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So my boss told me that since I missed saying goodbye to our mystery shopper on my 2nd week of work, they're sending me back to customer service training. But at least she congratulated me on getting the greet and offering service.
At Vons, they send in an anonymous shopper, and random days, every month, to rate how the store's customer service is doing. Course, that happened to be on my 2nd week of work where I was like, "Hi... uhh.. lemme find the manager for you... which manager is in today...?" Course, it was also 2 weeks after my last customer service training.
Well, customer service training isn't too bad, you just sit there, for 4 hours, going like, yes, no, yes, yes, no, no, yes, yes, and get paid. Actually, It's kinda boring, whatever, I get paid for doing nothing.
That day, Saturday, was also the first day I worked until midnight (when the store "closes"). Super boring after 10:00pm. Apparently, right when it hits midnight, all the light timers expire, and half the display lights in the store go off. Few minutes later, half of the remaining lights go off. Course, I forgot that they set all the automatic doors to manual-locked, so I crashed into one as I was trying to leave.
At Vons, they send in an anonymous shopper, and random days, every month, to rate how the store's customer service is doing. Course, that happened to be on my 2nd week of work where I was like, "Hi... uhh.. lemme find the manager for you... which manager is in today...?" Course, it was also 2 weeks after my last customer service training.
Well, customer service training isn't too bad, you just sit there, for 4 hours, going like, yes, no, yes, yes, no, no, yes, yes, and get paid. Actually, It's kinda boring, whatever, I get paid for doing nothing.
That day, Saturday, was also the first day I worked until midnight (when the store "closes"). Super boring after 10:00pm. Apparently, right when it hits midnight, all the light timers expire, and half the display lights in the store go off. Few minutes later, half of the remaining lights go off. Course, I forgot that they set all the automatic doors to manual-locked, so I crashed into one as I was trying to leave.
vs. Rowland
track
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Did poorly today, not too sure why. Headache throughout the whole track meet, maybe that contributed to it. We won though, which puts us back in the lead. :D
HJ: 5'4
TJ: 35'10''
I got eliminated from high jump in the saddest way possible. As I was approaching for jump, I slipped on the floor right before the jump and hit the mat. Since it was my last jump, I was out. Plus, since I slipped and was wearing spikes, my right spikes sliced up the back of my left leg, on exactly the same spot it did 2 years ago during high jump. So right on top of my old scars, are fresh wounds.
What bothered me a little is that at the end of the meet when we were all huddled up, the football players did their Samoan battle dance. Since Rowland was still there, it looked like we were taunting them. Whatever. It was nice seeing coach all happy and stuff.
After dinner my cousin treated us to yogurtland. I like it more than pinkberry, it has more flavors and more topping choices, and they allow you to mix and match however many you want, at however much you want. So I had this mix of peach, kiwi, green tea, strawberry, mango ice cream with strawberry, mini-gummy bears, watermelon and mochi toppings.
HJ: 5'4
TJ: 35'10''
I got eliminated from high jump in the saddest way possible. As I was approaching for jump, I slipped on the floor right before the jump and hit the mat. Since it was my last jump, I was out. Plus, since I slipped and was wearing spikes, my right spikes sliced up the back of my left leg, on exactly the same spot it did 2 years ago during high jump. So right on top of my old scars, are fresh wounds.
What bothered me a little is that at the end of the meet when we were all huddled up, the football players did their Samoan battle dance. Since Rowland was still there, it looked like we were taunting them. Whatever. It was nice seeing coach all happy and stuff.
After dinner my cousin treated us to yogurtland. I like it more than pinkberry, it has more flavors and more topping choices, and they allow you to mix and match however many you want, at however much you want. So I had this mix of peach, kiwi, green tea, strawberry, mango ice cream with strawberry, mini-gummy bears, watermelon and mochi toppings.
kite flying
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Well, its a lot harder than it seems. Probably because the wind was erratic today, and I was attempting to fly the kite on the football field, which happens to be located between two very tall walls of stadium stairs/seats that makes the wind go in weird directions nearing the middle of the field.
The kite sure was popular today though. Everyone wants to fly a kite. I started a trend... kinda. :D
There was one time, where we had a moderate gust of wind, which make the kite fly up up up until I ran out of string. Then it stayed up there for a minute or two, then the wind died down and it crashed into the PA mic. stand.
The kite also attacked many people via kamikaze.
The kite sure was popular today though. Everyone wants to fly a kite. I started a trend... kinda. :D
There was one time, where we had a moderate gust of wind, which make the kite fly up up up until I ran out of string. Then it stayed up there for a minute or two, then the wind died down and it crashed into the PA mic. stand.
The kite also attacked many people via kamikaze.
10 min silence
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I did my 10 minutes of silence in my backyard, which is as silent as it will get. My first thoughts were about the assignment. Technically, it’s not completely silent in my backyard, there are crickets chirping, and every time I move my jacket makes a sound. Then the following thoughts were just random and without order, they went something like this:
Procrastination is bad. If I didn’t procrastinate, I wouldn’t be out here in the cold at midnight. Plus, I could be using this time to work on other works I procrastinated on. Movies suck. If it wasn’t for movies, I wouldn’t have to turn in something about book to film adaptations.
I must look like a retard out here, if the neighbors looked out at me, they must think, what is he doing? Who sits out in their backyard in the middle of the night in the cold? My feet are cold, shouldn’t have worn flip flops. Come to think of it, this jacket isn’t too warm either.
A breeze. Great. I can fly my kite. Wait, no, the breeze is gone. It wasn’t strong enough to carry that kite anyways. I hope it is windy tomorrow, I really want to fly my kite. Hope Thompson doesn’t get mad with us me flying at kite during practice. I need to run to make the kite fly, so I am getting exercise. I guess that might work out to be a good enough excuse. Who wears green Hawaiian flip flips? Seriously, what was my dad thinking when he bought these for me?
The moon is pretty tonight. No stars though. Wait, there’s three, I think. It’s hard to tell here, that’s the downside of living in the city, no stars. Well, it’s nice how my watch glows in the dark, expect it really isn’t necessary, the moon’s bright enough so I can read the hands without the need for them to glow.
Seven more minutes.
Our neighbors have old school antennas. Maybe they don’t use them.
Why, hello Spike. He must think it’s so weird for me to be out in the backyard. I’m never in the backyard. It’s nice to have someone keep me company out here. It’s awfully boring. Time passes so slowly.
If I get sick because of this, I will be very very angry. My cousin must think I’m weird sitting in the backyard.
I wonder if this bench is clean.
I’m pretty sure she already thinks I’m weird.
Hey, I can see my shadow from the moon.
Spike seems pretty bored too. I think time’s up, let’s go inside.
That was pretty much the gist of it.
kites
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A few days ago, I learned that Vons sells kites. Yes, kites. Why a grocery store would sell kites is beyond me. Course, but now, I've come to accept that they sell everything.
At track, since its usually windy, and some dork injured herself through attempting to fly a kite, we decided that we would bring kites one day and just fly them.
So I bought a kite from Vons. Now all my coworkers think that I'm weird. They thought I was buying it for someone else, or something. I was going to try to fly it in the parking lot, cept then my break ended.
It's actually a big kite, well, a lot bigger than I expected. Its shaped like a dragon, a very ugly dragon with very big wings. Its still awesome though. Plus, my other options were a butterfly or a fish, or even worse, a barbie fairy... thing.
I'm going to try to fly the kite tomorrow during track practice, if it flies well, my sister wants a fish shaped kite, then we can both attempt to fly kites during out track meet along with all the other weirdos with kites.
At track, since its usually windy, and some dork injured herself through attempting to fly a kite, we decided that we would bring kites one day and just fly them.
So I bought a kite from Vons. Now all my coworkers think that I'm weird. They thought I was buying it for someone else, or something. I was going to try to fly it in the parking lot, cept then my break ended.
It's actually a big kite, well, a lot bigger than I expected. Its shaped like a dragon, a very ugly dragon with very big wings. Its still awesome though. Plus, my other options were a butterfly or a fish, or even worse, a barbie fairy... thing.
I'm going to try to fly the kite tomorrow during track practice, if it flies well, my sister wants a fish shaped kite, then we can both attempt to fly kites during out track meet along with all the other weirdos with kites.
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