* Results from College Regionals: I didn't attend but this is what I know. Madison beat Carleton for the one and only spot to Nationals 15-12. I have Sub Zero teammates on both teams so it was hard for me to cheer for either team but I am pumped for Madison. I think that they have a great shot at winning the National Championship. Luckydog broke seed again this year. They made it all the way to semi-finals and lost to Madison. They finished 3rd in a tie with the U of M. Luckydog has a cool streak which goes back to my playing days. Every year the team makes it to Regionals they advance all the way to semi-finals. It's been done in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. It not going to Nationals but its a pretty good accomplishment. I'd say it puts us as the 4th best team in the region for this decade behind Carleton, Madison and Iowa.
* Results from the regional Foosball tournament: DK and I did decided to enter in the beginners doubles division. It wasn't quite as organized as I hoped it would be. It was kind of a long wait before we got to play our first real game. The format was a double elimination bracket. We lost our first match 3 games to 2. We won the first game and lost the next two. The third game of the match was close. It was tied 4-4 and we had a chance to score but failed to put it in and they scored to win the match. The second match we won 3-2. I believe we won the first and the third game by scores of 5-3ish. I think the game they won was 5-4. There were a lot of long balls where no one would score for awhile in that match. It was another long wait for our third match and we might have been better off leaving. We got smoked. We lost 2-0. Neither game was close, I believe the scores were 5-2 in both. It was a cool experience and I think DK and I both agree that we underachieved a bit, but I guess that's to be excepted for a first tournament. It was hard to know what to expect out of this, but I think it made us both better by learning things.
* Later on Saturday after feeling slightly down about our foosball loses, Todd joined us and we got drunk and dominated the foos table at Brothers. We played about 10 games that night and didn't lose once. I guess we played worse competition but we were also on fire, only one game was close and we dominated the rest. Good times.
* I watched Hostel. Mandy wouldn't watch it but she should have. Its not scary or suspenseful like I thought it would be. But it is the most gory movie I have ever seen so that's cool. I also saw a movie at the
theatre by my house which was playing foreign films for the foreign film festival last week. I saw a Japanese Samurai movie called Hidden Blade. I love Samurai movies so I was pumped there was one playing. Most of the ones I have seen were made in the 1950s but this one was made in 2004. It was really cool to see the filmmakers stick to the old school roots for samurai movies. It wasn't the best one I've seen but it was good. I'll get it on DVD to add to my collection for sure.
