the weekly email by betsy--4-22-08
betsy beijing
members of the tangerine collective,
this is it. jeju has arrived. and after weathering a darwinian barrage of gene pool thinning calamities, we are down to the strongest and toughest ultimate players around. in other words, maybe playing indoors all winter is really a bad idea if it means half of our team has become cripples by spring.
on to the email! (i have a feeling this one is going to get me into trouble with a lot of people. oh well)
WEEKLY ITEM #1: The Weekly Schedule
Wednesday April 23, Pick Up, 7-9.30, BCIS
rather than suffer any more injuries, we are going to hold a very fun, very exciting double disc tournament. the odds of joe breaking his other hand diving for a disc going out of bounds tentatively start at 3 to 1.
Saturday April 26-27, Jeju tournament. The price for not going to jeju this weekend? no ultimate on the east side. if you would like to play with hangtime on saturday, please contact kelly. on a side note, everyone needs to let shen know that he better get a frickin' high score on the frickin' hsk or everyone is going to be frickin' pissed.
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lunch time poll:
Which of the following is your favorite titcomb:
a) xtehn
b) vehro
c) rohre
d) qxhna
WEEKLY ITEM #2: Upcoming Events
Jeju
Jeju is here. To get an idea of what it was like last year, check out this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SEd5iuCWzc
Here is our : Flight Info:
APR25 KE856 PEK CJU 1155 1525
APR28 KE855 CJU PEK 0915 1050
If you have questions call Korean Air at 400-658 8888
Remember to check the big brother google group for details about the party. you have been assigned a part, and it's important that you don't let everyone else down.
Also, make sure to raid your closest for anything orange. We'll be needing it. We are the tangerine collective!!!
And now, the moment everyone's been waiting for, the room assignments for jeju. People have been divided according to a very rigorous algorithm that calculates every one's fun factor. people of like minded funness have been placed together, to maximize the fun. at the same time, the people that aren't fun have been put together in order to mitigate their non funness from infecting the rest of the team. here are the results:
room number 1, or the "pants? who needs pants?" room:
reid
candice
doc
julia (c)
betsy
room number 2, or the "this much fun might be a sign of the apocalypse" room:
jim
lisa
joe (c)
sandy
room number 3, or the "fun on steroids" room:
ryan
zach
jeff (c)
julio
room number 4, or the "is it mandatory we go to the party" room:
donald
becca
nicki (c)
ken
room number 5, or the "suicide watch" room:
char (c)
tina
michelle
room number 6, or the "nick monses memorial" room:
jason
tracie (c)
patrick
barbie
according to craig, our three people rooms may have someone added to them. if you have any complaints about your room, or would like to reorganize, please contact matt flynn, at imaf...@gmail.com.
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The 2nd Annual China Nationals Tournament
This year's natties are going to be held in the capital. The dates will be May 31st and June 1st. It is going to be Beijing's first time ever to host a tournament. If you are interested in helping organize this year's tournament, please contact Kelly at kndu218 at hotmail dot com.
Future Tournaments:
―6月 21日--22日 ―― Shanghai
―8月 30日--31日 ―― Singapore
―Late October ―― Hong Kong
―11月 22日--23日 ―― Manila
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now is the time in the weekly email when betsy gives her weekly shout outs, and call outs. remember, you want to get shouted out, but you don't want to get called out.
a shout out to jim and steven for taking char to the hospital on sunday.
a call out to the injury bug, which seems to be infecting way too many of us. hopefully once we get back on grass, and everyone starts exercising regularly, this will stop happening.
a shout out to all those people who put in a lot of effort for beijing ultimate, which is really a thankless job a lot of the time. i'm talking about char and jason and sandy and joe and jim and everyone else who make beijing ultimate possible for the rest of us.
a call out to stephanie. other people may disagree, but i think your cute and innocent act has worn thin. not all of us are as gullible as jason.
a shout out to the buddhist restaurant next to the mei shu guan. it's got great food at a reasonable price. plus all the profits go to buying you karma points you can use in your next life.
a call out to betsy for this week's email. she should know better. when is she going to grow up????
WEEKLY ITEM #3: MAILBAG
every week, betsy gets a lot of emails inviting her out on dates, complementing her on her leadership skills, asking her ultimate related questions, and wanting to know who she is. the mailbag is where she answers these questions. as always, these are real letters from real readers.
Letter #1:
dear betsy,
who put me in charge of room assignments? i'm seriously unhappy. people are going to be so upset with me. i don't even know most of you.
how do i get out of this,
matt
dear matt,
sorry, if you have any complaints, please contact matt fl...@imaflynn.com.
betsy
xxxooo
Letter #2
dear betsy,
wasn't there another letter in this exact location like 15 minutes ago.
confused,
jenn brown
dear patrick,
no, that's just your imagination. now have another bite of that giant mushroom.
betsy
xxxooo
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WEEKLY RUMOR THAT MUST BE TRUE: the big news this week isn't that sandy made out with jim, or even that this is apparently not the first time it has happened, but that the reason that it happened at all was because sandy was doing jim a favor. it turns out that at the saturday night studio 54 party, a lot of guys were hitting on jim, and sandy helped jim out by letting everyone know that he's heterosexual. and when you think about it, no other explanation really makes more sense.
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WEEKLY ITEM #4: Social Calender
Saturday April 26th, Jeju
The Tangerine Collective from Chinatown takes Jeju. And if you aren't in Jeju, I guess this weekend is a good time to watch the new season of Heroes.
Friday May 2nd, Nicki's House
From Nicki: I am (finally) organising an informal dessert & wine & cheese gathering at my apartment on May 2nd (Friday). I know it is the long weekend, but IF you are not going away, and you (and your date) can come, please let me
know. I will send out details on how to get to my place next week. Also, since quitting my job, I've decided to go Vegan. And I quit drinking alcohol. So I won't be having any actual wine or cheese at my wine and cheese party. I hope you all understand. Doc assures me it will be fun anyway.
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This week's rule clarification:
betsy has two complaints this week. one, ten seconds is ten seconds. 90% of you are fast counting. two, 3 meters is three meters. don't start counting when you are five or more meters away. i am watching you!!!
which brings us finally to your moment of zen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgYsuKbks3c&feature=related
catch you on the field,
betsy
xxxooo