Friday Random Ten

So lots of blogs post a list of 10 songs randomized from their ipods/tunes on friday. it's a nice change of pace.

Post yours above this.

Mine:
Carry you down--Son Volt
Life Like Weeds--Modest Mouse
Can't Take My Eyes Off You--Lauryn Hill
Honk if you're lonely--Silver Jews
Astro Man--Jimi Hendrix
How I could just kill a man--Rage Against the Machine
Lion Lair--Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Refugee--Tom Petty
The Hard Road--Smog
Nowhere Man--The Beatles

Pada Mosh Announced..

I just put us in for PADA MOSH.
A super fun coed tourney on November 5th and 6th in the Philly area.
I'll get more details about how many we are bringing, and lodging and all that later on.. as we have plenty of time.. but Make sure to mark your calendar!
http://www.scorereporter.com/servlet/sr?page=homeNM&compId=109

Another Big Red "Machine"

Red Cross.

Go here. Give them money.

The Hateful Printer, we almost used

So over the course of getting these jerseys I've been dealing with this printer that Alexia found. Since he was recommended by a union shop I thought I'd ask if he was a union printer. That's a perfectly reasonable question.

His initial response:
"No, I'm not union. But I charge more than union scale. How do you like me now?"

My response to him:
"If you can get our shirts done in time I'll love you like a brother. I was just curious. If you were union I was going to see about getting a union bug on the back...not a big deal, just curious."

Later after offering a quote that was 16 dollars per shirt higher than the Rockville quote I indicated that we would be using a different vendor. He'd suggested that I look for other vendors since the time crunch we were under was severe.

My email:
At your suggestion we've looked at other printers. we were not going to be able to get the shirts to you today, and therefore probably wouldn't get them in time for the tournament. We're going to go with a printer in Rockville who will be able to turn them around for us in time for Sectionals.

Sorry for the trouble.

Best,
Aaron

And then he goes crazy. This guy is a little unhinged, and certainly overly angry.
"Your welcome for wasting my time. Best wishes with the printer in Rockville. I'm certain you will not be satisfied with the end result. "Under Armour" polyester / elastane blend shirts are extremely difficult to image properly. Maybe that's why the UA logo is universally thermally imaged?

Also, have you ever seen any commercially available Under Armour polyester / elastane shirt screen printed? If not I wonder why?

Cheers

Paul

p.s. you welcome for any useful knowledge you may have gained throughout the correspondence"

Fun, fun fun.

The Great Jersey Fiasco

"It's like trying to land a bathtub full of unicorn tears on the moon.." (~ABL)

We decided the above was a decidedly easier endeavor than ordering jerseys for a coed ultimate team. But we are finally ready to go.

I ordered most of our jerseys from a scary place Alexia found called "Red Diamond Police Supply Inc" then had to call Under Armour to special order the rest of the women's jerseys with over night shipping. Then, after many stupid jokes involving unioned jersey printers versus non unioned printers, and with our printer finder off in Hyatt land in Chicago.. we finally found a printer in Rockville.
After all is said and done.. the prices of our jerseys wandered from "approximately 30 a shirt" to $42.50 a shirt, to $35 a shirt, to $50 a shirt.. and finally came to rest at around $32.50 or so a shirt (I will have final numbers once we know tax and such)

But after all that.. Aaron, Alexia and myself have decided.. if we ever do this again.. we are going through Gaia or VC Ultimate.. and making our lives ridiculously easier.

So.. we will have jerseys.. they will kick ass, and they will be here in time for sectionals (barely) so keep your fingers crossed.. and be prepared the morning of sectionals (maybe a little before) to hook me up with money.. as I am currently fronting us $1500 bucks or so.

Last note: when you see Aaron or Alexia.. give them a big thank you for helping me make this possible with their hard work.. while I tend to get a bunch of thankyous for fronting money and handlingmany organizational things.. these two stepped WAY up to make my life easier, and to help ensure that the team looks stylin for the fall series.
Thanks!

Nicknames

So BRDM has suprisingly few folks with nicknames. What follows is the list of names as best I can remember. Feel free to add to the list. Because what fun is ultimate if you can't call people by names that would confuse their parents

Aaron: b-leavy, Rosie
Alexia:
Brevin: B-rev
Caryn:
Charles: Chaz, Chuckles
Ed: Tall Boy
Henry: H
Irene:
Jared:
Jason: J, JJ
Jess: Aussie, JO
Kevin: Top Gun
Lily:
Liz: Lizard
LT:
Matt:
Megan:
Michelle:
Pat: GP
Paul: P squared
Rob:
Russell: Canary
Sergey:
Shamik: Guns of Navarone, 'Roids

Spread vs. Standard

Like other great debates, "Tastes Great vs. Less Filling," "Give me Liberty or Give me Death," Brown vs. Board of Education, the question of spread vs. standard needs some full, honest and open debate.

I, for one like the standard. But I'm eager to be made a spread convert.
AaronB.Leavy

BRDM Practice and Chesapeake Open

LT picks up the pull. Irene, Charles, Rob and Jason race downfield.
Rob guarding someone from Puppet Regime....or Rob investing the crotch of someone from Puppet Regime.
BRDM on the line at CO. Henry, Jess, Lily, Charles, Jason, Pat

Only makes us stronger...

After a tough weekend emails flew back and forth today and people regrouped. We talked about offense, defense and the joy of playing with eachother.

Rob, Paul, Aaron and Libby met in the shadow of the Washington Monument to toss. Fortunately it was empty and we were able to toss for a while. Unfortunately at 7 the sprinklers come on and do so with some authority and force. After swapping ultimate stories and trick throws we retired to Cafe Asia.

The primary topic of discussion was BRDM's offense. Still not sure what's wrong with the offense, but everyone is certain it can be fixed. A good friend once said that "offense is about what you can do, defense is about what you're willing to do." We've demonstrated a willingness to play great D against strong teams. We haven't shown the same ability offensively, but we will.

Aaron B. Leavy

Yeah, BRDM

So here is a blog for BRDM. It'll talk about what we're doing and how we're doing. Hopefully lots of people will be able to post to it, and will toss in their two cents when they feel like it.