SUMMER SOLSTICE RESULTS: PART II
from the ANNALS of ULTIMATE
by LUKE SMITH
See Part 1. We last left our story somewhere on I-5, heading towards Eugene for the Summer Solstice tournament...
10:15 AM
Saturday, 23 June 2001
Eugene, OR. Coburg Rd.
Good grief, almost there...
We'd better hurry, games started at 9:30... oh wait there's Carl's Jr.
Carl Jr.'s
Whatever. Like Hardee's
Hardees
Shut the F up. Just pull in for some hashbrowns...
10:30 AM
Tournament Central
Dude. Get a map. Find the fields.
Who are we playing with?
What do you mean, you said we were playing with Woody.
No I didn't.
Just get a map.
11:00 AM
Coburg Rd.
Dude, I can't believe Portland wouldn't pick us up.
No shit, 35 guys seems totally reasonable to me.
I thought three warm Millers and a half a Carl Jrs' would be fair trade.
Carl's Jr's.
Get in the car.
11:30 AM
Onyx St.
South River Fields
Hey Adam, wake up, we're here. Just follow the path down to the river.
'kay.
11:35 AM
South River Fields
Hey Chris, you got room for two more?
Who.
Me and this guy.
Yeah... but you better ask Chris.
Chris? (pointing)
No, Chris (pointing.)
Okay. CA.
No -- CM.
Oh, right, thanks CS.
What's the score?
3-2 or something?
Huh? I thought games started at 9?
Adam's Vision Quest
When we last left our intrepid explorers, the long and dusty road had carried them to the heart of the Dark(star) Continent: Eugene, OR. For me, a homecoming, taking me back to my formative days in 1990 when I dropped out of college (for the first time) to work as a itinerant laborer, performing odd jobs as I walked the country. Oranges in Florida, Cotton in Texas, Carpentry in New Mexico, Artichokes in Orange County, Mushrooms in Oregon.
Suffice to say, Saturday morning found me, JPH, and Adam settled in at the river fields. We'd found a team, had some coffee, the shakes were leaving my body, and all seemed right in the world... .
You ready?
Sort of. I got to warm up.
Not me, I'm just gonna get in there early and mix it up.
The "been warming up for 25 years" school of thought, eh? Yep.
I gotcha.
I'll go for a few laps though...
JH, on the line...
Ah man, that morning thunder is not doing me right...
TW: Morning Thunder?
Yeah, Ovaltine and Vodka. Vitamins, minerals, and a rich chocolate flavor that can't be beat.
Whose idea was it to pick him up?
Time elapses
CS: Dude. You're wearing a path. How long are you gonna warm up?
What can I say. Road trips are tough. What's our team called?
We're Rutgers Reunion.
What? I thought you went to Cornell.
CMU.
Same difference.
Yeah, but I also went to DeVry.
What does that have to do with Rutgers?
DeVry has a deal w/ Rutgers. Like RISD and Brown.
Bullshit.
Well that's my story.
What about DD?
Barbazon. Shares an athletic field w/ Rutgers.
This is ridiculous.
The Vision Manifests
Hey man, can I borrow your car.
Sure, why?
Beer run.
CS: Adam, what's up, you don't look so good.
I'm just tired from the road trip.
He's been fasting for three days.
Not entirely.
Right, tomato soup, chicken broth and Beer.
Sure, keys are in the big blue bag. Just be careful. It's got no centering spring... and don't set the emergency brake, and... just don't wreck.
Gotcha.
Why are you fasting?
To protest the imprisonment of Michael Millken
Cool. (exit Adam with keys)
Dude they let Millken out like 3 years ago.
Think so. But don't tell Adam. I'm waiting to see if he hallucinates a spirit animal. But that's the last time he drives my car...
Ahh... it's for a good cause.
True.
enter JH
Dude, did you see me last point? I made a sick grab.
What about the throwaway?
Statistics are for losers. I'm on fire.
Who are we playing?
New Mexico.
Boulder.
All: Whatever.
I guess I"ll go play a point... hey what do you guys think about a zone...
Follow Adam's Vision Quest in Part III.
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Road Dates: July 16- July 19, 2001
Summer Solstice Results: Part I
BY LUKE SMITH
Counting Flies
BY NEIL SWAAB
Doyle: Part IV
BY CHRISTOPHER CURRY
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