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...	[Sep. 21st, 2007\|08:48 pm]Sean
I don't post here much cause there isn't really a whole lot of craziness going on. I work during the week, play on my two soccer teams, and go out most weekends. Pretty standard stuff there, really. I guess I only post when shit's going wrong. :) But, even soccer's been good - between my two teams, I've been to 3 semifinals in the last 3 seasons. I'm 0 for 3 there, but it's getting closer I think. The last one went to penalties after a 1-1 game (never mind the fact that their one came when I volleyed a ball and it went up and back and into my own net...it was outside my area, so I couldn't catch it with my hands). Anyway, a neat little thing from today. I have two games actually - one was at 6:30, next one is at 10:45. Anyway, the first one was for my company team, and we're playing indoor. That shit is EXHAUSTING, even for a goalkeeper. Maybe especially for the keeper. It's a short field, so it's up and down and up and down...with my outdoor teams, I'll go awhile without seeing any action. To put it in perspective, the apocalypse must be coming, as I joined a gym. I did 25 minutes on a bike and afterwards thought it wasn't that bad. I played a 40-minute indoor game and I'm absolutely exhausted.We were 5-3 down at the half, took a 7-6 lead with 3 minutes left, and it ended 7-7. The team we were playing were a playoff team in this league last season, so to match them after we sorted ourselves out at halftime (and with two top players out) was an achievement for us. They're a damn good team, and we played well too...in fact, the neat thing was that since it started late, the teams in the next game were all there and watching us as they waited to get on the court. When the final whistle left, we all were applauded off the field by the teams waiting to get on. I can literally say that's never happened in a game I've played in before. I got a pretty good cheer too when I made a key save...with my face. Luckily, the ref let me go put my contact back in.So yeah, stuff is happening. Nothing too exciting, but that also means nothing bad, either. :)
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[Sep. 21st, 2007|08:48 pm]Sean

I don't post here much cause there isn't really a whole lot of craziness going on. I work during the week, play on my two soccer teams, and go out most weekends. Pretty standard stuff there, really. I guess I only post when shit's going wrong. :) But, even soccer's been good - between my two teams, I've been to 3 semifinals in the last 3 seasons. I'm 0 for 3 there, but it's getting closer I think. The last one went to penalties after a 1-1 game (never mind the fact that their one came when I volleyed a ball and it went up and back and into my own net...it was outside my area, so I couldn't catch it with my hands). Anyway, a neat little thing from today. I have two games actually - one was at 6:30, next one is at 10:45. Anyway, the first one was for my company team, and we're playing indoor. That shit is EXHAUSTING, even for a goalkeeper. Maybe *especially* for the keeper. It's a short field, so it's up and down and up and down...with my outdoor teams, I'll go awhile without seeing any action. To put it in perspective, the apocalypse must be coming, as I joined a gym. I did 25 minutes on a bike and afterwards thought it wasn't that bad. I played a 40-minute indoor game and I'm absolutely exhausted.We were 5-3 down at the half, took a 7-6 lead with 3 minutes left, and it ended 7-7. The team we were playing were a playoff team in this league last season, so to match them after we sorted ourselves out at halftime (and with two top players out) was an achievement for us. They're a damn good team, and we played well too...in fact, the neat thing was that since it started late, the teams in the next game were all there and watching us as they waited to get on the court. When the final whistle left, we all were applauded off the field by the teams waiting to get on. I can literally say that's never happened in a game I've played in before. I got a pretty good cheer too when I made a key save...with my face. Luckily, the ref let me go put my contact back in.So yeah, stuff is happening. Nothing too exciting, but that also means nothing bad, either. :)

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