Posted 12:28 by Tycho

Ok, woke up, ran down to Chris's house, ran with him, then ran back home. Total of about 5.25 miles. Good times, except for that one hill.

Now to document my day at Beantown Blitz. Woke up at 6:30 or so, got ready, and was at NQHS by 7:20. We all piled onto a train at NQ Station, and made our way to NU. They proceed to get stuff ready, while Nicole and I divy up coaching the qualification matches.

Once all that was figured out, I head to the field, and look up into the stands for HYPER, and for Aces High. Couldn't find the person I was looking for, so I go back to 176's pit and left a message for her.

Took the drive team aside and spoke to them for a few minutes. They were pretty nervous, but had it well under control by the time the first match came around. Kudos to them, they did one hell of a job.

Nicole was going to coach our first match, so I headed towards where HYPER was sitting, but I didn't make it that far. I was scanning the Aces High seating area (right behind HYPER), when I feel someone tug on my leg. I look down, and my heart skipped a beat. It was Janine...sitting in seat "J9" (I should have figured).

Took the seat next to her, despite cootie contamination, and we sorta just hung out for a while. I found out that she's quite ticklish. Excellent. Unfortunately, she noticed that I'm rather ticklish, too. Damn. All good though. Lots of fun times.

I had to do some coaching. Did well, I guess. Being a "'god' of the driving box" is harder than it looks.

Anyways, I didn't really pay attention to any of the matches (except for Aces High's and HYPER's). Tom came up to get me down for the eliminations, because the drive team wanted me in the box with them. We win the first match, then lose the next two, and so Sharpie was retired from competition. Had one hell of a good run. The drive team had a wicked good time, and [very surprisingly] dealt with every difficulty almost perfectly. The robot didn't explode, and we walked away with the "Wicked Awesome Robot" award (though Tom and I agree it should be named the "Wicked Pissah Robot" award).

It hit me just how much I love spending time with Lexan. Got to sneak in something quick just before she left, though (she turned a little red...mission accomplished!). I wish I hadn't been a driving coach so I could have had more time to be with her. Can't wait until BattleCry...

Unfortunately, the night didn't treat me very well. Got nailed by something thrown from a car. Thankfully whomever threw it was drunk, for it only hit my hand and shattered my cell phone (which was later fixed). Whatever.

Saturday was a great day--I enjoyed being with Janine, and I also went to a robotics competition. Too bad the devil horns didn't work out :-(. "Don't worry, it's just like taking off a band-aid!"

Thank you, and I miss you.