Let's see, where to start....Last weekend's "semis" were phenomenal. That's the way we should have it every week. Definitely, I am annoyed at everyone, except a few, for not paying dues. Jens and I jumped through many a hoop to make that night happen, and we're not asking for much. To those of you wondering if we're actually making money off of kickball, I say this: even if we were, so fucking what? Do u ask the bartender at the Turkey's Nest if he's just in for the fun? But we're not. There is a lot of BS involved with this, and asking for $32 a team is peanuts. This goes for every team, including my own. I do feel slighted when people are willing to spend all kinds of money at the after-parties and don't pay the simple dues.
We have a a present and a future to consider. We must provide trophies this weekend, have the Kickies in 2 weeks, field an All-Star team in a month, and try to expand the league for next season. So I hate to sound like USA for Africa, but asking for less than 3 dollars a player a night is chicken-shit. So pay it, and like I said over the PA at the end of Sunday's affair, "You
Pay Now!"
I'd like to thank The Mark Bar's own Tommy for bringing a couple of cases of Sparks, Lola for DJing, J Braun for the PA system (and for getting me high routinely), James Sparber and The Break-Up for the PA Speakers, and The Parks Department for being cool.
I'm not saying Sunday wasn't a Hoot. Again, we want to do this every week. To my knowledge, there were no problems with the Police or the Parks department, and we will try to make Music and Amplification the norm for next season. But we can't do it unless we're truly a community. Like, the way everyone cleaned up their trash at the end was communal. I'm not asking everyone to go and turn Pinko-Commie, I just want everyone to pull their weight.
As for the finals....
People are talking about this one....O'Sleeves-Pirates. I got people emailing me and telling me at the Nest, "Yo Commish, you must win that game. Gotta win it." Some have said Good Vs. Evil. I have to admit from a Commish's and a Orangesleeves Coach/Player's perspective, these Finals make the Nielsons happy. We've got cuties, irreverence, bad-blood, and kitty-litter adorning
swords. Actually, I have grown to like many of the Pirates, even wanna fuck a couple of them. Of course, my fun will be maximized if I do. But this is a WAR now, and I expect all kinds of crap. But I do not expect violence of any kind, so I am putting both sides on notice: I've got my ejection thumb ready to go.