migblog

i think i needed today.

and today was a day well spent, a nice throwback to the naive, enthusiastic freshman that i was when i first arrived ehre at berkeley.

today was the women's pac-10 basketball tournament in san jose, and i went with a select few to play for our girls who had a successful night before. and the bus ride was great, since i got to talk to amy and sam to catch up with both, because god knows our schedules obviously seemed to hate each other.

the game itself was less than spectacular; we were more transfixed at the rally comm flag dude (dan, i think his name was) more than the game. but even though we lost, it was a night of emotion nonetheless, when coach horstmeyer, in tears, came up to us after the game to thank us personally. and for some, it was their last ever basketball game with the cal band.

like i've said before, it matters more that there was a score, and that we tried our best no matter what. especially for the california women's basketball team, who have tried and tried so hard to bounce back from the loss of our dear alisa lewis, we won, even if only in moral victories. it doesn't matter at the end of the day if we win or lose -- we try our best, we cheer our lungs out, and after all, we make the university proud of what we do. we are mindful of who we are and what we represent, a basic tenet of the cal band, and i think this is what made me feel today was a day well spent.

afterwards i went and had dinner at berkeley thai house with great company -- daniel, rachel, dylan, alice, christine, katy, and sam. while we engorged ourselves on rice and the goodness that was thai food, we all seemed to appreciate everyone's presence. even though i'm sure a few of us barely even knew each other, it was great to have some sense of community the whole time, reminding ourselves that we're all equals here.

a day like this is exactly what i've needed in a long time. it may not be much, but it was definitely a step in the right direction.

the days are turning from cloudy milk tea into sparkling citrus beverage with natural pulp. and damn, this is already better than last week.

posted by Open Source Food @ 10:39 PM