baseball tourney

since i had no school today, i got caught up on past episodes of 24 and Chuck. basically i got my espionage/who's-a-double-agent fix for the day and now im at a loss for anything to do. we have practices later so i dont want to go to the field right now, and i have exhausted all remaining episodes for both of these seasons. I also cleaned my room and the living room this morning, it has been a busy morning to say the least.

tomorrow 6 of us will jump in a car...though we still havent found one yet...and head down to southern Germany. now southern Germany, from what i'm told is known for having some of the best beer in the world. And it is northern Germans that are telling me this, and i love the beer here, so i cant even imagine what this beer will be like. I'm pretty excited about it though. but is not drinking that is the purpose of the trip...ok yeah it is, but there will be baseball games too. there is a tournament in Memmingen, which is down by Munich, that wont count toward our record, so there will be beers in the dugout and parties each night. from stories i've heard from these kind of tournaments in years past, (this is the first time the Wild Farmers are going to Memmingen) this weekend should be one for the ages.

we will be joinging half of another team, i think there are like 15 in all, and im not sure how many games there will be but with a free subtitution rule in effect, there should be some funny antics and suspect coaching decisions...oh well its all in fun. I have decided that if/when i pitch, i will throw nothing but knuckleballs. I am going to wear the number 49 and be Tim Wakefield. i've never tried to throw a knuckleball in a game...let alone when im buzzed so this could be interesting. Also i've been growing a fumanchu for the past 2 weeks...if you can call it that; the sides of the stache are having a hard time connecting to the goatee but thats nothing a little Sharpie cant fix! I'll be sure to take plenty of pictures.

While we are down having drinks on the baseball field, Julia, the youngest of the Hassenpflugs at 16, will be returning from her 10 month exchange stay in Mississippi. All of the Hassenpflug children have done such stints in America and so have many of the other people i have met in Dohren. its becoming a popular thing around these parts. they take off at 16 with bags packed to the "new world" to the West for what is basically junior year of high school before returning and continuing their studies here in Germany. I cant say i would have had the balls to do that at the tender age of 16 but my hat's off to those that have.

ok Lunch time,

A-Ron