Thursday, March 8, 2007

Ummm Hi, can I play too?

So, just yesterday, I found out that there are no less than three girls on my club rugby team that are also on the Black Ferns. The Black Ferns are the National Women's Rugby team of NZ. They are the women All Blacks. They won the world cup in 2006, in Edmonton of all places- how is it even possible that we are on the same team? I mean, of course I knew they were good, but I didn't realize just how good they were. Thinking back, their passes are always right on- meaning I can take the ball and pour on the gas, which is probably all I'm good for anyway.

Following my astonishment that you can read all about them on the All Blacks website, I suppose I'll get ready for school.

This weekend the Kayak club (including some flattmates and myself) is going to kayak near Mt. Cook. All weekend there is supposed to be nice weather. I'm very excited, and will update this sometime once I'm back. Don't worry, I do actually have good experience kayaking (unlike rugby!) and there are lots of instructors and lifeguards (hah!) on the trip.

Jessica, hope you're doing good after the peanuts! Evil creatures those Type I hypersensitivity reactions. What has happened is a mass degranulation of mast cells and eosinophils throughout your body at approximately the same time causing massive inflamation of everything, selective vasodilation and other things which I can't remember anymore. My brain is now mush. I think interferon was involved. Help?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow beckie....after that butchery of a type 1 hypersensitivity reaction, I don't think we're gonna let you back in our program...why are eosinophils involved??? you're not inhaling tapeworms, or at least I hope you're not.. I guess you're gonna have to stick with surfing and rugby...

Beckie said...

I think it was clear that in this case there were tape worms involved. Clearly Jessica eats tape worms. That is what I meant, of course.

Screw this! I'm going to Hogwarts!

Beckie said...

And I'd like to remind you all that I beat Alastair in Imin 372. On all the midterms and the final exam, by a sizable margin.

Anonymous said...

And I'd like to remind you that you never took 372. I knew the lack of an ozone layer causes brain melting but at this rate, you're gonna be a vegetable by april. Love Alastair

Jessica said...

Hey, how else do you think I keep my girlish figure?

Anonymous said...

Um, query. Do you ever do work? Sigh...

D-train said...

Have a super-awesome kayaking trip!!

Anonymous said...

By 372 i meant 371 and I don't think I'll ever take 372 unless I get blackmailed into it by James.

Jess, that's awesome, and Diane, yes I did have a great time, to be recorded later today hopefully. Rachel, no I've decided that it will interfere(on!) with my quality of life too much, so in my own best interests, I've decided not to.

Jessica said...

Hey, guess what I found out!!! In Tagalog, "putsa" means "bitch". We are awesome.