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AWW YEAH

Glass B-)

siiiick Stained Glass Kitchen

Words of Wisdom

Wisdom from Shak. This is gold. She is an amazing person and I'm so lucky, blessed, and grateful that she's my friend. Love you Shak!

Hey guys, I really wish I could be there, but here's what I would say if I was. First, don't try to remember every detail from this meeting it might put your brain into overload. Just focus on the things that resonate with you or are relevant to your position. If you find yourself feeling stressed go back to basics...run fast, hit hard and low, targets out when passing, stay together on defense and COMMUNICATE. Another tip to stay calm...SAY EVERYTHING OUT LOUD, LOUD ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR YOU. If you keep saying everything you're going to do out loud and telling teammates what you need from them things get easier..you're body will pay more attention to what you need to do and you won't get caught up in your own head.  Finally, OUT-WORK your opposite. You won't be better than her in every way but you can expose her weakness. If she's bigger or hits harder, run faster.  If she runs faster, than hit her harder.  **Remember no matter how fast someone is you don't have to chase her until she runs past you.  So...track her down and get in her way!!!  Be a road block hit her, strip the ball whatever you have to do.  I love you all. Rookies trust your instincts and lean on your vets, Vets trust your experience because you know what good rugby feels like so be vocal on the field. Good luck guys!!!! Leave everything on the field, when you think you're body's got nothing left...trust me you have more left to give, just push a little harder.Let's play some Brown Rugby <3 Love,SHAK

An early summer reading list

From a friend at work, Frankenstein's Cat
...maybe when your life  isn't so busy doesn't have other things at a higher priority, you'll make time for some good feel-good reading, Em!

RUGBY article "Why play rugby?"
Well said! I agree with most of it. especially:

• "Rugby is one of the most highly skilled, elegant sports I know. The word "elegant" might surprise people who don't know the game and see only a bunch of people on a field bashing into each other - but I can think of no better word... 'poetry in motion'."
• "it is not too popular... People who play rugby, particularly women's rugby, do it for the love of the sport, period. There is no other reason. It's enourmously refreshing."
• "rugby is also a game that is immediately accessible to all levels."
• "it makes people reevaluate their assumptions about what it means to be a woman, to be feminine... There is a wonderful transformation during the season as recruits come to realize that being strong and muscular makes someone more beautiful, not less; that routinely tackling other women into the ground on the weekends not only doesn’t compromise femininity, it increases self-confidence and assertiveness; and that women really can do something that almost everything and everyone says we can’t do."
• "the confidence and trust that springs out of rugby also has few parallels in other aspects of society, even in other sports."
• "It's so damn fun."

and to go along with a feel-good vibe, here's a set I've been listening to at work by Area 6, who's a friend of a friend from college. Good beats!

MARUUUUU

...and an Article about neuroprosthetics that I haven't read all of but seems to roll right down my alley

Good 'ol gifs

WHEN I’M WAITING FOR MY FRIEND AND SHE FINALLY SHOWS UP

ALSO

Secrets

I was temped to leave no words here in this post, as the video speaks for itself. But for secretary purposes, here's a TED talk by Frank Warren, founder of postsecret.com. Some secrets in his talk are chilling, others heartwarming... a wonderful talk all around.

"Secrets can take many forms -- they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful."

LOTR and rugby, what could be better?

Who IS Tom Bombadil via reddit

LOTR + DATA !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (lotrProject) I couldn't contain my excitement about this to just one post, so here it is again! Also, this is a sweet lotr periodic table.

Something I'd like to do: RagnarRelay. (200mi relay race overnight w friends!)

Top 5 'Fatman' Tries of all time :)

Duckling trying to stay awake :)

...despite internet fights over whether this is cool or not to have a duckling in an accounting class, it's still cute and worth a smile.

Data + LOTR = heaven

LOTR PROJECT

MAY

Cool Days in May:

May 2ND - Play your ukulele day

MAY 4^TH- STAR WARS DAY/FREE COMIC BOOK DAY

 MAY 8^TH- NO DIET DAY

MAY 11^TH- EAT WHAT YOU WANT DAY

 MAY 14^TH- CHICKEN DANCE DAY

 MAY 18^TH – BIKE TO WORK DAY/MUSEUM DAY

MAY 23^RD- TURTLE DAY