a bit of disc

they've finally made a handler out of me. i've spent so many years avoiding it. even in hk, i managed to sneak myself into the cutting ranks often enough to satisfy. oh well. i guess it's time to grow. and to learn to catch a pull (yikes!).

after a weekend of practice, i've found that i have no idea where to stand behind the disc or how to make a dump cut. luckily, the O we're learning doesn't have any dumps behind the disc, so those are two things that will continue to elude me.

even on herd, where i'm supposed to be a mid, i'm often called as a short fill. i'm having some issues with the herd leadership. they've put our fastest girl, who gets at least 1 d per game, on the o line, where she is timid and unsure. they've put me on the d line (which is fine), b/c they need some "handlerish" ppl on the d line, even though my official position is mid. they've got more female handlers than you can shake a stick at (well, enough, in any case).

and the big thorn in my side last week: at the scrimmage against flump, i was relegated to the b team so that we could have even numbers of girls on each team. except, flump's b team only had 2 girls, so they played 6-1 for most of the game, and i ended up covering a guy anyways. what the f is the point of me playing with the b team? i was told that even if more ppl show up, i shouldn't move teams b/c we were supposed to gel within our teams. except...um, is there any good that could come out of me gel'ing with the b team? i'm positive that si (our captain) didn't mean anything by it, and that it was just a boneheaded move on his part. but could he not see how this might make me angry/sad/confused? i'm trying not to be a whiny bitch about this. si did do a good job of planting a nugget of "i'll show those bastards" that i can pull out in a tough game. after all, i play best when i feel i'm underestimated.