HEY LOOK! A WIN!

Scot owns the spirit hat, but I thought I would take care of the recap, because he's too busy texting.

Final score (I think) was Crackmonkeys 10, Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal 8.

Our pitcher did not suck as much as he did the week before, which was obviously a plus.

Other highlights of this week:
-Someone (Tyler?) hit a ball, and hit the catcher in the chest. Ouch. She handled it well.
-Someone on the other team hit a ball foul, and nearly killed a man.
-Micki struck out on two pitches. It was the fastest strikeout I've ever seen in the history of the Crackmonkeys.
-Tyler filled in, and had some spectacularly placed hits, and crucial, crucial RBIs. We appreciate that.
-Holly thought about a throw for four seconds, and then threw the ball four feet in front of her, in to the ground.
-Scot showboated in his opportunity at shortstop. Nobody can blame him. He then came to the bar, texted a bit, and went "home."
-Mike still likes the TS&SA first baseman. And says hello. Note that he walked her twice.
-Everybody came out to the bar, which was great to see.
-Oh, and Brad Wall is now the Juggling advisor in Arizona at his school. He's a step away from being a clown.

As a reminder, EVERYONE VOTE ON THE HALLOWEEN POLL!!!!

Volleyball game #1.

It sucked a lot. Maybe the worst loss in CM history, but....

well, they didn't have an image for "Monkeys will rise again." And I didn't want to use the South will rise again, because, well, that's creepy. No disrespect to my homeys from the south.

But seriously, our game sucked a lot. Alex had an Alex, which was fun for the rest of us, but the referee asked me to calm him down. I asked what I was supposed to do. Classic stuff for Alex and Mike.

We do welcome to the fold Emilie and Kathy, but not Tim.

1st game

After our first game, I was awarded the coveted nasty-ass spirit sun visor, and Cation informed me that I needed to blog about our first game of the season.

We lost a game where we were clearly the better team. Our opposition in slow pitch softball was terrified to swing the bat, and some of the women on their team appeared to be afraid to even stand in the batter's box. It's unfortunate that we lost, and even more unfortunate that they actually seemed excited and proud to have won a game in that fashion.

As we move on to our next game, I intend to both not get picked off of 2nd and join you guys at Hubers afterward!

A note about Scot

Today, Scot asked me to play tennis. We warmed up. As we were about to begin play, Scot decided to take off his shirt, because it was too clingy.

I failed in that I didn't take a picture of this display of manliness/boldness, but I was too blinded by his rippling abs.

That is all.

Another one.....cancelled

Rained out, due to Ike. This game will NOT be made up. So, we're down to a total of six fall league games, which doesn't make me happy, and makes me a little upset that we didn't play LAST week.

Keep it tuned here for future updates on fall league games, and further Crackmonkey activities. Glenn would like to put something together, to capitalize on Micki's dog kicking/cat eating.

Mike

Guaranteed:

This will hit us Sunday/Monday, and we'll be rained out again.

Las Vegas

How would everyone feel about April 30-May 2.

So, our first game gets

rained out.

Bummer.

Tracy, Glenn, and Mike participated in the dinner portion of the Crackmonkey Monday nights, while Glenn and Mike also had the drinks.

Holly was discussed at length.

Michelle and Jamie shopped for paint instead. This is highly disappointing, and makes them seem old and highly domesticated.

Micki....oh, Micki.

A surprise guest appearance was made by Janet Rayfield, also eating dinner at Hubers (edit: let's try Farrens....Mike was thinking of his happy place when he initially wrote this). Nice work.

Other topics discussed at length: Tracy's inability to do any work on excel; extreme coloring; Sarah Palin; Which newscasters are liberal, and which are conservative.

The rest of you were missed.

Leave me alone Mike Cation

Ok, so the only reason I am posting is that Mike came by my office today and made me:) Glenn said anytime 4 or more people get together someone must blog about it...So last night Glenn, Alex, Tracy, and myself had dinner at El Toro. The chips were good, the cheese sauce was amazing, and the company was ok. Just kidding, it was fun hearing about all the tailgating stories. It sounded like everyone behaved since I did not get any complaints from the parking attendants:)

Until my next post....which could be awhile...Have a great week!!

Crackmonkey Dilemna!

So I was wondering will there be more Crackmonkey gatherings? Will there be a cracked out tailgate for that matter, or a Crackmonkey dodgeball team?

Feeling Like I'm Home Again

Got to spend some time with Mike and Glenn this past weekend. Had a grand time. Almost as important, I got my brown CrackMonkey T-shirt. I've been waiting a long time for this thing. I almost cried a little bit.

My top 10 things I miss about Champoo-Banana
10) The 1.8 mile commute.
9) Being able to walk between bars.
8) Lil' Porgy's Chicken.
7) Cost of living.
6) Mandarin Wok Chinese Eggplant in Garlic Sauce.
5) Total freedom.
4) Bamba.
3) Playing softball with the Monkies (and the Nutz).
2) Awesome tickets to Illini sporting events.
1) Watching Mikey's love hate relationship with his "celebrity". :)

All of Michelle's posts in to one:

hey everyone!
thanks to a friend that alex teaches lessons to, we have this sweet pic that captures a still of what was on tv for a few seconds. ny was amazing, we had a great trip, i post pics to flickr but only the one's without me or alex, here's that link:
Flicker

i also put some on facebook, with us in them:
Facebook (note: these can only be viewed with a facebook account)

:)m

Post Two:
hey everyone!

i just posted a sweet pic that a friend sent alex of the 2 seconds we were on tv.
we had an awesome trip, besides the fact that we missed out on movie time, i posted lots of the pics (w/out me or alex) on flickr:
and more with us, on facebook:

Post Three:

i'm retarded

self explanatory.

Mike's Note: Michelle should be commended for her first attempt at posting, and getting a picture posted. I just thought I'd clean it up a little.

T-Shirts Available:

Some of the alternative brown Crackmonkey shirts are still available, for only $10. They are unusable in softball, but a fun shirt that includes the phrase "Flinging poo since 2001" on the back. Let Mike know. They're freshly washed.