Taming of the Shrew: Reasons to Love Christian

...27: Christian grinding on a 50 year old woman at The Stables--and his pants falling down below his knees.

...43: Christian's speech at the UL banquet. Highlights include calling Niem a pussy (and Saretsky's facial expression), referencing the constant rain and lack of sunlight in Ireland (few laughs from the Irish), and saying, "I wonder how many Yale girls I'm going to hook up with?" (Zero!)

...16: Christian and Neville's flip procedure.

...15: Christian and Tim's flip disaster ("Boys! Have some common sense!")

...94: Christian holding [Yale Pole Vaulter] Ashley's hands and telling her an 'authentic' story about how a chance encounter at Newbury Comics kindled his interest in Track and Field. Five uncomfortable minutes later and she stood and walked off.

...71: Christian telling Rosie, the Irish high jumper, to sit on his lap during a lift back to Dromroe; Rosie amending the offer and sitting in the middle front seat.

More Poetry

On Christian

A Mandarin grove o'er the ridge:
Do I dare taste an Asian fruit?

Response to 'On Christian'

The optic nerve with Plutarch sense
Tells them of malevolence,
Winds, wines, and clementines;
Just a bite tonight.

A lovely collection

Extremely drunk Brian Holmquest:
'I was asleep! There was a fire!'

Brian: 'You can feel liberty, in regular form. Can't you feel it?!'
Danielle: 'Is it the sticky desk?'


Extremely sober Brian Holmquest:
'Cars don't kill people...People kill ca--WAIT! People kill people. Guns help kill them--WAIT! Cars. Cars people. Guns. Guns Don't kill cars. Guns kill cars--(long contemplative pause)--with people.'


::While waiting in line at the airport. Crammed in between seventy white, preppy Yale and Harvard student athletes.::
George (looking at Derek): 'Let's play what doesn't belong!'
&
George: 'I bet Neville will get searched for looking Mexican.'
&
Saretsky: 'George are you making that up as you go along??'
George: 'No...I don't know.'

::Old man nearly falls but ends up sliding under a roped off area::
Derek & George: 'Oooh...Powerslide!'

::Spoken to Brian Holmquest::
Danielle: 'You're being nice lately. Nicer than usual. Maybe Jack rubbed off on you.'
George: 'Yeah, literally.'


Aer Lingus= Crew of superhero, evil defeating lesbian stewardesses led by their female captain.

::Christian's early thoughts in haiku form::
The air, dank with blow,
Weighs ever on scattered star,
Just one man's lost thought.

This Yale girl ahead
Better not stalk me this trip
And ruin my game.

::George's heartfelt haiku::
Hot Ashley from Yale,
You will succumb to my charm.
What a stunning ass.

::Derek's poetry::
I mightn't shudder to trade the girls on our team for theirs;
except the ugly ones--
God help them.

::Christian Ayers: 'Sean Barrett, the only Marine with Leukemia'::

::Upon Observing Irish kidsp laying Baseball::
George: 'I didn't know they played baseball here!!'
Derek: 'Yeah. Well they call it faggotball and they only play it on their birthdays as a joke.'

::George had put a spoon over his eye::
George: 'Yo...I'm Jean Claude Van Damme in Cyborg!'

::Justin to George::
Justin: 'Hey, I think I see you over there. Why don't you go fuck it?!'

Bro Sandwich

::Brian and Tim walking beside George::

B: "Hey George, aren't you hungry right now?"

G: "Uhh...yeah, totally."

T: "Couldn't you go for some tomato and lettuce?"

G: "Yeah!"

B: "And some turkey!"

G: "You...mean a sandwich?"

::Brian and Tim squish George and shout, 'Bro sandwich?'::

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::All the throwers, Brian and Tim circling around Jack Brady::

Christian: "Hey Jack, couldn't you go for some...finger foods?"

Jack: "Uhh...what are you talking about?"

Brian: "Bacon and Lettuce and Tomato..."

Jack: "Huh?"

Christian: "Peanut butter and jelly..."

Jack: "Sub?"

Christian Ayers

Ripe fruit, the object
of desire is stronger than
a cherry blossom

In case you were wondering...

Here is a link for the past HYOC results (courtesy of achilles.org)

The Official Blog of the Harvard Track and Field Team

As the trip progresses we'll add stories and pictures from travels, competitions, and other various escapades. I chose blogger because it's pretty easy to use (easy enough for Aishlinn to figure out) and has decent server space. Enjoy.

-djones