Quad Rugby

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After seeing Murder Ball recently, we found a regional tournament going on this weekend in San Jose, and went to check it out. It was really cool to see them play live, vs. on a movie screen, and they are serious Mad Max-style players indeed. I loved getting to know their moves and seeing them succeed in beautiful plays. We didn't know any of the teams, but I rooted for the losing teams.

Later, when we realized our jeep lights suddenly stopped working so we couldn't drive home in the dark, we ended up getting a hotel room across the street from the Japanese supermarket I was shopping at. By coincidence, all the quad rugby team players were staying there too (wasn't close by so it was total luck!). They were relaxing with their after-game beers, and Dav talked to one to get the rundown on a lot of the rules we had no idea about.

We are seriously thinking of going to the Beijing Paralympics in 2008. I'm not interested in the traditional Olympics with all the media hoot and other scandals. Just doesn't seem to be the event that would inspire me. The Paralympics, I think, would be amazing. And hopefully when we arrive for the games, Beijing won't be overrun with craziness.