Back in high school, instead of taking part in all of the physical extra-curricular activities, I was more than likely a participant in the things that had more a mental bend. As such, through the first few years I was an active participant in the DPCDSB Math League. Heck, we even won the championship one of those years. Later on, I was an active participant in the school’s Reach For The Top team. I’m not going to lie, I got such a kick out of competitive trivia. I loved playing around with the various buzzers that we had. It finally seemed like my repository of useless information actually had a use. Our team actually got to the top of Peel Region, allowing us to make it to the provincials in Kingston, Ontario. Yes, we were great. More specifically, I was awesome. We didn’t do so well in Kingston. In fact, we lost a shit load of games there. I swear, if I had a stronger supporting team we would have done better, but whatever: all in the past now.
Earlier, I was hanging out with some 20SB people over at Fionn MacCools. The place was having a trivia night. I was kind of excited, because it was giving me an opportunity to dust off my dormant skills. The questions weren’t so bad, but I was kind of surprised just how many of them I wasn’t able to get. Don’t get me wrong, we did well. I’d even say we did awesomely, however, there were many teams that did a lot better. Perhaps on some level I’m just a little bit sad about not having a better handle on everything. Jason circa 1998-1999 would be able to run circles around me. I guess though, in the end, trivia really doesn’t matter. I mean, that’s why it’s called “trivia” right? Of course, I can’t lose sight of the best thing about last night: I was able to hang out with some fun and classy ladies. We had a good time.
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4 comments
Erin says:
Thu. March 25, 2010 at 10:39 pm (UTC -5 )
Hehe. “Classy.” Right.
Jay says:
Fri. March 26, 2010 at 10:58 pm (UTC -5 )
Well, at least we know Alicia was.
Ron says:
Sat. March 27, 2010 at 12:16 am (UTC -5 )
Lol, math league! I remember our math teacher/coach being very impressed with your math abilities after we faced you guys.
Jay says:
Sun. April 11, 2010 at 11:51 pm (UTC -5 )
I dunno if it’s just the ability, but when I get into a competitive mode the brain just starts pulling miracles out.