Friday, February 18, 2011

Chronicle II: In Practice

So today in practice I found myself being that guy...

A little bit about me...I'm a devout Mock Trial geek - SO SUE ME.  For those of you who don't know what Mock Trial is, please visit www.collegemocktrial.org and find out because I'm not teaching you.  I digress.

In this evening's practice, my teammates decided that it was the smart thing to do to change a theme a couple of days before we are to compete at a regional tournament.  -_-

And I wasn't having it...that guy inside me said "Hell no!" and rose up to meet the occasion.

"This is ridiculous," he said;
"I'm not playing this game with y'all," he said;
"I'm not changing my closing," he said;
"Y'all can do what you want," he said;
"Because regardless of what y'all say tonight, I'm walking into trial on Saturday and starting my closing with 'Discipline by design,'" he said;

Yup...that guy was in full effect...And it wasn't pretty.  He then proceeded down the hall to the coach's office and told her that he wasn't changing his theme because everybody else was tripping.  The theme didn't change.

Yes...I became that guy and I wasn't ashamed.  Worked out pretty well!