Chapter 144: Five Rings Make a Fist
While it may have rained a bit on our parade (and not just in a possible metaphoric sense) I got the chance to officiate the first ever Hands On Gulf Coast Americorps Olympics on Sunday. We had a series of events and all the new and current Americorps members and assorted long-termers split into 8 teams which based on color had to come up with a team identity. They are as follows:
Silver Stampede (Silver)
Slippery When Wet (Yellow)
Blue Surge (Blue)
Purple Reign (Purple)
Red is Dead (Red)
Holy Shit (Brown)
Tightey Whities (White)
Irish Car Bombs (Green)
They competed in a series of events all of which were organized by the Olympics Committee of my roommate Tim Boon and one Caitlin Sherman of Sherman Clan Fame (Dan and Eddie are her brothers, John-Boy is her cousin). The events were a series of relays, ridiculous games such as Barnyard Buddies (you had to be blindfolded and find your partner on a huge field making only the sound of the barnyard animal assigned to your team), a team time-trial on an obstacle course (this is when the rain started), and finally two eating contests (watermelon and chubby/pudgy bunny). Both of the eating contests could be done under the pavilion and ended up being pretty hilarious. All in all, everyone seemed to have a great time and get a chance to meet new people. Closing Ceremonies were held over at Dan and Karissa as we met our new NCCC team and had a great time relaxing together.
The Awards Ceremony was at Hands On on Monday, complete with oyster shells painted up as medals. The final medal standings were thus...
Gold Medals- Holy Shit!
Silver Medals- Purple Reign
Bronze Medals- Silver Stampede
The Ceremony:
Finally, if you didn't check out the cleverly placed link in the first paragraph, here is a link to Chris DeVeer's (Hands On Coordinator Chieftan) take on the day filled with observation and groovy pics... CHECK IT OUT!