Man, haven’t posted in forever. I’ve been busy with work (yay!), I’ve been volunteering for the non-profit organization Kollaboration Houston and our first ever show was on July 24th and it went off better than I could’ve ever imagined (yay!), and so now we’re just working on all the video from the show, so that should be going up on Youtube in the very near future. :)

So, even in the off-season, I’m glad to be hanging out with my Kollaboration family and doing different things. We did our first ever physical activity together though yesterday – a fundraising dodgeball tournament for YLC! YLC has been supportive of us since the beginning and graciously let us hit up their camp to spread the word about Kollaboration’s mission and show.

I am HURTING today! I have NOT done anything this strenuous in awhile! And I totally underestimated how strenuous dodgeball would be! I mean, the last time I played dodgeball was in elementary school, and that was all fun and no pain! Yesterday was lotsa fun but lotsa pain too!

Here’s a pic of me nearing one of my grandest moments of the day, where I helped with our first “win*” of the game. I believe I was wilting … in disbelief I was the last one standing … trying to catch my breath … and cursing how I was so winded and could barely stand … freaked out that that guy was gonna just blow my head off with a ball … (many thanks to Terence for capturing this lovely photo of me awaiting my death by dodgeball) (*It was actually a “not lose” moment – somehow I got the girl out, and in a one-to-one showdown, the opponent guy hurled his fire – er, I mean dodgeball at me and in the process stepped over the midline, eliminating himself, and thus letting us “win”, heh!)

Terence, by contrast, thought that I was building up some unholy rage; as he put it: “Something about the way you're posed in that photo combined with the perspective makes it look like you're towering over them with intimidation... like you're about to just unleash some crazy unfathomable rage. Kinda like just before the hulk turns green, but he's obviously pissed and you know he's gonna turn green. CAROLINE SMASH!”

Here’s the photo modification that arrived in my inbox just minutes later, entitled “Super Saiyan Caroline” (a Dragonball Z reference, apparently):

“Dragonball C” ? :)

HAHAHAH!!!!! THANKS FOR MAKING ME LAUGH, TERENCE!!!! Or rather … curse you … because laughing is hurting my body too … @#%$!!!!