So yesterday was the Vanderbilt Scrimmage that our teams go to every year just for practice. Two rounds of mocking intended to help us be ready for regionals next weekend. The only problem is that I'm almost positive it didn't help us at all, in all reality I think it was almost a waste of a weekend. But before I get into all of that, lets begin at the beginning shall we?

My blazer has a cracked head, which I discovered last Wednesday, and it really didn't need to be driven long distances. It was overheating pretty badly, not safe. So I spent Friday night panicking trying to find out how I was even going to make it in the first place. Note, it is really bad when you are captain and have no idea how you will make it to the competition. My mom, yeah 19 year old college sophomore catching a ride with her mom= loserness, wound up taking me all the way to Nashvegas that yesterday morning and I caught a ride back to the Boro with Jason.
We did two rounds, one on each side, and our score was  2-1-1, which means we won two, tied one, and lost one. Not bad at all. 660, our other team, had a score of 3-1, so they did great too. From what I saw I think we have a good chance of getting out of regionals and Chinnery seems to think so too. Vandy was supposed to be really good this year, one of the best, but they just weren't. So let's talk about how it actually went shall we.

Round one, defense, went really well; Natalie's opening was great, far better than the Vandy opening, which the guy read, and my closing, while sub par, was still good.Our witnesses were great. Matt's Tony Smith had opposing council giggling and Logan's Martinez was fantastic. I was so proud of both of them, especially Logan. Sarah's Polson was great as always, and she managed to come out looking better than normal. Vandy's witnesses were interesting. I got Sach's to say anything I wanted him to, Natalie freaked out Johnson, and Ryan had few issues with Haskins, though I'm still upset about his suicide line of questioning. It just doesn't work. Our judges were ok, just a bit stupid.


Round two, plaintiff, went well too; Vandy's A team was a bit better than B team. My opening was a bit rough, the new theme needs a little work this week before we go to KY, but Ryan's closing went much better. Our witnesses were good; Logan needs emotion but his character is clean, and Matt's Cross was fabulous, especially for having only worked on it for two days. He won top witness with a score of 10 out of 10. Sarah's Haskins was perfect as usual; no problems on direct or cross. The only issue I had was a really nasty cross of Polson, who lied six times to the same question after I impeached her and made her read the line in her affidavit and threatened to do it again. Rya's camera trick worked with Martinez, though I fear that we will get a smart Martinez who will say it isn't a camera. Natalie had to deal with a moronic Smith who replied to this simple question "You didn't see the gun in the alley, did you?", with "Man, stop confusing me and using big words." Major eye roll there.

Like I said, I rode home at the end of the night with Jason, and several of us went O'Charley's for dinner, still in our suits. I was the only person from 661 at the table, and the only girl. It was still fun, even with Jason picking on me. Daniel ordered a Raspberry Iced Tea, and Chinnery and J.R. said that it would be served in his purse. Many humorous conversations ensued involving religion, politics, and drinking. It was an absolute blast. I'm still ticked I couldn't go to the party at Jason's, but my blazer wouldn't run after I got home and changed. But needless to say, Vandy was fun and had it's ups and downs.