It has been a few weeks since my last installment, but lets be honest, not that much really happens around here. Things continue to go as they have been going, with few changes. Jarom's last intramural season continues, and he continues to see things that are insane. His basketball team won their final regular season game, and he witnessed an ejection on the other team after one of their players hit a ref and told him he was gay. They finished 4-1, with their only loss coming in a game that they played one man down for the entire game. The playoffs begin on Friday, and the stars have aligned themselves. Their first round opponent is none other than JD, Jarom's brother-in-law. Last year these two teams had a chance to play in the quarterfinals, but they both lost one game before. Nancy comes to town on Thursday, so she will be lucky enough to watch a game where she can root for both sides.
In other athletic news, Jarom and Alixa ran in the Rex Lee 5k on Saturday. Alixa decided that she simply couldn't leave Provo without having one of the t-shirts, and Jarom said that he would be happy to run it with her. After all, 3.1 miles isn't really that big of a deal. In an effort to make it more of a challenge, God turned the thermostat down to 30 degrees this weekend. Needless to say, Jarom was not excited about getting up and going outside on such a chilly morning. But they wanted to support cancer, so they did. Jarom started the race pretty quickly, but after about a quarter mile he realized that he doesn't care what time he gets, and his lungs hurt from the cold air, so he slowed down and ran the race with Lixi. They finished in about 27 minutes. That was good enough for first place in the girls 12 and under division. They then sat around in the freezing weather for another 45 minutes to see if they won the raffle prize- A new scooter! They did not. Instead it went to some little girl who couldn't have been older than 11 or 12. Lame.
In grad school updates, Jarom got rejected from West Virginia University and has decided to pick against them in his bracket for the upcoming Men's Basketball Tournament. He will be applying to a few other schools and I will keep you updated about those as information becomes available.
The cruise is getting closer and closer, and Jarom and Lixi are getting more and more excited. It will be very nice to wear shorts and be in the sun all day long.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Freak Out! It's Intramurals! (Updated)
The following email was received by Jarom a few days ago regarding his flag football team, which was named Sons of Abish-
Jarom,
This letter is to inform you of the decision concerning your standing with Intramural Activities. Having discussed the team name you submitted for 9-on-9 Flag Football with the director, we feel that this name is not only profane but also makes light of spiritual matters and will not be tolerated.
According to our policies found on our website, "Teams must choose an appropriate team name that is consistent to the ideals and principles of Brigham Young University. Selection of an inappropriate team name may result in a forfeiture of the team schedule." The director feels that dropping your team is too harsh of a punishment and therefore we will be issuing you as team captain a red card with a one game suspension from 9-on-9 Flag Football. You will be eligible to return to play 7 March after your first game.
We hope you realize the seriousness of the situation and that when you return to play, you will enjoy yourself, remembering the spirit of play Intramural Activities provides. As a reminder, if you are issued another sportsmanship card this season you will be dropped from further play for the remainder of the semester. We hope you will understand our position and reasons for the action taken.
Sincerely,
Jared Packard
Update
Jarom met with Jared to speak with him about the suspension. While it did not (suprise, suprise) result in a reversal of the suspension, it did provide some interesting insights. The intramural office noticed the name last semester when it was used for Jarom's 3 on 3 basketball team. Jarom was told by the intramural supervisor, "We thought about talking to you, but decided not to." So apparently what was not even worthy of a "talking to" last semester merits a red-card this semester. When questioned about the inconsistency, Mr. Packard responded with, "Well, we could have suspended you then, but we didn't." Those of you who have played intramurals here at BYU know that such inconsistencies are par for the course. They reserve the right to punish you at any time to any measure, but it is all subjective. When Jarom then asked why the name was profane despite having no profanity in it, all he got was this answer over and over. "We feel that the name is profane." Oh, BYU. What a crazy, ridiculous, over-righteous zealot of puritanism you are.
Jarom,
This letter is to inform you of the decision concerning your standing with Intramural Activities. Having discussed the team name you submitted for 9-on-9 Flag Football with the director, we feel that this name is not only profane but also makes light of spiritual matters and will not be tolerated.
According to our policies found on our website, "Teams must choose an appropriate team name that is consistent to the ideals and principles of Brigham Young University. Selection of an inappropriate team name may result in a forfeiture of the team schedule." The director feels that dropping your team is too harsh of a punishment and therefore we will be issuing you as team captain a red card with a one game suspension from 9-on-9 Flag Football. You will be eligible to return to play 7 March after your first game.
We hope you realize the seriousness of the situation and that when you return to play, you will enjoy yourself, remembering the spirit of play Intramural Activities provides. As a reminder, if you are issued another sportsmanship card this season you will be dropped from further play for the remainder of the semester. We hope you will understand our position and reasons for the action taken.
Sincerely,
Jared Packard
Update
Jarom met with Jared to speak with him about the suspension. While it did not (suprise, suprise) result in a reversal of the suspension, it did provide some interesting insights. The intramural office noticed the name last semester when it was used for Jarom's 3 on 3 basketball team. Jarom was told by the intramural supervisor, "We thought about talking to you, but decided not to." So apparently what was not even worthy of a "talking to" last semester merits a red-card this semester. When questioned about the inconsistency, Mr. Packard responded with, "Well, we could have suspended you then, but we didn't." Those of you who have played intramurals here at BYU know that such inconsistencies are par for the course. They reserve the right to punish you at any time to any measure, but it is all subjective. When Jarom then asked why the name was profane despite having no profanity in it, all he got was this answer over and over. "We feel that the name is profane." Oh, BYU. What a crazy, ridiculous, over-righteous zealot of puritanism you are.
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