USOC Interns: The New Class

There's a new group of interns at the Olympic Training Center. Vanessa, Ingrid (the two other summer holdovers) and I are slowly getting to know the names, hometowns, colleges and departments of each new intern. It helped that we had an intern assimilation day, which was highlighted by a crash course in judo. It just so happened that I ended up with the only non-white "gi" or judo robe. Making matters more ridiculous was that the blue "gi" was the only to have the words Big Boss written across the back (pictured above).

Since my last post, their were trips to the Finish Line for karaoke and downtown Colorado Springs. This weekend was some nationwide firefighters festival. Apparently, all firefighters are Scottish because many of them were wearing kilts and playing bagpipes. A few interns and me ran the Jack Quinn's 5k run, which starts from the downtown Irish pub every Tuesday night. To celebrate three intern birthdays (mine being one of them), we went to Bird Dog BBQ. The placed boasted of its Oklahoma-style bbq. Whatever it was, it was good.

Last night, Vanessa, Adam (my roommate) and I went over to my boss's house to watch the UT-Texas Tech football game. Two other bosses of mine came over to see Texas win 34-24. It was an ugly win but a win nonetheless. After watching USC and BYU go down to unranked oppenents, I'm happy the Horns are still undefeated.

Click here for photos of the 5K, BBQ, Finish Line, Cowboys and the Olympic Training Center.

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Tomorrows weather forecast for Colorado Springs: High 52, Low 36, scattered showers