Lucifer

I feel like writing about the devil now.  I made that decision while on my bike in Rindge, NH today.  I decided to write about Lucifer.  The devil must have told me too.

I knew Lucifer was awesome even though she was evil.  I knew that for quite sometime, I just didn't find out why until my last day on campus.

She's part German, Irish and English.

Only awesome people have that mix. 

Like me.

I don't know of anyone else with that mix, other than my sister.  I know of Irish and German but not all three.  

Also Lew is the only player from Western Connecticut that I know of.  Not Fairfield County like me, but at least Western Connecticut.  

Had I known this before she would have gotten so much preferential treatment.  

It would have gone something like "You have the ball bag today Lew?"  "Put that down, I'll give it to Cory instead."

Ok I never did do that, (I'm sure some people felt like they were always carrying things but I really was careful to be fair.  I spent time going over how many times each person got something during the week.) but I do remember making deals with the devil.  Can't say I remember exactly what they were.  Maybe I forgot candy somewhere.  

Lew was one of those mysterious names that I knew nothing about when she came in.  Half of the freshman class I had seen, or run into through their visits and the other half I had not.  Lucifer was not one of them. 

What I did know about the devil before she came in was that she scored five goals in a game in high school.  I think it was tied for second best in the country for most goals in a high school game.  That caught my attention and I showed it to one of the coaches.

I don't like to spend too much time writing about soccer stuff when I write about players, but in Lucifer's case I have to point out how much I love players who hustle and fight and push and pull and pinch and are around for rebounds.  I like players from Connecticut as well.  I like that they get a chance to play for their state school.  

I'm convinced she is going to score some goals because she fights.  I told her she would score in the final game I watched as a part of the program.  I was sure of it and she almost scored exactly as I had envisioned it, off a rebound, which to me are the most important goals to score.  Although she didn't score she put herself in the position to score.  The ball took a bad bounce, but she was there and she will put that in next time.  I was rooting for her so much that game and she played well.  She was diving all over the place and helping to keep possession.  Her hustle resulted in a goal for the team.  She works her ass off and what more can you ask for, especially as a fan, which is what I am now. 

Now back to Lucifer the person.

She is evil.

She is also awesome. 

I want her to prank people.  I want it on film and I want to see it.  If I ever saw something that I thought was a good prank I thought of her and tried to tell her. 

She didn't prank me, but I think she tried too.  She tried to blame Mika and I don't know if I believe her or not, so I'll say that either Lucifer or Mika called the hotel desk in Florida for me on our trip.  At first they decided that they were going to tell the desk that my toilet broke and to send help.

Maybe they decided that was going a little too far.  Not sure, so they decided instead to call and have them leave pillows at my room.

I am so happy I found out about that because I remember getting back to my room and saw the pillows out in the hall and I was really confused by that.  I had gone to do laundry so I wasn't in my room from about 11:30pm-12:45am. 

When I got back and saw the pillows I had to think to myself.  I thought I had closed my door but then again I wasn't quite sure when I saw the pillows.  I started to look around very carefully in my room.  I looked behind every door, I looked in the bathroom and looked through my belongings to make sure I wasn't missing anything.  I really wasn't sure if I left the door unlocked and if someone had gone in.  I also wanted to see if my pillows were missing from my bed.  They weren't. 

So I realized that I wasn't missing anything, no one was in my room and I had all my pillows.  I was confused but very tired so I just threw the pillows in front of the door of the person next to me.

I guess I confused them.

Lucifer also had fun with Cory at the hotel in Florida.  Throwing the paper airplane to Cory was classic.  I love what they captured on film.  "Love Ya....bleep....dot,  dot,  dot,  but not."

Ok, clearly I edited that too much

But I found it funny.  

Someone also told me that Lucifer was me for Halloween.  She denied that.  I will believe her on that one, because she said someone misunderstood her, but I wouldn't put that past her if she was lying.

Lew also had the best impersonations by far.  The best.  I'm sure there were a lot of good impersonations on film but her Julie "yeaaa" and Devin impersonation were unbelievably good.  She used "Doreen" in her impersonation of Devin.  I was so impressed and that put her over the top.  Lew was good in her interview with me.  She was with Gabby and Mika as well though.  I let her leave early, not because she was bad, but because I felt sorry for her. 

I could tell that Gabby and Mika were happy to keep going and going and decided that Lew could go early if she really wanted too because I didn't want her staying until Charno and Mika stopped talking.

More on the 90 minute interview later.  It was a hilarious interview, but it kept going and going.  I had fun and enjoyed it as did I think Charno and Mika, but most sane people didn't want to sit there for 90 minutes.

I loved the film of Lucifer's proposal to the kid on campus.  Also really amusing.

Lucifer's ball would also magically disappear during the season at practice and I never quite figured out why, but I played into it at the end of practice sometimes.  I would take her ball and make her look around on purpose until she got mad at me once.  I gave into her. 

I had too though.  I was afraid she'd do something evil to me, like give me a flat tire.

Lucifer is also the originator of Tim. In. Training.  T.I.T.   

I very much appreciated the card and gifts that Lew and G gave me as I left.  They both wrote nice notes and gave me ADD and ADHD toys which I love.  I'm going to put them out on my desk when I have my own desk.  Seriously the toys they gave me are going to keep me so entertained.  I also got a sticker that says "Here to save the day" and I've mentioned that in some job applications.  It was a small thing, but I appreciated it and I was glad that I seemed to have been a positive part of their first year in college.

When you volunteer or work for low pay it's not really all about what materials you get out of it, it's more that you know the work you do is appreciated and making a difference.  The team was always good about showing their appreciation and I appreciated it. 

To me Lucifer is a hard worker, a fighter and someone who has some personality.  She's evil and keeps things interesting.  I wish I could have watched her for more than a year.  I really do and I really want to see her score.  I'm sure I'll be at some games, and a goal from Lew is a goal I really want to see. 

I'll put Lew down for the goal of the game contest.

I hope she wins me a prize pack.

Because I need more UCONN Gear.