The Yacht Club

Charlotte is a beautiful city

It’s been far too long since my last post! I have the new class schedule and practice intensity as well as time requirements are picking back up now that our indoor season is underway. I have still been spending a lot of time writing but most of it hasn’t been the kind of writing I do on my blog. I occasionally write for a website called Associated Content which is a pay per submission, working on some short stories, and working on developing connections with editors of several news papers. For those of you who are students at UNC Charlotte may have read my article in the University Times but if you have not and you’d like to you can check it out here: http://www.nineronline.com/features/keep_your_new_year_s_resolutions_on_track

Yesterday was a very eventful day that I believe is worth writing about. Yesterday morning some of my team mates and I were planning on driving up to Virginia Tech University to watch those who were racing this particular meet but we ran into some complications. For some reason there was a problem with the hatch-door sensor that wouldn’t recognize that the door was closed and an extremely annoying bell would constantly beep anytime the vehicle was in drive so she called the nearest Lexus dealership and they believed that it was a minor problem that could be fixed fairly quickly. Not the case. We ended up hanging out in the lounge, eating their food and drinking coffee for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours which was actually pretty fun despite the duration. However, due to the fact that it took so long we couldn’t make the meet.

While driving I was playing with the car’s Garmen and I noticed that there were several yacht clubs within the city limits of Charlotte. We found this pretty amusing so my friend and I began joking about being in one. This led to the creation of our pretend yacht club which we proceeded to mock the stereotypical old-money personality. Once we got back to my buddy’s apartment we decided we were going to play racquetball on campus and we dressed like we were going to play tennis in Beverly Hills. At this point in time, another one of my friends decided to join us in our game. Unfortunately when we arrived on campus the gym was closed for the entire weekend for Martin Luther King Jr. day. The joking about the yacht club gave us the idea to go downtown Charlotte dressed in suits and just explore the city so we went back to the apartment and put on the dope gear.

My two friends and I arrived downtown and just did whatever we felt like, going to the tops of every tall building we could get access to and plotted how we could get free food at a wedding reception. We had nothing but time and spent nearly five hours wondering around, stopping to get food at Hooter’s. I had my camera with me and took some great pictures. Downtown Charlotte is such a beautiful area and I have always wondered why most UNCC student’s, my self included, rarely go there except to go clubbing or the occasional meal at a special restaurant. One of the most interesting things about the expedition was the fact of how much more we could get away with being dressed the way we were. By get away with I mean getting clearance to areas of office buildings and other areas without being questioned by the security. I have always known that a well dressed individual is going to appear more trustworthy as well as appear to have more of a purpose than another person who is dressed casual but seeing this in practice was cool. I know for a fact that if we were wearing jeans and hoodies we would not be able to do 1/4 of the things we did. The best thing of all was we all had an absolute blast and didn’t spend a single dime except to eat! Go out and explore your city, no matter how many times you’ve done it you will always find something new that is worthwhile.

RGM