Thursday, November 16, 2006
Ostrem Cleans Up at Christmas Game Tournament
Filed at 10:34:12 PST, 1/3/2007
Carmichael, CA--Shock and awe. That's how participants and fans described the unsurpassed performance of Eric Ostrem at The 2006 Annual Ostrem Family Board Game and Other Tests of Excellence Tournament this past Christmas. And reverence. Shock, awe and reverence. That's how they described it.
Over six days of games, Ostrem easily won the vast majority, including 45 games of Puerto Rico, two fifteen-hour games of Caylus, and an assorted number of victories in dominos, dice, chess, Hit-a-Kitten, quarters, Princes of Florence, and Viscounts of Vermont.
"I don't know how he did it," said Scott Ostrem, a competitor in many of the games. "He was like, bam-bam, bam! Bang! Bam. Bam! ... And then it was over."
Other competitors recounted similar experiences. "I don't want to talk about it," said Jon Ostrem, scowling fiercely. "No comment," said Janice Takade. "Seriously, I don't want to comment. Well, if I were to comment, I'd say that it was amazing playing against him, like playing guitar against Clapton or hockey against Gretzky. But I don't want to comment. Don't write that down. Seriously."
Mary Schomberg, Ostrem's wife and another competitor in the games, said, "I've studied his strategies, and I'm confident that next year, things will be different. You just wait and see. Wait, watch and see. Wait, watch, see and understand."
Ostrem also successfully defended his title in other Tests of Excellence, winning hands down the Bake-a-Cake competition, The Manatee Toss, and Mullet Cutting Contest.
"I never knew I'd look this good in a mullet!" said Shelley Williams, who now has a mullet cut by Eric Ostrem. Todd Williams agreed that his wife "looks beautiful in a mullet!"
A nearby pig, Possible S. Tyleroo, who has been observing the Ostrem Family games for years, said he had never seen such a display of dominance. "Ostrem just dominated. He was the dominator. If you look up domination in the dictionary, there's a picture of him. Dominatory dominateness. Wow."
Madison, Ryan and Evan spontaneously formed the Eric Ostrem Fan Club, which will begin its weekly meetings beginning in February. Each meeting will commence with a singing of the Cal Fight Song (universally acknowledged to be the best song ever).
Family patriarch Dennis Ostrem sighed heavily. "Well, that's how things go sometimes. Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, well, the bear, he eats you. I guess I'll start training for next year." Family matriarch Cindy Ostrem echoed this sentiment: "He's the sharpest fork in the yard, definitely."
CAPTION: A manatee, like those used in the Manatee Toss, an annual event at the Ostrem Family games.
Carmichael, CA--Shock and awe. That's how participants and fans described the unsurpassed performance of Eric Ostrem at The 2006 Annual Ostrem Family Board Game and Other Tests of Excellence Tournament this past Christmas. And reverence. Shock, awe and reverence. That's how they described it.
Over six days of games, Ostrem easily won the vast majority, including 45 games of Puerto Rico, two fifteen-hour games of Caylus, and an assorted number of victories in dominos, dice, chess, Hit-a-Kitten, quarters, Princes of Florence, and Viscounts of Vermont.
"I don't know how he did it," said Scott Ostrem, a competitor in many of the games. "He was like, bam-bam, bam! Bang! Bam. Bam! ... And then it was over."
Other competitors recounted similar experiences. "I don't want to talk about it," said Jon Ostrem, scowling fiercely. "No comment," said Janice Takade. "Seriously, I don't want to comment. Well, if I were to comment, I'd say that it was amazing playing against him, like playing guitar against Clapton or hockey against Gretzky. But I don't want to comment. Don't write that down. Seriously."
Mary Schomberg, Ostrem's wife and another competitor in the games, said, "I've studied his strategies, and I'm confident that next year, things will be different. You just wait and see. Wait, watch and see. Wait, watch, see and understand."
Ostrem also successfully defended his title in other Tests of Excellence, winning hands down the Bake-a-Cake competition, The Manatee Toss, and Mullet Cutting Contest.
"I never knew I'd look this good in a mullet!" said Shelley Williams, who now has a mullet cut by Eric Ostrem. Todd Williams agreed that his wife "looks beautiful in a mullet!"
A nearby pig, Possible S. Tyleroo, who has been observing the Ostrem Family games for years, said he had never seen such a display of dominance. "Ostrem just dominated. He was the dominator. If you look up domination in the dictionary, there's a picture of him. Dominatory dominateness. Wow."
Madison, Ryan and Evan spontaneously formed the Eric Ostrem Fan Club, which will begin its weekly meetings beginning in February. Each meeting will commence with a singing of the Cal Fight Song (universally acknowledged to be the best song ever).
Family patriarch Dennis Ostrem sighed heavily. "Well, that's how things go sometimes. Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, well, the bear, he eats you. I guess I'll start training for next year." Family matriarch Cindy Ostrem echoed this sentiment: "He's the sharpest fork in the yard, definitely."
CAPTION: A manatee, like those used in the Manatee Toss, an annual event at the Ostrem Family games.# posted by eric @ 9:45 AM 
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That is the funniest thing I've read in a long time. It's funny mostly because it's so UNLIKELY that Eric would win that much. Note that he did not mention "Acquire" as one of the games...for good reason. Yes, good reason indeed.
My what a clever post, however shouldn't you be using some of this time to do homework, or study for the bar? Or now that you have your big fancy clerkship, pshaw with grades, is that how it is? I keep hearing about how "busy" you guys are...hmmmmm. =)
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