i don't regret anything. because that feeling of running off the floor after trying to murder pete sapadin with my eyes and ready to fight anyone who wanted to mess with us and get between us and cao cao was filled with emotion i've never felt in performance before. because the tears that fell during jeremy's debrief was the most poignant and powerful moment i have ever felt with a group of people that two years ago i would have considered strangers, and now there's more than family, and there's more than love. because that in n out run and that 4x3 with animal fries could not have tasted better knowing that we were riding off into the sunset away from adla's penalty bull. because to hear "we won" half an hour into that bus ride as i was half asleep into john legend's evolver was a moment of ecstasy i'll never forget. because i've never been part of this kind of victory. because of b class beginnings to open class champions. because being part of a cinderella story doesn't happen to everyone. because new doors don't open and perspectives don't change this drastically often. because no night has ever impacted me more than last night.

i love you, '11 palisades drumline. and i'll never thank you enough.