On Saturday, while visiting our good friend Cristobal in Berkeley, he asked if the 1524sf folks would be doing trivia night the next night at the 540 Club.
It had been a while since we had done trivia. In fact, the last time we went was also the last time Cristobal went, which was sometime in May. Like any good general manager, I had attempted to patch up the areas we stunk in (e.g. 80's music) with people who seemed to know what they were talking about. Cristobal was a bit like our savior, especially he had written to me saying that he was a stud with 80's music. No joke. He wrote that to me. During that night in May, we almost scored a perfect 10 in the music round. It was amazing. Unfortunately, we were still in last place. It was heartbreaking. We thought we had a chance that night, but the wheels fell off the wagon and our team flat lined. It was hard to go back to 540 Club. The memory was too fresh.
Skip ahead to last Saturday. When Cristobal suggested trivia, it felt like it was the right time to go back in the ring one last time. I immediately thought of this inspirational quote:
"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"
Who was the genius who said that? Rocky Balboa.
So our team reassembled for what was likely the last time. We fought long and hard through 7 rounds of trivia. We laughed, we joked, we stressed, and we got on each other's nerves. Our answers were scored. We pumped our fists in the air each time we got an answer right. We waited anxiously for the final score.
So what place did we get in the end? Third place!
Sure, we didn't win the cash pot, but it was a moral victory for sure. We weren't the stupidest people in the room. And anytime that happens, it is a victory for everyone.
