So it's been about three and a half months since I put this thing up and left it to rust. Summary of events since then:

-School started

-First print edition of our school newspaper came out

-Football season came and went for my school

-Visited MIT and Williams

-Fell in love with the city of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

-All-State process (most recent update: I get to sing at Pre-Area after I got first alternate bass 1 at Region!!)

-Won a superior rating at the National Journalism Educators' Association convention in San Antonio for copy editing

-Turned 18

-Played the lottery and netted +$5

-Found out my license renewals are $25 since this one lasts 6 years

And that's about it. Quite a bit of exciting stuff, but I won't go into a ton of detail right now.

What I might do at this point for any sort of entertainment for you is, in light of those of you bummed out by the NHL lockout (myself included), I will start up a series on the Equestrian Hockey League! I don't know how I will do it, but I can make it work. I may simply only write out details of the featured match of the round. I'm probably not going to write out all 90 match reports (though if any of you are interested, I could work something out where each of us writes up a story about each match and we draw to see who gets what match). Either way, I have teams set out and will only need to name them. To play these out, I will use the most recent edition of EA Sports NHL I have (NHL '11 ).

Or I could also do something else sports-related with ponies. I don't know. For those interested, here are the teams as decided by random.org (I had to pull a few from fanon here and there to fill out the list of 60 starters):

[colour=#000000]Team 1[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Flam[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Iron Will[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Fleur-de-Lis[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Cranky Doodle Donkey[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Pony Joe[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Flim[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Team 2[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Mjölna[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Pinkie Pie[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Gilda[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Colgate[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Blaze[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Master[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Team 3[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Rapidfire[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Berry Punch[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Wave Chill[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Scootaloo[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Twist[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Diamond Tiara[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Team 4[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Lyra[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Wildfire[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Apple Bloom[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Cherries Jubilee[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Sheriff Silverstar[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Misty[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Team 5[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Fleetfoot[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Cheerilee[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Aloe[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Spitfire[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Fluttershy[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Twilight Sparkle[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Team 6[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Rainbow Dash[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Featherweight[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]The Doctor[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Silver Lining[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Bon Bon[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Derpy[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Team 7[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Lightning Streak[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]High Winds[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Sweetie Belle[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Octavia[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Flitter[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Applejack[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Team 8[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Carrot Top[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Zecora[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Rarity[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Big Macintosh[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Caramel Apple[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Trixie[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Team 9[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Snails[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Silver Spoon[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Surprise[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Lotus[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Cloudchaser[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Fancy Pants[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Team 10[/colour]

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  [colour=#000000]Braeburn[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Filthy Rich[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Soarin'[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Snips[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Vinyl Scratch[/colour]
  
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  [colour=#000000]Firestreak[/colour]
  

[colour=#000000]Management and coverage team: Madden on commentary, Photo Finish for action shots, Celestia and Luna as co-commissioners and Cadence and Shining Armor as appeals commissioners. Discord might pop in every now and then to help an underdog along, but I'm using an actual videogame, so he may only get credit if something outrageous happens.[/colour]

What I'm thinking of doing is holding a double round-robin regular season, then advance the top 4 to the playoffs to determine the champions, who will receive the Royal Cup as their trophy, presented by the princes and princesses of Equestria themselves. Whether or not anyone actually follows along, I'll probably do it so I have a side project to entertain myself with.