My Latest Interview

Long time no blog? So sorry, been busy latley, with the wedding only being one montha away! And ith play-off's, startinmg next Thursday in Seattle. So I'm a very busy person latley. And of coarse, right before play-off's I get injured. But you'll hear all about that in this blog, where I'm being interviewed today by a good friend of mine, Jenna Moore, from Penn. Enjoy :)

Play-off's are just around the corner, thing's are pretty heated right now between the team's, and we're ready to role, how's it feeling?
"Well, we're girls first of all, so we're gonna get heated (laughs), but um... I'm ready."

Now please share with me my dear, what is going on with the injuries on your team? First Aarti with a knee, Alycia with a wrist and now you with a shoulder, what's going on?
"I'd like to know that too actually, I kinda feel like the (Toronto) Raptors with all the injuries going on. It sucks, for sure it does, because you lose players and the team loses oppertunity. Aarti's coming back this week after a bit of a break due to a knee injury, and Alycia's had a bad wrist for a while now, so obviously we're hoping nothing serious is gonna happen, but it's not that big, so I'm confident."

And how about your right shoulder, when and how did this all happen?
"I'm honestly not sure. All I know is on Tuesday I was feeling a terrible pain everytime I would move my shoulder, so I go to practice that night and it's throbbing. Silly me, I practiced anyway, causing more pain. Plus we worked with medicine balls, so that was a mistake (laughs). But yeah, it was just a random pain, and now it's pretty bad."

What are your plans pn how to take care of it, hopefully being able to play in play-off's?
"Earlier this morning, I had an MRI done, because we knew it was an obvious torn tendon, so we needed to make sure nothing else was damaged. So I took a regular x-ray and now have the possibility of a fractured rotating cuff-it's complicated. I get the results Saturday, and I start rehab for a bit, and I'm positive I'll be able to play."

How do you feel, being captain, that the girls will do, and how they'll prepare for the worst?
"Nothing out of the ordinary, I mean, obviously we need to focus and bring our 'A' game to win and keep playing to reach our goal of winning. But it's the little thing's we need to focus on too, like our diets, our scheduale, our habbits, our sleep-every little thing in our lives right now need to be working on striving to that goal. And we'll do whatever it takes, thankfully we have dedicated girs willing to do that."

Are you a little worried about the jet-leg from the flight to Seattle?
"I am! Because we all have a long flight ahead of us, and we literally get off and drive to the stadium to play. The coaches get jet-legged a bit, some of us do, I most certainly do, so it'll be interesting how we take it."

One thing that your team seems to have a lot of with eachother that a lot of team's don't is patience. How did you guys become what you are now, as a team mentally?
"We are the way we are I guess. We most definatly have trust with eachother, and that's always a good thing, so with trust comes patience. Like you know if a ball is being placed in a certain spot and that person's not gonna get it, or 2 people are going for the same ball, you gotta trust eachother that someone's gonna step up and get taht ball. And if they don't, well they'll get it next time, you just gotta wait for them to make their mistakes and change them."

After the season ends for you guys, what's going to be happening as a team?
"The usual, the summer training, the beach teams, the trades, all of that stuff. And some of us are going on to a new team or taking a break, so it's how you make it. And then there's the personal changes."

Like what?
"Well Stephanie is taking a break to start her family, which I'm so thrilled about, um Paige is going back to the south to spend time at home with her family. Their all going home to spend time with their hubby's, and we're all growing up."

You miss Brittany have a wedding next month, congratulations!
"Thanks!"

So you've been dating him for a while now, and he was with you when you first got scouted for University, so what is it going to be like for you?
"Not really different. I mean, we still live like a normal couple, and we go on with our everyday lives. He's a teacher, so he goes and....teaches all day, and I play all day and some nights, so sports is always in the futre with us. (laughs)."

Any thaught on kids?
"Of coarse you would ask Jenna, oh my gosh, haha. Um-no we have not. We have our puppy Chloe as my baby now, so we'll wait a few years first before that step."

I love how you said "my baby"
"She kinda is, he baught me her for Christmas, so I guess you can say she is. So my summer is going to be us enjoying married life for a bit until we start training in August."

Are there any plans on moving teams?
"Nope. I've played on Toronto for 3 years, and will be for the next few years. I have a contract that I'm not breaking."


Your no strangers to offers though, back in your University days, you were origonally asked to play on..
"Phillidalphia, and I was so tepmted to play for them, but then an offer from Chicago came along and I sorta changed my mind a bit. Until Toronto suddenly offered, than I knew I had to play for them."


What in your mind made you want to stay in Toronto?
"My lifestyle made me stay. I had grown up here all my life, and had so much here that I couldn't possibly leave it behind. Like, I have a younger brother and sister who are still in elementary school and have some growing up to do, and I wanna see that. I want to make my family and myself proud for repreasenting the city I grew up in."


So your definatly not going on Boston?
"Gosh no! I love the city so much, go Red Sox, Celtics, but I'm not going. I just visit and pick up the accent."


That's another thing I wanted to talk to you about, is it weird for you to hear people say you have an accent because your Canadian?
"I'm used to it by now, I've been all arounf North America, and heard different one's myself. To tell you the truth, I actually love doing different accents, because I can pick up on them! So when we travel I always 'mock' the accent while we're there."


I do remember the popular New Jersey accent, I believe it was Stacey who showed me the video of you in the locker-room talking away, seems like you have a lot of fun.
"Yes I do, you gotta have fun when your doing something, otherwise it's boring."

You seem to somehow encourperate something fun with everthing you do, even if it's pissing people off with your partner in crime Jim...
"Ah Jim. We do do a lot of pranks on everybody."


Has there ever been a moment where it's gone too far, or where the tables have turned?
"Gone too far, no. But the tables have turned. I am the biggest chicken! And they love getting me back! Like April Fool's Day was the worst day ever because they all went crazy with the pranks, where I was smart and didn't get them at all. They hid my stuff, soaked them in the shower, um...put one of my bra's on the pole all practice, pop out and scare me-it's the popping and scaring me that I hate! Biggest chicken ever.....but I do get payback."


So karma's a bitch?
"Oh yes(laughs)"

But why wait for payback?
"Because they don't know where or when it's gonna happen. Nothing beats seeing their face after a ood prank."

What would you have to say is the best prank to pull?
"Um.....not sure, but one that I pull often is always classic. I always go to the front desk and ask for an extra key to a room. Then I sneak into the room and hide somewhere in the room. I might wait a bit until I pop out and then watch the crap themselves. (Laughs) Too funny!"

There you have it, a new prank to try from Brittany (laughs). Will they get in trouble?
"Nope, maybe just get hit,"

Love the sweet smile you just flashed, your actually very funny.
"Thanks. I really don't think I am, but people tell me."

Does it bother you what people say about you?
"Not really, I mean, I do take some words into consideration, so I do care for some words. Like all the negative bull crap, I don't care about. Positive thing's, I care for. But compliments to me mean so much. Like when people tell me that...they wish they could play like me...or that they like my leadership skills. To me, I find that so great that people care about how I'm like as a person. It's sweet!"

How do you take critisim?
"Um....from coaches I take it very well, and take it to consideration. But from other people in the audience or in a review, I shrug it off. Unless the words speak to me, then I'll think about it later."

To end thing's off, what would you like people to know?
"I would like you to know..... that Canadians are awsome...um... don't hate a book by it's cover and keep on rocking out."

Where's your typical line?
"This is what I say now....live this moment like your last, let's go out and kick some ass!! And SUCK YEAH!!!! (laughs)"

Thanks for reading guys!! And I'm sorry if you started and stopped haha!! And remember to follow me on Twitter if you want: @TotalBlocksicle haha.

Love ya,
Brittany, #5