Simmy profile picture

Simmy

jefsmiley

About Me

I'm a Manhattan transplant from Colorado by way of Seattle. Rumors that my apartment is actually in Canada are greatly exaggerated; I'm just uptown where there is space, quiet, and the A train runs express to GYM bar. Playing, refereeing, and now coaching rugby are a huge part of my life verging on pathological addiction. More than a great sport, my rugby mates are incredible people whom I value tremendously.
Away from the pitch, I prefer coffee houses to bars (although Guinness is brilliant), and libraries to boutiques. After a brief hiatus, I'm starting to eye my piano with a fond glance and may actually put my degree to a purpose soon. Happily, one of my undergraduate essays was published this spring in A Short Guide to Writing About Music, and I have some interesting research to follow it up.
Otherwise, I'm a sucker for understated humor and meaningful nonsense.
I directly participate in three major charities each year. If you are interested in donating toward these efforts or participating, please let me know.
St. Baldrick's (March) – Children's Cancer Research
AIDS Walk (May) – Stopping the spread of HIV and improving lives
Race to Deliver (Fall) – provides nutritious meals to people living with serious illness

My Interests

Rugby, musicology, go, RPGs, electrons, two stepping, salsa, geology (yeh, rocks and dirt)

I'd like to meet:

People with busy lives, a chocolate bunny with both its original ears, Hugo Southwell, Daniel Carter, Sean Lamont, Tony Spreadbury, Kate Blanchette

Gotham Knights 2007 Fall Schedule
08/07
11/24 Gotham Team Practices
Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-9PM
08/18 Gotham Fall Boot Camp
08/25 Tournament SeaGirt Tournament
09/08 Home Gotham v Suffolk Bull Moose
09/15 Away Old Blue C v Gotham
09/22 Home Gotham v North Jersey
09/29 Away Monclair v Gotham
10/13 D3 Qtrs Hudson Valley v Gotham
10/20 D3 Semi Old Maroon v Gotham
10/27 D3 Finals Montclair v Gotham
11/10 Tournament ECRI Tournament

Simmy's 2007 Rugby Schedule (so far)
01/20
01/21 Class Touch Judge 1-4
Referee Level 2 Referee
02/13
05/12 Gotham Team Practices
Tuesdays and Thrusdays 7-9PM Coach
02/24 Col M1 Rutgers v Mont Clair
Rutgers B v Drew Touch Judge
03/03 Clinic RRSNY Workshop and Clinic Referee
03/04 Col M1 Rutgers v Princeton
Rutgers B v USMAPS Touch Judge
03/17 Col W2 Stony Brook v Hofstra
Cancelled - Weather Referee
03/23 HS NYRFC U19 v Fairfield
Cancelled - Scheduling Referee
03/24
9:30AM
11:30AM
1:30PM
4:00PM

Tournament
M Social
Col W
M Social
Col M

Village Lions 4 Leaf 15s
Rochester v Columbia Bus
RPI Women v Temple
NoJo v NY Manhattan B
Seton Hall v St. Josephs Referee
03/25
12:30 HS G
HS G Elizabeth v Kingston
Union v Morris Referee
Touch Judge
03/31 Away Philly v Gotham Blue
Philly B v Gotham Gold Coach
Player
03/31
9PM Club M1 NY Manhattan (B) v Iona
Pier 40 Referee
04/01
4PM HS G NYRFC U19 v Elizabeth
Randall's Island Premier Pitch Referee
04/04
4PM HS B1 A - Fairfield Prep v Harvey
B - Fairfield (B) v Fairfield (C)
Cancelled - Weather Referee
04/07
Noon Club M1
Super League Old Blue v Long Island
Old Blue v Charlotte Touch Judge
Touch Judge
04/11
4PM Col W1 Bard v Vassar
Cancelled Referee
04/14
12 PM
3 PM
Club M3
Col W1
Hudson Valley v Gotham Blue
Smith v Bryn Mawr/Haverford Referee
04/18
4PM HS B1 Harvey v Keio Referee
04/20
04/22 Social Dallas Invitational Pride Cup
Diablos v Gotham
Gotham v Kodiaks
Gotham v Bucks
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Player
04/25
4PM HS B1 A - Greenwich v Staples
B - Greenwich v Staples Referee
04/28
1PM
3PM
Col M3
Col W2
Molloy v Bard
Hofstra v Marist
Referee
Referee
05/02
4PM HS B1 A - Harvey v New Rochelle
B - Harvey v New Rochelle Referee
05/05 Club M2 Village Lions v West Mount (A) Referee
05/12
9AM
11AM
4PM
5PM Tournament
MC
Youth
M Consol
U19 Final Long Island Mother's Day
Hofstra v Columbia P&S
CT Yankees v New Rochelle
Landsdowne v All Japan
LI Colts v Centennial
Referee
Referee
Touch Judge
Referee
05/19
12PM

1PM
2PM
3PM
4PM
Club W2

Club M2

Monmouth v Morris
Round Robin
Monmouth v Jersey Shore
Monmouth v Blackthorn
Blackthorn v Jersey Shore
Monmouth B v Combined Referee
05/29
07/17 Gotham Team Practices
Tuesdays 7-9PM Coach
05/30
9:30PM HS B1 NYRFC U19 v Xavier B
Ichon 23
Cancelled - Scheduling Referee
06/02
3:50 PM
5:10 PM
5:30 PM
6:30 PM
7:20 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:10 PM
9:50 PM Tournament
Women
Women
Open
Qualifier
Open
Open
Open
Qualifier
Qualifier Danbury 7s
South NY v Mix
Game 2 (Jem)
South NY v Boston
Village Lions v Albany
Village Lions v Berkshire
Game 6 (Brad)
Village Lions v Albany
Game 7 (Jem)
Game 8 (Brad)
Referee
Touch Judge
Referee
Referee
Referee
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
06/09
9AM
10AM
11AM
12AM
1:30PM
3PM
4PM Tournament
Youth
M Club
M Club
Old Boys
W Club
W Finals
OB Finals

JoJo Moore 15s
W. Plains v Kingston NYMA
Gotham v Gotham (5v5)
H. Valley v Danbury
Gotham v W.P.Old Boys
H. Valley v S. New York
S. New York v JoJo Allstars
Men's Final


Referee
Referee
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Referee
Referee
Touch Judge


06/16

Tournament
W Open
W Open
M Open
W Semi
Q Semi
W Final
Q Final Rockaway 7s
M. Exiles v CT Bull Moose
M. Exiles v SNY
Suffolk v Old Maroon
SNY v Lionesses
L.Island (A) v L. Island (B)
NY Women v Lionesses
Old Blue v NYAC
Referee
Referee
Referee
Referee
Touch Judge
Referee
In Goal
07/19

Expo
Women
Men
Youth NYRFC Sport Center Special
NYR Women A v NYR Women B
NYR Men A v NYR Men B
NYR U19 A v NYR U19 B
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
07/21

Tournament
Women
M Social
M Social
M Open
M Social
W Semi
M Soc Semi
M Final Open
M Qual Final Princeton 7s
Lions v NRU Dev
Rutgers v Second City
Marauders v Monmouth
Bayonne v L. Island 2
Rutgers v Mountclaire
Monmouth v NRU Dev
Rutgers v Union
Princeton v Bayonne
NYAC v Old Blue
Referee
Referee
Referee
Referee
Referee
Touch Judge
Referee
Touch Judge
In Goal
07/27
9:00
9:20
10:00
10:40
11:20
11:40
12:20
12:40
1:20
3:00
3:20
4:20
4:40
07/28
10:00
11:00
11:30
12:00
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30 Friday
Men
Men
Women
Women
Men
Men
Women
Women
Men
Men
Men
Women
Women
Saturday
Women
Women
Men
Men
W Bronze
M Bronze
W Gold
M Gold Empire State Games 7s
Long Island v New York City
Western NY V Hudson Valley
Central NY v New York City
Western NY v Hudson Valley
Long Island v Hudson Valley
Central NY v New York City
Central NY v Long Island
Western NY v New York City
Central NY v Western NY
Wetern NY v New York City
Central NY v Long Island
Western NY v Central NY
Long Island v Hudson Valley

Central NY v Adirondak
Long Island v New York City
Long Island v Western New York
Central NY v Adirondak
Central NY v Hudson Valley
Wester NY v New York City
Western NY v Adirondak
Long Island v Adirondak
Referee
Referee
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Referee
Referee
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge

Referee
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
Touch Judge
In Goal
In Goal
08/25
9:30
11:30
3:45 Tournament
Men Social
Men B
M Social final Sea Girt
Old Crimson v York
PAC v South Jersey Sharks
Georgetown v York
Referee
Referee
Referee
09/08
1PM Club M2 PAC v Morris
Rutgers Referee
09/15
1PM Club M3 Suffolk v NoJo
Stony Brook Referee
09/15
?PM Club W2 Suffolk v Village Lions
Stony Brook Referee
09/15
?PM Club M3 Old Blue (C) v Gotham Gold
Baker Field Player
09/16
PM Col M1 Columbia v Sacred Heart
Baker Field Referee
09/22
11PM Club M3 Old Blue (C) v Montclair
Baker Field Referee
09/30
11AM Col W2 New Paltz v Rutgers
New Paltz Referee
10/06
11AM Club W2 Village Lions v Suffolk
Randall's Island Referee
10/20
3PM Club M3 Old Maroon (B) v Gotham Gold
Randall's Island Referee

Music:

Currently: Mecry Fall, Bach, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Live, Adam Joseph, Pansy Division, Postal Service, The Faint, Ani DiFranco, A Perfect Circle, The Killers, Palestrina, Kenny Chesney, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Lone Star

Movies:

The Host, The Namesake, Lion in Winter, Lord of the Rings, Antonia's Line, Pleasentville, Elizabeth, Big Trouble in Little China, Titus, Mad Hot Ballroom, Drop Dead Fred, Bridge to Terabithia, The Incredibles, Night of the Commet, Kundun, Raggedy Rawney, Harry Potter, Protocol, Decalogue, With You!

Television:

Living the good life without a T.V., but the Rugby Channel on my laptop. Why sit on your couch when you can be about the city.

Books:

The Carpet Makers, Name of the Rose, The New Grove; Fav. Authors: Aristotle, Dante, Hesse, Eco, James Baldwin, Miéville, e.e. cummings, Dylan Thomas, Lovecraft

Heroes:

My grandparents, Eric Walter

My Blog

Convio Summit - Session Panalist

Description of the session where I spoke at the Second Annual Convio Summit 2007 in Austin Texas on October 18, 2007. Optimizing Your Web Site and Information Architecture to Support Conversion Goals....
Posted by Simmy on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:43:00 PST

Game Report: Village Lions v West Mount

Village Lions 'A' 41 - WestMount 5 Referee [Jeff Simpson] Rather than play A- and B-side matches, the A-sides played a full 40 minute first half and the first 20 minutes of the second half; a heavy mi...
Posted by Simmy on Tue, 08 May 2007 08:47:00 PST

Game Report: Harvey v New Rochelle

Harvey 'A' 10 - New Rochelle 0 Harvey 'B' 12 - New Rochelle 12 Referee [Jeff Simpson] A-Side Match It is always a pleasure to see two committed, focused teams playing; both sides kept this match at a ...
Posted by Simmy on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:31:00 PST

Game Report: Molloy v Bard

Referee [Jeff Simpson] Issues: Improper Field Size/Markings, Late Start The pitch was well marked, but it was much too narrow. Despite having the man power, a metal utility box in the ground just outs...
Posted by Simmy on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:12:00 PST

Game Report: Hofstra v Marist Women

Referee [Jeff Simpson] Thanks to Hofstra and Marist for rescheduling their match time to allow me to cover multiple games in the area. This match was an odd mix of exceptional skill in some areas, and...
Posted by Simmy on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:13:00 PST

Game Report: Harvey v Keio

Referee [Jeff Simpson] Issues: Late Start Due to their class schedules Keio arrived a little late, but they were diligent about warming up and getting the match started. Both teams were skilled and sh...
Posted by Simmy on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:22:00 PST

Game Report: Smith v Bryn Mawr/Haverford

Smith 0 - Bryn Mawr/Haverford Women 12 Thumbing their noses at convention and embracing a more stylized game, some thirty courageous young women brought a taxing brand of rugby to the wide-open pitch ...
Posted by Simmy on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:56:00 PST

Game Report: Hudson Valley v Gotham

Gotham came out strong from the first kick off and pulled together a blazing series, but the momentum quickly slowed. Keeping a strong focus on winning possession and forward movement, Hudson Valley t...
Posted by Simmy on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:53:00 PST

Game Report: Fairfield Prep v Harvey

What promised to be two fun rugby matches in nature's spa instead became a four hour commute for a mediocre slice of pizza. Games cancelled (for weather I'm guessing), but I wasn't notified until abou...
Posted by Simmy on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:09:00 PST

Game Report: Elizabeth v Kingston (HS G)

Kingston arrived late which delayed the start of the match, prevented them having adequate time to warm up, and necessitated shortening the halves to accommodate the schedule on the pitch. Elizabeth c...
Posted by Simmy on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:38:00 PST