January 2004 Archives

A pretty debilitating loss to a bunch of lucky, untalented ass-clowns. Actually, one had talent, but he was a whiner. Where our shots were rolling around the rim and falling out, theirs were fallin in. I felt like an elephant trainer, cleaning up crap off the floor with all of their circus shots. That makes us 3-1 with a tough game next week.

Everyone remarks how my mouth hangs open with my tounge out. I just say how much I look like the greatest that ever lived.

I got back into the water again a month after the alumni meet. I could feel my shoulder slipping while driving to the pool so I figured it would last long. It didn't, but I was still able to fight out 1700 yards. It was all free, varying 100s, a couple of 150s, and some 50s swim and kicking at the end.

Two things worth noting:

1. While following a girl on a moped, the wife and I were wondering why she's riding in the new snow. To see one being ridden in the winter is rare, let alone right after a fresh snowfall. I made the comment that she must not have taken that first digger. After that first fall, you quickly learn that it's not safe to ride in snow. Then it happened. She was going full speed (about 20 mph) and we were hesantly following. She pulled across bike lane to make a right turn, caught the snow and went down hard. We quickly pulled over and helped her out. Based on her reaction, she learned her lesson.
2. Isn't always funny when you see someone who knows that they had a locker (or parked car), but can't remember where they left it? Their face as they wander from locker to locker is priceless.

I weighed a surprising 211.8 lbs. (I thought it would be much more with the lack of excercise.)

I missed last week's game away on business. Because what really happened wasn't misreported in the paper, we ended up with a big win.

This week was a hard-faught battle (aren't they all?). I ended up on the floor twice, got blocked a couple of times, and felt like J. Ho getting groped by grabby fans everytime I got the ball inside. With 25 seconds left, Tim and TJ work the pick and roll a-la Stockton-Malone to put us up by one. The other team drives and scores a matching lay-up to go back up by one. With 10 seconds left, TJ opts to dive the ball to the lane, dish to Chris, who in turn dishes to Ben, calling for the rock. Ben, without hesitation, arches the ball to the hoop as the second tick off, 3...2...1...swish...0. We win by two.

The Wife and I engaged in some serious racquetball fun, playing four games at a feverish pace. The last was highlighted by the abolishment of a gambling debt. I cannot expulge on the bet, but Kris was pleased to win.

I went with the wife for the first run. It went well. My arches, or lack thereof, were especially annoying, but I've got some supports that may help. All in all, it was about 10 minutes of warm-up running, with another 20 or so of the real stuff. With some brief walks interspersed throughout, a 45 minute total workout.

We played our first basketball game tonight and literally fought our way to a 50-35 win over Tulley's II. Many of us came away with bruises and blood. I came out with a pretty bad charlie horse. It all came to a head when their best player threw down our best player and got ejected for our game, and the next two.