I ask that you give me a minute to rant before i move onto what's up in my life. As many of you have heard, UConn has won 89 games straight in womens basketball. Surpassing John Wooden's 88 game streak. To which I say, whoop de freakin doo. I do not follow womens basketball, I dont think it that fun to watch, but thats just my opinion. Apparently, UConn's coach, Geno Auriemma, thinks differently.
"The reason everybody is having a heart attack the last four or five days is a bunch of women are threatening to break a men's record, and everybody is all up in arms about it...All the women are happy as hell and they can't wait to come in here and ask questions. All the guys that loved women's basketball are all excited, and all the miserable bastards that follow men's basketball and don't want us to break the record are all here because they're pissed...If we were breaking a women's record, everybody would go, 'Aren't those girls nice, let's give them two paragraphs in USA Today, you know, give them one line on the bottom of ESPN and then let's send them back where they belong, in the kitchen.'"
Well thanks Phil Jackson.
Look, 89 straight wins is a big deal, I dont care what sport. Its not the same as John Woodens record. The girls game is completely different, why compare the two records? 1. If espn had not said anything about this record for the past 4 days, would any of us know about it. no. 2. Now that it has been broken, do any of us care? NO. Do people watch the men's game more for legitimate reasons, like the speed, athleticism, and well, the men are generally just all around better(thats not being sexist, go watch the nba and the wnba and then accuse me of sexism)? Yes they do. So stop even comparing the two things Geno, you wont win in this argument, and no one is angry that you are passing a record. they are just angry that you seem to think people who dont think the womens game is as hard to win in as the mens game are sexist. Ridiculous. I dont understand whatever happened to the coach of teams being respectable and showing class. I guarantee you a great man like John Wooden would never make a remark like the quote above. I'm done with my rant.
Back to my life. So I'm still very excited about bball, I dont see that changing anytime soon. I love working hard to achieve my goals, I just get kind of upset when my goals get shatter by injury. I just want to work hard, try out for a team, and the worst thing they can do is say no. But it isnt worth it to not go 100%, I can do my job and then the rest is up to God. I realize that I keep saying stuff like that, but you know what, its true so I will keep saying it. Maybe I'll make it my theme.
This morning I was reminded of another lesson from point guard college. I came into practice today and was so tired as I started my ballhandling. I was sucking and I was not excited about being at bball at 9 in the morning. After fumbling the ball on the easiest drills a few times, I remember this concept, "energizing yourself is a skill." I told myself "I'm not tired," like Steve Nash does in his shooting video, and tried to encourage myself to work hard and have enthusiasm, because it really is up to you how you respond in certain situations. I immediately started to feel better, perform better, and when I made mistakes I wasnt as mad. There are days when you go out, start shooting hoops or whatever you are committed to, and it is so much fun, you just love it. But then there are those days, like today was for me, where you just dont want to be there, and its not fun at all. That's when it is important to encourage yourself, psyche yourself up, because it really is your choice how you approach what you do. Be a thermostat not a thermometer, and change your surroundings, dont let your surroundings change you.
So, I went to dinner tonight at Santillis. They were shorthanded but even for being short people they were really slow on their service. I didnt really care, but its kind of hard when you plan on ordering dessert and then dont because it would probably take another hour. And usually I'm not one to complain about food, especially Italian food, but I ordered a tenderloin and they put it on marinara sauce instead of alfredo, so I sent it back, because, I really like alfredo. I wasnt very upset with that, I eat fast anyway so I figured I'd be done about the same time anyway(and I was). However, I also ordered my tenderloin well, just ask bryan, he knows I dont like blood or red in my steak. Well, my meal comes back, this time on alfredo, only to find it was probably medium rare. Yeah. Don't get me wrong, it was still very good and the server was very friendly, but I didnt want to wait any longer to eat and I want my food done at least reasonably right. Is that to much to ask?
So now I feel super negative for most of this blog, so I will change that a bit. I have guitar tomorrow, I'm finishing Christmas shopping tomorrow, I'm full of food, Christmas is in a few days, I finished my rap lyrics(i'm working on the guitar riffs), music overall makes me a happy guy right now, more basketball will be on tv soon enough, I'm walking around and working out plenty, Im about halfway done with senior year, am settling in on college decisions(unless something with bball strangely changes my mind), and I am enjoying trying to grow closer to Christ. So I guess that's pretty cool, it's pretty cool.
Lastly, Andrew Schwab writes a mean blog. Its just at andrewschwab.com, he is the frontman for project 86. I feel like I can relate to him well, kind of like we could be bros. Probably because he likes sports, obviously likes good music, and writes some beast blogs. Way more beast than mine, because all of his have some insightful spiritual message, that almost always seem to connect with me. So check it out and see if you can agree.
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