sunday august 24.

 

the band that everyone should know.

today was an interesting day.

we should start by saying that the usa men’s team won the gold medal, as said in the previous blog. and since im talking about today, it sure counts as being today. i ended up falling asleep close to 4 o’clock, then getting up at 10 to get ready to go to church. i think it was a new priest, cause i don’t remember this guy. but he was kinda dull. i could see it when i looked over to my right to see my mom waking up my dad in service. haha. my head was doing the same from last nights sleep. as the mass was coming to an end the priest says there are some community announcements.  so one guy comes up talking about this new church magazine. he starts to read an article in the magazine, and it just so happened to be a suicide note. it started off, “dear mom and dad, by the time you are reading this, i am already dead….”. it was safe to say that everyone in the audience had the “wtf? look” on their face. o_0 . and he kept reading it, it was kinda sad. i just thought it was weird as hell to be talking about that at the end of mass, i think it was wrong timing on his behalf.

ok, after that, ate lunch and went to the soon to be new looking montclair mall. right now it looks like shit, but they’re changing all or most of it. from the railings to the column supports and walkways. i guess they needed it to compete with fancy outdoor malls. there’s even a coach store, now they only need to re-open prime sports.  ok, so i went to the mall cause my sister needed to get her hair did. i went along cause i probably wouldn’t have done anything if i didn’t go. but i picked up an art magazine and headed back home.

i still felt tired and sleepy, but i got a call from alex asking me if im going to his show tonight, and i said sure, especially since i got in for free. and so i headed back to the same area i was just at. all day the heat was getting to me, and when i got to biacci’s bar, my head was starting to kind of hurt. and after another dope set by kidnapping the city ( go get their album ((plug plug)) , my head was getting to me. it might have been a mix of everything that was going on through the day, lack of sleep, hunger, heat.. i dunno. but i went back into my car to rest a bit. didn’t really want to drive with a bad headache. so i chilled and eventually napped in my car. woke up feeling a bit better but decided to call it an early night. 

i got to see the ending of the olympics. and it was great, except for those female gymnast from china. grrrrr too young! but yeah… end of the night was just me uploading pictures from ktc’s show. please support them, for i support good music. you should too.

REDEEMED !

 

redeemed. team.

that was probably the best game i have seen in a looooooonnnnnnggggg time. and as im writing this, the team is steppin up getting their medals!!! the second half was UNBELIEVABLE! my boy kobe bryant did his thing, the game was getting so close, up by only 5 points with a rushing spain team, kobe hits a 3 pointer and gets fouled to get the team up by 9. dwayne was BIG in the first half, went 7 for 7 in his big stretch. 

im not gonna front but spain was good. my boy pau played! and his little brother was good too. fernandez was hitting 3′s, navarro was getting inside at will, rubio was good for 17. that team was good. im just super happy that team usa won. this was the feeling i was supposed to have with the lakers, and it all came out. 

the last 2 minutes of the game were so good. and i wouldnt have it any other way. with all the stuff that the team has gone through for 4 years and with all the blowouts that have been going on, this close and tight match is what i have been waiting to see. team usa, is legit. they overcame a 5 point deficit, broke the zone defenses, played their own defense, and took their shots. you guys must watch that game, i believe usa channel will replay it tomorrow TWICE. it should go down as a classic, and hopefully espn thinks that way too.

but like i said, that game was unbelievable. 

 

i can breathe again.

the early olympic edition.

 

nasty nastia. the white mamba.

 

 

normally i would even think about waking up at 5 am for some basketball, but with the really bad broadcast times of the games and me with no tivo, i wanted to watch it this time. kinda sad that i don’t have tivo in this hi-tech digital world but oh well, it just shows the love i have for basketball. 

i wanted to watch this game for the mere fact that australia was probably the toughest opponent for the usa. and after watching the first quarter, you could see why they are. it was scary watching, they couldn’t hit any free throws  and were struggling hitting at a 40% clip. and australia was draining their 3 pointers. they got up by 9 but only led the first quarter by a single point. it was too close for my own good. 

the second quarter was a lot better for the team. they went small against the big lineup of the australians and started to run. though it did get close again with good play from patrick mills, usa started to play again. they still could be playing better defense. with them starting to pull away up by 9, daron williams hits a buzzer beater 3 pointer to end the half to give us breathing room up by 12. 

and now, in the 3rd quarter, they truly have pulled away. its a 26 point game. and im sure they will win now, not unless they let that lead go, which i hope does not happen. this won’t be my last early ass blog, team usa still has 2 more games, which i doubt will get a primetime slot. anyways, im going to enjoy watching the rest of the game now. cue marvin gaye.