Well, today I got free tickets to a WNBA game.  Not just your normal WNBA game but it was called the "WNBA All-Stars vs. The USA Olympic Team".  Well...it was free.  Anyways my other plans fell thru so I decided to go with my fellow basketball coach [we both coach a girl's basketball team].  The weird part was that it wasn't held in Madison Square Garden due to preparation for the Republican Convention...so they held it at....RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL.  That's right.  Full of musicals and the Rockettes.  That was enough to pique my interest!  Well, it was strange at first.  When we first walked in, we had Orchestra seats in section E....Orchestra seats?  Yep.  No box seats, mezzanine...but Orchestra.  Unfortunately my trusty Palm did not have a zoom so

you can try to make out the court.  It was on stage!  Damn son.  It was kinda quiet.  Like we supposed to be for a show or something.  So once my and my boy sat down, the first thing we looked for was...BEER MAN.  Well sorry folks, no one was walking around.  Don't worry, we got some during intermiss...I mean halftime.  Ha Ha.  Well, the game was so-so and thank god it was free because those tickets were $90 a pop!  The best part was that I got to see my girl...Sue Bird.   The point guard that led UConn to some National titles.  Nice.   Sorry, got off topic. 

Well this reminds me of a story about 2 years ago.  The women's National Team was practicing for the World Championships and needed a gym to practice in.  Well lucky for me they chose the gym that I was at!  They needed some guys at the club who played ball to practice with.  I was lucky to be included in the lucky 7!  Woo Hoo.  The coaches needed us to practice defending them.  We were asked to play several zone defenses and play man to woman defense.  It was ok, but we played a scrimmage with them afterwards.  Nice.  This was my chance to see if I could hang with these professional women basketball players and some former Gold Olympic winners.  As a male baller, I always thought I could hang with them.  Well...this is how it went.  I went up against their PG...Dawn Staley.  She was a fast guard with good passing skills.  I remember watching her in the Olympics.  She was nice.  Well, I kept up with Dawn for most of the game.  The only time she scored was when Ruth Riley[L]set the ill pick on me and Dawn got free and hit an open jump shot.  Ruth is the woman with the red headband.  Do you see how massive she is?  She is 6'5 205 pounds of woman.  Well, her pick kicked my ass and left Dawn open.  Whatever, I'll take her only scoring 2 points.  As for the game, they proceeded to hand us all a big fat L [oss].  Sheryl Swoopes [R], who has a shoe named after her, hit so many jumpers on us, it was ridiculous.  I still think we could've won but the dudes I was playing with wanted to impress them and kept jacking up some nasty shots.  Egos man.  Well, the whole experience was rather fun and there was some nice bantering and trash talking on their side. 

Why is it that I have so many stories of women kicking my butt in sports?  I'm really not bad, I swear! 

* Just wanted to share with you what my mom wrote to me when she read my Xanga:

It's funny how you wrote "me and my mom" instead of "my mom and I " which would be the proper grammar. IS this a "street talk "thing ?
- Mom

ha ha ha....Mad street mom...Mad street.
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Tennis anyone?  So I was in Queens the last 2 days to visit my mom and we decided to play tennis today.  Sound normal?  Did anyone know how HOT it was today!?!  Lemme 

show you [L].  There was NO ONE on the tennis courts !  Man it was humid.  Me and my mom got there at around 2.  I used to go to these courts back in da day to get tennis lessons.  Ahh..the good 'ole days.  The last time I played was in Cali [2 yrs ago] with my brother and it was probably the hottest day of the year over there too.  Oh well, I was a little rusty but my mom was rustier.  Whoa.  The first few times I hit it to her, she couldn't return it.  Here I was thinking... this is gonna be a loooong day!  Everything I was hitting, she was missing!  Here are some action shots of her missing.  Ha Ha.  Notice the ball is behind her.  I think we might have hit the ball only 4 times in a row! So she says "Now I realize why I'm not hitting the ball, I'm not used to having someone hit it back to me so fast.  After a 1/2 hour, that's when I'll get warmed up!"  Okay okay... she's my mom, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.  I am younger and I'll take it  

easier on her.  Man was I wrong...After a 1/2 hour, she was kicking MY butt.  Notice the ball is behind me!  She had me on my toes and running and running a lot.  We took a break after 1 hour of playing.  Here I am thinking...Yes!  She's going to be tired and we can go home!.  But no...."Let's play some more...you're not tired are you?" she asks.   "Fine...lets keep playing...@#%$#%*".  It was fun though.  To tell you the truth, the main reason why I wanted her to play was so that she can wear her new Nike SHOX that I got her for Christmas.  She only wears them to play tennis!  I keep arguing with her that the shoes are hot and that she should wear them everyday but she refuses.  "Only for tennis."  Arrrrgh!  Anyway...just wanted to share a Mother-Son moment but

being as competitive as I am, I had to give her an overhead smash just for making me lose the 5 pounds I did today!  HA HA!  [just playin'...]

Very fun day yesterday.  Found one of the hidden spots in NY from my boy Jimmy Jam.   This place was crazy.   When you first walk in, there is this huge space.  I got there at around 3:30 p.m. and there were a bunch of people there already.  The picture I took on the right was a huge man made structure out of bamboo shoots.  It covered at least half of the space.  You cannot see this in the picture, but this section was where people cooled off.  Attached to these bamboos were devices that sprayed mists of water to anyone around.  Very clever.  There were other

amenities too.  There was a Mini Planetarium looking Room and a room that was just filled with sand [see left].  I like to call that the Beach Room.  What else...oh yeah, there is a dance floor where there are several DJ's and a live band [R].  Probably my favorite part was the

Wading Pool.  That was pretty hot.  It got pretty crowded 

but it was nice.  I'm not sure how sanitary it was but it looked pretty dope.  I got a chance to put my dawgs in the pool.  The inside was great for all you Modern Art lovers out there.  [BTW, you can't take pictures,  oops].  So this piece of art 

was one of the more impressive ones [R].  It was a compilation of 4 blue plastic bags suspended by some wires.  Brilliant!  [Rrrrrright].  Ok, it's subjective..."What do you see?"  Anyways the rain came for a bit and it was real cool.  The beer served was only Brooklyn Lager and Pilsner [nice!].  As you can see [R], it got mad packed at about 5 p.m.   That was the dance floor!  And guess what?  You gotta go thru the dance floor to go to the bathroom!  Damn

Of course, what would my entry be without a celebrity siting?  Well, U2's...BONO was in 'da house.  Needless to say, it was pretty hot.  A great mix of people and a good time.  I'm curious to know what NY'ers know about this place?  It happens every Saturday.  I would tell you, but then I would have to kill you. 

Well, that's who I feel like I am writing for.  Da club was hopping with some celebrities yesterday afternoon.  So the first one I ran into was... BOB GUINEY.  For those who don't really know who he is, [I vaguely remembered his face] he was on the reality show, The Bachelor.  I think people felt bad for the dude because he got rejected so he had a chance to meet some chicks.  *He just got married to the All My Children star and sexy vixen, Greenlee Smythe [Rebecca Budig] I used to watch the show...but not anymore I swear!   Anyways....he's a very very cool guy.   I was talking to some dude on the other court about this really bad basketball player that plays at the gym and he knew who we were talking about when we went to his court.  I ended up playing 3 on 3 with him and we were getting our asses handed to us.  Suprisingly, he passes too much!  Anyways we played a full court together...and lost.  Badly.  I think his man scored 19 points on him!  Whatever.  He's a nice dude and got that southern charm.  He's one of those guys who introduces himself to everyone on the court and remembers their name.  I like that.  Alright, the next person I ran into...but did not make small talk was with....

TONY DANZA!  Love this guy!  He was the man in Who's the Boss.  Anyways he's been in lately.  Very friendly guy who is nice to the employees that work there.  He's got that constant Kool-Aid smile everywhere he goes.  Looks very friendly...He's mad brolic too.  Anyways we didn't talk under the given circumstances and all.  [We were in the steam room together].  I didn't feel it was appropriate or necessary to be like "HEY TONY!  AY- O...O- AY"  Too bad I didn't have my Palm Zire 71 in my towel...I could imagine it now:

Tony Danza: Hey is that a Palm Pilot in your towel or are you just happy to see me?" 

Ahhhh...a full week of Xanga.  I kind of like this.  Alright.  I'm sorry for those who aren't down with the political scene but that's what's all been in the news lately.  The next opponents that I stumbled upon are:

"To your left [wing]......."                                                                                            "To your right [wing]........ "

MICHAEL MOORE, Filmaker            VS.                                                                     BILL O'REILLY, Fox Reporter

                     DING!

                  DING!

          DING!

          " LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE"

I'm normally not a big fan of politics but these catfights are just so darn interesting!  It's funny how grown men end up bickering like little kids.   Check this out:       http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player.html?10947&OReilly_Factor&O%27Reilly%20vs.%20Moore&acc&Politics&1&ram-300  [you need Real Player]  [Don't have it?  Download it and then delete it...It's good]

If that doesn't work, just check out www.foxnews.com -click O'Reilly vs. Moore. 

 "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

Sup y'all. 

Not much new.

 *FLOOD

 WARNING

 in NYC...*

Just checking out the Democratic Convention on PBS.  Having a hard time deciding who to vote for?  Well, I stumbled upon this website.  Perhaps this may help you make an informed decision.  Check it out:  http://www.jibjab.com/.   [yo, its mad funny]

 So a few days ago the train I take all the time got best NYC subway line according to the Daily News.  Since I've been trying to get the hang of this Xanga stuff, I noticed a lot of people use poetry in their entries... I'm down with that.  Well... here goes...[Rap to it if you want]

"  I'm grateful for my beloved 6 train...it puts the L, 2, R, and F  to shame.   When I'm running late for work...20 minutes later I give my boss a smirk.  Because of the 6, I arrive there early...this huge scrap of metal deserves a reward, surely.  For my principal would write me up... Damn, I wouldn't even had time to get my cup.  Of coffee, my cup of joe, when I see my train coming I always glow.  For I know it can't be beat...because halfway through the ride, I'll get  a seat.  It doesn't need 3 wisemen to bring gold, frankencense, or myrrh....it has its accolades from New York's hometown paper.  Anyone wanna talk trash, that will mean a fight...nothing pleases me more to see the #6 in green and white.  Congrats to train number six...yo, I'm out...Felix. "     

[Gotta recognize the people OR transportation that gets you places!]

Okay.  I'm starting to feel like the paparazzi now.  One of the best things about living in NYC is that you'll always see celebrities around.  For some reason, I have a knack for noticing them.  From the most obscure to famous ones.   So, I'm waiting for the 1 train to come and I notice... CHRIS KATTAN [SNL, known better as Mango]. 

Lucky for you guys, I had my trusty Palm camera with me.  So one of the pictures I have of  him is looking in a magazine shop at what else... Entertainment Weekly.  Well, he did pick up a Details magazine first, but he knew where the real news was at.  Perhaps paging around looking for his name somehwere... [Oh wait, he has nothing coming out.]  The next picture was even more sneakier. 

So we get on the same train and he sits down across from where I'm standing.  I'm thinking...these photos would be great for my website!  So I pulled out the Palm, ever so non-chalantly and hid the camera lens with my finger and...SNAP...Yes, I got it! 

If you look closely, you can see my finger covering some of the lens.  That's it right? 

Nope, of course the person to my left got off the 51st. stop.  Now I was in a bind.  I shifted over to the vacant spot on my left, and had a closer view.  My stop was next...DAMN...What should I do?  Fuck it, I'm taking the damn picture.  It will be such a good closeup!  Here goes.  As I slowly take the Palm out and get it into camera mode and being so ever subtle with hiding the lens, I peeked up to see what Chris was doing.  OH SHIT!  He's staring right at me!  Why was he looking at me?  Did he know about the Palm Pilot Zire 71 and its special functions?  It was tempting to push my luck and snap away but I slowly put the camera lens back.  Whew!  That was a close one.  What's up with me running into famous comedians named Chris?  I guess I can't complain.  I know some of you might disagree with what I did by saying "Leave their private life alone!  You're the reason why there are stalkers!"  True dat, but you have to admit, it makes an interesting read.   

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Well..not much exciting news today I'm afraid.  But I just wanted to show you what the Disney Corporation is involved with....CHEAP UNDERWEAR!!!  Never buy silk Mickey Mouse underwear from them again![I swear it was a gift!]  3 years of usage and look what happens!  I happened to find this rather large gaping hole as I was talking to a former student of mine, P-LO.  It looks like someone punched a hole through it!  Is this what my life has come down to?  Taking a picture of my underwear?    God, I need something fun to happen in my life...Dont' forget to..."BOYCOTT DISNEY'S SILK MICKEY MOUSE UNDERWEAR"