Monday, June 14, 2004

Dong! Dong! 1 more win baby, the question remains is not whether this Tuesday nite will be the clincher, but how many more bandwagoners the Pistons can carry on.

Speaking of which, this past Saturday's b-ball was a rough one for me. We're called to be a child of light, yet I was like a black hole to that concept. Then again, I was so frustrated at the beginning because our team's offense was what I like to call, the "pick my butt" offense. All we did, was stand outside the 3 pt. line and wait for the ball. I felt like I ran a marathon after each game trying to get open and create offense for others. But as you've seen in the NBA Finals, selfishness gets a team no where. This was the most frustrating thing because everyone was trying to do their own agenda. Although, this is no reason for doing some of the things that I did. I missed playing with those who know and can accept their roles, plus knowing their fundamentals of the game of b-ball helps. As Coach Brown says, let's play the right way.

That was pre-sharing, now comes the stuff of post-sharing. I noticed my patience for some people are starting to wear thin. I had to keep hearing bout from some peeps of how CBC ball is too easy or what not. Now I know that CBC ain't Joe D's Fieldhouse, but I take personal offense to it. CBC ball is where I came to know Him and meet those whom I call bro's. To those who said some garbage, I kicked myself to my higher gear and do what I do best, attack on both ends of the court. I whispered into some peeps' ears trying to see what they got, if CBC ball was that easy. I swatted a shot away and stared that person down, to see if he can back up his talk now. Moral is, if CBC ball is that easy then don't sing it just bring it.

Of course it helped that I got picked up on a new team too. A team where peep's know their roles, and I could finally come off screens, get the ball and either pass or shoot. I gave different hand signals out for different plays and the team responded. Last thing was, that yeah Saturday was very intense, tempers flared, etc. To a degree though, I like that stuff because it shows that players actually care bout winning. It beats just going through the motions of playing the game. The competitiveness of everyone raised up and that got fun. But I did not like some of the flagrant fouling going on out there, that is crossing the line of the game. Anyways, peeps need to watch Tuesday nite's game, whether they need to know more bout bandwagoning jumping or understanding the fundamentals of the game.

1 More Win

Thursday, June 10, 2004

Hahahaha, Kelly you crack me up! Yes I agree Darvin is one of the worst Pistons right now, but before him I had to give that honor to Bob Sura when he was on the team. Anyways, 2 more wins before we marchin down Woodward! If this does happen, I am for sure taking a day off from ACA and camping down there. Kel are you willing to come back to Deeeeeetrooooit for the parade and celebrate with another fellow diehard Pistons fan who has bled for this team since '88?

Only 3 more days of classes, and I just need to hold on a little bit more. Today, I should of woosahed but I let out some of my frustration to some of the peeps sitting with me. I'm just tired of some of the drama going around in the class. Some of them thinking that they know me or what not, now that is annoying. Peeps saying that you live in the Twp. and not knowing my life when I was raised in the D. I said this the other nite too, I just get sick of peeps thinking they from the D and can do certain things. I gotta keep telling myself only 3 more days, but some of this crap happens outside of school too. Gotta remember them pressure points.

2 more W's!

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

It's like 1:15 a.m. and I'm not feeling sleepy just bored or trying to reflect. Eh, I could use this time to study for my quiz but I think I'll reflect about something that I did about a month ago.

It was like a month ago when I kept complaining about my Pontiac student teaching place this semester. It just wasn't my Edmonson class and hard for me to appreciate being at Owen. Ever since that day, I've been praying about it long and hard. Cause if that is one thing I can not stand, it's complaining. I hate it when I complain and I hate it even more when I hear/see people constantly complain. Anyways, as I believe tomorrow is my last day at Owen, my attitude has really changed for the most part. I really love my twin chicas, Martha and Veronica they are just so cute. Trisha is my little peanut who beats me up during down time. Omar is my boy who'll do whatever I tell him to do. Da'Ja is my girl and I'm glad she felt that she could trust me, as she asked me about relationships. Man 1st graders, talking to me bout relationships already. Jessica is my littley smiley girl who loves flashing those dimples at me. Kyle is just my 1st grade Cali pimp with his bleached blonde hair. I'm glad that my attitude towards my 1st grade had changed because of Him. I'm still praying for a chance to see my Edmonson class one last time though.

To those who complain, man y'all just ungreatful sometimes. I know I still complain bout things but I hope to continue to catch myself and correct my attitude. One thing that sticks out to me whether I am on campus or whatever is peeps complaining bout the weather. Today was just absolutely gorgeous chilling outside the ED building. However, you have peeps who complain bout how hot it is. To me it's like you ask the question of well where do you want to live then. People say westcoast most likely Cali. So it's like ok, and Cali is colder than Mi because? Then during winter time, people complain bout the snow and you ask the same peeps well where would you move to. Well I like to live in the eastcoast, and again I ponder so does the eastcoast get less snow then Mi because? I guess I'm just tired of listening or seeing people complaining. Yeah my patience's been lacking but I tell ya, eventually you get tired of hearing oh it's too hot here, or oh it's cold here and I just wanna move, my response is oh here we go again please put a gun to my head already. Ahhhh, now I'm complaining bout people complaining, guess I should move on to my studies now.

Darvin Ham representin Saginaw baby!

Monday, June 07, 2004

P-I-S-T-O-N-S Power! What a game tonight, like I said to all them haters out there, ya gotta have faith and believe. For those asking bout my tickets luck, well that Thursday morning I left class early. However, I could not get tickets online, by phone, not even with my cuz waiting in line at Lakeside and he was 15th in line! However, an hour later one of my high school buds called me to inform me that he got suite tickets for $8000. If I wanted to go or anyone that I know of wanted to go then it would be $320. Normally, I would pay that for a ticket, but I personally do not like suites because to me it's like watchin the game in my living room but at the Palace. At least I finally got a chance to talk to another hardcore diehard Pistons fan, this past weekend who would drop as much as I would for the Finals. However, too bad this Pistons girl is out living it up in D.C. Hope to see ya soon! Anyone up for PalaceVision this Tuesday nite? I've always gone to JoeVision with the Red Wings, so if you interested then let me know.

Finally, to my boyz out at Harbor have fun because of y'all I have decided to fast from my PS2 for a whole week :( It's a good thing though as I start work at ACA this week so I'll be back in the D on the afternoons. With the NBA Finals this week, CCUC talks heating up, the boyz gone, and my disappointing performance this whole week, time to hit the Rec Center even harder to prepare myself without any distractions.

Woohoo 3 more Dub's till we marchin down Woodward Ave.

Tuesday, June 01, 2004

Deeeeeeeeeetroit Bassssssssssskkkkkeeeettttttbaaaallllllll! What a game I tell ya, and as the Pistons continue to move on. More and more bandwagoners ya see jumping on the wheels. Gosh it seems like just yesterday, when I was watchin the first Pistons Championship run with my dad. I remember not being able to go to the parades due to school or parents were working for the other reason. I remember the MC Hammer song that he did for the Pistons. I wonder if I still have the tapes of the Pistons parades? I was with them during their sucky years when Zeke had to pretty much retire due to injury. Joe D's last game, the Triple H era, and so forth. Difference is the wagon hoppers don't really know how to really appreciate this.

Now, KG and I have decided to get tickets on Thursday morning. I don't care I am leaving in the middle of class to call and check online with him. Price don't mean a thing to me as we want to see if we can get courtside tickets. It would be nice to go to a game with my first true running mate on the playgrounds. It was due to my small size back then, I had to run around off screens to get the ball much like my idol back then Reggie Miller. So I was kind of sad as a Miller fan that I didn't get to see him go any farther. How much did I idolize Reggie growing up? Well I remember back then, he used to talk about some of his rituals on Game Day. On ESPN tonight they brought it back up, and I still carry some of those rituals that he does into my own habits. Hopefully with the 2 of us trying to get tickets, we'll get some good seats. We'll try to get tickets for Games 3,4, and 5. So if we have extras, does anyone want them because I will do first come first serve if we order too many?

Only 2 Teams remain and 4 Wins Left to go