Rice Rockets and Things to Look Forward To

Watched this the other day. haha, that was a fun time.




Made a list of things to look forward to in the upcoming months:

1. Bag snatching
2. An extra 15 lbs and getting hated on by the relatives
3. Getting no sleep and buying some junk because its cheap
4. Buying crappy gifts or nothing at all for people
5. Watching the ball drop alone
6. Breaking resolutions you just made the night before

BLAH

Conspiracy Theories & the movie Jim

Conspiracy Theories

1. All Casinos track all players that go through their doors. There are several gigantic databases with peoples faces, games they like, betting patterns, and ways to maximize profit from these players. This one is pretty easy to do. They have cameras all over the place. They can easily store a picture of someone. And those player cards make it even easier to track people.
2. Blood banks were created as a pact between the government and vampires. A percentage of all blood taken is given to the vamps in exchange for maintaining peace. This one is a little far fetched, I guess.
   
3. The Bermuda triangle was created to cover up pirate activity in the carribean. Boats that entered pirate territory would be taken for everything they had and then sunken to the ocean floor.
   

If there was a movie about your life, who would play your closest friends?

Me: I have gotten alot of Val Kilmer, and David Boreanz, however, I think Val Kilmer is not only cooler, but more of an asshole, so it wouldn't be a stretch for him to play me.

Wilson: Hmm, for some reason I keep thinking that Wilson should be played by Jackie Chan. Val and Jackie probably wouldn't get along on set though, so maybe someone like Joe Pantoliano.

Kel: This one is tough, but I think it would have to be Anthony Edwards.

Hostar: If Chris Farley were still alive, maybe him.

Mokyi: Maybe like Jet Li minus the Kung Fu ability. More just for the broken English.

Ray: Vin Diesel Baby!

Aus: I think someone like Christian Bale. OR that guy from Pearl Harbor that takes Ben Aflecks girl.

Leonard: Himself

Albert: Maybe Brad Pitt. I mean, someone who gets alot of ass.

On the DL

Do you know in sports when someone gets hurt, but there isn't a really good descriptive term for what the injury is? Thats how I feel right now. I hurt my hamstring (AKA upper leg/lower ass muscle) again on Friday. I dont know what I did really. I do know what I didnt do, and that was stretch properly. Anyways, now I have a lingering injury that started around this time last year, and it is really getting pretty serious. I think I need to go see a doctor. Hopefully I can fully recover in time to be able to play in SF. Otherwise, I may be out for the season. In the meantime, I guess I am day to day, haha.

NY mini

I know the big question is "Was this the best tournament ever?". The big answer is no, however, it was a pretty good tourney still. My team, the Alumni, did really well on the first day, however we did not do so well on the second day.

I wish I was able to contribute more to the team. For the most part, I just came in to serve for Austin in the right back. I think I did an OK job serving. Maybe if I work really hard over the next couple of weeks, I can get back into to form.

Congrats to our A team (MVP Sixpack A) as well as the DC Slackers for winning the tournament. The A team looked unstoppable at times. I think they have a good shot to make a run at the title this year. As I was watching them play, it really looked like they had a chip on their shoulder. They looked like they were there to prove something. I think they did do that by winning in such a dominating fashion. I mean, looking at the teams that they were playing against, it seemed as though they knew they were done. The other teams didnt have any fight in them, except for a few players here and there. Things are obviously going to be different as we go to the Defending Champions home city for the NACIVT for the second straight year. Hopefully we can stay healthy.

I think we should all take a couple of weeks off before coming back to train up for the nationals, but maybe we will just have lighter practices.

Anyways, thanks to the NY crew (Bert, Dlu, Rose, Sen) for hanging out and partying. It was good to see you guys.

OOPS: I totally botched the whole Defending champs city thing. We were in our town last year. My bad.

What time is it? GAME TIME!

So. This is it.

Quick side note:
Have you ever had the feeling that you could predict the future? Well it happens to me all the time. The other day, I was watching some poker on ESPN and there was a hand where AK was up against jacks. Well the guy with AK was down to his last card to try to improve. The board was like 10 9 4 3, and we were waiting for the last card. Well, the guy with Jacks was like, keep it low. And I was like, its prolly going to be another 3. And BAM, it was. Now sure, it could have been coincidence, however, this happens to me all the time.

In March, I predicted that my trip to Vegas was going to the best trip of my life, ever. Well. It was totally awesome. Not only did Dave Matthews play two of the greatest shows that I have ever witnessed, I tore the casinos for like a G.
End Side note:

This brings me back to this weekend. For some reason, I have been totally pumped about this weekend. I mean, I have been excited for 9 man tournaments before, but this one is different. I am on edge. I think this is really going to be the best tournament ever. Maybe I need to stop watching this video to get pumped up:

Confidence Low

Well. This is it. This coming weekend is the mini. The moment we have all trained for. I don't know why I don't feel confident in our chances. Maybe it was the game where we almost lost to guys who are older than our dads. Maybe it was the lack of concentration. I was zoning in an out of the game. Some points, I prayed the ball not come in my direction. I couldn't judge the court, couldn't judge the ball. Other points, I was noticeably sharper. I felt like I knew what was coming. It was so surreal.

Whatever it was on Sunday, somehow I have to snap out of it. Whether it was the extreme heat, or the foot long sub that I ate right before practice, or the lack of peppering/serve receive before the matches. I think it was all of that. Stole.

Who Knew?

I went to the dentist today. Apparently I have been brushing "too hard". I didn't know you could brush too hard, but she said that my gums are receding because I am scrubbing too hard. And that is why I have sensitivity to hot/cold/sweet stuff, because my roots are getting exposed. So now I need to work on a gentler motion. The other note about my dentist visit today was that my dentist has DVD goggles that you can wear while they are cleaning your teeth. Its pretty cool. I watched like 30 minutes of You Got Served.