Sports...

I was born a male (and still am...) in Georgia in 1978. In the South especially there is no way to escape sports. Luckily I liked them. As you can see below there was a span of about one year where I began to get into sports from fall of 85 until the fall of 86). This included playing in the backyard and or on a league and or at school.

*1985-1995 (10 Years) Soccer (Backyards, Leagues)
*1986-1996 (10 Years) Basketball (Backyards, Leagues, School)
*1986-1991 (5 Years) Baseball (Backyards only)
*1986-1991 (5 Years) Football (Backyards, Leagues)

I was basically into sports for almost 12 years; spent most of my free time from 85-96 (1st-12th grade) doing sports things. I watched mostly the NBA and NFL on telvision during from 85-91 and from 91-94 I just watched the NBA. I especially remember watching the Celtics and Lakers in the NBA Finals in 84, 85, and 87. I remember watching the Pistons in the finals from from 88-90, and the Bulls 3-peat from 91-94. I also remember watching every Superbowl from 85-89. I also remember watching Sportscenter and Major League Baseball almost every night from 90-91.

I also collected Baseball cards during those 2 years (as well as a few football and basketball cards). My collection got really big actually but when I tried to sell them from 92-96 all of the prices had gone down. Apparently everyone else had started collecting in 90 as well. For example, I had aquired 3 90 Donruss Complete Sets; by 96 they gone down to less than $10.00 for the whole set. When I first started collecting they were probably $30.00 for the whole set. I'm convinced than until the exact moment that I started collecting that Baseball Cards were going up in value every year; after that they just went down. Unable to not only make a profit but also not sale them at all, I eventually gave them all away. Spent alot of those two years organizing them and trading them and saving up money to buy them. It all turned out to be a waste. When I turned 13 in 91 I began to have to work part time and decided not to waste my hard earned (as oposed to not so hard earned allowance) cash on other things. Anyway...

Compared to most people I knew growing up I didn't really know that much about sports and once 94 came around and the Bulls finished their 3-peat I not only stopped following any kind of sport I also didn't make any effort to watch a single game of any sport anywhere. However, once I moved to Portland and started going to Trivia nights (which I'm horrible at) I actually got some of the sports questions (provided that included events from 85-94). Since then people mention teams or players and I have no idea who they are talking about.

From 95-96 I spent most of my free time working on my basketball skills. Seriously, in private/alone I could hit numerous freethrows in a row; that was my best quality. For a tall guy I could dribble and shoot relatively well with both hands and that was about it. I was tall and in relatively good shape but so was everyone else on my team; as well as most being stronger and faster, thus I didn't start. My highschool team during my senior year went undefeated until the first round of the playoffs. After we lost that game I realized that my dream to play college basketball was over. Until then I was just stupid.

2010

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1-9-10
My Friend Jessica sent this to me.

'I just read an article about the worst things seen on the subway. Here are the two best from the blog:

1. "I only seem to see this Queens, but I hate people who hold onto the subway pole via their clenched buttocks."

2. "The absolute worst things I've seen...
F Train, about 8:30am on a very hot August Monday. Packed rush hour train headed into Manhattan. A huge black dude, Wall St. type in a suit, screams 'What the F##k!" and starts pushing back towards the door. On the seat is a very obese, scary homeless looking white lady. Her sweatpants are at her knees, and she is in a half squat over the seat with diarrhea pouring from her rectum onto the seats. At the next stop there was a literal stampede of people running off of that train car."
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