IF YOU CONTINUE READING, DO SO HAVING BEEN FOREWARNED THAT THIS POST WILL BE REALLY, REALLY BIG-HEADED.

It’s so good to be the King (of basketball).  In his first game back after a LONG hiatus, your boy had 14 out of the team’s 40 points, shot 7/9, and made the game winning shot.  Not bad, eh?

I was bricking shots the entire shoot around before the game, so I figured I wasn’t going to be much of a factor.  Then this guy comes in, feeling like he’s all that.  I mean, sure he was making the shots in practice, but so what?  They don’t give points for practice.  He didn’t really say anything but you sort of got the feeling that he wanted to be the top dog, the alpha male on that basketball court.  And I didn’t like that.  Not at all.

Now I know that the great ones were like that.  Are like that.  Michael Jordan.  Magic Johnson.  Kobe Bryant.  Lebron James.  Larry Bird.  Especially Larry Bird.  So I get it.  Just one thing he got wrong, though.  *I’M* the top dog.  And I proceeded to show him that.

So yes, I’m amazing.

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On to the basketball.

The handle was actually there for me.  I could still control the ball pretty much any way I wanted to.  The footwork was WAY off, though.  I missed one lay-up because my feet got lost somewhere along the way.  Still can take most people off the dribble.

Shooting’s there, the lift isn’t though.  Biggest difference game-wise would be playing the post.  I got the ball in the post a few times, and it’s a lot harder than it looks getting into position.  When I do get in position, the footwork gets all screwy, so I don’t get the quality shots I want.  A lot of work to be done.  I need to be able to do it a lot faster.

Anyway, it was a pretty good game.  I mean, the competition was extremely mediocre to be honest, but hey, I’ve been out of the loop for a few months.

I’m pretty much running out of disk space on my Mac, so I’m going to have to either trade up to a newer model with more hard drive space, or buy a few dozen DVDs, or buy an external drive, or just plain old use online backup service.  I’m leaning towards a new Mac, but well, it just seems like such a waste since my Mac is still pretty awesome.

By the way, I kicked ass last night.  What break from basketball?

Got a pretty awesome thing in the works right now to make me some extra passive income.  I’m probably never going to talk about it since I don’t want to saturate the market even mores so than it already is, but I’m very excited.  Like the GF says, every little bit helps.  Let’s see if I’ve got the drive to do it though, what with the regular day job and all.

I just have to get myself started.  Seriously.  Maybe think of it as a part-time job, an hour a day, just to jumpstart things.  Hey, it beats having to sell textbooks or whatnot, right?

I’m not a big fan of driving.  I mean, yeah, it’s great on dates and everything, but other than being with the GF, I would always rather have a driver.  You just get to see so much more stuff.  Well, not really, since I’m usually asleep in the back seat if I’ve got a driver with me.

Anyway, passed by the Pasig River just yesterday and that place is awful.  They’ve got to put in a few tens of pond pumps in there, seriously.  Maybe clean it up a little.

Manny Pacquiao is balling!  He’s won a record seventh title in seven different weight divisions, the last one being the WBO welterweight belt.  He probably sleeps on pillowcases filled with money and uses 20 dollar bills when he does his business in the bathroom.  He’s also running in the next elections, right after he just won two fights that have the entire country hailing him as a national hero.  His wife is pretty.. unattractive, but he’s got Krista Ranillo (?) on hand, and I hear she’s pretty hot.

Also, Jinky’s sortakind a mestiza, so his kids all look pretty okay.  I mean, the money probably had a lot to do with that, but still!  So Manny, congratulations!  Your momma’s a movie star, you’re a billionaire, and Mayweather is scared of you.  Keep ballin!

So I was really excited when the Cleveland Cavaliers signed Shaq to their lineup this summer.  Don’t get me wrong, personally, I think Shaq is way past his prime and is too old to really be anything more than a big guy in the paint, but then that is exactly what the Cavaliers need to content with Dwight Howard.  I got so excited I was considering booking a stay in an orlando hotel even.

Of course, that was before I saw how bad the Cavaliers have been this season so far.  It’s not about basketball IQ, because both Shaq’s and Lebron’s are off the roof.  They just aren’t meant to be playing together.

It’s just as well.  Hotels in Orlando are pretty pricey.  This is all for the date money!

So what do Spartans want for Christmas?  I’m pretty non-materialistic.  I mean, sure, there are things I wouldn’t mind having, but there isn’t really that ONE thing I really want.  Having said that, here are the things that I’d be cool with finding under the tree on Christmas morning.

A new Mac!  I love my Mac.  We’ve been through a lot together, made some money together, y!m’d with the GF together.  It’s still as awesome as the day I got it, but the times are a changing.  There are harder, better, faster, stronger models out there.  I wouldn’t mind having one of those.  Or maybe a pocket Sony VAIO!  That would be alright, too!

A complete gym set.  Now this one, you’ve got to have me around when you buy it.  I don’t lift like the normal guy.  I’ve got specific needs.  I want a squat rack, and dumbbells that go up to at least 60lbs.  Too heavy to carry anyway.

OK, I’m suddenly too lazy to continue!  That’s why you should all wait for part 2.  And the battle continues!