Grizzlies

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It's playoff season in the NBA, and I'm from Memphis which means that while I am aware that statistically the Grizzlies won't do anything in the playoffs, I still like to see them go. With six games left in the regular season, all the Grizz had to do to secure 8th in the West was win ONE game. Our first game of the six was against Dallas, and we recieved our second worst smackdown of the season, and the worst since we got our new coach. It was really, really ugly. In fact, you might call it a donkey-stompin'. Next up was Houston, and once again we got schooled. Yao, T-Mac, and the Rockets shut us down. Four games left and we still need a win. Then we played the Nuggets, which was probably our best chance for a win out of all the games, and Carmello beat us. Granted, the Nuggets were on a roll and the win over Memphis was their 10th straight, but seriously we had six games and needed ONE win - and have lost three in a row. Then we hit the back to back games with San Antonio, which noone expects us to win - and we didn't disappoint - we've played one of them, and we lost that one fair and square. We are getting out played by everyone in the NBA at this point - which isn't the most ideal way to start the post-season. We have a game against San Antonio and a game against Dallas left, but none of that matters because the Timberwolves lost today, handing us the 8th spot in the West. While I should be excited about heading to the playoffs for the second time in franchise history (last year was the first), I'm petrified. We humiliated ourselves last year with four straight losses. It looks as if this year we will have to play Phoenix in the opening round - and we can't win for anything. We are going to be the laughing stock of the NBA - but those are my boys and I will wear my multiple shades of blue proudly and support the Grizz (even though there isn't a grizzly bear in all of Tennessee). On Pau, on Shane, on Jason and Bonzi. On Stromile, on James, on Mike and Lorenzen. (Okay, so that didn't rhyme and it isn't Christmas - but you get the point.)

Update: The Grizzlies beat the Spurs tonight 94-92.

I don't think D.C. is ready

The word is in and I'm flying up to visit the church at Fairfax, VA on the 21st of this month. I'm gonna spend a couple of days meeting with the ministers, staff, elders, parents, kids, etc - it's going to be a long weekend that will hopefully end with me accepting the job. I talked to Chris today and he said that we were going to go down and visit all the monuments and see the White House and stuff on Friday - which is so cool. I don't know that I'm ready to grow up, and it's sad to think about leaving all of my spectacular friends (but Graham will be there for the summer - so that rocks). As scary as a real job i never thought i'd actually find one - so woohoo!!!!