30 April 2012
Notes from Training Camp
The Storm have begun training camp! Many players aren't there yet (Sue Bird, Tanisha Wright, Ann Wauters, Silvia Dominguez, and others are still wrapping up their European commitments, and of course Lauren Jackson won't join the team until after the Olympics) so the the "team" looks a little weird.
Camille Little is the only long-term Storm player there, but Katie Smith and Tina Thompson (both loooooong-time WNBA vets) are there, as is Allie Quigley, who played for the Storm during the second half of the 2011 season.
New player Alysha Clark has been blogging her training camp experience, and reports that the veteran players are very helpful: "The vets here – Camille, Tina and Katie – are awesome! I know it’s the first day, but they were so positive and encouraging. They were offering advice anytime they could. They’re some of the best in the league, so anytime one of them was talking I made sure to get close enough to hear. It’s such a blessing to be able to work alongside them, for real."
Tina Thompson is happy to share her experience with the rookies: "All that knowledge makes Thompson an invaluable resource for her younger teammates in Seattle. With the coaching staff's encouragement, she's willingly shared her perspective with players going through a WNBA training camp for the first time. [...] Thompson has found the seven rookies in camp with the Storm, plus other young players, receptive to her advice - something she thinks is important for rookies and veterans alike."
Jayda Evans has an article about training camp, and this bit stood out to me: "One of the positions that will get an early look is point guard, especially since Bird isn't expected until the week of May 7. In exit meetings, [Sue] Bird and [Tanisha] Wright have spoken about the desire to have a true point guard on the roster similar to when Olympian Shannon Johnson wore a Storm uniform in 2009."
Finally, over at the Storm website they have an overview of what the Storm are looking for: "Seven of the 10 spots on the Storm's roster before the Olympics (when Lauren Jackson returns from Australia) are spoken for entering camp. Barring something unforeseen, holdovers Bird, Wright, Camille Little and Katie Smith and newcomers Thompson, [Ann] Wauters and rookie Shekinna Stricklen will make the team. That leaves three positions on the bench, which will likely be filled by one guard, one forward and one center."
Camille Little is the only long-term Storm player there, but Katie Smith and Tina Thompson (both loooooong-time WNBA vets) are there, as is Allie Quigley, who played for the Storm during the second half of the 2011 season.
New player Alysha Clark has been blogging her training camp experience, and reports that the veteran players are very helpful: "The vets here – Camille, Tina and Katie – are awesome! I know it’s the first day, but they were so positive and encouraging. They were offering advice anytime they could. They’re some of the best in the league, so anytime one of them was talking I made sure to get close enough to hear. It’s such a blessing to be able to work alongside them, for real."
Tina Thompson is happy to share her experience with the rookies: "All that knowledge makes Thompson an invaluable resource for her younger teammates in Seattle. With the coaching staff's encouragement, she's willingly shared her perspective with players going through a WNBA training camp for the first time. [...] Thompson has found the seven rookies in camp with the Storm, plus other young players, receptive to her advice - something she thinks is important for rookies and veterans alike."
Jayda Evans has an article about training camp, and this bit stood out to me: "One of the positions that will get an early look is point guard, especially since Bird isn't expected until the week of May 7. In exit meetings, [Sue] Bird and [Tanisha] Wright have spoken about the desire to have a true point guard on the roster similar to when Olympian Shannon Johnson wore a Storm uniform in 2009."
Finally, over at the Storm website they have an overview of what the Storm are looking for: "Seven of the 10 spots on the Storm's roster before the Olympics (when Lauren Jackson returns from Australia) are spoken for entering camp. Barring something unforeseen, holdovers Bird, Wright, Camille Little and Katie Smith and newcomers Thompson, [Ann] Wauters and rookie Shekinna Stricklen will make the team. That leaves three positions on the bench, which will likely be filled by one guard, one forward and one center."
Labels: Seattle Storm
Quote of the Day: Dollhouse
From "Getting Closer" (2.11):
Adelle: Caroline Farrel left quite a trail of unhappiness in her wake, and not a few bodies.
Echo: Are you saying she's evil?
Adelle: Worse. An idealist.
Adelle: Caroline Farrel left quite a trail of unhappiness in her wake, and not a few bodies.
Echo: Are you saying she's evil?
Adelle: Worse. An idealist.
Labels: Dollhouse
29 April 2012
Hello Sweetie
Quote of the Day: Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon was on CBS Sunday Morning to talk about The Avengers (which he directed).
He also talked about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and how he had to fight to keep the title. (Network executives wanted to change it to something with "broader appeal".):
"This is Buffy. The. Vampire. Slayer. Each of these words is actually very important. One of them is funny, one of them is scary, one of them is action; that's what the show is. The 'the' is not that important, but I'd like to keep it because otherwise it's going to be a weird title."
He also talked about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and how he had to fight to keep the title. (Network executives wanted to change it to something with "broader appeal".):
"This is Buffy. The. Vampire. Slayer. Each of these words is actually very important. One of them is funny, one of them is scary, one of them is action; that's what the show is. The 'the' is not that important, but I'd like to keep it because otherwise it's going to be a weird title."
Labels: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
28 April 2012
Is It May 12th Yet???
Quote of the Day: Supernatural
From "Of Grave Importance" (7.19):
Sam: You know [Annie] and Bobby had a thing, right?
Dean: Yeah, I knew that. [pause] Really?
Sam: Yeah, kind of a foxhole thing. Very Hemingway.
Dean: Huh. She and I kind of went "Hemingway" this one time, too.
Sam: Alright... Well, that happens...
Dean: Wait, you too?
Sam: It was a while back. We ended up on the same case. She was stressed and I... didn't have a soul.
Dean: That's a lot of foxholes.
Sam: You know [Annie] and Bobby had a thing, right?
Dean: Yeah, I knew that. [pause] Really?
Sam: Yeah, kind of a foxhole thing. Very Hemingway.
Dean: Huh. She and I kind of went "Hemingway" this one time, too.
Sam: Alright... Well, that happens...
Dean: Wait, you too?
Sam: It was a while back. We ended up on the same case. She was stressed and I... didn't have a soul.
Dean: That's a lot of foxholes.
Labels: Supernatural
27 April 2012
Quote of the Day: Molly Ringwald
From her (recently acquired) twitter:
Just told 8 yr old that I have 6k followers on Twitter. "Try not to say anything stupid Mom."
Just told 8 yr old that I have 6k followers on Twitter. "Try not to say anything stupid Mom."
Labels: random silliness
26 April 2012
An Iowan Family
I saw this when it first made the rounds of the internet, but I recently ran across it again and was reminded of the awesomeness.
Labels: GLBT
Quote of the Day: Top Gear
From the seventh episode of the tenth season:
Jeremy: Have you ever wanted to buy a sports car that's got a diesel engine, top speed of 150 miles an hour, that's a high-riding 4x4 off-road car and is also a four-seater convertible?
James and Richard: No.
Jeremy: Neither have I. But Audi's made one anyway. Here it is.
Richard: What! What do you do with it?
Jeremy: I've no idea.
Jeremy: Have you ever wanted to buy a sports car that's got a diesel engine, top speed of 150 miles an hour, that's a high-riding 4x4 off-road car and is also a four-seater convertible?
James and Richard: No.
Jeremy: Neither have I. But Audi's made one anyway. Here it is.
Richard: What! What do you do with it?
Jeremy: I've no idea.
Labels: Top Gear
25 April 2012
"I Can Explain..."
Storm & Olympics
The Storm website has an article about top draft pick Shekinna Stricklen.
A commercial for the USA vs. China game.
Mechelle Voepel takes on the people who are complaining that Team USA is half-UConn.
A commercial for the USA vs. China game.
Mechelle Voepel takes on the people who are complaining that Team USA is half-UConn.
Labels: Olympics, Seattle Storm
Quote of the Day: Doctor Who
I'm going through serious "Doctor Who" withdrawal. Usually the new season starts in the spring, but this year they're waiting until the fall -- BECAUSE THEY HATE ME.
From "Amy's Choice" (5.07):
[The Doctor comes to visit Amy & Rory.]
The Doctor: You've swallowed a planet!
Amy: I'm pregnant.
The Doctor: You're huge!
Amy: Yeah, I'm pregnant!
The Doctor: Look at you: when worlds collide!
Amy: Doctor, I'm pregnant.
The Doctor: Oh, look at you both. Five years later, and you haven't changed a bit! Apart from age, and size...
Amy: Oh, it's good to see you, Doctor.
The Doctor: Are you pregnant?
From "Amy's Choice" (5.07):
[The Doctor comes to visit Amy & Rory.]
The Doctor: You've swallowed a planet!
Amy: I'm pregnant.
The Doctor: You're huge!
Amy: Yeah, I'm pregnant!
The Doctor: Look at you: when worlds collide!
Amy: Doctor, I'm pregnant.
The Doctor: Oh, look at you both. Five years later, and you haven't changed a bit! Apart from age, and size...
Amy: Oh, it's good to see you, Doctor.
The Doctor: Are you pregnant?
Labels: Doctor Who
24 April 2012
"Baseball Is Boring"
Also known as the "Energy Drink Commercial" scene from Leverage. Eliot (white guy with long hair) has to pretend to be a professional baseball player. Hardison (black guy with the orange hat) is a computer genius who put together a fake life for the pretend baseball player:
"I don't like any sport where you can't score on defense. Football, hockey, even basketball... but baseball?"
"I don't like any sport where you can't score on defense. Football, hockey, even basketball... but baseball?"
Labels: Leverage
Quote of the Day: Kate Nash
I haven't done song lyrics in a while....
Excerpted lyrics from "Mariella":
She marched to her wardrobe
And threw away the colour
Because wearing black looks mysterious
But it didn't impress her mother
She wanted to dress her baby
In patterns and flowers
But Mariella just crossed her arms
And so she cried for hours
Excerpted lyrics from "Mariella":
She marched to her wardrobe
And threw away the colour
Because wearing black looks mysterious
But it didn't impress her mother
She wanted to dress her baby
In patterns and flowers
But Mariella just crossed her arms
And so she cried for hours
Labels: music
23 April 2012
Number 12 Makes Team USA Half UConn
The last player for the Olympic team was announced today: Ashja Jones. She was on the 2010 World Championship team, she plays in the WNBA for the Connecticut Sun, and she graduated from UConn in 2002 (the same year as Sue Bird and Swin Cash).
I am thrilled with the choice! Either her or Candice Dupree would have been excellent choices. (Both of them were on the 2010 WC team.) And no Cappie Pondexter -- woohoo!
Asjha Jones had a really good season in Europe this year, so I'm guessing that's why they went with her over Dupree?
Back in 1998, Jones, Cash, and Bird were considered to be part of the best college recruiting class of all time. Considering three of them are now on the Olympic team, I think that's borne out!
I am thrilled with the choice! Either her or Candice Dupree would have been excellent choices. (Both of them were on the 2010 WC team.) And no Cappie Pondexter -- woohoo!
Asjha Jones had a really good season in Europe this year, so I'm guessing that's why they went with her over Dupree?
Back in 1998, Jones, Cash, and Bird were considered to be part of the best college recruiting class of all time. Considering three of them are now on the Olympic team, I think that's borne out!
Labels: Olympics
Quote of the Day: The O.C.
From "The Night Moves" (4.15)
Taylor: Don't you think the boys are acting weird?
Summer: Shifty looks, finishing each other's sentences, like they're composing a lie on the spot?
Taylor: Yes.
Summer: Totally normal for them.
Taylor: Don't you think the boys are acting weird?
Summer: Shifty looks, finishing each other's sentences, like they're composing a lie on the spot?
Taylor: Yes.
Summer: Totally normal for them.
Labels: The O.C.
22 April 2012
USA Advertisements
USA (a cable channel) does these neat little commercials for their shows where they put characters from two different shows in the same scene. These are my favorites:
"What Grenade?" (Burn Notice/White Collar)
"This Is My Wallet" (White Collar/Psych)
"What Grenade?" (Burn Notice/White Collar)
"This Is My Wallet" (White Collar/Psych)
Labels: Burn Notice, White Collar
Quote of the Day: Leverage
From "The Lonely Hearts Job" (4.15):
Hardison: They were married less than a month later.
Sophie: See, love at first sight.
Eliot: Yeah, she wanted to get hitched before the background check came through.
Hardison: They were married less than a month later.
Sophie: See, love at first sight.
Eliot: Yeah, she wanted to get hitched before the background check came through.
Labels: Leverage
21 April 2012
Quote of the Day: Downton Abbey
From episode 1.3:
Lady Grantham: Apparently, he's bringing a friend with him -- an attache at the Turkish embassy -- a Mister Kemal Pamuk. He's the son of one of the Sultan's ministers, and he's here for the Albanian talks.
Lady Mary: And what's that?
Lady Edith: To create an independent Albania. Don't you read the papers?
Lady Mary: I'm too busy living a life.
Lady Grantham: Apparently, he's bringing a friend with him -- an attache at the Turkish embassy -- a Mister Kemal Pamuk. He's the son of one of the Sultan's ministers, and he's here for the Albanian talks.
Lady Mary: And what's that?
Lady Edith: To create an independent Albania. Don't you read the papers?
Lady Mary: I'm too busy living a life.
Labels: Downton Abbey
20 April 2012
Have a Nice Weekend, Everyone Who Isn't Me
I had a busy day, and tomorrow is my "Monday". But for everyone else, have a lovely weekend! Let Brandi Carlile (From Ravensdale, WA!) serenade you into your days off:
Labels: music
Quote of the Day: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
From "Faith, Hope & Trick" (3.03):
Buffy: [about Kakistos] Now, this guy shows up two days ago, right? Right around the same time my bestest new little sister [Faith] makes her scene.
Giles: You think he and Faith are connected?
Buffy: Giles, there are two things that I don't believe in: coincidence and leprechauns.
Giles: Well, Buffy, it's entirely possible that they both arrived here by chance simultaneously.
Buffy: Okay, but I was right about the leprechauns, right?
Giles: As far as I know, yes.
Buffy: [about Kakistos] Now, this guy shows up two days ago, right? Right around the same time my bestest new little sister [Faith] makes her scene.
Giles: You think he and Faith are connected?
Buffy: Giles, there are two things that I don't believe in: coincidence and leprechauns.
Giles: Well, Buffy, it's entirely possible that they both arrived here by chance simultaneously.
Buffy: Okay, but I was right about the leprechauns, right?
Giles: As far as I know, yes.
Labels: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
19 April 2012
Last Olympics Spot
Remember how only eleven members of the Olympic team were named? And everyone figured that #12 would be Brittney Griner, and the officials were just waiting for the NCAA tournament to finish? Well, she has officially withdrawn her name from consideration. She says that between school and a family illness, she can't join the team.
So who will they pick now? (Please not Cappie Pondexter, please not Cappie Pondexter, please not Cappie Pondexter....)
Speaking of the Olympics, NBC has put up some fun videos, including this one of athletes thanking the people who helped them get there. Included is everyone's favorite point guard, Sue Bird!
So who will they pick now? (Please not Cappie Pondexter, please not Cappie Pondexter, please not Cappie Pondexter....)
Speaking of the Olympics, NBC has put up some fun videos, including this one of athletes thanking the people who helped them get there. Included is everyone's favorite point guard, Sue Bird!
Labels: Olympics, Seattle Storm
Quote of the Day: Daria
From "Antisocial Climbers" (4.02):
Jane: I had a bad experience on that hill with the Girl Scouts. We kept marching and singing and marching and singing about some freak named John Jacob Jingleheimer somebody.
Daria: You were a Girl Scout?
Jane: Not after the deprogramming.
Jane: I had a bad experience on that hill with the Girl Scouts. We kept marching and singing and marching and singing about some freak named John Jacob Jingleheimer somebody.
Daria: You were a Girl Scout?
Jane: Not after the deprogramming.
Labels: Daria
18 April 2012
Joss Whedon's Equality Now Speech
Speaking of Joss Whedon...
(His speech starts ~2:05. Feel free to skip the Meryl Streep introduction.)
reporter: Why do you write these strong female characters?
Joss Whedon: Because you're still asking me that question.
(His speech starts ~2:05. Feel free to skip the Meryl Streep introduction.)
reporter: Why do you write these strong female characters?
Joss Whedon: Because you're still asking me that question.
Labels: random awesomeness
Their Own Genres
io9 has an interesting article called Science Fiction and Fantasy Creators Who Became Their Own Genres.
I didn't quite know what they meant until I saw a few names, and then I went, "Ohhhh..... yeah. I get it now."
The names that caught my eye were Douglas Adams, Robert Heinlein, and Joss Whedon. Whedon might be the most interesting case: His work is all over the place in terms of traditional genres (Buffy and Angel were fantasy/horror, Firefly was scifi/western, Dollhouse was near-future dystopia/philosophy, Dr. Horrible was scifi(?)/musical, and this year he has three movies coming out: meta horror movie The Cabin in the Woods, superhero blockbuster The Avengers, and a modern-setting production of Much Ado About Nothing.) But I have loved pretty much everything of his he's done. The genres may be all over the place, but the themes and the tone and the humor are always the same.
My favorite bit from the article came from the Douglas Adams section, though:
"Adams was often compared to [Kurt] Vonnegut, and indeed his dark humor often feels sort of reminiscent of Vonnegut's — but he goes much, much further into silliness and absurdism. And as with other authors on this list, when you pick up a Douglas Adams story, you know you're getting certain things, including hapless heroes, ingenious plot twists, narrative digressions and an irreverent refusal to commit to any kind of comforting sense of reality."
I didn't quite know what they meant until I saw a few names, and then I went, "Ohhhh..... yeah. I get it now."
The names that caught my eye were Douglas Adams, Robert Heinlein, and Joss Whedon. Whedon might be the most interesting case: His work is all over the place in terms of traditional genres (Buffy and Angel were fantasy/horror, Firefly was scifi/western, Dollhouse was near-future dystopia/philosophy, Dr. Horrible was scifi(?)/musical, and this year he has three movies coming out: meta horror movie The Cabin in the Woods, superhero blockbuster The Avengers, and a modern-setting production of Much Ado About Nothing.) But I have loved pretty much everything of his he's done. The genres may be all over the place, but the themes and the tone and the humor are always the same.
My favorite bit from the article came from the Douglas Adams section, though:
"Adams was often compared to [Kurt] Vonnegut, and indeed his dark humor often feels sort of reminiscent of Vonnegut's — but he goes much, much further into silliness and absurdism. And as with other authors on this list, when you pick up a Douglas Adams story, you know you're getting certain things, including hapless heroes, ingenious plot twists, narrative digressions and an irreverent refusal to commit to any kind of comforting sense of reality."
Labels: books, movies, scifi/fantasy, TV
Quote of the Day: Sue Bird
The Storm website had a little interview with Sue Bird about the USA vs. China exhibition:
StormBasketball.com: What will it mean to wear the USA jersey in front of the home fans in Seattle?
Bird: I think it'll be fun. I know all the Storm fans are always cheering for me and the rest of my USA teammates during the major events but this will be the first time they can witness it first-hand. It'll also be the first time my teammates will get to experience how great it is to have the Storm fans backing them. Everyone always hates to play in KeyArena so it can be the one time they like it. :)
Bonus quote!
StormBasketball.com: Have to ask, sorry, but how's your nose?
Bird: The schnoz is good to go! Apparently it had been a little too long since my mask had some air time and it was feeling a little neglected, but don't worry, I won't be wearing the Phantom of the Opera/Jason Voorhees-style mask in the WNBA! :)
StormBasketball.com: What will it mean to wear the USA jersey in front of the home fans in Seattle?
Bird: I think it'll be fun. I know all the Storm fans are always cheering for me and the rest of my USA teammates during the major events but this will be the first time they can witness it first-hand. It'll also be the first time my teammates will get to experience how great it is to have the Storm fans backing them. Everyone always hates to play in KeyArena so it can be the one time they like it. :)
Bonus quote!
StormBasketball.com: Have to ask, sorry, but how's your nose?
Bird: The schnoz is good to go! Apparently it had been a little too long since my mask had some air time and it was feeling a little neglected, but don't worry, I won't be wearing the Phantom of the Opera/Jason Voorhees-style mask in the WNBA! :)
Labels: Olympics, Seattle Storm
17 April 2012
Quote of the Day: Top Gear
From episode 15.4:
Jeremy: It has been wrongly assumed that blind people can't drive.
James: Well, they can't.
Richard: Yeah, realistically they can't...
Jeremy: No, no, no. Blind people can drive. Just mostly into things.
Jeremy: It has been wrongly assumed that blind people can't drive.
James: Well, they can't.
Richard: Yeah, realistically they can't...
Jeremy: No, no, no. Blind people can drive. Just mostly into things.
Labels: Top Gear
16 April 2012
Quick Notes
I want to talk about the draft, but I dumped all my brain energy into doing job stuff tonight. So, quickly:
The Storm drafted Shekinna Stricklen from Tennessee. (It's going to be a while before I can spell that without looking.) She seemed nice enough the post-draft interview. Apparently she's quite versatile: At Tennessee she started at positions 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The lone UConn draftee -- Tiffany Hayes -- went early in the second round to Atlanta. Boo, hiss. (I hate Atlanta.)
Several surprises in the first round, including a couple of young foreign players that won't be WNBA-ready for a couple of years (at best). Weak draft, so teams were making the best of it by calling "dibs" on some potential talent.
The Storm drafted Shekinna Stricklen from Tennessee. (It's going to be a while before I can spell that without looking.) She seemed nice enough the post-draft interview. Apparently she's quite versatile: At Tennessee she started at positions 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The lone UConn draftee -- Tiffany Hayes -- went early in the second round to Atlanta. Boo, hiss. (I hate Atlanta.)
Several surprises in the first round, including a couple of young foreign players that won't be WNBA-ready for a couple of years (at best). Weak draft, so teams were making the best of it by calling "dibs" on some potential talent.
Labels: Seattle Storm, UConn basketball, WNBA
Day 30
Last one!
Question 30: Something random that you like that is basketball related?
I like that the WNBA ball is stripey.
Question 30: Something random that you like that is basketball related?
I like that the WNBA ball is stripey.
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, WNBA
Quote of the Day: Veronica Mars
From "Like a Virgin" (1.08):
Meg: You believe me?
Veronica: Meg, you're the last good person at this school. I'd believe cartoon birds braided your hair this morning. If you want, I can find who posted that test for you. We'll clear your name and make somebody pay.
Meg: Really?
Veronica: Unless there is a Fairy Godmother already on it.
Meg: You believe me?
Veronica: Meg, you're the last good person at this school. I'd believe cartoon birds braided your hair this morning. If you want, I can find who posted that test for you. We'll clear your name and make somebody pay.
Meg: Really?
Veronica: Unless there is a Fairy Godmother already on it.
Labels: Veronica Mars
15 April 2012
Oh, Glee
Glee can be, well, stupid. But when they do something right, it's awesome.
I'm currently obsessing over their rendition of "Smooth Criminal" (as a duet, with two cellos as the only accompaniment).
I'm currently obsessing over their rendition of "Smooth Criminal" (as a duet, with two cellos as the only accompaniment).
New Job?
I've had a new job opportunity drop in my lap. It would be a total career change and a long commute, but better pay and benefits.
I'm not good with change, so I'm kind of freaking out...
I'm not good with change, so I'm kind of freaking out...
Labels: work
Day 29
Question 29: A basketball secret/confession you have?
Secret?!? LOL!! I'm probably too open with my basketball stuff!
How about this: I have "women basketball" set as a search on my DVR, and I've watched (or tried to watch) just about everything that's come up. I've seen an episode of Living Single that guest-starred Cheryl Miller, an episode of Mad About You with Rebecca Lobo, a couple of bad movies, and -- this is the worst -- an episode of Martin featuring the 1996 Olympic team.
Secret?!? LOL!! I'm probably too open with my basketball stuff!
How about this: I have "women basketball" set as a search on my DVR, and I've watched (or tried to watch) just about everything that's come up. I've seen an episode of Living Single that guest-starred Cheryl Miller, an episode of Mad About You with Rebecca Lobo, a couple of bad movies, and -- this is the worst -- an episode of Martin featuring the 1996 Olympic team.
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, sports
Quote of the Day: Xena
From "When In Rome..." (3.16):
Pompey: So why do they call you the "Warrior Princess?"
Xena: Because "Caesar" was taken.
Pompey: So why do they call you the "Warrior Princess?"
Xena: Because "Caesar" was taken.
Labels: Xena
14 April 2012
Get a Job, Hal
Tonight was the season finale of Being Human. I am sad; my reasons are twofold. One: It was a good season and I am bummed that it's over. Two: It was a sad, sad episode.
Here's a clip from happier times:
Here's a clip from happier times:
Labels: Being Human
Mock Draft
Swish Appeal has a mock draft (the real one is on Monday!), and here's what they say about the #2 pick:
2. Shekinna Stricklen: Every indication we've gotten - including a source close to Tennessee - is that the Storm are likely to select Stricklen. Until we hear otherwise, I'm going with that as the pick for the Storm. That doesn't exclude the possibility of selecting either Glory Johnson or Shenise Johnson, but the Storm do have a bigger need at that wing spot and on a veteran team that is actually set at every other position in the starting lineup this could be a good environment for Stricklen.
2. Shekinna Stricklen: Every indication we've gotten - including a source close to Tennessee - is that the Storm are likely to select Stricklen. Until we hear otherwise, I'm going with that as the pick for the Storm. That doesn't exclude the possibility of selecting either Glory Johnson or Shenise Johnson, but the Storm do have a bigger need at that wing spot and on a veteran team that is actually set at every other position in the starting lineup this could be a good environment for Stricklen.
Labels: Seattle Storm
Day 28
Question 28: What do you think is the best rivalry?
Seattle vs. Phoenix.
Totally opposite styles + matching UConn and Australian superstars = crazy good games.
Seattle vs. Phoenix.
Totally opposite styles + matching UConn and Australian superstars = crazy good games.
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, Seattle Storm
Quote of the Day: Being Human
From "Puppy Love" (4.6):
[Tom fancies a girl; 500-year-old vampire Hal is giving Tom advice.]
Hal: Then it is time to declare your intentions! First, write her a poem. Then speak to her father.
Tom: Annie said I should just get drunk and try and to snog her.
Hal: It's all so brutish these days! I preferred the dowry system.
[Tom fancies a girl; 500-year-old vampire Hal is giving Tom advice.]
Hal: Then it is time to declare your intentions! First, write her a poem. Then speak to her father.
Tom: Annie said I should just get drunk and try and to snog her.
Hal: It's all so brutish these days! I preferred the dowry system.
Labels: Being Human
13 April 2012
Day 27
Question 27: Another sports team that plays in one of your favorite teams’ arena (e.g., the Clippers at Staples Center if you like the Lakers, or the Blackhawks if you like the Bulls, the Flyers if you like the Sixers, etc.) If any.
The only other teams I know that regularly play in Key Arena are Seattle U's men's basketball team and the Rat City Rollergirls. I pick the Rollergirls.
The only other teams I know that regularly play in Key Arena are Seattle U's men's basketball team and the Rat City Rollergirls. I pick the Rollergirls.
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, sports
Quote of the Day: Dead Like Me
From the pilot:
[George is dead. Rube is her grim reaper.]
George: So what's next? Onward and upward?
Rube: Onward not upward. No pearly gates for you, no choirs of angels neither.
George: You dick! You're sending me to hell?!
Rube: Don't flatter yourself. You're not that interesting.
[George is dead. Rube is her grim reaper.]
George: So what's next? Onward and upward?
Rube: Onward not upward. No pearly gates for you, no choirs of angels neither.
George: You dick! You're sending me to hell?!
Rube: Don't flatter yourself. You're not that interesting.
Labels: Dead Like Me
12 April 2012
May 12th
The Team USA exhibition game is going to be played on May 12th!!!!
Tickets go on sale on Tuesday!!!! Who want to go with me???
WHHHHEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!
Tickets go on sale on Tuesday!!!! Who want to go with me???
WHHHHEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!
Labels: Olympics
Day 26
Question 26: Do you like the Eastern conference or the Western conference better?
Western!
(Wow, #26 -- we're getting close to the end!)
Western!
(Wow, #26 -- we're getting close to the end!)
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, WNBA
Quote of the Day: Tumblr
I saw it on i bleed white & blue. It made me think of my mom. (Sorry, Mom!):
A: I know, but it was math. Math jokes never work on me.
B: Would you say you have trouble differentiating them? Or it's because they're not an integral part of your life?
A: Huh?
B: Sometimes they just don't add up?
A: I know, but it was math. Math jokes never work on me.
B: Would you say you have trouble differentiating them? Or it's because they're not an integral part of your life?
A: Huh?
B: Sometimes they just don't add up?
Labels: random silliness
11 April 2012
Day 25
Question 25: A player you think will be really good one day?
Courtney Vandersloot.
Not that she isn't already good, but I think she'll be GREAT one day. Working with old-school point guard-extraordinaire Ticha Penicheiro this season will help with that!
Courtney Vandersloot.
Not that she isn't already good, but I think she'll be GREAT one day. Working with old-school point guard-extraordinaire Ticha Penicheiro this season will help with that!
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, WNBA
Quote of the Day: Doctor Who & Tumblr
The actual quote is from the season six premiere "The Impossible Astronaut", but really I'm just amused by the (totally and completely accurate) commentary from a Tumblr poster. I found it on Life is good & bad:
The Doctor: Swear to me. Swear to me on something that matters.
Amy: Fish fingers and custard.
Tumblr commentary: To anyone who doesn’t watch the show, it must just look like the fandom creates random and irrelevant subtext and puts it under gifs of the episodes but I mean, this is genuinely the script.
my note: Well, yes. I would imagine that that quote/scene would be rather bizarre to a non-Whovian. But for me that was one of the greatest moments in a completely awesome episode.
..... Now I really want to watch Doctor Who ..... again.
The Doctor: Swear to me. Swear to me on something that matters.
Amy: Fish fingers and custard.
Tumblr commentary: To anyone who doesn’t watch the show, it must just look like the fandom creates random and irrelevant subtext and puts it under gifs of the episodes but I mean, this is genuinely the script.
my note: Well, yes. I would imagine that that quote/scene would be rather bizarre to a non-Whovian. But for me that was one of the greatest moments in a completely awesome episode.
..... Now I really want to watch Doctor Who ..... again.
Labels: Doctor Who
10 April 2012
Day 24
Question 24: Your favorite 6th man?
I realize she didn't play in the WNBA in 2011, and won't play this season, either, but still: Svetlana Abrosimova.
I realize she didn't play in the WNBA in 2011, and won't play this season, either, but still: Svetlana Abrosimova.
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge
Quote of the Day: Red Dwarf
From "Terrorform" (5.03):
Rimmer: I don't loathe myself. What is there one could possibly loathe about me?
Kryten: Would you like the list, sir?
Rimmer: What list?
Kryten: Well, there was the fact you were despised by your parents for failing to achieve their standards. The fact your three brothers were all such high-flyers in the Space Corps and you ended up servicing chicken soup machines. There's your inability to form long-term relationships with anyone, your cowardliness, your lack of charm, honour or grace and the awful knowledge that throughout your entire life nobody has ever truly liked you because you are so fundamentally unlikeable.
Rimmer: Oh, that.
Kryten: Please don't interrupt, sir, I'm only half-way through my list.
Rimmer: I don't loathe myself. What is there one could possibly loathe about me?
Kryten: Would you like the list, sir?
Rimmer: What list?
Kryten: Well, there was the fact you were despised by your parents for failing to achieve their standards. The fact your three brothers were all such high-flyers in the Space Corps and you ended up servicing chicken soup machines. There's your inability to form long-term relationships with anyone, your cowardliness, your lack of charm, honour or grace and the awful knowledge that throughout your entire life nobody has ever truly liked you because you are so fundamentally unlikeable.
Rimmer: Oh, that.
Kryten: Please don't interrupt, sir, I'm only half-way through my list.
Labels: Red Dwarf
09 April 2012
Confusing Battlefields
Day 23
Question 23: Your favorite forward (small or power, doesn’t matter)?
Lauren Jackson.
Wait, I said she was a center, didn't I...
I don't care! She's so awesome, she's the best center and the best forward!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
Lauren Jackson.
Wait, I said she was a center, didn't I...
I don't care! She's so awesome, she's the best center and the best forward!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, Seattle Storm
Quote of the Day: Sports Night
I finished rewatching Sports Night -- good show! From the finale, "Quo Vadimus" (2.22):
[On air]
Casey: ...with revenge on their minds they welcome the Tigers to the house that Ruth built this evening.
Dan: Excuse me, Casey, but Ruth didn't build the house this evening, did he?
Casey: No, Dan, and thank you very much for correcting my every mistake no matter how small, oh these many years.
Dan: What are friends for?
Casey: Annoying the hell out of you?
Dan: Exactly.
[On air]
Casey: ...with revenge on their minds they welcome the Tigers to the house that Ruth built this evening.
Dan: Excuse me, Casey, but Ruth didn't build the house this evening, did he?
Casey: No, Dan, and thank you very much for correcting my every mistake no matter how small, oh these many years.
Dan: What are friends for?
Casey: Annoying the hell out of you?
Dan: Exactly.
Labels: Sports Night
08 April 2012
Day 22
Question 22: Your favorite center?
For the purposes of this question, let's pretend that Lauren Jackson is a center. I mean, she does tip-offs, right? That must mean she's a center. So: Lauren Jackson.
For the purposes of this question, let's pretend that Lauren Jackson is a center. I mean, she does tip-offs, right? That must mean she's a center. So: Lauren Jackson.
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, Seattle Storm
Quote of the Day: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
From "The Zeppo" (3.13):
Buffy: Do you remember the demon that almost got out the night I died?
Willow: Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
Buffy: Do you remember the demon that almost got out the night I died?
Willow: Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
Labels: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
07 April 2012
Seven Years!
I just noticed that today is the seven-year anniversary of my blog. (And I'm almost to 2,000 posts, too!)
Labels: computers
House Rules
Season four of Being Human (UK version, I couldn't get into the US version) is VERY different than the previous three seasons. It took me a couple of episodes to adjust, but now I love it!
Here Annie (a ghost) is explaining to her new roommate Tom (a werewolf) the house rules:
Here Annie (a ghost) is explaining to her new roommate Tom (a werewolf) the house rules:
Labels: Being Human
Day 21
Question 21: Favorite guard (point or shooting, doesn’t matter)?
Well, since I said my favorite player was Sue Bird, and since she's a guard, I guess that means she's my favorite guard!
Well, since I said my favorite player was Sue Bird, and since she's a guard, I guess that means she's my favorite guard!
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, Seattle Storm
Quote of the Day: Laurell K. Hamilton
From Guilty Pleasures:
Zachary: You've used a flamethrower on vampires before?
Anita: No, but I saw it used.
Zachary: Did it work?
Anita: Like a charm; messy, though. And it burned the house down around us. I thought it was a little extreme.
Zachary: You've used a flamethrower on vampires before?
Anita: No, but I saw it used.
Zachary: Did it work?
Anita: Like a charm; messy, though. And it burned the house down around us. I thought it was a little extreme.
Labels: Anita Blake
06 April 2012
Day 20
Question 20: A player you think needs to retire?
Based on last season, my answer would be Tina Thompson. Since she'll be playing for the Storm this season, I hope I don't have the same answer in June....
Speaking of the Storm, they have signed a new point guard! Her name is Silvia Dominguez and she plays for Ros Casares in Spain -- the same team as Lauren Jackson, Ann Wauters, Maya Moore, and Jana Vesela.
I'm pretty excited about this, actually. She's young (25) and a proven champion. (Ros Casares won the Euroleague this year, and the team she played for last year won last year.) Plus, during the Euroleague championship Jayda Evans tweeted that she was adding Silvia Dominguez to her "dream WNBA player roster".
Based on last season, my answer would be Tina Thompson. Since she'll be playing for the Storm this season, I hope I don't have the same answer in June....
Speaking of the Storm, they have signed a new point guard! Her name is Silvia Dominguez and she plays for Ros Casares in Spain -- the same team as Lauren Jackson, Ann Wauters, Maya Moore, and Jana Vesela.
I'm pretty excited about this, actually. She's young (25) and a proven champion. (Ros Casares won the Euroleague this year, and the team she played for last year won last year.) Plus, during the Euroleague championship Jayda Evans tweeted that she was adding Silvia Dominguez to her "dream WNBA player roster".
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, Seattle Storm
Quote of the Day: Richard Cohen
College season is over. The draft's in a week and a half. Who's ready for some WNBA???????
From a post about a New York Liberty game last year:
"Practically every important Liberty post player was in foul trouble, which didn’t help. Vaughn picked up her fourth, fifth and sixth fouls in quick succession to start the fourth quarter, fouling out with nearly eight minutes to play. In the midst of that, Braxton added her fourth foul with a stunningly dumb open court shove when her own team had the ball. That’s not how you set a screen, Kara."
From a post about a New York Liberty game last year:
"Practically every important Liberty post player was in foul trouble, which didn’t help. Vaughn picked up her fourth, fifth and sixth fouls in quick succession to start the fourth quarter, fouling out with nearly eight minutes to play. In the midst of that, Braxton added her fourth foul with a stunningly dumb open court shove when her own team had the ball. That’s not how you set a screen, Kara."
Labels: WNBA
05 April 2012
Day 19
Question 19: Favorite player turned analyst?
Rebecca Lobo.
Rebecca Lobo.
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, UConn basketball, WNBA
Quote of the Day: Modern Family
From "The Kiss" (2.02):
Claire: Your kids don't need to know who you were before you had them. They need to know who you wish you were, and they need to try to live up to that person. They're going to fall short, but better they fall short of the fake-you than the real-you.
Phil: Which is why we don't hide anything.
Claire: That is the opposite of what I just said.
Phil: I was not listening.
Claire: Your kids don't need to know who you were before you had them. They need to know who you wish you were, and they need to try to live up to that person. They're going to fall short, but better they fall short of the fake-you than the real-you.
Phil: Which is why we don't hide anything.
Claire: That is the opposite of what I just said.
Phil: I was not listening.
Labels: Modern Family
04 April 2012
2011 High School Player of the Year
I'm getting over my sadness about UConn's loss to Notre Dame, and starting to be happy they made it to the Final Four. They weren't supposed to, you see. This year was a "rebuilding year". So good for them! (And I can't wait for next season!)
So, here's a happy UConn-related video:
This video is from last year when UConn freshmam Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was a high school senior. She was named the national player of the year, and Lisa Leslie came to her school to surprise her with the news.
I'm not a big fan of Lisa Leslie, but KML is adorable. (Bonus: Lisa Leslie mis-pronounces the name of KML's school -- ha!)
p.s. KML is about 6' tall. Keep that in mind when she's standing next to Lisa Leslie...
So, here's a happy UConn-related video:
This video is from last year when UConn freshmam Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was a high school senior. She was named the national player of the year, and Lisa Leslie came to her school to surprise her with the news.
I'm not a big fan of Lisa Leslie, but KML is adorable. (Bonus: Lisa Leslie mis-pronounces the name of KML's school -- ha!)
p.s. KML is about 6' tall. Keep that in mind when she's standing next to Lisa Leslie...
Labels: UConn basketball
Day 18
Question 18: Your favorite WNBA team & player?
I think we've already covered this...
So I'm going to modify the question again:
Your favorite college basketball team & player?
UConn! Kelly Faris!
(I may have mentioned this once or twice...?)
I think we've already covered this...
So I'm going to modify the question again:
Your favorite college basketball team & player?
UConn! Kelly Faris!
(I may have mentioned this once or twice...?)
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, UConn basketball
Quote of the Day: Tumblr (?)
Found on Life is good & bad, looks like it was re-blogged from "gleetroll":
It’s cute how Glee does that little "and that’s what you missed on Glee" thing.
It’s like they think there’s a plot we need to follow.
It’s cute how Glee does that little "and that’s what you missed on Glee" thing.
It’s like they think there’s a plot we need to follow.
Labels: Glee
03 April 2012
I Worry Myself Sometimes
So there's this quiz where you try to list the last 10 women's NCAA basketball champions (2002-2011), in order.
I tried it, for fun.
I got them all right.
To be fair, I knew last year's (duh) and that UConn had two streaks of championships in that time period. I was also pretty sure Tennessee had a run, and I knew that had to coincide with Candace Parker's college years.
That only left two years, and I'd heard Baylor's championship year mentioned on TV (since they just won again tonight), which only left one year, and I knew that Maryland had won one recently.
But still..... I did it in 33 seconds. That's crazy.
I tried it, for fun.
I got them all right.
To be fair, I knew last year's (duh) and that UConn had two streaks of championships in that time period. I was also pretty sure Tennessee had a run, and I knew that had to coincide with Candace Parker's college years.
That only left two years, and I'd heard Baylor's championship year mentioned on TV (since they just won again tonight), which only left one year, and I knew that Maryland had won one recently.
But still..... I did it in 33 seconds. That's crazy.
Labels: college basketball
Doctor Who in 16-Bit
From the same folks who made the Battlestar Galactica 16-Bit, here's Doctor Who as an old-timey RPG game!
(I thought it started a bit slow, but it got better!)
(I thought it started a bit slow, but it got better!)
Labels: Doctor Who
Day 17
Question 17: Your favorite picture from a game/of a player/anything NBA related?
Huh? What?
[Skips ahead....realizes that the questionnaire was probably written for a NBA fan...]
I think I'll re-write this one, if you don't mind. (Those of you who have an opinion on the NBA: please feel free to answer the original question.)
Your favorite picture from a game/of a player/anything college basketball related?
This might very well be my favorite basketball picture of all time:
Huh? What?
[Skips ahead....realizes that the questionnaire was probably written for a NBA fan...]
I think I'll re-write this one, if you don't mind. (Those of you who have an opinion on the NBA: please feel free to answer the original question.)
Your favorite picture from a game/of a player/anything college basketball related?
This might very well be my favorite basketball picture of all time:
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, UConn basketball
Quote of the Day: The O.C.
From "The Links" (1.16):
Kirsten: She looks good. Her spirits are high.
Caleb: She's high?
Kirsten: No, her spirit. Her mood. She's up.
Caleb: So, she's on uppers?
Kirsten: She looks good. Her spirits are high.
Caleb: She's high?
Kirsten: No, her spirit. Her mood. She's up.
Caleb: So, she's on uppers?
Labels: The O.C.
02 April 2012
Day 16
Question 16: Year/picture from the last time your favorite team won a title (if they’ve never won, do the furthest they’ve made it in the playoffs, or do your 2nd favorite.)
What a coincidence: I happen to have written a blog post entitled "My Favorite Photo" back in September of 2010. Click here!
What a coincidence: I happen to have written a blog post entitled "My Favorite Photo" back in September of 2010. Click here!
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, Seattle Storm
Quote of the Day: Sports Night
From "Eli's Coming" (1.19):
Dana: Listen, Isaac's gonna want to show us pictures from his vacation, so I'm gonna get a "welcome back" cake and we'll have a little party in his office tomorrow.
Casey: What kind of cake?
Dana: What kind of cake?
Casey: Yes.
Dana: I don't know, Casey, why do you ask?
Casey: I'm particular about cake. And I have to say, it's been my experience that men buy better cake than women. I've found that women tend to get these yogurt-frosted low-cal things laced with a rum and fruit concoction that make eating cake into something you do to be polite. So that's why I was asking what kind of cake you were planning on getting to celebrate Isaac returning from vacation.
Dana: Wow. I didn't know you felt so strongly about it. But now that I do, I guess the answer is "whatever cake I damn please."
Casey: Excellent.
Dana: Listen, Isaac's gonna want to show us pictures from his vacation, so I'm gonna get a "welcome back" cake and we'll have a little party in his office tomorrow.
Casey: What kind of cake?
Dana: What kind of cake?
Casey: Yes.
Dana: I don't know, Casey, why do you ask?
Casey: I'm particular about cake. And I have to say, it's been my experience that men buy better cake than women. I've found that women tend to get these yogurt-frosted low-cal things laced with a rum and fruit concoction that make eating cake into something you do to be polite. So that's why I was asking what kind of cake you were planning on getting to celebrate Isaac returning from vacation.
Dana: Wow. I didn't know you felt so strongly about it. But now that I do, I guess the answer is "whatever cake I damn please."
Casey: Excellent.
Labels: Sports Night
01 April 2012
Kelly Faris
Hartford Courant reporter John Altavilla tweeted this after the game: "Both Kelly Faris and Stef Dolson were in tears after the game. Can you blame them?"
The tumblr Let love write on you for awhile pretty much summed up my reaction:
KELLY FARIS WAS CRYING AFTER THE GAME?
Kill me now. Stoic Kelly. Wonderful, game saving Kelly :’(
The tumblr Let love write on you for awhile pretty much summed up my reaction:
KELLY FARIS WAS CRYING AFTER THE GAME?
Kill me now. Stoic Kelly. Wonderful, game saving Kelly :’(
Labels: UConn basketball
Day 15
Question 15: A player you think is overrated?
My first instinct is to pick Candace Parker. She was ROY/MVP in 2008, but since that was my first season watching basketball, I don't really remember her. Since then she's had a baby (2009) and been injured (2010 & 2011). What I've seen of her hasn't impressed me, but she hasn't been 100% healthy.
Hmmm... I've taken a quick scan through the WNBA players list and nobody really jumps out at me. So, I'll say:
Cappie Pondexter.
(When in doubt, go with the player you hate the most!)
My first instinct is to pick Candace Parker. She was ROY/MVP in 2008, but since that was my first season watching basketball, I don't really remember her. Since then she's had a baby (2009) and been injured (2010 & 2011). What I've seen of her hasn't impressed me, but she hasn't been 100% healthy.
Hmmm... I've taken a quick scan through the WNBA players list and nobody really jumps out at me. So, I'll say:
Cappie Pondexter.
(When in doubt, go with the player you hate the most!)
Labels: 30 Day Basketball Challenge, WNBA
Olympics Update
The people whose job it is to know/guess these things suspect the Cappie Pondexter will not be on the Olympic team. Hooray! The consensus is that the twelfth player will be Brittney Griner. Of course, if someone gets injured, Pondexter may be called as an alternate.
Speaking of injuries, Phoenix Mercury/Australian national team star Penny Taylor might have a partially torn ACL, which would keep her from playing until at least October. No WNBA season; no Olympics. That would be unfortunate for the Australian national team -- she's one of their best players.
Back to our national team: The WNBA's website has a nice breakdown of Team USA, and the USA Basketball site had quotes from Coach Auriemma and the players.
Speaking of injuries, Phoenix Mercury/Australian national team star Penny Taylor might have a partially torn ACL, which would keep her from playing until at least October. No WNBA season; no Olympics. That would be unfortunate for the Australian national team -- she's one of their best players.
Back to our national team: The WNBA's website has a nice breakdown of Team USA, and the USA Basketball site had quotes from Coach Auriemma and the players.
Overtime Disappointment
A close game all the way through.... until overtime.
UConn was ahead by three at the half, and down by four with less than two minutes to go. They tied the game up (primarily on the gritty play and clutch free throws of Kelly Faris) but when overtime started, they forgot how to play.
Notre Dame beat UConn, 83-75.
To make matters worse, Baylor beat Stanford, so who do I root for?
I like Baylor's point guard Odyssey Sims, and I REALLY hate Notre Dame, so I guess I'm rooting for Baylor?
UConn was ahead by three at the half, and down by four with less than two minutes to go. They tied the game up (primarily on the gritty play and clutch free throws of Kelly Faris) but when overtime started, they forgot how to play.
Notre Dame beat UConn, 83-75.
To make matters worse, Baylor beat Stanford, so who do I root for?
I like Baylor's point guard Odyssey Sims, and I REALLY hate Notre Dame, so I guess I'm rooting for Baylor?
Labels: UConn basketball
Quote of the Day: Geno Auriemma
The Final Four is in Denver. Coach Auriemma was asked about the altitude problem:
"I don’t know what you can do about it. It’s not like there’s one team out there that’s waiting for us, and we’re visiting, and they have a huge advantage. I think all four teams are having to go through similar scenarios. But we’ve talked to our team doctor and he’s let us know how to best prepare for it. I suggested turning the oxygen off in the plane on the way over there for about an hour and get them used to sucking for breath, but he advised us not to do that. So I guess we’ll have to deal with it when we get there."
"I don’t know what you can do about it. It’s not like there’s one team out there that’s waiting for us, and we’re visiting, and they have a huge advantage. I think all four teams are having to go through similar scenarios. But we’ve talked to our team doctor and he’s let us know how to best prepare for it. I suggested turning the oxygen off in the plane on the way over there for about an hour and get them used to sucking for breath, but he advised us not to do that. So I guess we’ll have to deal with it when we get there."
Labels: UConn basketball
