tony le magnifique!!!!!

so i know the month of november has seen me rapidly posting new posts everyday...it's a little bit out of control. but i think tony parker's performance last night deserves a new post. and may i just take a moment to highlight the last sentence of yesterday's post..."i'm looking for a big night from tony parker." well i think the double-nickel he dropped on them fools pretty much classifies as "a big night"...a career high for tp. that's right...he scored 55 pts on them...including a bonito buzzer beating bunny that had me begging to scream but settling for rapidly pumping my fists as i dvr'd it and was watching at about 1230 in the morning...(i was busy knocking down my own game winner in some pickup run at the local stake center) i also would like to point out that tp9 dished out 10 assists and snatched down 7 boards...the last man to go for 55 pts and 10 dimes??? a fella by the name of michael jordan. tony and i's childhood idol. (tp is just a month older than me) just four players now have ever had a 50 pt 10 ast effort...tony parker, michael jordan, lebron james, and oscar robertson...for those of y'all who aren't as involved in sports as me...that's elite company. i would like to take this opportunity to personally thank tp for really giving me a nice lift. and let us not forget timmy d's ho-hum 30 pts and 16 rebs...or the extremely solid effort of new spur roger mason jr who had 26. good times!

on a different note...

well i thought i'd get a new video up as soon as possible since i'm done thinking about the whole proposition 8 thing. i forgot i had this sweet (i meant that as in "cool" but can see where some might think i was referring to something like "precious" here)video of essie and summer singing, i thought of it as i was walking into the temple this morning. this second video post on my blog is infinitely better than the first one. i must say that i have some awesome neices and nephews, and these little gals will always hold a special place in my heart because of a memorable trip to mcdonald's. i am still anxiously awaiting the spurs first win of the season...they'll get another chance to put a mark in the win column tonight against minnesota...i think tonight's the night. i'm looking for a big night from tony parker. good times y'all.

not my typical kind of post

well i hate to get political, but it somehow happened...someone sent me this video and said it was airing in california...don't know if that's true,but someone did take the time to make it.it was a bit appalling to watch...yet so ridiculous that i found it to be comical. what's not funny is the mockery they're making of mormon missionaries. for two years i walked and biked who knows how many miles...sweated in the summer heat...sloshed through the winter snow and ice and left everything that is familiar to me behind. i was yelled at and made fun of, even threatened at times. i interrupted my schooling and even missed a spurs championship...i left my family for two years and missed my little sister's wedding...and i did it all out of love...for my Heavenly Father and for His Son Jesus Christ...and for my fellow man. i consider those years and experiences to be sacred and was a bit disgusted to see this radically inaccurate depiction of what representatives of Jesus Christ really do. on a lighter note...i definitely made that white shirt and tie look a lot better than the two hosers in that video, and the spurs are gunning for their first victory tonight against the mavs and fabricio oberto should be returning to the lineup. go spurs go.

okay...un-happy november

so i am what you call a "we fan." it means we go above and beyond that of "fan." "we fans" have an emotional investment that just seems to make games mean even more. tonight i am heartbroken and i have no breezy's shoulder to weep on...i'm mad and i have no where to go to vent...so i must come here to the blog. i'm not blaming the game's outcome on the refs here,just a funny pic from the party last night. i am indeed devastated. the passion i have for sports makes the highs really high, and the lows really low. but that's what i love about competition and about sports. the feeling i get inside when my team is in a tight game coming down to the wire can't be replicated...my heart beats,my stomach churns, my feet constantly move, my legs tremble,my knuckles pop, and i absolutely love it. as weird as that may sound to y'all. i guess you have to experience pain to know joy."...having no joy, for they knew no misery;" (2 Nephi 2:23). i guess misery would kinda describe my state of being right now. i won't sleep tonight. i'll stare at the ceiling and think about how blake gideon (poor kid's a true freshman) let a game ending interception slip right through his hands with under ten seconds left. really my mind has constantly replayed that scene over and over in the last hour. i'm pretty much devastated. where can i turn for peace? we battled back and responded to so much adversity in that game...it felt like it was destiny to win when we took our first lead of the ballgame w/ 1:29 left...it wasn't so. this moment is pretty much the opposite of good times...but hey, "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!!!

happy november!!!

well i'd like to begin the month by saying hook 'em horns. today is a huge game in lubbock against texas tech...a victory today would just light up my life. so here's the pics from last night...i was a texas football coach for halloween. i look at myself in the coach's getup and it looks very fitting. back in high school it was my dream to become a coach...maybe i dropped the ball somewhere? i must say that sports are my passion. the fellas lost a tough one when michael finley missed a bunny at the buzzer...we lost by one. fin-dawg is good for that shot 8 times out of 10...still...it kinda sucks to start off the year 0-2. we'll get this deal goin though. oh yea angie and i ran a 5k this morning...it was to raise money for a thanksgiving dinner for people...it was pretty cool...i ran it in a little over 23 mins...oh another interesting tidbit form my life...i voted on the last day of early voting yesterday...had to wait about 45 mins...but as i was nearing the front of the line i recognized a dude walk by and i realized it was my 3rd grade teacher mr. brown...he was always my favorite teacher and obviously touched me in some way if i still recognize him...didn't get to say anything to him though. on a sad note, carrie underwood appears to have found a new boyfriend,and it's not me...just like harry and lloyd say..."we'll get our break someday." well,good times y'all.