08.19.07
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I Can’t Throw

I don’t know how to throw a ball. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were thinking that “everyone knows how to throw a ball”. I can’t throw a softball or baseball. Well, I can throw it, but I can’t throw it to where I want and after every 5 throws, chances are I will throw the ball straight into the ground. It’s actually a little amusing but sometimes quite embarrassing. It’s not that I’m not strong enough. It’s just that I throw it like a football. I can throw a football. But when I throw a softball, I throw it like a football which apparently doesn’t work. I end up putting a football spin on it and I hold the ball with my palm facing myself like how I would throw a football. Anyway, I’m working on throwing the ball accurately and correctly so that I don’t feel so inept whenever I play softball.

Sometimes its frustrating to play a sport like softball because I’m not very good at it. I don’t have confidence and frankly I feel like I should be better. It’s frustrating to know that I’m not very good at it because I feel like my athletic ability should compensate for my lack of skills which it does but only sometimes. Whenever I play softball and mess up because I can’t catch a ball someone threw to me or a ball that comes at me I get really down on myself. Or when I try to throw it to get someone out and it ends up going wild, I feel really really bad. It’s like I should be better, I should be able to do these things, but I can’t. And sometimes I also feel like other people think I should be better at the sport but I’m not and they get frustrated.

Anyway, I did play in a softball game this weekend and it was kind of fun.

08.13.07
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Thoughtless

Believe it or not I had stopped thinking for awhile. I didn’t know that was possible. I had stopped because I was in it. It is when you slip out of it that you begin to think. It is when you think that you know that you are no longer okay.

08.04.07
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My Collection


22. That’s how many pairs of sport shorts I have. I guess its more than the average person. I’ve always wanted to lay them all out like that. :) If you know me, you’ll know that I just really really like basketball shorts. Most of those are basketball shorts. When I think about it, 22 seems like a lot of sport shorts for one person to have. But, it seems like I am always open to getting more. Yes I am somewhat of a brand whore when it comes to sport shorts. I never realized I had so many blue shorts considering I really like the black and red ones. Oh, I did have this other pair of yellow ones but I think my bro has them. Anyway, I don’t like all of the sport shorts I have. In fact, that pair of Reebok’s, I never wear. I got those because they were part of a uniform I had when I was working at a sports camp. I’m actually quite picky about the shorts I buy. Texture, weight, color, style, and length all matter to me and price of course. Believe it or not, I’ve probably only paid full price on about <25% of the shorts. I’d say thats pretty good. Nike no longer makes the mesh shorts I have. They still make mesh shorts but not with the exact material. The new mesh is no good. I can’t find the old mesh anywhere. I have 3 pairs with that mesh. Nike also changed the material for their durasheen shorts. I really liked old Nike a lot better. Anyway, that’s all. Ha. Who knew a whole entry could be written about sport shorts.

07.29.07
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My New Toy

At last! After saying that I’m going to get a new computer for the past 6 years or so, I’ve done it! I’m still trying to get used to Vista because its a little more different than I thought it would be. I’ve already found annoyances with it, but that might be due to the fact that I’m just not that familiar with it all yet. I am happy now that I can view my photos w/o having to open some photo application. I’m glad that things are moving a lot faster. I’m having internet troubles once in awhile but I’m hoping thats just our internet and not the laptop. I think I’ve transferred over most of the files I’ve needed. I want to clean them up and reorganize although it seems to be a pain and I’m too lazy to do it right now. I can have dual monitors and thats awesome! I have yet to take it out anywhere. I need to look into purchasing a mouse to take a long for travel, but I’m not going to get one yet. I also should probably get a laptop bag. Anyway, its all good stuff! :)

07.15.07
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Harry Potter

How did Harry Potter become such a phenomenon? I never had much exposure to Harry Potter until the past two weekends. A long while back I had seen the first movie. Last weekend I saw the second and most of the third. This weekend I saw the 4th and the newest one in theatres. I have yet to read any of the books and now I want to. It’s so creative. Of course everyone says that books are always better than the movies, but just by watching the movies I was fascinated by the creativity displayed.

How does a book become such a huge hit that people are completely absorbed as each new book and movie comes out? What makes things lift off? Its interesting. How does the author feel as she starts writing and has the first book published, not knowing how it will do, but then realizing that the growth is magnificent and much bigger than anticipated?

It’s crazy when you stop to think about it.

I am eager to read the books and will do so very soon.

07.07.07
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Happenings

This week was better than it has normally been. It was nice to have a day off in the middle of the week.

My computer is on crack. It somehow reset the time by itself to 8:49pm on a Friday when the time should have been 12:49am on Saturday. My screen was half black when I returned.

My basketball team is playing for the championship next week. I hurt my arm. I hope it is better by then.

07.02.07
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7-11 Simpsons

7-11 turned some stores around the country into Kwik-E-Marts to promote the Simpsons new movie. It looks pretty awesome and I really wnat to check one out. The stores will revert back to normal 7-11s at the end of the month. There are only 11 in the country. The pictures look awesome. The workers are wearing Apu’s shirt. They sell squishees, the pink donuts with sprinkles, krusty-os, buzz cola, radioactive man comics, and more. What a great marketing scheme. Brilliant. 7-11s sales are up 300%.