QQ III

Paul Pierce has been making the claim that he is the best 2 guard in the NBA, that his game is better than Kobe's, is better than Lebron's, is even better than DWade's. It was the funniest thing that I've heard. Prior to Boston bringing in two Hall of Famers into their starting lineup, he (i.e., Paul Pierce) couldn't even get his basement dwelling team into the playoffs, and this was in the Eastern conference. You don't even need an above .500 record to make the playoffs. You only have to win a 1/3 of your games and you could probably get in as the 8 seed. The Lakers have made the playoffs every year after Shaq's departure, except for once. Kobe took the Lakers to the Finals last year - he was the only All Star, future Hall of Famer, Olympian! Lebron took the Cavaliers with Damon Jones starting at the point to the NBA Finals, and people like Donnie Walsh (i.e. New Kids on the Block Fame) is going to speak as the preiminent authority on basketball greatness saying the Paul Pierce is the best player in the world. That is laughable. He is the same guy who wasn't selected to the U.S. Olympic team, and when he did go, came home with a bronze medal.

Well, I guess by that last post you can see that I'm passionate about basketball. It is a nice distraction. I feel a bit numb right now, and have for a while. I filled out a personality profile recently, one of those thing-a-jigs that tell you your strengths, weaknesses, areas of improvement, things you do well and the like. I can't say that I was surprised by anything on the list, but it made me recognize a lot of the things that I've heard from other people about myself that had previously been known but unacknowledged. Did you notice that people always get excited when they have an opportunity to talk about themselves, I guess that's why listening is such an important part of communication.

Did you ever notice that people don't like hearing negative things about themselves?

Have you ever thought that God is only as real as you allow him even though he's real even if we don't allow him to be?

If you see Bobby Flay on a website, does that automatically make it legitimate? If so, I want to go to Cafe222 for breakfast one day.

I believe that everybody lives with a hope of being loved. I believe that people fail or succeed based on their love for themselves or the love they receive from the people around them. When somebody loves themselves enough to believe they matter, they live that way.

I'm beginning to believe there are truths, and the truth. Many of us receive truths, but rarely do we ever know the truth.

Everytime one of my friends announces that they're getting married or that they're going to have a baby I feel happiness and my heart fills with joy. When I leave their presence and I'm alone, I wonder if should cast a coin in a well for the same story.

I like to watch Diana Turasi play basketball for the Phoenix Mercury, she has a nice game.

I like that people always advise me when I ask for advice. Does that mean that I've waisted their time when I do something that they advised against?

I love blues music, but I hate the realism of the pain behind it. As authentic as it sounds, listening to it makes my pain even more real.

The Katinas have a lyric that says, "Strength is found when we wait upon the Lord;" I felt my eyes welling up in my cubicle. My co-worker asked, "How do you do it? How come nothing seems to bother you?" If she only knew.