{"id":1326,"date":"2010-06-18T18:58:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T01:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:03:08","slug":"basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1326","title":{"rendered":"Basketball!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was not as good a fan of basketball as I would like this year.\u00a0 Time wise I just couldn’t spend an evening at a sports bar enjoying the game.\u00a0 And I haven’t met an fwb, yet, who wants to enjoy the sport with me.\u00a0 But there is always next year!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Because the Lakers won last night’s championship game!\u00a0 THAT I wasn’t going to miss, even though I couldn’t go to a sports bar to enjoy it with lots of fans.\u00a0 I hustled dinner early and was comfortably parked with my laptop by game time. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Why my laptop?\u00a0 Well, to be on Yahoo Messenger in case anyone wanted to chat.\u00a0 Hell, if you haven’t figured out by now that I’m a compulsive multi-tasker then you haven’t been reading!\u00a0 And I wasn’t disappointed.\u00a0 Jimmy got online and we chatted throughout the game.\u00a0 It was ALMOST as much fun as watching it with him would be.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And why is it fun to share this kind of experience with someone?\u00a0 Just like with concerts and movies, its a social feeling to bounce your opinions off another person.\u00a0 ’cause the beginning of that game was something I’d not seen before (remember I’m a newbie to enjoying basketball!!)\u00a0 The first quarter was almost ghetto rough and I was amazed at that at this level of professionalism.\u00a0 And the Lakers seem to be playing like shit!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When Jimmy got online to chat with me it was wonderful because I had someone I could say<\/span> type “Arrghh!” to and get reassurance that its not just ME noticing that they are missing A LOT of shots!\u00a0 And I had someone I could enjoy that last quarter with as the Lakers seemed to push hard to win.\u00a0 By then my sons had been lured into the only room with television still on and they watched the game with me.\u00a0 But I could tell they were only vaguely interested!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I did manage to find something to multi-task while I watched.\u00a0 I sorted Legos.\u00a0 My middle son has millions and the unique pieces he needs to complete a set seem to be impossible to find.\u00a0 So I sorted all the special black pieces out from the regular black pieces.\u00a0 Because I could do that with my fingers and barely need to look away from the television!\u00a0 Brilliant!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, during the course of the chatting, Jimmy and I had to discuss our favorite Laker.\u00a0 His was Ron Artest and I had to agree that he was one of my favorites also.\u00a0 He’s like the “heart” of pure basketball…\u00a0 he plays the game without excessive strategy or ego or points, he’s just playing the game.\u00a0 Caveat.. “in my opinion”!\u00a0 lol.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But my real favorite, and if you know me and know the team, is \"\"<\/a>soooo obvious.\u00a0 My real favorite is Sasha Vujacic (which I’m assuming is pronounced Vu-ja-sic).\u00a0 And I can’t help but nickname him Sash Juicy!\u00a0 As a Cougar, he is an incredibly delicious looking cub.\u00a0 But maybe its the hair, or maybe its that unshaven look which I adore sooo much on a man.\u00a0 Because he’s not as sexy clean shaved, dressed up with\u00a0 his hair slicked back.\u00a0 Or maybe its those arms and imagining how strong those hands would\u00a0 have to be to play professional B-Ball…\u00a0 drool! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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You be the judge… isn’t HE enough of a reason to watch the Lakers?! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, he is FOR ME!! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sasha Juicy… yummy, yummy!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, he’s like a foot and a half taller than me!\u00a0 Then again.. I like a man on his knees…
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