NBA Basketball,Going to Hawaii,Softball,Listening to music,Dancing..of course,Art Museums(Getty is my favorite),Live performance-Anything from Break Dancers in Venice Beach to The Ballet to Punk Rock Bands-Any performance Art or Music is on the Top of my List,Live Sporting events(Laker or U.K. Basketball Games,Padre Games,Chargers too!and of course Surf Contest,luv those boys!Scripps Aquarium(volunteer), I miss my Chick n Stu!
kobe jumping over a pool of snakes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d728qypOqlE
Of the millions of words that will be typed, printed, blogged, texted, e-mailed and IMed about The 2008 Finals featuring the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers one word should stand out above all others to describe this matchup between these ancient foes: tradition.All sports have their rivalries: Red Sox-Yankees in baseball, Bears-Packers in the NFL, Michigan-Ohio State in college football and Duke-UNC in college hoops. But those rivalries have matured over the decades because of frequent meetings and proximity. They began a regional tussles and thanks to TV, they grew into national spectacles.Yet, what do those games decide? A conference title, a division championship, maybe a trip to the World Series?While wild wins and memorable moments in those rivalries may be bragged about at the next kegger, tailgate or cocktail party, the NBA's greatest rivalry, the two teams with the most tradition -- the Lakers and the Celtics -- always has much more at stake. This one decides which team is the world's best.It makes the others seem quaint, doesn't it? Few, if any, sports can say that a bulk of their league's tradition has been built on it's greatest stage. We can. These teams on opposite coasts are more than 2600 miles apart but no two NBA franchises are more closely tied together than the Celtics and the Lakers.On Thursday, June 5 at 9 p.m. ET, the Celtics and the Lakers will be meeting in The Finals for the 11th time, with the Celtics owning the Lakers in eight of the 10 previous meetings. Celtics great Bill Russell earned seven of his 11 championship rings against the Lakers, whereas Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar helped the Lakers take the last two meetings between the two teams in 1985 and 1987.What does this rivalry, this tradition represent in NBA history?It's the first Finals sweep as Boston clobbered Minneapolis in 1959.It's the Lakers' Frank Selvy missing a wide open jumper with the game tied at 100 in Game 7 of 1962.It's Bob Cousy dribbling out the clock as Red lit his victory cigar.It's Cousy and Auerbach getting their final titles at the Lakers' expense.It's Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke putting balloons in the Forum's rafters in 1969 for Game 7 and workers having to pluck them out after, because Russell got No. 11 and the balloons never fell.It's Russell after that 11th title failing to find the words in an interview with ABC, while Jerry West and Elgin Baylor probably could never find the words to describe why they couldn't beat the Celtics in six meetings in eight years.It's because the NBA changed the way it did business in the Finals. We did away with the 2-2-1-1-1 format after 1984 when you had to fly 2,611 miles for Game 5, then back for Game 6, then back again for Game 7.It's Finals at the Fabulous Forum and grimy, gritty games at the Garden.In the '80s, it's "sissies" and "junior, junior" sky hooks, Memorial Day Massacres, clotheslines and towel waving.It's Gerald Henderson's steal in '84 and Larry Bird finally getting the best of Magic.One year later, it's Kareem's fountain of youth in '85 and the Lakers finally, FINALLY, beating the Celtics.It's Magic making in Game 6 4 (thanks, Mitchellman, it was late) in '87 and Bird missing.This is what it means when we talk about tradition. The passing of these memories from one generation to the next. You may remember them because of the frequency, but more important, you remember these matchups for the quality."That's pretty much what got me started watching basketball, growing up in Los Angeles, watching the Celtics and Lakers," Paul Pierce said. "I'm going back home to play against the team I grew up watching and it's a dream come true, man, just thinking about it. I think that rivalry pretty much revolutionized the game of basketball and now I'm part of it."This year, the tradition begins anew. For the first time since 1998, the Finals won't feature a team with either Shaquille O'Neal or Tim Duncan. This will be Kobe Bryant's first Finals as the Lakers' main man. For Boston's Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, this will be their first Finals.This old rivalry is new again. The legends have moved to their rightful places in the Hall of Fame. The old Garden's gone. So is the Forum. There are new buildings in both cities with more seats and suites, but the tradition remains.But it's time to add to this tradition. It's time to make new memories. We've got another generation right behind us.
I'd like to meet:
John Quincy Adams,Micheal Jordan,Chris Webber,Angelina Jolie,Kelly Slater,Jerry West,Phil Jackson,Lance Armstrong...too many! This video of Kelly below makes me hotter than any porno I've ever watched!Yummy-what was Pamela thinking? Surfrider Foundation Waves PSA
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Music:
Red Hot Chili Peppers,Lauryn Hill,Sugar Cubes,Green Day,Steel Pulse,Peter Tosh,Rage,Garbage,Stevie Nicks,-Any Punk Rock,Rock,Heavy Metal,Blues,Reggae,-Just no Country please!
Movies:
Butterfly Effect,Amistad,Search for Bobby Fisher,Coming to America,Rivers Edge,Pursuit of Happyness,Into the Wild,DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN...HA!!HA!don't watch alot of movies...rather listen to music.
Television:
NBA Basketball,Sports Center,Shark Week on Discovery Channel,FUEL T.V.,Not really too big on Television....unless it's sports, T.V. is for the braindead-rather be sailing or being productive.
Vintage Lakers (Chick Hearn)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVi98BZ2OwA
Lakers' Tattoos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvM2RYy2goI
Books:
(Video Above)Ha!Ha!I use to work at Jack Haley's dad's restaurant in Seal Beach...him and Rodman were great friends(remember the whole Spurs/Laker thing w them two)(only if Haley is traded too was the stipulation)Anyways,Rodman use to come in all the time and is actually a sweet fellow.
Any Anatomy or Massage Therapy books,Any books on Oceanography,Travel,or Basketball.Want to read Phil Jackson's book just have no time.
Heroes:
My Bro!The Sagittarius WomanThere are women adventurers, too. Not all explorers, mountain-climbers, and world travelers are male Sagittarius. And the true female archer is as restless, as hungry for experience, as longing to explore the fascinating carnival that she sees in life as her male counterpart. This woman needs personal freedom to an extraordinary degree, and she's not known for her readiness to marry or her readiness to take up domestic responsibilities. Frequently she's happier spending a lifetime without both. And she's likely to have a child out of wedlock and happily raise it as a traveling companion as she is to ensconce herself behind secure walls. Walls, for any Sagittarian, are like waving a red flag at a bull.Any career which allows space, travel, freedom of movement, and opportunity for new contacts pleases the Sagittarian woman. And the archer who doesn't pursue a career still needs these things. Failing everything else, she'll become a socialite, because at least she gets to throw parties and meet exciting people. There are also more introverted, philosophical Sagittarian women - and some, like Jane Fonda, who may be philosophical but also more typical of their sign in that they are vociferous about their philosophies. You'll also find the Sagittarius woman involved in a cause of one kind or another, because her astute vision and sense of movements within the group give her an interest and a concern for human welfare.One thing she isn't, and that is opinionless. Sagittarius is always thinking about something, chewing it over, learning it, reading about it, discussing it. Convictions are terribly important to the Sagittarian woman, although her convictions are likely to change regularly. Sagittarius is a fluid, flexible sign. You'll also sometimes see the more spiritual or religious side in evidence in the Sagittarian woman - often showing as an interest in religion, myth, psychology, and various assorted esoteric or occult subjects. There's a love of the unknown and the challenging, the magical and the unexplained.There is also a strong sense of fun and humour in the Sagittarian woman. And the famous blunt Sagittarian tongue is also much in evidence here. You can't expect an archer to flatter you diplomatically. More likely she'll deliver a verbal punch between the eyes - not because she's cruel, but because she has a tendency to speak before she thinks, and to not quite realize that you, sensitive soul that you are, have just been irrevocably crushed by the insult. She's usually right, too; it's pretty difficult to fool Sagittarius' sharp intuition, which has a way of seeing right through postures and hypocrisy.You may see a touch of the groupie here. The Sagittarius woman often needs to be where the action is, where interesting and exciting people are. Whether it's by her own talents or through somebody else's, she's attracted to anything new and important. And she needs to be moving all the time, working at things, busy with projects. What doesn't work is the nine-to-five routine and the office filing cabinet, or the six-to-eight routine of the kids' breakfasts and the shopping and the ironing. In fact, you might have noticed that many Sagittarian women are terribly inept at dealing with things like tangible organization. If they do it, they often get good earthy help - those Virgos and Capricorns and Taureans who stand quietly in the background and collect the money and wash up the dishes. Never mind. Her gift is at bringing people together, inspiring them, delighting them, teaching them, opening up the world for them. Not, in fact, cleaning up after them.Sagittarius the romantic can have a problematic time in long-term relationships. Because she loves the new and the exciting, the Sagittarius woman may follow the pattern of her male counterpart, always seeking the knight on the white horse who can take her away from banality and show her a world of fairy-tale romance. This may be a literal escapade or a fantasy one; but those escapades are common and very likely to occur. But she does come back again, if let alone. What you can't do is possess her; she'll fight then, and isn't averse to just walking out. Sagittarian women are very independent. You see it even in a Sagittarius child. You don't tell them to do something. You ask. Nicely.Sagittarius, like Gemini, needs to be able to communicate. If you're after the quiet, docile type, forget it. Sagittarian women are great talkers; and they'll talk about anything they've found exciting and interesting. They have a knack of making it sound exciting for others, too. Sometimes they go on too long, and become bores; and there's no bore like your Sagittarian bore once he gets on his favorite passion or enthusiasm of the moment. But in general, Sagittarius is a conversational animal, and needs a partner who's interested and willing to talk as well. The silent, taciturn type doesn't do terribly well mated to the archer.
All the fiery signs need to be in love. That fine distinction made between loving and the state of in-love-ness is all right for the more rational elements of air and earth. But without the belief in love, fire wilts. And the Sagittarius woman is really, in her heart, in love with life itself. It's to be lived, not caged; and although she'll inevitably take quite a few romantic knocks in the nature of things - not least because her need for personal freedom and independence may drive away a few frightened partners - she never loses her hopes for the future. This woman is an optimist, a believer in the value and the vitality of life. Spend any time around her, and you'll begin to believe it too. Sagittarius faith is infectious. But unlike most infectious things, it isn't fatal. Just the opposite. It breeds life.
