My So-Called Life
June 22, 2011
It’s been a while since I actually wrote anything normal in this beeyotch. And I’m writing this around 3:25 A.M. (which I will set up at 6:30 A.M.) which means that I’m going to keep writing on and on and on since my brain will be having unlimited strange thoughts at this time of day. Night. Whatever. Let’s proceed.
It’s been a roller-coaster life. But I was honestly burned out on writing about the NBA by the time April got here. I have been doing the whole NBA writing thing since December 2008 and it’s not like I don’t take breaks or anything like that; I do. Obviously, I’m take a break during this offseason but I think it was taking on two NBA blogs and managing other people that I wasn’t, I guess, too ready for. I’ll be ready come next season as I know what to expect. It’s a matter of finding time for it also since, ya know, I have other things to do, too. But, first things first, I have to take care of my own site (TNLP) behind-the-scenes. Of course, I can’t say it here but let’s just say that we needed a change since there are so many good NBA blogs now and we have to do something to stay within the pack. I don’t think our blog has regressed per se (I like that Daniel Artest came in and helped out this year) but I don’t think we made as much progress this year than last year when we were on the big blogs constantly and even got to participate in a Complex.Com morsel. I do think the changes we have in store will do us well.
I really don’t have much of a social life. Part of that is, despite my somewhat overconfident persona, I’ve lost confidence in my looks. So I’ve been more active on the workouts in the past three weeks. I’m playing ball again (which I hadn’t done in four months before I played two weeks ago… and the longest break without an injury for about 20 years?). I feel like I can be as athletic as I was when I was 21. Maybe I’m exaggerating. But, man, I was in my best shape ever when I was 28-29. I’d like to reach that point again… but, man, was it so fun to outrun and outgun dudes younger than me when I was working out so much. I lost 28 pounds that year. I pretty much gained it all back. So I’d like to lose 25 pounds again.
Part of the inspiration is that an old friend of mine is on a quest to lose 150 pounds. He finally figured out that he had to lose weight to stay healthy. 10 years ago, he was attempting to lose weight to impress a couple of girls. That didn’t work and he lost complete confidence. He let himself go. Then he ended up ballooning to 370. Why didn’t we tell him earlier? Well, we did… but he just had ‘given up’ so it was no use telling him. It was better he found out on his own. Now that he has, he’s going to try losing that weight now. I am seriously rooting for him.
Anyway, why did I stop working out? I rolled my ankle three years ago. I was on crutches for a month. Then I got used to the lazy lifestyle again. Obviously, writing an NBA blog did not help as I got used to sitting more and more. It also didn’t help that I was afraid of hurting my ankle again when I played ball. I can run fine now.
I’m not going to let injuries stop me from working out. Last Saturday, I woke up with intense knee pain. But I felt no pain when I ran full court later that day. It was a chore getting up from bed for the next few days… but now the pain has lessened when I bend my knee a certain way. And I still did my normal workouts while being careful not to hurt my knee. I’m a little proud of myself.
Wow. I wrote a lot. And I actually got a little bit personal. Maybe it’s time to get a little bit more personal since, well, I’ve already done what I’ve wanted to do: establish myself as a serious NBA writer (well, kinda, sorta) before people find out what weird quirks I have. People pretty much know me for a few things: I write NBA, I call myself some sort of stud, and I like the Spice Girls.
I’ll say this, though: it’ll be a Hot Rey-Rey Summer for 2011.
Smile for me, Lizzy.
