8/29/09-Dream

**Disclaimer. I really need to stop leaving the tv on while I take naps. It really doesn't help me not to have weird dreams. I fell asleep watching the Little League World Series (Congrats to California for winning it all by beating China).**

So I had a dream that I was a really successful black basketball player Major league pitcher (No Dontrell Willis). I was on the mound and it was a pretty good game but I really couldn't remember the score but it was a close ball game. Anyway my go to pitch was a nasty slider. I threw it 4 straight times and the umpire called 4 straight balls even though I felt I caught the outside corner every time. As the batter was taking first base he taunted me.

His next time up to bat I beaned him on purpose. He rushed the mound and of course both benches cleared and started to brawl. It was madness. Someone picked up the bat and was knocking dudes out left and right. I ran up while his back was turned and round house kicked him in the back of the head.

All of a sudden I'm on a basketball court playing basketball. It was like I woke up from a dream but I was still sleeping. Madness.

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Baseball- To dream that you are playing baseball, denotes your need to set goals and achieve them. It is time to stop goofing around and set your sights for the long term. Consider the significance of the position you are playing. Alternatively, playing baseball may be analogous to sexual foreplay as in getting to first, second, or third base on a date. The game of baseball has sexual innuendos, where the masculine aspects is depicted by the bat and the feminine aspects is depicted in the form of the ball or the ballpark.

Fighting- To dream that you are in a fight, indicates inner turmoil. Some aspect of yourself is in conflict with another aspect of yourself. Perhaps an unresolved or unacknowledged part is fighting for its right to be heard. It may also parallel a fight or struggle that you are going through in your waking life.

Addictions

After having a conversation on twitter (which I'm partly addicted to. Click here to follow me), I decided that my next post was going to be about Addictions (No Ryan Leslie).

Addiction is being abnormally tolerant and dependent on something that is physically or physiologically habit forming or an abnormally strong craving. With that said based on the second definition I believe that I am pseudo-addicted to a couple of things (some old and some new).

Lets start with the old:

Basketball/Working out

I love working out and hooping. Anyone close to me knows that I have major hoop dreams. I don't plan on trying to make it to the NBA but basketball is like therapy for me. I get to exercise and forget about all my problems while hooping. I hoop every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (at the very least) at 5:30am (no matter what time I go to bed) before I head to school and I run at least 4 miles.

Vodka

With all that working out, I need something that is bad for me. I hate jacks so that's not an option so alcohol it is. I am a vodka connoisseur. I've stated in my previous posts that my favorite vodka is Stolichnaya. I'm also partial to Kettle One, Ciroc, Absolut and I guess if that's all that's left Grey Goose.

Now on to the new:

Blackberry

Last week I was drafted and signed a two-year contract extension by team Blackberry (no signing bonus). I never really understood why people called their phone a crackberry. I mean I thought it was just a phone. I used to be on my Instinct a lot but I didn't think I was addicted to it. Since I've had it I've fallen in love with it barely put it down. It's my new best friend.

Tattoos

I got my 2nd tattoo this past weekend and I never really thought that tats would be something I would be into like that. I already have 4 brands but I never really felt to need to want to get one (seriously, they just kind of happened). I've had this new tat for 3 days now and I already want another one. I'm not going to go crazy or anything with the tats (read: Lil Wayne) but I think I do want 1 or 2 more.

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So readers/followers, what are some things that you are addicted to. Remember the first step is admitting that you have a problem (otherwise known as the Step of Freedom).

March Madness

I hope everyone has filled out their brackets by now. The NCAA tournament kicks off tomorrow. Even Obama has filled out his bracket. Shout out to ESPN for Barack-Etology.

We have 3 of the same 4 to make it to the Final Four. I just don't have faith in UNC with a hurt Ty Lawson. My Final Four teams are Louisville, Memphis, Pittsburgh and Oklahoma. I have Memphis beating Pittsburgh for the championship.

I am upset that a couple of stars teams didn't make it into the tournament. I really wanted to see what Stephen Curry (Davidson) and Patrick Mills (Saint Mary's) would have done against the power houses. Instead I get to see mediocre teams like Arizona and Michigan. I guess I will have to see them play each other in the next round of the NIT.

I hope you guys get some work done tomorrow because I know I won't. lol.

Basketball

Tonight we play in the Meharry intramural basketball championship game. Last night our semi-final game was at 7pm. We clearly didn't get back from New Orleans till 6:45 and I still had to go home and grab my shorts and jersey. I got to the game about two minutes into it and we were up 4-0.

Trying to play yesterday was a big mistake. First, I played like shit because I clearly still had daiquiris and hand grenades in my system. Second, I got hurt last night. We were taking the ball out from underneath our basket. I cut from the top of the key to try and catch the lob pass. Since they were in a 2-3 zone, this one dude turns around so his back is to me then he ducks down in order not to get dunked on. In the process he undercut me and I flipped and landed on the small of my back. The first thing I saw was flash of white then a very sharp pain shooting down my left leg. Man that shit hurt. I felt like this right here.

Anyway the championship game is like in two hours. I'm supposed to get some ibuprofen 800mg and some heating pads to wear. If I don't feel better after I take these narcotics drugs, then your boy might be sitting this one out.