Happy FRIDAY YB!!! I hope everyone has a GREAT Weekend!
I know this is random, but this video has had me in hysterics for about a week and a half now and I wanted to make sure everyone else got a chance to watch it!
Talk early next wek!
KMH
What's goooooood YB?! I hope all is well!
I wanted to hop on and write on Monday, but I've been CRAZY busy moving into my new place in Marina Del Rey! It's coming together NICELY! I'll definitely post a blog later this week or early next week with pictures of the new spot! I'll attach one pic I took last night when I was walking out back to the pool area! it's SICK!
My weekend went well for the most part, just A LOT of lacrosse! We had US training team practice, so it was GREAT to get back out on the field with the fellas and play a bit. The way they're putting together this team is different then they've done in the past. Basically, 84 guys tried out for the team at the beginning of the summer, and from that, they picked 40 guys to be a part of the US Training team for the fall. We've got 3 weekends to play together/against each other, and then the coaching staff will pick the 23 with the best chemistry! Seems like a pretty smart way of doing it to me with out a doubt. Clearly, all the guys are talented enough, it's about finding the guys that play the best together and running with it! I had a blast this past weekend playing, and I look forward to the weekend of Oct 17th when we get to play together again back in Annapolis.
So, random title of this post, I know. I was sitting on the plane thinking and I've missed out on SO many GREAT foods in my life because I get weirded out by foods with strange textures! Anybody else deal with that sometimes? For 22 years of my life I DIDN'T eat guacamole because it looked like the strangest most awkward texture EVER. So, I stayed away. Same thing with Creme Brulee! That pudding looking texture along with that gross looking crust on top kept me away. Same situation with cheese cake, stuffing, and SO many more foods. You all ever had that problem?! Now, I'm obsessed with Guac, can't stop eating Crem Brulee, and while I haven't turned the corner completely with cheese cake, I'm headed that direction. I know, random thought, but I know refused to eat certain foods for the longest time simply because they looked gross, and they ended up being OFF THE CHAINS! So! I was wandering if anyone else has dealt with that?!
That's about all I got for now...I've got a CRAZY weekend coming up with a Playmaker program this weekend in ATL, then heading to Austin Texas Sun-Weds to promote the new K18 line with South Swell (local lacrosse retailer)!
I'll catch up with you guys later!
KMH
YB! What's the deal?! I hope the week has gone well. It's Thursday and I've got a BIG weekend coming up as I'm heading back to West Point for the USA training squad practice this weekend! We've got practice and a scrimmage on Saturday, and another practice on Sunday, so I can't wait to get on the field. It's been awhile since I've played and actually been %100 healthy, so I'm looking forward to it.
Anyway, once again, at the gym yesterday, I saw something that was a bit troubling to me and felt the need to hop on here and make sure we're all on the same page about a few things.
European soccer players have made it cool/fashionable to wear smaller/shorter bathing suits. Dudes like Beckam and Cristiano Ronaldo rockin' lil trunks showing off their legs...and chances are if my legs were making me 250 million dollars, I may show these joints off too! So, while I'll don't condone a speedo, if you want to shorten up the length of your bathing suit, more power to you, I get it. I guess keeping it gangster on the beach/pool in ridiculously baggy shorts isn't all that cool anymore, or so I'm told.
Either way, what is NOT acceptable, is to bring those little tiny shorts into a gym setting! NO ONE is trying to watch you do squats or lunches or sit ups in those tiny joints! I don't care if you're at the pool, and then just come right to the gym, we all know gyms have changing room and you can delay your work out for 2 minutes to throw on some longer shorts, and make everyone else's work out experience a bit better. If you've got on those little thigh huggers, and you're asking people for a spot on the squat rack and no one is responding, now you know why.
I feel like everyday I go to the gym I can find a new thing to write about! Someone needs to write a book about proper gym behavior ASAP, or I'm going to!
So if you're planning on posting up at the pool/beach, and want to rock a shorter bathing suit (NOT a speedo), do you, no one is hating on you being proud of your legs. But if you're going into the gym to get your lift on, be a good sport and toss on some longer shorts, because if you don't, not only will you NOT be able to get a spot, but I gurantee 70% of people in the gym are joking you.
Have a GREAT Thursday and I'll catch up with you guys soon!
KMH
YB!!!!! What's really good?!
I hope the week is going well for all of you guys! My week has been a busy one, but productive, which is always nice. I've been trying to play as much lacrosse as possible, thats for sure. Being hurt all season, I feel like I haven't played in FOREVER, so with the USA training camp stuff coming up next weekend back at West Point, I feel like I need to be hitting the wall every day, shooting every day, and doing as many 1 vs. 1's as possible. Lucky for me, Chapman (GREAT club program), is only about a thirty five minute drive from my place so I can head down there a few times a week and bang around with those guys. It's been super helpful, but I can't wait to get back on the field with all of the guys next weekend and compete.
I wish I had some new and exciting news to share...Oh yeah, I do have some exciting news! I'm moving up to Marina Del Ray in a little over a week! Yup, moving out of the Hermosa Beach/Manhattan Beach area and moving north a little bit! I know, not all that exciting for you all, but definitely an exciting move for me. What I'm NOT excited about is the actual process of moving. Thank god my girlfriend has been great about shopping for the new place, because I don't have ANY patience at all with that stuff! It frustrates and annoys me for some reason. Plus, there is entirely too much to choose from, which isn't fun to deal with as well. So, she's been great about that! Hopefully all my boys won't sketch out come moving day and help me carry stuff down to the UHAUL trucks!
I know everyone is going crazy about what Kanye did at the VMA's, and it was clearly a bad decision and he realizes that. But, what's been overlooked is what the h*ll was Lil' Mama doing!?!?!?!? She just randomly jumped up on stage with Hov and Alicia Keys like she was supposed to be a part of the performance!!!! At the time, I was mad confused because I figured the whole thing was planned. So, the next day when I found out home girl just was feeling the performance, was seated near the stage and just wanted to be a part of it, so she jumped up there, I couldn't believe it!!!!! Had Kanye not acted the way that he did, the story of the night would have definitely been Lil Mama jumping on stage for sure. Had me absolutely rollin'.
Any one got big plans for the weekend? This is my first weekend home for the fall, so I'm going to take advantage of it. Make sure to get a few work outs in, and a bunch of shooting, but definitely going to get some beach and football in as well!
That's about all I got for now, I need to get back on my grind and get some things done! I'll catch up with you guys soon!
KMH
OK YB, I feel like I may have written abut this before, but I’m not certain. I know for a fact that I’ve thought about it a number of times and after an experience at the gym last week, I feel like it’s time to put a certain group of people on blast. This could be a girl just as easily as a guy, but I don’t play much pick up hoops with the ladies, so I have never had a bad experience playing hoops with the ladies.
There are thousands of gyms across the country where at some point every day a group of guys come to play pick up basketball. Some gyms are clearly better than others, some players are better than others, but the one thing that remains consistent through out ALL of these gyms is that EVERYONE IS THERE TO PLAY PICK UP BASKETBAL. It’s a recreational activity!!!!!! So, while some guys like to make sure they’ve got on matching shoes, head band, wrist band, socks and others like to toss on a elbow sleeve as if they were Carmello Anthony or Iverson heading into game six, most people are just there to get a little work out in, have fun, and maybe even make a basketball or two.
Now, there’s something that’s come to my attention on numerous occasions and what happen last week when I was hooping was one of the worst I’ve seen. I’ll admit, I play at a pretty competitive gym in L.A., where there are referees and games are 13 minutes long, so it’s more intense then most pick up games. With that being said, it’s NOT the NBA, it’s NOT Euro League, it’s NOT the D league or anything else like that.
EVERY single game we play, there’s at lest 3 calls that a dude flips out about, punts the ball to the other end of the court, cusses the referee out, gets up in someone face, holds on to the ball and doesn’t let the game start back up again, and any and every other ridiculous action you can think of. I’ve seen it at every gym I’ve ever played at. DON’T BE THAT GUY!!!!! I’m going to go ahead and say 9 times out of 10, they are COMPLETELY off base and wrong about whatever their arguing, and more importantly, 10 times out of 10, EVERYONE IN THE GYM IS LAUGHING AT YOU. There’s NOTHING wrong with being competitive, most dudes that are playing picking hoops are, but to act like a 3 year old throwing a tantrum is easily one of the most embarrassing things I’ve seen happen., and like I said, it happens every single time I play.
So, to all you pick up hoopers out there, please, DON’T BE THAT GUY.
KH
