What not to do at 7am in the morning.

Here are the top 10 things that you SHOULD be doing at 7am in the morning:

10. Sleeping
9. Sleeping
8. Reading a book
7. Laying in bed quietly
6. Eating breakfast quietly
5. Watching tv quietly
4. Sleeping
3. Sleeping
2. Sleeping
1. NOT DOING LOUD DEMOLITION WORK ON YOUR HOUSE!

Our beloved neighbors upstairs decided that they should tear down their front door and the surrounding framework, then construct a new frame and door, all at 7am!!! It sounded like they were pounding the nails directly into my skull!!! Nothing like waking up to the sound of construction 6 feet above you to put you in a good mood for the rest of the day!

Steve Nash showing off his soccer skills:
http://stevenashmvp.com/quicktime/kick_it.mov

For Satan!

Why being injured sucks ass:

1. The initial pain of actually injuring something can be quite painful. I've pulled muscles, had knee problems, dealt with a sore shoulder, even developed a stress fracture, but none of these compare to the feeling of rolling an ankle. I have a new respect for people who show pain after rolling their ankle. I'm sure there any many other types of injuries that are more painful but I've learnt that the common rolled ankle is nothing to scoff at.

2. The rehab. Rehabilitation is usually slow and painful. Putting limbs into ice cold water for extended periods of time is borderline torture. Along with the pain is the boredom. Sitting on your ass for an extended period of time twiddling your thumbs can become torture also.

3. Watching practice. There is no better way to spend an evening than to walk around a gym shagging balls for two hours. I think I would rather chew my own arm off! (slight exaggeration)

4. Not being able to play. Sitting on the sidelines watching your team play is a weird feeling. The game of volleyball always looks easy when watching from a distance. It looks as though no one should ever make any mistakes. Its easy to watch a play develop and say "oh come on, don't make that set or don't hit the ball into the block!"(as if that's what they intended to do) But I think it is impossible to withhold these thoughts. It is because of these thoughts that I can't wait to get back into the game and rediscover how difficult the game really is.

I've been hooked on these since I took a class on perception. I could look at these things all day long! Check this site out: http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.html
My favorite the is checkered shadow illusion.

Game report

Not much to say about this one. MVK 3, PVC 0. They did not show up to play. We rolled over them without much effort at all. Tobias got the start tonight in the absense of the injured Schulha. I think everyone who was healthy got in this match and did an excellent job.
My three stars for this game:
3rd star-Bo Amelung, for some clutch serving and his debut in the front row!
2nd star- Tobias Nielsen, solid performance all around in his first full match.
1st star- Morten Mau, for terrorizing their passers with his deadly jump float.

On another note... congrats to Marienlyst...I heard that they took out Gentofte in 4 sets...just as I predicted in an earlier post!

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Herning Blue Fox 8, Odense Bulldogs 2

Imagine a hockey game that is action packed, fast-paced, with stellar goaltending....the game we saw tonight was the exact opposite of that. Aaron, Chad, Anne, Jordan, Maya, and myself decided to catch a hockey game tonight. We showed up right on time for the start of the game. Somehow we managed to get in through a back door and ended up entering the arena where the players come onto the ice. Security let us walk right by them without tickets...kind of weird but I wasn't complaining. I was quite impressed with the atmosphere in the arena. The arena was not very big and there were plenty of empty seats, but the fans that were there were loud. Each end of the rink was packed with fans. On one end, the home team fans. On the other, the Bluefox fans. All of the hardcore fans on the ends were dressed up in jerseys and scarves and were armed with drums, fireworks, noisemakers, and megaphones. It felt more like a soccer game with the non-stop chants being yelled out the entire game.
The quality of play was comparable to the CIS level in Canada but not quite as good. Their skating, puck control, passing, and shooting was not quite as smooth. I'm not sure of the standings in this league but I think that the Bluefox are somewhere near the top and the Bulldogs are somewhere near the bottom. The fact that the game was a blowout may have contributed to the lackluster play at times.
We also noticed that almost half the game was played on the powerplay. The refs were not afraid to use their whistles.
Highlights of the game:
-the weak ass attempt at a fight...both players trying to fight each other with their gloves still on.
-former Golden Bear, Kevin Marsh sniped 2 goals...he later told us that he earned a 1000 euro bonus for those...i'm in the wrong sport!
-the terrible goaltending by both goalies on the Bulldogs squad.
-my favorite part was the crazy couple sitting beside Aaron who kept talking in Danish to him! just nod and smile...nod and smile!

Top ten dunkers of all time:
10. Jason Richardson- He seems to have a lot of fans...personally I find his dunks to be a little robotic...needs more flow...but he still gets up pretty rediculously!
9. Harold Miner- Back in the day, with the Heat, dude patented the 360 windmill! Check out Super Slams 2 for some of his best throwdowns.
8. Dr. J- can you dunk from the foul line?? didn't think so...
7. Dominique Wilkins- Dude was stupid creative on the fast break.
6. Ricky Davis- This guy has the biggest arsenal of dunks in the league... he can chose from 12 different ways to posterize suckas on any given fast break.
5. Daryl Dawkins- Chocolate thunder man! this guy named all his dunks...that alone is worth being in the top 5 in my books.
4. T-mac-2002 Allstar game in philly...nuff said.
3. Kobe Bryant- deadly combination: power, grace, creativity and booya !
2. Micheal Jordan- smoothest man on earth!
1. Vince Carter- I can't even wrap my brain around half of the dunks he's pulled off. Too bad he's such a pussy now!

I had to remove that last post because it was screwing up the rest of my page.