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he was trying to tell us last year

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I took this picture of Kevin Garnett last year. We were at a Lynx game (shocker) sitting on the other side of the court. And yes, that is a Boston Red Sox hat he’s wearing.

He was totally trying to warn us that he was getting traded. What a guy.

Suzi, I’m so sorry for your loss! Maybe they’ll use some of the 6870 different players they got in exchange for him and have them work more Gelato stands in the Target Center. (Hey, I don’t know. I’m grasping at straws here on trying to find the good in this situation, too.)

Mark Madsen, who plays for the Timberwolves, wrote about the trade on his blog today, and it’s kinda sad coming from a teammate!

a list about tv and my hair

• I’ve been watching this season of America’s Got Talent. I’ve got a lot of time on my hands (apparently) and this is one of the shows that my Tivo’s been hounding me to record, so I succumbed to its all knowing power. I kind of love Butterscotch, because I love any girl that beats a bunch of boys to win the West Coast Beatbox Champion.
• Yesterday at the dentist, they were showing an episode of Celebrity Jeopardy on the flat screen TVs that hang in all of the patient rooms. Carson Kressley (from Queer Eye), Regis Philbin, and Nancy Grace were the contestants. I could barely hear what was going on over the sound of power drills, but it was entertaining to watch nonetheless.
• I need to get another hair cut, because it’s too long to stick up now. Instead of looking awesome, it’s kind of looking like really bad bed head every morning. Only 15 days until I shave it, so one more haircut should probably hold me until then.
• One day, when I have a really incredible tattoo idea and about a billion extra dollars to spend, I’m totally heading down to Miami so Chris Garver can hook me up.

bite and suck all day long

It was during hockey season this past winter where I figured out the wonderment behind CamelBak and their beautiful bite-and-suck bottles. I may have been drinking a wicked combination of GoldSchlager and Sour Apple Pucker (that’s puckschlager for you new people) in the back seat of Matt’s car in a parking garage, which probably wasn’t the idea behind making such a convenient bottle, but it was then that I realized how quickly I could drink from it.

A few months ago, during a trip to REI, I picked one up. It’s been hanging out at my desk at work ever since, and I use it to drink water and sometimes Kool Aid throughout my work day in an attempt to not drink so much pop.

I dropped by REI again on Saturday after our pancake breakfast to do some browsing and to also pick up another Camelbak bottle to keep at home.

With all of these magical water bottles looming, drinking a ton of water seemed like the most logical thing to do. With some prodding from a group of pretty awesome female co-workers (and for me to say any female co-worker is awesome, you know it’s an achievement), I’ve started drinking like a camel at work.

Today, I figured it was The Day – The Day to stop drinking pop. I’ve made it this far (quittn’ time at work), and there’s no way to talk me into spoiling it now by breaking into the pop machine. My Work Boys&grade; claim I’m crabby and need some caffeine really bad, but those little douches drive me to drink things like Vodka and Rum, not caffeine.

I may very well be going home to pass out with a headache and absolutely no will to stay awake any longer, but dammit, at least I’ll have made it through a day without caffeine!