ramblings of an old school player:

i officially tried out for my grade school in fifth grade. Javier Magana saw me playing the quarterback with the boys at recess one time. of course, i was the biggest tom boy ever. i figured playing with the boys - even if it was football - was better than standing against the gate with the girls, shaking my butt off from the cold. he says to me, if i like to pass the ball, i should come and try out for the girls basketball team. i figured why not.

without going into the details, i didn't make it right away. this is by no means a michael jordan-esque story. after all, i'm a software engineer now ... not some fancy schmancy professional basketball player. i did meet some good people, and made some life long friends. it even helped me with my experience for playing high school basketball.

in high school, i played for lane tech and for triple threat in the pba. high school hoop was the shiz. i will never forget it, and am really good friends with many of you. pba was fun too. good stuff. now, i just hoop in leagues at work, co-ed leagues on north avenue, and with whoever wants to pick me up for a game or two. i've definitely slowed down after my knee injuries, but i love the game. no one will ever be able to take that from me.

on a random note, i also started running. it's my great new hobby. i've been in quite a few 5ks and mini runs. i did the lasalle chicago marathon in october of 2006. i didn't have many cats their for support, but sher and don showed up at the end. i have some pics to get together and post up, but by far, that was a life changing experience.