Brush with Gr8ness
April 18th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
I walked by Anthony Davis in his car the other day while he was stopped at a red light.
The only reason I saw him because this (maybe) homeless (probably) drunk guy next to me on the sidewalk wearing a UK hat was screaming, “AINTHONY! AINTHONY!! AAAAAIIIIN-THON-YYYYY!!!!” into the street, while his also potentially homeless, definitely toothless girlfriend standing next to him on the sidewalk kept yelling back “HE CAIN’T HEAR YOU!”
Anthony Davis really couldn’t hear him because he was bompin to some jam in his car. So the dude walked up to AD’s car window, which was rolled down, tapped him on the shoulder (which scared the crap out of AD) and was like, “HEY AINTHONY! LIKE MAH HAT?”
Anthony Davis was like, what the s**t, then the light turned green and he drove away.
Very exciting.
Hangover
April 5th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Now that basketball season has come to a victorious close, Lexington is settling back into normality…which means no more wearing Kentucky hoodies to work (dammit).
With all the basketball hoopla (pun intended) dominating everything, what else has gone on?
Well, 2 weeks ago I got food poisoning that almost killed me. I couldn’t move for 2 days, and the morning I finally did make it out of the house a bird took a massive s**t on my head and new shoes. So that week sucked.
Paul took a break from stressing about boards to bottle his beer…which makes him so happy.
We are storing the bottles in the closet in our guest room for the 2 remaining weeks until it’s drinkable. I made the mistake of opening the closet door the other day and Paul FLIPPED about exposing the bottles to light. So if you come visit, don’t do that.
Training picked up a lot for me the week after I was sick (Hawaii is less than 2 months away…), which has been great but tiring. I’ve also been running really slowly lately, which is rough. Not sure why. But, plodding on…
Oh, and I baked a cake for the Louisville game.
Strawberries on the inside, blueberries on top (because blue dominates red, of course.) It was ugly but delicious. I more or less ate the whole thing in a single go (might have something to do with my slower runs.)
Exciting stuff. Back to the grind.
Brow Down
March 30th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
“NOBODY has this shirt anymore. I mean, look! Kneepads!”
Actually, the reason that nobody has that shirt anymore is because they stopped making them in the 90s because the tongue on the Wildcat was considered obscene. Which it is.
This weekend two Kentucky teams will be playing each other in the Final Four. Not just any two Kentucky teams, but UK and Louisville (we had 4 in the tournament…betcha didn’t even know Kentucky had 4 universities). This is a VERY. BIG. DEAL.
Why?
Let’s start with the Kentucky fan base.
Below are some pics from our last game against Baylor (all of these pics courtesy of the Kentucky Kernel):
During the game:
(Keep in mind, we were up by 10-20 points for the entire game following the first 5 minutes.)
After the game:
Furniture burning in the streets for victory in the Elite Eight over a team that we have no history with.
Next, the UK team:
This is Anthony Davis, Kentucky’s star player. He is a freshman. He’s been named best of everything this year in the NCAA and will likely be the top draft pick. He is a SUPERSTAR. Other fun facts: he has a huge following and a commanding unibrow. Beauty salons in town are running waxing specials this week, I know at least one guy shaved a unibrow into his chest hair, and they are selling these at Kroger:
Davis is not central to the UK-Louisville rivalry, but his role on the team and eyebrow(s) earned him a mention.
About the rivalry:
This is John Calipari (Coach Cal), coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. He is so revered here people do things like this:
That’s a cornfield.
This is Rick Pitino, coach of the Louisville Cardinals. Pitino used to coach UK, and he was a legend. He took Kentucky to 3 final fours and one championship. Then he left UK and went to coach Louisville…which is like Johnny Damon going to the Yankees (“but a thousand times worse” says Paul). People took it very, very personally.
It is also worth noting that Calipari and Pitino used to be friends. Now, they hate each other. A lot. And they do things like this often. I don’t know the backstory, but that’s the situation. They are also the only two coaches in NCAA history to take 3 different teams to the Final Four.
And, finally, Louisville and UK have never faced off in the Final Four before. Ever. The last time they played each other in the tournament, it was in the Sweet Sixteen in 1984 (Louisville won).
Go Cats.
Update: They’re giving away unibrows in New Orleans.
Give me some Bass
March 7th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
There is a new varsity sport coming to Kentucky high schools: bass fishing. In addition to bringing up some good questions (including, how does one become an elite bass fisherman?) KY Sports Radio commented on a tweet someone sent out suggesting that UK’s bass fishing chant should be “C-A-S-T, CAST-CAST-CAST!” Good one.
At least it’s not noodling.
Kentucky Goes Global
December 13th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
An email from Margaret, who is currently working over in London for a few months (lucky):
Midnight Madness
October 4th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Why, you might ask, does UKs campus look like a refugee camp? Maybe the President is coming to talk? A Nobel Laureate?
Try the first basketball practice of the season.
Yes, practice. Not game.
Rupp Arena doesn’t allow people to camp out in front of it until 3 days before the event. So everyone camps out across the street for the first few days, so they can get a camping spot in front of Rupp as soon as they open it up for camping. This is all to get in line at 2am the day before for free event tickets.
It’s called Midnight Madness. They introduce the team. Coach Cal is there. It is a VERY. BIG. DEAL.
Go Cats.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
September 12th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Last weekend, after the inferno bike ride, temperatures PLUMMETED to the mid-50s at night with highs of 65 during the day. And it started raining.
And just like that–BOOM–it’s fall.
Jersey’s back on devil dog. You know what this means.
Tailgating. Cornhole. Campers. Wildcat blue mini dresses with big belts and cowboy boots.
First homegame of the season. And absolutely beautiful weather.
We can hear the whole game announced from our house. Louisville is next weekend.
Go Cats.
Guess what’s coming…
September 1st, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Most Kentuckians sit around only dreaming about Calipari. This farmer in Corbin did something with his dream. And his corn field.
Thank you, Paul, for this discovery.
