Etch-A-Sketch

for those of you who have been keeping up with me
you know that i've been all about taking a break from painting and art
and i've been trying to get into a few other hobbies that i enjoy

i sometimes ask myself "what for?.. why spend time on something that's not going to make you the best at that particular thing?"

it's kinda one of those guilty feelings that taps my shoulder and tells me that hobbies are just a waste of time because they do not lead to more money or recognition.

money and recognition

i noticed that those are the two things that people care mostly about when they think about someone's worth...

oh oops. sorry. i digress...

i'm supposed to be talking about basketball.

so while i'm taking a break from painting, i'm trying to learn a few other things that hopefully makes me a more well rounded person.

1) i joined the church choir with wifey.
2) i'm messing around with the ukelele
3) i'm trying to get better at basketball

so like i said, i don't think any of these are going to change my stature in society
but they sure make me happy

i'd like to talk about the choir and the ukelele a little later. but right now i got a video of a basketball game that i played with some 30-40 year old dudes in Hayward. we meet at around 9AM every Saturday morning and we play until about 12 noon. one of the guys decided to start recording the games for posterity and now we got more that 50 videos of our old, slow butts playing half court hoops!

In this video, my team and i were losing by alot of points until we finally started making a comeback. Billy (wearing a white headband), nicknamed Billysimo, led the the team as he panted and coughed up phlem while the rest of us were trying to hold our own.
PART I


PART II


boy, life can sure be fun.