esme

meet esme.

she's my new puppy.

she's a black and tan dachshund.

i love her already. i get to meet her on saturday. carter has already met her, and from all accounts, they're going to get along famously. . . which is good, because if they didn't, they'd have to suck it up and get along anyway.

blue and white ignite.... but without a flame

more disappointment from the magic. not that i'm not proud of them, because i am, i just wish they could have WANTED it a little bit more. game 5 looked like game 1 all over again. the players that we needed to get hot... turkoglu, howard, lewis... looked tired and done.

it was the players off the bench: alston, reddick, and lee... who looked awsome, made plays, and actually made their shots. lee and reddick are going to be a formidable force in the coming years. and once howard gets his offense going... he's gonna be a beast. A BEAST.

i have no doubt that this team will be back in the finals next year. it was their inexperience that did them in... and the fact that the lakers have a fantastic team. i'm so proud of this team for even making it to the NBA FINALS. so may teams don't. the city should be proud of their players. they did us good. support them. the curse is broken and we are going to come out fighting next season.

sports news and the apartment

well. game 7 of the stanley cup championship was friday night, and let me tell you, i'm quite disappointed. not because the red wings lost (yes, i am really disappointed about that)... but the way that the penguins won. it's no secret that i don't like them. i literally loathe sidney crosby. i think he's a fake. not his skills as a player. i think his attitude, his all around 'great guy', loves the game, blah blah is fake. and here's why:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=ApGH8zqF7fC8MLYhw5M..SRm7Yx4?slug=ap-redwings-wrapup&prov=ap&type=lgns

he's a sore winner.

when you lose, you shake hands. when you win, you shake hands. when you're the captain, you better be the first one over there. especially when you're the captain. this is just another example of the ridiculousness that is the city of pittsburg. lame.

so game 5 for the nba finals is tonight. despite the heartbreak of game 4, when the magic pulled an epic fail... i know we're going to get it done tonight. true, we do have to win the next 3 games. but look at what we've done already? we beat the defending champs... we dethroned the king... now it's time to take kobe to the line. and by the way, kobe is the shadiest player. he didn't get called for so many fouls in game 4... i literally wanted to throw the tv against the wall (which would have been a bad thing because 1. not my tv, and 2. i probably wouldn't have been able to lift it anyway).

the magic gave away game 4. you can be they wont do the same tonight. we have too much fight, to much determination, and too many players that can get hott. all we have to do is keep jamir nelson out of the game. not such a playmaker since he's come back. we've been fine with alston all finals long. take it from courtney lee... don't change a good thing (ie.... notice he's still playing with his face guard?)


in other news.. the unpacking is coming along. it is a slow process. mostly because... i'm just lazy. most everything is done, just the guest room is waiting on the finishing touches. i need a bed in there before i can start rearranging and hanging and whatnot.

mom called me this morning with news of a new puppy! maybe. she's a mini dauschund, and couple that owns her now is an older couple that just can't take care of her anymore. so cross you fingers! i'm super excited. i hope she and carter will get along. :)


B E L I E V E tonight. don't screw this up guys, the whole world is watching.



pray, hope and don't worry.
jessica