Stuck between a rock and a hard place...

No one reads these right?

*Crickets...

Hello?

Nobody?

Good. Cause I don't know who to talk to about this. Maybe if someone wants to step up and offer some help, that'd be great. Can't be anyone though, as I'm really conflicted right now... I can't even say what it's about. I've never been in this situation before, and I feel like I need to seek an outside opinion on it. Bleh. Argh. awdfawrgafasd. I mean its a pretty messed up situation, and I'm the only one who knows how really complicated it is. I haven't told anyone this, I haven't even spoken aloud to myself about it, but it's lingering around like a stale fart. So I guess this is sort of a cry for help (don't worry, I'm not in any danger or anything...) but there's so much on my mind right now that I need to rehash/debrief/unwind with someone else...

I need a hug...

There can only be one...

The NBA Playoffs! Where amazing happens... sure.

Western Conference 1st Round
Los Angeles Lakers 4, Denver Nuggets 0

Derek Fisher (Lakers) and Marcus Camby (Nuggets)

New Orleans Hornets 4, Dallas Mavericks 1

Jason Kidd (Mavericks) and Chris Paul (Hornets)

San Antonio Spurs 4, Phoenix Suns 1

Manu Ginobili (Spurs) and Steve Nash (Suns)

Utah Jazz 4, Houston Rockets 2

Tracy McGrady (Rockets) and Carlos Boozer (Jazz)

Eastern Conference 1st Round
Boston Celtics 4, Atlanta Hawks 3

Paul Pierce (Celtics) and Mike Bibby (Hawks)

Detroit Pistons 4, Philadelphia 76ers 2

Andre Iguodala (76ers) and Richard Hamilton (Pistons)

Orlando Magic 4, Toronto Raptors 1

Dwight Howard (Magic) and Chris Bosh (Raptors)

Cleveland Cavaliers 4, Washington Wizards 2

Antwan Jamison (Wizards) and Ben Wallace (Cavaliers)

Western Conference Semi-Finals
Los Angeles Lakers 4, Utah Jazz 2

Kobe Bryant (Lakers) and Carlos Boozer (Jazz)

San Antonio Spurs 4, New Orleans Hornets 3

Tony Parker (Spurs) and Peja Stojakovic (Hornets)

Eastern Conference Semi-Finals
Boston Celtics 4, Cleveland Cavaliers 3

Kevin Garnett (Celtics) and LeBron James (Cavaliers)

Detroit Pistons 4, Orlando Magic 1

Dwight Howard (Magic) and Chauncey Billups (Pistons)

Western Conference Finals
Los Angeles Lakers 1, San Antonio Spurs 0

Kobe Bryant (Lakers) and Tim Duncan (Spurs)

Eastern Conference Finals
Boston Celtics 1, Detroit Pistons 1

Kevin Garnett (Celtics) and Chauncey Billups (Pistons)

...all building up to:

You Don't Mess with the Zohan vs. Baron Davis

This weekend by the numbers

423 - times Brett and Brandon tried to get me in an accident on the way to the Block at Orange
$23.99 - money spent on dinner and $20 on a Dave and Busters card
1 - epic games of Skeeball played (see below)
1 - orange friendship bracelet redeemed from the ticket store (not gay at all...)
$12.50 - money spent on Iron Man, well worth it
1:00am - time arrived back home after the movie
$23 - money spent on a ticket to Six Flags Magic Mountain
6 - roller coasters rode at Six Flags
1 - set of cat ears won for finishing third in a carnival game
1 - awesome lemur won for winning a whack-a-mole game
100 - top speed hit on the 405 on the way back home
2:30am - time arrived back home after Six Flags
10:00am - time met up for the Society of Aerospace Professionals (SOAP) Pub Crawl
10:30am - time started the crawl
$16 - money spent to register for the crawl (to receive and awesome shirt, badge holder, and sharpie...)
4 - number of pubs we made it to (out of 6)
4 - number of people who started off in our group
2 - number of people who failed to make it to the end
542 - number of times Brett called someone a communist while drunk
1 - number of times one of us threw up in a urinal
6 - number of drinks I had (not including beer)
0 - number of drinks I had before this weekend (not including beer)
4 - games of flip-cup played
0 - games of flip-cup played before this weekend....
1 - long, but awesome weekend all around...


Oh, and that game of Skeeball, where Brandon, Brett, and I played, with second place having to consume one drink and third drinking two. We were going at our own pace until Brandon and I had rolled 8 out of 9 balls, each with a score of 200. Brett was far behind after 7 balls, with a score of 130. On his seventh, Brett rolled a 10, giving him 140 after 8 balls. In this skeeball setup, you could score 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 100 on any roll, meaning Brett had to roll a 100 to put pressure on Brandon and me. And what do you know, he got to the 100 point hole in the left corner, giving him a total of 240.

Brandon rolled his 9th ball first, scoring 40 points to tie with Brett. But on my final roll, I hit the 50 point hole at the top to claim first! The final scores were:

Shawn 250, Brandon 240, Brett 240

Booya! Brandon and Brett had a roll off to see who finished second, which Brett did. Yeah, it may seem like a lame story, but if you were there, it was totally an epic game.