Teej's Secret Box

I am sitting here digesting my dinner, a wonderful series of spaghetti, corn, and salad, along with that awesome wine I mentioned yesterday.  I realized that this place was awfully quiet.  But would that cue me to play the music I have on my laptop — game and anime music for the most part?  No, it’s not gentle enough to appreciate over a delicious meal.  Then I realized that I have the Wii, and the Wii browser installed.  Off I went to this site, where the current version now can play any music you could search for.  Right now, I have the Jazz Radio playing Orange Lady by Miles Davis — a delicious yet mellow jazz music.

Every time I rent a car, I check to see if it comes with Satellite radio, and if so, I pray it is Sirius because they have a better option of jazz music channels.  I have been complimented by valet parkers for my taste in music, but not enough to escape the need to tip them.  Hehe.

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In just 5 more days, it’ll be the “Lakers Vs Celtics and the NBA Playoffs” once again.  Back in December, when the Lakers were shaking off their cobwebs from the whole “Trade Me” Kobe Bryant fiasco, and Bynum was a rising star at the center position, and Boston is on their record turnaround thanks to acquired stars including Kevin Garnett, someone Kobe wanted on his team, I had a prediction – Lakers Vs Celtics.

I thought it was a bit early, since the Lakers team is so young, and the West conference is so strong (so strong that two teams that were not included in the playoffs had a better record than at least five teams in the Eastern Conference.

Then Bynum got a serious knee injury that eventually results in a surgery a couple weeks ago, and prediction of return this fall.  “Damn,” I said, “there goes the season.”  Then miracle of miracles, they got Pau Gasol.  The dream became alive again.

Then Kobe tore a tendon in his shooting pinky finger.  It got so bad they lost to Atlanta the very next game.  He shook it off, opting to not have surgery until after the Olympics.

Then Pau got an ankle injury that kept him out for a few weeks.

All of those challenges kept knocking Lakers off first place, but the last run, beating New Orleans and San Antonio Spurs by wide margins at the end of the season returns and preserved the first place results.

I thought Lakers will have a hell of a time going through the playoffs, while Boston will cruise until Detroit.  The opposite pretty much happen.  Granted, it was not a cruise, especially against Utah, but Lakers had it easy compared to Boston.  But the challenges were surmounted, and we have something we haven’t seen in 21 years.

The chants of “We want Boston” in Los Angeles and “Beat L.A.” in Boston rang true.  It won’t be as hate-filled as the 80s ball, but I expect true competition to shine.  It is difficult to predict the results because we have not faced each other with the same team.  Boston is very good, and Lakers are very good.  There are key mismatches on both sides, but who will take advantage of them?

It’s a shame that Red Auerbach is not around to watch, but then we wouldn’t appreciate the cheerleaders in Boston (after all, he did say that he’ll have cheerleaders over his dead body, and he passed away a week before the first cheerleading team started to dance in Boston.)

Red, enjoy the games — and of course, you still sucks.

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Worked out on Wii Fit – 44 minutes credited, 1 hour real time.  Man, I am sore and tired.  Yes, I worked out this morning, and even now I’m feeling sore in the abs region and the lower legs, along with my neck.  Here’s hoping this week will yield a better result for me in terms of being more fit.

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I was supposed to work today, but ended up spending most of the time exercising, relaxing, and shopping.  What was supposed to be just a Home Depot trip turns out to be a Home Depot, Target, and Costco trip.  My wireless router kept crashing on me, so I got the same router I got my dad, and was duly impressed by.  After an hour of tweaking, it’s as secure as it can be, and feeding all of the electronics in this house precious data, such as the Wii playing Jazz music for me.  Yum!

I also got new light bulbs for the ceiling fan unit in the office, air filters for the house, and this concrete crack filler I plan on trying for the brick wall in the back yard — basically, the top few bricks facing the playground is loose.  I want something that will help reduce my liability by securing those bricks enough for any kids that may decide to climb the fence to retrieve any wayward balls they kicked into my yard (I still have that one ball…) It is amazing how as a kid, you don’t give one wit about what you are doing, and yet as an adult owning a home, you’re freaking out over a loose pair of bricks because someone could find a way to sue you over it.

I still can’t find an ideal spot for the second crystal that dad and sis got me for Christmas.  It is meant to be hung over something to have light shine through, but even the back porch doesn’t have a good spot for it at all.  Perhaps inspiration will strike soon.

The kitchen is somewhat clean, but it can be so much cleaner.  I will have to find some time this week in between my job to do this.

I also got a couple people in Japan to search for this Miracle Fruit tablet.  Here’s hoping they would score a few boxes of that.

Now it’s time for me to enjoy some Netflix movies so I can have it shipped off tomorrow for more goodness.

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