Grasping Adulthood

May 06

I love this ball park. #GoGiants (Taken with Instagram at AT&T Park)

I love this ball park. #GoGiants (Taken with Instagram at AT&T Park)

May 02

I am truly blessed with amazing people. Thank you to my amazing pledge sisters for my early birthday surprise! #aintnothinlikeanAlphaZeta @kriscahilig @ellesaadiq @trina158 @mhybl160 (Taken with Instagram at Genesys Lab)

I am truly blessed with amazing people. Thank you to my amazing pledge sisters for my early birthday surprise! #aintnothinlikeanAlphaZeta @kriscahilig @ellesaadiq @trina158 @mhybl160 (Taken with Instagram at Genesys Lab)

Apr 27

Supporting my sisters; come through! #betaphi #lambdathetaphi (Taken with Instagram at Taco Libre)

Supporting my sisters; come through! #betaphi #lambdathetaphi (Taken with Instagram at Taco Libre)

Apr 23

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Apr 07

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Apr 05

corgiaddict: Derping it up at Florida State University.

corgiaddict:

Derping it up at Florida State University.

Mar 25

fuckyeanba: LeBron James’ decision to tweet about the awful way the Sanford, FL Police Department has handled the Trayvon Martin fiasco inspired the NBPA and many others to follow suit. His hoodie-clad sign of unity with Martin and others gunned down by impulsive (and overtly) racist vigilantes on the police force and elsewhere, is an inspiration. It’s a testament to James’ maturity as a man, and not just a basketball player. Via the Miami Herald’s Dan Le Batard, “Every time James says anything even moderately interesting in public, even if it is as benign as giving an opinion on contraction, he is forced to clarify, elaborate, backtrack, apologize. It is why so many of today’s athletes don’t say anything, afraid as they are of the blowtorch blowback that comes with offending bosses, publicists, sponsors, customers. But James did something last week that didn’t allow for any of that murkiness, gathering his teammates for a symbolic, bowed-head-in-hoodies photo in support of murdered black teenager Trayvon Martin — a team photo unlike any ever taken. When was the last time someone in his position did such a thing? He posted it on his Twitter account, stepping into the media lights this time instead of stumbling into them. He did this after Wade had posted a photo of himself in a hoodie on Twitter and Facebook. It was only the kind of statement Muhammad Ali and John Carlos used to make — and one that Michael Jordan never did.” ^ YES, times infinity. Wade, LeBron, the Heat and others should be commended for their outspoken support for Martin. I applaud everyone that’s doing their part to call attention to this awful story. May Martin be the last African-American youth that’s premarturely laid to rest simply because of their skin pigment. The murderer of Martin, George Zimmerman, should be locked up for the rest of his life.  That’s not all that LeBron has done this week to make me fall in love with him, on a personal, rather than professional level. By way of Pro Basketball Talk, comes the story of our nation’s brave, servicemen and women snapping photos with the Miami Heat stars when they were at the same airport together. From the Oklahoman: “Some of them wanted pictures with the players, but when the crew members approached the team’s security detail, they were told no. Maybe LeBron could overhear the conversation, or perhaps he could just tell by their body language what was going on. Either way, he piped up. ‘Hey, hey,’ he said, ‘any of these military guys can take a picture with us.’ He turned to his teammates. ‘You guys get up,’ he told them. He turned to the servicemen. ‘Get your camera up,’ he said. He started to wave the servicemen over but noticed that some of the players weren’t yet on their feet. ‘Hey, everybody get up,’ he said. ‘Get in a circle here. Anybody that wants their picture taken with us, we’ll do it.’ And that’s exactly what they did. Any of the four or five dozen helicopter crewmen who wanted a photo got one. Not all of them did, but LeBron and his teammates posed with each and every one of them who asked. When those pilots and crewmen walked out of the terminal and back across the tarmac, they had big ol’ smiles on their faces. ‘Can you believe that?’ they asked each other. ‘Who would’ve ever thought?’” LeBron James is a good guy. Lets not forget about that as basketball fans. But more importantly, lets not forget about that as human beings.  AP PHOTO/ J. PAT CARTER

fuckyeanba:

LeBron James’ decision to tweet about the awful way the Sanford, FL Police Department has handled the Trayvon Martin fiasco inspired the NBPA and many others to follow suit. His hoodie-clad sign of unity with Martin and others gunned down by impulsive (and overtly) racist vigilantes on the police force and elsewhere, is an inspiration.

It’s a testament to James’ maturity as a man, and not just a basketball player. Via the Miami Herald’s Dan Le Batard,

“Every time James says anything even moderately interesting in public, even if it is as benign as giving an opinion on contraction, he is forced to clarify, elaborate, backtrack, apologize. It is why so many of today’s athletes don’t say anything, afraid as they are of the blowtorch blowback that comes with offending bosses, publicists, sponsors, customers.

But James did something last week that didn’t allow for any of that murkiness, gathering his teammates for a symbolic, bowed-head-in-hoodies photo in support of murdered black teenager Trayvon Martin — a team photo unlike any ever taken. When was the last time someone in his position did such a thing? He posted it on his Twitter account, stepping into the media lights this time instead of stumbling into them. He did this after Wade had posted a photo of himself in a hoodie on Twitter and Facebook. It was only the kind of statement Muhammad Ali and John Carlos used to make — and one that Michael Jordan never did.”

^ YES, times infinity. Wade, LeBron, the Heat and others should be commended for their outspoken support for Martin. I applaud everyone that’s doing their part to call attention to this awful story. May Martin be the last African-American youth that’s premarturely laid to rest simply because of their skin pigment. The murderer of Martin, George Zimmerman, should be locked up for the rest of his life. 

That’s not all that LeBron has done this week to make me fall in love with him, on a personal, rather than professional level.

By way of Pro Basketball Talk, comes the story of our nation’s brave, servicemen and women snapping photos with the Miami Heat stars when they were at the same airport together. From the Oklahoman:

“Some of them wanted pictures with the players, but when the crew members approached the team’s security detail, they were told no.

Maybe LeBron could overhear the conversation, or perhaps he could just tell by their body language what was going on. Either way, he piped up.

‘Hey, hey,’ he said, ‘any of these military guys can take a picture with us.’

He turned to his teammates.

‘You guys get up,’ he told them.

He turned to the servicemen.

‘Get your camera up,’ he said.

He started to wave the servicemen over but noticed that some of the players weren’t yet on their feet.

‘Hey, everybody get up,’ he said. ‘Get in a circle here. Anybody that wants their picture taken with us, we’ll do it.’

And that’s exactly what they did. Any of the four or five dozen helicopter crewmen who wanted a photo got one. Not all of them did, but LeBron and his teammates posed with each and every one of them who asked.

When those pilots and crewmen walked out of the terminal and back across the tarmac, they had big ol’ smiles on their faces.

‘Can you believe that?’ they asked each other. ‘Who would’ve ever thought?’”

LeBron James is a good guy. Lets not forget about that as basketball fans. But more importantly, lets not forget about that as human beings. 

AP PHOTO/ J. PAT CARTER

fuckyeanba: This is how you leave an orginization. Pure polish and class from former Portland Trail Blazers head coach, Nate McMillan. [Oregonian]

fuckyeanba:

This is how you leave an orginization. Pure polish and class from former Portland Trail Blazers head coach, Nate McMillan.

[Oregonian]

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