Will Ferrell schools the senshationol Bill Walton in an aMAZing game of H-O-R-S-E. Unbelievable.

Well, we made the NEPSAC tourney as a fifth seed in the "B" division. I was really surprised that we received that high of a seed. We play Wednesday night at a neutral site because our opponent, the Cambridge School of Weston, doesn't have a regulation court.

Well, Saturday was a discouraging day for LCA boys' basketball. We headed to Concord Academy for the Eastern Independent League (EIL) tournament as the fourth of four seeds in the "A" pool. Our first game, we played Pingree, the number one team and lost as we never developed an offensive flow. In the third place game, we faced Beaver Country Day. Just like Pingree, we had beat them once during the regular season. This time, however, we looked lost. They played an uptempo game and got out to a 27-point lead at one point during the second half. Defense was suspect in both affairs of the day. Our only hope of an extension of our season at this point is to be invited to the NEPSAC Tournament (regional tourney) as a team in the "B" pool. We were on the fringe going into the committee meeting held today.

I think to wind up fourth in our league was disappointing considering the physical talent we had. We beat each of the top three teams once so we played well -- at times. A lack of consistency and effort, both mentally and physically, really hurt us this year, though. We also lost to the worst team in the league, handing Portsmouth Abbey their first win of the season. None the less, it has been a great experience and I've really enjoyed it. We'll just wait and see what happens from here.

Creativity and too much time. Most times the two do not meet due to deadlines. However, the following shows there is such a thing as a blue moon.



Pretty amazing if you ask me.

I completed my first week of work at Draper last Friday. So far, it has gone well. I'm splitting time between formatting documents (fonts, wording, etc.) and putting together spreadsheets for the Electronics Parts department. I didn't have a computer the first day, which meant pens and paper. Woot! I have my own computer now so I can stay busy during the downtimes.

This is possibly the last week of basketball with our last game on Wednesday and the league tournament on Saturday. If we win Wednesday night there is an outside chance that we could make the regional tournament (NEPSAC). We would be in a much better position for NEPSAC but after beating Pingree (#1 team in the league) we lost to Chapel Hill (a team that has struggled) by a free throw with no time remaining -- very frustrating. I'm still not looking forward to basketball being over.

Presently, I have an occupation

For those of you who haven't received an email from me or heard some other way, I was hired this past week by Draper Laboratory here in Boston as a technical writer. This is exciting stuff since I have been looking for full-time work since I graduated from college. From what I currently know, I will be formatting documents and helping keep tabs on parts that the engineers at Draper design and use.

Basketball is still ongoing for at least three more weeks. We have six more regular season games and then the league tournament. I can't say that I am looking forward to it ending. I've enjoyed getting to go the gym every day, working with the guys and shooting some hoops. Keeps me slender.