Three Days in April (a journal): Linsanity

   Valentine's Day 2012.   This weekend I spoke to an old friend in Massachusetts for an hour.  He played for the Raiders in the 1980's.  Semi-Pro baseball a world in which I thrived and now only remember.  I briefly think about other teams of which I have been part: football, basketball and baseball. I mastered each of those sports. Some of my best days, some of my best friends, but now my skills are gone and a few friends are gone forever. 

      It is Tuesday  at 5:00 P.M.  I am thinking about many things and listening online to the New York  Knicks playing in Toronto.  It is the extension of the "Linmania" the sixth game and the kid is getting beaten.  The magical run may be over.  I have to go back to work on the brief.

     On April 2 i will have a hole cut in my skull and a wire inserted.  I need to consider my days now so I can compare in the future.  Will I no longer wake up frozen in bed?'

    Suddenly, Lin has had a few scores but Toronto is ahead by 15 points.  And Sarah has not shown up.  I was expecting her to come by this afternoon.  But now I must work on the brief.

       Mental note: I need to recall my conversation on Sunday with sister.  Later.  And I am considering an analogy between sports phenoms and writers.

    I eat tortillas with lettuce, tomatoes and parmesean cheese.  And two mini microwaved potatoes.  All with olive oil.  

    Olive oil.  I do not buy butter anymore.  And I am writing again.  Will I be able to write after a brain operation?

    The Knicks cut the lead to 2 points with six minutes left but the Raptors get the lead back to six. Lin goes to the basket hard and is knocked down.  He misses his first freethrow and hits the second. But quickly the lead goes to nine.

    Lin has twenty points and ten assists but a loss will dampen the madness.

   Yet Lin ties the game with a drive for a layup and a freethrow with a minute left.   Then Lin buries a three with one second left to give the Knicks their first lead since the first quarter.  Fearless.  Jeremy Lin.  I am thrilled that I listened.  Lin hit 27 points and the Knicks won on a 13-3 run.

    His fellow player said, "I am happy to be on the ride."  Final 90-87.     

    Now back to the brief.  Work Hard.  I can learn from Jeremy Lin.