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12.26.07
10:08 PM,
Thursday, May 31st 2007:
X...HALE.
Could a day be
better summed up with what I just
witnessed?
I know, I know -
we're all "witnesses". Great campaign btw. But
seriously - something really special occured in that
game. I honestly believe going into this series,
LeBron didn't believe. At 22 he had no idea
even to himself how good he was. The first 2 games
proved that - he almost seemed embarrassed to excel.
Game 3 he had no choice and he took over, but not
completely. They won the the next 2 games as LeBron
seemingly matured in front of our eyes...
...but
something unbelieveable happened
tonight.
It's as if he said: "What if..." and
just went for it. "What if I just go
as hard as I can, take it on my
shoulders - and just throw myself at the
defenders and forget getting others
involved for once? What if?" 25 straight
points later and 2 overtime periods he
literally astonished himself.
Scoring 29 of Cleveland's last 30 points
he just did it all - fade away 3s, monster
dunks - got around double-teams, triple
teams. To say he was unstoppable is an
understatement. It's as if the only thing
stopping him before was his own belief in
his abilities. It was a beautiful thing to
witness. He now knows he can do anything,
and where will that take
him...
I relate to
LeBron because quite often my whole "jack of all
trades" mentality with my talents is out of
trepidation over not being good enough. In basketball,
you can't blame a guy who gets a triple-double... but
oftentimes that 10, 10, and 10 says: "What, you didn't
think you could do it yourself?". It's a shitty
double-standard in a basketball age of selfishness to
actually slam someone for being unselfish.. but it's
because it really does say something. When you have
the talent LeBron has (talent I swear he wasn't fully
aware of until tonight) and you just DON'T take over,
there's a self-esteem issue. Period. And in many
respects I seem to work extra hard at doing every,
single, possible aspect of a project, partly because I
have the talent too - but also because the thought of
only doing one of those things and being judged solely
on that? It's a little scary. I'd rather sit at a
piano and sing a ballad than karaoke. Do I think
I can't sing? No... but I feel safer somehow
doing more so everyone isn't only looking at
one thing. And if I personally built the piano as
well, all the better. Interesting character
trait.
ANYWAY - way off
subject here. Today is marked as the end of
negotiations with CBS for Living Room Live 3.
Everything is signed sealed and delivered and things
will start up tentatively the last week of June.
Incredibly even after I agreed to the final
offer, Steve suprised me with even more. I assume as a
"thank you" for past work and it just floored me. It
was just such a wonderful way to end what was one of
the most stressfu months of my life. It really is an
incredible feeling to know that you have a friend on
the inside. I will say however - as I mentioned in the
last entry - I have to start pursuing other
things because what I went through this month almost
killed me. No offense to CBS whatsoever, this is
my personal financial issues, but it's ridiculously
irresponsible of me to have waited for 3 months for
the next Living Room Live "assuming" everything
would be alright. Because of that I was literally
rolling the dice with a mortgage. Never, ever,
ever again. I will spend the next several months
working my ass off on Living Room Live... and trying
desperately to have some other income - be it
voice-over work or other avenues because no one should
live through the stress of this month...
...and speaking of
that - holy shit right? How ridiculous was this month?
Granted almost everything is locked - but assuming
you're reading this 5 years after the fact and it's
all unlocked... that's some crazy shit to befall a man
in a calendar month. And what I announce next week?
SHEEEEEEEIT. Your heads are gonna spin. Spinny-spin
spin. So much for thinking there would be a couple
down months in between LRLs. Why do I even utter
the words?
So in
fantastically over-dramtic fashion, May comes to an
end. We end negotiations, and LeBron ends everyone's
doubt that he is special beyond anyone's belief. This
would be his senior year in college and he is a game
away from leading his team to the Finals. No
offense to Kobe who is also masterful...but he was on
a stacked team when he came into the league.
LeBron is doing this with no-names. If he gets
to the Finals with this team, at his age, it has to be
considered one of the most incredible feats in all of
sports.
Alright, I'm beat.
Heh, just wait'll you guys see what's gonna happen in
June.
