Camp, fishing, etc etc.
It better be coolin' down round these parts real fast else I ain't gonna be happy. Three days til camp. Three days! It's finally here. Now, the 31st won't be nothin' but moving into the dorms, getting ourselves situated, talk from the coaches, media training, all that stuff we gotta go through. The real fun'll begin the next day, the 1st. We got running tests to do. And I'm sorry, I'ma be miserable if it's 95 like it's been all this week and I gotta do running tests. Cause if you fail your running tests, you gotta keep doin' your running tests. And trust me, I only wanna do em once.
Odds are real good I'm gonna room with our new rookie, Heath Miller, although you never know. I know the coaches want me to be his bud, for obvious reasons - I'm the QB, he's my catching TE...well. He's a cool guy and I got no problems roomin' with him. I just hope he don't snore, and all. The kid finally signed, I didn't really look at the money, but it was obvious that right after Alex Smith signed the first round was gonna ink like dominos. Gotta wait for the #1 pick to sign, it's the yardstick against which you get your contract. I got lucky, Eli got a big deal, so I got a big deal. Not a bad signing for you too, Alex...
Anyway. Anyone watch the ESPYs or the QB Challenge? Trust me, you shouldn'ta, cause I didn't win either time and just looked goofy doin' it. But I did come in 2nd on the Challenge, so close - so close, man! Ah well, I can buy that watch if I really, really want it, it was just fun to compete in. I ain't complainin' that summer festivities are over now, though.
The Bassmaster Classic's in Pittsburgh this weekend, which is awesome. I love fishing. And you can have spectator boats on the river to watch and even fish, and I guess I should get a boat, but I don't have one yet. I was gonna borrow my neighbor's, but...ESPN loaned me one. With the provision that they could film me. So I said yes cause it was a real nice boat and quite frankly I don't see the draw of watching me stand on a boat with a fishing line. It ain't like I'm tackling the fish. It's not exactly a high-thriller sport, and I didn't catch much all day, sorta bad weather conditions. Actually I got a picture and it's ridiculous. See, they're hovering. And I'm...standing. And ionno, I'm still really having trouble grasping why anyone would care. Anyhow, there was a big Outdoor Expo today too and I bought entirely too much stuff. So tempted on the boat! Anyone have any recommendations?
Oh, speaking of the media. They called me already, bout the hockey kid? Crosby? I don't remember his first name off hand, but they're calling it The Crosby Show so...ionno, I think it's funny. And anyway they would just be thrilled if me and maybe Jason Bay could, you know, photo op or something, cause it'll be great, the football and baseball ROTYs and the next hockey ROTY! I think they wanna do it on the Dusquesne Incline. And I think Jason's actually excited for it. Canadians - weird, right. I mean, this guy's like, 17? He's a kid! That's nuts! Hockey, you're crazy. But I did promise to see some of you guys this year and I ain't gonna bail out on it. Prolly after my season'd be best though, I don't got much time otherwise. We'll work it out.
Odds are real good I'm gonna room with our new rookie, Heath Miller, although you never know. I know the coaches want me to be his bud, for obvious reasons - I'm the QB, he's my catching TE...well. He's a cool guy and I got no problems roomin' with him. I just hope he don't snore, and all. The kid finally signed, I didn't really look at the money, but it was obvious that right after Alex Smith signed the first round was gonna ink like dominos. Gotta wait for the #1 pick to sign, it's the yardstick against which you get your contract. I got lucky, Eli got a big deal, so I got a big deal. Not a bad signing for you too, Alex...
Anyway. Anyone watch the ESPYs or the QB Challenge? Trust me, you shouldn'ta, cause I didn't win either time and just looked goofy doin' it. But I did come in 2nd on the Challenge, so close - so close, man! Ah well, I can buy that watch if I really, really want it, it was just fun to compete in. I ain't complainin' that summer festivities are over now, though.
The Bassmaster Classic's in Pittsburgh this weekend, which is awesome. I love fishing. And you can have spectator boats on the river to watch and even fish, and I guess I should get a boat, but I don't have one yet. I was gonna borrow my neighbor's, but...ESPN loaned me one. With the provision that they could film me. So I said yes cause it was a real nice boat and quite frankly I don't see the draw of watching me stand on a boat with a fishing line. It ain't like I'm tackling the fish. It's not exactly a high-thriller sport, and I didn't catch much all day, sorta bad weather conditions. Actually I got a picture and it's ridiculous. See, they're hovering. And I'm...standing. And ionno, I'm still really having trouble grasping why anyone would care. Anyhow, there was a big Outdoor Expo today too and I bought entirely too much stuff. So tempted on the boat! Anyone have any recommendations?
Oh, speaking of the media. They called me already, bout the hockey kid? Crosby? I don't remember his first name off hand, but they're calling it The Crosby Show so...ionno, I think it's funny. And anyway they would just be thrilled if me and maybe Jason Bay could, you know, photo op or something, cause it'll be great, the football and baseball ROTYs and the next hockey ROTY! I think they wanna do it on the Dusquesne Incline. And I think Jason's actually excited for it. Canadians - weird, right. I mean, this guy's like, 17? He's a kid! That's nuts! Hockey, you're crazy. But I did promise to see some of you guys this year and I ain't gonna bail out on it. Prolly after my season'd be best though, I don't got much time otherwise. We'll work it out.