That was a lotta fun and I'll agree that Ticha was really cool and fun to hang with as well. Losing the iPod was alright, had I thought about it, I would have offered to let her just give it to me since she needed to get rid of it and all..I would have happily saved the little kids from the exposure to some PG13 and higher material out of the goodness of my heart....
I'm not sure if the switch and taking the iPod off the table prompted this or if it was already on the auction block coming into today, but NBH and I along with two other people momentarily considered pooling our money together to bid on the "Dinner With Ticha" package - where the highest bidder would have gone to a restaurant where Ticha would have cooked a multi-course Portuguese dinner for up to four people. The date she had in mind for that unfortunately would not have worked for me but, shoot it was still tempting. As was the momentary idea of bidding on any of her authentic game worn stuff - I'd have to forgo a looooot of of stuff (like food and rent) to have beaten out the determined folks bidding up on stuff. She did a good job raising money for the charities she's supporting. Unfortunately the crowd wasn't interested in the Kings stuff she was auctioning, and given the interest of the room to all things she had in her closet with her name and #21 on it, she was nearly tempted to go back home and get some more stuff. She even brought out her championship bling which prompted a young girl to ask her if she was going to auction that off, Ticha gently explained to her that she ain't got enough money in the world to buy that from her. But she generously let that thing float around the room for everyone to see, most of the time with her finger attached to it (thankfully because it was making me nervous just being in the room and not locked up somewhere.
From what we were told by one of the camp counselors, some of the young girls in her camp this weekend certainly can ball. One lil point guard to be apparently has the flashy moves Ticha did at her age. Good to know the pipeline is still stocked, although we may have 10+ years to wait.
People should hit Yo's camp, she should be equally as fun. And who couldn't benefit from learning how to clear some space in the paint or a boatload of O-boards huh? That should be mandatory lifeskills!
