Clippers v LA Lakers and other thoughts - Week 4

We went into LA via Uber which at 5.30 is the only sane way to deal with the traffic for a 7pm start of the LA Lakers versus the Clippers at the Staples Centre. I do not understand why there isn't another viable form of transport into LA - everyone is on the roads - madness!

As per our last visit we had excellent seats as they were corporate ones owned by Blackline. For anyone who talked to me after seeing them in November, I apologise for the repeat of information. Needless to say we were sat behind the same strange woman!!!

So last November Mark, Jake and I went to see the Clippers. I went in first and so was sitting behind what appeared to be a friendly lady, who was about the same age as me. We started to chat when there was a lull in the madness and noise, which wasn't often. She asked Jake and I where we were from (Mark managed to evert his eyes, so never had to talk - a very clever ploy which I must learn). When we said the UK, she decided it was her opportunity to give us her take on the terrible state of Britain and our politics. Now whilst I agree, I will not have anyone saying bad things about my country and I became rather bristled and a Mary Poppins in a mood. She would turn round at various points saying things like we needed a leader like the Italian or Polish one and May was a disaster. After biting my tongue, I eventually said ….'thank you for your thoughts, but we will all be fine, it will all work out'.

I did believe that at the time, but now not so sure.

Anyway her response to that was... 'well you weren't alright in the war!'

I was very good and didn't respond back. But turned my head and refused to speak to her - very British!

So needless to say this time I did not want to sit near her. I told the gents we were with (two of Mark's lovely workmates called Eric and Jim) all about it and I'm not sure they believed me. They did by the end of the match and Eric named her Psycho bitch was is very apt I think :-)

The LA Lakers were near our end of the court and their girlfriends and wives were in the front row. Psycho woman was not only shouting at the top of her voice at the Laker players while they were taking their shots, but also shouted 'Tramp' at a particularly well endowed young lady with a low cut leopard print blouse and clearly botoxed lips.

Again there was frenetic play until the LA Lakers scored then they stopped the clock and lots of different things happened. I thought I would list them so you could appreciate the level of hysteria by the end of the evening. I wonder if Americans have very low attention spans.....

Fireworks

Rap music and Wurlitzer piano getting everyone stirred up

'Defence' chant every time LA Lakers were at the basket

Cheerleaders dancing - amazing routine

Audience participation throwing the ball for huge prizes of a few thousand dollars.

Kiss cam where they went round getting people to kiss

Kid cam, where they find cute kids dancing (all willing to participate and ready to be the next star)

The Clipper parrot like mascot firing a large gun with T shirts into the audience

Acrobats bouncing onto trampolines and throwing balls at the baskets

Balloons falling from the sky into the audience with prizes ranging from

$25 to $1000

A giant machine gun firing T Shirts into the audience (people were going crazy at this stage)

More cheer leader dancing

'A pantomime cow dancing in the crowd with the slogan 'Eat more chicken' on the cylinder light box in the middle (not sure what to call it, but you will see it in the pictures).

All in all the games was amazing! It was so close and they kept getting points off each other - back and forth. No wonder they need a rest every few minutes!

LA Lakers won in the end, but only after extra time. It was a fantastic game and even I was shouting out and screaming in the end, my reserve all gone, but not enough that after catching the Psycho woman's eye, I looked down - panic averted.

I had taken videos to show you, but after 1/2 hour of trying to download them to here, Ive given up.

Other thoughts:

I saw an interview with Baby Spice ( I wonder if she is still happy being called Baby at her age). She described herself as middle aged and so I wonder if my description of myself on this blog as middle aged is actually right.

What is the descriptive term of after middle aged?

'Old git' or 'past it' most probably :-)

I was in Target getting bits and pieces and saw blue hair dye going for 1/2 price and I thought, why not....then I thought, but why...… am I too old for blue hair?

Is this my bid for a recaptured youth?

Definitely considering another tattoo. I bet a number of you didn't know I had one already. The new one will probably be a Phoebe from friends version though.

Is this a mid-life crisis....oh hang on, its not mid life, or is it?

Happy to have your thoughts.

So Ive been looking at all these lovely ladies in LA who whatever their size have rather lovely tans. So looking at my practically blue/white legs last week in my aqua class, I decided to invest in tanning cream. Ive used these before with some success. The only issue this time was that I had picked the darker tan by accident and not really rubbed it in properly.

So today in Aqua I looked like Trump with streaks! - still no -one knows me (and is not likely to want to). At least I was under the water.

Ive now exfoliated and its looking a little better. Note to self - wait for sun!!!!!

Mark is in Hong Kong for five day and two days in, whilst having good chats with Lulu, I have not really talked to anyone over a couple of words. I have found that I make comments to myself in shops about what I am looking at (a stream of consciousness as it were), but then catch peoples eye when I realise I have said it out loud. Gosh in fact a bit like the Psycho woman - maybe she's just lonely. Note to self - give her another chance when I go again, we may end up as best buddies......

I will let you know if I go a bit mad.....oh too late!

I'll sign off for now.