June 25

I guess you could say it was an eventful day. Let's see. Michael Jackson died today. WHAT!? Talk about news coming out of left field. Where did this even come from? I got a ton of texts telling me that he had died, then that he was in a coma, then that he was confirmed dead. It was a confusing hour. Regardless, we did lose an icon this afternoon. Wow. AND Farrah Fawcett passed away.

Work was short and sweet and I actually left a bit early. Having extra time to run errands really does make the day go a little more smooth.

My family got together tonight to celebrate my Uncle Steve's birthday. Around 15 of us went out to eat for dinner. The plan was then for everybody to come back to our house, but I had to jet after the meal. I met up with Brandon, Laura, and Aubrey to see Transformers 2 in IMAX. It is what I thought it would be, which is mindless action with superb special effects. Haha. Every once in a while, those are good movies to watch. The IMAX certainly added to the experience.

Oh, and as far as the sports for today...wow. The Tigers finished the sweep of the Cubs today and won their 7th game in a row. Next up, a reunion with Pudge in Houston. The NBA draft was tonight and there were a few big trades that occurred. If you read the blog yesterday, you would know that Shaq went to Cleveland for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic. That one was announced as I was typing. This afternoon, however, Jamal Crawford was sent to the Hawks AND (the big one of the day) Vince Carter went to Orlando for Courtney Lee, Rafer Alston, and Tony Battie. Then there was the actual draft that took place around 8 where Minnesota grabbed 83 point guards and the Pistons somehow had 4 picks (one of which was traded to Houston). I like who we picked up, though.

Again, it was a crazy day. Michael Jackson. Really?

P.Y.T.,

B