The Lakers

I'm not a huge sports fan, so only nominally follow our teams in the paper and only watch them on TV when they are vying for a championship... so I haven't paid a lot of attention to the Lakers this year.

However, I love actually going to a live sporting event. And so when my friend Debbie asked if Megan and I wanted to accompany her and Tanya to see the Lakers this afternoon, I jumped at it. (Actually, I offered Gareth the opportunity to join them -- basketball is the only American sport he enjoys, and neither of us have been fortunate enough to see the Lakers live and in person at Staples Center.)

Gareth evaluated the idea -- and as this is one of the last games of the season, the team is not in contention, and Kobe won't be there... he decided he would rather stay home and catch up on work. So I'll be going instead. (Rats! And here I thought it would be an opportunity for me to slip out and see "Fever Pitch," which opened while we were still away and looks like my kind of movie.)

Either way, it will be fun. Debbie's tickets come from her movie studio, and she says the seats are reallty good. I'll try to post some photos from my phone (if any of them come out OK.)

Comments

[Lorna]

I love anything live: sports, dance, music and especially theatre. One of the biggest surprises was seeing how fast figure-skating is when you see it live, and not just fast but scary. I imagine basketball could be like that too; I played it but since I'm 5ft 2, you can imagine it wasn't fast, scary or interesting. I hope you enjoy it.

[Jen]

Boo Yeah! Too bad Gareth didn't get to see Kobe!