Old Skool

So lets talk about Mel Thomas. I spoke to Mel Thomas twice in my life. The first time I spoke with her I told her that she was my "alarm clock" because everyday in the fall the team would walk past my room in the morning and would wake me up. Literally everyday I'd wake up and I'd see them walking past my room and then I'd go eat breakfast at South...which is where they ended up going to eat. I would go out of my way not to bother them even though I was a big fan of theirs.

Anyway the other time I spoke to Thomas I told her that a church said a prayer for her.

I told her about a church saying a prayer for her and being my alarm clock.

I'm sure she thinks I'm one normal guy. I mean how could she not...

Anyway the old skool story is that I remember that she was getting an apple after breakfast...and I was next in line waiting to get apples. She took forever. I mean forever to choose a freaking apple. She picked up several of them. She probably weighed them, checked for imperfections etc. etc. I mean it took forever before she finally moved on with her life.

But her perfectionism in choosing apples is also the perfectionism that it took to get her jump shot. I can live with waiting 30 minutes for an apple if it means Mel Thomas will make jump shots for my team.