You guys made this the game thread?? Wow... i am humbled. But not that humble! Here goes...
Live from Sec 335!
Woohoo! 1-0 in attendance at Knicks games this year. When you take the blame for the losses (21-41 when i stay home) I guess it's okay to take the credit for the win.
Game was good. We were late, as my date was late meeting me in front of Borders on 7th ave. So we go in through tower D, find Gate 77 and make our way to our seats courtesy of some friendly Arena ushers. We get there and its a 2pt game halfway through the first quarter. There are two seats open at the end of the row but they're not our seats. Our seats are the third and fourth ones in. And some dude is sitting in the third seat. A quick meeting of the minds and he vacates the spot. Not sure why he didn't stick around in the empty seats but thats surely a story being told in another blog somewhere. At first to my immediate left I was sitting next to some Hawks fan and his girl beside him. Seated directly in front of us are a European couple; the man in a blue and orange NY Knicks "'46" t-shirt. My date doesn't realize they are european but I've been to MSG before and I know how to spot a couple on vacation. When the PA announcer plays the "clap your hands" song, they are very enthusiastic but end up clapping completely out of rhythm. This man is also very tall (another giveaway) obstructing our view so Hawks fan next to me gets up and switches seats with his girl. Halfway through the first I hear my name. "Kam!!!" I looked to my left down row L and saw Marv from ultimateknicks! My date is stunned. She thought I had paid a guy $5 to pretend he knew me. Later Hawksfan disappeared and we sat next to Marv. He and I shared a "Guess we shouldn't have bought those promotional $20 game tickets back in the heady days of September" moment. MsgBrian has some esplainin' to do. But we won so all is forgiven for one night. And there was even a little game drama to interest my date, although she seemed to enjoy the Knicks Dancers and other in-game distractions more than the game itself. We almost got on camera a few times. I told her if they turn on kiss cam we'd be obliged to perform. Her one critical moment of any player was when Eddie House drove for a layup late in the fourth and missed it. She said "Even I'm pissed off at that". So for one night, a night where Jamal almost went off, the Knicks played up to expectations. Wilson with the play of the game with the game-saving block. The entire crowd knew the last basket was going to be overturned. We were ready to boo our lungs off (well, i was anyways). David Duchovny was the resident famous person in the front row. My date asked me about his sex addiction. Trent Tucker was also at the game, and was given a warm greeting by the fans. They showed his .1 second heave to beat the bulls on the big screen.
After the game ended we said goodbye to Marv and my date and I hopped a cab from MSG to one of my favorite eateries on 1st and 1st. Dinner and a chocolate cake later we're hanging out smoking cigarettes. After putting her in a Cab i grabbed another cab back up to Penn Station. 30 minutes to kill before my train so I take a walk around MSG and roll myself a shmoke. I am coming back on the train now. I tell you, NJ transit is the innermost circle of hell.
Double-decker train, so i march up top. I'm like the first mother****er up here. Everything quiet as a whore in church. I might just doze off peacefully. But no. Not gonna be that easy. Sitting there for two minutes but as the train starts i hear this scratching sound? Either someone is scratching a scratch-off ticket for a long time, or this mechanically induced noise is going to serenade me the whole ride. No thanks. Think I'll head downstairs and find another seat thank-you.
Downstairs now playing with my phone trying to look up the schedule to see when I'll be home. All is good for a minute but then it begins. All i hear is beep-beep-beep. Beep-Beep-Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep-Beep-Beep Beep. Beep. Even the drunkgirl in the row in front of me notices and say something to her longhaired boyfriend about the beeping but then she goes back to her touch phone. I'm looking around trying to find the source of this annoyance. I spot everyone with their ****ing cellphones out so it was not easy to suss out who it was but then i spotted this one passenger who kept fidgeting with his phone, obviously a clamshell 2003 model they gave away. Or at least one would hope it was free. This phone's so old its one where the keys make noise every time they are pressed. This mother****er is playing Tetris I swear. Finally he stops playing/texting and begins talking on his phone which is oddly more bearable.
No sooner am I through the woods with phone dude when drunkgirl in the row in front of me starts singing into her boyfriend's knee. Hey I know you think you're being polite, but i can still hear you bitch. Really? You're gonna just keep singing? I've had enough. I'm getting up and standing in the corridor til this **** passes.
Metuchen station, finally.
lol @ being BANNED by Martin since 11/07/10 (for asking if Mr. Earl had a point). Really, Martin? C'mon. This is the internet. I've seen much worse on this site. By Earl himself. Drop the hypocrisy.
3/9/2010 4:36 AM
