Double way ball
I weigh around 125 lbs. or so and I currently measure around 5'7" or something like that. Sadly, I've been eating quite a bit lately and I think I'm starting to get pot-bellied. So now, I'm trying to try to get myself back into shape.
Some problems though.
I'm trying to shoot for my highschool level of playing but it already seems impossible because of my erratic lifestyle and the lapsed years since. I can't run as much as I used to, I can't jump as high as I want to, and my knees aren't the same anymore. I really hate it when my knees act up. Just the other night while I was sleeping, I couldn't stretch out my legs because of something or whatever. Everytime I'd straighten them out they'd hurt. It felt like someone pressing against your knee, trying to bend it the other way. It was really irritating. Then, I can't play basketball because I have no one to play with. My best friend's so fat (fat, not obese) that his doctor forbid him to even jog for fear that he might grind his knees into oblivion. Well, he really wasn't a basketball person anyway.
And then let us not forget my eyes, which have gotten worse over the past four years (I know, I should've had them checked every year-but that's what I plan to do now) which has greatly taken away any shooting skills I had, simultaneously contributing to my reputation with the groups of ballers I used to play with (I no longer hear from them.) Oh, and my lungs. As testament to my deteriorated condition, my asthma has resurfaced and is trying to take over my life in the form of money spent on medication. I spent less when I was still smoking regularly.
I have a pair of red and white sneakers I have only played in about, say thrice? Now how bad is that? Well, I've had the sneakers for about half a year now. I can't even say they've been broken in yet. My playing socks are still basically new. Almost nonexistent fibre loss.
I'd love to play again, if I could play with anyone.
And if I had a pair of playing goggles.
But I guess that's going to take a while, given my set of friends (who would rather play badminton or eat) right now. So I'll have to do it on my own, maybe shoot a few hoops or something like that.
posted by Karl @ 2:04 PM
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