Well, I didn’t wake up in time for that Mt. Fuji-Viewing Grape-Picking Wine-Tasting Tour.

Boohoohoohoo.

I spent about 4 hours sulking on my bed (oh so comfortable airbed), which prolly was the main reason why I didn’t wake up at 4 freakin’ AM (the bed, not the sulking).

And then, at 1130~ish (JST), the Storm hosted the visiting Minnesota Lynx. And for most of the game, they were being massacred by Seimone Augustus, Lindsey Harding, Candace Wiggins, and Anna DeForge. But then during the 3Q, Sue Bird (0 for 4 during the first half) keyed in about 10 points in a heart-stopping run that chipped down the Lynx lead until eventually we got the game. Sue Bird dropped 22 monster points again. When will the dotcom people ever see her as a huge candidate for that prestigious award?

BTW, there was a scary moment in the game where Sheryl Swoopes went up to block Candace Wiggins’ shot and came down on the floor — and didn’t get up for quite a while. A stretcher was brought out and my God, the 9000~ish that attended the record-setting game (for most wins in a season in franchise history) fell eerily quiet. I just read from the Storm Blog that Swoopes was unconscious for a few seconds but came to and recognized everyone around her. Good thing it was just a concussion. I thought something happened to her back, or head, or neck, or whatever. Kevin Pelton reports that Swoopes is fine.

21 wins 10 losses – best conference record in franchise history. 15 wins 1 loss – best home record in franchise history (and prolly the league, I just haven’t checked yet). We’re atop the Western Conference and if we continue playing like this, the chance to win that trophy is looking really really good. And gads, LJ isn’t there. I can’t imagine what’ll happen to the Storm when she gets back from surgery. Freakin’ awesome, this team is.

Okay so the good things don’t end there. I now think that the universe must be conspiring to make me happy and feel better about missing the trip (that I was waiting for for weeks, mind you). I ain’t gonna diss Paulo Coelho today. Some other time maybe.

After the Storm game I had to figure out how to watch the 2008 UAAP Cheerdance Competition. I’ve always watched that contest since I was in freshman year (whoa, it feels like eons already). Last year I missed out on one of the best performances by UP in ages because I was stuck recuperating my lungs inside a hospital in Chofu.

So anyway, thanks to Lau who told me to get TFC so I could watch the competition (because I’m stuck here and not with the gang in the trip), I was able to witness the performances. And wow, I mean, wow. I admit that UP’s routine wasn’t perfectly clean but man, there’s only so much oomph that one can handle and the UP Pep Squad brought it, really brought it. The concept was just whoa, and I like the theme, and the music (pinikpikan) and aaargh, it feels pretty good to be a UP grad right now.

Why?

Because we freakin’ won, that’s why!

I’m saving the commentary for later when the fog inside my head clears. I’m just happy that the UP Pep Squad won. Here’s their routine btw:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkIfsBvvvac

So anyway, I glanced outside my window and it is raining hard (complete with thunder and lightning very very frightening) and I just thought that, okay fine, I feel a whole lot better already, universe. Thank you very much for this day. 🙂

ETA: A much much better view of the routine [ here ].