A couple of years ago at a tennis tournament in Memphis, Carolina happened to have her camera out at the right time, making a video clip at the right time, and she captured Andy Roddick pitching a temper tantrum and breaking his racket.
I put the video up on Youtube, and as of right now, it has about 85,000 hits. I'm rather proud that my blog's traffic has surpassed 20,000 hits (I'm humbled that so many people have taken an interest in what I have to say about anything). But by far, the most publicized thing that I'm personally connected to has been this Andy Roddick video.
If you look at the statistics, it's been used and linked to by some European sports website. Pretty cool!
Here's the link to my video. I guess Carolina probably deserves most of the credit, as she is the one that captured this.
Showing posts with label Memphis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memphis. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
From our trip to Memphis
The other weekend, Carolina and I drove over to Memphis to see some friends and family. Actually, for a 1 night ordeal, we did an incredible amount of visiting. We began by seeing my grandparents in Henderson, TN. It had been a long time since Carolina had been there especially. We ate at a favorite local restaurant near Freed called Bell's. I had an amazing double cheeseburger! The next morning we ate with them, and saw our friends Luke and Erica, whom we hadn't seen in quite a while. They did visit one day a month ago, but Carolina was in Mexico. It was good to see them and their handsome young son Mayz. We then went on to Memphis.
I started having feelings of deja vu. "Hey, Robert and Angela have a grocery store like this near their apartment! Hey! They also have a Lenny's!" I finally realized that we had driven a back road way to Memphis, which led us directly to our friends' apartment. So instead of waiting until later, we stopped sooner to see them for a while.
Then, we drove down to the very edge of the Tennessee/Mississippi line in Memphis, where our friends Poncho and Vyaney live by a beautiful golf course. They just had their first child: a wonderful son (Alfonso--same as his dad), and we wanted to make this trip especially to see them. We're very happy for them.
It's weird how just a little over 3 years ago, I was engaged to Carolina, but was living in an apartment with Poncho in Searcy. I had just begun preaching at Rose Bud. He was a good roommate. He has a great sense of humor, and is always in a good mood. It's weird to think that not quite four years later, we would both be married, both living in different cities, and he now has a son. Life moves awfully quick.
I started having feelings of deja vu. "Hey, Robert and Angela have a grocery store like this near their apartment! Hey! They also have a Lenny's!" I finally realized that we had driven a back road way to Memphis, which led us directly to our friends' apartment. So instead of waiting until later, we stopped sooner to see them for a while.
Then, we drove down to the very edge of the Tennessee/Mississippi line in Memphis, where our friends Poncho and Vyaney live by a beautiful golf course. They just had their first child: a wonderful son (Alfonso--same as his dad), and we wanted to make this trip especially to see them. We're very happy for them.It's weird how just a little over 3 years ago, I was engaged to Carolina, but was living in an apartment with Poncho in Searcy. I had just begun preaching at Rose Bud. He was a good roommate. He has a great sense of humor, and is always in a good mood. It's weird to think that not quite four years later, we would both be married, both living in different cities, and he now has a son. Life moves awfully quick.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Tennis Tournament in Memphis
Carolina and I went to Memphis on Friday to watch part of a tennis tournament that benefits St. Jude's children's hospital. It happens every year around this time, and there are always some good stars around. This was my third time to see Andy Roddick, but my first time to see Venus Williams. I'll break my thoughts down into a few tidbits:
1. When we first walked through the place on the way to the court, we were walking past a huge black man who looked strangely familiar, then I saw someone stop and tell him how much they love his daughters. It was Venus Williams' dad. I had to squeeze past him to go down the stairs, so we smiled and nodded at each other. That was cool.
2. Andy Roddick is a lot of fun to watch. He is very aggressive and passionate. He was playing against some guy named Y. Lu who gave him a real run for his money. Roddick won the first set but almost lost the second one. It came down to a tie breaker. Carolina had her camera out and we managed to get a video capture of Andy on the last point of an important game that he lost. He had been getting mad and fussing to himself, then hitting the ground some with his raquet. When he lost this game, he slammed it and broke it, then got out the next raquet and threw it on the ground, too. Check out the video below, we got it all! I think later, they got the raquet that he broke out of the trash and auctioned it off for charity.
After this game, he came back with a lot of desire. He served three aces in a row, then double faulted, then lost a point. As soon as he lost the point, I was expecting to hear some expletives, but instead he shouted, "AWESOME!!!" at the top of his lungs. He's good at entertaining the crowd. Especially when he gets mad and gives dirty looks to the line judges.
3. Venus Williams. Seeing her in person is so impressive. Carolina happened to be at the right place at the right time and managed to snap this close-up, really good picture of her. I've never seen someone be so huge yet so graceful. Her technique is beautiful. She has extremely long arms and legs, but consistently did great at returning the balls that would have seemed too close for her to get with her long stature. She's very classy and graceful. I'd like to see her play again some time.
If you have never gone to a tennis match and live around the AR-TN area, this is a great one to go to. The place is fairly small, and as you can see from the video, you are really close to the action, even in the cheap seats.
1. When we first walked through the place on the way to the court, we were walking past a huge black man who looked strangely familiar, then I saw someone stop and tell him how much they love his daughters. It was Venus Williams' dad. I had to squeeze past him to go down the stairs, so we smiled and nodded at each other. That was cool.
2. Andy Roddick is a lot of fun to watch. He is very aggressive and passionate. He was playing against some guy named Y. Lu who gave him a real run for his money. Roddick won the first set but almost lost the second one. It came down to a tie breaker. Carolina had her camera out and we managed to get a video capture of Andy on the last point of an important game that he lost. He had been getting mad and fussing to himself, then hitting the ground some with his raquet. When he lost this game, he slammed it and broke it, then got out the next raquet and threw it on the ground, too. Check out the video below, we got it all! I think later, they got the raquet that he broke out of the trash and auctioned it off for charity. After this game, he came back with a lot of desire. He served three aces in a row, then double faulted, then lost a point. As soon as he lost the point, I was expecting to hear some expletives, but instead he shouted, "AWESOME!!!" at the top of his lungs. He's good at entertaining the crowd. Especially when he gets mad and gives dirty looks to the line judges.
3. Venus Williams. Seeing her in person is so impressive. Carolina happened to be at the right place at the right time and managed to snap this close-up, really good picture of her. I've never seen someone be so huge yet so graceful. Her technique is beautiful. She has extremely long arms and legs, but consistently did great at returning the balls that would have seemed too close for her to get with her long stature. She's very classy and graceful. I'd like to see her play again some time.If you have never gone to a tennis match and live around the AR-TN area, this is a great one to go to. The place is fairly small, and as you can see from the video, you are really close to the action, even in the cheap seats.
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