"we in the mud"

check out this awesome article about Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol.

"It's amazing how from when I got here to where we are now," Randolph says. "The fans have embraced us. The city's behind us. The games are crowded and almost sold out. I love this city. I can relate to them. If they trade me tomorrow, I'm still going to be in Memphis. I'm still going to be paying people's utility bills from wherever I'm at. It's always going to be my city." 

 For Gasol, this is the only way it can be. 

 "I don't think there's another way to play basketball," he says. "When you play in a city, you have to play for the people that are there. You're representing them everywhere you go. When you play in Denver, or L.A., you have Memphis across your chest. 

 I think when you play with that pride and know you're representing people at home, you play with a different mindset. It doesn't matter, it's not about you, it's about your team and the people back home." 

 That's the story of Memphis' rise to a Western power. All heart, grit grind, the blue-collar city with the blue-collar brothers down low.

to better know a Grizzly

grantland has an in depth article on the background of the backbone of the current (awesome) Grizzlies team. Read all about Zach Randolph
and get to know a Grizzly

another 2012 NBA championship finalist bites the dust

This time the Grizzlies wiped the floor with the Oklahoma City Thunder in OKC, winning 107-97. They are looking so tough this year, it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside after almost a full season watching my Tennessee Volunteers lose in every possible way.

Grit and grind expert Zach Randolph can be heard promising Thunder center Kendrick Perkins to "beat yo ass" right before they both get ejected from the game. Hehehehehehehehe.

Next up, the Grizz take on a currently undefeated Knicks team at home in Memphis on Friday. twerk.

new gay couple alert

zachary quinto (aka spock and aka american horror story) and jonathan groff (aka jesse st james and aka spring awakening) are dating!

if i didnt already have the best boyfriend in the world i would be so jealous. via

zach anner meets oprah

we've talked about zach anner in the past. he is now onw of the final three contestants left on the reality show where the prize is your show on OWN. zach is obviously the best, as seen here in this clip where he meets oprah. via.

park day!

it was park day with the harvills! we first went to fogey park in germantown (the one closest to both of our homes), only to discover that snob-antown has renovated the park and put in an automatic gate and is now charging 60 bucks a year for non-residents and requires a half hour orientation course before you can obtain a permit and access card. FAIL.

so screw germantown. we loaded back into the suburban, turned up zac and vanessa (HSM3), and headed to shelby farms dog and equestrian zone. shelby farms is the largest urban park in the nation, and has buffalo and a masterplan in development by field operations. there were millions of puppies and lakes and acres and acres of dog playtime. thanks city of memphis and thanks shelby farms. keep it green!

lainey and zach cuddle in the back seat.

kismet and kenton cuddle in the passenger seat

kenton and zach tag-tam a strange dog at shelby farms

pooped pets on the way home. zach in the back, belle in the way back

isaac and zach redux

zach + belle redux

babysitting isaac

i was babysitting little isaac at his house and this is what i found there...

zach is the same age as kismet, but he is bigger.

belle is the sweetest old girl you ever did meet.

isaac passed out in his chair in the middle of dinner. ctmol.

hello zach!

hello zach! this little terror is my cousin lainey's pup. 

LIKES: biting, licking, and snowflakes

DISLIKES: carrots, foam, being outside