"Untitled"

it's not that i'm on like some kind of artist trip where i've created a masterpiece and feel that no name is sufficient enough to properly encompass my genius. it is just that my excitement has overcome me, to the point that i couldn't think of a quote suitable for this blog. for this reason, i am asking you (yes, the you who is reading my blog) to give me suggestions. write the quote and the person it comes from in the comments for this post. my post needs a title, and i'd rather my most loyal followers choose that title; so i'm setting a deadline. it is currently 10:30am Thursday in Istanbul. in 2 days time (10:30am Saturday) i will check the suggestions and choose. so if you don't check my blog at least every other day, yea, you probably missed out. now on to the business...
first of all an announcement: i hung out with Arzu a few days ago and she has agreed to send me a copy of the birthday performance tape! i've decided that if i do in fact receive it, i owe it to you to post it.
next, i must tell the story of basketball practice. i went back to practice monday. on the way to practice, it was FREEZING! i decided that i wasn't going to worry about whether or not i could play for the team, i would just go out there and have fun. and i did! i was putting moves on people, making nice passes, making shots...it was great. after practice Coach was speaking, and as usual i didn't understand a word since she speaks Turkish, but one of the guys on the team looked at me and said, "Je-re-my. She says that she talked to them, and the rules say each team is allowed two foreign players, so you can play." after thanking her, getting congratulated, and getting dressed i walked outside... and it was SNOWING! the first time it had snowed since i've been here, and it was crazy because it was no longer cold outside. it was warmer than before but snowing like crazy; there was already a few inches of snow on the ground. needless to say, traffic was horrible cus Istanbul isn't used to snow, and it took forever to get home. on the bright side, it gave me more time to talk with my teammates on the bus. they are really cool and say they will look out for me and all that, and i learned my first Turkish "bad word" which was kind of funny.
on the way home, i stopped by mcdonalds (i hadn't tried it since i've been here, but i figured Lebron was a mcdonalds all-star so.....nah, but i did want to see if it tasted the same as back home). i ordered off the 1.75 TL menu which is about the $1.19 menu. the fries and chicken sandwich tasted the same, but the burger tasted like a Turkihs hamburger, which is more flavorful that normal, but still kind of throws me off when i'm eating mcdonalds. it was crazy to see the way they do fast food here too: there was a couple before me who order one value meal (burger, fries, drink) and when they got there food, it came in three bags...one bags for the burger and fries, one bag for the drink!, and a big bag with a handle that the other two bags went into...? they also have a "mega mac" which is like a double big mac. maybe they have it in the States too, but i haven't seen it.
i know this post is super long, and i was gonna break it up, but forget it. if you've gotten through that much, you can read the rest. i'll even make it a short story.
since i am now officially on the team, i had to know when our games were so that i can let peopl know. they told me that we have 3 games next week: monday (away), wednesday (away), friday (home). so expect to hear about those. anyway, i went to practice last night at 7:30, and we had a game! (i was gon tell the long story about how i didn't know why there were people in uniforms, and how we scrimmaged the girls team first) they didn't have a uniform for me, but it was coo. i just had on my LONG blue shorts (some of ya'll know which ones i'm talking about) and a black wife beater. we won the game and had the lead the whole time. i got a little bit of playing time and scored 8 points and got a few rebounds.