wimbleDONE

well, cross another item off the 'gotta do it in my lifetime' list. last week i went to wimbledon and watched some great matches. it was a nice atmosphere and it lived up to a lot of the hype, and on top of all that, i also got to cross another thing off the lifetime achievement list on that day: sit close enough to the chair umpire to figure out what the tennis players are saying to him when they get pissed. am i the only one who has been wishing that they would leave the mic on the umpire's chair turned on when the players go to argue, vent, curse or praise the call? well, point is that i got the best seat in the house for the match between nalbandian and verdasco, first row, center, and right behind the umpire.

it was a tense match that went to tie breaks for the first two sets. tempers were high and words were being directed to the umpire... all kinds of words... in english and spanish!

needless to say, after hearing all of the comments made by the players--especially by nalbandian--i now agree with the wisdom of not leaving the umpire's mic turned on! haha... my spanish is a bit rusty these days, but i believe one of nalbandian's diatribes went as follows: la *$&@! es una *#&*@^! grande *!@*#& la pelota $^@#! afuera @&#! y tu madre $&!*@ yo quiero taco bell @!%*&!!! and that was on a point he won. and i'm not sure about the taco bell thing... i was a bit hungry so i may have been hearing things.

(random pic i took of federer -- note the old school, 1980's Nike Air shirt he is sporting. this is why the man is so money!)

so now it's time to work on crossing more items off the list, which include things like:
- score a hole-in-one in golf
- buy a ferrari
- get a job
- break the 1,000,000 frequent flyer miles mark before age 30
- delay marriage for a couple more years

...and a bunch of others. i'll update as i continue to cross things off.