Ah-HA!

So, I write something pseudo-negative about the Bulls and what do they do? They start Tyrus Thomas at center (due to a death in Ben Wallace's family), and they play an extremely solid game against the Heat, winning 99-92. Thomas had 10 points, 12 big rebounds, and 4 blocks. Joe Smith provided his savvy veteran leadership with 19 and 11, and even Thabo got into the mix, pouring in 17 points, 11 rebounds, and four steals. Hinrich, for some reason... is still coming off the bench, and in only 32 minutes, led the Bulls in scoring with 24, shooting over 50% from the field, and snagged 7 boards.

The Bulls played tough defense, were unselfish, and beat the Heat in rebounds, turnovers, and shot 80% from the line as a team. Dare I say.... these look like my Bulls from last year? I'm not gonna' go that far yet, but man, these guys looked sharp. When Deng and Gordon come back, watch out. I honestly think with the impending Jason Kidd trade to the Mavs, the Bulls could leapfrog Atlanta and Philadelphia and make their way into one of the final two spots in the East. Please God, please.

On top of this good fortune, yesterday was Valentine's Day, and Ms. B and I had fun. After my last class, we went and painted mugs and this cool place downtown. Mine looked like it came out of somebody's ass, and hers was much more refined and actually looked like something I'd want future children to look at. We had an unsuccessful run at Best Buy, trying to find the fifth volume of Aqua Teen DVDs and roamed around there for a while, watching jerk-offs pretend they know how to play instruments on Rock Band. After we got home, we busted out one of the jillion unopened DVDs I have (Ed Wood) and gave it a whirl. It's pretty funny to me that a movie made about a guy who was a cross-dressing director with zero talent was actually a good movie. Definitely one of the better Tim Burton films.

Not a bad day yesterday. Plus, today's Friday. HALOOOOOOOOOOOO.