In the parking lot of....you guessed it, Whole Foods, although the woodway and Voss location. He was walking to his forest green SUV and I was walking right towards him. I said...I said...NOTHING! What can I say, I was star struck! ------------------ This space left intentionally blank...
You big chicken! You should have an interview all planned out in case you meet somebody like that. ------------------
You gotta say something. I have come up with my standard line when I see stars. I usually tell them how much I appreciate their work and dedication to-blank. I saw Rudy and some of the guys at Reunion last year before the preseason game. I slapped some high fives with Mo and the guys. Told him it was great to have him on our team. Rudy followed and was on the phone. I said as he passed, "I appreciate the work......" Still on the phone, he turned around and gave me a wave in the air. I find it very hard in life to be rude when someone tells me how much they appreciate...... Remember these guys are still humans with emotions and feelings. Try it next time. ------------------ T-Pooh and BahDakota went up the hill, to make a bet on a Forward. When it all came down, they were nowhere to be found. Now they should be drawn and quartered.
Awww man. Maybe we should make a celebrity sighting forum for this new posting fad to report when you saw a Rocket. "I pee'd with Moochie!" "I was at movie at went to the restroom, and right next to me was Moochie!!! But I was too nervous to look at him and say, Hi."
Haha, I pee'd with Sir Charles. I was at a Rockets game when he was injured and i had the special card that let me go to the offices around compaq center and i went to the bathroom. As I walked in and did my buisness i didn't think about the big guy next to me but as i walked out i saw that it was Sir Charles himself. ------------------ Life quotes: -Statistics are like a bikini; what they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
Someone needs to make a list of questions for each player and coach on the team so when a cc.netter runs into someone, they'll be prepared with questions to ask. ------------------ I'm not even supposed to be here today...
I think that we should make a rule to refrain from saying that you are a cc.net member, when approaching a Rocket. Just because we are a "fan site" does not mean we are a "groupie site."
and its only a few hours after the fact I'm kickin' myself in the ass... Would it have been so hard to say a friendly "Hi coach, Whats up with Hakeem, we're all waiting?" Man, I'm so stupid! ------------------ This space left intentionally blank...
Barkley spanked my butt with a towel when he was going to the sauna at the Q club on the SW freeway. (Hi Mr.Barkley/call me Charles <spank>) Talked with Horry when he was with his then fiance at the wedding dress shop in the Galleria (Louise Blum?) He then went back to the dressing room area. (Non-rocket) Gave a thumbs up to Duncan at Northstar Mall? in SA while he was shopping for playstation games with Chuck Person and Person's other little brother (not Wes). (You're doing a great job, Tim/ uh, thanks.) ------------------ Can you smell what Dwayne Johnson is Cooking?
don't fret. rudy wouldn't have said a useful word about Hakeem, and that's not your personality anyhow mr_oily. A nice "hey coach, how's it going," is more your style. Rudy doesn't play with our minds like Dream, and you don't abuse Whole Foods priveleges like rockHEAD.
I saw Patrick Swayze one time in a place near Hamilton. Actually, it might have just been some guy who looked like Patrick Swayze. ...... okay, I never saw him. ------------------ All hail Fadeaway's Cyberfish -- your 2000-2001 BobFinn* Fantasy Basketball League Champions!
mr_oily I get the impression that Whole Foods is some sort of health food supermarket. If that's so,I'm confused because I wouldn't think a place like that would carry alcoholic beverages. Are you sure it was Rudy? ------------------
BK thanks for the tip! I was also wondering if mr_oily had time to check out the SUV. Did it have that device requiring Rudy to blow into it before the vehicle starts up? ------------------
You guys are mean. First Kermit, now wheatgrass juice addiction. Poor Rudy ------------------ The season's over, but the 'Stros have started. Guess I'm still gonna be nursing that keg...
I asked Rudy about eating last year because I told him I remembered seeing him at A Moveable Feast (a veggitarian place) and he said that he was a vegetarian and had quit drinking. Seems like the only vice he still has is smoking. If he quit that, though, he'd probably lose that cool "I'm working my ass off and screaming so my vocal chords are shot" coach's voice. ------------------ Who's your buddy? Who's your pal? I am, aren't I?
Last year at the first Portland game at Compaq, I was fortunate enough to get a seat three rows in the lower bowl right behind the Rockets bench. It was a blast watching the Rockets warming up, seeing Rudy giving Dan Langhi a pointer on shooting a particular shot, and just soaking in the atmosphere. Calvin Murphy was walking to the Press Table, and I said, "How's it going Calvin?" He looked and smiled and said "How are you doing?" Told him he was looking very sharp in his suit. About three minutes before the starting lineups were introduced, I noticed Rudy was in a really good mood with his players, and had also talked with his friend Mike Dunleavy (Portland's coach). I thought that that particular moment would be the best time to say something to Rudy. I called out to him "Whadd'ya say Rudy?" He looked up at me, then I smiled back at him and held up my right finger in a "# 1" pose. He smiled back and said "Hey, how's it going?" I then bowed Japanese style and said "You are the best, sir." It was definitely one of the cooler moments of my life. I look forward to reliving that moment again sometime this year at Compaq. ------------------ HOUSTON Rockets forever!!
Once I was at Edwards theater on the Southwest freeway in the bathroom. I was waiting for a stall as all of them were being used. Out of one came a loud, painful groan. It made me laugh my ass off, but when I saw who came out I allmost shat my pants. It was Clyde Drexler. I would've shook his hand or said a comment, but I was laughing too hard and well you know where his hand had been. ------------------ Mmm Queso.
You should have said something like "Mooch you got great peeing technique! If you could run the show as well as you pee, you might get to start, especially with the way Steve runs transition!" ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe
