Hello everyone. I just got done studying Coppin State. (My first ESPN game is Jan 25th Coppin St. vs. Delaware St.) It was a little weird to study again, seeing as how I haven’t done it since I got out of college. I would love to always have to study the game of basketball though because its easy to stay interested.

This brings me to why I’m blogging right now. (not the only reason I’m blogging, I did miss talking with you all) But anyways I mentioned it briefly on Twitter (my addiction) about how I wanted yall to participate in the commentating with me, and a lot of people were confused. Leading up to the games that I call, I’m going to ask my Twitter family (and of course the people that don’t have Twitter too) specific questions. The recurring questions that I’m going to ask are, “give me something good to say when someone blocks a shot; someone makes a tough shot; someone gets crossed over; or someone does something that is just not smart.”

Do you get what I’m saying so far? (I can tell some of you don’t) So let me give you some examples. While I’m calling the game, Jeanine Manley (player from Coppin St.) might make a serious crossover. When that happens, I’m going to say (insert clever comment here). You guys are going to aid me in the clever comments, if you would like to. I just thought it would be a fun way to keep everyone involved with what’s going on with me.

What do you guys think?

I’m not going to announce who I pick that week, you just have to watch the game and see if I use any of your comments. Then if I do let me know and I will shout you out on my website and on Twitter. Don’t worry if I don’t pick your comment the first game, hopefully there will be A LOT more games.

Side note: I’m watching the show Intervention on A&E (it’s a show about people addicted to drugs, alcohol, etc) and I must say that I have a healthy addiction. Twitter is harmless. The only effect it may have on me is a loss of sleep and sometimes I tweet at stop lights.

Ok back to what I was talking about…. So I’m going to be traveling a good amount in the upcoming months so I’m going to try to blog or video blog from every place that I visit. I use my blogs kind of like a Dear Diary log. I mean I already can’t remember a lot of things that happened in Jr. High, so blogging is a way for me to keep a “record” of where I go, how I felt, and what I did.

Does anyone write in Diaries anymore? I’m assuming not. I was going to ask if people still write letters, just to say hi. But I know no one does that because technology has given us a way to be in contact with someone at all times. It’s really nice to receive mail though. I don’t know what it is about it, but I like it. Can someone write me a letter? My address is P.O. Box 1165, St. Albans, WV 25177. I’m not going to promise that I will write you all back, but just know that I will smile when I receive them. Alrighty, I think I’ve rambled enough and its 12:52am. Hmm… I wonder if it’s too early to do the insomniac roll call on Twitter. : ) By the way, I can’t take credit for the idea of “insomniac roll call”, my friend Danyell started it, and I liked it so now I do it. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrew 11:1) The reason I said that is because so far, my “leap of faith” is turning out better than I could’ve imagined. Until next time…. Be blessed

Renee Montgomery
www.ReneeMontgomery20.com