  First off, I apologize for the long time in between posts. Unfortunatly, I am quite busy this summer and/or just too tired to write anything when I do have the time. Updating on my most recent post, I went to basketball camp and finally made that God forsaken All-Star team, despite the ankle situation. I was drafted fairly late to the UCLA Bruins on the first day but by the end of the week it was clear I was one of the top players at camp. The Bruins had three all-stars on the roster, including me and two Wilsonville players, both of whom were at camp last year. I actually think it's quite strange what camp did to my game this year. Pre-camp, I was mostly a driving/off the dribble player.
While that was still effective, for some reason I was just feeling it from downtown all week, and I shot an extremely high percentage from three, and I suspect made the most threes in the five on five games, despite was Jason says. Jason made the all-star team also, and it was extremely fun playing agaisnt the Big-Ten all-stars and the coaches. In the coach game, I had 13 points and a few assists. I had three three pointers and a drive in extremely tall traffic, I was quite happy with my performance.
My only conclusion is that it had to be the headband I was wearing. I think the funnest part of camp had to be on the last day when my team and Jason's team met in the Pac-10 championship. Jason and I guarded each other, so there was extra pride on the line. Jason apparently "shut me down," despite the fact that I had ten points.
I shut him down too. He had zero. Anyway, despite the fact that we had a large lead on them in the begining, the idiots that are on my team like fouling a lot, and camp has some weird rules on fouls, such as its an automatic point and they get the ball back. We probably fouled them for somewhere near ten points, enough for Jason's team to end up beating us by one in the final minute. There was a last second shot drawn up for me but our all-star center couldn't even inbound me the ball.
Oh well. That's about it for camp. I came home and worked the next few days. It is officially summer at Fuddy Duddy Fudge, and it was quite busy almost all of the time. I've played poker a few times since I've been home also. I won the first tournament we played but I've lost the last two times, ending my winning streak. While I don't expect myself to come in first EVERY time I play, it still disappoints me to lose. It's OK though, because when I did lose I was employing a few stradegies and moves so I think by the next time we play I should have them down and back in my winning ways. The most important thing of all happened yesterday though. At approxametely 11:30 AM, Thursday July 8th, 2004, I Tyler Popham, GOT MY LICENSE!!!
It is so nice not to need a ride all the time. I can just drive myself to poker games, or XBOX fests at Lee's house, without having to aggravate parents for rides and such. I can also get myself to work, which is very important because despite the fact that they were nagging me for months to get a job, my parents would get pissed every time I needed a ride. Hipocrites, I say. Well, that about sums up the last week or two for me. It's been highly exciting and I'm thinking up some more posts, so I'll have updates whenver I find the time to write them. 
