b4 you go on and label this loss against lituania game as a complete loss, i do wanna say that for perhaps for the 1st time, the US was playing this game right for about 90% of the time; rj finally started clicking offensively, even nailing a buncha clutch 3s... just didn't nail the last one. dwayne wade was getting into the action defensively, stayed in front, made a buncha steals. at one point he intercepted a pass to a perimeter shooter, then took it all the way for a dunk. carmelo anthony didn't play too much, but the time he spent in, he nailed every shot he took. basically, everybody on this team except for okafor has now proven that he can play the game the right way. okafor still hasn't gotten any real game time from the coach. while they aren't that good outside and their free throws probably killed them in the end, they're sharing the ball on the offensive end and passing more than dribbling to move the ball. and they're playing defense. i now think they have a legitimate shot at winning the gold. they just need to play hard all 30 seconds of the clock, for all 40 min of game time. otherwise, this is looking more and more like a larry brown team. defense will win it... but you gotta apply it for all 30 seconds, for all 40 min of the game. they had the lituania team on their heels when they brought it up close.

why must i get so uptight over the smallest things? it's like i've inherited all the bad traits from my parents, and none of the good. i bet i'm gonna lose sleep tonight again.

here's something that may make you laugh; google search "all_linkin_park_songs_sound_exactly_the_same.mp3"; don't forget the quotes.