Cavs Game & Weekend

We finally attended an actual Cavaliers game at the "new" Quicken Arena (the "Q"). We went last Thursday evening with Judy and Steve. Our seats were in the lower level behind one of the baskets - the last row before the loge level - just above and behind us was an empty loge - which meant nobody was really sitting behind us and therefore it was a little less noisy. A "little less noisy" though doesn't mean much as the whole experience is a deluge of constant noise. The music, announcements, contests, dance teams, cheerleaders, blaring lights circling the arena, and canned "Get out of your seats" screams have taken over the game. At one point they were handing out free balloons that turned out to be extremely loud noisemakers which the youths in the seats below and to our right found very entertaining. I'm not sure how they could use the noisemakers and talk on their cellphones at the same time but they could. The show seems to be everything - the game happens somewhere beneath and despite the production. But our seats were good enough and if you block out the noise and hubbub you can enjoy the athletic event. Lebron was good but the Houston Rockets were better that night. The Cavs looked a little slow and they didn't have Larry Hughes and their 3-point shots weren't even close. They fell way behind early (17 points) and made up a lot of ground late in the game but it wasn't enough and they lost 90-81 - which ended a six-game home win streak. Tracy McGrady was Houston's star and it was fun watching him work. And Lebron does have big-time aura and now we can say we've seen it firsthand.

Our weekend has been somewhat restful which was needed after this long week. We've watched 3 movies at home - Me and You and Everyone We Know, Broken Flowers, and Bad News Bears. "Broken Flowers" was very good but a bit slow. "Bad News Bears" has fun parts but is very predictable and follows the original almost exactly. ""Me and You..." was excellent as a sort of thoughtful modern art performance piece but quirky and a bit risque in parts. But this was the sort of weekend where planting ourselves on the couch with a couple of peaceful warm dogs while winter did its thing felt just right.

We do miss kayaking. How many days until the thaw?