I am bigd54 but my real name is David. I am a 6'8" superstar basketball player. If you think you can take me... BRING IT ON SHAWTY! I have played professional ball in Australia and if you are thinking about going there... GOOD LUCK! I played for the Hills Hornets in Sydney and they got me real good. They stuck me with the smallest car possible.
That picture is the car's actual size. I was at McDonalds's one time and some Chinese people were talking in Chinese and looking at me. When i put the keys in the car door I heard alot of laughing. Little kids laughed at me. It was the Urklemobile--but smaller. It was a stick-shift and i didn't know how to drive a stick. So I am on the wrong side of the road stalling and causing traffic (they drive on the left side of the road and sit on the right side of the car). People were cussing at me in 6 different languages until i got out the car and they saw a big black guy, then they sped off. The paid me $15 an hour, which might seem good to an American, but when their dollar is 1/2 the American dollar, it really is not good. Anyway, how can a pro basketball player be on an hourly wage? Let me tell you about the cell phone they gave me. It looked like the one Zack Morris had on "Saved by the Bell". When I went to schools to talk to the kids in year 1 (first grade) they made fun of my phone. One kid asked my why was I talking into a brick! The kids over there are so bad. They cuss more than a sailor; in front of their teachers! I won't even get into the so-called medical plan. I'll let you look it up: MBF . I learned about the coverage gap from them. It wasn't a gap it was more like a hole. I must thank Geoff for reminding me of No Frills. No Frills is a brand of food that comes in a plain white label. If you went to the store to buy No Frills corn flakes you would look for a white box that says corn flakes. I could write a 400 page book about Hills but I'll warn you that you would rather not go there. That was a great learning experience. ...and the moral of the story is:
READ YOUR CONTRACT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SPECIFIC!
I was born in Los Angeles but now I live in the ATL. I am a tall, darkskinned, muscular guy. Overall, I am a nice guy, but if you push me I will snap on you. I love to joke around and my personality is one in a million. If you meet me you would say so too. I got thousands of jokes but I'll save them because somebody might try to claim them as they're own.
My goal is to make everything fun. Believe me, if you're with me, i can make a trip to the dentist fun. As far as clothes go, i like to be an innovator and try to start new trends. I don't dress as eccentric as Andre 3000 from Outkast, but it's a new style. I usually match from head to toe sort of like the dad in "Boomerang".
I like to play all sports EXCEPT **netball. That might be the most noncompetitive collaboration of crock i've ever seen. It is basketball with no dribbling, no backboard or no defense... and no point. I try to lift weights to get a six pack, but the only six pack i have is of coke in the fridge. As far as music, I love dirty south rap and I might listen to some R&B. My FAV is Three 6 Mafia. If you don't know you better ask somebody. Them boys keep it crunk! OOMP Camp is also off da chain. I don't listen to New York rap much but Jay-Z is tight. I must admit that I love video games. My favorite is Nintendo. Not Super, not 64, not gamecube, but the old 8-bit one with Mario and Duck Hunt. I am an absolute Nintendo JUNKIE. I have 2 with the power pad, 70 games, zapper gun, Nes Max pads and almost everything else. I am just beginning to play my Super Nintendo. Maybe I'll evolve to Playstation in 20 years and Playstation 2 before I die. I am in the process of creating a page dedicated to Nintendo so look out for that. Believe it or not I still have not beaten Super Mario Brothers yet. I always get lost in the last castle. Somebody please help me with that so I can get rid of that shame. My favorite game is Tecmo Super Bowl. I think it is the best game ever. What do you think was the best Nintendo game ever? You forgot? The Nintendo link below might refresh a memory or two.
I must give a shout out to Albany State University. They represent down in the south GA. I played ball there for three years and I hated that I had to leave. That school is crunk, but the administration office will make want to leave. They lose your paperwork and keep you waiting for registration papers for two weeks and I was on scholarship. The student life can't be matched by any other school. The second school I went to was Columbus State. Everybody was cool and it was a fun year.
A special shout out goes out to Anna (as she would rather be called), Liz, and, Fran down in Sydney because they clowned on me and made me change my page. Also, I must thank all my teammates in Sydney that helped me through that situation. I know they want to see their names on the internet so here they are: Lee, Geoff, Richard, Bellie, AJ, DK, Kane, Strongie, Milo, Charles, Parnell, Jonno, and Luke.
People always ask me what is it like in Australia so I will give you a quick summary. "Did you see any kangaroos?" Not until the day before i left. Luckily Anna volunteered to take me 2 hours away to climb a big mountain (the picture at the top) to see some kangaroos. Also, only about 25 people have cable, and where i lived did not have it. If you go there don't bother to turn on the TV. Save you energy and go shoot marbles somewhere. There are only 5 free channels and none of them show the NBA, NFL, MLB. They would rather show the Sydney Swifts, a netball team (see ** above), than Shaq and Kobe. As boring as golf is to watch, i learned to like it. I can't belive i woke up at 4am to watch the US Open. The only good American show that comes on at a decent hour is "the Simpsons". Aww, let me tell you about the terrible acting. There is a show called "Neighbors" which might be the worst show in history. It is a soap opera with terrible acting. How many people have you seen smiling when they were having a miscarriage? Don't bother turning on the radio either. Save that energy to go play some hopscotch or something. When i left (August 2001) the new #1 hit song was "Meet me at the Altar" by Jagged Edge. The stores are different. If you want to go buy groceries you better hurry because most things close 5 PM. Don't go outside because everything will kill you. The they have 9 of the 10 most deadly snakes in the world and the top seven deadly spiders in the world. Kangaroos will attack you if you are by yourself and they are about 6 feet tall with a powerful tail. The bird called the KooKoobarrow will attack you if you bother it. The drivers will definitely put you six feet deep. Despite the customs the people are really nice and they always want to cook for you or help you out.
Last but most important, I thank God for my beautiful daughter. Unlike the songs people sing, I am not like the baby daddy type guy but I am a loving father. I got thousands of pictures but i have to find a place to put them. I guess I'll put some more pics up pretty soon.
Here is the tip of the year... Never get an e-mail address with mail.com. It is so slow and it never works when you want it to. Mail2world.com is the best to me. They have a language translator. I learned that you should tell your French instructor "Embrassez ma garce de l'âne." I am sure you will get an "A" for the semester. Thanks for visiting and please take a second to sign the guestbook below. Oh you don't speak English? Okay I'll say it in Arabic then...
التشكّر للزيارة و من فضلك يأخذ ثانية أن يوقّع كتاب الضيف تحت.
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