Monday, August 31, 2009

Can't believe I forgot...

...the two other great things happening:

The U.S. Open starts today! My love for this tournament makes no sense at all, but the very idea of it makes me smile. Tennis is a fun sport to watch. I'm always amazed by what it looks like to watch the players fight so fiercely--against each other and with themselves--up so close. You can almost read their minds, the cameras are so close to their eyes between some shots. It's intense. And there is part of me that has always felt like a bit of a Manhattanite, even though I have no viable claim whatsoever to the title :)

Donald Miller's next book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years comes out any minute. I'm a fan of his, anyway, and this book looks especially good. He's writing about living a story, which is a really cool concept. I'm excited to see how he pulls it off. Here's a provocative interview between Don (I use his nickname, like we're close buddies...) and his publisher, if you want to check it out.

3 comments:

Stacy said...

I'm so excited about Donald Miller's book. It comes out around my birthday, which I thought was very thoughtful of him and/or his publisher.

kim said...

I'll tell my brother-in-law how much you like the camera angles, etc. He produces it for ESPN. I love the US Open too!

LEstes65 said...

I have a soft spot for Wimbledon because it was on when Pokemon Boy was born. So I watched the Williams sisters during my 6 days in post-op with a wee lil' baby.