One of my favorite things about Twitter is following the feeds of the Portland Trailblazers: Nicholas Batum, Rudy Fernandez, LaMarcus Aldridge, Marcus Camby, Wesley Matthews, and my personal favorite, the scrappy Aussie point guard Patty Mills.
Mills’ tweets are particularly exuberant and endearing, filled with phrases and terms that are JUST BEGGING to be turned into a special Patty Mills edition of conversation hearts:
If I ever update this, I might add a few more (the last two are courtesy of my season-ticket holding coworker):
- G’day bala
- Tweet me — like the old “call me,” which became “fax me” (WTF? Has there been a suitor in the history of the facsimile-using world that has ever FAXED someone out on a date? I doubt it.) and then later “email me.”
- Howzit bala
- Australia is for balas
That is all. G’day balas!
9 responses so far ↓
1 narnold_noa // Feb 28, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Great idea; I’d buy ‘em by the bagful!
Fantastic thought for a fantastic player with a fantastic heart!
Hope Patty’s creativity spurs your creativity even more!
2 mydogischelsea // Feb 28, 2011 at 5:05 pm
NOA, I’m surprised my spam filter didn’t block your comment with all of it’s exclamation marks!!!
3 narnold_noa // Mar 1, 2011 at 9:41 am
i didn’t use “!” before I started writing business emails. now, for some reason, there’s a logjam of ‘em just waiting to be used.
4 michael5000 // Mar 1, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Before Mrs.5000 was Mrs.5000, and in fact was only just barely Girlfriend5000, I tried to fax her out on a date as a joke. What I didn’t know is that she didn’t have her own fax machine, but received faxes at a Kinkos down the street. Embarrassment ensued. True story.
5 mydogischelsea // Mar 1, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Michael, it does not surprise me in the slightest that you, of all people, are the one person who *has* actually asked someone on a date via fax machine.
6 michael5000 // Mar 1, 2011 at 10:35 pm
I’m contrary that way.
7 malahatsunset // Apr 26, 2011 at 3:35 pm
So what’s “bala” mean?
8 mydogischelsea // Apr 26, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I think it means “brotha” or “friend” or “awesome person.” At first I thought it meant “baller” (as in someone who plays basketball), but it’s definitely more of a term of endearment.
9 mydogischelsea // Apr 26, 2011 at 3:42 pm
by the way, can you believe it’s been TWO MONTHS since I’ve updated my blog. Good lord.