Larry Bird Is A Jerk

I know that's kind of blasphemous for Boston, seeing that he's the most prevalent person to come out of this town (NKOTB and Tom Brady are up there with him...and I always forget about Aerosmith too).

Karen and I went to the Celtics-Pacers game tonight. We had kick ass seats thanks to Uncle Douglas and sat directly behind the Pacers and the announcers. So Bird is escorted to his seat a few rows back and we got kinda silly about it. The only other celeb I've ever seen at a Celtics game is Donnie Wahlberg (Mike has seen Michael Bivins of Bel Biv DiVoe). While making a bathroom run, we pass him and Karen asks if she could get his autograph. One of his 3 security guards said no and he turned and very nastily said "there's a game going on!" and angrily turned back to the game. I mentioned that he would maybe be in a better mood if the Celtics didn't suck so bad (they were 1-6 until today).

OK so I just googled his bio and he was the head coach of the Pacers for a few years in the 90s, which explains why he was there (he also went to Indiana, not UMass like Karen thought).

Well, we weren't the only people who got a rude denial or no acknowledgement. If I knew he used to coach the Pacers, I would've been more sympathetic. He could have been more polite and said after the game. Like some guy from the Pats who was sitting across the floor from us. Jim Jones was there too - I believe he's Cam'ron's "partner in crime". I only know this because there was something on him in the new issue of VICE and his picture was shot by my friend Ben Ritter.

Karen and I had a great time, the Celtics won 114-88. I don't really get into sports but it was an insanely intense game and I totally got into it. We also have a new crush, Wally Szczerbiak, who we plan to harass the next time we go to a game. $5 if you can pronounce his name right.



Look at those arms!