Can you imagine standing face to face with Michael Jordan and being able to see the top of the 6'6" basketball's star bald head? Or what about having to merely stand on your tip-toes to look 7 '-1" Shag in the eye? For 6'11" Marvadene Anderson, that's a reality.At only 16 - yes , 16 -years-old, Anderson is the tallest teenager in the world, and the newest member of the Rutgers Prep high school basketball team. The sophomore moved here from her native Jamaica after being scouted by the team's assistance coach right around her 15th birthday. Ater discussing the opportunity with her family - who still live in Jamaica decided to accept a scholarship at Rutgers Prep to play basketball and get a better education.
Thing is, Anderson's new to basketball entirely. In Jamaica, the game of choice is "NETBALL", which has similar rules to hockey and is played on a similar-size court, but there is no dribbling and teams are made up of seven(7) players instead of five (5) players. "Netball" also goes the field-hockey route and has players wear skirts as part of the uniform.
Anderson was the top-scoring "Netball" player in her age group in Jamaica, and her coaches say she's having no problem picking up the "America" sport. Her Rutgers Prep teammates(some of whom are barely as tall as her elbows) are doing the best to help her out. College recruiters are already scouting "BUBBLES" which is her nickname from back home, earned because of her bubbly personality.
As you ladies know, at 16, you still have a few more years of growing to do, so there's still a chance she can still take over the world record for the tallest woman (which was held by the late 7'-7.25" "SANDY ALLEN", of Shelbyville, Ind.)
My spin on this: Way to go "Marvadene" hold your head high and reach for the stars, have fun, but in the meantime get the best education possible, you always need something to fall back on in case you get hurt[heaven forbid] but you will get older and you will definitely need some sort of training career wise...but hey that's just me.
Kicking back and keeping it real:
Hiya
ReplyDeleteI'm warching CSI:M with the ginger man...hahaha
How is he doing?? badly as usual??
ReplyDeleteForgot to tell you last night , the countdown clock is great.
ReplyDeleteNan looked at a lot of blogs and we are the only one she seen so far that have a clock.
Natalia is starting to age also.
ReplyDeleteI don't think she will age gracefully.I never knew whether to believe she slept with DC or not.Do you??
ReplyDeleteI couldn't fit the countdown clock in properly.I didn't know how to downsize it.I'm looking for one that will fit.
ReplyDeleteYou know he's at his worse, but that's good for him, he never changes.
ReplyDeleteI like all the vegetables,I have a soup on with everything in it,added a lot of the spices and stuff to it, everyone is walking around trying to wait for it to get ready, they better carry their musty butts to bed, it's for tomorrow. HA!!!
No, I don't think she slept with DC, she just had a BD over 40, I wonder what happens to them.To many nip/tucks I guess. They all look like they want to get the hell away from the show.
ReplyDeleteThat's one big mamajama on your post.She gonna have to find one big man to marry.
ReplyDeleteTalk about losing a guy in a fat wrinkle,her guy might slide right into the choochie chute never to be seen again.
The clock looks straight to me, but what do I know[giggles]
ReplyDeleteShe's still growing, I bet she will suffer with her knees and hips.I was surprise to see her on AOL news.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a few people will use that post for a diet and get slim and healthy. I would like to think so anyway.I was shocked to read how unhealthy a big percentage of Americans are.
ReplyDeleteYour soup must smell really good if folks are hangin around the kitchen.
You're right.Knees hips and spine usually suffer when people outgrow the norm.It is usually a pituitary gland problem.
ReplyDeleteI meant over-weight,not unhealthy. Although,I guess it goes hand in hand.
ReplyDeleteYes they do go hand in hand, a lot of them is too lazy to cook, all the want is fast food. I try to have a wholesome meal every day, if you teach the little ones healthy eating habits it will stick with them, my babies love veggies.
ReplyDeleteI think they are in bed now.
ReplyDeleteNan seen the post early this morning and she went to the market to pick up a lot of stuff.
So Wolf got kidnapped and tortured.Well, I can hardly wait till the next episode.They get more and more 'over the top' ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteAunt Mae asked me what gaming school I went to, I seem to know gaming like the back of my hand. I told her no school, I learned it from the ground up, that's the job I had when they took over.
ReplyDeleteBetts said she figured I got the job because of Gil, I told her no, he wanted me to quit when we started going together.
I told her you had to be a people's person.
The news just said Charlie Sheen was arrested. His wife called 911 and said he pulled a knife on her. Have you heard anything about it?
ReplyDeleteI watch it to see if CSI:M can get more foolish than the last one, I wonder who's writing for them.
ReplyDeleteMaybe DC should get the "Robert" guy to write a script for them, but he will have to pay him mote than $500.00..remember when DC lost his script???
The news is saying there is a big blizzard coming tomorrow and the temperature will drop by 15 degrees.Sounds like a good day to stay in and make hot soups or stews.
ReplyDeleteI heard about Charlie Sheen but no details.
ReplyDeleteIt says we may get some snow but it won't stick to the ground, just nasty and wet.
ReplyDeleteI keep soup in bad weather, and I'm glad you put the post up, I made a copy and email Emily and Jon wife a copy. Nan got sis one.
Betts will always feel that you are privileged because of who you married.You won't convince her otherwise. The only way to show her you know what you're doing is clean up the mess she made and get the tables running smoothly and profitably.
ReplyDeleteI told Nan to send Mac one. His wife is better, but he says he enjoys cooking now since we have the gadget and he know his food will be good.
ReplyDeleteWell Leon is aunt Mae's son. She just didn't know what she was doing, you can't set in the office all day,and not come out unless high-rollers are there.
ReplyDeleteThe little man is the ones that keep you in business, so I told her they are the ones we need, hell they will be there every week and sometimes every day.
I'm watching that new show on A&E called hoarders.Oh, my God.I can't believe what I'm seeing.
ReplyDeleteHow can people live in that kind of filth?
ReplyDeleteHi Jeannie
ReplyDeleteHad a great Christmas I heard you and Nee talking about what a great Christmas you had.
I told Nee the same thing you are saying Nee just ignores her .
Nan
P.S. now I know what box day is.
I will turn it on now, been wanting to catch it.
ReplyDeleteOh my, what a mess.
ReplyDeleteThey live in the filth and never seem to get sick, I would be afraid of what I'll find. Maybe a boogie-bear.
ReplyDeleteHey Nan,I forgot that Yanks don't know what Boxing Day is.
ReplyDeleteNee would be wasting her breath to try and convince Betts that she earned her job through her ability and experience.
I'm glad you had a good Christmas.
I'm kind of glad it's over...HA!
I wonder how people get started with that hoarding thing.I guess it's a cry for help in a strange way.
ReplyDeleteShe picked up that crap out of trash.
ReplyDeleteWhere were they for her to pack all that crap back? Did they check on her? They should have notice something. If I get like that, I hope someone would take me aou and just shoot me.
Maybe they should just get a wrecking crew to knock it down haul it away and start all over again.
ReplyDeleteAre you still watching this CC??
ReplyDeleteThey found two dead cats under the trash.
They wasn't checking on their mother, it took years to get all that stuff.
ReplyDeleteYes I am still watching.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to figure out who is at fault there.The older daughter had to remove the son because the environment was so unhealthy for him.The daughter raised him.
ReplyDeleteHer kids was not keeping a watch on their mama. They should have notice the different, all that crap took awhile to accumulate.
ReplyDeleteI think it was a plea for help. She wil only start piling it up again if they dion't keep a watch on her, the lady is sick.
ReplyDeleteThis one is sad, the girl is shooting coke. She's a pretty girl.
ReplyDeleteApparently the old lady was like that since the kids were very little.The daughter got away and made arrangements with the county to get the little boy away too.
ReplyDeleteLook how big that boy is. He still has some issues.
What a sad waste of a life.She was a beautiful little girl.
ReplyDeleteHey,that hoarder lady lives in New Orleans. You could stop by and see how she's doing...HA!
It's strange.I'm three thousand miles away and I'm watching the same thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm still catching up on my sleep.It will take a while to recover from that Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI bet the lady got a lot of her stuff when Katrina was here.
ReplyDeleteKids learn by watching their parents. Her mama divorced her daddy for being a drunk and beating her, and then the mama marries Sam a dope dealer and drug user. What else the kid had to look forward to.
ReplyDeleteJust look around at people and you will see the nut don't fall far from the tree.
It will take me some time to catch up too, the little biddie ain't flying like she used to.
ReplyDeleteThat kid is a product of her environment.Then the kid got raped and that finished her off. She started turning tricks .
ReplyDeleteI bet there was a lot of looting when Katrina happened.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine the smell in that house.
Was the mother paying attention to her baby.
ReplyDeleteI know sis says she was our friend but she was our mama first and if we got out of lone she would show us who's boss, one woman in the house and that's her, and we didn't mess with that little woman.
HA!! This little birdie used to have boundless energy too.It's slipping away now.I couldn't do half what I used to.Oh well,I'm still cute and cuddly and that's something I guess.
ReplyDeleteDead cats and so much shit in the toliet it wouldn't flushed and no telling what else.
ReplyDeleteThere was a looting going on, N.O. will never be the same.
I think I would notice the change in my babies.
ReplyDeleteYou have 5 kids, don't you think you would notice something different about them?
ReplyDeleteSis had a lot on her plate with you two.She had to be tough or you would not have taken her seriously.
ReplyDeleteWhen they got that house all cleaned up it stll looked like shit.It's still a health hazard.
ReplyDeleteCute and cuddly is all that matters, that's the way they like us, our men know if they poke us right we will move. Hahaha
ReplyDeleteLike I said they sould have got a wrecking crew to tear it down and started over again.
ReplyDeleteHaha I was about 14/15 and told sis I was grown, she said when she catch my musty butt she was going to show me who's grown. hahaha
We noticed when my son started using weed.We used to shake his room down every couple of weeks and find his stash.The councillors told us to use tough love.In his twenties,he and Bio did cocaine,but he was no longer at home and he lived in another city.
ReplyDeleteHe outgrew all his bad habits even smoking,thank God.
You're absolutely right about Bio being a bad-ass.I don't think he does drugs anymore.I think they get tested at the racetrack.I don't think he would be competent enough to race his cars.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, the nut don't fall far from the tree...I know with a famiy as large as mine, I know some do weed, Chris smoked weed when he was young and in college.
ReplyDeleteBut he never smoked.
This little birdie is going to warble goodnight and fly to her nest and snuggle up to a big warm
ReplyDeleteCukoo bird.
So take care of the Cupcake and don't work too hard....See ya PIC.
Bio have did some bad shit to a lot of people and his chickens have come home to lay their eggs. He has hurt a lot of people and broke up a lot of homes, but I think he's about to get his just due.
ReplyDeleteOkay...I will catch up to you around the bend.
ReplyDeleteGoodnite sweetie.....Pic