Hello everyone. Sorry about the sporadic posts. I've been keeping myself busy with work and recreation... that even includes hobby related stuff. There are even three posts sitting in my drafts waiting to be edited, revised, and published. I just need to sit down and hammer them out one at a time.
Plus there are still the handful of care packages I received earlier in the summer as well as a handful I have received since the start of the school year... that need to be shared on the blog.
However... I'm trying to view my blog as a source of recreation rather than obligation in an effort to lower levels of guilt and stress. So the posts will be published... but I'm not going to force the issue.
Today I just wanted to catch everyone up on what's going on over here since it's been awhile since I've hammered out something for you all to read.
Let's start things off with my 2024-25 school identification card:
The Oakland A's have been my favorite baseball team for over four decades. I wanted this year's yearbook photo to be a tribute to their final season in the Bay Area.
If you look closely... I utilized one of those 2012 Triple Play Eye Black inserts.
Here's a better look:
This is he first time since 2021 that I've shown off my school ID. Damn. Three years. It's been awhile.
It's also been awhile since I opened up a blaster box of 2024 Topps Chrome U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Hopefuls. Overall... the box was underwhelming, but I did manage to pull a pair of keepers:
2024 Topps Chrome U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Refractor #119
2024 Topps Chrome U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Black Refractor #164 (#'d 07/10)
Both of these guys represent the final group of NBA stars I followed and collected. I didn't buy this box with the intention of collecting either of these guys, but they honestly saved the box for me.
Getting back to stories from the classroom... this semester I have a student who happens to be the younger brother of a student I had seventeen years ago. Last week, he brought in this Jordan Love jersey:
His older brother gave it to me for my birthday and included one of the nicest notes I have ever received.
It's been awhile (probably close to ten years) since I last saw him, but he's coming back to the Bay Area during the holidays so hopefully we'll get together and catch up.
Let's wrap things up with a few cards I originally set aside for World Afro Day, which took place this past Sunday: