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first person I run into after arriving in Charlotte...


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None other than Mr Kelly Tripucka!! I said hello to him and he shook my hand and said he was really excited the Hornets were back and that it was good for the city.

Pretty cool. Seems like a cool guy and could have easily blown me off. One of my all-time favorite Hornets (although I say that about just about everybody :P)

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I got to meet Robert Reid very briefly too. Just a simple hello though

Week off to a banging start.

I am just going to update my experiences over the week here, feel free to read or not.

 

Me too.

 

Dear diary, I saw Kony Ealy this week at a sushi restaurant in midtown. He was decked out in all Chicago Bulls clothes. I could tell he was a Panther but couldn't tell which one. After he left I asked the guy working there who he was and he called him Tony. That's when I realized exactly who it was.

 

Also... my week has been nice other than that. I went to a concert in Asheville where 7 people OD'd and the cops ended it early because people were throwing bottles at the cops or something. Unfortunately everyone survived. I think the cops lied because they were only selling beer in plastic cups at the venue. Pretty good show other than that.

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