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As you may have heard, Kentucky center Jared Carter will be playing basketball in Africa this summer as a member of the Athletes in Action. Luckily for us, he is a huge fan of the site and offered to blog his experiences as he tours around Africa dunking on future Hakeem Olajuwon’s. This is his first entry*:
Greetings from Cameroon!
This being my first trip to Africa and all, I really didn’t know what to expect. Would I see elephants? Would I die of thirst? Would I hear Toto? After two days here on the continent, I’ve seen slain elephant heads, I am rather thirsty, and there’s no sign of these “blessed rains.” But it’s pretty cool. I’m really just trying to fit in, which is pretty easy.
A lot of people were asking before I left why I chose to spend part of my summer ballin’ around Africa. With all the violence, disease, poverty, and laughing hyenas. And that’s a really good question, I suppose Coach G is the only one with the answer. But I’m here, and I’m going to make the best of it and hopefully improve my skill set, as well as my immune system.
Sometimes, it can get pretty tense. While Cameroon is a relatively stable country, there is still a lot of poverty and corruption. A machine gun wielding guard at the Cameroon Airport cornered me when we got off the plane and questioned me for about ten minutes. There was some confusion, but after I explained that I was neither the blood-thirsty jewelry store owner, the annoying Subway spokesman, nor Sean Bradley, he let me join the others.
Our schedule is somewhat tentative right now, but thus far it’s been pretty easy. We practice early in the morning before the tsetse flies feed; then it’s over to the market for yam kabobs. After lunch we get a few hours to study or explore the town before we pile into the local gym to do what we do: ball.
Last night, the gym was standing room only. I’m not sure why they don’t have any bleachers or chairs, but I guess the locals don’t mind standing. We played the Shakaka’s, a group of former soccer players from the Senegal. I asked the fellow I was guarding if he knew Jules Camara. He said the Senegal has over 12,000,000 people, and that the odds of knowing the same person just because they are from the same country are pretty long. It made me feel like I was 6’7”. I too hate when people ask me if I know Joe “so-and-so” from Georgetown, or Sally “this-and-that” from UK, but I’m just looking for a connection here at the other end of the world. It’s cool though, I put up 26 and 12 on his inhospitable ass.
I’ll have more to come later, including the details behind my first porcupine slaughtering, and busting out the Soulja Boy at Club 1991. Gotta go practice! Peace!
*not really
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April 30th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
that’s pretty funny, even if it’s not legit
April 30th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
What happened to Turf Toe????
Can we have a posting about that!!!
This is too funny….
April 30th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Is this really Jared Carter? If it is, I like him now. That was funny as hell.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Yam kabobs are the Camaroon equivalent of Loaded Potatoe Soup….just FYI.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
4)-e
April 30th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Welcome Back African Bam-Cata.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Im not sure if this is Carter, I think it is BallsDeep.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Hilarious!
April 30th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Get ‘em JC!
April 30th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Jared Carter is about as useful as a poopy flavored lollipop.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Sally “this-and-that”
April 30th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Change of topic: Isn’t Bud Mackey’s court-hearing coming up soon?
April 30th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Who cares about that drug dealer?
April 30th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Jared is da man…
That was funny as hell, I want to hear more. Thanks JC.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Intern you must post more
April 30th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
13 - thought I read he could very possibly walk-on at UK if he gets off on probabtion.
A long shot because he will probably have to serve time, but previous bloggers have noted that he has been in contact with UK staff. Putting off-court issues aside, his addition could make UK a consens Top-5 class.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I bet thats why Williams is transferring, he didn’t want to go to Africa
April 30th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
No way Carter could put up a double double without getting injured.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
16) Wasn’t aware of that, got ya.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Carter has the Loyd Chrismas haircut.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Great post Jared! Enjoyed it. Keep ‘em coming. Thanks!
April 30th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
3) That definitely, positively, absolutely was Jared Carter. No doubt about it!
April 30th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Just talked to a reliable source that says this is not Jared Carter but he has read the blog, and is really considering a defamation lawsuit against the site for libel …… Oh yeh and he also said that the O’Charley’s joke is getting old and that he actually likes the new Cheddar’s in the Hamburg area much better. Oh yeah he also said that Amanda Jones is with him in Africa, but not Derrick Jasper…..TIFWIWBINT
April 30th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Theres nothing more a hundred Carter’s could ever doooooo, he’ll bless the rains down in Aaaafricaaa
April 30th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Very good I can’t wait for the next one.
April 30th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Hilarious. Intern > Bryan the Intern
April 30th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Blast from the past…Sally “This-and-that” used to give great dome back in the K-tower days.
Is Kevin Bacon still coaching the locals?
April 30th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
It appears Jared is doing what he needs to do to be best he can. more power to him!!!!
April 30th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Shakakas… fing hilarious
April 30th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Was it Jared’s decision or coaches for him to go? I had been assuming it was his.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Jared, I heard Happy Osborne needs you at Gtown. Are you interested?
April 30th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Oh me, oh my.
The best post on this site in a long, long time. I haven’t laughed out loud at something as funny as Jared Carter having a diary blog from Africa. Just typing that made me smile.
Keep up the great work Intern, ehr, Jared.
And…I couldn’t resist.
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April 30th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I work in probation and parole. With that being said, I seriously doubt that Mackey will serve any time whatsoever. If I were a betting man, I would say that IF it did not get amended down to a misdemeanor, he would be sentenced to five years with that sentence suspended and placed on supervised probation for a period of five years.
I have seen people do a lot worse than this and walk free. Lets hope for the Mackey’s this is an isolated incident and he moves forth from here.
I say give him a chance once this case resolves itself. If he screws up again, that has to be on him.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I know Hopson’s teammate Edmonson just signed with a Big East school but does anybody know who he signed with?
April 30th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
please stay in Africa; they need you more on their team than we do!!! Free up a scholly
April 30th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
35 - you’re an asshole.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
34–Maybe St. John’s?
April 30th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
35–I got a fresh paycheck that says Jared Carter could whip your ass for fun.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
34)Ky New Era says St John’s
April 30th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Man, that was hilarious! Nearly pissed my pants on the “26 and 12 on his inhospitable ass” comment!
April 30th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
McCoy’s state championship game is about to be shown on one of the FSN stations.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
41 tell me if u find out
April 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
well done, intern. bumblebee tuna.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
What’s the background to the ongoing Carter and O’Charleys joke?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Too bad it wasn’t really him… it was LOL funny.
May 1st, 2008 at 8:39 am
I apologize for the unnecessary comment.