My Tempurpedic came today! I’m looking forward to sleeping in it in a little bit. I even washed my blanket and sheets so that the first time would be perfect.
Today, Jon Tien and I went across the street to play tennis and found that the courts…were missing their nets. All of them. Judging from how new the courts looked (and by how they were missing their white lines), we deduced that the school must’ve repainted them. My first reaction was to head back home, but then I thought, “What the heck, might as well hit against the wall” (the paint was dry). Eventually, we decided to rally against each other anyway, despite the missing nets. And you know what? Not having a net was great for rallies. The posts were still there, so you could generally tell if you’ve driven a ball into the “net.” But because of the huge empty space, when you do hit the “net,” the ball doesn’t get stuck in the center–it just keeps on rolling over to your hitting partner. Definitely saves a good chunk of time with not needing to retrieve as many balls.
Actually, while we were hitting, I came up with an even better idea. What if there was a vacuum system along the outer walls of the court and the bottom of the net that would suck in all the stray balls that rolled to its vicinity, depositing them in a basket along one side of the wall? And if you didn’t feel like walking over to the basket for balls, you could simply shout “Ball Boy!” and the system would shoot a tennis ball from the basket through a tube out of the wall towards your direction. *Fwttt!* And you’d just simply have to catch it. It could probably be called the “Ball Boy Super Plus Plus” (yes, the two pluses are intentional).
Remember, if this system ever gets developed…you heard it first here.
Okay, I get to sleep on my Tempurpedic now. Yay!