Wuddup Fanatics.  My first year as a season ticket holder is so close I can taste it! Actually, I can now feel it!  Last week I got my Season Ticket Holder package in the mail.  Exuberant just begins to describe the feeling when I read I had a package from One Center Court.  I quickly ripped open the side and pulled out a box the size of a large book, adorned with pictures of the arena scoreboard, flames spewing out of each corner.  All For One, One For All it read above, and at the bottom: 2009-2010 Season and Playoff Tickets.  Playoffs?  You wanna talk about playoffs?!?! haha, my "Mora moment" nonwithstanding, it was cool to think about what this postseason is going to be like, but first things first. 

Inside the box were two books, about a quarter inch thick each, with page after page of game tickets.  I got Flash Seats set up after these were ordered, so while they're voided tickets, it will make an awesome memento.  (EDIT: If you received paper tickets and wish to set up Flash Seats instead, you must return the paper tickets in order to load your seats onto your Flash Seats account!)  I can only hope it gains a quarter of the popularity as our beloved Dawg Pound, but I think many people are already regretting not getting in on such a sweet deal.

The package also contained a letter thanking me for becoming a season ticket holder from Cavs President Len Komoroski.  If it wasn't written in Comic Sans, I would frame this puppy.  I might have to scan it and retype it in Times or Helvetica, but thats just the font nerd in me, hehe.  Moving on, there were four or five pocket schedules, six 20% off coupons for the Team Shop along with my MVP keychain card that I can use to get my discount (I've spent way too much there this summer, I swear the Team Shop will be my downfall this year, and I already have tons of Cavs gear).  Also included was a coupon for four free tickets to a Monsters game!  Bonus, eh?

A few weeks ago I got an email informing me of an exclusive screening of LeBron's new movie, More Than A Game at the Valley View Cinemark on Thursday, October 1st.  I took fellow Fanatic Candice with me, who is a HUGE Cavs and a LeBron fan (in case u didn't know).  We both got MTAG shirts to wear for the occasion.  The Cavs were raffling off some awesome prizes including a LeBron autographed pair of shoes, and autographed LeBron jersey, an auto'd Mo Williams jersey and an auto'd team basketball!  Donating two canned goods got you one entry, and you could enter up to ten times.  Obviously we brought forty plus cans, as did nearly everyone else.  Winners won't be announced until Sunday the fourth, but I'll update this blog when one of us wins something. :D

They played the film on 13 theaters, and from the looks of the parking lot after it let out, there must've been a thousand or more people there to see it.  Also included with the free tickets were two tickets for a free pop and popcorn.  We saw Moondog right away, and he uh...gave me a warm welcome!  Ahmaad took a picture of us, and I got a pic with Toni (haha CurtyCurt) and Sherry, two of our lovely and talented Cavalier Girls.  Saw fellow fanatic Cliff there too, if you've been to a fanatic night you've seen him.  Another huge fan.  Wanted to just hang out outside the theater and meet other fans, but they had already begun to seat people, so we followed suit.

Moondog made another appearance inside our theater, and the crowd was pumped for the film.  LeBron came on screen first, welcoming us to Valley View Cinemark and thanking us for seeing this movie that means so much to his family and friends.  The crowd went nuts.  We are so hungry for the season to start.

It was an awesome movie, which documents the "Fab Four" of Dru Joyce III, LeBron James, Sian Cotton and Willie McGee, their growth as 8th grade AAU players into SVSM superstars, Romeo Travis' tumultuous entry into their clique, and eventual Senior Year triumph as State and National Champs.  Dru Joyce II, who coached his son and his friends throughout their experiences, gives great insight into what these kids went through, both on the court and off.  The videos of them clowning around, and the game footage were highlights.  I don't want to go into too much details, but it was a great film which I highly recommend.

After the movie, we exited out the upstairs door, which put us at the rear of the building.  After a short walk around to the front, we saw two big SUV's from DefJam wrapped in More Than A Game Soundtrack graphics, and people with MTAG rally towels!  Why did we go out the back!  After scouring both the inside and outside of the theater, we found there to be none left.  All that remained was a box of mini movie posters, so we snagged up a few more.  I approached a man who opened the rear door of an SUV and asked him if they had any more towels left.  He said no, they'd gone through 900 within a few minutes and were all out.  What a bummer.  As avid collectors of free Cavs stuff, we were deeply saddened. 

We took a few pics of the trucks, and I felt a tap on my shoulder.  It was the same man, and he held out towels for the both of us.  SWEET!  I thanked him profusely, and even had our picture taken with him.  Lenny Berry is the man!  Thanks again!  His co-worker Jennifer Ragin took our pic, and then asked if I would say a few words about the movie on video.  Unfortunately I'll probably never see it, since they're just used for in-house viewing, but I was happy to oblige.  By this time the parking lot had cleared out, so we finally left.  A great time for sure.

Preseason starts on Tuesday! I'm so pumped its digusting! Can't wait to shake off the rust, find a good place to park, get into a routine, etc.  Counting down the days until our showdown with the Celts on the 27th!  Stay tuned for moar lolcavs too!  Here's a media day preview!