so i'm back...took me awhile but I finally have my computer. Don't ask why it took me so long, let's just say I'm a bad saver and leave it at that. Anyways, now that I'm fully loaded and ready to type I thought I would spew out some thoughts that have been resting ever so patiently in me noggin. As I've stated here before on said blog, I try my damndest to not write drivel, such prose that one could find or read anywhere. With that I implore you to enjoy.
- To cocktail or not to cocktail? hmm?
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past year or so, you'll have no doubt noticed the re-immergence of the cocktail as the drink of choice for many dinners. For most until recently going out meant having a glass of wine or a nice cold beer, but of late that trend of simplicity has shifted towards the mixology fare. No longer do business men crave that nice pint of lager but instead they'd prefer a strong old fashioned. I could go on and on with references but hey you get my point, well at least I hope you do. Anyway, interesting as this looks, I'm not going to try to decipher why this change has taken place as there are myriad reasons one could point towards, such as better bartending, prominent advertising, word or mouth or merely the idea that most are tired of the usual. Regardless, I just thought I'd point out this trend as I find it rather fascinating.
- Cheaper is better (at least I think so)
I like wine, just in case you didn't know already. With that let me tell you a little story. One day this summer I'm out with my brother in law about to buy some booze for the nights shenanigans. We're in the liquor store and I'm standing there with him looking ever so puzzled, as is the usual I'm indecisive as to what bottle of vino I should buy. I'd tried my fare share cheap shit lately so I was hoping to pick something new, exciting, maybe expensive as I'd wanted to expand my palate. So I buy a bottle and low and behold it sucks. It's over powering, tart and just blah. Fuck! I calm down and just chalk it up to buyers luck, the "you win some you lose some bs". Then a few weeks pass by and there I am again, in the same predicament trying to be clever once more, hoping this time to find a gem. I buy a bottle and once again I'm had, this one tasting ever worse then the previous. Am I mad? A little, more annoyed mostly. Fuck! So then you're now thinking, well what's up bud, that happens. Ahh but you see here lies the kicker (I had a point when I started this, hold tight), my friend goes out and buys a bottle for thanksgiving recently, it's cheap shit and f'ing great. Grrr!!! So I'm like what? Not fair. Here's my lesson for you all. Be cheap!
- What I've learnt so far
the lakers will win the title, lebron is the man in Miami and not dwade, durant's awesome but the thunder go as westbrook goes, amare will make a splash in nyc and that's it, the raptors suck and they won't win the no 1 pick, griffin's going to win the roy and do it quite convincingly, the celtics will start strong and finish long, I feel sorry for Yao and as for everyone else well you don't matter. my pics
title = lakers over boston in 6
mvp = durant, kobe 2nd, lbj 3rd
roy = b griffin
coach = sloan
exec = riley
defense = howard
improved = felton
6th = odom
all 1st = wade, kobe, durant, lbj, howard
all 2nd = dwill, paul, melo, gasol, amare,
all 3rd = nash, rose, pierce, bosh, duncan
all defence = kobe, rondo, artest, sefolosha, howard
more later...
Friday, October 29, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
let the games begin...nba 2011 here we come (part 1)
Summer's over, the leaves are falling, turkey time is just around the corner which can only bring to mind one thing for me, it must be October. Ah october how I love thee, with your arrival you bring forth my true love of NBA basketball. Having watched my lakers win yet another championship this past june my excitement this coming season couldn't be any higher, and dare I say "three peat!". Fuck yeah I can and it's gonna happen or I'm out $1000 bucks to my buddie gronzi. (gulp!) go boys go!!
Anyway, as I had done previously at the start of last season, here are some of the storylines/predictions and such I see unfolding.
- The knee! The knee! The knee!
It all starts with the champs and my boy Kobe. After winning the title this past june, Kobe undoubtoubly took his bum right knee under the knife for a 3rd time in the past 7 seasons. Nooooo!! And even though his prognosis has been given a full 100% recovery I'm still nervous. Three surgeries in 7 seasons is a lot even for Kobe. He played great last season but at times you could see him struggling to find his explosiveness. Having hopefully cleaned up all the debris will his knee bring him back to his old self or will it cause him to lose another step? This has to be the top story going into this season as with where Kobe goes go the lakers. I'm optimistic he'll be fine and up to his old self in no time but...(crossing fingers now)
There's a new king in town and it isn't LBJ
Durantula! KD! KDThunderup! Whichever name you wanna call him, Kevin Durant is one bad mofo and he's now in my opinion the second best player in the league. He may be young but this kid is the real deal and he's gonna take over the league big time this year. I love his game and his maturity. Unlike that fake King in southbeach, this kid loves ballin' more than anything else, which only reminds me of other such kings like Kobe, Jordan, Bird, Magic and Russell. I'm expecting huge things from him this year and his young Thunderites. Stats like 33ppg, 7boards, 4dimes and 50/90/40 don't seem to unreasonable. The thunder are coming everyone and this kid's there man, jump ship and enjoy the ride.
Okay! Okay! Fine!...ladies and gentlemen I present for you the Miami BITCHES, um I mean Heat
yes, yes they're going to be good, they'll win a tonne of games and it'll be fun to watch them. I know this and so do you. Who'll lead them you ask, LBJ or Wade? It doesn't matter, they'll figure it out just like team USA did in Beijing, when push came to shove Kobe took over. Instincts will prevail and so will the better player. Will they win the title? Possibly. They have talent, a good roster and energy, but to be honest I just don't see it happening, well at least this season that is. I see too many variables and intangibles in their way, too many things have to go right for them to do it this year and in my gut I just don't see it.
A former laker great is now a Celtic! Am I reading this right?
Yeah it happened and Im not liking it one bit. Shaquille O'neal decided to do the biggest f. you to Laker nation by signing with its arch rival the Celtics. Now then, can he help them boys in beantown? Noooooooooooo!!! He's old, out of shape and old. He'll bring comedy, a few plays here and there but all in all his ship has sailed. Savy. This will be the season where Shaq will finally realize that he's no longer a factor in his teams success and that he should have retired with some dignity. Staying on for a chance at one more ring just so you can pass Timmy and stay par with Kobe is no way to cement your legacy. Face it Shaq, you had your chance and you blew it. You were great, you could've been the greatest but you chose to have fun. Grrr...go away!
A lockout is coming and this is why
When you see stupid owners and GM's giving the likes of Darko 20 mil, Joe Johnson 120 mil and Amir Johnson 34 mil all I want to do is SCREAMMMMMMMM!!!! Do these guys not watch any games? Have they not seen what's happened in the past when doling out this kind of money? Omg!! WTF!! What's most sad about all of this is us fans have to bear the brunt of their stupidity. When this season finishes and the collective bargaining agreement between the players union and the owners expires a lockout will commence. On one side the players union will fight for what they feel they deserve and to be honest who can blame them. How can owners complain about losing money when they have no problem throwing out numbers such as these to average players who are clearly undeserving. On the other side the owners will try to point out how revenues have dipped and that the players need to adjust with the times which I agree is true but then so do the owners. In the end what sucks most is as much as the players will fight they can't win. The owners have the money and that is that. And incase you haven't heard already most NBA players live cheque to cheque (I know, I know, WTF!!...AND IT'S TRUE, we found this out back in the lockout of 99') so in the end they'll eventually cave because if they don't they'll go broke. But before any of this can happen a fight must take place with us, the fans stuck in the middle as we see a season lost due primarily to owner stupidity. Not Fair! Fucking James Dolan I hate you, this is all your fault. Grrr!!!
more to come... :)
Anyway, as I had done previously at the start of last season, here are some of the storylines/predictions and such I see unfolding.
- The knee! The knee! The knee!
It all starts with the champs and my boy Kobe. After winning the title this past june, Kobe undoubtoubly took his bum right knee under the knife for a 3rd time in the past 7 seasons. Nooooo!! And even though his prognosis has been given a full 100% recovery I'm still nervous. Three surgeries in 7 seasons is a lot even for Kobe. He played great last season but at times you could see him struggling to find his explosiveness. Having hopefully cleaned up all the debris will his knee bring him back to his old self or will it cause him to lose another step? This has to be the top story going into this season as with where Kobe goes go the lakers. I'm optimistic he'll be fine and up to his old self in no time but...(crossing fingers now)
There's a new king in town and it isn't LBJ
Durantula! KD! KDThunderup! Whichever name you wanna call him, Kevin Durant is one bad mofo and he's now in my opinion the second best player in the league. He may be young but this kid is the real deal and he's gonna take over the league big time this year. I love his game and his maturity. Unlike that fake King in southbeach, this kid loves ballin' more than anything else, which only reminds me of other such kings like Kobe, Jordan, Bird, Magic and Russell. I'm expecting huge things from him this year and his young Thunderites. Stats like 33ppg, 7boards, 4dimes and 50/90/40 don't seem to unreasonable. The thunder are coming everyone and this kid's there man, jump ship and enjoy the ride.
Okay! Okay! Fine!...ladies and gentlemen I present for you the Miami BITCHES, um I mean Heat
yes, yes they're going to be good, they'll win a tonne of games and it'll be fun to watch them. I know this and so do you. Who'll lead them you ask, LBJ or Wade? It doesn't matter, they'll figure it out just like team USA did in Beijing, when push came to shove Kobe took over. Instincts will prevail and so will the better player. Will they win the title? Possibly. They have talent, a good roster and energy, but to be honest I just don't see it happening, well at least this season that is. I see too many variables and intangibles in their way, too many things have to go right for them to do it this year and in my gut I just don't see it.
A former laker great is now a Celtic! Am I reading this right?
Yeah it happened and Im not liking it one bit. Shaquille O'neal decided to do the biggest f. you to Laker nation by signing with its arch rival the Celtics. Now then, can he help them boys in beantown? Noooooooooooo!!! He's old, out of shape and old. He'll bring comedy, a few plays here and there but all in all his ship has sailed. Savy. This will be the season where Shaq will finally realize that he's no longer a factor in his teams success and that he should have retired with some dignity. Staying on for a chance at one more ring just so you can pass Timmy and stay par with Kobe is no way to cement your legacy. Face it Shaq, you had your chance and you blew it. You were great, you could've been the greatest but you chose to have fun. Grrr...go away!
A lockout is coming and this is why
When you see stupid owners and GM's giving the likes of Darko 20 mil, Joe Johnson 120 mil and Amir Johnson 34 mil all I want to do is SCREAMMMMMMMM!!!! Do these guys not watch any games? Have they not seen what's happened in the past when doling out this kind of money? Omg!! WTF!! What's most sad about all of this is us fans have to bear the brunt of their stupidity. When this season finishes and the collective bargaining agreement between the players union and the owners expires a lockout will commence. On one side the players union will fight for what they feel they deserve and to be honest who can blame them. How can owners complain about losing money when they have no problem throwing out numbers such as these to average players who are clearly undeserving. On the other side the owners will try to point out how revenues have dipped and that the players need to adjust with the times which I agree is true but then so do the owners. In the end what sucks most is as much as the players will fight they can't win. The owners have the money and that is that. And incase you haven't heard already most NBA players live cheque to cheque (I know, I know, WTF!!...AND IT'S TRUE, we found this out back in the lockout of 99') so in the end they'll eventually cave because if they don't they'll go broke. But before any of this can happen a fight must take place with us, the fans stuck in the middle as we see a season lost due primarily to owner stupidity. Not Fair! Fucking James Dolan I hate you, this is all your fault. Grrr!!!
more to come... :)
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