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February 28, 2003
wut a geezer..
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| this old man, he played 50...and put up 35 |
did you see that wiz-rockets game last nite?? da old man was UNCONSCIOUS!! esp in overtime!!
okay, so he had his ups and downs: 18 pts in the first half, but only 7 in the second--and he missed the buzzer-beater. but the overtime was pretty much all his: 10 pts on 5-for-6 w/ one layup over yao and a one-handed dunk (yes, he did). seriously, when is this guy gonna be sent back to his home planet??
thing is, he was questionable goin into the game cuz of the swellin above his knee after collidin w/ reggie i-flop-my-wings-like-a-chicken miller. and the second half really showed his weariness and pain--even in the OT, he was barely runnin up the court..
but man, as amazin as it is watchin kobe drop 40 after 40--this may be more amazin..
50 minutes, 35 pts on 15-of-26 (and how many of those are jump shots?), 11 boards, 6 dimes, and 40 yrs..
which reminds me..
funniest stat ive seen in a while (no joke): "since turnin 40, michael jordan has averaged 30.6 pts.."
haha..
hes definitely goin out firin..
Posted by chars at 07:32 AM | Comments (2)
February 27, 2003
music of the nite..
have you ever been told that you talk in your sleep?
freshmen yr, my roommate told me i would. in fact, one nite i supposedly screamed my head off scarin him to death..
the other day, esther told me i asked her a question: "CYP or CLP?" i couldnt stop laffin cuz i not only didnt remember, but i had no idea wut she was talkin about. "CYP" is my username at work, but "CLP"?? hmm, ill bet esther thinks its my mistress' username. haha--not funny, right?
speakin of my beautiful wife, i would sometimes catch HER talkin while catchin them REMs. and it is always the same sorta thangs: "did mr so-and-so get his blood drawn yet?". "where are the lab results of mrs blah-blah?" "dr yoo-hoo, i need..."
get this, durin one intense nap she sat straight up, stared directly in my eyes, and point-blankly asked if a certain patient had come back from surgery. she then looked left, then right, and not recognizin our home as the hospital quickly laid back down mutterin "im so confused, im so confused." then she conked out again..
my wife is so cute..
- man, ive really gotten sick of eatin packed lunches. i remember a month back bein so happy i could finally eat a homemade sandwich--well, the honeymoon is so over and ive been eatin chinese three of my past four lunches. nothin like a good servin of MSG to change things up..
- actually, goin back to lunch yester ive eaten chinese three times. lunch, dinner, and lunch today. it couldve been a record four if they made kung-pao hot pockets..
- do you realize it takes me usually takes me an hour to write an entry? damn, why do i hafta be such a perfectionist..
thats changin right now cuz im leavin to go eat some.......korean!! hmm, bulgogi or daeng-jahng jee-geh??
Posted by chars at 05:39 PM | Comments (1)
February 24, 2003
still monday..
ya kno, sometimes i have a hard time rememberin who i was in college. or in high school--how i got thru those yrs, why i engaged in the things i did back then, etc. its weird cuz i feel so far removed mentally from those periods of my life, i simply cannot truly remember how i lived my life back then..
i mean, of course, i have memories of the events and the happenings--how i acted, wut took place: the history. but its like i dont remember who i was and believe it really was me in those memories. yeah, i know--sounds weird..
i think a lot of it has to do w/ the feelin now that i was so immature back then. granted, i still have a lot of growin up to do, but back then i know i was naive and stoopid--not havin formed a solid view of the world, not understandin how life really worked. not that i know these things now..
anyways..
- im obviously excited about the new zelda game comin out in a month cuz im enjoyin the pre-order game immensely. but didja know that the guy who came up w/ zelda (as well as mario and donkey kong)--shigeru miyamoto--got the name 'zelda' from the author of the great gatsby (good book w/ a great ending)? yeah, it was the name of f. scott fitzgeralds wife!! interestin, huh? yeah, i can see the noddin..
- oh wow, this is wild: a dna computer!! incredible..
- i was watchin x-men the movie on fox yester and was amazed at how faithful the story was to the comic book. i guess it wasnt even so much revealed in the actual plot or premise of the film as it was in the fine details. like the interaction between cyclops and wolverine or the sexual tension between wolverine and jean grey..
i used to be an x-men fanatic (is there anythin i was NOT a fanatic of?); in fact, in high school it was far and away my favorite (yes, even over superman and batman). great writin, fantastic artwork, and the overall concept of mutants teamin together to prove their humanity to humanity..
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| the 22 pages that started it all.. |
interestingly enough, i picked up my first x-men comic book (uncanny x-men #273) here in baltimore. between 7th and 10th grades, i would make the one-hr commute from nova to spend every saturday at peabody for an entire days worth of music classes. fun times back then--yeah, right..
- i can count on one hand the number of times ive played pickup since movin to balt. isnt that crazee? i really need and want to play badly--like every other day or so. i actually joined the hopkins hospital gym, but the one time i did go i was the only asian--or non-black--not that it wasnt fun. i just would like to touch the ball more than once a game. course, i do suck but still..
but back to just playin, i think it would help if i actually KNEW someone here who would go to the gym w/ me. maybe i should try and make some friends..
- a few entries back, i asked if which friends you valued more: the ones who you grew up w/ or the ones who surround you now..
as an extension i was wonderin: do you think youd be friends (or as good friends) today w/ those who you grew up w/? would you get as well along w/ your ole pals and buddies from back then?
man, wutdya think of espns new look? i dont think im really big on that 'espn motion' crap..
Posted by chars at 10:58 PM | Comments (1)
February 22, 2003
saturday..
dont you hate how some days there are so many things you wanna do--things you actually have planned out--but cuz of the number of hours in a day, the chores of life, and just overall exhaustion you dont get to those things? yeah, that sucks..
like last nite, esther was on call. so to occupy my lonesome self, i had planned to things watch xxx, play some zelda (the pre-order n64 version), and take care of some email. needless to say, i did none of those..
instead, the nite belonged to basketball (michael for 43!!) and the two law & order spinoffs: svu and criminal intent. and soon afterwards (thanks to a kimchi bowl), i conked out. wut a day..
- one thing i do sinfully get to enjoy while my poor wife is on-call is to eat a tv dinner. its not cuz esther has left me w/o a thing to eat--on the contrary, she cooked an entire menu for me!! but a man gets a cravin for the unhealthy sometimes, knowutimean? and lately the yes-its-edible thing-to-eat has been the tv dinner, thanks to my officemate. check this out..
this guy is pretty funny cuz instead of goin out to eat for lunch or packin one at home, he just goes to grocery store and stocks up on wutever healthy choice or stouffers meal is on sale. then he brings one in each day, nukes it in the microwave, and voila: the daily special!! isnt that awesome??
so thanks to him, ive now brought home some 'frozen entrees' and eat em when i have the cravin. like last nite--can you beat a steak tips w/ teriyaki dippin sauce?? of course not..
- i have wondered, has anyone ever seen a salisbury steak outside of the frozen foods section?
- have you ever wondered wut your parents were like when they were younger? like your age? or even in high school/college?
i was sorta thinkin about it cuz of the parents-puttin-on-the-pressure thang and cuz that question is the premise that sets off the entire back to the future trilogy..
(sidebar: that dvd set is fantastic!! esp for a bttf freak like me. and i know im a bttf freak cuz i saw the 2nd one in the theater three times, the 3rd one FIVE times. do you qualify as a bttf freak? or any kinda freak, for that matter? i hope not..)
anyways, beyond the obvious i-wonder-wut-they-looked-and-acted-like questions, i actually thought whether or not i wouldve gotten along w/ em, much less be friends w/ my parents. would i have even liked them? would we have hung out and done things together?
i really dunno, but the cynical side of me (which is pretty much all of me) says probly not. i think my mom wouldve been too type-A for me and my dad--well, maybe him. cuz hes the perennial always-smilin-nice-guy-who-gets-along-w/-everyone. yeah, i dunno--but its interestin..
- im kinda shocked the zelda pre-order game came out in 98 for the n64--cuz it is really good. and yeah, the polygons are a little too obvious--but theyre still impressive. man, i havent touched a zelda game since the original but now its like im in fourth grade all over again..
- as if the 2+ ft of snow wasnt bad enough, now weve got floodin thanks to the all-weekend rainstorm. after about an hour, i figured out that moppin up water seepin into our basement was a battle i wasnt gonna win. the hell w/ keepin the house dry..
- another thing ive been ponderin over is wut life wouldve been liked had the internet existed on such a prevalent level while i was in high school as it does now. i mean think about it--wut would we have done w/ email back then? or IM?
remember the only way to get in touch w/ someone? yeah, pickin up the regular land-line phone and callin them. and to catch up w/ em and figure out wuts goin on in his/her life that day or week, youd hafta actually have a conversation w/ em. but now, a one-paragraph email is all the effort you need to exert. isnt that crazy?
in actuality, do you think you wouldve gotten to know your friends as well w/ email? do you think you wouldve gotten to know more people w/ the internet? and do you think we wouldve been better off w/ or w/o this whole online thang?
its interestin to think about, right?
Posted by chars at 10:10 AM | Comments (1)
February 20, 2003
proceed w/ caution: senseless, meanderin thoughts ahead..
snow is nice and all but when its a good four days after the storm has passed and people are still walkin on the sides of the roads cuz theres no sidewalk and two-lane highways are still one-laners, its too much. i cant stand the fact its been takin me over an hr to get to work when it normally takes me 20 mins. cant they just pull out some big ray gun and melt all the damn snow??
- yay, duke won last nite. stoopid terps. im not sure how many non-dukies can understand the hatred we have towards maryland. i honestly feel that it is stronger than it ever was towards unc. i mean, there are no other two games in the season i want us to win than the ones against maryland. i think the only thing that would be better than beatin em on the court is if they were dead. seriously..
- so on my snowday off on mon, i watched a.i. i had heard it was a pretty bad film which is why i put off watchin it for so long although it was spielberg. so when i finished watchin it, i was surprised that i liked it--i really liked it. i guess i shouldnt have been since a lotta times things seem to turn out that way--how negative hype actually helps a film (while overhype dooms one)..
but i really enjoyed the film and i really enjoy thinkin about it afterwards. the movie was supposedly the brainchild of stanley kubrick and although i really liked 2001, i wouldnt call myself a kubrick fan cuz those are his only two films ive seen. but i think the kubrick-spielberg collaboration worked out really well in this film cuz the apparent clashin of cynicism and optimism turned into a very poignant vision of the future..
the story--centerin on a robot boy and the human ability to love--was great, but i personally thought the endin is wut made it clutch for me. i wont ruin it here for those who havent seen it. but lets just say it made me very pensive after it ended..
- gawddangit, nba street 2 was to initially be release in march. now, it wont be out til the middle of may!! cmon..
- one thing i particularly enjoy about work now is that i get to listen to my soundtracks from beginnin to end. i have a ton of cds at home which i hardly listen to cuz i cant just enjoy the full scores w/o listenin to em in their entirety. at work, however, since im programmin on my own the whole day, i just pop in one cd after another. i mainly stick w/ soundtracks cuz songs (the lyrics) tend to distract me from my work. man, john williams is a frickin genius..
- i realize that no one who read the above entry actually cares..
- in his last entry, ji brought up the fact that his parents have been buggin him to go back to school. its funny (or maybe not) that my parents have been urgin me to do the same--for the past eight months. and it is annoyin da hell outta me..
i understand their intentions and i see that the 'urgin' likely stems from their background and the fact that theyre korean. but still--wut is it w/ a parents' need to direct? or instruct? or frickin nag?? i keep tellin em every time they ask, 'dont worry! ill figure it out on my own!!' meanin, ill figure out WUT i wanna do WHEN i wanna do it..
yeah, okay so maybe theyre worried cuz i may not necessarily know which direction i want my life to go in. but let me figure it out w/o all the damn pressure..
- obviously, jis entry hit a nerve..
- so im rantin right now--readin jis entry brought it all on. but i will say, i do wanna go back to school--surprisingly. i wanna be back in an academic environment to learn and to learn well. i only need to find my impetus..
- and this all brings me to a final pt: do you know which direction youre goin? do you have an idea where your life is takin you? and do you feel you have control over that direction? or do you feel like its out of your control? that your life is like a river and youre just goin along for the ride--who knows where youll end up..
i feel like that a lot of times. cuz i dont really know wut i wanna do or where i want my life--and esthers life--to be in 10, 20 yrs..
but sometimes when i think about that uncertainty, i also think 'who cares?'. it often seems society teaches us that good, strong people have a goal in their life and so you should have one too. but is it necessarily bad or pathetic if one doesnt? cuz havin a goal just to have a goal may do more harm than not havin one but enjoyin the adventure of that uncertainty..
life is unpredictable and it isnt fair--and thats wut makes it real. i luv it..
Posted by chars at 06:03 PM | Comments (4)
February 15, 2003
p/a..
gawd, i hate bein so passive-aggressive..
it might seem like a shock to a lot of people to hear me say/write this, but i have a pretty bad temper. granted, it doesnt flare up that often but because it doesnt, when it does its pretty bad. real bad..
like i dont think i get mad that often. when something bad happens or i feel slighted, i dont think it really affects me--but an emotional mark is notched on my belt. and so when some event occurs that triggers me to pretty much explode, all those recorded notches make my aggression that much worse. its so bad..
i remember as a kid when i got angry, i would get SO angry i wasnt sure how to let it out or get rid of it. yellin was never a part of it, but wreakin havoc and destruction wasnt enough. it would basically require a good nites sleep to simmer me down, granted that i actually do fall asleep..
obviously im a little pissed right now (ha, yeah just a little). but i look fwd to the mornin cuz tomorrs a whole new day..
Posted by chars at 09:15 PM | Comments (1)
February 12, 2003
some randoms..
- dont know wut to do w/ your old NES console? transform it into a computer!!
- i guess i know im old(er) when my favorite tv show growin up has found its way to tvland..
- my bro-in-law calls me a pessimist (which is true). but why is there an implicit negative association w/ that word? who says seein the world half-empty is bad?
- can someone be a pessimist and not a cynic?
- i had way too many pics in that last entry. got a little excited there (but he is da man)..
- was about to end the entry when i had this last crazy thought: which do you value more--present relationships or former ones?
on the one hand, those currently closest to you are there for you now--to make you laugh, to chill w/ you after a crappy day, or when you need a hug. BUT those friends who are but a memory have helped form the person you are today. they shaped the way you view the world, or take on life, and even your interests and passions. without them, you would not be you..
so which do you value more?
Posted by chars at 06:06 PM | Comments (2)
February 10, 2003
all-star thoughts..
wow, wut a weekend. even though it was primarily a two-day mj-luvfest, almost every event was fun to watch:
- only caught the 2nd half of the rookie vs soph game, but it seemed to a be pretty good game--until gilbert arenas and jrich decided to turn it into the we-are-the-warriors-hear-us-roar show by jackin up the 3s. actually, i enjoyed watchin arenas play well, but jrich may have taken it a little too far by disrespectin boozer by bouncin the ball of his dome. at least, he made the shot..
- the skillz challenge was pretty coo cuz of the four players in it (kidd, payton, starbury, and tony parker). its interestin to see only parker makin the bounce pass w/ the fundamentally-correct two hands..
- the celebrity 3-on-3 was lame. its basically amounts to the magic johnson and friends show..
- amazingly, the 3-pt shootout came down to another overtime duel between wesley person and peja stojakovic, the latter comin out on top. wow, peja can really light it up--as long as hes not playin the lakers. and person--very suhweet and smooth stroke..
- but the event of the nite was the dunk contest and it belonged to jrich. i guess one really had to watch it, but i thought desmond mason sealed it w/ his first dunk: a drivin between-the-legs LEFT-HANDED flush!! everyone was goin nutz. jrichs first was pretty avg. dmasons next (and final) was also avg. so basically goin into the last dunk of the nite, youre thinkin its over--richardson has nothin left in his bag, the crown is desmonds. but then..
jrich lines up in the corner, tosses up a rainbow, then drives baseline for a REVERSE-thru-the-legs LEFT-HANDED reverse slam!! are you kiddin??!! vince, do you know waht you started??
anyways, that was the topper. wut made it great was seein two high-flyers out-duelin each other; the way the contest should be. hasnt been seen since chicago '88. instant classic..
so that was the excitement on saturday. sundays all-star game was great, for the most part. i began writin about almost everythin in the game, but after readin the sports guys diary of it i thought itd be better if i just shared my thoughts on some precious moments..
- best imitation of a point guard: shaq bringin the ball up the court, then hangin around the three-pt line to showboat in front of brad miller by dribblin between his legs, liftin each one as high as they would go in a slow duck walk? haha, it was great--i was laughin so hard. ill give it to the big man--he knows how to have fun..
- tv gripe: why do they always hafta go to that above-the-basket angle on a fast-break finish?? dont they know we actually wanna SEE the player jump off the ground??
- id like my team super-sized, please: there was some talk pre-game of whether or not rick adelman would have both yao and shaq playin out on the court at the same time. well, he gave us that sight to see--and then it to the nth degree. at the end of the first half, he went w/ a line-up of yao at 5, shaq at 4, td at 3, kg at 2, and francis at the 1!! super-sized indeed. its almost like somethin id do playin nba live. cept i wouldve had nowitzki at the 1 to make it a near all 7-ft line-up..
- wnba players take note: wut a--um--interestin outfit mariah sported durin halftime. how dya think esther would react if i tried it on?
- peace: the thing i liked most about mjs speech at halftime was him sayin he could now "go home and feel at peace with the game of basketball". cuz i think, above all else, thats wut this season has been about for him: comin to terms w/ the fact that this really is it. no more itches, no more 99.9%s, no more. its time to go..
- wut a beautiful rainbow: that high-arcin shot mj made over the matrix w/ six secs left in OT was suhweet. i thinki woke up the neighbors yellin so loudly. it was incredible and beautiful at once. everyone thought it was over: game-winner, mvp, and storybook endin..
- dumb and dumber: can you believe stoopid jermaine oneal fouled kobe takin a desperation 3 at the end of the first OT period? and can you believe the stoopider ref actually blew the whistle when he shouldve swallowed it??
the thing is im actually kinda glad it didnt end as a fairytale. cuz thats the real world. and things dont always work out the way we want em too..
however, despite the actual endin, mj proved he can still be clutch--who else starts out shootin 2 of 13, yet can pick it up in the 2nd to finish w/ 20 pts and the apparent game-winner.
yes, moneys name is mj and from all i saw, i think he genuinely had fun in atlanta. the weekend wouldnt have been the same w/o him..
* um, i just realized wut this blog entry has turned into: an nba-version of tuesday mornin qb. great, i am wut i read..
* gawd, i wish my dog would stop fartin--cant frickin breathe. precious air..
Posted by chars at 11:51 PM | Comments (1)
February 08, 2003
need for speed..
so i rented this very suhweet racin game the other day and it really rocks. essentially, youre racin in your choice of cars (more on this in a sec) against other speedsters WHILE runnin away from the cops. yes, unrealistic but it makes for an excitin game (you also can race as the five-oh tryin to stop the bad guyz). but wut really makes this game is the selection of fine automobiles: ferarri 360 spider, corvette O6, lambroghini diablo, porche 911 turbo, bmw m5, etc. im not really into cars, but this aspect over any other is clutch. wut other game allows you to race in such style? for those who have a gaming system, i highly recommend it..
- the other day, esther made an incredible batch of daeji-bulgohgi (korean bbq pork) for us/me and man, it was awesome. its weird cuz i never really ate that much pork growin up but since bein w/ esther, ive eaten a whole lot more and rather enjoy it a lot. just another reason of how a relationship can expand your world--and dinner pallette. whens the last time YOU had a good helpin of daeji-bulgogi?
- its nba all-star weekend and today should be fairly interestin: dunk contest has only four players, brent barry goin for the unprecedented double crown in the 3-pt shootout (he previously won the dunk contest--im not jokin), the skillz challenge w/ four pt guards basically showcasin the abilities, and--the highlight (for me)--tribute to mj. should be fun..
- check out this poll (thanks alpo). how would you suggest improvin all-star weekend? alpo says an all-whiteys or a retired-players dunk contest. yeah, i would luv seein dominique power-dunkin a tostito chip tellin us to get outta his house. haha..
- have you seen this story? can you believe they have guns like that now? watch your back..
- i was wonderin the other day: why do people in general wanna be liked? why is that something we desire or even seek out from others? at its base, the question really is: why do we wanna be loved?
i partly figured its because it feels good to be loved--that we seek love because it is a positive and good thing. then the fundamental question really becomes: why are 'good things' good? wut makes love a positive thing? why isnt bad or apathy or hate a 'good' thing? i mean despite wut weve read and been exposed to in growin up, theres an inherent sense of wut is good and wut isnt to us, right? heck, even dogs recognize wut is good cuz all they really seek out is love and attention (and food). how is 'good' good? or even better, why must 'good' be good?
yes, im just philosophically rantin..
- ive decided to buy zelda. too good of a deal and too good of a game to pass up. plus, isnt playin nintendo games one of the reasons i got gamecube in the first place?
- speakin of which, i cant wait til mario kart for gamecube finally comes out. hopefully, itll be before ps3 does..
im hungry--wheres the pork?
Posted by chars at 12:17 PM | Comments (3)
February 05, 2003
just not the same..
so im watchin the first half of the first duke-carolina game of the season. its pretty bad. was readin stuff about how this rivalry just aint wut it used to be, which is obviously linked to the decline of unc thanks to the departure of dean smith and his system (aka - the guthridge yrs). but man, i even hate watchin our team play--its like weve got five shootin guards on the court and i would consider only one of em to be a pure shooter (reddick)..
im actually sorta glad weve been losin of late cuz it really shows our inexperience and proves that a club cant just seemingly reload w/o goin thru the learnin process/struggle..
i just hope we beat maryland when they visit..
- so im debatin whether or not to pre-order the new zelda game mostly cuz thru amazon or electronic boutique you can receive an updated version of the n64 version (on gamecube) for free. the real dilemna is whether or not its worth it for to get zelda since the only games ive been playin in the last few yrs have been bball, football, and racin games. thoughts?
- i remember when i was workin as a consultant in switzerland and later, at cable & wireless, how sick i was of eatin out EVERY SINGLE TIME for lunch. i longed for the ability to have a home to go to w/ a refrigerator to stock w/ food i could pack in a bag lunch to bring to work. now, every day ive been eatin a packed (paiked?) lunch and as i thought about it, i thought how funny it was that im now once again like a school kid eatin a couple of home-made sandwiches and chips. i do miss those fruit roll-ups and caprisuns..
in switzerland, i mostly ate lunch at one of two places: migros (a local grocery store w/ a cafeteria inside) and mcdonalds (nothin satiated that grease cravin for an american abroad than a burger and fries). yum..
- i think one of the best things about my new job is the independence i have in my work. it used to be--and was likely due to the environment provided by consultin--that i programmed applications in teams where portions would divied up between members. now, that was all and well but maybe because i did for so long, im sorta relishin the freedom, space, and sole responsibility for the work i do. of course, thatll remain true until i actually have a huge ton of work dumped on me..
- dude, this game sucks. we suck..
and wuts jay williams doin on the bench. hes disgracin himself in chicago and w/ mj's locker..
- on that note, i think its fair to say thus far (mid-season) jwill is the biggest rookie bust. the lack of production is one thing, but the whinin is a whole nother entity. and to top it off w/ all the hype he was gettin as maybe the one who would finally jumpstart the bulls. yeah, i feel bad for him. but i really cant feel bad for him too long..
i read a lot of analysis on how he just doesnt fit in the triangle. the latest comes from starbury himself sayin thats just not his style--he needs the ball in his hands (as oppose to makin quick passes), he needs to game to be up-tempo, and he needs to be the focal pt of the offense. stephons comments, of course, are given some credibility because jwill and him are considered to be similar types of players (and it helps that marburys finally have a breakout yr)..
but i disagree w/ how jwill doesnt fit in the triple-post offense (the official name of the 'triangle'). cmon, the mark of a great--even GOOD--player is his ability to adapt. and if he cant mentally do it, then he may as well be one-dimensional. theres certainly more than 'one' successful way to play basketball. and if the greatest scorer in the last 20 yrs (aka, the greatest player) can accept and ultimately believe in this equal-opportunity offense, then shouldnt jwill?
- by the way, one thing that really annoys me when watchin bball on tv is how quickly the scoreboard is updated (the scorebox in the corner of the tv) when a basket is made. sometimes im lookin at the score a good ten seconds after the hoop waitin for it change cuz i dont always know wut the score is at every pt in the game. i cant even keep track of the score in a pickup. you gotta give the viewers a chance to see the score actually go up so theyre sure the basket was counted!! cmon!!
- heres a wut-kinda-person-are-you question: do you take the good stuff immediately or save the best for last? for example, whenever i eat i always set aside wut i relish the most cuz i want that bacon double-cheeseburger or new york strip to be the last thing i enjoy in the meal. but i know there are some people who would rather chow down on the steak first--even before the salad--cuz best always come first. so wut are you?
okay, law & order is on. much more enjoyable than this nasty ball game..
Posted by chars at 10:04 PM | Comments (4)
February 01, 2003
turnin back the clock..
heres why im stoopid. im watchin jordan drop bucket after bucket en route to a 45 pt game (and victory) and i make a gesture w/ my hand as if i re-settin the hands on a clock (see title). yes, he may almost be 40 but he can still put it up. and because hes not lightin it up as often--and because this season may be it--when he does its that much more special..
i think the wut amazes me the most is how much attention still gets. granted, in this particular game stackhouse and hughes were out so it had to be him. but even in previous games, opposin defenses seem to square down on him. maybe cuz hes really the only true playmaker on the team..
or maybe cuz hes the greatest player ever..
(course, mungmung would say 'the greatest PLAYAH ever. haha..)
- the shuttle tragedy today was terrible. but ill tell you, as sad as i am for the seven astronauts who lost their lives (and lost em so instantly) i almost feel the accident is an 'okay' thing. meanin, its like these things happen when ones pushin the envelope esp in exploration--like theyre almost necessary in order to advance further. and so wut is like a senseless event really isnt--cuz nasa will learn from it and will improve the technology which will help us push forward (or outward). but yeah, its just a horrible thing that sometimes these things cost lives..
two things more on the shuttle columbia: 1) like everyone else who can remember, i thought back to sittin in class in third-grade when in rolls a tv and we see the clip of the challenger explodin on take-off. i guess today is another one of those do-you-remember-where-you-were days; 2) an amazin statistic i heard by one of the experts was that it was determined a shuttle accident or mishap should happen once every 75 trips. todays trip was #113 in the existence of the shuttle program. so thats 2 in 113. or 1 in 57 (56.5). not good..
- im such a big window-shopper. i really cant remember the last time i bought somethin out of impulse. since movin to balt (which coincides w/ gettin married and ownin a house), ive pretty much only purchased things ive decided to get prior to leavin the house (the only exception is when i go grocery shoppin when starvin). but my behavior is so inane and appears to be a waste of time (at least to esther) cuz i go into stores w/ the mere intent of lookin at certain items. like ill go into gamestop or another computer game store and just scan the games out (which i already know), then immediately leave. i go into a sam goody (big ripoff prices) to gawk at the CDs and DVDs i want, then leave. am i not crazy?
- i genuinely have a fantasy problem now. since the nfl season is over, i wanted to keep my pigskin fix goin so this wk i started playin a game on sportingnews.com's called football strat-o-matic. its basically the same kind of game where you draft players for your team and keep track of their stats--the difference bein the games (and the players numbers) are all simulated. it is a fantasy game true to its name..
but it is bangin cuz your players actually play together on the same team in games against other members in your league. so theres an actual coachin aspect here cuz you play offensive and defensive coordinator in that you choose your base schemes (i.e. - 'west coast offense' or 'run-n-shoot' for offense, or 'standard zone 4-3' for D). its A LOTTA fun--in other words, im a hopeless fanaddict..
- thanks to my co-workers, ive been tryin out a new internet browser called opera. i actually like it a lot for three main reasons: 1) all separate windows (or opened pages) are contained w/in one main application window so you dont get all those extra buttons on the taskbar; 2) opera gives you more control over your browsin experience, the best example bein you can select the option of NOT allowin spam windows to pop-up in your face when you click on a link; 3) and the best reason is somethin called 'mouse gestures': when holdin down the right-mouse button and quickly movin the mouse left, you scroll back to your previous page. when holdin the button and movin right, you move forward in your history. makes browsin really quick and easy. so check it out..
- at work, ive been listenin to a lotta jazz as im tryin to up my culture-ness. its actually really nice to the ears and soothin to the brain as i program. and until i can truly appreciate the different artists, ill just be tunin into the radio..
- congratulations, kristin kreuk. you know youve made 'teen hottie' status when youre appearin in ads as the new spokeswoman for neutrogena's facial cleansin and make-up products. for career advice once superboy leaves for metropolis, talk to jennifer love and katie holmes..
ah, no football tomorr (pro-bowl dont count). hmm, maybe i should listen to nbc and check out arena football. yeah, haha..
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