Friday, June 29, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Mock Draft Part II: 16-30
#16 Washington Wizards: Thaddeus Young (Georgia Tech)
Wizards grab young as an excellent replacement to the aging Antwan Jamison. He should pair with Gilbert Arenas to provide a good 1-2 scoring bunch. Needs a bit of seasoning but his body is NBA ready.
#17 New Jersey Nets: Tiago Splitter (International)
Nets dont have any real pressing needs except the ability to stay healthy and they have shown in the past that they are not afraid to have patience with International players i.e. Krystic and Nachbar. Splitter could spen another year in Brazil and come over when he is more ready. If he comes over now I can see him playing the role as energy guy off the break, sparking fast breaks with his rebounding and hustle.
#18 Golden State Warriors: Sean Williams (Boston College)
This team has been built around versatility and shooting so this pick may seem strange, however when you have a team with nobody taller than 6'8" in your starting lineup drafting someone that can defend the basket is what you desperately need, especially in the West. Williams personal problems are well documented, was kicked off his college team, but his upside is comparable to Ben Wallace.
#19 L.A. Lakers: Nick Young (USC)
With the rumors that Kobe wants out of down an athletic 2-Guard like Young makes sense. If Kobe stays Young can also play some at the Point and we know how Phil likes big point guards. The hometown kid would be hard for the lakers to pass on.
#20 Miami Heat: Rudy Fernandez (International)
With Dwyane Wade's style of play injury has to be a concern especially coming off of shoulder surgery. A young combo guard who can fill it from distance would be a nice addition to this team. Fernandez is just that.
#21 Philadelphia 76ers: Josh McRoberts (Duke)
With Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala, Kyle Korver and Samuel Dalembert, the 76ers are moving out of the Larry Brown slow down pace and catching up with the rest of the NBA. McRoberts versatility and ball skills in the open court should help this. He has a lot of upside yet can do things to contribute right away to this team in transition.
#22 Charlotte Bobcats: Jason Smith (Colorado State)
This seven footer would take some pressure of Omeka Okafor and his offensive defficiences. Smith can play with his back to the basket or shoot it facing up allowing Okafor to do what he does best defense and cleaning up underneath. He also fits the bill as an experienced college player which has been the Bobcats M.O.
#23 NY Knicks: DaQuan Cook (tOSU)
Cook is a very good perimeter shooter and probably would have been a high 1st round pick next year if he would have stayed in school. Isiah Thomas has proven before he is not afraid to take a risk, and Cook's upside is worth it.
#24 Phoenix Suns: Nick Fazekas (Nevada)
This seven footer would be a nice compliment to the power game of Amare Stoudamire, and his slender build and shooting ability would fit in with the Suns tempo game. I believe he has the ability to come in right away and produce.
This seven footer would be a nice compliment to the power game of Amare Stoudamire, and his slender build and shooting ability would fit in with the Suns tempo game. I believe he has the ability to come in right away and produce.
#25 Utah Jazz: Morris Almond (Rice)
The MO on Almond is he can flat out score with the best of him and would be a real nice fit for a Utah team that lacked a third scored behind Boozer and Deron Williams. With Kirilenko struggling a scorer to play the SF spot would be a nice fit.
#26 Houston Rockets: Alando Tucker (BUCKY)
Tucker, is probably going to be a life time bench player, but should make a good NBA career for himself. The rockets are also looking for a 3rd scorer and getting to the goal is what Tucker does best. If he could use some of his unbeliavable athletic ability to become a better defender he could be a steal this low.
#27 Detroit Pistons: Jared Dudley (Boston College)
This may be a little low for the complete player out of BC but he should flourish with whomever he is picked by. The Pistons could use his versatility and shooting. He is a great team player and would fit right in with the new Bad Boys.
#28 San Antonio Spurs: Derrick Byars (Vanderbuilt)
If there is one thing the Spurs dont have it is a lot of athleticism on there wings. Byars is a good scorer, who can shoot from deep and would be a nice addition to the Spurs second unit. They dont really have many wholes but age is becoming a concern, so an athletic player like Byars makes sense. They have also done well drafting Euros and letting them sit over in Europe to get seasoned.
#29 Phonix Suns: Wilson Chandler (Depaul)
The Suns are a team built on there athleticsm and with Rumors swirling that Shawn Marion may be dealt Chandler would be a perfect fit. He is a Marion clone that hasnt yet discovered the polished game to go along with his great athleticism. He can be a force defensively from day one.
#30 Dallas Mavericks: Petteri Koeponen (International)
Probably the best point guard on the board Koeponen is only 19 and has a ton of upside. He is a 6'5" guard and size in the backcourt is something that killed the Mavs in the playoffs last year. With Devon Harris and Jason Terry they can afford to be patient and develop him oversees.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Mock Draft 1-15 (Tommorow 16-30)
#1 Portland Trailblazers: Greg Oden
If I was a GM I would rather have the second pick and just take whomever Portland does not take between Oden and Durant, but really you have to take the big guy as they are more likely to bring you in a championship. Though Sam Bowie is an awfully foolish pick looking back.
#2 Seatle Supersonics: Kevin Durant
The West just got a lot richer with these top two talents heading out to the Pacific Northeast. By far best scorer in the draft should be an all-star no later than year two.
#3 Atlanta Hawks: Al Horford (Florida)
I could see them moving this pick for a proven point guard and move down to get a center. If they stay put Horford gives them a very nice post player to build around. The next Elton Brand?
#4 Memphis Grizzlies: Joakim Noah (Florida)
I think they really want Horford, but so do many other teams that may trade ahead of the Grizzlies. I think they play it safe and go with Noah, who gives them a Center who can run the floor and provide a big spark. Something this team soarly needs.
#5 Boston Celtics: Corey Brewer (Florida)
Run on Gators continues and the Celtics nab a nice compliment to the scoring Pierce in Brewer. Somehow though I think Brewer is the pick but it is made for another team, Minnesota or Indianapolis perhaps.
#6 Milwaukee Bucks: Mike Conley (Ohio State)
If Mike Conley is there and that is a big if, it is a no-brainer. Horford is probably the best fit, but do the Bucks have enough to jump to 3?
#7 Minnesota Timberwolves: Brendan Wright (North Carolina)
If they trade Garnet they are going to be a young big man to build around, that big man could be the Lakers Andrew Bynum, and they would love to combine him with the versatile big man from Carolina. He is not NBA ready as say a Hawes or Jeff Green but the upside is definately there.
#8 Charlotte Bobcats: Jeff Green (Georgetown)
I believe Gerald Wallace will be playing else where next year to follow the big money, but what an adequate replacement that has fallen into there laps. He fits the mold of seasoned college players that the Bobcats are building off of.
#9 Chicago Bulls: Spencer Hawes (Washington)The well polished big man offensively, Hawes should give the Bulls a back to the basket presence. Not a splash pick, but I think the Bulls will be happy with the 7' out of Washington.
#10 Sacremento Kings: Yi Jianlin (International)
Probably has the talent to go higher than this, but little is known about the 7' small forward from China. I think the Kings need to go into rebuilding mode and the addition of Yi and the subtraction of Artest would go a long way in making this possible.
#11 Atlanta Hawks: Acie Law (Texas A&M)
If Horford is the pick at three than they almost have to take a PG here. They may move down to get Crittenton who, at 6'6", has great upside, but if they stay here they take the best available in Law.
#12 Philadelphia 76ers: Al Thornton (Florida State)
May play to much of a similar position as Iguadola but the 76ers lack scoring and this guy has the body and game to come in and average 15 right away. They will find room for the small forward from Florida State.
#13 Oklahoma City Hornets: Rodney Stuckey (Eastern Washington)
They can pair Stuckey with Chris Paul to have a dynamite scoring backcourt for years to come. Second only to Durant as far as offensive polish to his game, should help this team instantly get back into the the playoff picture in the deep, deep, West.
#14 Julian Wright (Kansas)
I think Wright very easily could have been a top 5 pick next year. He has a ton of ability but his numbers dont really back that up. I think he will be a great grab this late and provides probably more versatility than anyone else in this class.
#15 Detroit Pistons: Javaris Crittenton (Georgia Tech)
The Pistons are an aging group especially in there front court, so a player like Julian Wright may fit. I think they need to take the eventual replacement for Chauncy Billups in case he may leave in Free Agency. Crittenton is point guard with great upside and could possible fill that void.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Marshall Fest is here!!!
As many of you may already know my favorite weekend of the year is upon us, Marshall Firemans Festival. Now, you may be asking yourself why in the world would anyone give two shits about a rinky dink festival in a rinky dink town, if you are you havent been there. See Marshall Fest has always been a great time for me. Even before I was in high school we would go to the Fest, sneak off and get drunk, because curfew was out the door. Usually our parents were getting loaded in the beer tent. I lived 10 miles away from Marshall growing up, so the Fest was a time where I could go and show off some new clothes (like the plaid on plaid outfit you wore that you didn’t know how ridiculous you look until hundreds of people laugh at you), check out how the girls were developing(I know I am terrible), it was a time to spend $200 winning a $10 knife and have some drunk pretend he is your guardian to pick it up for you. Hell the first time I ever went down on a girl was the weekend of Marshall Fest, so I hope you can start to appreciate why I keep this weekend near and dear to my heart. Anyways I have so many wonderful memories from this weekend, and yes it is pathetic that I get this excited for a towny festival, and yes taking a vacation day on Monday so you can party for three days is not how a professional should act, but deal with it. Today I don’t care about the judgments I will receive from some, no today I want to share why this weekend is so special. Lets just say it is my “Casa Bonita”.
It was very hard trying to trim a list of memories and stories that me and my friends shared. I think the reason there are so many great stories is because it is the one time of year, especially recently, when pretty much all of my friends gather. You could call this the drinking Mecca if you will and each year many make the pilgrimage (I apologize for this sacrilege to all my Muslim readers). So a few of my friends and I have tried to put together a few of our favorite stories, to share with everyone, in hope to bring more in to what has become the orgasm of my summers. Please bear in mind that these stories are drunk recollections of what happened and if I miss a few details feel free to post them later. I will first start with memories I have of my friends and then I will give you a few personal memories.
My friends Curt, Mark, and I believe Pat went to play some games between one of the bands sets. The game is a classic throw the football through a tire and win a prize. Three tries is what you get and the number you make determine the size of prize. Mark and Pat led off and I believe they both made one. Curt takes his turn, and utters, “Let me show you how this is done,” and instead of aiming he throws the football right into the large collection of semi naked women, and sweet Ferrari mirrors breaking a bunch of them. As the carny tries to give him shit Curt just shrugs it off and leaves.
One night after we completely got lit up at the Fest, my buddy Irv drives his car to our Friend Aarons house. Aaron and a bunch of people were staying at my place, but the drive was too far even for Irv so he decided to make himself right at home. Now if you know Irv, you know that he needs a good night snack if he wants to operate at full function the next day. Aarons parents being empty-nesters don’t really stock a bunch of drunk snacks in the pantry. Irv would have to make do. He found some 2 month old Chinese food, ate that, but that didn’t do the trick. So he grabbed 4 bags of saltines and proceeded to eat them all, without water, and just a bit of hot sauce to wash them down. I still offer Irv fifty dollars if he can repeat this feast. What Irv did not know is Aaron’s mom witnessed his whole eating display. Lets just say she wasn’t as thrilled as I was hearing this story.
Most of the stories begin the same way us getting smashed so I am going skip that part from now on.
The a-bar was at Worm’s and this was the first time a bunch of us were partying at worms place. Though we were there earlier in the day, it was light out so, distinguishing Worms house from the row of duplexes next to him was difficult. My buddy Rum got back and went in the fridge to grab a cheeseburger when he thought to himself, “hmmm oddly nobody is here,” Rum froze for a minute as a big man wrapped his arms around Rum standing in front of the fridge, Rum quickly realized that he was not in Worms house. No, in fact he was in the home of one of Marshall’s finest police officers, and he wasn’t to thrilled about a 350lb man eating his lunch for the next day. He struggled Rum out the door and called the cops. When the red and whites showed up all of us two houses down had to get a look of what was going down, as we head to the front of the house we see Rum in restraints laying on the lawn, with cops standing over him. He pleas for them to let him go into our custody which the cops would have obliged, but Worm thought it would be better if they just gave him a ride home. They gave Rum to tickets and gave him a ride home. He woke up the next day with a mean hangover and a cheese burger in his pocket.
We were in the beer tent one night and the Jeschke household was out in full force. My friend Jenny Jeschke’s father was throwing back beers and doing his thing, giving shit too anyone trying to make advancements on his daughters. Well that wasn’t really working for him and one by one guys came up to spit game at his three beautiful daughters. Two top it off Jenny says to him, "Dad, I think mom is getting it on with someone in the port-a-potty." Not pleased by everything happening around him he decides it is time to go for his. He goes to Jenny’s friend, and a legend in her own right Jessica Vick, and simply tells her, “I want to ravage your vagina,” stunned by what we heard, we all went to see if this line would work for us.
Now this is the tip of the iceberg of memories with my friends but this post is carrying on and I have some stories of mine I would like to share. However not forgotten are things such as Curt wearing Aaron’s mothers panties down to the fest, Lauer pissing in worms garbage can not once but twice, Mark getting a BJ in the backseat of his Sante Fe, Packard heckling the home talent team after a disputed call simply yelling, “Shut your mouth Donny!” speaking of one of the players disputing a call, the player looks over, sees his buddy and walks back to the base not saying anything more to the umps, or one of my personal favorites my buddy worm making love in a portable restroom after three days of abuse. The list goes on and on and I think you are starting to get the point. Now a few stories from the Boss of the Sauce, ironically enough that nickname started at Marshall Fest.
One night after the fest I decided I was going to walk to the a-bar, turning down ride after ride. I soon realize that I made a big mistake and Worm’s house was a very formidable walk. I decided to take a break on the picnic table in front of Jimmy Johns. Within minutes I am passed out drunker than shit. I mysterious vehicle pulled up carried me to the car and took me to my destination. The next day things went on as normal, but when I got to the beer tent my parents were less than pleased. The convo went something like this:
Mom- “So I heard you had a rough night last night? Passed out on a picnic bench in front of Jimmy Johns?”
Me- “Yeah I partied a little to hard, how in the world did you hear about that? Who gave me a ride home?”
Mom- “Matthew, you are drinking too much, I cannot believe you are drinking too much, I cannot believe you don’t remember who gave you a ride! Your brothers girlfriend carried you to her car and drove you to your friends”
Me- “Oh, that was nice of her.”
Then I proceeded to take myself to that same state, this time I got a ride home.
After the whole Curt throwing the football at the mirrors Mark came and showed me what he had won, and told me the story of Curt. The band had just finished up a set and I was pumped because they rocked the house. Mark showed me his little sponge bob stuffed animal and bow and arrow set he won. I took a look at Sponge Bob took a look at it and said oh this is very nice and proceeded to kick the animal on top of the pavilion were the band was playing. In doing so I kicked my shoe on top of the roof as well. Luckily the band was on a break because the lead singer used the microphone stand to get my shoe down. I think the animal is still up there.
Last year my parents were out of town and I decided to throw a little pool party grill out. Well in my infinite wisdom of party planning I decided that your party is only as good as the booze you serve and I wanted to find the best whop recipe. Searching through pages and pages of anti-italian hate sites I came upon the recipe for Jungle Juice. A dangerous concoction with only one goal in my, getting everyone completely fucked up. Lets just say it was working its magic when I realized someone needed to cook the food. Luckily my buddy Anth helped my out, but as you can see at the bottom of this blog, I wore the apron so I was giving constant updates to how the food was coming along. Jake had a great idea of going out to tell everyone the Brats are done with nothing but the apron on. I, in my infinite wisdom, decided that was a great idea and stripped down. I go out there and see everyone talking and having a good time, I get everyones attention and let them know the Brats are done, then I turned around finished my drink and headed inside, lets just say everyone lost there apetite.
Again, I have so many more stories I can share, and I plan on making many more memories of this time honored tradition. Please come and help me make that possible.
It was very hard trying to trim a list of memories and stories that me and my friends shared. I think the reason there are so many great stories is because it is the one time of year, especially recently, when pretty much all of my friends gather. You could call this the drinking Mecca if you will and each year many make the pilgrimage (I apologize for this sacrilege to all my Muslim readers). So a few of my friends and I have tried to put together a few of our favorite stories, to share with everyone, in hope to bring more in to what has become the orgasm of my summers. Please bear in mind that these stories are drunk recollections of what happened and if I miss a few details feel free to post them later. I will first start with memories I have of my friends and then I will give you a few personal memories.
My friends Curt, Mark, and I believe Pat went to play some games between one of the bands sets. The game is a classic throw the football through a tire and win a prize. Three tries is what you get and the number you make determine the size of prize. Mark and Pat led off and I believe they both made one. Curt takes his turn, and utters, “Let me show you how this is done,” and instead of aiming he throws the football right into the large collection of semi naked women, and sweet Ferrari mirrors breaking a bunch of them. As the carny tries to give him shit Curt just shrugs it off and leaves.
One night after we completely got lit up at the Fest, my buddy Irv drives his car to our Friend Aarons house. Aaron and a bunch of people were staying at my place, but the drive was too far even for Irv so he decided to make himself right at home. Now if you know Irv, you know that he needs a good night snack if he wants to operate at full function the next day. Aarons parents being empty-nesters don’t really stock a bunch of drunk snacks in the pantry. Irv would have to make do. He found some 2 month old Chinese food, ate that, but that didn’t do the trick. So he grabbed 4 bags of saltines and proceeded to eat them all, without water, and just a bit of hot sauce to wash them down. I still offer Irv fifty dollars if he can repeat this feast. What Irv did not know is Aaron’s mom witnessed his whole eating display. Lets just say she wasn’t as thrilled as I was hearing this story.
Most of the stories begin the same way us getting smashed so I am going skip that part from now on.
The a-bar was at Worm’s and this was the first time a bunch of us were partying at worms place. Though we were there earlier in the day, it was light out so, distinguishing Worms house from the row of duplexes next to him was difficult. My buddy Rum got back and went in the fridge to grab a cheeseburger when he thought to himself, “hmmm oddly nobody is here,” Rum froze for a minute as a big man wrapped his arms around Rum standing in front of the fridge, Rum quickly realized that he was not in Worms house. No, in fact he was in the home of one of Marshall’s finest police officers, and he wasn’t to thrilled about a 350lb man eating his lunch for the next day. He struggled Rum out the door and called the cops. When the red and whites showed up all of us two houses down had to get a look of what was going down, as we head to the front of the house we see Rum in restraints laying on the lawn, with cops standing over him. He pleas for them to let him go into our custody which the cops would have obliged, but Worm thought it would be better if they just gave him a ride home. They gave Rum to tickets and gave him a ride home. He woke up the next day with a mean hangover and a cheese burger in his pocket.
We were in the beer tent one night and the Jeschke household was out in full force. My friend Jenny Jeschke’s father was throwing back beers and doing his thing, giving shit too anyone trying to make advancements on his daughters. Well that wasn’t really working for him and one by one guys came up to spit game at his three beautiful daughters. Two top it off Jenny says to him, "Dad, I think mom is getting it on with someone in the port-a-potty." Not pleased by everything happening around him he decides it is time to go for his. He goes to Jenny’s friend, and a legend in her own right Jessica Vick, and simply tells her, “I want to ravage your vagina,” stunned by what we heard, we all went to see if this line would work for us.
Now this is the tip of the iceberg of memories with my friends but this post is carrying on and I have some stories of mine I would like to share. However not forgotten are things such as Curt wearing Aaron’s mothers panties down to the fest, Lauer pissing in worms garbage can not once but twice, Mark getting a BJ in the backseat of his Sante Fe, Packard heckling the home talent team after a disputed call simply yelling, “Shut your mouth Donny!” speaking of one of the players disputing a call, the player looks over, sees his buddy and walks back to the base not saying anything more to the umps, or one of my personal favorites my buddy worm making love in a portable restroom after three days of abuse. The list goes on and on and I think you are starting to get the point. Now a few stories from the Boss of the Sauce, ironically enough that nickname started at Marshall Fest.
One night after the fest I decided I was going to walk to the a-bar, turning down ride after ride. I soon realize that I made a big mistake and Worm’s house was a very formidable walk. I decided to take a break on the picnic table in front of Jimmy Johns. Within minutes I am passed out drunker than shit. I mysterious vehicle pulled up carried me to the car and took me to my destination. The next day things went on as normal, but when I got to the beer tent my parents were less than pleased. The convo went something like this:
Mom- “So I heard you had a rough night last night? Passed out on a picnic bench in front of Jimmy Johns?”
Me- “Yeah I partied a little to hard, how in the world did you hear about that? Who gave me a ride home?”
Mom- “Matthew, you are drinking too much, I cannot believe you are drinking too much, I cannot believe you don’t remember who gave you a ride! Your brothers girlfriend carried you to her car and drove you to your friends”
Me- “Oh, that was nice of her.”
Then I proceeded to take myself to that same state, this time I got a ride home.
After the whole Curt throwing the football at the mirrors Mark came and showed me what he had won, and told me the story of Curt. The band had just finished up a set and I was pumped because they rocked the house. Mark showed me his little sponge bob stuffed animal and bow and arrow set he won. I took a look at Sponge Bob took a look at it and said oh this is very nice and proceeded to kick the animal on top of the pavilion were the band was playing. In doing so I kicked my shoe on top of the roof as well. Luckily the band was on a break because the lead singer used the microphone stand to get my shoe down. I think the animal is still up there.
Last year my parents were out of town and I decided to throw a little pool party grill out. Well in my infinite wisdom of party planning I decided that your party is only as good as the booze you serve and I wanted to find the best whop recipe. Searching through pages and pages of anti-italian hate sites I came upon the recipe for Jungle Juice. A dangerous concoction with only one goal in my, getting everyone completely fucked up. Lets just say it was working its magic when I realized someone needed to cook the food. Luckily my buddy Anth helped my out, but as you can see at the bottom of this blog, I wore the apron so I was giving constant updates to how the food was coming along. Jake had a great idea of going out to tell everyone the Brats are done with nothing but the apron on. I, in my infinite wisdom, decided that was a great idea and stripped down. I go out there and see everyone talking and having a good time, I get everyones attention and let them know the Brats are done, then I turned around finished my drink and headed inside, lets just say everyone lost there apetite.
Again, I have so many more stories I can share, and I plan on making many more memories of this time honored tradition. Please come and help me make that possible.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
DVD Rental Day
Well I rented a few movies this week but none really blew me away. All of them had some good qualities so I will give a brief synopsis of each and let you decide if it is worth the late fees. I forgot in this net flix era there are no more late fees.
Breech
I was really excited to see this movie. I think Chris Cooper is vastly overrated and i always liked Ryan Phillipe. I dont really know why I didnt like this movie. It is based on a true story of a mole in the FBI that worked for the Soviets, and then Russia. It is a well written screen play with good twists, a lot of suspense, and will keep you guessing. However I just think that the movie as whole moved to slow, and the characters never really grew on me. I though Cooper was very good and Philippe was good also it just never really captivated me the way good movies usually do. I would say worth a rent, but I preferred the Good Shephard, a similar story, to this.
Hard Candy
No this is a heavy movie about a relationship between a 14 year old and a man she meets over the internet. I think I enjoyed this movie more than Breech just because it was a wild story and I havent seen a movie like this before. It wasnt a great movie, but the girl delivers a wonderful performance. The problem I had with this movie is I think it was a good idea and the story works for the most part, but sometimes it is a little hard to believe. I know it is a movie and a lot of them are hard to believe, but these indie type films, usually try and stick as close as they can to reality. Sometimes this girl is just too smart and it takes away from the horrific theme the director is trying to convey.
Seraphim Falls
I am not sure if you read my review on the western called The Proposition, but this movie is similar in much respect, however i feel this is just not quite as good. Dont worry though because this is a good movie, I just thought The Proposition was one of the best of last year. This is a western about revenge starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan, what is odd about this movie is there is no background story what so ever. We start out with Neeson's character hunting down Brosnans character and we really dont know why. This is quite refreshing because so many movies spend so much time delivering the back drop and introducing the characters, it is refreshing when you have to think about what is going on and make your own conclusion about characters as the story goes on. I dont want a script that follows the lineal equation to a tee. We are smart let the viewers figure some of this out on our own. As the story goes on we find that Brosnan's character has a past that he cannot run from and in the end we find out that revenge is so often done in futility. I reccommend this as a rent, but not before you see the more powerful movie with a similar message, The Proposition.
Breech
I was really excited to see this movie. I think Chris Cooper is vastly overrated and i always liked Ryan Phillipe. I dont really know why I didnt like this movie. It is based on a true story of a mole in the FBI that worked for the Soviets, and then Russia. It is a well written screen play with good twists, a lot of suspense, and will keep you guessing. However I just think that the movie as whole moved to slow, and the characters never really grew on me. I though Cooper was very good and Philippe was good also it just never really captivated me the way good movies usually do. I would say worth a rent, but I preferred the Good Shephard, a similar story, to this.
Hard Candy
No this is a heavy movie about a relationship between a 14 year old and a man she meets over the internet. I think I enjoyed this movie more than Breech just because it was a wild story and I havent seen a movie like this before. It wasnt a great movie, but the girl delivers a wonderful performance. The problem I had with this movie is I think it was a good idea and the story works for the most part, but sometimes it is a little hard to believe. I know it is a movie and a lot of them are hard to believe, but these indie type films, usually try and stick as close as they can to reality. Sometimes this girl is just too smart and it takes away from the horrific theme the director is trying to convey.
Seraphim Falls
I am not sure if you read my review on the western called The Proposition, but this movie is similar in much respect, however i feel this is just not quite as good. Dont worry though because this is a good movie, I just thought The Proposition was one of the best of last year. This is a western about revenge starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan, what is odd about this movie is there is no background story what so ever. We start out with Neeson's character hunting down Brosnans character and we really dont know why. This is quite refreshing because so many movies spend so much time delivering the back drop and introducing the characters, it is refreshing when you have to think about what is going on and make your own conclusion about characters as the story goes on. I dont want a script that follows the lineal equation to a tee. We are smart let the viewers figure some of this out on our own. As the story goes on we find that Brosnan's character has a past that he cannot run from and in the end we find out that revenge is so often done in futility. I reccommend this as a rent, but not before you see the more powerful movie with a similar message, The Proposition.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Humpday: An Ode to Justin Timberlake
Wow! Is pretty much all I can say of the mans last five girl friends. Not bad at all. From top to bottom (earliest to latest) Brittany Spears, Jenna Dewan, Alyssa Milano, Cameron Diaz, and Jessica Biel. Remember that list I did about switching places, well J-Timb is about to be number 1.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Greatest Team Ever? A What If
The two best teams of the last 20 years, in my humble opinion are the 07' San Antonio Spurs and the 95-96 Chicago Bulls. That was the first championship of the Bulls second 3 peat and the first championship with Jordan back from his 17 month retirement. That team one a 82 game season best 72 games that season, they had the games best rebounder, Dennis Rodman, the games best scorer, Micheal Jordan, and another of the 50th greatest players of all time, Scottie Pippen. Those three were all first team all defensive team and Jordan and Pippen were first team All NBA. On paper this could be argued as the best team of all time, they had a very strong bench with Croatian Sensation Tony Kukoc, 3 point wizzard Stever Kerr, and solid role players in Bill Wennington, Jud Buechler, and Randy Brown. The rest of the starting five consisted of savvy big man Luc Longley and defensive specialist Ron Harper. This team was molded around Tex Winters triangle offense and rarely did they have any let downs. The 33-8 on the road that year, and started out the season 37-0 at home. They only lost one game on there road to the finals and quickly jumped to a 3-0 lead on the Supersonics before winning the series in 6. This team accomplished many things that may never be accomplished again, but in a heads up best of seven series, I think the 07' Spurs would win.
The 07' Spurs did not win there division, or conference. They did not have the top seed in the west or home court throughout the playoffs. They beat a pretty bad Cleveland Cavaliers team in the finals and they Cavs were not at full strength. However dont be fooled, by any of this, the Spurs were a great team and they have the players to match any team in the modern era of basketball. First of all they have the games greatest Power Forward, Tim Duncan, a very skilled big man that was teammates with Rodman at one point in San Antonio. Duncan, I believe changes the game even more so than Jordan, because as Jordan is a defensive specialist, one of the games best, he does not control the paint they way Duncan can. In fact no player outside of Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Shaquille O'Neal, have controlled the paint like Duncan. Both teams were built around one big star, but the keys to both of there teams were the other stars around them. In 95-96 Jordan one the regular season MVP, the All-Star game MVP, and the finals MVP. Tim Duncan did not win any of these awards in winning his 4th championship. In fact he did not even have a very good finals, but he changed the game nonetheless and commanded a double team every single time he touched the ball opening up lanes for the Spurs two other stars, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. The latter played so well in the series he was crowned MVP. Ginobili, is a player in which the NBA, has never seen the likes of. He is not a great shooter, or passer, or rebounder. He takes chances on defense, and can be wreckless on offense, however do not discount his value on winning basketball games. He is a fearless competitor with an array of moves and savviness that the game has never seen. Jordan would have his hands full guarding this Argentian because he can hurt you in so many ways. He can beat you off the dribble, from deep, and in transition. Tony Parker, I believe is a hall of fame type player. Though he is young so he will need to keep it up. He is an unusual point guard in that he looks to score first, but he doesnt get this done with the deep jump shot, say the way Gilbert Arenas, or Baron Davis does. Instead he is lighting quick and could quite possibly be the most explosive and best finishing point guard the game has seen. I do not think there is anyway that Ron Harper, Randy Brown, or Steve Kerr could stay in front of him and keep him from getting to where he is most dangerous, and the Bulls just did not have the shot blockers to force him to pass the rock.
Now I know I am going to get a lot of heat from this but I think the biggest reason the 07 Spurs would beat 95-96 Bulls is because I believe the Spurs are actually the better defensive team. The Spurs went 12-3 in the playoffs and this was made possible by there great defense because the ran into some of the games top offensive talents. In round one they played the Denver Nuggets with Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, one sure fire hall of famer while the other seems destined. They won in 5. In round two the ran into the offensive juggurnaut the Phoenix Suns, with Shawn Marion, Amare Stoudamire, and the two time reigning MVP, Steve Nash. They won in 6 despite not having home court advantage. In the Western Conference finals they beat the upstart Utah Jazz, led by phenoms Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams, in 5 games. Finally in the finals they swept another hot team in the Cleveland Cavaliers, which of course boasts one of the games biggest talents Lebron James. Now do any of these superstars that the Spurs beat on there road to the 4th ring in nine years compare to a Micheal Jordan, well no, but the case can definately be made that if any team can stop him this would be the team. Why is that? Well quite simply put Bruce Bowen. This guys is a monster, he is the three point shooter Kerr was, but he has also been named to the first team all NBA 7 straight seasons. He is an underrated star and brings the same type of game, say Rodman does, but he is not a liability at the other end. He guarded Anthony, Nash, Williams, and James on the road to the finals and I know none of them want to see him again. He is the reason Micheal Jordan and the Bulls would not run over the Spurs. This is not Craigh Ehlo, or Byron Russell, or even John Starks, this is one of the all-time great defensive players. Not too mention you have an NBA record defensive player standing behind you if you get beat, Tim Duncan had been named First Team all-NBA a record 10 straight seasons.
This is only one of the reasons I think the Spurs can win the other is there spectacular Bench play. Now the Bulls were thought to have a great bench that year, but it is hard to compete with a team that can bring a gold medal winner, for a country other than the U.S. and a man with 8 NBA championship rings off of its bench. Speaking of course of Ginobili, and Robert Horry. Not too mention skilled players like Brent Barry and Jacque Vaughn and a freak of nature in the 7' Fransico Elson. This is one of the games greatest benches of all-time and help the Spurs play any type of basketball that they need.
The matchups:
G- Parker G- Harper
G- Finley G- Jordan
F- Bowen F- Pippen
F- Duncan F- Rodman
C- Oberto C- Longley
Now I have talked about this some above, but I want to dive into these matchups, because I think the Spurs have a clear advantage. Bowen guards Jordan leaving Pippen to have a very large height advantage on whomever guards him, most likely Finley or Ginobili. This hurts the Spurs, but Pippen was never a great post up player. In fact the triangle offense was great at getting Jordan on the post, but it mostly allowed Pippen be the point forward and handle the ball. He was great at this, but a the difference in height should not have much impact on the game. Like I mentioned above I see no one on the Bulls roster that can stick with Parker, too quick. Oberto is allowed to guard Rodman, where his goal is just keep him off the glass and play good help defense. Duncan guards Longley, which I think does hurt the Spurs a bit, because Longley was great at facing up and hitting jump shots. Duncan likes to patrol the paint and doesnt feel very comfortable away from the basket. However, the Bulls were not a classic pick n' roll team. They used the Triangle to give spacing for there offense to let isolation for Jordan, and create good cutting lanes for teammates. Duncan will give Longley all the jumpers he wants to stick back and make life miserable for whom ever else tries to take over. I like those matchups for the Spurs. I dont see the 6' 7" Dennis Rodman, a great defender, having any sort of success guarding Duncan. You have too double team him. In fact of all the great championship teams the Bulls had they never had to face a dominant big man like Duncan. They lost to Shaq's team the year before, and they beat Ewing in the playoffs a couple of times, but this was at the end of Ewings career and before Shaq really got it going. Duncan is a complete big man that knows what to do at all times. You double he finds the open man, you single he is taking it to the front of the rim, and if you back off he is hitting the prettiest bank shot you have ever seen right over your head. The Bulls just cannot match this.
The Bulls are the greatest team of my generation and they have the greatest player of my generation in Jordan. The season they had in 95-96 was one of the greatest I have ever seen. However, I do not think they match up well against a Spurs team that I think would beat any team ever assembled in a best of 7 series. That is right, they are built the right way, a great defensive team, with wonderful role players that play there parts. Not too mention to hall of fame quality players, a bench that consists of two of the best winners in modern sports history and a coach that is the games greatest. So instead of thinking man these finals were boring and I watched the Sopranos over what used to be the most watched event of the summer. Think of what if the greatest team ever met these San Antonio Spurs and I truly believe the Spurs would win.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Weekend w/ Entourage Review *Spoiler*
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Top 10: Soprano Whacks!
#10. Tracee (stripper at the bing) Killed by Ralph- Strapped with news that Ralph was the father of her baby Ralph, being the smartass that he is, tells her what she could do with the kid. Tracee hits Ralph a few times and bloodies him, causing Ralph to put down one of the most graphic beatings of the series. He beats her to death, leaves her lay in the parking lot, and goes back into the bing as nothing ever happened. Probably the most disturbing death I have seen on Sopranos.
#9. Vito Spatore (Killed by Phils crew) Vito’s character was a good one, but the whole gay story line got played out. They wasted much of the first half of season six following him. His character needed to come to an end and Phil actually stole this kill from Tony. This move started the unraveling of the NY and New Jersey ties.
#8. Richie Aprile (Killed by Janice Soprano) It is my memory that this is the only whacking done by a women on the show. I never really liked either of these characters, but Janice grew on me as being one of the most conniving bitches in television history. She was a very powerful character on the show and when Richie, put the fists on her, she put two shots to his chest.
#7. Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero (Killed by Paulio, Silvio, and Tony) Lets just say Big Pussy sleeps with the fishes. Tony gives us the unpleasant reminder of what happens when you turn to the Feds. Big Pussy a captain and great friend of Tony’s was taken for a ride on the “stugots” never to return.
#6. Tony Blundetto (Killed by Tony Soprano) Tony was Tony’s cousin who basically was a fuck up from episode one on the show. Big T who thought Little T was going to be a great asset to the family business new what he had to do when Lil T killed Phil’s brother. Two shot gun blasts to the chest took care of the job no problem.
#5. Ralph Ciperetto (Killed by Tony Soprano) I may be a minority on this one but I really liked Ralph’s character. A member of Tony’s crew who didn’t give a shit what anyone thought. A real wise guy in the literal sense of the word, created his death sentence by killing Tony’s favorite thing in the world Pie-O-My. In probably the best fight seen on the show, Tony gets the upper end and kills Ralph. Tony calls Chrissy to come over and they chop up the body revealing Ralph’s bald head. Of course it was only fitting that they put that bald head in a fucking bowling ball bag.
#4. Christopher Moltisanti (Killed by Tony Soprano) Chrissy was next in line in the family until his drug problem got the best of him. When that problem put Tony’s life in jeopardy, there was only one thing Tony could do. Even though Chris was loyal to a fault, Tony had to kill his nephew and best friend.
#3. Phil Leotardo (Killed by member of Tony’s crew) A definite no-no in the mob world is to kill a man in front of his family. For Phil he lost that luxury with his hits to Bobby and Sil. Hiding out until things cooled off on the war front, Phil was talking to his daughter when he gets shot in the back of the head. His daughter rushes out of the car to see her father but forgot she had put the car in gear, the car rolls over Phills head causing all observers to lose it. Very gruesome way to go.
#2. Bobbi Bacala (Killed by a member of Phils crew) With Chris gone all signs pointed to Bobbi being the right hand man. A gentle giant he was a wonderful character on the show and the Husband to Tony’s sister. He got whacked doing what he loved most, playing with his trains, and it took about 40 shots to drop him.
#1. Adrianna La Cerva (Killed by Silvio Dante) Ade was Christophers fiancé and she was working with the feds to save herself from going to jail. A favorite of mine for many reasons the car ride to the woods was saddening. To me this is the most dramatic seen of the Sopranos series, Ade realizes her destiny and does not want to get out of the car, Silvio, pulls her out and throws to her to the ground. As she begs for her life, Sil, shoots her, as she is trying to crawl away he finishes her off. A wonderful seen.
#9. Vito Spatore (Killed by Phils crew) Vito’s character was a good one, but the whole gay story line got played out. They wasted much of the first half of season six following him. His character needed to come to an end and Phil actually stole this kill from Tony. This move started the unraveling of the NY and New Jersey ties.
#8. Richie Aprile (Killed by Janice Soprano) It is my memory that this is the only whacking done by a women on the show. I never really liked either of these characters, but Janice grew on me as being one of the most conniving bitches in television history. She was a very powerful character on the show and when Richie, put the fists on her, she put two shots to his chest.
#7. Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero (Killed by Paulio, Silvio, and Tony) Lets just say Big Pussy sleeps with the fishes. Tony gives us the unpleasant reminder of what happens when you turn to the Feds. Big Pussy a captain and great friend of Tony’s was taken for a ride on the “stugots” never to return.
#6. Tony Blundetto (Killed by Tony Soprano) Tony was Tony’s cousin who basically was a fuck up from episode one on the show. Big T who thought Little T was going to be a great asset to the family business new what he had to do when Lil T killed Phil’s brother. Two shot gun blasts to the chest took care of the job no problem.
#5. Ralph Ciperetto (Killed by Tony Soprano) I may be a minority on this one but I really liked Ralph’s character. A member of Tony’s crew who didn’t give a shit what anyone thought. A real wise guy in the literal sense of the word, created his death sentence by killing Tony’s favorite thing in the world Pie-O-My. In probably the best fight seen on the show, Tony gets the upper end and kills Ralph. Tony calls Chrissy to come over and they chop up the body revealing Ralph’s bald head. Of course it was only fitting that they put that bald head in a fucking bowling ball bag.
#4. Christopher Moltisanti (Killed by Tony Soprano) Chrissy was next in line in the family until his drug problem got the best of him. When that problem put Tony’s life in jeopardy, there was only one thing Tony could do. Even though Chris was loyal to a fault, Tony had to kill his nephew and best friend.
#3. Phil Leotardo (Killed by member of Tony’s crew) A definite no-no in the mob world is to kill a man in front of his family. For Phil he lost that luxury with his hits to Bobby and Sil. Hiding out until things cooled off on the war front, Phil was talking to his daughter when he gets shot in the back of the head. His daughter rushes out of the car to see her father but forgot she had put the car in gear, the car rolls over Phills head causing all observers to lose it. Very gruesome way to go.
#2. Bobbi Bacala (Killed by a member of Phils crew) With Chris gone all signs pointed to Bobbi being the right hand man. A gentle giant he was a wonderful character on the show and the Husband to Tony’s sister. He got whacked doing what he loved most, playing with his trains, and it took about 40 shots to drop him.
#1. Adrianna La Cerva (Killed by Silvio Dante) Ade was Christophers fiancé and she was working with the feds to save herself from going to jail. A favorite of mine for many reasons the car ride to the woods was saddening. To me this is the most dramatic seen of the Sopranos series, Ade realizes her destiny and does not want to get out of the car, Silvio, pulls her out and throws to her to the ground. As she begs for her life, Sil, shoots her, as she is trying to crawl away he finishes her off. A wonderful seen.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Prustism's
Prust-ism [pr-oo-st-ism]:
-noun, adj.
1. Statement made without process of thought.
2. Term used to describe these statements
3. Quite possibly the stupidest shit ever said.
4. Anything said that is immediately regretted because it is in wrong context, utter jibberish, or lacking coherence; typical response is astonshiment, followed by laughter.
For those of you that have not met my good friend Adam Prust let me give you a quick introduction. Him and I met as Freshman in college, we were roommates in the dorms and for two years once we moved out. He spent countless number of hours in the library working hard to achieving his goal, of graduating in four years. He did this without a hiccup, got into grad school and just finished up his graduate degree in pyschology. He just started his first job as a resource consultant in Milwaukee and will be helping companies weed out employees. Think of the Bob's from office space. He may be best known for slaying poon way out of his league, a mean drunk temper, and of course the list we all know as "The Prustims". This list was compiled by my good friend and long time class mate of Adam's Mark Retzlaff. So if you see Mark thank him, and if you see or meet Adam share a laugh with him. This shit is not made up as hard as it may believe and was never intended to be funny. Prust I love you, but I have to share this.
1. “Dude is this shit gonna go down in history?” (Referring to 9/11/01)
2. Its 3 a.m. and the fire alarm is going off and Adam says this to me: “What’s that noise?” “The fire alarm.” “Well shut that shit off.”
3. “Real smokers don’t need smoke.”
4. “Get pance back.” - Describing a note Adam left for Mark.
5. “I don’t mean to sound gay but can you help me get this shirt off?”
6. “What’s a green?”
7. “Here smell this, does that smell dirty?”
8. “Where do you get the hair from?” (Referring to Rachel’s pony tail thing)
9. “You guys want me to show you around the room?” (Our dorm room)
10. “Oh yeah, I was curling his dumbbell!!!” (talking about a guy in the weight room)
11. “Don’t make sucking dick robotic, make it artistic.”
12. “Yeah just the thought of having a black dick makes it seem bigger.”
13. “Yeah but do they do exotic ear piercing?”
14. “What’s a horse’s purpose?”
15. “Some chick on here just told me I only have a minute left.” (the ATT phone card voice)
16. “You bit the fat part of my nipple.”
17. “Do you chew’ em…or do you eat them.? (as I hand Adam a Tums)
18. “Wouldn’t it be awesome if the quarterback could turn the complete opposite way and threw the ball and it wouldn’t be intentional grounding?” (Followed by a red face and short breath from laughing at what he just said)
19. “It’s a Road Island flavored cappuccino.”
20. (Adam says to Kristin and Nellie) “I don’t think you ladies need Subway.”
21. “Prust what’s the score of the game?” “Ummm its 3 to 3 the Yanks are up.”
22. “Yeah dude I’d fuck a black chick, but I mean I have standards, like their knees cant’ be really black.”
23. “This house is such a piece of shit that I bet the garbage man thinks it’s garbage and will try to take it away.” “Whatever Prust.”
24. (King)”Look at Prust he looks dumbfounded.” “ (Adam) “What? Im confused by all this Simpson jibber.”
25. “It’s a homeless house.”
26. “Why is there a red stripe on this straw, I mean I don’t want this shit on my straw?”
27. Walking back from the gym Adam turns to me and says, “Dude don’t you hate it when you try to think of a big word and then when you think of it you say the wrong word…like I was just thinking of escalate and I said Escalade, man I hate that don’t you? “Ummmm sure Prust.”
28. “I hate that bastard.” (Me) “Why Prust” “He always talks me out of the shit I don’t want to do.” (me)“And the problem is?”
29. “Dude I think I need directions for this blanket…what the fuck way is the long end, God.”
30. “So do you guys think that this wave right here is sad because it knows that its life is over once it hits shore?” “Prust are you drunk?”
31. (After realizing a girl got shit on by a bird) “Out of all the places that bird could have shit, it shit on you.” Followed by constant laughing
32. Prust referring to something he just drank: “I drank half this shit thinking it was grape juice.” (me) “But its not purple it looks like apple juice.” (Prust) “That’s what I meant, but still this is some goof tasting shit.” (Me) “That’s cuz its not apple juice, its white grape and peach juice.” (Prust) “I knew I bought some generic shit but I mean they could have at least made it take like Apple Juice..but shit man.”
33. “Hey Prust what’s the next big city we go through?” “Louise Ville.” “You mean Louisville?” “Oh yeah.”
34. “Prust what color are your eyes?” “I don’t know what color are they?”
35. “Well tough going cookie.” “Prust what the hell?” “Dude you don’t know how bad cookies have it.”
36. “You can’t chew gum and drink beer at the same time, it spoils the taste of the beer. You gotta put it on the side of the can.”
37. Upon opening the homepage to UWM and reading the title: New Vice Chancellor, but to Adam it reads: New Vance Chancellor and then tells me that this guy “Vance” is ugly.
38. “Like we take the biggest shits, but we got the tightest assholes, but these girls in porno are…(Prust trails off b/c he doesn’t know where he is going with it)
39. As Adam tries to combine the words gas station and grocery store together, he tells Nellie,”Yeah we will stop at the “gascery store” and pick up some food.”
40. “So how do you sleep at night?”
41. He stricked it rich.”
42. As we are playing a game of bullshit pyramid and the last card is about to be turned over. Fidler groups 3 queens together and throws the final queen ontop of it. Prust then says, “Oh yeah big money who is drinkin?” Everyone shakes their heads in disbelief.
43. 15 minutes after waking up after a whole night of partying at Bush’s Prust ceases to amaze us and says, “So did we go to Fidler’s last night?”
44. (Ordering food at McDonald’s) Prust orders food for like 6 people then when he was done he asked the total, it comes up to $19.30 and we were told to not go over $20, so in aw Prust looks at me and says, “That’s fucking perfect man.” “Yeah it is Prust.” When the guys goes to hand him .70 Prust says, “Give it to the kids.” Then looks at me and says, “That’s why I do this stuff Retz, for the kids.” “You spend $19.30 at McDonald’s to give kids .70?”
45. “Since when did Minute Rice turn into 5 minute rice?”
46. Damn Prust you’re really going in there, “Hey man, you know me I don’t piss cause I like to but because I gotta.”
47. “Awww look at that bird, he’s sleeping.” “Prust he flew into the window, he is dead.” “No he is sleeping.”
48. “What are eggs if you cant dunk?”
49. “So what do you do when you go swimming, I mean is it like an actual workout? Do you like throw quarters at the bottom of the pool and go after them?
(Bridget) “No Prust I do laps.”
(Prust confused now) “You mean they have like an indoor track in the shape of a pool?”
(Me) “Prust are u fucking retarded, have you ever seen a pool?”
(Bridget) “There are lanes Adam, I go down and back and that is one lap.”
(Prust) “Oh ok so its not like an indoor track”
(Prust) “Oh ok so its not like an indoor track”
50. In Linguistics Power of Word. “Prust what is that word?” “Ummm it is HyperBOLA.” “Prust that is hyperbole.” “Ohhh yeah, my contacts are fucked up.” “Hey don’t write that one down, it wasn’t that funny.” “Ok Adam.”
51. (Prust)“So did he say that the word bear can only be used as in the sense of the animal?”(Me) “No, bear can be used like, to bear children.” (Prust flabbergasted) “WHAT? BEAR CHILDREN, what the hell is that?” (Me) “To give birth.” (Prust) “Oh I thought it was a type of a kid or something.”
52. “Dude, Retzlaff, get that breathing machine, we got fat chicks coming to Bobby’s room.”
53. Prust gets locked out of his dorm for the 3rd time this year, resulting in him having to pay a $50 fine. With his quick wit he decides to sign his name Chuck Mallotte from East Tower room 950. We are East 910. (One week later he gets a note saying he has a meeting for getting keyed in for the 3rd time)
54. “Dude look at this shit (coughs and hacks up a luggy) they have been greenies all day.” Me: “Prust, don’t ever do that again.”
55. A Prust moment: 2a.m. we take a beer bong 2:15a.m. I convince Prust to wear a 12 pack of Bud Light on his head as a helmet a 12er for his boxers and a beer bong as his sword. We then proceed to parade him around to different floors as numerous people watch him walk around.
56. pdiddyprust (12:39:49 AM): chalk one up for the skipper
pdiddyprust (12:39:55 AM): YES
pdiddyprust (12:40:06 AM): eat my ass hole
pdiddyprust (12:40:17 AM): the skipper baby
pdiddyprust (12:40:23 AM): chalk one up
pdiddyprust (12:40:50 AM): booyah
RADSLAFF (12:40:58 AM): are u done
pdiddyprust (12:41:01 AM): whats the matter now focker
pdiddyprust (12:41:10 AM): you can handle it can you
pdiddyprust (12:41:17 AM): fuck no im not done
pdiddyprust (12:41:21 AM): i just started
pdiddyprust (12:41:24 AM): are you done
pdiddyprust (12:41:37 AM): did the skipper get the best of y
pdiddyprust (12:41:39 AM): ya
pdiddyprust (12:47:15 AM): o hell no i will take you and your fish down any day any time any way
57.”There is nothing like downloading new porn, you just never know what you are gonna get.”
58.”It doesn’t take two to jerk off.”
59. “Retzlaff, who is my favorite NBA player?” “I don’t know.” “Its that white guy…he looks like my dad, that’s him right there.” “Prust that is Eduardo Najera, I am pretty sure he is not white.”
60. “Man, I remember when I was the first nigga on the block with grip shift. When I got on it I was just like grip shift grip shift ohhh yeah.
61. Adam to Fidler, “Do you know anything about the ‘wireless internet’?
62. Prust to me, “Dude, doesn’t that lava look like it would be fun to play in? Like to just go jump right on in.” “Prust, its like 1500 degrees, so no.”
63. (In Madison) “Dude I just want to go pet the horse.” Me, “I hope it kicks you.” 20 seconds later Prust rubs the horse’s ass and get yelled at by the cop.
64. I get a voice message from Prust telling me that there is something urgent and he is in Madison, so I call him back. Prust – “Hey man, I didn’t know u were in Madison.”Im not.”
“No, you are, I see you right now.”
(Me)“No, you don’t, I am in our kitchen.”
“No man, you are like 30 feet away.”
(Me)“Well am I on a cell phone?”
“Ummmm nooooooo.”
(Me)“Ok man, then that isn’t me cause I am in Milwaukee.”
“Oh well this kid looks like u, talks like u, laughs like u.”
(Me)“But it isn’t me, you dumb son of a bitch.”
65.” Does anyone else think that it is weird that a fish is just living there in that tank full of water, I mean I am out here, and he is in there.’
66. As we see two girls that we know walking towards Lake Michigan Prust says, “Hey you ladies be careful down by the river now.” The rest of the group, “River???”
67.”Doesn’t it look like these are hand written?” “I mean it really looks like someone just took a marker to this.” Prust, that’s because we made it you dumb bastard.” (referring to drunken jumble tower)
68. As we walk past a sign in front of a bar Prust notices it and says, “What does 2-4-1 mean?” Complete silence b/c we know him al too well.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Weekend with Soprano Review *Spoiler*
Well it would be very hard to describe my weekend in words. I now know how Frank Sinatra must of felt on Monday mornings. My good friend Ryan Powell turned 30 and we had a suprise birthday party for him. It was funny because it was about 11 oclock on Saturday and I saw two people carrying him in from the car i got up to him and he had been properly tagged from head to toe and it was only a 11 oclock. Ryan I can only say few have partied harder than you in those 30 years and keep it rocking. This weekend officially kicked off the summer tour and the next month and the half good determine if I live to see 75. I mean this shit is taking a lot out of me, but in the same token Saturday night was one of the funnest nights of my life. Puking behind Open Pantry Sunday morning was not very fun, but what can you do. Im sure I looked like a million assholes when I went to my parents house to help move some furniture. Oh well. I slept until 6 pm and then got ready for the moment 7 years in the making.
The final episode of Soprano will get a mixed review from me. I didnt mind the ending at all. I mean there was no one thing they could have done to truly rap everything up and make everyone happy so the creator chose to leave up to the viewer with so many possible endings. The last scene was very powerful and it was very intense, however I wish some of that would have carried through the rest of the episode. The best part had to be the FBI agent helping Tony find Phil and then him showing his enthusiasm when Tony whacked him. I thought the last episode was great at proving the Tony is the most persuasive guy and when he asks people tell. Ok now onto my problems with the ending. AJ fucking Soprano you ruined this season for me. I mean all of this build and for what seeing you get a job handed to you by your father and him just taking care of everything. I mean I guess it is kind of fitting but they built this character way up and the payoff just did not meet my standards. I also was left very unhappy by the way Tony ended his relationship with his sister, JR, and Sil. I know SIl was in a como but he was a great character and I thought that scene could have been better. I also wish Tony would have made his piece with JR but that really didnt happen either. I dont know the show has been great but it was time for it to be over and I dont see this rumor of a movie carrying any weight. I really enjoyed this show and season 5 is one of the best Television history. I will miss it but I think there are better shows out there like Deadwood that I am just beginning to sink my teeth into. I also have heard great things about the wire, carnivale, and now John from Cincinatti is showing some promise. All in all a lackluster finale but the season was entertaining none the less.
The final episode of Soprano will get a mixed review from me. I didnt mind the ending at all. I mean there was no one thing they could have done to truly rap everything up and make everyone happy so the creator chose to leave up to the viewer with so many possible endings. The last scene was very powerful and it was very intense, however I wish some of that would have carried through the rest of the episode. The best part had to be the FBI agent helping Tony find Phil and then him showing his enthusiasm when Tony whacked him. I thought the last episode was great at proving the Tony is the most persuasive guy and when he asks people tell. Ok now onto my problems with the ending. AJ fucking Soprano you ruined this season for me. I mean all of this build and for what seeing you get a job handed to you by your father and him just taking care of everything. I mean I guess it is kind of fitting but they built this character way up and the payoff just did not meet my standards. I also was left very unhappy by the way Tony ended his relationship with his sister, JR, and Sil. I know SIl was in a como but he was a great character and I thought that scene could have been better. I also wish Tony would have made his piece with JR but that really didnt happen either. I dont know the show has been great but it was time for it to be over and I dont see this rumor of a movie carrying any weight. I really enjoyed this show and season 5 is one of the best Television history. I will miss it but I think there are better shows out there like Deadwood that I am just beginning to sink my teeth into. I also have heard great things about the wire, carnivale, and now John from Cincinatti is showing some promise. All in all a lackluster finale but the season was entertaining none the less.
Friday, June 8, 2007
Deal With It
Last night my buddy Jake and I were pondering the meaning of life and what not. I told him that it had been a long time since I had been laid and I was looking for a slumpbuster (the term is reference to baseball where it is believed guys in a slump will go out and get the biggest girl they can find to try to help them out of the funk). It was then when I realized the last time I got laid was to a slumpbuster. So I realized that I am going to follow up a slumpbuster with another slumpbuster. This was very depressing to me. I mean it means to things, A, slumbusting is a myth. Something you tell yourself to make going home with a whale seem ok. It in fact does not help you right the ship and you could even say it legitimizes your actions. This was something that I had to know already but it has worked for me in the passed or it least so I thought. And B, I am one pathetic loser. I mean I have a good job, decent looks, my own place, why do I need to resort to these drastic measures. So if you see me this weekend about to make a very horrible decision, please stop me, give me some kind words of encouragement and send me on my way.
THANK YOU
~TASTY~
THANK YOU
~TASTY~
If your day is anywhere near as bad as mine....
You will appreciate this. Perfect for the 8 hour hangover that I seem to be suffering from. http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Worst Movie Coaches
A good buddy of mine stopped over last night and we were enlightening one another with movie trivia, when we started talking about Movie coaches and just how unbeliavable they can be. Now it seems that every feel good story in sports has to have a movie made after it and this is a time when some of the best (or worst) actors in hollywood get a chance to show there craft. The problem is it is really hard to be play a coach and it usually ends up in a horrible movie. So with out further adieu I present the Top 5 Worst movie coaches of all-time. I refuse to see movies like We Are Marshall and Grid Iron Gang so the Rock and Matthew McCaughney are safe for now.
#5 Tom Berenger (Jake Taylor) Major League II- Ok you are Tom Berenger, who has a pretty good acting career, you just get done with Major League which was pretty successful. Your agent comes to you with a sequal and says, "Well they dont want you as a player for the next year, they want you to retire and come back as the hitting coach". Berenger, you idiot, pass! I liked Major League I, but the sequel was horrible and Berenger as the coach that all the players respect is very unbelievable.
#4 Brian Dennehy (Bobby Knight) Season on the Brink: Brian Dennehy is hard to believe as Chris Farley's dad, how the hell are we going to believe his performance as one of the best basketball coaches of all time. Are you kidding me ESPN, between this Junction Boys, and 3, the boys at ESPN should have the movie privledges provoked. The only thing worse than this movie was the edited version played simontaneaosly on ESPN 2.
#3 Kevin Bacon (Jimmy Dolan) The Air Up There: There is a scene in the beginning of this movie wher Jimmy Dolan is playing a potential recruit in basketball and the kid is kind of cocky. Bacon who demonstrates no athletic ability in this film kicks the kids ass in one on one and the kid doesnt end up going to school. Yes this is how Bo Ryan and Roy Williams lure recruits in. Beat them with the old Jimmy Dolan shake n' bake. Let me tell you that is the opening scene and the movie gets much worse from here.
#2 Emilio Estavez (Gordon Bombay) Mighty Ducks I and II: To tell you what kind of motivator Estavez is I give you this quote. "I was like you, Charlie. When I played hockey, I was a total hot shot... tried to take control of every game. I wound up quitting. So I tried the law. Same thing. I ruled the courtroom, but inside I was a mess. Started drinking. Man, I was going down. But then this great thing happened, maybe the best thing ever: I got arrested and sentenced to community service. And there you were: Charlie and the Ducks. And as hard as I fought it, there you were. You gave me a life, Charlie, and I want to say thank you. I told Orien about all this when I talked to him about taking over. I told him that you were the heart of the team and that you would learn something from each other. I told him that you were the real Minnesota Miracle Man". Man it sends a chill down my spine. These are actually great movies if you want a good laugh. However the drunk, lawyer, sentenced to community service as a hockey coach, just is not a good idea.
#1 Nick Nolte (Pete Bell) Blue Chips: Nolte is obviously suposed to play a character like Bobby Knight, who appears in the movie. The problem is he may be worse then Dennehy. I mean this movie stinks from the start and a lot of the blame has to fall on the over acting of Nolte. I think him and Estevez should have switched roles because I may have bought him as a drunk hockey coach.
I enjoyed this!
This is a pretty funny read about those guys that seem to be in every film yet you still have know idea who they are. http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=1990
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Humpday: Amanda Beard
The sexiest gold medal winner ever. This beautiful woman has a world record in the 200m breast stroke. Enjoy!!!
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Wacky World of Sports
This was a crazy weekend in Baseball. First of all you have the Golden Boy, Alex Rodriguez, photographed on the cover of the NY Post with some babe that certainly is not his wife. In fact she is a Las Vegas stripper, I always new there could be a good future in ripping, anyway can you imagine being so famous that everywhere you go you are being photographed. Now imagine if you were that famous would you be dumb enough to walk into a hotel with a stripper while you are married. I guess 25 million a year cant buy a fucking clue. A-Rod, man this divorce is going to cost you a shit load of money and to top it off you are probably one of the most hated professional baseball players, sands Barry. Now I am not saying he shouldnt cheat on his wife, because hell when you are that rich you can buy a new wife. (lady readers please dont think i condone cheating, i just understand a man that is worth over a 100 million dollars cannot be happy with one) What I am saying is cant you call her and tell you to meet you in the room. You dont take fucking rippers out and wine and dine them so the whole world can see. This type of shit pisses me off because these clowns have to try to be this stupid.
This weekend was also a great weekend for the blow-up in proffesional baseball. Something like 6 managers got ejecteded over the weekend and that doesnt even include the best one.
Unbeliavable, is this guy for freaking real. I mean come on what do you tell your kids when you take them to a game and you see this type of shit. I mean dont get me wrong I got a good laugh out of it but how could this possible be good for baseball. If this manager doesnt get canned it is a travesty.
Then you have those loveable cubs just falling apart at the seams. First this funny ass fight between two of there best players Carlos Zambrano and Mike Barrett and then there manager gets the boot and kicks an ump and gets a 4 game suspension. Funny how they still were able to manhandle the Brewers last night. I just dont get this team they are becoming the yankees midwest without the 29 world championships. I mean they are a side show act that come to your town and you can laugh at them for a few hours. What is funny is the Cubs are everyones favorite team, Why??? I guess it is the same reason I root for the Brewers the agony. You would be happy to know that Big Tasty did get a lot of satisfaction pissing on Illinois plates last night at the ball game. Fuck the Cubs!!!
Monday, June 4, 2007
Soprano and Entourage *Spoiler*
It is hard to believe that there is only one episode left to Sopranos and I have to say I still have no idea of what is going to happen. In a sad episode last night Bobby B ended up getting shot up in the train store and killed and Silvio was also gunned down and appears he is going to be a vegetable. A sad end to two great characters on the show. I dont see any way this show can now have a happy ending, I think Tony is going to die. I am not sure who and I think it could be anybody from AJ, to Carm, to Phil, I just dont think he is going to make it. An attempt on Phils life came up empty, and Paulie has some redeaming to do. Dont be suprised if Paulie kills Phill in the last episode. Dr. Melphie will no longer see Tony anymore because she fears the therapy is actually helping Tony become a better criminal, hard to argue with that, Tony is the same ruthless man he was in the beginning of the show. Tony has seemed to lose all patience with AJ and I think he will have a big role in the last episode. Like it or not the creator of the show made AJ a center piece to the last season and I really dont see how that character has had anything resolved. I am really have no ideas what is going to happen next week, but I am guessing a lot of whacks, and the end to one of the best characters in all of television Big T.
Entourage was decent, the boys got the money they needed to make Medellian and it does appear the four of them will be split up at least some over the last part of the season. Turtle will probably move into Drama's new pad while E and Vince go to Columbia to shoot the film. The boys got Walsh to direct the movie and he is already clashing with Vince and Eric. I think this movie will end up being a success like everything else in this show, but it seems as if they are going to have a very difficult time making this movie. I still enjoy this show, but it has lost a lot of luster with me. I kind of wish the show would shift to follow Drama's career as the scene with Drama at Brett Ratners pad was great. Also there hasnt been nearly enough of Ari so far this season and it sucks. It will be interesting to see if Ari goes to Columbia and what role he will play in getting this movie made. It was a decent episode, but nothing is really getting me excited in this season.
Entourage was decent, the boys got the money they needed to make Medellian and it does appear the four of them will be split up at least some over the last part of the season. Turtle will probably move into Drama's new pad while E and Vince go to Columbia to shoot the film. The boys got Walsh to direct the movie and he is already clashing with Vince and Eric. I think this movie will end up being a success like everything else in this show, but it seems as if they are going to have a very difficult time making this movie. I still enjoy this show, but it has lost a lot of luster with me. I kind of wish the show would shift to follow Drama's career as the scene with Drama at Brett Ratners pad was great. Also there hasnt been nearly enough of Ari so far this season and it sucks. It will be interesting to see if Ari goes to Columbia and what role he will play in getting this movie made. It was a decent episode, but nothing is really getting me excited in this season.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Friday, June 1, 2007
Top 10: Drunk Food
Ok I have comprised my list of top 10 places to eat after bar time. This list is basically based on taste but cost also is in consideration. However since money is usually no factor at bar time it is a small consideration. You will also notice I enjoy a place you go to eat instead of ordering from home, I think this picture should explain what happens when you order food but then pass out before it gets there.
#10 BW3's: Buffalo Wild Wings has very good wings, and the only place I know where you can get them after bar time. The wings can be pricey, but they are definately delicious.
#9 Jimmy Johns: I actually prefer delivery here because of there response time. I have actually had a delivery in less than 20 minutes. Also make the list because drivers are sometimes willing to pick you up a pack a smokes and deliver them to the dorms.
#8 Grecian Delight: I think a gyro is the best drunk food around. If you dont mind your breath smelling like B.O. Seriously dont bring the leftovers home and leave them in your buddies fridge for a couple of weeks.
#7 Taco Bell: This is a drive up special. Dont try walking through either or the cops will be on your ass like silver on bushel of bannanas. I love the Chalupas late night to soak up some of the poison i put in my body earlier.
#6 Sill's: Probably a little high but the chili cheese dogs are out of sight and if you arent quite as hungry the nachos (loaded) are nearly as good as the ones in the brewer hats at the ball game. Plus there is usually never a line.
#5 Chopstix: From the picture you can see I am a lo-mein fan. Chinese is great as a-bar food, and this is the only place I know you can get it from. Plus the price is right.
#4 Qdoba: Nothing makes you feel like shit more than putting down a 4lb burrito after a night of drinking but the experience is what puts this place on the list. Great food, any time of day!
#3 Toppers: May have been lower if there was one in Milwaukee, but since I only got to enjoy on special occasions this ranks very high. Triple order of taco stix is definately my favorite. I have seen some unbeliavable feats of eating with a toppers triple order.
#2 Ians Pizza: If not for the sometime ridiculous lines this place may be one. Absolutely great pizza and with so many different kinds you dont ever get sick of going there. Again this may be lower if there was one in Milwaukee, but I doubt it as I love this place. I dont reccommend ordering to slices before checking to see if you have any loot however.
#1 Oakland Gyros: A cult classic if you will. The best gyros I have ever had and they were literally 4 blocks from my house and right next to a bar we loved to frequent. The staff is fun and pretty much anything goes. Dont believe me ask aaron powell whose should be banned for life, but instead is probably in the OG Hall of Fame.
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