I've Been Slippin

I keep on forgetting to post a new humpday. I realize that some of you guys out there only visit this blog on Wednesday for spank material. For you guys I apologize.

Here is Holy Taco's 25 Hottest Girls of the Year

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2010 looks good for the Football Badgers

Coming off of a dominant bowl win over 14th ranked Miami - which easily could have been a blowout - Badgers fans have to be looking forward to 2010.

First off, the bowl win over a speedy, Top 15, nationally-branded program like Miami has some benefits of its own. At 10-3 with that good win and with many, many returning starters, we can expect a couple of things that make 2010 exciting:
(1) The Badgers' preseason poll-position will be Top 15, putting them in an inside lane for the BCS.

(2) John Clay will be media-hyped for the Heisman from day one.

Let's look at what Bucky brings to the table for 2010. It's encouraging.

Offense: This was a good offensive unit, and all starters come back with the exception of TE Graham and blocking TE Turner. Good players, but I think Kendricks gave a good "Garrett who?" performance last night, both receiving and blocking. This looks like fun:

QB: Tolzien, Phillips, Budmayr, plus promising frosh
RB: A guy named Clay, Ball, Brown, Smith, aka fucking loaded
TE: Kendricks rocks, Byrne / Korslin can fill the anonymous blocking role of Turner, or maybe we'll see less double TEs and see a fullback like Ewing spend some time blocking
WR: Toon, Appleton, Anderson, Gilreath and Jefferson
OL: All five starters return, plus 4 other guys who started at least 1 game.

With more experience and growth for this unit, they will be bad-ass, no doubt in my mind.

Defense: A little more to be lost here. Schofield is a major loss at DE, but we have some promising guys to step in, and the emergence of Watt is very encouraging. DT is an issue, we are losing bodies but no stars, and there is some depth to be sure - more than in recent years. McFadden goes, but I like our young LBs. We lose a small balding guy at safety, but I like the future there as well. Here 'tis:

DT: Butrym returns with size and experience, look out for big-body youngsters like Westphal, Kohout, Muldoon, Hein, scout-team superstar Ethan Hemer, and my favorite, 2010 recruit Beau Allen. (Watt will play wherever needed most, DE or DT.)
DE: Watt is a beast, Nzegwu, Gilbert, Kelly all show promise
LB: Young talent returns, look for Mike Taylor to return to join St. Jean and Borland.
FS: Aaron Henry made the move from CB, and he has the tools to be better than Maragos
SS: Starter Valai and backup Claxton return
CB: Top 4 corners return, Smith, Brinkley, Fenelus, Cromartie

Even the questions appear to have some good answers. Looking good like chocolate pudd should.

The schedule is reasonable, with a pussy non-conference slate, roadies at MSU, Iowa, Michigan and Purdue, home games against OSU, Minny, Indiana and Nerdworstern. No PSU on the schedule. UW should be favored in all but 1, maybe 2, games and all of them are winnable. Yeah, I guess I'll renew my season tickets one more time.

I guess Bo's team looks pretty good as a time-passer for now, but the Brewers really better show me something or it will be a long summer waiting for this to start.

Movie Review: Avatar

I am sure most have you have heard what this movie is about, but I will give a quick synopsis. Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington, is a ex-marine that was paralyzed in battle. He is given the opportunity to go to the planet Pandora to take part in the "Avatar" program. Pandora is very rich in valuable resources that are trying to be mined and taken back to Earth. However standing in the way of corporate greed is a race of native people know as the Na'vi. The "Avatar" program basically links the mind of a human into a body of a Na'vi. In exchange for the ability to walk again, Sully is sent in to get close to the Na'vi to negotiate the relocation of the indigenous people, so the valuable resources can be mined. To Sully's surprise, he is forced to pick sides, in a battle for Pandora.

That is about as quickly as I can wrap up the movie which plays out over nearly 3 hours. The story I would say is a downfall of this movie. It is interesting to say the least, and the idea, is behind comprehension even for the most vivid imaginations. However, this movie was completely predictable, and parts made me even laugh out loud as they just seemed so cheesy. I guess what can you expect when you take Titanic and morph it with Terminator. In all seriousness though the world created by director James Cameron is unreal. He basically creates a complete culture and mythology for this indigenous species. However the creativity doesn't stop with the people as the plants, and creatures of Pandora are just as spectacular.

Worthington, is pretty good in the lead role. He is a likable enough character. However I do feel some of the other performances fell pretty short. One problem I had was distinguishing the different Na'vi characters. To me they all looked alike, especially in the fight scenes, so it was hard to follow many characters from the tribe. The earthlings, in this case the aliens, were about as stereotypical as can be. The Marines that were hired to fight the Na'vi only want to do one thing and that is destroy. The scientists that were there to learn about the plants, and people, fit the tree hugging stereotype to tee. These are all minor flaws to the movie, but with all the time spent to create this amazing world, I wish they would have spent some time creating characters that you actually really cared about. Besides Worthington, there weren't many to find.

The visual effects of this movie are without question, the highlight. I am planning on going again, just to take in exactly what is going on in this vast world. I felt like I was on a great acid trip and I have never tried acid. The special effects are worth the price of admission alone. Cameron appears to be in a class of his own, for setting the bar in creative, visual, film making. He picks up right where he left off in some of his other classics. Much like Terminator or Alien, you cannot happen to believe that something like this is possible, for how life-like he made the entire environment. He has it down to every last detail. I will say that for all the flaws that the story had, I cannot wait for them to make another one, because I feel like there is still so much to see in Pandora. Wow, I feel gay saying that.

Another great part of this film is the action sequences. Futuristic action movies usually fall short, or get old fast. Unless of course we are talking about Total Recall. This movie's fight sequences were thrilling from start to finish. In the beginning of the movie there is a fight between Sully's Avatar and a native creature of Pandora, right from that point you realize you are watching something never seen before. That feeling carries right throughout the entire movie, culminating in a 20 minute, in air, action sequence, that easily is one of the most entertaining 20 minutes of film I have ever seen.

This film had a lot of hype and I will say that it lived up to a lot of it for me. Yes there were some problems with the story, and some plot holes I didn't like. It was almost childish at times. However if you are able to look past that and let this film take your imagination and run wild, you wont be disappointed. Like I said I am already planning on checking it out again, as I believe visually there is no equal to this movie. The characters for the most part are forgettable, but the world of Pandora, is something I want to see much more of.

Holiday Hangover

So for the past five days I have been jumping from family to family eatin and drinking as much possible. Today I have what simply feels like a food induced hangover. I didnt drink at all yesterday, but my stomach is in a knot, I cannot focus, my head is pounding, and I have spent as much time on the toilet as I have actually getting any work done.

It was a great few days off. Really nice visiting with family, and I got some great gifts. However I am damn glad all of this eating and drinking is done with for a few days. I just feel myself digging an early grave.

Did anyone get any special xmas gifts? Eat anything amazing they would share? Do anything stupid at xmas?

I have one story to share. My father in law is basically retired, he works for himself so he can go back to work whenever, but he is not working now. Anyways he had some xmas greenery for us to endulge in and it made our xmas gift exchange and party truly a great time. After spending seemingly all day downstairs having fun with the greenery and Jameson it was time for this stupid gift exchange in which you can pick, trade, steal. I picked like 8th or something and stole these lotto tickets from one of Jenny's cousins. He is about 23 and he bought the lotto tickets. He ended up having to pick again, and this time he grabbed a bird feeder. Lucky him. Anyways I had a lot of fun the rest of the gift opening laughing at the fact he got to spend his xmas hanging up a ridiculous bird feeder. I heard at least 5 people say oh that is a really nice gift, yet nobody would steal it from him. I ended up having my lotto tickets stolen as well and ended up with the Public Enemies DVD, which was just alright, but at least I didnt end up with that fucking bird feeder.

In much more serious news, I finally finished basement over the weekend. Well as far as I am going to before my NYE party. So there is still no carpet, but it is cleaned, painted, and decorated. What a long and shitty process it has been. It has seemingly been years since I have last had that space, but I am sure glad it is done. Finishing the basement and the holidays have pretty much bankrupted me, but it is all done and I got some money for the holidays that should help me pay for carpet.

As I mentioned briefly above, I will be having a NYE party at my place. I dont know how many people to expect, but I would say it could be anywhere from 15-25 people. If you read this you are more than welcome to stop in. I am supplying the beer, and mixers, I am asking people to bring a bottle to pass. I will also most likely have some appetizers. The plan is to party hard and either go to the bars, or just blow the roof off of my place. Either way it should be a good time.

Nonpoint In-Store Madison, WI

Here is that in-store performance I was talking about the other week. Not my video, this angle was way better than mine so I am posting this. That is me playing the drums in the back...not really, just saying it could be.

A Look Into The Crew's Offseason

I apologize for political rant the last few days, I need to learn you cannot win an argument with a lawyer. Anyways the Brewers have had a pretty busy off-season so far and I wanted to touch on that before the Holidays.

I already talked about the decision to bring in Greg Zaun and let Kendall walk. Kendall got a 2 year deal with the Royals, and well folks that is why they are the Royals. I am sure Zack Greinke will love his game calling skills. The next wave of moves was to not tender a contract to Braden Looper, Mike Cameron, and Felipe Lopez. Many disagree with not offering Lopez a contract. I personally feel like Lopez would have accepted a deal for around 5 million for one year. But I am glad the Brewers didnt offer. For one the argument that says we could have traded him after we signed him, is a dream argument. The market is flooded with decent second baseman and nobody is knocking down the doors to sign these guys. My guess is he gets 2 year deal worth about 7.5 mil with incentives. So nobody would have likely given us anything for him and we can not afford having a 5 million dollar backup second baseman. By having the five mil in flexibilty Melvin was able to go after a couple of his big name targets. Non tendering Looper was a no brainer. He won 14 games last year, but he was in the bottom 3rd of pitchers in both leagues. He was just one of those pitchers that benefitted from a lot of offense when he was on the mound. You can never count on that type of luck. He was decent #4 for us last year, but to compete for the playoffs we needed to upgrade.

Our first move did just that. We signed Randy Wolf to an above market 3 year 29.5 million dollar deal. It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Brewers have to over pay to get guys to come to Milwaukee. Will Wolf be a really good pitcher in three years? Probably not, but he does fill a big hole behind Gallardo in our rotation. He is a durable pitcher that you can almost pencil in for 200 innings of 3.8 era baseball. In todays game that is as good as you can ask for from a starting pitcher. He is not going to carry a team like CC can and put zeroes on the board for 8 innings. However he will make 27-30 starts and the Brewers should have a good chance to win every time he steps out there. They needed to sign a free agent starting pitcher and they got the 2nd best starter on the market. It is hard not to like this move, especially when Washborn and D. Davis were the back up plans. I still feel like we dont have a true ace, but we arent likely going to be finding one, now that Cliff Lee and Halladay got traded. So we are going to have to go with what we have, and hope our offense can rake. The next move Doug Melvin and co made was to bring in RP Latroy Hawkins. He is going to slot into the 7th or 8th inning role with Coffey. Many feel like they overpaid for his services as well, but he is a career under 4.00 bullpen arm. I feel like he will fit in nicely to our pen, and suddenly our week bullpen is looking to be at least average. It looks as if we will open with Mitch Stetter, Coffey, Hoffman, Hawkins, Claudio Vargas (who the just resigned), Chuck Lofgren (rule 5 pickup), and Jeff Suppan as the swing man. It isnt a dominate strike you out bullpen, but all of these guys besides Hoffman can pitch more than one inning, so it will leave Macha with plenty of options. There are also a couple sleepers to look out for. Zach Braddock one of our best pitching prospects looks to be moving to the bullpen so he can help out sooner rather than later. He is a lefty strike out artist, who dominated his recent stint in the AFL. We also still have John Axford who looked pretty good in a few major league innings at the end of last year. Expect these guys to open in AAA but be up when needed. As for the starting rotation it is looking like we will have Gallardo, Wolf, Parra, Bush, and Suppan or possible another starter aquired by trade. The rotation still has some holes, and really looks dependent on if Bush and Parra have bounce back years. That is a lot of ifs, hopefully they can trade for another average pitcher, so at least we have some depth when inevitable someone goes down.

Not many changes in the line-up with only the addition of Carlos Gomez in center. We should have a lot more speed and athleticism this year. Here is a look at my projected lineup.

Weeks -2nd

Escobar- SS

Braun- LF

Fielder- 1st

Hart (Gamel)-RF

McGhehee- 3rd

Zaun- C

Gomez- CF

The bench then looks like Counsell, Gamel, Gerut or Cattalonatto, and either Adam Heether or Hernan Iberrean.

There obviously could be some smaller moves, but for the most part I see the Brewers pretty set heading into next year. With the Cardinals and Cubs looking to be having pretty mediocre off seasons, I see us right up there competing for the Central and or a wildcard birth. Another SP in a trade of Hart would be helpful.

Just Because

The internet is awesome: Reason # 6,764,382

Best 10 minutes of me life

Pretty Sweet Little Saturday

Last saturday I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite hard rock bands at the Barrymore. It was a cluster fuck trying to get everything together but I am glad it worked out even though it was very last minute. It all goes something like this...
I was randomly talking to my buddy Tubbs about big bands playing at Best Buy west. He is the GM there and he was all "...OH YEAH DUDE ALL THE TIME!" In true Tubbs fashion. He mentions that Nonpoint will be playing on the 12th and doing an in-store performance. So I am all "...can you get me tickets" in true C-Train fashion. He came through huge, he hooked up 2 tickets on the WJJO guest list. At this point I am totes stoked! Now, I just have to find someone to go with, I figured this would be the least of my worries. Turns out nobody likes great bands and free tickets. I couldnt find anyone to go with. Friday night I get a call from a buddy of mine. He tells me he has tickets and that I should come with him, (BOMB) I call his brother, he isnt doing anything and would love to go to a free concert (its about time, christ). Things are starting to look up. Saturday morning I decide to head over to the in-store performance. What a cluster the west side of Madison is on saturday afternoon. Took me 20 minutes just get off the exit to Best Buy. It was well worth it. Nonpoint played 3 songs off of their new album "Cut the Cord, Ep" (which by the way was recorded in Racine, $4.95 on iTunes. Pick it up mahfuckas). They killed it, really soulfull and intimate. Love these guys even more. I have video, but my angle wasn't the greatest, and I havent gotten it on Youtube yet, working on it. Anyway, after the performance, I am talking with the sales rep from JJO (who Tubbs got the tix from). He is pretty tight with Tubbs so he's all "...so you want to meet Nonpoint before the show?". Me- "um, FUCK YEAH", Him- types on iPhone, ok meet this dude by the bar at 8:45pm, he will take you back." Me- rubs his weiner, makes him a sandwhich, asks if he needs a nap.
At this point I am not really sure what a backstage meet and great is going to be like. I mean it could get awkward in a hurry. But fuck it, I am willing to risk it for a chance to meet one of my favorite bands. So we go back stage and its awesome, just a few of us and Nonpoint. Nonpoint is cool as shit, real chill and very gracious to us. They are willing to sign anything, take pix whatever. Just shooting the shit with us. AWESOME! There was another couple that came with us. They drove all the way from Indiana to come to this show and meet Nonpoint. Pretty crazy, this dude made a metal laser cut plaque with the Nonpoint logo on it. This guy was in tears the whole time as he is explaining his love to Nonpoint. Nonpoint loved it! The plaque was pretty cool and his story was touching, but the water works was a little much. I mean I love these guys too, but come on bro, your a grown ass man, get it together. Anyway we werent there too long, they had to prepare for the show. They gave us autographed posters, shook hands and we were out. All in all super tight, something I will never forget.
Nonpoint came out and totally fucking ripped it. I have never seen them live except for a live performance dvd (No shit, not even close to live, I watched one of their concerts on my couch. Hope you feel better about yourself). If you ever have the chance to see these guys live do it. They are as intense, probably more than anyone I have ever seen (except for Slipknot, they are down right maniacs). They put on a tremendous show, for a 12-15 song show it seemed like it was over in an instant. They will be coming to Band Camp this year again and I will be in attendance for the first time. I will not miss these guys again when they come back to Madisconsin! Unreal...
p.s. I was talking to Elias (lead singer) about there upcoming studio album. It will drop this April and is being executivly produced by Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett from fucking Mudvayne! Its going to be glorious.

Suck On This Al Gore

Please dont get me wrong when I post articles and links like this. I do believe that our environment needs to be regulated, that dangerous toxic gas' can be extremely dangerous to our health as well as the health of the Earth we live in. However I just do not know if there is any correlation to this so called global warming effect and dangerous emissions such as CO2. Since there is no real proof of to show me that global warming is real, it sickens me that it can be so high on the agenda of politicians, when real problems like the economy, unemployment, war, and a huge budget deficit loom. Anyways I doubt a US paper could ever get away with an article like this.

Again, I am not saying we do not need to protect the environment and regulate against companies the emit these types of toxins into the atmosphere. However before I go to movies about the end of the world that is intended to boost your political career, I would like to see some more accurate proof.

Hacked!

I apologize for any emails that I may have sent out from my Yahoo account my email was hacked this morning.

42 Years Ago Tonight...

The show that never happened... RIP Otis.

C-Train Fist Pump

Hello everyone, the weather sucks balls today. I am at work, my Fiance is at home with no power and the cable is out. Sucks to be her. Anyway, To go along with Big Tasties post about the Jersey Shore, I came across something awesome. I know there has been tons of name generators on the web. But this one is by far the best. It comes from a website I have never heard of before UnlikelyWords.com. And I am in love...type your name in there and it gives you your very own Jersey Shore nickname. So now when you head to South Beach for a little getaway, you can fit right in with all the homos that run around over there. Just make sure your arm pits are supper sweaty and your fist pumpin so hard you tear a rotator cuff.
C-TRAIN OUT (Yes I will be going as C-Train from now on, unless I randomley generate a sweeter one)
Post your new nickname in the comments section, so the next time I see one of you we can get all douch baggy

 

In Case You Were Wondering

What to get me for xmas I will be dropping some subtle clues on the blog...

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Tiger Woods Sex Tape

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Who didnt see this coming?

Jersey Shore

I meant to post about how awesome Steven Seagal's new show, Lawman, is on Friday. It was everything I expected. Seagal's mastery of martial arts and weapon training has made him the worlds most dangerous cop, and I cannot wait for him to disarm a perp, and break a few bones in his face.

In a suprise I was able to catch some of the premier of MTV's new show Jersey Shore, and I have to admit it is better than Lawman. It is quite possible a collection of the worst human beings on the planet. What really suprised me is the Guidettes? Who are probably twice as superficial as the guido's, and that is saying something. Watching this show is kind of like watching someone scratch there fingers across a chalk board, it can be extremely difficult at times, but like an episode of Jerry Springer, I just kept on turning back. If you thought Sopranos gave Italian Americans a bad name, than you probably wont want to see this, but if you love watching douche bags glorified on National TV like I do, than you wont want to miss this show. Here is a link to 8 clips from the season premier.

Who Knew Fishing Could Be This Hilarious

Hat Tip to Film Drunk for posting this link.

Meet The Newest Brewer

This is a big off-season for the Crew, coming off a season in which they didnt live up to expectations, they will need to add some pieces if they want to get back to being a 90 win club. With Prince Fielders days in Milwaukee possible numbered, the window for winning a world series may be very small. I believe they got off to a good start signing Gregg Zaun. He is probably someone the casual fan has never heard of but after checking out his website I am positive he will be a fan favorite. LINK This is probably the best MLB player website out there. Zaun will be much better than Jason Kendall for nearly half the price. Just the fact that I dont have to watch Kendall hit into 30 double plays a year, while struggling to get on base at a .300 clip, will make this deal worth it. Brewer fans get ready for the Zaunby nation!

Merry Xmas from the Woods

Hat tip to A-Zirbs for sending this photo.

I didnt really want to touch on the subject because every news outlet already has, and quite frankly I dont see how a rich person cheating on his wife qualifies as news. What I do find interesting is why this blond bombshell is still with Tiger, she could make a few hundred million just by walking away. She would probably be the richest person in all of Norway.

Nancy be hatin'

College males admit to regularly getting stocked...

Jesus dont want no front hug

File this under, "This is why I dont go to Catholic church anymore!"
There are so many jokes in here, my brain is wrinkling trying to put them all together. I would write something totally hilarious but I have this urge to rob someone with a crusifix right now...gotta go!

Set Your DVR

Tommorow night is the debut of the new show, Steven Seagal Lawman, on A&E. Apparently Seagal has been a volunteer police officer for the past 20 years, and they decided to give him a show. Below is a little preview, and I have to say I will be checking in. Seagal is a legend to me, he has broken more bones than skateboards, and you get him in front of a camera and you have pure comedic gold. What is really sad is this guys complex disorder in which he actually believes he is a true badass that can fight, sing, act, police, and help you with your spirituality, when in reality he is no more than chubby, Jean Claude Van Damme. That probably is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to Steven. Anyways I think this show is going to be amazing.