Friday, February 18, 2011

HEADED TO THE SHORE

OH YEAH! I CONTINUED MY GUILTY PLEASURE BY WATCHING ANOTHER EPISODE OF JERSEY SHORE. YES YES THESE PEOPLE ARE RIDICULOUS, OBNOXIOUS, AND PEOPLE I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO PARTY WITH. LETS FACE IT, DESPITE ALL THE CRITICISM, THEY ARE FUCKING HILARIOUS. IN THE BEGINNING I'LL BE HONEST, I HATED THE SHOW, AND COMPLETELY DESPISED ALL THINGS THAT REPRESENTED THE SHORE, BUT THROUGH PEER PRESSURE, AND MILD CURIOSITY, MY HATRED SLOWLY TURNED INTO A BAND WAGON ADDICTION ( LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I HAVE ALSO INFLUENCED OTHER PEOPLE TO HOP ON SINCE I STARTED WATCHING IT). AND NOW THAT I AM AN AVID FAN I THOUGHT...DO PEOPLE WHO DRESS, TALK, AND ACT LIKE THE CAST OF JERSEY SHORE MAKE FUN OF OTHER SUB CULTURES WITHIN THE STATES? DO THEY THINK THAT WERE DOUCHE BAGS FOR HOW WE TALK AND ACT? IT'S KINDA FUNNY TO THINK ABOUT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IM CERTAIN SNOOKIE'S IQ IS IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS, I WONDER WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE "DIFFERENT" THAN THEY ARE. MAYBE THEY SPEND TOO MUCH TIME AT THE CLUB, AND AVOIDING GRENADES TO THINK ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF. HOWEVER, YOU WILL NEVER CATCH ME WEARING OR ACTING LIKE ANY OF THEM DO. BUT GETTING PAID TO PARTY? SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD SITUATION IF YOU ASK ME. I GOTTA JET, THE CABS ARE HEAH!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

WHAT IS A TRIVIA GAME SHOW TREBEK

ILL TAKE USELESS KNOWLEDGE FOR 1000 PLEASE. TRIVIA GAME SHOWS ARE HIGHLY ADDICTING, AND NOTHING IS MORE PLEASURABLE THAN SITTING DOWN FOR 30 MINUTES AND SEEING IF YOU HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO COMPETE WITH OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE STATES. JEOPARDY OF COURSE BEING MY FAVORITE, ALONG WITH CASH CAB, AND WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.

IN JEOPARDY, I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE GET TO PRACTICE BEFORE HAND TO GET A GRASP ON THE CATEGORIES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE SHOW. BUT FOR INSTANCE, 16TH CENTURY ART? OR ZOO ANIMALS? WHAT KIND OF PERSON  DECIDES THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THEY ARE GOING TO FOCUS AS A HOBBY. IT SEEMS RIDICULOUS, BUT FOR SOME REASON I TRY TO BRING MYSELF RIGHT INTO THE GAME AND BEAT THOSE THREE SMUG BASTARDS AS IF I WAS A FOURTH CONTESTANT. I KNOW IM NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT IT SEEMS IN JEOPARDY SPECIFICALLY I FEEL LIKE THE KNOWING EACH CATEGORY IS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY INFORMATION THAT I HAVE ACQUIRED FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT REASON. DAMN YOU ALEX TREBEK FOR CREATING A GAME I SO ANXIOUSLY WANT TO BE A PART OF.

I PRIDE MYSELF ON WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE. BUT A COUPLE THOUGHTS CROSS MY MIND, FOR INSTANCE, HOW DO THOSE DIPSHITS WHO MISS THE FIRST FIVE QUESTION BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOW IN THE FIRST PLACE! THE QUESTIONS I HAVE KNOWN SINCE I WAS JUST A BOY, AND IT PISSES ME OFF BECAUSE THEN AS A VIEWER I HAVE TO START WITH THE NEXT CONTESTANT AND LISTEN TO FIVE MORE HALF ASSED QUESTIONS. SECONDLY...WHY ARENT PEOPLE FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE SHOW...I MEAN THEY NEVER EVER MISS A QUESTION! AND ITS ALWAYS A LANDSLIDE, LIKE THE QUESTION WAS SO EASY THAT THE PERSON IN THE HOT SEAT PROBABLY FEELS LIKE SOME SORT OF ASS. AND MY LAST PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THESE PEOPLE IS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ACTUALLY DO MAKE IT UP THERE TO THE  HIGHER QUESTIONS ALWAYS FUCK THEMSELVES OVER AND THIS IS HOW. ONE, THEY ANSWER A QUESTION WAY TOO QUICKLY WITH OUT EVEN FINISHING THE QUESTION AND LOSE 20,000, OR THEY SAY THE TWO ANSWERS THEY THINK ARE PROBABLY RIGHT, AND THEN ASK FOR THE 50/50 OPTION. THE REGIS, AS SOME SORT OF SICK JOKE, OBVIOUSLY TAKES AWAY THE TWO CHOICES THAT THEY KNOW ARE WRONG. STUPID STUPID STUPID, HOW DID THEY NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING!

FINALLY..CASH CAB IS LEGIT, THE QUESTIONS ARE DIFFICULT AND I ALWAYS FEEL HORRIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO GET IN THE CAB BY THEMSELVES...POOR SOULS NEVER EVEN STAND A CHANCE. ON ANOTHER THOUGHT, DO YOU THINK SOME PEOPLE BOUNCE AROUND CABS JUST TO TRY AND FIND THE CASH CAB (I KNOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CABS IN NEW YORK...BUT ITS STILL WORTH A TRY!).

AND FOR THE RECORD, CAN THE PEOPLE ON MILLIONAIRE THAT ARE ON THE CALL LIST PLEASE SIT BY A COMPUTER SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HELP THEIR FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND!

I KNOW IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FINDS THEMSELVES RELATIVELY ADDICTED TO POINTLESS QUESTIONS, JUST TO SECRETLY KNOW HOW WELL THEY WOULD DO IF THEY WERE ON THAT PARTICULAR EPISODE. ALEX, REGIS, BEN...KEEP DOIN WHAT YOUR  DOIN..AND HOPEFULLY WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF QUESTIONS HAHA.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

college basketball: a gambling man's worst nightmare

OKAY, NOT THAT I REALLY GIVE A SHIT, BUT APPARENTLY KANSAS, WHO IS CURRENTLY NUMBER ONE OVERALL IN THE NATION, PLAYED A SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE KANSAS STATE TEAM. AND LIKE EVERY YEAR, WE WILL SOON HAVE ANOTHER NUMBER ONE OVERALL TEAM, BECAUSE THE JAYHAWKS, MUCH LIKE EVERY OTHER NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM, CAN'T HOLD THEIR OWN TO A TEAM THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DESTROYED. LIKE I SAID, I REALLY DONT GIVE A SHIT, BUT ITS UPSETS LIKE THIS, THAT MAKE ME HATE COLLEGE BASKETBALL, AND COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS UNTIL MARCH MADNESS. ALL THESE RANKED TEAMS ARE GOING TO GET INTO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT ANYWAYS...SO EVEN THEY DO LOSE WHATS THE BFD? IF THEY WERE NUMBER ONE AT SOME POINT THAT MEANS THAT REGARDLESS THE ROUTE THAT THEY TAKE IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WIN, AM I RIGHT? PLUS IT SEEMS THAT THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE NCAA IS SO HIGH, WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF RANKING TEAMS ANYWAYS. THEIR JUST GOING TO GET UPSET ANYWAYS, OR ARE THESE EVEN CONSIDERED UPSETS ANYMORE SINCE IT HAPPENS EVERY WEEK. JUST A THOUGHT. GOOD DAY TO YOU.

P.S PROPS TO ALL PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY TAKE TIME BETTING ON REGULAR SEASON COLLEGE BASKETBALL. IM BOOSTING MY ODDS BY PLAYING THE LOTTO, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Rooney is God

OKAY SO BEFORE I START THIS NEXT BLOG LET ME FOREWARN YOU THAT IT IS COMPLETELY BIASED, AND SLIGHTLY INTOLERANT. BUT CAN YOU BLAME ME? I HAVE BEEN PLAYING SOCCER SINCE I WAS 5, AND ITS EASILY THE MOST ENTERTAINING SPORT OF ALL TIME. HA. *I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE GREATEST FOOTBALLERS OF ALL TIME, RONALDO, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GIVEN US, AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AN IDOL TO MILLIONS INCLUDING MYSELF.

ANYWAYS, THIS PAST WEEKEND THERE WAS A HUGE DARBY MATCH BETWEEN MANCHESTER UNITED AND MANCHESTER CITY (FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND, ITS LIKE THE RED SOX PLAYING THE YANKEES TIMES 100). THE MATCH PROVED TO BE A GREAT ONE, UNITED OBVIOUSLY WINNING, BUT THEN AGAIN THEY ARE IN FIRST AND HAVE MAINTAINED RELATIVELY GOOD FORM ALL SEASON. BUT THATS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, WHAT IS IMPORTANT WAS THE MOMENT OF MAGIC THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE FIELD LATE INTO THE GAME. AFTER A GRUELING 77 MINUTES OF PLAY, THE BALL REACHED WINGER NANI ON THE OUTSIDE WHO PLAYED IN A LOFTED CROSS THAT CONNECTED WITH WAYNE ROONEY. BUT NOT WITH HIS HEAD LIKE MANY WOULD IMAGINE, HIS FOOT...YES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HIS FOOT. A BICYCLE KICK THAT WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS BECAUSE THAT WAS EASILY THE GREATEST GOAL OF THE SEASON. LEBRON JAMES, OR TOM BRADY WOULD HAVE CAREER ENDING INJURIES TRYING TO PULL A STUNT LIKE THAT. IT WAS A MOMENT THAT WE WERE BLESSED WITH BECAUSE IT IS SO OFTEN UNSEEN. MR. WAYNE ROONEY PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK BECAUSE WHAT YOU DID WAS BREATH TAKING.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT WATCH SOCCER DONT QUITE UNDERSTAND. EVERYONE STILL THINKS THAT AN ALLEY-OOP IS TOP TEN WORTHY, OR A THIRD BASEMEN THROWING OUT A GUY WHO IS, BY DEFINITION BARELY CONSIDERED RUNNING (I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS MORE OF A TROT). HOW MANY TIMES DO WE SEE THOSE KINDA HIGHLIGHTS ON ESPN DURING THE SEASON. IT GETS OLD IF YOU ASK ME,  A DIVING CATCH IS COOL IN BASEBALL, BUT IF JIM EDMONDS DIDNT RUN A 6.8 FORTY, HE WOULD HAVE MAYBE DOVE TWICE IN HIS CAREER. AND AS FOR ALLEY OOPS...ANYBODY WHO IS OVER SIX FEET TALL AND CAN GET BOTH FEET OFF THE GROUND CAN AT LEAST TOUCH RIM. BUT I WOULD CHALLENGE ANY ATHLETE IN ANY OTHER SPORT TO TRY AND PULL OF WHAT WAYNE DID. OH, AND FOR FOOTBALL FANS, WHEN RECEIVERS MAKE GREAT CATCHES...THEY HAVE ONE JOB FOR GOD SAKES, THEY BETTER BE ABLE TO CATCH THE BALL WITH ONE HAND. I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, IM CERTAIN THE PETER CROUCH, OR THIERRY HENRY (TWO PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS OVER SIX FEET TALL) CAN PERFORM AN ALLEY OOP. AND I WOULD BET THAT IKER CASILLAS AND TIM HOWARD (TWO PROFESSIONAL GOALIES) COULD CATCH A FOOTBALL WITH ONE HAND.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, COMPLETELY BIASED, I DO LOVE WATCHING ALL OTHER SPORTS, BUT FUCK, COULD SOCCER GET SOME SORT OF RESPECT OVER HERE IN THE STATES. BOWLING IS ON TV MORE OFTEN THAN SOCCER WHICH IS MORE OF A CONTROVERSY IN MY OPINION THAN THE GORE-BUSH ELECTIONS AND ALL THE FLORIDA VOTING BULLSHIT. PLEASE ENJOY THE CLIP! PEACE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO05VYSun9o

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