Wednesday, November 23, 2005

It is called the mariner...

The Seattle Mariners have just signed a Catcher from the Japan leagues and it has people all up in a huff. Will he be able to communicate with teammates and run the team effectively?

Now correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the most communicative player on the field usually the catcher? Doesn't he have to develop a rapport with pitchers that can only be achieved by being able to talk with them on more than a basic level.

Wrong, Wrong, Wrong!

Can someone please tell me where the Chiba Lotte Marines play. Can someone also tell who coaches them. Can someone tell me if that person can speak Japanese... Point is Bobby Valentine has been managing in Japan and won a championship there recently. He is not fluent in Japanese. See what I'm saying here? Besides, I hear this new catcher's English isn't horrible... unlike this post.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Fight Club

My favorite scene from that movie (OK I would say this about any scene from this movie) is when Ed Norton is fading in and out of consciousness as Tyler Durden tell him about the world he envisions:

"In the world I see - you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway."

Every time I hear this line, I can't help but wonder if this world would be a better place.
away from all the bullshit of everyday life.

Comforts forgotten on the swirling winds of some winter, unhindered by central heating
the keeping of the beating of ones heart,
the only art that keeps the attention of men and women, is that of the aforementioned
don't forget where you came from...

Monday, November 21, 2005

Big Ups

Congrats to me and my school, University of Oregon for finishing 10-1 with a 56-14 buttwhupin' of our in state rivals the Beavs. Our only loss is to #1 USC and we've played through losing our starting quarterback, Kellen Clemens, for the season. We havn't won 10 games since we finished 11-1 and ranked #2 in the nation in 2001. We were led by Joey Harrington, the clutch quarterback, who decided not to play in the NFL so as not to sully his legacy (I wish).

Here's their ESPN website: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=2483

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Question of the Day

Are these NBA Hall of Fame numbers?

16 years
Games: 1134
Games Started: 979
Minutes: 33,838
FGM-FGA: 5,205-10,510
3PA-3PM: 100-426
FTM-FTA: 2,888-4,176
OFF REB: 2,881
DEF REB: 6,445
TOT REB: 9,326
AST: 3,541
STL: 1,288
BLK: 1,631
TO: 2,470
PF: 3,609
PTS: 13,398

Golblet of Crap...

I was just trying to get a rise out of you... So I just got back from the new Harry Potter and I have to say it was OK. I've never been to a theater in China so that was a new experience. I just felt like I needed to see a good copy of the movie to evaluate it properly. The sound quality is horrible in the theaters here so they try to make up for it by putting the volume up to "ear bleeding" levels. And it cost 70 RMB, which is about 9 dollars. Surprising considering most things in China are cheaper than their American counterpart. I was feeling truly American after having lunch at McDonald's so I didn't mind much.... besides, it's Harry Potter for god's sake!

So the movie is alright until I realize that I'm 23 and alone in a theater full of Kids and their parents. I spend the rest of the movie thinking about what this means. A couple of quick thoughts on the movie that I had between pondering my life:

1) Love Voldemort. Fiennes was and is going to be good in this role. I want to know if they pushed his nose down using makeup or they just used CGI.

2) Not enough time to cover everything. Minor characters are given the backseat to harry and his crew which is good and bad. Good in that it's the only way the movie stays 2 hours 20 min or so, but bad in that what's great about the books is the many characters and the virtual world that Rowlands weaves.

3) What's with moaning mertle hitting on potter when he's taking a bath? That was a little disturbing... pretty soon they are just going to go all out with sex scenes and an NC-17 rating. Mark my words.

4) Why doesn't harry just conjure up his broom for the third task like he did in the first. I mean he did have his wand didn't he... and he was allowed to use it...

5) since when was "Bloody Hell" considered not a curse and something Children should be subjected to numerous times? Think about it... and then think about what this world is coming too. And no I'm not 80 years old.

6) I say we need a new Harry Potter. Daniel Radcliffe has lost his edge. (I'm just saying this to incite discussion amongst my readers... yes readers)

7) is anyone else excited for the day the 7th movie comes out on DVD so as to facilitate the worlds most magical marathon ever? If you didn't already know, I am a major dork.

8) I also can't wait for the scene in the near future when the entire Griffindor House has an intervention for Neville Longbottom to confront him about his weight loss, punctuated by Hermine's line "Bloody hell! you need to lay off the Blow you git!"

9) Why is Harry continually amazed by magic? At the beginning of the movie he walks into a smallish sized tent and the inside is huge. It's takes him a couple minutes to get over this and all he can utter is "I love Magic." Get over it Harry. You've been a wizard in training for too long to let your jaw hang agap over magic.

I give the movie props for moving in a darker direction but it was something that was called for so not too many props (should I say "much" here... is props plural or not? Maybe if I was black I would know this...). The movies have become a little to cookie-cutter to me if you know what I mean. Maybe a little too fast paced but all and all I think they did a good job on it. Will be looking forward to the next one because I really can't stop now. Everybody is doing it, is another one of my excuses. The End.

Saturday, November 19, 2005

NBA All Interview Team

KEVIIIIN! GAAARNETT!

Seriously though. This Award actually exists.

This is the worst fucking blog site I've ever seen. I can't even link things. If this is not true then please, someone, show me the light. I just want to prove the NBA All-Interview team actually exists without making it too hard on my readers (of which there are none). Is that too much to ask?

The Aristocrats

A couple of Highlights I'm looking forward while living in a country were you can only get BLOCKBUSTER DVDs

Jason Alexander .... Himself (the only unfortunate thing in regards to DVD extras is that we get insight into the real person and not just the character. Take Jason Alexander for example: He is not the neurotic part of George on the hit show Seinfeld. Rather he is a stage actor [very good at his craft mind you] just doing his impression of Larry David. It is always a disappointment when we "discover" actors are actually ACTORS!)

Hank Azaria .... Himself - Moe Szyslak/Chief Wiggum/Apu/Comic Book Guy/Cletus/Prof. Frink - Nice Resume

Steven Banks .... Billy The Mime (as Billy The Mime) - Award for MOST ANTICIPATED

Lewis Black .... Himself - Award for MOST SPASMS RELATED TO ANGST

Drew Carey .... Himself - I've been told I looked like him... that person was never heard from again

George Carlin .... Himself - Seems Perfect for this

Andy Dick .... Himself -

Carrie Fisher .... Herself - Hopefully not wearing the metal bikini

Whoopi Goldberg .... Herself - Hopefully this is a joke

Gilbert Gottfried .... Himself - AFLAC!

Eddie Izzard .... Himself - Ever seen "Dressed to Kill"? Some of the best stand up ever. I saw him on Parkinson but he was wearing men's clothes. Never thought I would ever be weirded out by a man wearing men's clothes...

Penn Jillette .... Himself - He's a comedian? I thought he was a piece of poo...

Richard Lewis .... Himself - of CURB fame

Bill Maher .... Himself - not very politically correct

Howie Mandel .... Himself - He's alive?

Jackie Martling .... Himself (as Jackie 'The Jokeman' Martling) - Yuck

Kevin Nealon .... Himself - well this is news to me

Trey Parker .... Cartman/Stan - brilliant

Emo Philips .... Himself - I don't know him from his standup but one of my friends Matt Tobiason from Tokyo would always do his bits - The one where people are comparing their religions and one difference cause one of them to throw the other off a bridge... ["you an orthodox, scientific creationist, from the church of methodological saints' southern chapter?" "No I'm from the northern chapter" so I proceeded to throw him off the bridge.] Emo's cadence and delivery always got me. So did his performance in UHF.

Kevin Pollak .... Himself - "give me the keys you fucking cocksucker"

Paul Reiser .... Himself - Strangely reminds me of a less funny Michael Keaton. Strangely because 1) They don't look too much alike, 2) Michael Keaton would not really be considered a comedian. If you don't know by now I'm not really a fan of Mad About You

Andy Richter .... Himself - I thought Late Night With Conan O'Brien wouldn't be the same without him. Unfortunately for him I was wrong.

Don Rickles .... Himself - heard of him before... the word curmudgeon comes to mind. not much else.

Chris Rock .... Himself - One of the most brilliant comedians of the last 20 years. SNL held him back.

Bob Saget .... Himself - Ever notice how Bob Saget has tried to distance himself from the loving father he played on my favorite sitcom growing up, "Full House", By displaying his acting chops in "Half Baked" and now this? I commend him. The world is too mushy.

Harry Shearer .... Himself - Montgomery Burns/Waylon Smithers/Ned Flanders/Kent Brockman/Rev. Lovejoy/Principal Skinner/Dr. Hibbert/Rainer Wolfcastle - nice resume #2

Sarah Silverman .... Herself - Y'all know how I feel about Sarah.

Jon Stewart .... Himself - A modern day... um... someone who tells it like it is....

Matt Stone .... Kyle/Kenny - brilliant

Teller .... Himself - He better speak in this... we already have a mime. We don't need a shitty mime

Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson .... Himself (as Carrot Top) - No Comment

Fred Willard .... Himself - subtle humor seems to be his fort-ay. Loved him in all of Christopher Guest's movies, and "How High". Interested to see him pull off the joke.

Robin Williams .... Himself - probably my least favorite comedian of all time... maybe that's because I grew up in the "Mrs. Doubtfire" era.

OMG post of the day

If I was in the states I could go see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in about 2 hours and 17 minutes!!! That would be so cool. I think I'll go down to the DVD store and see if they have it on hand.

movies I want to see

the aristocrats -
Jesus is magic

Sorry, Sarah Silverman just does it for me... and there would be no argument about changing names. That the only thing I can envision about my fantasy relationship with Sarah Silverman. Other than that it's just us standing in a room with blank looks on our faces. Seriously, I need to work on my imagination.

Question of the Day

How many time has Kevin Garnett finished 1 assist shy of a triple Double? i know he did it about 6 or 7 times in his MVP season of '03-'04, and he just did it the other day. I've looked for sites that have game logs over a career and I would have put in the time to just look at ever game he's ever played but I can't even find this... Can anybody help me...

Thursday, November 17, 2005

From the Who Cares Dept.

Big News everybody. Looks like The New York Yankees exercised Tanyon Sturtze's 1.5 million dollar option for 2006. The 35-year-old right-hander was 5-3 with a 4.73 ERA and one save in one start and 63 relief appearances.

View: Looks like the New York Yankees have shored up their middle relief for next year.
didn't want this site to be totally depressing so here's a post.