5.22.2007
Random Thoughts on a Blustery day in Boulder
-Song of the day:
"In The backseat" by Arcade Fire.
From the album "Funeral". One of my favs. Much better than the overhyped Neon Bible, if you ask me.
-Lyric of the day:
-Arrested Development may be better than Curb Your Enthusiasm. Maeby. I pity thee who havn't seen it/seen its glory. I put up some video clips, they should be on the upper right side of the page=================================>
-The new "do-it-yourself" honey roasted peanut butter from Safeway is amazing.
-I want a coffee shop girl.
-The gap between Wilbon and Kornheiser is growing. You should know who is rising and who is falling.
-Watch L'auberge Espagnole. Yeah, it has subtitles. Yeah, that means it should be more appealing.
-Then watch the sequel; Les Poupées russes. It may be better. Maybe.
-I've finally found a worthy contenderfor the title of Best Brown Ale currently being held by Tommyknocker's Maple Nut Brown Ale. Rogue's Hazelnut Brown Nectar. I'll still take the Maple Nut overall, but there will never be smoother brown than the Rogue.
NBA Notes
-At first, I was hoping to see the top 2 picks (Oden and Durant) in the NBA Draft land in the East. But I was excited to see them landing in the west. Not only the west, but the Northwest, which means more competition for the Nugz. But it also means quality basketball and exciting young players (and the next two potential mega-stars will be more easily watched and tracked by us living here). We'll be able to see them live at least once a year and maybe times on TV.
Draft sleepers:
-Tiago Splitter- 2 of my fav nba players are brasilenos-Nene and Barbosa
-Mike Conley Jr- maybe not a sleeper, but he will end up being 2nd best pg in this draft, behind...
-Acie Law- To me, a top 6 pick.
"Over-rated"
-Noah- I think its obvious at this point.
Bets case scenario: Rich man's Varejao. Worst Case: Out like Skita in 4 years.
-Brandon Wright- I just don't see it.
-McRoberts- No one sees it, right?
-Aaron Afflalo-Poor man's Linas Kleiza at best.
-Yi Jianlian will be the 3rd best player in the draft. Like Dirk (gulp) but more athletic and aggressive and less of a shooter.
Is it me, or does the eastern conference just seem to poison some players, or at least make the less appealing to fans. How much cooler would it be if Lebron were a Clipper, seeing him toss oops to Elton Brand instead of, sorry Seth, Drew Gooden. Have some legitimate scoring help with Maggette.
Jason Kidd may finally get his due from the fans and media if he weren't in Jersey, and, as much as I hate the Lakers, I really wanted to see them trade for Kidd near the deadline this year. It'd be fun to see him play with Kobe. He's so unselfish, and Kobe the opposite. But he would have to respect a student of the game like Kidd. Another decision by whoever is running the Lakeshow (Kupchak, Buss, the Zen, or Kobe) that is boggling. Kobe needs help now, he can't wait for Bynum to maybe be a pretty good post player.
Think of a possible lineup with one simple move by the Lakers-Bynum and LA's 1st rounder this year for Kidd (LA would have to throw in one of their many useless players to make it work salary-wise):
1-Kidd
2-Kobe
3-Walton
4-Odom
5-Kwame
Bench-VladRad, Turiaf, sign some decent guard(s) with the mid-level. Not sure why they wouldn't do this...Do you agree Donald/Dirt/any other gay laker fans reading this?
-A couple more hypothetical trades for this off season. (This is one of the many things that makes the NBA great. Hypothetical trades. Rumors. One of underrated edges it has on NCAA ball.
This one is brought to you by long time reader Seth Stingley from Motown, CO.
Seattle's #2 pick (Durant) for KG. It obviously couldn't be that simple because of the big ticket's contract, but you get the point.
How sick would the sonics instantly be with this lineup?
1-Ridnour/Earl Watson
2-RayRay
3-Rashard
4-KG
5-Collison (yeah, he can play "center")
If they pick up some solid vet backups, tell me they wouldn't have a shot at a title sometime in the next few years.
Minnesota would have a young core of Durant and Foye. They dump contracts and trade for picks and build around these two. They would start to be really sick once the top tier of the league right now starts to fade a little bit (Spurs, Dal, Den, Det, Hou, Chi, etc.) The Northwest would be one big rivalry and super division with Melo in Denver, the Jazz, Oden in Portland, and KG and Ray Ray playing the old vets in Seattle.
Why can't NBA GM's just be logical? I don't think this trade would happen because Seattle would be afraid to be the dubious team that traded Durant, if he does go on to be a superphenom.
-One last NBA note: This is a super-long shot, but how sweet would it be to see Denver's own Chauncey Billups (UNrestricted free agent this off season), sign with Denver. They would be soooo sick. They would win the 'ship next year, g'teed.
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"In The backseat" by Arcade Fire.
From the album "Funeral". One of my favs. Much better than the overhyped Neon Bible, if you ask me.
-Lyric of the day:
We want a good life with a nose for things~~ "Ashes of American Flags" by Wilco
the fresh wind and bright sky to endure my suffering
I'm a hole without a key if I break my tongue
Oh, speaking of tomorrow, how will it ever come?
-Arrested Development may be better than Curb Your Enthusiasm. Maeby. I pity thee who havn't seen it/seen its glory. I put up some video clips, they should be on the upper right side of the page=================================>
-The new "do-it-yourself" honey roasted peanut butter from Safeway is amazing.
-I want a coffee shop girl.
-The gap between Wilbon and Kornheiser is growing. You should know who is rising and who is falling.
-Watch L'auberge Espagnole. Yeah, it has subtitles. Yeah, that means it should be more appealing.
-Then watch the sequel; Les Poupées russes. It may be better. Maybe.
-I've finally found a worthy contenderfor the title of Best Brown Ale currently being held by Tommyknocker's Maple Nut Brown Ale. Rogue's Hazelnut Brown Nectar. I'll still take the Maple Nut overall, but there will never be smoother brown than the Rogue.
NBA Notes
-At first, I was hoping to see the top 2 picks (Oden and Durant) in the NBA Draft land in the East. But I was excited to see them landing in the west. Not only the west, but the Northwest, which means more competition for the Nugz. But it also means quality basketball and exciting young players (and the next two potential mega-stars will be more easily watched and tracked by us living here). We'll be able to see them live at least once a year and maybe times on TV.
Draft sleepers:
-Tiago Splitter- 2 of my fav nba players are brasilenos-Nene and Barbosa
-Mike Conley Jr- maybe not a sleeper, but he will end up being 2nd best pg in this draft, behind...
-Acie Law- To me, a top 6 pick.
"Over-rated"
-Noah- I think its obvious at this point.
Bets case scenario: Rich man's Varejao. Worst Case: Out like Skita in 4 years.
-Brandon Wright- I just don't see it.
-McRoberts- No one sees it, right?
-Aaron Afflalo-Poor man's Linas Kleiza at best.
-Yi Jianlian will be the 3rd best player in the draft. Like Dirk (gulp) but more athletic and aggressive and less of a shooter.
Is it me, or does the eastern conference just seem to poison some players, or at least make the less appealing to fans. How much cooler would it be if Lebron were a Clipper, seeing him toss oops to Elton Brand instead of, sorry Seth, Drew Gooden. Have some legitimate scoring help with Maggette.
Jason Kidd may finally get his due from the fans and media if he weren't in Jersey, and, as much as I hate the Lakers, I really wanted to see them trade for Kidd near the deadline this year. It'd be fun to see him play with Kobe. He's so unselfish, and Kobe the opposite. But he would have to respect a student of the game like Kidd. Another decision by whoever is running the Lakeshow (Kupchak, Buss, the Zen, or Kobe) that is boggling. Kobe needs help now, he can't wait for Bynum to maybe be a pretty good post player.
Think of a possible lineup with one simple move by the Lakers-Bynum and LA's 1st rounder this year for Kidd (LA would have to throw in one of their many useless players to make it work salary-wise):
1-Kidd
2-Kobe
3-Walton
4-Odom
5-Kwame
Bench-VladRad, Turiaf, sign some decent guard(s) with the mid-level. Not sure why they wouldn't do this...Do you agree Donald/Dirt/any other gay laker fans reading this?
-A couple more hypothetical trades for this off season. (This is one of the many things that makes the NBA great. Hypothetical trades. Rumors. One of underrated edges it has on NCAA ball.
This one is brought to you by long time reader Seth Stingley from Motown, CO.
Seattle's #2 pick (Durant) for KG. It obviously couldn't be that simple because of the big ticket's contract, but you get the point.
How sick would the sonics instantly be with this lineup?
1-Ridnour/Earl Watson
2-RayRay
3-Rashard
4-KG
5-Collison (yeah, he can play "center")
If they pick up some solid vet backups, tell me they wouldn't have a shot at a title sometime in the next few years.
Minnesota would have a young core of Durant and Foye. They dump contracts and trade for picks and build around these two. They would start to be really sick once the top tier of the league right now starts to fade a little bit (Spurs, Dal, Den, Det, Hou, Chi, etc.) The Northwest would be one big rivalry and super division with Melo in Denver, the Jazz, Oden in Portland, and KG and Ray Ray playing the old vets in Seattle.
Why can't NBA GM's just be logical? I don't think this trade would happen because Seattle would be afraid to be the dubious team that traded Durant, if he does go on to be a superphenom.
-One last NBA note: This is a super-long shot, but how sweet would it be to see Denver's own Chauncey Billups (UNrestricted free agent this off season), sign with Denver. They would be soooo sick. They would win the 'ship next year, g'teed.
-I’m superstoked for the champions league final tomorrow in Greece. I'll take AC Milan over Liverpool 3-1. Kaka with the hat trick. I'm bitter about L'pool being here because they knocked out two of my favorite clubs: Barca and Chelsea.
I ♥ futbol.
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5.21.2007
The 1st Wonder
I'm creating this blog because I often have random thoughts at random times that I would either like to share with someone, or, simply put on paper as if not to forgot my ingenious thinking forever.
Anything goes here; from a song lyric or a movie scene I can't get out of my head, to blowing off frustration about how bad the Nuggets sucked yesterday and what I'd to to fix it, or maybe a list of my top microbrews or how hot the girl I just saw Entourage was (and how Taylor preferred the Asian, obviously.)
Hopefully I'll actually post stuff semi-regularly, seeing as I am unemployed and have nothing more to do right now that take advantage of Boulder in the summer (which seem to be filling my days quite nicely.)
So check back once in a while or even throw down a little comment if you wanna get crazy.
Wandering vs. Wondering
To me, the same word. One is used to describe a something physically. e.g. He is wandering. This is what I might do on a random tuesday afternoon after class. Ride my bike around with no real destination or goal in mind. I also do this when I'm drunk. Leave a bar without telling any of my friends and walk around in a drunken stumble, "wondering" about other things.
There is the difference, wOndering is mental. You philosophically wonder about things in your head or wonder about the future or why peanut butter and nutella sammy is so damn good when you're high.
I do a lot of wandering and wondering in my life, and I seem to enjoy when I do it. I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but it is a trait im proud to attach to myself for some reason.
I'm starting to feel like my writing is getting a little dry and too professional. I wanna write something that I think would make you laugh out loud but also make you think.
I remember in Catcher in the Rye when Holden is talking about books and he says something to the effect of--You know a good book when you think you's be friends with the author; like you would just love to sit down and bullshit with him for an hour.
Hopefully, there will be many more wonderings to come. And they'll be somewhat interesting. For those who have lived with me know I log more than a couple internet hours a day so I figure I might as well be jotting some ideas down than just wasting more time looking up maple syrup on wikipedia or reading blu-ray vs. HDDVD articles or collecting my ever growing list of must-have music.
Speaking of which, I'll leave you on a musical note. Ive been getting into Bright Eyes lately, on my dads suggestion (as much of my music comes from,) and am obessessed with two songs from them: Lover I Don't Have to Love and Easy Lucky Free. Check em out if you can. More on music next post.
Enough computer time, I'm gonna go crack a Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar and watch the latest Sopranos on my newly acquired HD imported from Seth. Thanks, brah.
Anything goes here; from a song lyric or a movie scene I can't get out of my head, to blowing off frustration about how bad the Nuggets sucked yesterday and what I'd to to fix it, or maybe a list of my top microbrews or how hot the girl I just saw Entourage was (and how Taylor preferred the Asian, obviously.)
Hopefully I'll actually post stuff semi-regularly, seeing as I am unemployed and have nothing more to do right now that take advantage of Boulder in the summer (which seem to be filling my days quite nicely.)
So check back once in a while or even throw down a little comment if you wanna get crazy.
Wandering vs. Wondering
To me, the same word. One is used to describe a something physically. e.g. He is wandering. This is what I might do on a random tuesday afternoon after class. Ride my bike around with no real destination or goal in mind. I also do this when I'm drunk. Leave a bar without telling any of my friends and walk around in a drunken stumble, "wondering" about other things.
There is the difference, wOndering is mental. You philosophically wonder about things in your head or wonder about the future or why peanut butter and nutella sammy is so damn good when you're high.
I do a lot of wandering and wondering in my life, and I seem to enjoy when I do it. I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but it is a trait im proud to attach to myself for some reason.
I'm starting to feel like my writing is getting a little dry and too professional. I wanna write something that I think would make you laugh out loud but also make you think.
I remember in Catcher in the Rye when Holden is talking about books and he says something to the effect of--You know a good book when you think you's be friends with the author; like you would just love to sit down and bullshit with him for an hour.
Hopefully, there will be many more wonderings to come. And they'll be somewhat interesting. For those who have lived with me know I log more than a couple internet hours a day so I figure I might as well be jotting some ideas down than just wasting more time looking up maple syrup on wikipedia or reading blu-ray vs. HDDVD articles or collecting my ever growing list of must-have music.
Speaking of which, I'll leave you on a musical note. Ive been getting into Bright Eyes lately, on my dads suggestion (as much of my music comes from,) and am obessessed with two songs from them: Lover I Don't Have to Love and Easy Lucky Free. Check em out if you can. More on music next post.
Enough computer time, I'm gonna go crack a Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar and watch the latest Sopranos on my newly acquired HD imported from Seth. Thanks, brah.
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