Friday, February 29, 2008

ABC to put on "Scrubs"?

Apparently if NBC drops the beloved sitcom, which is seemingly what may happen, ABC is foaming at the mouth to pick it up, coddle it, and give it an 18-Episode order. From what I remember though, Zack Braff said that this would be the last season; who knows if he wants to do it anymore.

It's been a great show, for a long time. ABC could do it some justice I suppose. Scrubs has been a filler show for NBC for the last two years, it's time it got some mainstream promotion.

Thank you Wilma, for all you've done.

Wilma is my savior, literally so too. I mean, let me tell you a story:



Last night, I come home with the intention of ordering tickets to the Bamboozle Festival which is on two days, with two different concerts. The May 3rd show consists of Jimmy Eat World, Jacks Mannequin, and Paramore. The May 4th show is the show I intended to order tickets too. Panic at the Disco, Phantom Planet, Motion City Soundtrack, Cobra Starship, among others.



So I order the tickets with the intention of May 4th, because obviously that's the better show. I love Jimmy Eat World and Jacks Mannequin, but the rest of the lineup sucks. It's just not worth the money to go. So we decided we're going to go (Dan-O and I), and ordered May 4th tickets - however - after checkout - we notice that they gave us May 3rd tickets and not May 4th.



I was fuming, as you can possibly imagine; I went onto WaMu's customer care and tried to get the transaction reversed because much to my chagrin, Ticketmaster's return policy is pretty much non-existant...So, after I did 2+ hours on "The Ron Show" I took a shower, cooled down, and basically wanted to kill someone anyway. I didn't, however, kill anyone. I went to bed, partially drunk, but mainly with just a headache.



I woke up realized that my car-insurance was due, gave my dad a check and went back to sleep. Then realized (I thought anyway) that my car payment was due, but it wasn't. I get to work, they're busy, and I decide to call Ticketmaster (I was hold for about 25 minutes, before I decided to hang up). About an hour later, around 5:30pm, I called back. I talked to someone who didn't speak english...thankfully they couldn't help me; and shipped me over to Customer Service.



This is where Wanda the greatest Ticketmaster Employee evar comes in. She basically comes right and tells me "You fucked something up" and I was like "I think it was Ticketmaster.com" and she says "Okay, I'll see what I can do" and works her magic, I compliment her and brown nose and she comes and says "You wanted May 4th right?" and I said "Yes..." and she says "Alright, these tickets are going out immediately, you'll have May 4th tickets." I was ecstatic that she had taken care of this, and gave her many many props. I even said that my brother and I are her new best friends...

Then I called in to make sure they were the right tickets, and the automated service said they were tickets for May 4th in Buffalo...

So, I was pissed again, as I held on the line I felt my blood pressure boiling to the point of explosion. I held in my anger, when another woman came on the line, I do not remember her name, but she told me that the tickets are for the Meadowlands in New Jersey and not anywhere near Buffalo. Thank God for that.

Wilma did good, she hooked a stressed out and angered guy out, and really put the service in Customer Service. For that, I am very pleased, but still pissed that Ticketmaster.com is such a piece of shit.

Alright, so the concert I'm going to, and have General Admission tickets for is May 4th, according to this person:

Motion City Soundtrack, Panic! at The Disco (new album out this coming month March), Phantom Planet, The Hush Sound, Bret Michaels, 30H!3, All Time Low, Anti-Flag, Article A, As Tall as Lions, Automatic Loveletter, Between the Trees, Charlotte Sometimes, Circa Survive, Cobra Starship, Danger Radio, David Costa, Elmo's Big Band, Envy On the Coast, Finch, Forever the Sickest Kids, Gym Class Heroes, Hip Hop Karaoke, I am the Avalanche, I Was A Cub Scout, Just Surrender, Mayday Parade, Paper Rival, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Straylight Run, The Academy Is..., The Attack, The Banner, The Bouncing Souls, The Cab, The Dear Hunter, The Fall of Troy, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Receiving End of Sirens, The Starting Line, Thrice, Tyga, We The Kings, You, Me, and Everyone We Know, My American Heart, The Blackout, The White Tie Affair.

So, this concert is going to be fucking crazy.

Jonathan Vilma traded to Big Easy for...

Okay. I figure this is something the Jets had to do...I don't know...

For a fourth round draft pick in 2009?

Thursday, February 28, 2008

When Robots Attack...Part I.

No, this isn't about The Terminator it would be cool if it was, but it's not. It's about an article I read (barely skimmed) about "Experts Warn of Robotic Terrorism."

Fuck.

Seriously, we have enough to worry about. Guys flying planes into buildings, fucking chemical warfare. Now, Now I have to worry about God Damn robots?

Fuck you guys.

Again. I don't understand why I have to be warned about this, I'd rather it just happened and be pissed that no one warned us. Richard Starkey, a supposed scientist said:

"It is very easy to go to the Internet ... or go down to the scrapyard and put a robot together," Starkey said. "You don't need (it) to last long if you want to explode it among a civilian population."

Uh. I don't know about anyone else who wasn't in the Robot Building Club in High School, but I cannot build a robot. I can't go down to the local scrap yard and find a T3000 laying there with it's beady little read eyes, ready to be programmed to kill. I want to see a show of hands? How many people can build a robot from scrap?

No, you can't just put tinfoil on your dog and call it a robot, it doesn't work that way. Be that as it may - the threat of robot terrorism is real. They're going to swoop in and steal all your nuts and bolts, and then probably your women, because...

and this is where the good stuff comes in...

It's all about sexual terrorism.

Love and Sex with Robots is a book about the Evolution of the Human-Robot Relationship; it's written by David Levy. I haven't read it, but I'm considering reading what has to be the most bat-shit crazy insane book ever. This guy really truly believes that humans are going to have sex with robots; he was on The Colbert Report and even Stephen Colbert couldn't keep a straight face. Apparently Levy says in the book that we're going to have sex with robots within in 5 years (Awesome) and fall in love with them within 40 years (Not so much awesome as it is ....fucking crazy).

I don't know about you guys, but the closest I've come to loving a machine is my new Blackjack II; it's fantastic, but it's truly a innocent relationship.

Check out the original yahoo.com and a YouTube video featuring this guy David "Bat-Shit-Crazy-Insane" Levy.

I found this to be hilarious...

So, I get this MLB Newsbreakers thing, from ...who the fuck knows where. Basically it just arrives in my gmail every night at like 2am. I don't ask where it comes from, I just read it. Every day.

This particular piece of news, I found to be completely and utterly laughable. I literally said "Oh Really? You are, huh?" out loud, to no one.


The News
Mike Pelfrey allowed one hit over two innings while striking out one for the
Mets on Wednesday. "I don't know if it was a dominating performance, but I know
I did a lot of things right," Pelfrey said on a report on the AP. "All I wanted to do
was be aggressive and throw strikes and that's what I was able to do."
Our View
Pelfrey, who was 3-8 with a 5.57 ERA last season, will battle Orlando
Hernandez for the Mets fifth and final rotation spot this year.









He sucks. End of story. You don't get in the rotation of a Big League Ball club because you throw strikes. You gotta be able to win games, fo shizz.


What the *@$#?!

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

I figured it out.

I figured out what Generation we live in; I figured it out.

We live in:

The Hoodie Generation.

I don't understand why, but we do. I don't even wear hoodie sweatshirts. I do not own a jacket that has a hood. I have a Peacoat and a regular sweater thing that I wear constantly. I don't understand the hoodie thing. If you're not wearing a hat, your hair is completely messed up, if you're wearing a hat, you have to take it off anyway, so you look like a douche.

That's just my opinion.

But I'm right.

The Frog King

Holy Shit.

First of all The Frog King flick did not fall off the face of the Earth. Ellis did write a script based on the Adam Davies novel, now Darren Star is attached to directed with Joseph Gordon-Levitt attached to star.

Very fucking cool.

Kazmir hurt.

Longtime Metropolitan prospect and one of JD's favorite players Scott Kazmir who is a pitcher (and probably Ace) for a terrible (Devil) Rays team, has felt an uncomfortable feeling in his shoulder; he had an MRI and he'll be out for two weeks.

This'll damper the (Devil) Rays plans of course, as they were hoping he'd be able to pitch in Spring Training games (he still will...in 2 weeks).

"One...AND DONE!"

As Steve Levy says, care of ESPN.com, One and Done for Tennessee as 14th Ranked Vanderbilt gives them an enormous upset. Fantastic stuff, and I don't even watch Basketball let alone College Basketball.

News worthy yes, Noteworthy, No.

Brick by Ben Folds Five

I was perusing my music collection here tonight, and I came across Ben Folds Five's album Forever and Ever Amen, which had the fantastically written, fantastically performed "Brick" on it. I realized that this song, has to be in my top five songs on of all time. How could it not? I still get goosebumps when I think about the video. I mean, the song writing ability of this cat is just too good for me to even describe. Every time I hear(d) this song, I get chills it's that good.

It's by far the best song out of the 90's. I mean, Wonderwall and the entire album of (What's the Story) Morning Glory was great, but nothing really compares to Brick. I remember staying up to the wee hours of the morning when I was just a little kid (I never slept, it's not a new thing) and watching VH1's Insomniac Music Theatre and they would play the song Brick probably every hour. The video is plain, it tells a story, but it's plain.

This is just my opinion of course.

But I'm right.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Beltran drilled...in practice...

Carlos Beltran, center fielder for the New York Metropolitans was drilled by his own teammate yesterday during live batting practice. Who was that teammate you ask?

Johan Santana.

Throwin' beanballs is a great way to start your New York Metropolitan career

Monday, February 25, 2008

Rays have interest in Bonds?

Apparently Manager of the (Devil) Rays Joe Maddon has confirmed the (Devil) Rays have interest in signing Bonds. There are apparently minor talks going on.

I'm not sure what that means. Screw it though, Bonds is a liar and a drug cheat.

No Country For Old Men wins Best Ppicture

Not only did I not believe that No Country for Old Men was going to win. I believed that Atonement was going to win, mainly because it won every other Best Picture Award.

Best Actor went to Daniel Day Lewis for There Will Be Blood a flick that I haven't had the pleasure of watching yet.

Best Actress Marion Cotillard won for the flick La Mome

Best Supporting Actor went to the most deserving person the ballot Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men.

Best Supporting Actress went to Tilda Swinton (and deservingly so) for Michael Clayton.

Best Achievement in Directing went to The Coen Bros. for No Country For Old Men, which was deservedly so.

Best Writing of original screenplay goes to Juno scribe Diablo Cody.

Best Writing of a screenplay based on a previously published work goes to No Country for Old Men.


Sunday, February 24, 2008

Memphis no longer #1

Memphis has been knocked off their College Basketball Throne and into a vat of demise and ridicule. There were beaten last night by Number 2 Tennessee 66-62.

Apparently Robert Dozier can't shoot lay ups.

Oh well.

Zach Thomas is an upstanding citizen....

And this is solely because he didn't sign with The Patriots, instead he signed a one year deal with the Dallas Cowboys.

Awesome.

Go Jets.

Nader for President in '08

WHAT THE &$#K!

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Soulja Boy's "Crank Dat" analyzed...ugh...

I've decided to, without any holding back whatsoever, reem the holy fucking hell out of Soulja Boy's "Crank That," because not only is it the worst song ever sang it's the worst song ever written as well.

Now, you're saying "It can't be that bad, the lyrics are probably alright, it's just the way he sings it."

No. No, it is fucking not. There's only so much horror a man can take, one of them happens to be when his own brother professes love for 80's pop music, the other, however, it Soulja Boy's "Crank That"

I'm going to start with the first ...I guess you can call it a verse. I'm not too sure.

Soulja Boy up in it (OH!)
Watch Me Crank It
Watch Me Roll
Watch Me Crank Dat Soulja Boy,That Super Man Dat (OH!)

Now Watch Me Do(Crank Dat Soulja )
Now Watch Me Do(Crank Dat Soulja )
Now Watch Me Do(Crank Dat Soulja )
Now Watch Me Do(Crank Dat Soulja )

You're not imagining things, he really did say "watch" seven times. And basically the "chorus" is "Now Watch Me Do" ...whatever the fuck that means, a repeated four times.

Also, what is he "up in" per say? And I don't know about you, but as far as I know Superman was a white guy from Kansas.

Soulja Boy up in it (OH!)
Watch Me Crank It
Watch Me Roll
Watch Me Crank Dat Soulja Boy,That Super Man Dat (OH!)
Now Watch Me Do(Crank Dat Soulja)
Now Watch Me Do(Crank Dat Soulja)
Now Watch Me Do(Crank Dat Soulja)
Now Watch Me Do(Crank Dat Soulja)

Wow. Okay. Second...verse...I guess. He repeats first verse word for word. And I just realized that in the first two verses (take into consideration I'm calling them verses. I don't really know what they are) he says the words "me" and "watch" 14 times each. Scholaristic lyricist this guy is.

Soulja Boy up in it (OH!)
Watch Me Lean And Watch Me Rock
Super Man Dat (OH!)
Then Watch Me Crank Dat Robocop
Super Fresh, Now Watch Me Jock
Jocking On Them Haterz Man
When I Do Dat Soulja Boy
I Lean To The Left And Crank Dat Dance(Now You)
I'm Jocking On Yo Bitch Ass
And If We Get The Fightin
Then I'm Cocking On Your Bitch
You Catch Me At Yo Local Party
Yes I Crank It Everyday
Haterz Get Mad Cuz
"I Got Me Some Bathin Apes"

Sweet. Fucking. Christ. How can anyone...in their right fucking mind listen to this...worthless bullshit? I'm going to analyze every line.

"Soulja Boy Up in it (OH)"
No sir you are not up in it. You are far from it actually. You're head is up in someone's ass if you think this is worthwhile. It's as if you created your own language of repetition and retardation.

"Watch me lean and watch me rock"
Your so far from rockin' dude. You're so far from rockin' that you're Kenny Loggins.

"Super Man Dat (OH!)"
What in the hell does this even mean? How do you Super man something? Is it a super way of manning something? For answers, I turned to Urbandictionary.com. Super Man has two equally funny definitions. Probably more, but I'm only putting two. This, already, is going to be the longest post ever.

Super man - (1) when you pull out and cum on the bed sheets and then quickly push the girl on the spot where you came. She then falls asleep and when she wakes up, the sheet is stuck to her back and she gets up and runs around to get it off, thus looking like super man

(2) A sexual position involving male coordination and balance in order to balance on the fulcrum of a woman's upturned ass.

First, I'd like to state that the first definitely quoted Soulja Boy directly...so I guess it means that. Sadly. I wish I was dead.

"Then Watch me Crank Dat Robocop"
Why can't you spell the word "that" with that instead of dat. I just don't understand the relevance. It'll sound the same, I promise you. And don't you ever say an unkind word about Robocop. That was unkind wasn't it? Crank Dat Robocop? I'm just assuming; I mean, it looks upsetting. According to UrbanDictionary.com, which once again quotes Soulja Boy directly this "robocop" is not my beloved 80's movie icon played by Peter Weller. Apparently Soulja Boy's version of "robocop" is when you ejaculate into a bucket...and invert it on your girlfriends/wife's head.
Wonderful.

"Super Fresh Now Watch Me Jock"
I honestly...have no idea what this means. Fresh can be construed as being cool but as far as jock...the only jock I know is the strap that used to cover my balls when I was playing baseball. I don't know. What is he jocking? How is he jocking? Is he dancing around only with a jock strap on? It's a possibility, but the horror severely outweighs the hilarity.

"Jocking On Them Haterz Man"
I'm pretty sure he already said this. This entire line could be omitted if the above line was changed to "Super Fresh Now Watch me Jock On Dem Haterz Yo" I'm super fresh, yo.

"When I do that Soulja Boy"
Not only are you the dumbest person on the planet, but you also named a dance move after yourself. I can't find out what the Soulja Boy is, but I'm sure it's a 17-year old dance with his hand in his pants.

"I Lean to the Left and Crank Dat Dance"
You should lean off a bridge you douche bay.

"I'm Jocking on Yo Bitch Ass"
Seriously? This is what music has come to? "Jocking" on someone's ass. It's astounding and scary.

"And If We Get to Fightin"
I seriously promise if we "get to fightin" I will rip your esophagus out of your neck, and spit in your seriously mentally retarded face.

"Then I'm Cocking On Your Bitch"
Hm. Okay. I don't have a valid response for that other than the onset of AIDS

"You Catch Me at Yo Local Party"
I sincerely doubt that. If you showed up to a party here, you'd be lynched. And don't fret, you're turning me into a racist just by opening your mouth.

"Yes I Crank it Everyday"
There's really no doubt is there? Only a person who is cranked is capable of writing these assinine lyrics.

"Haterz Get Mad Cuz, 'I Got Me Some Bathin Apes'"
What? Bathin Apes? What the ...According to Urban Dictionary there's three definitions to what "Bathin Apes" is...

(1) Knock off Airforce Ones or Sneakers? Or Sunglasses? I don't even know.
(2) Shoes that make "haterz" get mad at "Soulja Boy"
(3) The occasional shower of a black person. (Seriously. I didn't think that up. I'd admit it if I did.)

We've reached the end of the..whatever the fuck part of the song that was...now onto more ...I guess.

I'm Bouncin On My Toe
Watch Me Super Soak Dat (OH!)
I'ma Pass It To Arab
Then He Gon Pass It To The Low (Low)
Haterz Wanna Be Me
Soulja Boy, I'm The Man
They Be Lookin At My Neck
Sayin Its The Rubberband Man (Man)
Watch Me Do It (Watch Me Do It)
Dance (Dance)
Let Get To It (Let Get To It)
Nope, You Can't Do It Like Me
Hoe, So Don't Do It Like Me
Folk, I See You Tryna Do It Like Me
Man That Shit Was Ugly

"I'm bouncin on my Toe"
I wish you were bouncing off the pavement after a fifty story drop you asshole. This shit is atrocious.

"Watch me Super Soak that (OH!)"
Oh, Urban Dictionary...I figured this is what it was but it's when you pull out jazz all over a chick. Real original. Porn stars have been doing this for decades.

"I'ma pass it to Arab"
Okay...who's Arab?

"Then he gon pass it to The Low"
What? New characters? The Low, I imagine is like Lil Jon, or worse, like Mase, before Mase became a pastor somewhere in the midwest and cured his stutter.

"Haterz Wanna Be Me"
I suppose in this context, I can be labeled as a "Haterz" but it's only because Soulja Boy is the stupidest person on the face of the Earth. It pained me to call him a person, honestly.

"They Be Lookin at My Neck"
What? No, they don't be lookin at your neck. God this guy is a douche bag.

"Sayin its The Rubberband Man (Man)"
I bet you a hundred dollars no one ever calls you the Rubberband Man. Idiot, Dolt, Asshole, Waste, Shiteater, Douchebag, those are your nick names.

"Watch Me Do It (Watch Me Do it)"
Please No. No one should be subjected to watching you dance, to watch you die though, should be labeled as the greatest day in the history of man!

"Dance (Dance)"
No (No)

"Let Get To It (Let Get To It)"
What!? Let Get To It? That doesn't make any sense. I don't know what to say, other than Let Get to The End of this shit. God, my head hurts.

"Nope, You Can't Do It Like Me"
You cum in buckets and put it on peoples heads. No one wants to be like you, and the only reason why anyone listens to this song is because they don't know the true meaning of it. You fucking ingrate.

"Hoe, So Don't Do It Like Me"
Basically the same as above, no one wants to do it like you. If they did, everyone would probably do it better. You're the reason the music industry is going to shit. This is why no one knows the song Regulate by Warren G and Nate Dogg? Are you fucking kidding me? Rap is Dead.

"Folk, I See You Tryna Do It Like Me"
NO, YOU PARANOID FUCK. No one is tryna do it like you. I'm crying on the inside.

"Man That Shit Was Ugly"
You're damn right it was. You're damn right, and to surmise this whole thing. I apologize. I did this within the ruse of thinking it would be hilarious, funny, and heart warming. It was, however, just painful. Soulja Boy deserves death. Death by any form. Injection, hanging, what have you. I don't care. This kind of shit does not deserve to see the light of day. Soulja Boy. Fuck you. Your name doesn't even make sense.

That's it. I'm done.

Oliver Perez wins arbitration

Fuck. The. Heck.!

Are you fucking kidding me? Who would approve that Oliver Perez, who's about as inconsistent as could be, be given a year salary of $6.5 million dollars.

What do base this on? His outstanding numbers?

15-10, 3.56 ERA?

Seriously? You gave him $6.5 million dollars. I wipe my ass more effectively.

Asshole.

Friday, February 22, 2008

The Rocket Sputter

Rocket Roger Clemens is in for it. After a testimony filled with denials, one denial which said he was "not at Jose Canseco's party" after McNamee swore that he was...has been debunked.

Clemens was There.

A former 11-year-old kid says so.

Apparently a kid, who was at the party took pictures of all the baseball players that were there. Clemens being one of them. At said party, Clemens apparently spoke with Canseco and a third unidentified person. Then a short time later, Clemens spoke to McNamee about "using steroids."

I think Rocket is going to prison.

Oh well.

Street Kings poster

Street Kings is a flick that's partially written by James Ellroy who's novels The Black Dahlia and White Jazz as well as the flick LA Confidential have been viewed and read by yours truly. Now, Ellroy wrote the story called The Night Watchman, which is being turned into (or is turned into) a film. Originally called The Night Watchman they changed the name to Street Kings the flick stars Keanu Reeves, Chris Evans, Common, Hugh Laurie, Jay Mohr, Forest Whitaker among others.




What I really love about Ellroy's books is the connections the books all make together with the characters. This story features a character named Diskant who is mentioned very much in White Jazz, and also the Reeves character who is named Tom Ludlow. All we need is a guy named David D Klein.




I'm eagerly anticipating this, and White Jazz from Joe Carnahan. This flick is directed by David Ayer, who directed Harsh Times and that's it, however, he wrote Training Day.




Here's the Poster...






Las Vegas = Down.

Las Vegas has seen the end of it's rope. It doesn't help that NBC tried to cut costs and fired James Caan and Nikki Cox and brought in Tom Selleck (who is awesome anyway). They've axed the fine show, and the episode that aired last Friday is the final show that'll be put into production.

Sucks.

Ellis adapts "Downers Grove"

Fucking Blogger. I swear to God, this error shit is getting absolutely ridiculous. I wrote up an entire thing here about Bret Easton Ellis and how he's going to write an adaption of Michael Hornburg's Downers Grove which is about:

Disquieting in its timeliness, Hornburg's (Bongwater) second novel is a tale of violence among high school cliques and a gritty portrait of adolescent pluck amid morbid chaos. Narrator Crystal Methedrine Swanson is on the verge of graduating from Downers Grove High in Illinois. Chrissie, as her friends call her, has a lot to deal with on the home front: her father has left without a trace, her brother is addicted to heroin and her mother is dating an increasingly sinister new beau. Chrissie and her boy-crazy, sexpot best friend, Tracy, also worry about "the curse" of their high school: each year before graduation, somebody in the senior class dies in a bizarre way. One year a math whiz killed several people in the parking lot before turning the shotgun on himself; other graduations were marred by suicide, drowning and several drunk-driving accidents. After Chrissie beats up a jock who tried to rape her at a party, she becomes terrified that she will be the next statistic. The jock and his buddies pursue an escalating plot of revenge beginning with a vicious car chase. They also set fire to Chrissie's school locker and strew dead dogs on her lawn. Adding to the plot twists of this teenybopper drama is Chrissie's obsession with a 26-year-old mechanic--cum-race-car driver named Bobby. Tough, insensitive and super-cool, Bobby is the kind of character only a teenage girl could love. Hornburg's prose is rife with adolescent jokes and lingo, some of it hilarious and sharp. At other times the humor wears thin, especially because Chrissie's youthful wisecracking does not segue smoothly into passages of soul-searching introspection. Yet Chrissie's relentlessly vernacular teenage voice takes up residence in the reader's mind, establishing her vulnerability and demonstrating the courage she shows on her stressful road to maturity.

I like the idea, what annoys me is that Ellis wrote a screenplay for Adam Davies' The Frog King that never saw the light of day. And that worries me.

Cavs get a few in big trade...

Danny Ferry, who is the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers made a phone call on Tuesday to NBA Officials saying he was making a big trade, a colossal trade actually.

Ferry sent half of his active roster to the Bulls and Sonics respectfully, to acquire Ben Wallace and Joe Smith (Bulls) and Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West from the Sonics.

LeBron James said he wanted some help to win an NBA championship..so Ferry went out and got him an all-star team of help.

He sent Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons, and Shannon Brown to the Bulls in exchange for Wallace and Smith. And sent Ira Newble and Donyell Marshall to the Sonics in exchange for Szczerbiak and West, Chicago also gave up a 2nd Round 2009 pick to the Cavs and the Sonics will recieve Adrian Griffin from them.

Jesus.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

RANDOM SHIT BECAUSE IM BORED

Ok, so I'm bored. Here's some random shit in the news that I'm going to repeat and write a snooty, mean comment about.

  • Anna Faris filed for divorce from her husband, actor Ben Indra. Indra being such a good actor, that he doesn't even have a picture on IMDB. Speaking of which...when the hell did she get married? It says 2004. I didn't know that. She is kinda hot though. Unfortunately for her, she will forever be known as the Scary Movie girl. Which I guess is better than being Mrs. Ben Indra.
  • Apparently there's no one happier to see Lindsay Lohan naked than...her own mom? What the hell? Here's what she had to say:
    It was very tastefully done," Dina tells PEOPLE of the photos, a recreation of
    Marilyn Monroe's legendary 1962 photo shoot shot by Bert Stern. "I respect the
    photographer as an artist, so I look at them artistically. For him to call
    Lindsay 46 years later and to say can you recreate these photos is an honor. I
    looked at it as art, and as Lindsay doing a character. So I don't look at them
    like it's Playboy; she was being a character. So if you look at it that way, you
    can look at it as a mother." ...Lindsay, 21, also viewed the shoot as a
    once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Dina tells PEOPLE. "Lindsay was very excited
    when she first got the phone call," says Dina, 45. "Of course we talked about
    how they would be done. Lindsay said, 'Mommy, I'm never going to get this
    opportunity to do it again.' She was very thankful she was asked." Such wonderful parenting....I mean...if you're gonna pose nude, Playboy can do it tastefully too. We've already seen your disgustingly ugly snatch. Let's just go back in time and get the Mean Girls Linsday Lohan to pose nude....I think I might have had more interest.
  • Gene Simmons allegedly has a sex tape...which now replaces the One In Chyna tape in the much vaunted "Celebrities who we never want a Sex Tape from" Category.
  • And I'm surprised at JD for not bringing this up...but did you see that Jane Fonda said the "C-WORD" on the TODAY SHOW!? I know most of you people are not up that early, lord knows im not, but she went out and say CUNT on TV. I don't even say Cunt...that's blasphemous even for me...and I curse a lot.

Blog Name Change.

Alright, so I decided to change the name of the blog to JD's Blog of Awesomeness.

I did this, not as a slap in the face to anyone, I'm just the only one who posts; therefore, it's basically my blog.

I apparently have all this free time to do this blog, so rather than surf the web for hours and hours and accomplish nothing I post on here.

There you have it.

EDIT:

At the suggestion (near demand) of Marc, I changed it to "The Blog of Awesomeness" this is how the conversation went:

JD: I changed the name of the blog to JD's Blog of Awesome, etc, etc
Marc: you ONLY THINK ABOUT YOU

So, I changed it.

Accept no prostitutes.

Anderson to get some Law...and...Order

Anthony Anderson. Transformers. The Shield. K-Ville.

Anthony Anderson + Jeremy Sisto - Jesse L Martin = New Law & Order.

Fuck you blogger, for having more Errors than a spelling quiz.

Derek Jeter sucks...

There I said it, I hate Derek Jeter. I've hated Derek Jeter since that one day I burned his rookie card in pure spite after the Yankees beat the Bravos in the World Series. I did the same with a Bernie Williams card, and accidentally a Cory Lidle card (Whoops...). Nothing at all has happened to these players....uh...

Anyway...A Study done at the University of Pennsylvania has determined Derek Jeter is dead-last when it comes to shortstops.

YAAAAAAAAAY!

Alexicifer Rodriguez ranked #2.

Yankee fans have this unforeseen loyalty that makes them totally easy to take hits at. For example (and I'm only doing one, because Fire Joe Morgan has already done this, but I cannot resist):

Fans said Jeter's greatness goes beyond the numbers he produces on the field.

"He has intangible qualities that can't be measured with statistics," said East Village bar owner Kevin Hooshangi, 28.

What exactly are we talking about here? Mr. Hooshangi? Do you know something about Mr. Jeter that no one else knows? Save for maybe Mariah Carey and some other Hollywood starlet, maybe ...? I'm not going to skirt around the issue here. I assure you Mr. Hooshangi is talking about Derek Jeter's gargantuan cock.

I'm just saying.

Read FireJoeMorgan.com, if it's the last thing you do!

Lo Duca and the milk crates...

Something oddly stupid, and oddly entertaining all at the same time.

Paul Lo Duca former catcher for the New York Metropolitans, and admitted steroid abuser, wants to catch on a milk crate. At least, that's what he told the Nationals the other day. Lo Duca is coming off serious knee surgery, but regardless of that wanted to catch whilst sitting atop a milk crate.

Uh...

Fuck the heck!?

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

No "24" til 09!

Fuuck...

That sucks, man.

No seventh season of one of my favorite shows until January of 2009, to albeit coincide with footballs playoffs, I imagine.

Street...Fighter...

Oh, this is bad.

You know it's bad when Chris Klein is coming out to do it. I mean, Smallville's Kristen Kreuk, Michael Clarke Duncan, Klein, Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas, Moon Bloodgood, and Rick Yune have all been cast in the new incarnation of...

Street Fighter.

I'm sad.

Gambit & Deadpool to appear in ..."WOLVERINE"!

Holy shit.

I just got the tingles; oh wait, my arms just numb.

The news, however, is not a fake expression of awesomeness. It's true that Gambit and Deadpool will both make cameos in the upcoming Wolverine flick starring Hugh Jackman. Who's going to star in these two roles?

Taylor Kitsch and Ryan Reynolds respectfully. Reynolds has been long rumored to play the 'Merc with a Mouth' Deadpool aka Wade Wilson for years now, and AICN has apparently confirmed this. Kitsch, who stars as Tim Riggins in NBC's Friday Night Lights has been cast as the Ragin' Cajun who as a mutant has the ability to blow shit up with kinetic energy.

It's good to be back.

Back...With Zach Thomas news

Zach Thomas was released by the Dolphins last week...as we all know. The Dolphins cut Trent Green, Marty Booker and others, and also released their veteran Thomas after 12 years playing for the team.

The 'fins are obviously going in a different direction. . . Is it a good one though?

Zach Thomas has somewhere north of 1600+ tackles. He's been a solid defensive player for pretty much all of his 12 seasons and when it comes down to it, he's not the one who lost 15 games. Is a rebuild really the answer to a season that left Dolphins fans moving about-face to Baseball season after five games?

No it is not, The Dolphins should actually have kept a couple of these guys especially Thomas (and I know he was injured), maybe not the bust-that-was Trent Green, but Thomas would've been ideal. Now, what's going to happen is Thomas is going to sign with the Patriots and pull a Junior Seau and be unstoppable.

This annoys me.

But honestly, what doesn't?

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Holy Shit...

Okay, so about six or seven years ago I wrote a short story about a serial killer who kills his psychiatrist, using knives and what not. It's initially the beginning to the longest fucking short story in the history of man. It's spanned nearly a decade of a guy who's father (the psychiatrist) gets killed and he is left with an inheritance all while attending the New York University and fucking any chick with a pulse. It's been going on for the three years I went to Nassau and Farmingdale for a semester and then here. It's been going on for a long time, this story...and now it's a reality.

Apparently some dude weilding a meat cleaver went into a psychiatrists office and lit her up like a Thanksgiving Turkey. And stole about $60. I don't know if it's really worth it. He's been caught, as far as I know.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

There is this song...

Which is a country song, which talks about a guy who wants to pick out who is daughter marries. It's an awful song, by I think, Tim McGraw who I'm only mentioning by name because his father Tug (yes, not kidding) was a baseball player for the New York Metropolitans. This song is the sappiest, shittiest song I've ever heard. This song makes me want to listen to Barry Manilow and wallow in (the already burdgeoning) self pity. Tim McGraw is an assclown who has no talent, and this song, this song makes me want to bash a brick into my own skull.

Wait...great idea!

I'm going to write a movie about a serial killer who's motivation is killing because country music is the only music he hears.

Brilliant.

Anywho, I actually only hear two or three country songs a week, so it's not that bad. I have XM Radio, so the amount of Muzak bullshit I actually listen to is limited to what I do when I'm at work. Usually there's a TV on (the computer) so I'm alright, also, there's pretty decent music on the Musak like the Kooks and Lenny Kravitz.

What gets me annoyed is when a seemingly normal person, a guy wearing a Detroit Tigers fitted hat and looking like a normal person is humming this song. I have never, and will never, have wanted to smash a brick into anyones face as much as I did just then. It would've been one of those bricks with the octagon shap to it, that fill in the patios.

I hate, hate, hate country music. It's the worst thing on the planet other than Rednecks, who...pretty much create it...with their ignorance.

YESSSSSSSS!!

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL teaser.

I still hate you Valentines Day

NOOOOOOOOO.....!

Fuck you Valentines Day you...you asshole!

Apparently Paramount has decided to push JJ Abrams flick Star Trek to May 2009. Why? Why must you fuck with my fucking chi, Valentines Day?

Valentines Day sucks a big cock.

Seriously, I am not a fan of this day. This article I just found has the best opening paragraph about valentines day ever.

Ever.

"What's not to love about Valentine's Day? Well, how about cultural offensiveness, emotional insensitivity, rampant consumerism, and even encouraging date rape? And those are just a few items from the charge sheet."

EXACTLY!

Finally someone with the exact same feeling as me, I don't know what started it, but I loathe Valentines Day. Always have, always will. Nothing will change not. Not a girlfriend, or kids. I just hate February 14th. It's a day that I will always dread, because it's stupid and annoying.

Yes; read it, love it.

Booty's brother tasered, gets DUI

John David Booty's brother Josh was arrested for DUI last night and tasered. Josh Booty was actually drafted by that Seahawks in 2001 played as a backup, then he went to the Raiders before being released. He also spent time in the Florida Marlins orginization, he was the 5th overall pick of the 1994 draft and played in 13 MLB games going 7-26 with 4 RBIs and a .269 Batting Average.

After Booty was tasered he was "fully compliant" cops said.

No shit. If I got tasered by a couple of cops when I got all unruly, I would certainly not act like a gigantic asshole after that. Tasers are "bad news" as Lance says.

John David Booty (who has the worst name in the history of man) is coming out in the NFL Draft this year and should go reasonably high. I've seen him ranked as high as #4 and fact of the matter is that he's not as good as his predecessor, Matt Leinart.

"Yacht Rock"

Clearly this...is the greatest video ever made.

Red band Pineapple Express trailer

Seth Rogen and James Franco star as two pot heads, Rogen's character witnesses a murder while baked on a weed called Pineapple Express and they get hunted as they run chaos ensues.

Check out the trailer here

Chuck, Life, and Heroes all reupped.

Despite the writers strike and all the baggage that came along with it, Heroes, Chuck, and Life have all been renewed for 08-09. Which is fantastic stuff, because I watch them all. I want to hear that Friday Night Lights is coming back and Las Vegas. Journeyman and Bionic Woman will be on the receiving end of a sawed off shotgun.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Jason Kidd tentatively going to the Dallas Mavs?

It's true. The New Jersey Nets have reached a tentative deal with the Dallas Mavericks to swap Jason Kidd and Malik Allen (of the Nets) for Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, other players and cash.

It's been known for some time (as Jason Kidd become more and more of a dick) that he was going to be traded. He asked for it, and now his dream is apparently becoming a reality ESPN front offices are reporting.

EDIT: As of right now this trade is a no-go, mainly because of Devean George from the Mavs who exercised his right to no trade.

Congressional Hearing: Part II

Roger Clemens is particularly adament about not having used steroids, so much so that he called Andy Pettite a liar.


Pettite claims that he and Clemens had a talk about using HGH together, Pettite actually used HGH in 2002 (he admitted it) and was injected by McNamee then, as well as injected himself in 2004 twice. Chuck Knoblauch who towards the end of his career became atrociously bad, admitted to being injected with HGH by McNamee as well.

There was also a discrepancy of wether or not Clemens went to a Luncheon hosted by Jose Canseco (his then Toronto Blue Jays teammate). McNamee stated that Clemens was there, but Canseco, Clemens, and countless others say he wasn't there. Then there's the other thing, the whole "Nanny" thing. Clemens and co. apparently went out of their respective ways to track down this nanny they had 10 years ago and talk to her before congress got a chance too. Congress found this to be sneaky (and rightfully so).


Who's lying to who here? I have no clue, it's all a bit of a cluster fuck.




Roy Scheider died - this saddens me.

You know what, I didn't even know that Roy Scheider died on Monday at the age of 75. This is what happens, when I neglect to read the trades for a week. I can't believe I missed this, that Roy Scheider, one of my all time favorite actors has passed away. Jaws is probably one of my all time favorite movies ever made and Roy Scheider is part of the reason why.

I remember Scheider fondly for his role on SeaQuest opposite the late Jonathan Brandon, but moreso for Jaws. God, I remember watching Jaws for the first time and just realizing that this is what movies are about. It's not about how you do it, it's about getting the point across making it look real and believable and Jaws did that. It scared a lot of people from going in the water.

Roy Scheider will be severely missed here at the BoA.

The greatest question and answer ever.

Davis: "Mr. Clemens, do you recall bleeding through your pants in 2001?"
Clemens: "I do not."

Congressional Hearings: Part I

Andy Pettite has apparently admitted using HGH back in 2004....it's not looking good for Roger Clemens.

Yeah, like you wouldn't just run to begin with...

How to Survive a Volcano? You really want to know?

Fucking put some water on it!

I saw this ridiculousness here.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Michael Phelps is Aquadude.

In an interesting turn of events...


...or not really...


Michael Phelps and his coach have created a new brand/make of swimsuit. He kind of looks like Aquaman if Aquaman were from outerspace.
GO SPEEDO GO!

Chad Johnson to the 'Skins?

It's a rumor that's definitely floating around due to the fact that Johnson and their head coach do not get along at all. Seriously, would Johnson be a good fit for the 'skins? Maybe. It would cut down on Santana Moss' catches; as well as the rest of the team. And lets be honest he's a distraction. The 'Skins had a great end of the year last year, but you know the 'Skins would have to give up someone worthwhile or...at least a couple draft picks.

This is why I don't play hockey...

Richard Zednik, who plays forward for the Florida Panthers was skating his merry way, until he was hit and crouched down ...then he took the skate-blade of Olli Jokinen to the carotid artery; it might have been my imagination, but I'm pretty sure you could see blood spurt out in the video. I know that you could see it on the ice in a pool. Apparently if the cut was deeper and the artery was actually severed he would've died (or it's likely that he would've). As it was, the artery was "hanging by a thread" according to the doctors at Buffalo General Hospital.

Pretty gruesome shit.

Check out that video.


Rocker's off his rocker...?

Uh...

John Rocker says that baseball knew that he was using 'roids way back when. Saying that while he was playing for the Rangers MLB hired "doctors" for the "players association" to teach them how to use steroids properly. He says that Bud Selig knew that Rocker failed a 2000 drug test, and ignored it.

"I was trying to pitch all the way up until a week before I had my surgery. And obviously feeling as bad as I was, I called every doctor I could [to find out] what can I do to strengthen my shoulder and give me more arm strength,' he said. "Every one of them said go to a GNC, buy something over the counter, human growth hormone, these very several amino acids ... basically [that] is the way its done."

He even compared himself to Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron saying that they took a lot of "crap," but they didn't take the amount of "crap" that Rocker has taken for approximately 6-years.

I don't know. The South was a pretty rowdy place for a long time; even in the 70's.

I got it here.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Jimmy Hoffa...in a Dog...

Viva, a show dog, was lost a little over ayear or so ago, at a Westminster Dog Show in 2006...and she's still missing. She's the equivalent to Jimmy Hoffa - she vanished off the face of the Earth; an episode of Without a Trace could be a good example of her disappearance. Funnier than that is that the dog psychics....apparently say she's alive and well.

I got it here.

Judge is up to No "Goode"

Seriously. Best title for a Blog Entry to date.

Mike Judge, better known for Office Space and Beavis and Butthead has signed on to whip out 13-episodes of The Goode Family which centers around the Goode family, a family of do-gooders who try and do the right thing in all facets of life.

I'll check it out, I loathe King of the Hill though.

Loved Beavis and Butthead, and Office Space...even loved Idiocracy...despite it being the worst movie ever made.

CW puts the smack down on..."Smackdown!"

That's right. You heard it correctly, the CW Network, or whatever they're called, has put the axe to WWE Smackdown...WWE is currently shopping the show to NBC, MTV, USA, and MyNetworkTV...

Funny shit.

Joshua Jackson is on the "Fringe"

Josh Jackson who is best known for playing Pacey in Dawson's Creek...has joined the JJ Abrams new TV pilot Fringe which is about a young FBI Agent (chick) who teams up with a scientist and does all kinds of weird shit. Like save the world, and all that. Jackson will play the leads love interest.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Casey Affleck assaults a "Kind One"

By assault, we mean he's going to star in a 1930's set noir called The Kind One where he plays an amnesiac who works for a terrifying mob boss whose nom de plume is The Kind One. Affleck's character goes on to fall in love with the mob boss's chickadee.

After watching Gone Baby Gone I'll see anything Casey Affleck does, he was fantastic in that flick, and it's a must-fucking-see.

Pedro's a cock....fight...spectator...

Seriously, this just adds fuel to my fire of hatred for the New York Metropolitans. Pedro Martinez and Carlos Delgado were invited to attend an event in the Dominican Republican; ...a Cockfight. They did attend this event at the invitation of Juan Marichal; a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer.

There was a video that showed up on YouTube.com, that has since been taken down showed Martinez, Delgado, and Marichal at the event but Pedro claims they were only spectators...

"I understand that people are upset, but that is part of our Dominican culture and is legal in the Dominican Republic," Martinez said in a statement obtained by 1050 ESPN Radio in New York. "I was invited by my idol, Juan Marichal, to attend the event as a spectator, not as a participant." (ESPN.com).

I don't give a shit if you're in the Dominican Republic or not, you shouldn't be attending a cockfight if you're a Major League Baseball player. Fucking Christ, this is just like Dogfighting. Just because it's not frowned upon, it doesn't mean it's right. Dogfighting is very prominent down south, but illegal none the less. Animals are animals.

Chris Hansen is my Hero.



To Catch a Predator is awesome; take 8 minutes out of your day and watch this stuff.

Jack's Mannequin

I honestly have to write this, for the sake of my sanity.

Jack's Mannequin Everything in Transit is the best album of the last ten years. I love music, I honestly love everything from The Killers to The Strokes to Metallica, but fuck if Jack's Mannequin's debut album the best thing in a very long time. It can save people.

Shall I suggest "Bruised" or "Dark Blue" to whet your whistle?

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

I fucking hate the New York Metropolitans


And this is why...

Bale is John Connor...Brolin is the Terminator?

As you may or may not know, there is a new Terminator flick coming out starring Christian Bale as John Connor (a middle aged version to say the least). Now there's a pretty strong chance that McG just spoiled a big surprise that Josh Brolin of No Country For Old Men is in talks to play the Future Terminator.

I...Okay. I like Josh Brolin, I mean, he doesn't necessarily remind me of Arnold in anyway, but so McG says there are a lot of effeminate guys out there, and Brolin is the epitome of masculinity. Needless to say, he mentions Russell Crowe and Eric Bana...as well (as potential candidates? I don't) as masculine guys.

What...the fuck?

US Weeks 100 Baseball Names you Must know.

I liked seeing:

Braves.

#48; Jair Jurrjens
#65; Brandon Jones
#82; Josh Anderson
#94; Gregor Blanco

I actually liked the fact that there was only one Met on the list in Carlos Muniz #95.

Joba Chamberlain, I have a feeling, is going to have a fantastic year. He'll probably sink in as the 5th starter.

I also think that Alex Gordon (3B of the Royals) is going to have a good year as well. I can't say why, I just have a feeling.

Ledger's an ODer...Accident!

Heath Ledger's death has been confirmed as an accidental overdose...

...which is funny, because he had six different types of drugs in his system such as:

• Oxycodone -- narcotic/pain killer; trade names: OxyContin, Percodan
• Hydrocodone -- narcotic/pain killer; trade name (combined with acetaminophen): Vicodin
• Diazepam -- anti-anxiety drug; trade name: Valium
• Alprazolam -- anti-anxiety drug; trade name: Xanax
• Doxylamine -- sleep medication; trade name: Unisom
• Temazepam -- sleep medication; trade name: Restoril

I mean, come on, he had to have been getting this shit illegally. There's no way a Doctor would prescribe all this shit.

Shaq to Suns

Holy crap, Shaquille O'Neal has been traded to the Pheonix Suns in exchange for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.

Looks like Dwayne Wade is going to be all by his lonesome out there.

This is all pending the big mans physical.

Bedard to M's ..nearly finalized?

Erik Bedard is on his way out, but it hasn't happened yet. The Mariners are on the verge of sending Outfielder Adam Jones and Relief Pitcher George Sherrill to the Orioles in return for Bedard. Not only are the M's giving up Jones and Sherrill, but also three prospects Chris Tillman, Tony Butler, and Kam Mickolio. Jones is an up and comer with some serious skill, but his numbers don't justify the 22-year olds worth (I guess). Jones batted an unimpressive .246 last year with 2 HRs, and only 16 hits in 65 At Bats. The year before with 74 at bats he hit .216 with 1 HR, and 16 hits. Sherrill, however, will serve the greater Baltimore good, last year he had an ERA in the AL , below 3.00

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Venom's getting his own flick...

That's right folks, Venom/Eddie Brock, portrayed nicely by Topher Grace in Spider-Man 3 is apparently getting his own flick. Marvel Studios has met with a slew of A-List writers, to tackle the job.

Venom is a fantastic character. Does the character have enough for his own movie...I don't know, but they could possibly doing Venom/Carnage or something like that. It could be good, if the right writer with the most knowledge of the comics, does the job.

Monday, February 4, 2008

M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening

This flick looks very similar to the Daniel Craig/Nicole Kidman flick The Invasion that I plan to sit down and watch tonight. I don't know, I think I'd like a flick by Shyamalan a little better considering this one has Marky Mark in it.

Check out The Happening trailer; here.

It does look pretty good though...

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Superbowl 42...Giants upset Patriots!

I've never really been so happy to see Big Blue win. I mean, seriously, they played their fucking heart out, out there on the field and they came away with a hard fought, hard earned victory. The Giants had something to prove, and they went out there and they showed what they were made of. That being said:

Giants Def. Patriots in Superbowl XLII 17-14...

Plax was pretty fucking close.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Santana signs a 7-year deal...

Johan Santana and the New York Metropolitans went over there scheduled time, by about and hour and a half...but reached a 7-year $150 million dollar deal.

Are you fucking kidding me!?!

Marvel...at...Marvel ZOMBIES!!!!

MARVEL ZOMBIES THE MOVIE

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This is so fucking cool, so very fucking cool. I nearly cried. I got so excited and sent it to pretty much everyone (or no one) I know. Marvel Zombies is a comic book whereas the Marvel Superheroes were turned into Zombies...everyone from Spider-Man to Captain America to The Hulk everyone. God. It's fantastic. It sounds stupid, but honestly, it's just a great book.