http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1873048
wow...
y'wanna know my take on the whole court scenario? it's cause that woman probably knew from the start that she was wrong, but she just wanted the money and the publicity. case in point? the charges to determine whether kobe would be sentenced to jail was dropped, but the civil suit, the money stuff, was not. and then she suddenly decides to quit because she's afraid to testify, whatever. either that, or afraid the average laker fan would come after her with a weapon if she won or something. well, whatever; now the entire colorado state hates you, for wasting all this taxpayer money for null. just a straight-up ho who wants the money and publicity, quite frankly.
deion sanders + ray lewis = all-around ownage
to + mcnabb = offensive ownage
sapp + gannon = potential ownage
i'm gonna try to quit posting for a week or so; i feel like i waste too much time sitting in front of a cpu, trying to think of something to post. the "world" doesn't need to hear me.
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
retreat's over... actually, it was over yesterday, but i was too busy reminiscing over the end of the olympics to contemplate this.
-seems like every year our retreats just keep getting smaller and smaller; i remember that we used to have the south sj sister church join us, and we had all the berkeley-future then-high-school peeps like carolyn, melinda, um, jeff, etc, here... oh yeah, who could forget basil :) basil, basil, basil. then the sister church leaves, then the college-grad peeps leave, now it's just US(college guys), and the berkeley grads who decided to stay instead of go elsewhere, more or less. the college girls didn't even join us this year, and grace wu and alice tsay were nowhere to be found. basil didn't even come this year( :( ); i miss him making fun of jerm(asian mom hairstyle = priceless) and calling me walter mccarthy last year for wearing a green headband on the bball court :D
-also, that decrease in peeps might've lead to our decline in food quality during retreats. now you can't even get 2 meals on sunday. speaking of food, we used to always bring snacks and drinks to retreat; we wonder why we can't finish them at all these years, then realized, hey, we actually go to the events now :D at least sat dinner is still good.
-seeing richard wang at retreat again was a nice touch. i've seen him around monta vista, but never bothered to ask his height... damn... 6'1... although when i see him i get a feeling like he's 6'2 or something. i still don't believe i'm 6', and more like 5'11, but maybe ppl ARE right, and i'm wrong. richard wang thought i was 6' too. hopefully :D if he improved his offense on the court, he would've been a lot better... i remember him looking to get the shot up rather than pass when we played. if he got some good low post offense down, he would be beastly.
-speaking of bball... i kinda wanted to play against the adults, but then i was kinda tired from playing the 1st 2 games all-out(i THOUGHT i heard some guys compliment me on saying i had the biggest hustle out of all the guys on the 1st 2 games, since while i wasn't shooting well, i was all over the court, trying to play D like i was tayshaun prince and ben wallace combined into one, rebounding and giving defensive help when it was due; and when i blocked richard wang's shot, i thought i was going to jump through the roof out of pure excitement), or maybe the other guys just needed a better scorer, since wes plays better offense... i dunno... i think i contribute better defensively and on the boards, since i try to go after every shot, missed or not, but maybe next year when my hops are a LOT better. bob was surprisingly not rip hamilton this year, but then, they had vincent, "orange," and hubert on the court, so why do anything else when you had 2 big guys at all times on the court to pound it in with. us benchwarmers were wondering why tim didn't take the last shot, since he probably would've made it.
-brian hogan's a great speaker. i really though this speaker would just be talking about evangelising, but i forgot that christianity ties everything together; there is no spreading the gospel without signs and wonders, and no signs and wonders go without an inspired faith. i need to pray more, and fast more... i forget these things are what lead to wonders. there were a lotta things said on retreat, like culture should be left out of evangelising, not to fear satan's attacks, and to obey the call. i'm try to keep all those things in mind for a while. and his sermon on sunday was great too. this was one of the greatest verses he quoted on sunday:
Isaiah 49:6 he says: "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
finally, i'll just end w/some pics from retreat; these are really great:
http://geohsia.smugmug.com/photos/7915917-M.jpg (all the ballers, young & old, or as jerm kept trying to say, "seasoned veterans," but i thought old skoolers would've been fine; not walter mccarthy this time around, now i'm just *random azn guy w/white headband*)
http://geohsia.smugmug.com/photos/7915927-M.jpg (notice me in the back holding up the flashlight)
http://geohsia.smugmug.com/photos/7915928-M.jpg (another campfire photo)
http://geohsia.smugmug.com/photos/7915933-M.jpg (all the english)
-seems like every year our retreats just keep getting smaller and smaller; i remember that we used to have the south sj sister church join us, and we had all the berkeley-future then-high-school peeps like carolyn, melinda, um, jeff, etc, here... oh yeah, who could forget basil :) basil, basil, basil. then the sister church leaves, then the college-grad peeps leave, now it's just US(college guys), and the berkeley grads who decided to stay instead of go elsewhere, more or less. the college girls didn't even join us this year, and grace wu and alice tsay were nowhere to be found. basil didn't even come this year( :( ); i miss him making fun of jerm(asian mom hairstyle = priceless) and calling me walter mccarthy last year for wearing a green headband on the bball court :D
-also, that decrease in peeps might've lead to our decline in food quality during retreats. now you can't even get 2 meals on sunday. speaking of food, we used to always bring snacks and drinks to retreat; we wonder why we can't finish them at all these years, then realized, hey, we actually go to the events now :D at least sat dinner is still good.
-seeing richard wang at retreat again was a nice touch. i've seen him around monta vista, but never bothered to ask his height... damn... 6'1... although when i see him i get a feeling like he's 6'2 or something. i still don't believe i'm 6', and more like 5'11, but maybe ppl ARE right, and i'm wrong. richard wang thought i was 6' too. hopefully :D if he improved his offense on the court, he would've been a lot better... i remember him looking to get the shot up rather than pass when we played. if he got some good low post offense down, he would be beastly.
-speaking of bball... i kinda wanted to play against the adults, but then i was kinda tired from playing the 1st 2 games all-out(i THOUGHT i heard some guys compliment me on saying i had the biggest hustle out of all the guys on the 1st 2 games, since while i wasn't shooting well, i was all over the court, trying to play D like i was tayshaun prince and ben wallace combined into one, rebounding and giving defensive help when it was due; and when i blocked richard wang's shot, i thought i was going to jump through the roof out of pure excitement), or maybe the other guys just needed a better scorer, since wes plays better offense... i dunno... i think i contribute better defensively and on the boards, since i try to go after every shot, missed or not, but maybe next year when my hops are a LOT better. bob was surprisingly not rip hamilton this year, but then, they had vincent, "orange," and hubert on the court, so why do anything else when you had 2 big guys at all times on the court to pound it in with. us benchwarmers were wondering why tim didn't take the last shot, since he probably would've made it.
-brian hogan's a great speaker. i really though this speaker would just be talking about evangelising, but i forgot that christianity ties everything together; there is no spreading the gospel without signs and wonders, and no signs and wonders go without an inspired faith. i need to pray more, and fast more... i forget these things are what lead to wonders. there were a lotta things said on retreat, like culture should be left out of evangelising, not to fear satan's attacks, and to obey the call. i'm try to keep all those things in mind for a while. and his sermon on sunday was great too. this was one of the greatest verses he quoted on sunday:
Isaiah 49:6 he says: "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
finally, i'll just end w/some pics from retreat; these are really great:
http://geohsia.smugmug.com/photos/7915917-M.jpg (all the ballers, young & old, or as jerm kept trying to say, "seasoned veterans," but i thought old skoolers would've been fine; not walter mccarthy this time around, now i'm just *random azn guy w/white headband*)
http://geohsia.smugmug.com/photos/7915927-M.jpg (notice me in the back holding up the flashlight)
http://geohsia.smugmug.com/photos/7915928-M.jpg (another campfire photo)
http://geohsia.smugmug.com/photos/7915933-M.jpg (all the english)
Monday, August 30, 2004
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/trackandfield/news/story?id=1871108
i'm sure you heard about this guy... that's one messed up idiot... does he have any mental problems or something?
that said, i think the brazilian marathon runner had incredible reserve to say he could've won the gold, but wasn't too sure, and then admitted whatever happened, he was happy to get his bronze medal.
it was fun to keep up w/olympics... it's been a while since i've really done that... i do seem to have a sorta bad feeling about the olympic spirit though... it's sorta like... during the summer olympics... all of a sudden, EVERYONE'S a beach vball fan, or EVERYONE'S a gymnastics fan, or the like. why aren't you keeping up w/the avp during the summer then? don't tell me it has to do w/cable; i know they broadcast it on nbc. it's even funnier w/men during the winter olympics, cause all of a sudden, they all act like they're figure skating experts. the bandwagon feeling doesn't sit too well w/me... i like swimming, but it irks me that all of a sudden every 4 years i am SUDDENLY a swimming viewer, and the only name you could get me to cough up this year was "michael phelps," that's it.
gymnastics was eff'd up; make a judging mistake, then ask paul hamm to fork over the gold medal, instead of giving the koreans a gold to share? great... that looks REAL good... for the judges.
best moment was probably mike phelps giving up his spot on the relay team so his teammate could win a gold medal...
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/gen/columns/story?id=1870276
and finally,
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/basketball/columns/story?id=1870490
"If you don't get it done the way you expected to," Iverson said, "I think it's important that you get it done the best way you can. It's important that we come out and fight, and get the people proud of us back home."
yeap... so in the end, ai looks like one of the best guys on the us bball team, despite only winning bronze; proud to be an american, just happy to be there, giving what was given him all he got and trying to help the others... and i hate to admit it, but yes, brown made himself look like a mere shell of the man who led the pistons to a championship... instead of encouraging his players and giving them dues when it was due, he only mumbled some gratitude when they won, but berated everyone responsible for setting up the team when they lost.
"Iverson was the co-captain of the United States Olympic team and understood the selfish and self-defeating consequences for constantly tearing this team down, the way Brown did, instead of trying to find a way to make this work. Everyone else had done enough analyzing of the flaws in the USA Basketball system, but there was a responsibility the coach and the captains had to deliver direction to this impossibly young team. What good did it do for the players to constantly hear Brown telling the world they didn't have enough time to prepare for the games, except to give those fragile psyches excuses for losing?
'We had to understand from the first day that was the amount of time we had to prepare,' Iverson said. 'Was it enough of time? I don't know. But we knew we had to get it done in that time.
'And that's not any excuse we could use.'"
Stern: "It's not about who didn't come. You take your team to the gym and you play with what you got and then you either win or lose. This whining and this carping is not fair to [those] who are representing their country admirably and well."
get the memo, organizers for team usa, next time:
-choose ppl and make it mandatory for them to go; preferably choose a BALANCED team
-nba officials during the olympic games couldn't hurt; it blew my mind that the officials during the bball games were so crap; marbury practically raked an argentinan's eye trying to commit a foul, and officials don't call it until 5 secs later when he's on the floor. then beforehand, marbury went and1 right over an argentinan, and NO CALL. wtf? i'm sure there's more incidents. i'm not saying there should be nba rules during the olympics, but the officiating quite frankly sucked. duncan got limited so much because he didn't know what was allowed and a foul.
i'm sure you heard about this guy... that's one messed up idiot... does he have any mental problems or something?
that said, i think the brazilian marathon runner had incredible reserve to say he could've won the gold, but wasn't too sure, and then admitted whatever happened, he was happy to get his bronze medal.
it was fun to keep up w/olympics... it's been a while since i've really done that... i do seem to have a sorta bad feeling about the olympic spirit though... it's sorta like... during the summer olympics... all of a sudden, EVERYONE'S a beach vball fan, or EVERYONE'S a gymnastics fan, or the like. why aren't you keeping up w/the avp during the summer then? don't tell me it has to do w/cable; i know they broadcast it on nbc. it's even funnier w/men during the winter olympics, cause all of a sudden, they all act like they're figure skating experts. the bandwagon feeling doesn't sit too well w/me... i like swimming, but it irks me that all of a sudden every 4 years i am SUDDENLY a swimming viewer, and the only name you could get me to cough up this year was "michael phelps," that's it.
gymnastics was eff'd up; make a judging mistake, then ask paul hamm to fork over the gold medal, instead of giving the koreans a gold to share? great... that looks REAL good... for the judges.
best moment was probably mike phelps giving up his spot on the relay team so his teammate could win a gold medal...
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/gen/columns/story?id=1870276
and finally,
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/basketball/columns/story?id=1870490
"If you don't get it done the way you expected to," Iverson said, "I think it's important that you get it done the best way you can. It's important that we come out and fight, and get the people proud of us back home."
yeap... so in the end, ai looks like one of the best guys on the us bball team, despite only winning bronze; proud to be an american, just happy to be there, giving what was given him all he got and trying to help the others... and i hate to admit it, but yes, brown made himself look like a mere shell of the man who led the pistons to a championship... instead of encouraging his players and giving them dues when it was due, he only mumbled some gratitude when they won, but berated everyone responsible for setting up the team when they lost.
"Iverson was the co-captain of the United States Olympic team and understood the selfish and self-defeating consequences for constantly tearing this team down, the way Brown did, instead of trying to find a way to make this work. Everyone else had done enough analyzing of the flaws in the USA Basketball system, but there was a responsibility the coach and the captains had to deliver direction to this impossibly young team. What good did it do for the players to constantly hear Brown telling the world they didn't have enough time to prepare for the games, except to give those fragile psyches excuses for losing?
'We had to understand from the first day that was the amount of time we had to prepare,' Iverson said. 'Was it enough of time? I don't know. But we knew we had to get it done in that time.
'And that's not any excuse we could use.'"
Stern: "It's not about who didn't come. You take your team to the gym and you play with what you got and then you either win or lose. This whining and this carping is not fair to [those] who are representing their country admirably and well."
get the memo, organizers for team usa, next time:
-choose ppl and make it mandatory for them to go; preferably choose a BALANCED team
-nba officials during the olympic games couldn't hurt; it blew my mind that the officials during the bball games were so crap; marbury practically raked an argentinan's eye trying to commit a foul, and officials don't call it until 5 secs later when he's on the floor. then beforehand, marbury went and1 right over an argentinan, and NO CALL. wtf? i'm sure there's more incidents. i'm not saying there should be nba rules during the olympics, but the officiating quite frankly sucked. duncan got limited so much because he didn't know what was allowed and a foul.
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