some dude walking into kaiser up to the information desk where i help out, and while my fellow volunteer was already good on giving him help, i had to give a shout out when he was leaving of "i like your t-shirt" because it was a sportscenter t-shirt.

---

starting july 1, 2008, california police will now stop you and give you a ticket if you are caught talking on your cell phone(hands free is ok) when you are driving. about time; i keep getting pissed everytime a person(hinthintasian) is holding everybody up. 1st offense is 20, then 50 afterwards. i think the penalty should be steeper.

btw, you might want to consider going to freeheadset.org. according to a speech a person in my communcation class gave, that site will give you a free quality wireless headset to use for your cell phone; you just pay shipping and handling. they don't have my model yet, but hopefully it won't take long.

---

one of my favorite all-time quotes:

"liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to be able to do what we ought." (or something like that) -lord acton.

i actually thought of something similar before i even saw that quote. the premise is this: if the founding fathers of the usa realized we were going to abuse the freedom of speech or action the way we do today, i truly believe they would not have rebelled against britain and formed the usa. the freedom of speech is not given so we can say stupid crap(internet forums ForTheLoss), but so that if we see something wrong with the government, we can stand up, speak out, say "that's not right," and not get punished for telling the truth. etc, etc. the liberty given takes the power out of any single individual, and puts in the hands of the people, who *hopefully* are wise and discerning. (i could say that regarding what is right, would be something similar to "something that does not take away from the rights of others.")

and on that similar note, that is partially how the usa parallels christianity, how it was essentially a christian nation overlooking many of the founding fathers having a belief in God. the president of the usa does not hold the ultimate power in the country; the constitution does; a single written document by which all are held to. likewise, a single person in the world does not hold absolute power in christianity; the word of God does.

---

WO is such an impressive cvs2 c-ryu player. i just went through a couple of match videos this morning i had on archives on my external hard drive, and was blown away by his solid ground game. and ryu is supposed to be a mid-tier character too.

just did a massive pic dump onto my facebook account. i didn't add the leon powe rookie card pic though, but the kg bobblehead's on there.

this sounds like something straight outta a cartoon

2 down, 2 more left to go. or more like 1.5, or 1.

---

a lotta ppl talk about how paul pierce really showed how good he was this year because of his improved defense, but i'm surprised nobody talks about how he stopped taking jumpers at the 3 pt line and started driving to the hole every single time; prior to this season, he spent so much time on the 3 pt line. i'm a big fan of in close shots.