old habits die hard...
either you live and they die or they live and you die...
choose carefully now...
because we rarely do...
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Ok trying out this Blogger-on-MS-Word thing
Ok, trying out this Blogger-on-MS-Word thing. With a couple of random posts on my mind.
I’m trying to understand why the heck Isaiah Thomas is going through all these stupid trades(the latest being getting the Franchise), and I’ve come down to only 1 viable conclusion:
Isaiah Thomas wants to give Larry Brown a heart attack.
Getting him, so that he can force a trade for a better player doesn’t really work out. Who are you going to trade these shoot-first, pass-later, I-don’t-wanna-defend players to? ARE you going to be able to trade them?
How To "Write" a Term Paper
Y’kno, the sad part is that the above is totally true of not just how people write papers in college, but study for midterms. How the hell did I study much better in high school?
This sounds crazy, but I believe football gives a MUCH better exercise workout than basketball.
Despite the fact that basketball is considered good aerobic exercise and football is not.But only at the non-professional level. Like recreationally. Or like on Turkey Bowl.
Because everytime I play football, I get tired. Everytime I play basketball, I do not feel the same amount of burn(not that I don’t get tired, but I really don’t feel like the air is sucked outta me). And I’m one of those people who believe you HAVE to play defense HARD and crash the boards everytime if you want to win. I’m not saying bball sucks; love it more than football(though I love football a lot too).
I used to wonder why this is so; now I don’t; lemme try to explain what I think’s going on.
1. There are a LOT more wide receivers who play this game when you’re playing it at a non-professional level.
Let’s face it; how many times have you played football and had 60% of your guys play as offensive linemen? Even a designated runningback is pushing the envelope. And how many defensive linemen? Get the picture? The majority of you guys on offense are playing like you’re T.O. and the majority of you guys on defense are playing like you’re Tim Brown. Only 1 guy is not playing WR on offense consistently, and that is the QB.
And we all know what wide receivers like to do; run until you get open.
2. There’s a lot more open space to do what you want as a wide receiver than a perimeter player can do in basketball.
BIG, BIG point. That’s why often you hear stuff like “1-on-1 coverage” when it comes to dissecting the defensive weaknesses of a football team. That field is so big, that you’ll NEVER be able to contain your man all the time; defense is basically reacting to your opponent, not creating the situation, and with a big playing space to do it with, you’re going to have your way; if you have a 1-on-1 situation, eventually he’s going to get open. That’s why good defensive football teams know how to zone defend their field better, and blitz aggressively.
With basketball, there’s a limit to how far out and around the person you’re guarding can go. So you’re going to be running around a lot less. Even if he can jack up 3s like nobody’s business. Even if they got rid of the 24 second shot clock, and *arguably* got rid of the half court violation, there is a limit to where he can end up. It’s a lot more probable for you to go 1-on-1 on an opponent in basketball if you’re playing defense and come out on top. The only way for this to be possible is if your opponent could literally shoot from anywhere, and they got rid of the half court violation.
3. Also, in basketball, even if you catch the ball, you still need to shoot it into the hoop.
That is a huge difference, because in football, as a WR, if you catch the football, you did your job; granted, you’d like to catch it in the end zone, but part of the job in football is advancing the line of scrimmage, and if you catch the ball in any fashion as long as it’s forward, you did your job.
Basketball does not give you points for making a good pass. Therefore, you can still do your thing on defense even if they caught the ball in deep. Or hit an open man at the perimeter. The ball still has to go through that orange loopy thingy.
So there you have why I think this way. Basically, it boils down to “it’s much harder to cover on defense.” Cause once the qb says “hike,” basically everybody and anybody is running around like crazy.
I will concede though, that perhaps I may get more tired during football than basketball b/c my legs seem to be more red muscle than white muscle; lemme detract from my rant to explain this. For those of you non-science ppl, in simple terms, there are 3 types of muscle in your body; white, red, and cardiac. White muscles are anaerobic; they require no oxygen, can move VERY fast, but tire out QUICKLY. People who have more of these muscles in their legs can burn you on 100 m sprints, but die in mile runs and marathons. Red muscles are aerobic; they require oxygen; they tend to move VERY slowly, but they don’t tire out. I believe I have more of these in my legs; I SUCKED running short sprits in jr high and high school. But I was a monster in mile runs are arguably cross-country; I think I would consistently end up near the leader of the pack; best mile run in jr high was 6:20. And then there’s cardiac muscle; this is the ultimate; it’s ridiculously fast, and NEVER tires. Sadly, this muscle is only confined to your heart.
I say this because people with more red muscle in their legs SUCK at doing liners. I felt like I wanted to throw up(literally) after I did my 1st liners in high school. And non-professional football is basically that; a lot harder liners than basketball. But I guess for the people who have more white muscle in their legs, they may feel the opposite what I feel.
I’m trying to understand why the heck Isaiah Thomas is going through all these stupid trades(the latest being getting the Franchise), and I’ve come down to only 1 viable conclusion:
Isaiah Thomas wants to give Larry Brown a heart attack.
Getting him, so that he can force a trade for a better player doesn’t really work out. Who are you going to trade these shoot-first, pass-later, I-don’t-wanna-defend players to? ARE you going to be able to trade them?
How To "Write" a Term Paper
Y’kno, the sad part is that the above is totally true of not just how people write papers in college, but study for midterms. How the hell did I study much better in high school?
This sounds crazy, but I believe football gives a MUCH better exercise workout than basketball.
Despite the fact that basketball is considered good aerobic exercise and football is not.But only at the non-professional level. Like recreationally. Or like on Turkey Bowl.
Because everytime I play football, I get tired. Everytime I play basketball, I do not feel the same amount of burn(not that I don’t get tired, but I really don’t feel like the air is sucked outta me). And I’m one of those people who believe you HAVE to play defense HARD and crash the boards everytime if you want to win. I’m not saying bball sucks; love it more than football(though I love football a lot too).
I used to wonder why this is so; now I don’t; lemme try to explain what I think’s going on.
1. There are a LOT more wide receivers who play this game when you’re playing it at a non-professional level.
Let’s face it; how many times have you played football and had 60% of your guys play as offensive linemen? Even a designated runningback is pushing the envelope. And how many defensive linemen? Get the picture? The majority of you guys on offense are playing like you’re T.O. and the majority of you guys on defense are playing like you’re Tim Brown. Only 1 guy is not playing WR on offense consistently, and that is the QB.
And we all know what wide receivers like to do; run until you get open.
2. There’s a lot more open space to do what you want as a wide receiver than a perimeter player can do in basketball.
BIG, BIG point. That’s why often you hear stuff like “1-on-1 coverage” when it comes to dissecting the defensive weaknesses of a football team. That field is so big, that you’ll NEVER be able to contain your man all the time; defense is basically reacting to your opponent, not creating the situation, and with a big playing space to do it with, you’re going to have your way; if you have a 1-on-1 situation, eventually he’s going to get open. That’s why good defensive football teams know how to zone defend their field better, and blitz aggressively.
With basketball, there’s a limit to how far out and around the person you’re guarding can go. So you’re going to be running around a lot less. Even if he can jack up 3s like nobody’s business. Even if they got rid of the 24 second shot clock, and *arguably* got rid of the half court violation, there is a limit to where he can end up. It’s a lot more probable for you to go 1-on-1 on an opponent in basketball if you’re playing defense and come out on top. The only way for this to be possible is if your opponent could literally shoot from anywhere, and they got rid of the half court violation.
3. Also, in basketball, even if you catch the ball, you still need to shoot it into the hoop.
That is a huge difference, because in football, as a WR, if you catch the football, you did your job; granted, you’d like to catch it in the end zone, but part of the job in football is advancing the line of scrimmage, and if you catch the ball in any fashion as long as it’s forward, you did your job.
Basketball does not give you points for making a good pass. Therefore, you can still do your thing on defense even if they caught the ball in deep. Or hit an open man at the perimeter. The ball still has to go through that orange loopy thingy.
So there you have why I think this way. Basically, it boils down to “it’s much harder to cover on defense.” Cause once the qb says “hike,” basically everybody and anybody is running around like crazy.
I will concede though, that perhaps I may get more tired during football than basketball b/c my legs seem to be more red muscle than white muscle; lemme detract from my rant to explain this. For those of you non-science ppl, in simple terms, there are 3 types of muscle in your body; white, red, and cardiac. White muscles are anaerobic; they require no oxygen, can move VERY fast, but tire out QUICKLY. People who have more of these muscles in their legs can burn you on 100 m sprints, but die in mile runs and marathons. Red muscles are aerobic; they require oxygen; they tend to move VERY slowly, but they don’t tire out. I believe I have more of these in my legs; I SUCKED running short sprits in jr high and high school. But I was a monster in mile runs are arguably cross-country; I think I would consistently end up near the leader of the pack; best mile run in jr high was 6:20. And then there’s cardiac muscle; this is the ultimate; it’s ridiculously fast, and NEVER tires. Sadly, this muscle is only confined to your heart.
I say this because people with more red muscle in their legs SUCK at doing liners. I felt like I wanted to throw up(literally) after I did my 1st liners in high school. And non-professional football is basically that; a lot harder liners than basketball. But I guess for the people who have more white muscle in their legs, they may feel the opposite what I feel.
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btw, blogger > xanga... there's just so much more versatility in using blogger now, it's absurd.
the lastest innovation from the google guys?(they made blooger): being able to publish what you wrote in ms word to your blog.
btw, blogger > xanga... there's just so much more versatility in using blogger now, it's absurd.
the lastest innovation from the google guys?(they made blooger): being able to publish what you wrote in ms word to your blog.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Monday, February 20, 2006
i remember one the things bob told me before during a lesson was that he'd rather be blessed by God than used by him
and somehow that made it into my bible study lesson that i gave last week.
strange eh?
this cracked me up
one of the guys in msm jason came outta nowhere with something like this while we were eating at the barbeque today:
do you know that there's all these korean guys in korea getting married and get all these messed-up looking kids, and it's cause they married these girls which look very pretty, but it's all due to plastic surgery?
and most ppl responded by going "what the?" i was dying with laughter when i heard that.
oh yea; in classic guys fashion, the barbeque done today by the guy leaders(myself included) forgot to bring utensils, plates, and napkins to the barbeque. classic.
fyi, jerm if you're reading this, matt in msm plays w.o.w. too. maybe brian yoon as well. just found that out today.
i played mike park tekken 5 on friday
either way, i die;
that is, either i spend more time studying tekken, and usually screw the time i have to study over, or spend not enough time, and then lose games i shouldn't because i can't do simple stuff like backdash into sidestep into combo starter consistently.
and somehow that made it into my bible study lesson that i gave last week.
strange eh?
this cracked me up
one of the guys in msm jason came outta nowhere with something like this while we were eating at the barbeque today:
do you know that there's all these korean guys in korea getting married and get all these messed-up looking kids, and it's cause they married these girls which look very pretty, but it's all due to plastic surgery?
and most ppl responded by going "what the?" i was dying with laughter when i heard that.
oh yea; in classic guys fashion, the barbeque done today by the guy leaders(myself included) forgot to bring utensils, plates, and napkins to the barbeque. classic.
fyi, jerm if you're reading this, matt in msm plays w.o.w. too. maybe brian yoon as well. just found that out today.
i played mike park tekken 5 on friday
either way, i die;
that is, either i spend more time studying tekken, and usually screw the time i have to study over, or spend not enough time, and then lose games i shouldn't because i can't do simple stuff like backdash into sidestep into combo starter consistently.
Sunday, February 19, 2006
east over the west
*in other news, i ACTUALLY watched olympic curling on msnbc; i wasn't watching to make fun of it, but the rules still confuse me a little; i guess it's a little like "darts on ice," where you're not always aiming to hit the bullseye, but a specific area in order to get a specific score. and you can knock your opponent's rocks out of the bullseye. but supposedly you get penalized if you knock some of yours. all the funniness from the game comes from watching those 2 guys sweep the floor in front of the rock trying to stop/slow it down. but otherwise, it really is darts on ice. strangely enough, the game was team usa vs team great britain*
but as for the nba all-star game...
all i gots to say is this...
the east would not have come back and gotten a win unless they played team ball and defense.
i said beforehand that i would like to see how good the east could get if saunders put all 4 pistons in and bosh and let them play. he put in pierce, but the effect was essentially the same. closed the gap, then made with a commanding lead. again, team offense, hard defense.
ykno, the strange part is that if dumars chose bosh over darko, we mightve seen 5 pistons play. then again, they mightve just chosen 4 again; remember that they didn't choose tayshaun, who's very incredible.
the 2 consecutive blocks by ben wallace got me up on the 2nd one. (i actually tuned in pretty late, so this was one of the few highlights i actually saw)
lebron and wade had some good brilliance. i really liked lebron's putback.
and vince carter should be ashamed of missing that reverse alley-oop from ai off the glass.
i'll end this post w/something i remember reading on espn:
the international team(most of the west all-stars are not usa ppl) would easily beat the americans(most of the east all-stars). but the pistons would beat the international team.
*in other news, i ACTUALLY watched olympic curling on msnbc; i wasn't watching to make fun of it, but the rules still confuse me a little; i guess it's a little like "darts on ice," where you're not always aiming to hit the bullseye, but a specific area in order to get a specific score. and you can knock your opponent's rocks out of the bullseye. but supposedly you get penalized if you knock some of yours. all the funniness from the game comes from watching those 2 guys sweep the floor in front of the rock trying to stop/slow it down. but otherwise, it really is darts on ice. strangely enough, the game was team usa vs team great britain*
but as for the nba all-star game...
all i gots to say is this...
the east would not have come back and gotten a win unless they played team ball and defense.
i said beforehand that i would like to see how good the east could get if saunders put all 4 pistons in and bosh and let them play. he put in pierce, but the effect was essentially the same. closed the gap, then made with a commanding lead. again, team offense, hard defense.
ykno, the strange part is that if dumars chose bosh over darko, we mightve seen 5 pistons play. then again, they mightve just chosen 4 again; remember that they didn't choose tayshaun, who's very incredible.
the 2 consecutive blocks by ben wallace got me up on the 2nd one. (i actually tuned in pretty late, so this was one of the few highlights i actually saw)
lebron and wade had some good brilliance. i really liked lebron's putback.
and vince carter should be ashamed of missing that reverse alley-oop from ai off the glass.
i'll end this post w/something i remember reading on espn:
the international team(most of the west all-stars are not usa ppl) would easily beat the americans(most of the east all-stars). but the pistons would beat the international team.
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