i watched kazaam today, and yes, it really is as bad as people make fun of it to be. i still think most of the people making fun of it are doing it without watching the movie, but now i've seen it. honestly, the reason it sucks is because the dialogue between the kid and shaq is terrible; improve the dialogue and the movie could've done THAT much better(i'm being totally serious; the idea for the base of the movie isn't that bad, if you think about the other rediculous plots seen in a lot of movies). dialogue aside, the fact that the kid's TEACHING shaq to do hip-hop and the fact that sha-er-kazaam doesn't know anything about culture(i thought 3,000 year old genies would be able to observe stuff and not like act like a couch potato; how can you be a genie that can do hip-hop, but not understand culture?) kinda pushed it over the edge.
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but other than that it was kinda interesting. emphasis upon "kinda." now i just need to hope somebody dumps at the library a copy of "steel" or whatever that other movie was called, where shaq plays the black dude in dc comics who carries a hammer and acts like a replacement to superman.
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ok, game 4 ECF looks REALLY good. considering that rodman got 18 boards total, 12 alone in the 1st half(plus he was coming off the bench on this pistons team), i really like watching this one over and over to learn how to rebound. i would like to consider offering up this weekend to watch 2 of these games, but the playoffs are starting, and that could mean warriors are playing(who knows when the next time warriors make the playoffs? can't take anything for granted). maybe next weekend.
also, while dumars wasn't exactly on fire, you start to see him demand the ball more and more in this game, recognizing that he could beat hodges and vincent(i think, basically the other point guard who was a white guy) at will, since jordan thought it was more important to guard isaiah 1-on-1. you start to see his ability to create by himself a bit more. i love his post into his spin move, it looks so quick.
i didn't notice pistons really start to apply "the jordan rules" until game 5 and then 6(maybe game 4 as well), that was when they thought it was worth it to give him double teams at will, right when he caught the ball. reason was simple; i've now watched all of the ECF games, and game 3 was clearly the best i saw of jordan during the pre-phil jackson years. he scored 46 pts, led a HUGE chicago comeback, and nailed a jump shot beating dennis rodman with help coming too late from isaiah thomas to finally break the tie and win the game for the bulls, 99-97(i faintly recall joe dumars saying something somewhere else that after jordan scored 46 pts on them, the pistons vowed to never let him do it ever again). but you see how it finally worked in game 5 and 6; game 5 pistons mustve forced at least 25 turnovers on the bulls. game 6 they probably got around 20 as well. and you actually see jordan TIRED coming to the end of game 6(OMG! no way!), missing 2 free throws in a row, having to put ice on his groin injury, etc.
FYI, game 5 jordan scored only 18 pts, because he wasn't aggressive with the ball; everytime he was double-teamed immediately, he passed the ball. the commentators couldn't understand it, but one of the color commentators stated that a possible reason was that jordan never takes a really bad shot. i actually have to agree. for all of jordan's incredible offensive skills, he shot over 50% total in his career, something like that. his shot placement is incredible, that's why he never shot 3s unless he was acting as a spot-up shooter. that doesn't mean he won't take shots with 1 guy draping over him if he knows he can beat him, but it's more like he will take shots if he beats one man and the help from another is coming late. but he won't take it if he's got a double team on him immediately, because it will just result in a turnover. after watching all the dvds, i don't think i ever saw mj ever take an ill-advised shot, that's why there were a lot of times he would beat his man, drive, go up for the shot, hang, see the double-team coming at the right time, and seeing he could not draw the foul or make a good shot, rather than force the shot, he made a pass back out before he touched the ground(not in the sense of passing to create oppurtunities, but to preserve possession of the ball).
on the other hand, in modern-nba equivalents, kobe while his talents bear the most similitude to mj(the other being dwyane wade), he's known for MAKING the most ill-advised shots; fadeaway 3s with double teams draped over him, for example. i mean, kobe makes those type of shots more than anybody else; but his fg% is considerably lower than jordan's. kobe's sorta like the nba's answer to brett farve.
game 6 btw showed how much class the chicago fans had; with about a minute left, and the pistons having the series in the bag, everybody at chicago stadium rose up to applaude the bulls until the buzzer sounded(they weren't supposed to make it all the way into the ECF, and then push the series with the pistons to 6). contrast that to today's fans, which would probably get up and leave early if that was the case.
oh yeah, one more thing; jordan made one of his really infamous and1 layups in game 6; i had always thought he did this one during the 91 season when they swept the pistons and won the championship, but i guess i was wrong, y'kno the "steal, he kept it inbounds..." *tweet* "OOOHHH..." "this is one for the books hubie; i've seen him do some really impressive things but never something like this"
'89 pistons may have been offensively deficient in terms of points scored, but they were unselfish. a typical pick-n-roll situation with their starting 5 would be laimbeer setting a screen for isaiah, then fading back. isaiah beats and passes to laimbeer, who refuses to keep the ball, and immediately whips it over to dumars on the other side of the court, who is usually open by then. dumars nails the jumper, or gives it up once more, by this time aguirre is WAAAY open in the corner for a 3.
now i'm going to have to watch the remaining 4 games vs the lakers, and see just how good joe dumars shined when he didn't have to lock down a player's calibur such as mj.
(btw i was at target today, and found them selling wheaties with bill russell on the cover. nice. the picture of him wasn't blocking a shot or curtaining a rebound though, but going up with his infamous left hook.)
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007
lol, white men should not dance...
(don't read the comments; angry people going off about racism)
haha at tom brady and mark madsen; dan patrick's awesome.
-if warriors win both remaining games, they are in
or
-if warriors win the next game and clippers lose the next game, they are in
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funny 7-up commercials with orlando jones:
7-up taste test - see? 7-up tastes better
make 7-up yours - aw we goin' global with this baby!
7-up at lovers lane - hey i just heard my slogan!
show us your can
marketing location
racing
cute dog
(don't read the comments; angry people going off about racism)
haha at tom brady and mark madsen; dan patrick's awesome.
-if warriors win both remaining games, they are in
or
-if warriors win the next game and clippers lose the next game, they are in
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funny 7-up commercials with orlando jones:
7-up taste test - see? 7-up tastes better
make 7-up yours - aw we goin' global with this baby!
7-up at lovers lane - hey i just heard my slogan!
show us your can
marketing location
racing
cute dog
Saturday, April 14, 2007
you know how long i wanted to see something like this...
it annoys me everytime sacramento kings fans arrive in droves at the oakland(oracle?) arena.
probably annoyed me just as much to hear the kings network commentators say stuff like "buncha kings fans down here" as well.
well, the arco arena knows the bay area's pain now... so much for the nba's most loyal fan base.
it's not quite PLAYOFFS(yet), but i'll take it for the moment.
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to put things into perspective whether warriors will make the playoffs:
remaining gsw schedule: 1) hosts minnesota sunday 2) hosts dallas tuesday 3) at portland wednesday
gsw record: 39-40(tied for 8th)
-warriors should get at least two; not too sure about portland, but if they're streaking, maybe they'll win them all.
remaining clippers schedule: 1) hosts sacramento sunday 2) at phoenix tuesday 3) hosts new orleans wednesday
clippers record: 39-40(tied for 8th)
-clippers should get at least 1; not too sure about phoenix; they MAY rest their "7 starters" if they feel the spurs can't catch them, and i don't know whether the hornets are doing well; good thing is that the hornets aren't throwing away games.
remaining lakers schedule: 1) hosts seattle sunday 2) hosts sacramento wednesday
lakers record: 40-40(7th)
-both of these seem like easy wins, but honestly, i'm not too sure; lakers' interior d and their ball movement just outright suck lately.
so in other words, i really have no idea. gsw has a narrow margin to get in, given the clippers just got their closer in cassell back. but given the lakers' problems, they might end up on the outside looking in, with both the warriors and clippers in, which i would find VERY, VERY amusing, that none of the "popular" california NBA teams would be in the playoffs.
on the other hand, the warriors WANT to end up with the 8th spot, because that would mean playing the mavs; granted, the playoffs are always different than the regular season, but given the success the warriors have had against the mavs, why not press the advantage, instead of trying (in vain) to out-run phoenix?
it annoys me everytime sacramento kings fans arrive in droves at the oakland(oracle?) arena.
probably annoyed me just as much to hear the kings network commentators say stuff like "buncha kings fans down here" as well.
well, the arco arena knows the bay area's pain now... so much for the nba's most loyal fan base.
it's not quite PLAYOFFS(yet), but i'll take it for the moment.
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to put things into perspective whether warriors will make the playoffs:
remaining gsw schedule: 1) hosts minnesota sunday 2) hosts dallas tuesday 3) at portland wednesday
gsw record: 39-40(tied for 8th)
-warriors should get at least two; not too sure about portland, but if they're streaking, maybe they'll win them all.
remaining clippers schedule: 1) hosts sacramento sunday 2) at phoenix tuesday 3) hosts new orleans wednesday
clippers record: 39-40(tied for 8th)
-clippers should get at least 1; not too sure about phoenix; they MAY rest their "7 starters" if they feel the spurs can't catch them, and i don't know whether the hornets are doing well; good thing is that the hornets aren't throwing away games.
remaining lakers schedule: 1) hosts seattle sunday 2) hosts sacramento wednesday
lakers record: 40-40(7th)
-both of these seem like easy wins, but honestly, i'm not too sure; lakers' interior d and their ball movement just outright suck lately.
so in other words, i really have no idea. gsw has a narrow margin to get in, given the clippers just got their closer in cassell back. but given the lakers' problems, they might end up on the outside looking in, with both the warriors and clippers in, which i would find VERY, VERY amusing, that none of the "popular" california NBA teams would be in the playoffs.
on the other hand, the warriors WANT to end up with the 8th spot, because that would mean playing the mavs; granted, the playoffs are always different than the regular season, but given the success the warriors have had against the mavs, why not press the advantage, instead of trying (in vain) to out-run phoenix?
Friday, April 13, 2007
I just opened and watched one of the games from the Pistons’ 89-90 championship DVD, game 1 vs Bulls on Thursday. Here’s just some thoughts of mine:
2 CDs are housed per DVD cover. On each DVD cover, they list a TON of statistics for each game. Just to name a few: They list rebounds, assists, blocked shots(LOL! Well, I guess since it IS the Bad Boys) and pts per player. As a team, they also list the FG%, 3FG% and FT%. Score per team, per quarter. And, they have like 1-2 sentences under this category called “Highlights.”
Bulls won this game, because they blew them out huge at the beginning, but then Pistons came back, so the differential was only 6.
The DVDs are as bare-bones as you can get; no fancy recap, no halftime stuff, not even a post-game interview with the players. It’s just the games(although maybe they’ll have something on the DVD where the Pistons get the trophy). (Hope you like the NBA on CBS). Well, except for the 11th DVD, that’s where they give something similar to the 2k3-2k4 Pistons Championship DVD that I have.
I now have a clearer picture of why Rodman is a good one-on-one player; at times, his aggressive use of the hands reminds me of Bruce Bowen, actively swiping at the ball. And then you have his timely charges and his monster rebounding(taking a look at the statistics on this game, it seemed that this was the only game where Bill Laimbeeer HUGELY outrebounded him, although I think that was attested to the Pistons having to try to comeback after being down huge at the beginning, so he remained on the bench for a long time)
Rodman is SO skinny, haha.
I love Dennis Rodman so much more on the Pistons than on the Spurs or Bulls, why? His attitude; you see his love of the game and enthusiasm way more when he was a Piston. Pumps his fists when he gets a block or scores, stuff like that. Oh yea, he can SOMEWHAT score.
LOL at John Salley missing 2 authoritative 2-handed dunks… IN A ROW, ON THE SAME POSSESSION. And I’m not talking about them getting blocked, haha; that rim can be one tough defender, eh Salley?
Pistons’ roster looked deep.
Bill Laimbeer raises both his hands backpedaling everytime he scores a 3. And yes, he IS dirty. Bounces the ball off the opponents when the play has stopped or runs into people, stuff like that, haha. He was a monster defensive rebounder though in this game; reminds me a lot of Rasheed’s game(scores by spot-up 3s, defensively rebounds and sets screens; yup; Rasheed)
Everytime I saw Bill Laimbeer or Dennis Rodman actually flop to draw a charge, it made me laugh, because you could see the windup in their legs, and then their propelling of themselves backward several feet onto the ground. That being said, I liked how back then in the earlier days of the NBA you didn’t need to be standing still to draw a charge(keeps the players off the free throw line, makes people have to work to get points), but I could understand how that would make it harder to determine what was genuinely an offensive foul or just a flop.
Bill Cartwright’s free throw windups look UGLY. UG-LY. I have never seen anybody else’s free throws look so terrible. (Well I guess I should’ve said that one when I viewed the Ultimate Jordan DVD a while back, but I didn’t, so I’ll say it now) He shoots the ball from way above his head, his elbows have no windup so they’re stiff, AND it seems like he tilts the ball to the side. UGH.
Detroit’s backcourt sucked offensively this game. IMO not the best game to watch to view how Joe Dumars played(or Aguirre or Thomas, though Thomas had 10 assists). I still have an inkling of how he plays based off of this game. Not a lot of excess dribbling, tries to run off screens without the ball to create his shot(not as intensely as Rip Hamilton in terms of running around, but it’s similar), if he does have the ball, and dribbles, tries to find somebody open like a sort of point guard. Did a good job being the main man guarding Jordan off the ball and on the ball(well, as good as you could possibly do; Jordan got 32 pts). Bob is right; Joe Dumars’ game is just solid, nothing really weak.
I have a feeling if we watch the games together collectively and have to choose 2, I’m strongly opposed to watching this game(game 1 vs Bulls); can’t see Rodman’s awesome rebounding, and Joe Dumars wasn’t lighting them up either. Well, I guess if you like Jordan, but even then, there’s another game where he scores 40+ in the DVD boxset, so why this game?
2 CDs are housed per DVD cover. On each DVD cover, they list a TON of statistics for each game. Just to name a few: They list rebounds, assists, blocked shots(LOL! Well, I guess since it IS the Bad Boys) and pts per player. As a team, they also list the FG%, 3FG% and FT%. Score per team, per quarter. And, they have like 1-2 sentences under this category called “Highlights.”
Bulls won this game, because they blew them out huge at the beginning, but then Pistons came back, so the differential was only 6.
The DVDs are as bare-bones as you can get; no fancy recap, no halftime stuff, not even a post-game interview with the players. It’s just the games(although maybe they’ll have something on the DVD where the Pistons get the trophy). (Hope you like the NBA on CBS). Well, except for the 11th DVD, that’s where they give something similar to the 2k3-2k4 Pistons Championship DVD that I have.
I now have a clearer picture of why Rodman is a good one-on-one player; at times, his aggressive use of the hands reminds me of Bruce Bowen, actively swiping at the ball. And then you have his timely charges and his monster rebounding(taking a look at the statistics on this game, it seemed that this was the only game where Bill Laimbeeer HUGELY outrebounded him, although I think that was attested to the Pistons having to try to comeback after being down huge at the beginning, so he remained on the bench for a long time)
Rodman is SO skinny, haha.
I love Dennis Rodman so much more on the Pistons than on the Spurs or Bulls, why? His attitude; you see his love of the game and enthusiasm way more when he was a Piston. Pumps his fists when he gets a block or scores, stuff like that. Oh yea, he can SOMEWHAT score.
LOL at John Salley missing 2 authoritative 2-handed dunks… IN A ROW, ON THE SAME POSSESSION. And I’m not talking about them getting blocked, haha; that rim can be one tough defender, eh Salley?
Pistons’ roster looked deep.
Bill Laimbeer raises both his hands backpedaling everytime he scores a 3. And yes, he IS dirty. Bounces the ball off the opponents when the play has stopped or runs into people, stuff like that, haha. He was a monster defensive rebounder though in this game; reminds me a lot of Rasheed’s game(scores by spot-up 3s, defensively rebounds and sets screens; yup; Rasheed)
Everytime I saw Bill Laimbeer or Dennis Rodman actually flop to draw a charge, it made me laugh, because you could see the windup in their legs, and then their propelling of themselves backward several feet onto the ground. That being said, I liked how back then in the earlier days of the NBA you didn’t need to be standing still to draw a charge(keeps the players off the free throw line, makes people have to work to get points), but I could understand how that would make it harder to determine what was genuinely an offensive foul or just a flop.
Bill Cartwright’s free throw windups look UGLY. UG-LY. I have never seen anybody else’s free throws look so terrible. (Well I guess I should’ve said that one when I viewed the Ultimate Jordan DVD a while back, but I didn’t, so I’ll say it now) He shoots the ball from way above his head, his elbows have no windup so they’re stiff, AND it seems like he tilts the ball to the side. UGH.
Detroit’s backcourt sucked offensively this game. IMO not the best game to watch to view how Joe Dumars played(or Aguirre or Thomas, though Thomas had 10 assists). I still have an inkling of how he plays based off of this game. Not a lot of excess dribbling, tries to run off screens without the ball to create his shot(not as intensely as Rip Hamilton in terms of running around, but it’s similar), if he does have the ball, and dribbles, tries to find somebody open like a sort of point guard. Did a good job being the main man guarding Jordan off the ball and on the ball(well, as good as you could possibly do; Jordan got 32 pts). Bob is right; Joe Dumars’ game is just solid, nothing really weak.
I have a feeling if we watch the games together collectively and have to choose 2, I’m strongly opposed to watching this game(game 1 vs Bulls); can’t see Rodman’s awesome rebounding, and Joe Dumars wasn’t lighting them up either. Well, I guess if you like Jordan, but even then, there’s another game where he scores 40+ in the DVD boxset, so why this game?
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
"that thing you do" is a good movie. it was based on the band called "the wonders." and their main hit, "that thing you do." i just rewatched most of it. gonna have to "napster" that song in due time.
and it gave me an idea for another basic upbeat drum beat i could use. as well as another fill.
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i honestly think i have watched every single thing from dc comics on tv that could relate to "batman beyond." i've watched all of batman beyond's original episodes, seen the movie, seen all the episodes in justice league unlimited where he's in it, also seen the episodes of static shock and the zeta project where he's in it as well. i'm not too sure if there's anything else that featured him.
i even have 1 comic book of batman beyond.
and it gave me an idea for another basic upbeat drum beat i could use. as well as another fill.
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i honestly think i have watched every single thing from dc comics on tv that could relate to "batman beyond." i've watched all of batman beyond's original episodes, seen the movie, seen all the episodes in justice league unlimited where he's in it, also seen the episodes of static shock and the zeta project where he's in it as well. i'm not too sure if there's anything else that featured him.
i even have 1 comic book of batman beyond.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
i actually found Kazaam at the Saratoga Library(ROFLCOPTEROMGWTFBBQ)... and checked it out.
for all the sports world jokes about this movie, i thought i would watch it and see if it was as bad as people make it out to be.
i would ask whether anybody else would like to watch it, but it's on videotape though, eliminating the chance i can let anybody else view it, since it's a rarity for anybody to own a VCR these days.
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i'm considering whether to add "Google Adsense" to my website; of course i don't have a job yet, but being able to get SOME money from just a few absent clicks every day i'm at the library wouldn't be too bad.
for all the sports world jokes about this movie, i thought i would watch it and see if it was as bad as people make it out to be.
i would ask whether anybody else would like to watch it, but it's on videotape though, eliminating the chance i can let anybody else view it, since it's a rarity for anybody to own a VCR these days.
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i'm considering whether to add "Google Adsense" to my website; of course i don't have a job yet, but being able to get SOME money from just a few absent clicks every day i'm at the library wouldn't be too bad.
Monday, April 09, 2007
^___^
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
(crosses fingers)
please don't blow it now... you KNOW how much the bay area wants to see golden state get swept by the mavs!
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
(crosses fingers)
please don't blow it now... you KNOW how much the bay area wants to see golden state get swept by the mavs!
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it was good for me to meet up again with brandon this sunday. msm sure has changed a bit from what i could tell. and yet i would not be surprised if it was still most likely all the same, since everything i asked him mainly concerned the cg leaders, worship leaders, and their (former) search for a campus pastor.
batman beyond: return of the joker is an awesome animation movie. i just watched it this sunday night. i love the beginning and ending lead guitar work. would you believe that the voice of the joker in that movie is none other than mark hamill, aka luke skywalker? (i always find actors doing voices in animation films that are not so big to be interesting because always they have to impersonate some voice that isn't their own; the guy who does terry mcguinness' voice, aka the future batman is will friedle, aka the best friend of the main character in "boy meets world." i also remember watching "titan a.e." and the voice of the purple-haired asian female who has a low voice was played by, get this, drew barrymore. of course, it seems for the more famous animation films like those by disney, they just have the actors do their original voices)
oh yea, and i watched "commando" this morning. i nearly died with laughter when arnold was asked "are you going to cooperate?" and he replies with "no" and shoots the guy in the head. or when he's getting in the stewardess' car after ripping out the passenger seat. and who could forget him wasting 50+ people with 1 clip of an ak-47?
-are you going to tell me what's going on? [/hysterical]
-no
batman beyond: return of the joker is an awesome animation movie. i just watched it this sunday night. i love the beginning and ending lead guitar work. would you believe that the voice of the joker in that movie is none other than mark hamill, aka luke skywalker? (i always find actors doing voices in animation films that are not so big to be interesting because always they have to impersonate some voice that isn't their own; the guy who does terry mcguinness' voice, aka the future batman is will friedle, aka the best friend of the main character in "boy meets world." i also remember watching "titan a.e." and the voice of the purple-haired asian female who has a low voice was played by, get this, drew barrymore. of course, it seems for the more famous animation films like those by disney, they just have the actors do their original voices)
oh yea, and i watched "commando" this morning. i nearly died with laughter when arnold was asked "are you going to cooperate?" and he replies with "no" and shoots the guy in the head. or when he's getting in the stewardess' car after ripping out the passenger seat. and who could forget him wasting 50+ people with 1 clip of an ak-47?
-are you going to tell me what's going on? [/hysterical]
-no
Friday, April 06, 2007
hahaha... today's "pearls before swine" cracked me up... i don't even know why; there's probably a lot funnier stuff on other days, but the owl just cracked me up today on the very last panel. stephen p.'s funny.
i want to go to the sanctuary today to practice drums after searching for some jobs... but given that today's Good Friday, i'm thinking there might be people praying there when i get there. on the other hand, i only practiced for 1 hour this week.
whew... won't have to think about taking the GREs so quickly now.
i want to go to the sanctuary today to practice drums after searching for some jobs... but given that today's Good Friday, i'm thinking there might be people praying there when i get there. on the other hand, i only practiced for 1 hour this week.
whew... won't have to think about taking the GREs so quickly now.
Monday, April 02, 2007
at the beginning of the ncaa men's div 1 bball season, after learning that the florida gators kept their starting 5 and none of them opted out to go to the nba draft, i picked them in my head to repeat. not in an expert point of view(i hardly consider myself even truly knowledgeable in ncaa bball). it was just based on these premises:
1) florida's starting 5 is much like the pistons/suns/mavs, where all their strength is spread out amongst them, and not concentrated upon one or two individuals; there's not as much star power on this team, but no duds just the same.
2) they just won with this team, and brought it back for the next season
so put two and two together, and you have to ask yourself why would anybody with half a brain even THINK anybody else could win in dominating fashion?
i wanted ohio state's great duo of michael jr and greg oden to win, mind you. oden was just impressive all-around tonight. but i knew pretty much that florida was going to repeat. and my 2 premises proved true tonight; ohio state's 3-pt shooters were throwing bricks and the gators were just nailing em.
(shaq picked ohio state to win. i wonder if anybody on the pistons/suns/mavs they picked florida to win)
1) florida's starting 5 is much like the pistons/suns/mavs, where all their strength is spread out amongst them, and not concentrated upon one or two individuals; there's not as much star power on this team, but no duds just the same.
2) they just won with this team, and brought it back for the next season
so put two and two together, and you have to ask yourself why would anybody with half a brain even THINK anybody else could win in dominating fashion?
i wanted ohio state's great duo of michael jr and greg oden to win, mind you. oden was just impressive all-around tonight. but i knew pretty much that florida was going to repeat. and my 2 premises proved true tonight; ohio state's 3-pt shooters were throwing bricks and the gators were just nailing em.
(shaq picked ohio state to win. i wonder if anybody on the pistons/suns/mavs they picked florida to win)
espn article on who else should be considered in the hall of fame
man, the fact that the writer considers dennis rodman and bill laimbeer is awesome. i've always wondered whether if dennis rodman did not have his off-court theatrics, whether he'd be in the bball hall of fame right when he ended being a bull. watch the way he rebounds and dominates, and seriously ask yourself if anybody else rivals his ability.
i'm just kicking myself on why the hell i want to finish "interstate 76," "batman beyond season 3" "justice league unlimited season 2" and the 3 movies i checked out from the library before i actually watch the pistons dvd. but it's actually how i feel about it.
fyi bob, chris, tentative idea at the moment, but if you want, and have saturday afternoon free(or maybe next weekend; i know the pastors need to work on their sermons hard this week), i'd be game for bringing the championship pistons dvd over and watching a full game or two of the bad boys in their full out-physical glory. the shooters can learn from dumars, and the big guys can learn from rodman :D
man, the fact that the writer considers dennis rodman and bill laimbeer is awesome. i've always wondered whether if dennis rodman did not have his off-court theatrics, whether he'd be in the bball hall of fame right when he ended being a bull. watch the way he rebounds and dominates, and seriously ask yourself if anybody else rivals his ability.
i'm just kicking myself on why the hell i want to finish "interstate 76," "batman beyond season 3" "justice league unlimited season 2" and the 3 movies i checked out from the library before i actually watch the pistons dvd. but it's actually how i feel about it.
fyi bob, chris, tentative idea at the moment, but if you want, and have saturday afternoon free(or maybe next weekend; i know the pastors need to work on their sermons hard this week), i'd be game for bringing the championship pistons dvd over and watching a full game or two of the bad boys in their full out-physical glory. the shooters can learn from dumars, and the big guys can learn from rodman :D
Thursday, March 29, 2007
interstate '76 reminds me so much of deathtrack(both coincidently were made by activision; they probably used some ideas from deathtrack to make it). except now you're not racing around on a racetrack blowing people's brains out from an armed car, you're acting as a VIGILANTE on the american highways blowing bandits out from your armed car, and you can even do it drive-by style, by sticking out a handgun from the side window(break yo'self, foo!). i love how the cd background music is all 70s funk too. short spontaneous bursts of trumpets, rhythm guitars(with the wah pedal), keyboards and drums sound just lovely together.
one other "old cpu game" i would love to eventually get is Thief(or Thief 2, etc). always wanted to try it, never got to. that, and Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith(that's the add-on to Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2; i've played the original game and beat the single player both as a light jedi and dark jedi(and just beat it both ways recently), but could never find the add-on)
i never tried the other jedi knight games, but the 1st one multiplayer-wise really has really nice balance. assuming you play at max level, you have 3 main ways to play: light jedi lord, dark jedi lord, and disciple. despite what you may think at first glance, this game at high levels does not degenerate into just lightsabers and force powers(due to force pull pulling every single weapon except the lightsaber away).
to explain jedi knight's balance really quickly(ie 2-3 paragraphs), light side's absorb counters pull and all dark side forces(damage-wise) except for force throw, so light jedi's can use weapons as long as absorb is out. but 3 out of the 4 light side powers use a BOATLOAD of mana, so they must either be very conservative with their force usage, or know where all the light surges are in a level. in short, light jedis do VERY well in open area levels with lots of guns and light surges lying around. because of the large consumption of force power, they concentrate less upon trying to rack up as many kills as possible compared to the dark jedi, and rather more upon staying alive. furthermore, all of the light jedi's force powers used to aid them in attacking(persuasion, blinding) can be countered by seeing, which every jedi should have, meaning they can't use that as often. or you can, but you have to use your ears to see if your opponent is using force seeing to counter it, and then quickly pull it out and blind them. light jedi to me seem to take a bit more work in using effectively, because of knowing your mana, what your opponent is doing, etc, but i like it more.
dark jedi on the other hand almost directly contrast the light jedi; their most powerful force is ALSO the best force power in the game; grip. it is short-ranged, but it uses VERY LITTLE mana, and while absorb will counter its damage, it will not counter its ability to hold the opponent in place, which is the main reason the dark jedi wants to use it. hence, the dark jedi can use most of his strategy surrounding running around with force speed, gripping anybody, then quickly running in and slashing with the lightsaber before running away, etc. grip sounds cheap, but there's a lot of ways to counter it, as long as you know what to do. dark jedi in summary do VERY well in closed area levels(so it's very hard to run away from grip targeting), with little guns. dark jedi will probably die a lot, but also get a lot of kills as well.
and this is what makes the game so great multiplayer-wise. the contrast of these two sounds like whenever a light jedi plays on a level with little big guns, he should die. etc. the mark of a great player is the one who will be able to perform well regardless of the mismatches against him, because of his adaptation.
oh yeah; disciple. disciple is a unique case, in that if you choose jedi lord or dark lord, you get all possible force powers, but only for either light side or dark side. disciple is not quite at that level, so your mana and strength of each force power available is not as high. but you are able to combine light AND dark force powers. at high levels, it's essentially the light jedi, except you trade grip for absorb, and scale down the power of most of your force powers. what you're basically doing is increasing the odds that you can kill somebody off of one grip situation, but taking away the number of times you can do this before you need to retreat to recharge your force power. like, what you can do is blind a person, then grip them while they're blinded, then try to pull away their weapon, and then run in and slash them with the lightsaber. that's what you get to do with this rank.
one other "old cpu game" i would love to eventually get is Thief(or Thief 2, etc). always wanted to try it, never got to. that, and Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith(that's the add-on to Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2; i've played the original game and beat the single player both as a light jedi and dark jedi(and just beat it both ways recently), but could never find the add-on)
i never tried the other jedi knight games, but the 1st one multiplayer-wise really has really nice balance. assuming you play at max level, you have 3 main ways to play: light jedi lord, dark jedi lord, and disciple. despite what you may think at first glance, this game at high levels does not degenerate into just lightsabers and force powers(due to force pull pulling every single weapon except the lightsaber away).
to explain jedi knight's balance really quickly(ie 2-3 paragraphs), light side's absorb counters pull and all dark side forces(damage-wise) except for force throw, so light jedi's can use weapons as long as absorb is out. but 3 out of the 4 light side powers use a BOATLOAD of mana, so they must either be very conservative with their force usage, or know where all the light surges are in a level. in short, light jedis do VERY well in open area levels with lots of guns and light surges lying around. because of the large consumption of force power, they concentrate less upon trying to rack up as many kills as possible compared to the dark jedi, and rather more upon staying alive. furthermore, all of the light jedi's force powers used to aid them in attacking(persuasion, blinding) can be countered by seeing, which every jedi should have, meaning they can't use that as often. or you can, but you have to use your ears to see if your opponent is using force seeing to counter it, and then quickly pull it out and blind them. light jedi to me seem to take a bit more work in using effectively, because of knowing your mana, what your opponent is doing, etc, but i like it more.
dark jedi on the other hand almost directly contrast the light jedi; their most powerful force is ALSO the best force power in the game; grip. it is short-ranged, but it uses VERY LITTLE mana, and while absorb will counter its damage, it will not counter its ability to hold the opponent in place, which is the main reason the dark jedi wants to use it. hence, the dark jedi can use most of his strategy surrounding running around with force speed, gripping anybody, then quickly running in and slashing with the lightsaber before running away, etc. grip sounds cheap, but there's a lot of ways to counter it, as long as you know what to do. dark jedi in summary do VERY well in closed area levels(so it's very hard to run away from grip targeting), with little guns. dark jedi will probably die a lot, but also get a lot of kills as well.
and this is what makes the game so great multiplayer-wise. the contrast of these two sounds like whenever a light jedi plays on a level with little big guns, he should die. etc. the mark of a great player is the one who will be able to perform well regardless of the mismatches against him, because of his adaptation.
oh yeah; disciple. disciple is a unique case, in that if you choose jedi lord or dark lord, you get all possible force powers, but only for either light side or dark side. disciple is not quite at that level, so your mana and strength of each force power available is not as high. but you are able to combine light AND dark force powers. at high levels, it's essentially the light jedi, except you trade grip for absorb, and scale down the power of most of your force powers. what you're basically doing is increasing the odds that you can kill somebody off of one grip situation, but taking away the number of times you can do this before you need to retreat to recharge your force power. like, what you can do is blind a person, then grip them while they're blinded, then try to pull away their weapon, and then run in and slash them with the lightsaber. that's what you get to do with this rank.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Explanation of my new journal title
This is depressing...
if you don't know why, look carefully at the up-close of the meal list, look at the size of his mom(is THAT a wheelchair?), and then seriously ask whether she's really TRYING to make him lose weight, or whether she's serious about it herself.
i hope this video "encourages" all of us to live just a TAD healthier now. my deal with trying to live healthy is NOT so i can live as long as possible. it's to avoid the painful slow death. seeing someone close die from stomach cancer can do that to you.
This is depressing...
if you don't know why, look carefully at the up-close of the meal list, look at the size of his mom(is THAT a wheelchair?), and then seriously ask whether she's really TRYING to make him lose weight, or whether she's serious about it herself.
i hope this video "encourages" all of us to live just a TAD healthier now. my deal with trying to live healthy is NOT so i can live as long as possible. it's to avoid the painful slow death. seeing someone close die from stomach cancer can do that to you.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
taken from wiki:
"Key to Rodman's success as a rebounder in basketball was his ability to tip the ball countless times if he was challenged."
sometimes i still don't understand how dennis rodman is considered a great defensive player, given how it's just that i've heard he held this person and that person to lows. it's not that i think he sucks on defense. i can understand the rebounding. but when i watch him play, it doesn't seem like his opponents are doing worse offensively(but then again, i was basing this upon what i saw from the "ultimate jordan" dvd, where i think i recently only saw one game of dennis, and that was the one where jordan played his last game)
but given how i'll probably be buying the 1988-89 detroit pistons dvd set soon, maybe i'll understand how good he was. joe dumars and dennis rodman were both named for the 1st time to the all-nba defensive first team that year. in fact, joe dumars was just awesome that year, because he also got the finals mvp award that year. out of all the "bad boy" pistons, i probably have the highest respect for joe dumars and dennis rodman; joe for his solid all-around game and class, and dennis for his tremendous tenacity on the boards.
batman beyond and justice league unlimited, both season 3, come out today, tuesday. 20 bucks each. that would complete my collection of both programs.
"Key to Rodman's success as a rebounder in basketball was his ability to tip the ball countless times if he was challenged."
sometimes i still don't understand how dennis rodman is considered a great defensive player, given how it's just that i've heard he held this person and that person to lows. it's not that i think he sucks on defense. i can understand the rebounding. but when i watch him play, it doesn't seem like his opponents are doing worse offensively(but then again, i was basing this upon what i saw from the "ultimate jordan" dvd, where i think i recently only saw one game of dennis, and that was the one where jordan played his last game)
but given how i'll probably be buying the 1988-89 detroit pistons dvd set soon, maybe i'll understand how good he was. joe dumars and dennis rodman were both named for the 1st time to the all-nba defensive first team that year. in fact, joe dumars was just awesome that year, because he also got the finals mvp award that year. out of all the "bad boy" pistons, i probably have the highest respect for joe dumars and dennis rodman; joe for his solid all-around game and class, and dennis for his tremendous tenacity on the boards.
batman beyond and justice league unlimited, both season 3, come out today, tuesday. 20 bucks each. that would complete my collection of both programs.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
I thought 90s Warrior fans might like this(click on the image to see it in full detail). I took a picture with my digital camera of the poster in my room. It's faded because it's directly opposite my window, which happens to face directly opposite of the sun every single afternoon. And since I'm not anyways around to close the curtains(i think that picture's been up since my early teens when Phil gave it to me), you can obviously guess what happens. In fact, all my posters in my room are faded for that reason.
It's still TMC though. LOL at Manute Bol's height. and is that Tom Tolbert of ESPN?
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
i wonder once this world passes away and the next one appears, and new jerusalem comes down from heaven, etc, and all good and evil has been judged...
do we get to ask God any type of question we want?
there's many questions i've had regarding what actually took place in history. most of it regarding how the Bible came to be, but there's other questions. i don't THINK they're those weird tough questions some people have like "why did you allow suffering," but simply "did this happen in history or not?" i would like to hear from God himself, but at the same time, i could understand if it didn't really matter anymore. or why i would not care anymore.
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for some reason, playing first person shooters for extended periods of time can give me headaches and make me dizzy. they didn't when i was a kid.
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drumming's fun.
do we get to ask God any type of question we want?
there's many questions i've had regarding what actually took place in history. most of it regarding how the Bible came to be, but there's other questions. i don't THINK they're those weird tough questions some people have like "why did you allow suffering," but simply "did this happen in history or not?" i would like to hear from God himself, but at the same time, i could understand if it didn't really matter anymore. or why i would not care anymore.
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for some reason, playing first person shooters for extended periods of time can give me headaches and make me dizzy. they didn't when i was a kid.
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drumming's fun.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
sam told me about this one dwight howard play on sunday while we were waiting for the 5 on 5 pickup game to end, and it wasn't the sticker dunk during the all-star break.
i had to check it out for myself, so i visited youtube.
oh, my, goodness...
i had to check it out for myself, so i visited youtube.
oh, my, goodness...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
anybody else realized that it hailed around 2:00 pm today?
i'm thinking, buckteeth may be caused by having really high lips, thus revealing a lot of upper teeth. slanted eyes by very high and huge cheekbones, lifting the face. something like that.
let's ooze some asian fruit knowledge, cause i'm curious about food like that, ok?
i had no idea longan's english name is exactly that; longan. and that it really looks like the same as lychees, but if you dry it, it turns brown. i always wondered what the name of that brown-colored fruit that my mom put in abundance in red bean soup. it was usually that, lotus seeds, or tiny tapioca balls(i made it w/the 3rd in davis, wished i could do the 1st) now i know. i love lychees and longan. good, good, fruit.
oh yeah; those orange, pellet-like fruit my mom used to put in abundance in chicken soup(along with dates and ginseng) are called wolfberries. they're now being sold like they're dried cranberries at costco, called "gogi berries." wouldn't be surprised if they become the next newest thing from china, and then soon grown in the united states(so far, only in china right now i think).
and i tend to like dried dates a lot more than fresh ones, though fresh ones are good too; yes, i've eaten those before. the best way i can describe fresh dates are a dry apple. not a "dried apple," but imagine the flavor, texture of an apple, smaller, brown on the outside, whitish green on the inside, but not as much juice. you bite into it, look inside, the flesh will seem all about the same, except there's a lot less juice. like i said; "dry apple." dried dates are ridiculously sweet, which is why i tend to like them a lot more; they're usually almost syrupy.
and you don't call red bean, "red bean" in english-conversations that don't involve asian topics, since there's too many red-colored beans; you call them "azuki beans," using the japanese term.
"arasol?"("understand" in korean)
you should watch snl's celebrity jeopardy, best of sean connery on youtube. i couldn't stop coughing from laughing so hard from darrell hammond saying,
"will the penis mightier really mighty my penis?"
i'm thinking, buckteeth may be caused by having really high lips, thus revealing a lot of upper teeth. slanted eyes by very high and huge cheekbones, lifting the face. something like that.
let's ooze some asian fruit knowledge, cause i'm curious about food like that, ok?
i had no idea longan's english name is exactly that; longan. and that it really looks like the same as lychees, but if you dry it, it turns brown. i always wondered what the name of that brown-colored fruit that my mom put in abundance in red bean soup. it was usually that, lotus seeds, or tiny tapioca balls(i made it w/the 3rd in davis, wished i could do the 1st) now i know. i love lychees and longan. good, good, fruit.
oh yeah; those orange, pellet-like fruit my mom used to put in abundance in chicken soup(along with dates and ginseng) are called wolfberries. they're now being sold like they're dried cranberries at costco, called "gogi berries." wouldn't be surprised if they become the next newest thing from china, and then soon grown in the united states(so far, only in china right now i think).
and i tend to like dried dates a lot more than fresh ones, though fresh ones are good too; yes, i've eaten those before. the best way i can describe fresh dates are a dry apple. not a "dried apple," but imagine the flavor, texture of an apple, smaller, brown on the outside, whitish green on the inside, but not as much juice. you bite into it, look inside, the flesh will seem all about the same, except there's a lot less juice. like i said; "dry apple." dried dates are ridiculously sweet, which is why i tend to like them a lot more; they're usually almost syrupy.
and you don't call red bean, "red bean" in english-conversations that don't involve asian topics, since there's too many red-colored beans; you call them "azuki beans," using the japanese term.
"arasol?"("understand" in korean)
you should watch snl's celebrity jeopardy, best of sean connery on youtube. i couldn't stop coughing from laughing so hard from darrell hammond saying,
"will the penis mightier really mighty my penis?"
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