reedit: added comparisons for 6 through 8
the july/august issue of hoop magazine lists the most unstoppable duos currently in the nba as:
1) tony parker/tim duncan(compared them to bob cousy/bill russell)
2) steve nash/amare stoudamire(compared them to john stockton/karl malone)
3) chauncey billups/rip hamilton(compared them to isaiah thomas/joe dumars)
4) josh howard/dirk nowitski(compared them to larry bird/kevin mchale)
5) dwyane wade/shaq(compared them to magic johnson/kareem abdul jabbar)
6) allen iverson/carmelo anthony(walt frazier/earl monroe)
7) tracy macgrady/yao ming(julius erving/moses malone)
8) deron williams/carlos boozer(gary payton/shawn kemp)
i still don't remember the exact order of everything past number 4, but i'm fairly sure that's the order.
of course, they listed the most unstoppable duo of all time as john stockton and karl malone.
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how do you cure boredom without throwing money at the problem?
Friday, July 27, 2007
new details on pat tillman's death
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i was going to list a bunch of links to cnn.com, but then decided against it. there's just too many. i will say this. for some reason, the latest news today, almost entirely, is just really screwed up. they're all really small news reports, but still weird. go and check it out for yourself; included stories such as:
-2 news helicopters collide filming a high speed chase
-nasa allowing drunk astronauts to fly space shuttle
-something about hilary clinton and cleavage
-$28K taken from collection plates(gj roman catholics and new jersey!)
-public school halting muslim prayer time
-aquafina admits their water is tap water
-nicole richie sentenced to 90 days in jail(what is up with women in the spotlight these days? lindsey lohan? britney spears? are they trying to outdo each other?)
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i was going to list a bunch of links to cnn.com, but then decided against it. there's just too many. i will say this. for some reason, the latest news today, almost entirely, is just really screwed up. they're all really small news reports, but still weird. go and check it out for yourself; included stories such as:
-2 news helicopters collide filming a high speed chase
-nasa allowing drunk astronauts to fly space shuttle
-something about hilary clinton and cleavage
-$28K taken from collection plates(gj roman catholics and new jersey!)
-public school halting muslim prayer time
-aquafina admits their water is tap water
-nicole richie sentenced to 90 days in jail(what is up with women in the spotlight these days? lindsey lohan? britney spears? are they trying to outdo each other?)
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
news articles on cnn:
couple loses 580 pounds combined
1 south korean hostage killed; 22 remain
strangely enough, both articles are slightly tied to Christianity.
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beyonce meets stairs
some "best of" conan o'brian
lol... they say prostitution is a victim-less crime...
more conan
lol at jennifer garner... and mother teresa trashing the room...
couple loses 580 pounds combined
1 south korean hostage killed; 22 remain
strangely enough, both articles are slightly tied to Christianity.
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beyonce meets stairs
some "best of" conan o'brian
lol... they say prostitution is a victim-less crime...
more conan
lol at jennifer garner... and mother teresa trashing the room...
ok, it's been a long time since i've said something spiritual on this website. part of that is because i don't have internet at home(legally), so all the profound thinking is done AWAY from the saratoga library cpu. and that means a lot of text written.
but there was something short that i thought to myself about this sunday. and that was, why was it so much easier to convince nonbelievers back then? standing in front of a crowd and preaching the word seemed to work so well in the book of The Acts of the Apostles. so why doesn't it work today?
and then i thought about 2nd Timothy 2:13, which stated:
"But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived."
in other words, there's more layers to crack. all that so-called knowledge of this world has "puffeth up" this generation.
but there was something short that i thought to myself about this sunday. and that was, why was it so much easier to convince nonbelievers back then? standing in front of a crowd and preaching the word seemed to work so well in the book of The Acts of the Apostles. so why doesn't it work today?
and then i thought about 2nd Timothy 2:13, which stated:
"But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived."
in other words, there's more layers to crack. all that so-called knowledge of this world has "puffeth up" this generation.
Monday, July 23, 2007
those of you who liked fresh prince might love this video
rock on, alfonso. this is way too hilarious.
don't they call it "the worm" now though?
rock on, alfonso. this is way too hilarious.
don't they call it "the worm" now though?
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
transformers rocked, and i am glad i saw it in theaters at the cupertino square with brian. i don't usually go out to watch movies in theaters unless i think it's really worth it.
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my right arm got so tense yesterday after practicing the drums. too many upbeat songs + too much emphasis upon the right hand for fills = X_X
maybe i should learn to also lead with my left arm like ringo starr. or play 1/4 notes now more often.
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my right arm got so tense yesterday after practicing the drums. too many upbeat songs + too much emphasis upon the right hand for fills = X_X
maybe i should learn to also lead with my left arm like ringo starr. or play 1/4 notes now more often.
pearl jam - alive
good grudge rock... i like this live sound better than the same song on their "ten" album. the solo's not the same though, which is a shame. my bro could play the lead guitar part of that entire song easily.
good grudge rock... i like this live sound better than the same song on their "ten" album. the solo's not the same though, which is a shame. my bro could play the lead guitar part of that entire song easily.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
playing the drums feels a lot like playing the rhythm guitar; your right wrist is the hand counting the tempo, hence the wrist getting tired. only difference is, there is no upstroke, so you can only count with the downstroke. so in analogy to the rhythm guitar, you feel like you're playing punk music, ykno, power chords, palm muted downstrokes all the time.
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concerning comics, i find i've been reading a lot more "get fuzzy" lately, hence the new link on the side. and i've added tmnt to the mix as well.
i never understood why i used to like "garfield" so much as a kid; come to think of it it's not really funny. i loved how "pearls before swine" gave like a sharp dig at garfield in one of the comic books(think it was nighthogs), where rat threatens the author by saying if his demands aren't met, he's going to read more and more lines from garfield. cracked me up.
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concerning comics, i find i've been reading a lot more "get fuzzy" lately, hence the new link on the side. and i've added tmnt to the mix as well.
i never understood why i used to like "garfield" so much as a kid; come to think of it it's not really funny. i loved how "pearls before swine" gave like a sharp dig at garfield in one of the comic books(think it was nighthogs), where rat threatens the author by saying if his demands aren't met, he's going to read more and more lines from garfield. cracked me up.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
one more entry for today.
fighting game players are an odd bunch, especially the tourney types, but the low down is that they're a LOT different from the japanese anime types. one of the big differences is that the former actually DON'T cosplay. often. yes, i know, you're shocked. but it's true.
but i came across this on the srk.com boards yesterday and i'd thought i'd share it. i downloaded the original file, but here's a youtube video of the same thing:
guy shows up to small japanese sfa2 tournament wearing a spiderman costume
anyways, i don't read japanese, so here's what a dedicated guy named "nohoho" on the boards translated(try reading it as you're watching):
"Mikado
3rd Zero 2 Tourney
2007.8
Nazo no Otoko [Mystery Man] Appears!!!
Mystery Man Signing Up for the Tournament
MM: What should I do here?
Staff: Please write your name and your character selection.
MM: Well, my name would be awkward...
Staff: You can use a nickname instead of your real name.
MM: Ah, is that right, I got it.
Mystery Man running recon on the players.
0:33 - Mystery Man checks his next opponent.
MM: When am I up?
Staff: Umm, you're over here.
MM: (Kita, the 2nd place finisher from last time, huh...)
MM: (No problemo.)
0:50 At last, Mystery Man's first match.
MM: (I'm using my sweet Sakura-chan.)
1:31 - (I got the throw! Lucky!)
2:03 - Gotcha!
2:09 - Mystery Man safely makes it past the 1st round.
2:12 (That's what I'm talking about. No sweat.)
Staff: Could I get a word?
MM: I'm taking the next one, too.
2:25 Mystery Man checks his next opponent.
MM: (Who's my next opponent?)
MM: Gak, the winner from last time, Ojiki*, huh?
[* - AKA Komoda Blanka!]
MM: Can't this bracket be changed?
Staff: Ha? (What's with this dude?)
Staff: No way.
2:39
MM: (Piece of shit refused my handshake.)
(No way I'm losing.)
2:45[can't read this one]
3:23 - That's weird.
I didn't do that -- stupid joystick.
3:36 - Ack!
4:09 - What? That's cheap!
F**************K!
4:14 - Mystery Man Loses
MM: What's up with this **** game?
MM: Quit filming me!
MM: [uh]
MM: God dammit!
MM: Oops! My precious glove!
Having not learned his lesson, the Mystery Man -- true identity unknown -- may surface again..."
[strangely enough, while street fighter alpha 2(street fighter zero 2 in japan) is one of the better street fighter games in terms of gameplay, it's not played a lot compared to other fighting games in japan. it's a lot like mvc2; an american game.]
fighting game players are an odd bunch, especially the tourney types, but the low down is that they're a LOT different from the japanese anime types. one of the big differences is that the former actually DON'T cosplay. often. yes, i know, you're shocked. but it's true.
but i came across this on the srk.com boards yesterday and i'd thought i'd share it. i downloaded the original file, but here's a youtube video of the same thing:
guy shows up to small japanese sfa2 tournament wearing a spiderman costume
anyways, i don't read japanese, so here's what a dedicated guy named "nohoho" on the boards translated(try reading it as you're watching):
"Mikado
3rd Zero 2 Tourney
2007.8
Nazo no Otoko [Mystery Man] Appears!!!
Mystery Man Signing Up for the Tournament
MM: What should I do here?
Staff: Please write your name and your character selection.
MM: Well, my name would be awkward...
Staff: You can use a nickname instead of your real name.
MM: Ah, is that right, I got it.
Mystery Man running recon on the players.
0:33 - Mystery Man checks his next opponent.
MM: When am I up?
Staff: Umm, you're over here.
MM: (Kita, the 2nd place finisher from last time, huh...)
MM: (No problemo.)
0:50 At last, Mystery Man's first match.
MM: (I'm using my sweet Sakura-chan.)
1:31 - (I got the throw! Lucky!)
2:03 - Gotcha!
2:09 - Mystery Man safely makes it past the 1st round.
2:12 (That's what I'm talking about. No sweat.)
Staff: Could I get a word?
MM: I'm taking the next one, too.
2:25 Mystery Man checks his next opponent.
MM: (Who's my next opponent?)
MM: Gak, the winner from last time, Ojiki*, huh?
[* - AKA Komoda Blanka!]
MM: Can't this bracket be changed?
Staff: Ha? (What's with this dude?)
Staff: No way.
2:39
MM: (Piece of shit refused my handshake.)
(No way I'm losing.)
2:45[can't read this one]
3:23 - That's weird.
I didn't do that -- stupid joystick.
3:36 - Ack!
4:09 - What? That's cheap!
F**************K!
4:14 - Mystery Man Loses
MM: What's up with this **** game?
MM: Quit filming me!
MM: [uh]
MM: God dammit!
MM: Oops! My precious glove!
Having not learned his lesson, the Mystery Man -- true identity unknown -- may surface again..."
[strangely enough, while street fighter alpha 2(street fighter zero 2 in japan) is one of the better street fighter games in terms of gameplay, it's not played a lot compared to other fighting games in japan. it's a lot like mvc2; an american game.]
i told a couple of the others, like norman, sarah and justin about this on sunday
bathing in ramen soup can't be good for your body. i mean, people bathe in weird stuff all the time(why do i keep thinking somebody's bathed in chocolate pudding in their home bathtub before?), but the high sodium content of the broth is akin to swimming in the ocean(like getting shriveled up?). except now you're also getting marinated with soy sauce and beef broth. and miso. they might as well throw in some eggs, romaine lettuce, carrots, garnish with chopped green onions and make it a meal. and chopped seaweed.
mmm... cannibalistic ramen... (starts drooling like homer, glazed eyes, tongue out side, spasming).
so if they do this for a jacuzzi, where's the vid of the guy lap swimming in a pool of coke slurpee on a summer's day?
i'd say how messed up this is, but then again, look at the japanese english learning program i posted yesterday.
bathing in ramen soup can't be good for your body. i mean, people bathe in weird stuff all the time(why do i keep thinking somebody's bathed in chocolate pudding in their home bathtub before?), but the high sodium content of the broth is akin to swimming in the ocean(like getting shriveled up?). except now you're also getting marinated with soy sauce and beef broth. and miso. they might as well throw in some eggs, romaine lettuce, carrots, garnish with chopped green onions and make it a meal. and chopped seaweed.
mmm... cannibalistic ramen... (starts drooling like homer, glazed eyes, tongue out side, spasming).
so if they do this for a jacuzzi, where's the vid of the guy lap swimming in a pool of coke slurpee on a summer's day?
i'd say how messed up this is, but then again, look at the japanese english learning program i posted yesterday.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
ninja edit.
anyways, i should've added that i compared apples to oranges slightly in comparing prices of cartoons/anime. the reason is that japan seems to be huge on toys and stuff, especially related to electronics. for instance their arcade scene is still kicking, unlike the atrocity that occurs in the us. but the price of playing is a lot higher. here, most games are 50 cents for 1 credit, and maybe if you're lucky, 25 cents to continue. in japan, one credit is 100 yen. or basically, if the us operated arcades like this, essentially 1 dollar(relatively). although, their arcades are a lot more clean-cut and organized, and they always fix their arcade sticks if broken. but i guess the comparisons still apply a bit.
but i guess this is what happens when japan really wants to make itself this clean-cut high tech country.
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girl lead guitarist playing santana
see? lead guitarists who happen to be female and look good exist! now i just need to find a video of some female sprinting around the fretboard to some hard rock or j-rock.
anyways, i should've added that i compared apples to oranges slightly in comparing prices of cartoons/anime. the reason is that japan seems to be huge on toys and stuff, especially related to electronics. for instance their arcade scene is still kicking, unlike the atrocity that occurs in the us. but the price of playing is a lot higher. here, most games are 50 cents for 1 credit, and maybe if you're lucky, 25 cents to continue. in japan, one credit is 100 yen. or basically, if the us operated arcades like this, essentially 1 dollar(relatively). although, their arcades are a lot more clean-cut and organized, and they always fix their arcade sticks if broken. but i guess the comparisons still apply a bit.
but i guess this is what happens when japan really wants to make itself this clean-cut high tech country.
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girl lead guitarist playing santana
see? lead guitarists who happen to be female and look good exist! now i just need to find a video of some female sprinting around the fretboard to some hard rock or j-rock.
mad, mad, tired today...
i awoke suddenly at 5:00 or so this morning and couldn't go back to sleep, tossed and turned repeatedly. i think i was still a bit in my dreamy state because i remember awaking and thinking/seeing a huge spider(think tarantula size) was perched on my ceiling while holding a venetian blind. then i remembered huge spiders like that don't have the mass to hang on the ceiling and covered my face with my arms, fearing it'd drop on me.
from there i just couldn't really sink back into a deep sleep. after a while i saw it was getting light and the birds wouldn't stop chirping. looked at my watch to see it was 6:30. so then i just said whatever, and got up. so even though i had like 3-4 extra hours today, i'm beginning to feel tired real quick. but i guess it might help, since i might be serving on the worship team this sunday. i haven't gotten up early in a long time. then brian calls me at 12:00 to tell me he doesn't feel like seeing transformers today as well, giving me even more time to blow today; bad thing is, i'm starting to get like i said, tired, and it's still 2:00. i think i'll just look at some potential jobs, revise my resume, then go to church around 4:00 and play some(haven't played with music for a long time, and when i tried yesterday, i felt REALLY OFF). then call it a day. maybe finish the robocop dvd i bought tonight.
i seriously get so many dreams now. like one every single night. i'd write them down, but the thing is unlike when i'm wide awake, i don't remember everything; my remembrance of dreams seem like a trail of smoke released from an airborne plane; it stays neat right when it comes out, but over time begins to tail away; my earlier moments of my dreams i can barely remember.
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you might want to check this out if you're a video game freak of any type
david sirlin is a legend btw; he's one of the first to essentially tell those playing sf competitively to stop whining(especially about throws and block damage) and start figuring out how to play. i haven't taken a listen at the session yet, but i downloaded it to my usb drive today and will give it a listen tonight.
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i'm thinking back to what either hamlin or bob said about japan's economy not doing so well because asians are so picky about spending. on tuesday. that may explain why everything from japan's so expensive.
for instance, i love watching cartoons. usually tend to like the american types more than the asian ones, but i'm ok with those too. i'm a huge futurama fan. i did buy 3 out of the 4 boxsets at best buy, but they were on sale at 20.00 each(should've bought the 4th too; ah well; some other day). but even if i didn't buy them on sale, they would've been 33 dollars for about 19 episodes per boxset. you could argue futurama's old right now, which meant i might've gotten it a lot cheaper, but even if i got it when it was fresh out of the productions it might've been 40 dollars for a boxset at most.
now compare that to one of japan's most popular anime's right now: the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya. a few weeks ago i was able to watch all 14 episodes on youtube by the contribution of some generous posters. (tried looking for it again a few days ago, and one of the contributor's uploads were all gone due to use violation). i felt it was kinda cool, so i thought maybe in the future i'll go to fry's or amazon.com and buy the season's worth. but i decided to check to see what the price was as of right now, etc.
22 dollars for one boxset. not bad, until i saw how many episodes were on that dvd: four(remember they had 14 episodes this season, and if they continue it, it's most likely going to have more). that's it. and if you want to get the special edition boxset, oh no, that doesn't add to the number of episodes, just the amount of junk you get; cosplay ribbons, music cds, t-shirt iron-on, pencil box, etc. 44 dollars for that.
and it's not just this show. it explains why sometimes when i'm at the library and look at the dvds available, sometimes i'll see naruto dvds, but they too only have 4 episodes per dvd. japan apparently really likes doing stuff expensively, because everybody there doesn't spend freely.
again, it's not a case of the pharisee thanking God that he's not the tax collector(or the publican, if you read the kjv), it's just a sense of it's cool that others like buying so much stuff here in the usa, so that prices are low all-around.
and with that, happy spending.
i awoke suddenly at 5:00 or so this morning and couldn't go back to sleep, tossed and turned repeatedly. i think i was still a bit in my dreamy state because i remember awaking and thinking/seeing a huge spider(think tarantula size) was perched on my ceiling while holding a venetian blind. then i remembered huge spiders like that don't have the mass to hang on the ceiling and covered my face with my arms, fearing it'd drop on me.
from there i just couldn't really sink back into a deep sleep. after a while i saw it was getting light and the birds wouldn't stop chirping. looked at my watch to see it was 6:30. so then i just said whatever, and got up. so even though i had like 3-4 extra hours today, i'm beginning to feel tired real quick. but i guess it might help, since i might be serving on the worship team this sunday. i haven't gotten up early in a long time. then brian calls me at 12:00 to tell me he doesn't feel like seeing transformers today as well, giving me even more time to blow today; bad thing is, i'm starting to get like i said, tired, and it's still 2:00. i think i'll just look at some potential jobs, revise my resume, then go to church around 4:00 and play some(haven't played with music for a long time, and when i tried yesterday, i felt REALLY OFF). then call it a day. maybe finish the robocop dvd i bought tonight.
i seriously get so many dreams now. like one every single night. i'd write them down, but the thing is unlike when i'm wide awake, i don't remember everything; my remembrance of dreams seem like a trail of smoke released from an airborne plane; it stays neat right when it comes out, but over time begins to tail away; my earlier moments of my dreams i can barely remember.
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you might want to check this out if you're a video game freak of any type
david sirlin is a legend btw; he's one of the first to essentially tell those playing sf competitively to stop whining(especially about throws and block damage) and start figuring out how to play. i haven't taken a listen at the session yet, but i downloaded it to my usb drive today and will give it a listen tonight.
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i'm thinking back to what either hamlin or bob said about japan's economy not doing so well because asians are so picky about spending. on tuesday. that may explain why everything from japan's so expensive.
for instance, i love watching cartoons. usually tend to like the american types more than the asian ones, but i'm ok with those too. i'm a huge futurama fan. i did buy 3 out of the 4 boxsets at best buy, but they were on sale at 20.00 each(should've bought the 4th too; ah well; some other day). but even if i didn't buy them on sale, they would've been 33 dollars for about 19 episodes per boxset. you could argue futurama's old right now, which meant i might've gotten it a lot cheaper, but even if i got it when it was fresh out of the productions it might've been 40 dollars for a boxset at most.
now compare that to one of japan's most popular anime's right now: the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya. a few weeks ago i was able to watch all 14 episodes on youtube by the contribution of some generous posters. (tried looking for it again a few days ago, and one of the contributor's uploads were all gone due to use violation). i felt it was kinda cool, so i thought maybe in the future i'll go to fry's or amazon.com and buy the season's worth. but i decided to check to see what the price was as of right now, etc.
22 dollars for one boxset. not bad, until i saw how many episodes were on that dvd: four(remember they had 14 episodes this season, and if they continue it, it's most likely going to have more). that's it. and if you want to get the special edition boxset, oh no, that doesn't add to the number of episodes, just the amount of junk you get; cosplay ribbons, music cds, t-shirt iron-on, pencil box, etc. 44 dollars for that.
and it's not just this show. it explains why sometimes when i'm at the library and look at the dvds available, sometimes i'll see naruto dvds, but they too only have 4 episodes per dvd. japan apparently really likes doing stuff expensively, because everybody there doesn't spend freely.
again, it's not a case of the pharisee thanking God that he's not the tax collector(or the publican, if you read the kjv), it's just a sense of it's cool that others like buying so much stuff here in the usa, so that prices are low all-around.
and with that, happy spending.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
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