fyi, something else i thought about regarding kg being traded:

turns out paul pierce out of all the franchise players on crappy teams in the nba remained loyal to his team the longest(something that i always liked, since i've always wanted paul pierce to remain a celtic).

i guess you can argue kg endured the longest. but still, when you consider ai going to denver last season, and then kg moving in the offseason...

and i think at the moment, kobe doesn't really count. he's only endured 3 years of badness recently, and you already hear him wavering, according to rumors.

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so at the moment, i would LOVE to see all my favorite eastern conference teams in the semifinals next season: let's say, chicago against detroit(team play vs team play) and boston vs orlando(big ticket/allen vs MU-FA-SAH/lewis). and then the winner of each matches up to rep the east. (cavs and heat can go to hell)

oh big yay, kevin garnett's in boston now! (i bet tim ang's pretty happy himself) i'll most def be looking forward to that pierce-garnett combo. plus, you add the fact that both players have gone through much; expect them to make some noise next season, just because they know the clock's ticking. oh yea; forgot; it was an allen-pierce-garnett trio. this is going to be interesting.

(and i esp bet most boston natives are ridiculously happy that basketball is suddenly relevant again)

that now means i have one more eastern conference team that i used to like, but now will like a lot more.

edit:

i bet there's a lotta ppl in lakerland real disappointed by the news. not do they not get garnett, but he's going to their formal rivals. and that could mean that kobe might want to get out of la even more, IF he's thinking about it. bet you gonna see lakers go after j'o real hard now?

oh yea; guess that kills the point of this site.

scientists discover gene for left-handedness

does this mean i'm going to go crazy? or that 5 people in my cg total will go crazy when they are old? (sarcasm)

reminded me of a joke some girl told to me in high school:

-richard, are you a maniac in a cage?
~no.
-we're all loose! we're all loose!

rip bill walsh...

College Saga

still cracks me up. the song they sing while mark leung's sliding around on the ground is gold.

(makes me wonder if the dudes of my class at msm have seen this one, esp eugene and david)

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fyi, the fender vg would be one of the coolest guitars i've currently seen around if not for a couple of things:

1)more tunings need to be available, and/or amp settings
2)battery life could be a bit longer or ac/dc would be nice
3)price is way, way too high(at that price i'm wishing it was a les paul or gibson or something like that; $1000+ for a fender?!?)

if you've seen it you'll know what i'm talking about; very unique electric guitar; expect more to come that improve upon the idea. and if you don't, and don't feel compelled to search for yourself, wait for it, because i'll post up some links later in the week or so, and describe it. (as well as describe another electric guitar's design that cracks me up)

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some dude was playing 16th notes on the bass drum at guitar center yesterday when i went.

my hands still ache from playing the conga.

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i had my first phone interview. usually the job interviews are in person right? totally unprepared on this one, as i expected the employer at the end of the conversation to set up a time for me to come in. he didn't ask a lot of questions, just explained shortly what it was, and asked me some stuff. i'm still hoping that it goes through. being able to work on the stanford university campus would be real nice. with microarrays too.

overheard my mom yesterday talking on the phone to possibly john tang's mom(or it could've been karen chiu's mom; my mom's close friends with both), and actually started talking about me playing drums...

(...i think it's a good idea for him; maybe it'll improve his hand-eye-leg coordination...)

(...no, i don't want to get him a set; i don't want the neighbors to sue us, and i don't want to go deaf...)

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?

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?)

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...

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.

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?

c'mon tayshaun, i know you can lock down kobe... LOL.

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anyways, i seriously can't wait for the nfl season to start.

david sirlin puts his book "playing to win" online for free(at the moment)

good, good, stuff...

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.

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.

i must say, this must be the funniest thread i've read in srk.com for a long, long, time.

hehehehehe

this game's too funny.

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.

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.]

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.

o_0

that was a japanese TEXTBOOK?!??!?!?

no wonder japanese anime can be so er perverted sometimes.