Monday, September 29, 2008

This is ridiculous

This has to be one of the greatest impressions of all time. Tina Fey is a beast.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Just 29 days until the NBA tips off! Best believe I'm on that count down.

Screw Christmas, opening night of the NBA is the most wonderful time of the year!

Stay Hideous
PB

Saturday, September 27, 2008

On that USC low...

After two weeks Adrian has jumped out ahead of everyone with 22 correct picks. Zach and I have picked correctly for two weeks straight while Mike is one off of our pace. Ed, well, he missed a week. Lets check the standings.

Adrian 22-9
Phillip 19-12
Zach 19-12
Mike Turner 18-13
Ed the Sports Fan 10-6

Before I get my picks in, know that you can join in at any time, after week four I start posting picking percentages, so if you haven’t been with us from the beginning, you can still win by picking at a higher rate than the rest of us. Here are my picks for the week:

Minnesota
>Tennessee

>Denver
Kansas City

>San Francisco
New Orleans

Arizona
>New York Jets

Green Bay
>Tampa Bay

Atlanta
>Carolina

Houston
>Jacksonville

Cleveland
>Cincinnati

>San Diego
Oakland

>Buffalo
St. Louis

Washington
>Dallas

Philadelphia
>Chicago

>Baltimore
Pittsburgh

Friday, September 26, 2008

Football... what's the point?

The Raiders suck, USC loses to bums, why watch.

I've never had both of my teams out of contention for a championship before the end of September before. I'm deeply saddened by USC's lack of heart -- and more importantly, I now have to hope North Carolina can deliver me that damn Sports Illustrated Subscription. Bastards.

My picks will be up before Sunday

Monday, September 22, 2008

Quick Update

I promise that I'll catch up with the NFL picks. Consider week 3 our bye week. I've been super busy lately. Here are a few updates on sports and life. Word to your mother.

Football
The Raiders actually look like a football team. Sure they still suck, but they're at least watchable (well, everyone except that punk ass DeAngelo Hall; he's just moved ahead of Harvey Williams long ass neck and Aaron Brooks on my list of most hated Raiders of all time). They're 1-2, but if it weren't for Hall's inability to earn his fucking keep (who decided he was worth 7 million fucking dollars anyway?). Fuck DeAngelo Hall, that's all I'm saying.

Baseball
Fuck the Dodgers. I hope they crumble this final week and the Diamondbacks snatch the NL West back from their punk asses.

Basketball
I desperately need it to start. I ain't too proud to beg.

School
All of my professors have conspired to give me several hours of reading to do every fucking night. I'm pretty much behind on my reading already (only the second Monday of the quarter!) and I'll have a test on every Tuesday and Wednesday night (on the reading that I'm behind in!). My GPA is either going to be above a 3.5 or below a 2.0 this quarter. There will be no inbetween. I better catch up on that fucking reading.

Editor in chief
So far I feel completely unprepared for the position. I'm responsible for way too many people and I don't have the time to be responsible for them right now (behind on my reading!). I've re-learned that I could possibly be the worst public speaker alive (um...) and I don't know as much as I thought I did (um...) and (um...) these first couple of (um...) weeks are (um...) going to be brutal. The first edition of the paper comes out on Wednesday. Hopefully it doesn't come out shitty. Well, it won't because there were a few good stories, but shit, I want to be sports editor again.

Chuck Klosterman
I bought his new book, Downtown Owl, the day after it dropped (like that shit's an album or something). This may have been the dumbest mistake of my collegiate career. I keep wanting to read it knowing all of the other shit I need to be reading (like the shit I'm behind on!). I'm only a few chapters in but the temptation to pick it up is forever nagging. If you have free time, and if you're a fan of his work (because, unfortunately, I don't think this is a book you can appreciate unless you're familiar with his writing style) I suggest you go pick it up as soon as possible. It won't disappoint.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Week 2: On that USC high

I don't have much time to post the records from last weeks picks right now, they'll be up tomorrow. But I'd like to say USC did that tonight -- bum ass Ohio State didn't even sniff the end-zone. Anywho, here are my week two picks. Sorry they're up so late...

SUNDAY
Green Bay
>Detroit

Oakland
>Kansas City

>New York (G)
St. Louis

>Indianapolis
Minnesota

Tennessee
>Cincinnati

>New Orleans
Washington

Chicago
>Carolina

>Buffalo
Jacksonville

San Francisco
>Seattle

Atlanta
>Tampa Bay

New England
>New York (J)

Miami
>Arizona

San Diego
>Denver (upset special)

>Pittsburgh
Cleveland

MONDAY
Philadelphia
>Dallas

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Fucking Kanye, man...

I just got some terrible news about my favorite producer-rapper (not to be confused with him being my favorite producer [still Quincy Jones] or my favorite rapper [still Nas being closly followed by Lupe Fiasco]). But I have mad love for Kanye (well, at least had until recently).

"Find out when Kanye West returns to hip hop! So, an EXTREMELY reliable source (Young Legend, GOOD LOOKS!) has just revealed to me that the title of Kanye’s 4th solo Lp is, 808’s & Heartbreak and it’s arriving December 16th. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, LowKey ain’t BS’ing, 808’s and Heartbreak will be hitting stores December 16th and you heard it from LowKey FIRST! I’ve also learned also that Kanye’s vocals for the entire Lp will be sprinkled with the Auto-Tuner (T-Pain’s magic vocal toy, lol). Why?? Don’t ask me, but I can assure you this will probably be 2008’s most interesting piece of audio.

After finding out the title to the LP, I now understand the title of the first single and its content. Legend also explained to me that this project will be somewhat equivalent to Andre 3000’s, The Love Below. Some are confused as to why he’s returning so early, but with the loss of his mother and the split with his fiance, Alexis Phifer, one could only imagine that type of ish he has to get off his chest!"


The first thing I thought was, "noooooooooooooooooooooo!" Then I thought about that song he did with Young Jeezy, "I Put On", and thought about what I said to my boy Davion, "If Kanye continues to do this shit I'm no longer a fan."

So what did I do, I picked up the Blackjack II, texted Davion about this "rumor" and told him if it's true I'll no longer be a fan -- and I'm not kidding.

For those of you who know me you're probably thinking, "nah, you'll still love Kanye, he'll still be hilarious and the beats will still be fresh." And you're right, he will still be funny (see: Swagger Like Us, a TI song featuring Ye, Hova and bum ass Lil Wayne), and the beats will still be dope (see: Jockin' Jay-Z or Swagger Like Us), but fuck that shit, I have standards. Wayne is funny every once in a while, so is Young Jeezy but I don't listen to those bastards just because of that -- and I'm sure as hell not going to listen to Kanye's ass if he keeps up with that autotone bullshit. That shit was cool when Black Street used it. That shit was cool when Roger and Zapp used it, but it's 2008 damnit, I don't need one of my favorite artists in the game ruining my life with that annoying ass affect -- the fucking reason I despise every damn song T-Pain is on (and yes, I loathed "The Good Life" when that shit dropped.)

Kanye is starting to piss me off. I went from being his biggest fan (mostly for his pre-College Dropout productioin, production and lyrics on The College Dropout and his hilarious mixtapes), to an even bigger fan (mostly for his Late Registration Productioin) to a really big fan who felt he sold out (mostly because he had Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Common on his first album and T-Pain and Lil Wayne on his third) to being utterly disgusted (mostly because there are rumors of him using auto tone for his whole fucking fourth album.)

I'm just letting you know, if that shit is true, I'm never actually buying one of his albums again (and I bought the first two twice! only because my first copies were stolen though).

Damn I'm pissed.

Stay Hideous
-PB




PS!!!!! IF ANYONE CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON A MIXTAPE CALLED "THE LAST DRAGON" BY SOME GUY NAMED OZY REIGNS PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND GET ME A COPY. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THIS SHIT FOR THREE DAYS! OZY REIGNS IS A NEW HOT LYRICISTS -- REMEMBER WHO PUT YOU UP ON HIM WHEN HE GETS BIG!

BUT REALLY THOUGH, HIT ME UP IF YOU CAN FIND THAT SHIT -- AND YOU KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I NEVER TYPE IN ALL CAPS!

THANKS

Friday, September 5, 2008

NFL... It begins [Week 1]

Last season on my blog on myspace I was posting my picks every week and had a few other friends join in and it got a little competitive. This season I'll be doing the same, only here on my damn blog. Last year Zach Harper of Talkhoops.net finished the season on top -- I don't plan on letting that happen again this year. Since I don't have much time right now I'm just going to get my picks out of the way.

By the way, there will be a prize for this years winner -- a hideous shirt! If I win, I'm getting myself another one!

My picks will have the carrot next to them, away teams will be on top

THURSDAY (Note: this game already happened and I had the Redskins anyway.)
>Washington
New York (G)


SUNDAY
>Detroit
Atlanta

Seattle
>Buffalo

>New York (J)
Miami

Kansas City
>New England

>Tampa Bay
New Orleans

St. Louis
>Philadelphia

Houston
>Pittsburgh

>Jacksonville
Tennessee

>Cincinnati
Baltimore

>Carolina (upset special of the week!)
San Diego

>Arizona
San Francisco

>Dallas
Cleveland

>Chicago
Indianapolis


MONDAY
Minnesota
>Green Bay

Denver
>Oakland