Sports Corner with a Dunce Cap

Here's the sports news that you don't hear from ESPN. Unbiased. Unproven. Underdogs. Well, maybe a little biased.

This just in: There are no good NFL teams. They all suck! It seems like every week, someone who you thought was good loses to a team that everyone acknowledges as being bad. Therefore, all the teams are bad. Bring in the replacements.

This is NOT Brett Favre's last year. Perhaps it's his last with the Vikings, but oh, he's not done. He can't end on a note like this, not with his pride. And I'd hate to see him go out on such a sour note. Despite everything that he's done and all sources pointing to a universally unlikeable guy, I kind of feel sorry for him... and last year's Vikings were pretty exciting, no? Besides, he can always come back, blaming all the bad kharma on injuries, when in reality, it's just bad kharma.

The NBA is no country for young men. Here's a shout out to the young guns of OKC: I still think you're underrated. On the other hand, the best records in the league belong to the Spurs, Lakers, and Celtics, each one being jam packed with geezers who still know how to get the job done. And the if the Lakers aren't overrated, then Kobe Bryant certainly is. It's all about the Cave Man now (Pow-wow Gas-hole), and his ugly grunts that put him at the line every time he misses a lay-up. He's the second most unfair player in the league. The first is Dirk.

And what is with Houston teams and the inability to finish? If there was a rating for "Most frustrated fans," I'm sure we'd get the number one spot. Well, maybe number two after New York (welcome, Knicks, to another decade of irrelevance). Get well soon, Yao.

Jimmy Johnson won his fifth straight cup, but that means about as much to me as a velvet painting of a whale and a dolphin gettin' it on.

Good night, Provo! Soon I will awake and no longer be in the land of abominable fans. Actually, I think most of them are all pretty abominable anywhere you go. That's a personal issue though.

When Other Blogs Fail...

Today in my English 291 class, we talked about the value of keeping a record regularly as opposed to only when interesting things happen. So perhaps I can do this at least twice a week, no? That would be better than what I have usually done. I still keep up in my other journal (my real journal) every day.
It's now been over six years since I began keeping that journal. Apart from the stint in Centenniel and Aragon House, I have input for every day. So I could ask myself what I was doing this time last year, and most likely I could answer myself as well. Then again, sometimes my life seemed pretty boring. I can always tell because my entries are more philosophical on those days.
Oh shoot, I think I missed my third year anniversary for this blog! How to celebrate? Shall I go buy some pasta? I think so... and maybe some Crispix. I LOVE CRISPIX!!

If It wasn't for the MLB, it'd be another Awful year for sports.

Sometimes I fantasize about going into the NBA as a fall guy. Just some no name little dude that "accidently" trips into the knees of Kobe Bryant and just happens to "accidently" kick his nose at the same time. It would be pretty acrobatic and pretty kharmatic too. I just made up the word kharmatic, and I'm pretty sure I don't need to provide a definition.

I can't stand how ESPN begins the Laker love-fest after they win their first game. And now they've won 8 and they're all like, "Man, those Lakers are SCARY good!" and I'm like, "They've only played 2 road games, both against the Kings and Suns... not that impressive of a schedule." Yet still... I wish ESPN didn't hold such a monopoly on sporting news. I think we should start a new station that features mostly the underdogs. We'll mention the Pittsburgh Pirates about once every two months... which is more than ESPN can say for probably two years.
Oh wait, they already have this for the local teams and stuff. Come on, the Mountain? VS? I could shoot better quality with a camera phone. Ok maybe not... but you get my point.

Observations in the Library

Sitting here in the library, after a good half hour of conjuring up some essay, my attention span wanes and I begin to look elsewhere for a bit. I start to observe people around me, and I find them fascinating in an almost creepy sort of way.
For instance, I swear that's Keri Russel's cousin sitting across the way from me. Also, some Asians are actually... attractive. Maybe she's Phillipino? There's a girl at the printer that I took out when I was in Liberty Square two years ago. There, caught her eye! She didn't acknowledge me though. I guess I can't blame her. And without fail, there is always some dude watching anime. Have these people no shame? I wouldn't even watch Avatar (the Last Airbender type) in a public setting. I wouldn't be caught dead watching the actual movie again, because then I'd be dead and have no way to explain it. Nyuk nyuk, I think I've used that one before. Thanks Mr. Beck.
It's 8:40 now, and I see my old roommate from last year. I look him up on Facebook and find out he's engaged. That makes me kind of happy, good for Barret! I also see some familiar faces from old classes, you know the sort where you'd catch their eye and nod as if some semblance of familiarity existed between you, but you don't even know their name. Was it from class, or was it from reffing? Or maybe EFY? I've been here too long.
Oh yeah, there's a couple that won't stop SUCKING FACE over there. What is the nerve with these people and their PDA's? I wonder if they know that they're being watched... and a pattern is being established. Smooch, break, smooch, break... maybe a word here or there between the meeting of the lips. They're still going! In and out like some oral dance of shameless awkwardness...
I should really get back to work but I'm starting to get enthralled with this guy's anime show. I bet they're more enjoyable when you don't hear the sound anyways. I've just realized that the girl that has been sitting next to me for the past half hour or so is pretty attractive as well. She's left her computer but she's still logged on so I can see her name. Grace L... Dick? That's unfortunate. I hope she doesn't come back and prove to be as nosy as I am.
Ok, it's back to wrok time.