Now that I have lived in Dallas for over a year now I have been forced to get accustom with the sports fan base of the Mavs. Since being from the Sliver and Black city it's difficult to put up with some of these ignorant non sense talking maverick fans that believe that "this is their year" even though "their year" has been going on for the last 5. I always find it comical that when I mention the 4 rings we got they still have some stupid comeback line that never really goes anywhere much like a Charlie Sheen slam. FYI, if you ever walk into the AAC you will notice hanging in the rafters by the hockey banners and one or two bball division titles that they have an All Star weekend participation banner from last yr.
Well maybe someone should let them in on the secret.... every team will host the all-star game eventually and by the way the game wasn't even held at the AAC. Jerry should proudly hang that up in his dome next to his attendance record for a Super Bowl, oh wait that didn't happen, and you counted the people who bought tickets to stand outside the dome and watch it on a TV. Anyways im getting off subject of what I really want to talk about. The ticket up here is awesome and I actually do enjoy listening to them dissect the mavs and cowboys along with all the made up voices of famous athletes (Fake Jerry Jones). But, the one subject that was beaten over and over like a Dallas Police arrest was "Free Roddy Beaubois" throughout last yrs. playoffs. This was relating to always benching this guy in crucial time during Mavs games though when he was in the game he did great. Well im taking this phrase and rewording it..... "Free Gary Neal".
This is not soo much because Neal doesn't play, but because he is on the bench during crunch time while slapdick Richard Jefferson plays in-front of him and contributes nothing at the end of games much like the other first 44 mins. It's kind of sad to watch the decline of a once all-star to basically a non reliable roll player on the most unselfish team in the NBA and he still can't get his. The guy is a disease much like an STD, and unfortunately we can't get enough valtrex to make him go away. You can go back this whole season and watch the last 4 mins. of any game and you wouldn't be able to tell where he made a big shot that meant something. The guy has no confidence in anything he does on the court or offpicture speaks for itself......
For a while I believed that Neal should be inserted in the starting lineup over RJ, but realized if for some rare occurrence Jefferson hits his first couple shots he can be valuable for a period of time, but he used most of those good games up in the first 10 of the season. For a short period of time made Spurs fans believe he had found his broke jump shot and wasn't a pussy anymore to drive to the basket where he used to do damage. Now spurs fans get the guy who currently has lost his confidence again and doesn't play D on the other end of the court to do anything for us other than force us to play 4 on 6 when he's on the court. I do not exaggerate on how bad he hurts the team on their stretch run heading into the playoffs. Now you have Gary Neal a 26 yr. old rookie who when he has the ball wants to score every time he has an opportunity and if you follow the team closely you know when the ball leaves his hands you know its going in most the time. Bottom line Neal wants to be out there and he averages half the mins. Jefferson does and consistently outscores, rebounds and doesn't have as many turnovers as Mr. RJ. Hopefully Pop is only messing with our emotions right now and when the marbles are on the line we won't see this guy come the last 6 to 7 mins. of any game. So play the real shooter, the guy who tries on defense and a guy who won't be seen in a fedora anywhere.
(the most worthless POS spurs player that we have overpaid, right up there with Matt Bonner. We even renegotiated with him last summer for less money and still overpaid.)
So the NFL owners better get it together and take the deal the players want or the players will all be in jail and they won't be able to have games even if they want too. I wonder if now that the teams can't contact the players, they also can't use their power to get players off scott free when they rape girls in Georgia...hmmm.
Well the latest two stories are Aqib Talib and Dez Bryant. The first thing I can say about these two is that spell check doesn't like their names, the second is that they are both complete knuckle heads (Charles Barkley voice). The Cowboys and the Bucs knew what they were getting into when they drafted these guys, as there were rumors that both were complete idiots coming out of college. Dez looks like he is in some financial trouble as he owes around $1,000,000 to various jewelers for diamond encrusted necklaces that he bought on credit and decided not to pay for.
At least he timed this well with the lockout keeping him from collecting any pay checks for a while. Luckily North Park Mall decided they would look out for his best interests and ban him from the mall so he couldn't make any financial follies there. Who knows what is going to happen with this guy in the next few months without the oversight of the team. It should be comical though. Maybe there is still time for him to get a cameo in The Hangover 2.
So then we have Aqib Talib. This guy is from Dallas and graduated from Richardson Berkner. I am a little surprised that I don't remember hearing about him in high school since he is local and apparently was really good. Maybe he was never academically eligible. Well after Berkner he went on to become an All-American at Kansas where he earned a degree in being a slapdick. His latest achievement is getting into a dispute with his sisters boyfriend. Talib and his mother were arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (mother of the year?). Apparently Talib fired shots and tried to pistol whip this guy n Garland a few weeks ago. I am not quite sure but I feel like you have to be some how impaired to be close enough to pistol whip someone and not only fail at that but then miss them with a few shots. What do you think?
Naa he looks like he is completely alert. Well needless to say it is pretty likely he is going to jail. But that just sets us up for his triumphant return in 5 years to become one of the best players in the league right? History seems to repeat itself.
I woke up this morning with a quiet excited-ness about me that I haven't experienced in years. The last time may have been the first day of high school. The night before is a restless sleep, full of wonderment about the upcoming day and the beginning of an exciting time. Well, I awoke with much the same feeling today. There was nothing too special about this day that should stir such a feeling, nothing grand that is happening or even noteworthy to mention in the blog today.
I could only muster up one idea, an idea which hit me like a snow storm and would not leave my mind all day. I was excited, not because I got a new loofa, which is always a good day indeed. My shower this morning was so fresh, if you don't use loofas, you are missing out on what could be the best part of any shower. It is not only the best way to get rid of dead skin cells, but beyond that, it feels as though Helen of Troy is washing your body herself. It is something grand, do not hate... try it.
It is hard to put into words the beauty in which I am about to tell you. Imagine you were a kid and you realized that every imaginable friend you had was real; and everyone athlete you pretended to be was not a coke addicted sex addict, instead every perfect thing about this world was actually real and attainable. To sum up in a few short words what has begun to come upon the world would not do favor to the true situation at hand. For, the only reason we all suffer through those cold winter nights; the days of torture while beautiful women are covered up head to toe with parkas and rain boots. That is right gentlemen....SUNDRESS SEASON HAS COMMENCED!!
The season of sundresses has got to be a favorite of mine. I refuse to call it spring or summer, it does not do justice. SUNDRESS season gives men reason to leave the house. It shows us that putting up with gloomy winter days and cold winter nights does pay off in the end. The girls shed their winter coats and out blossoms such sexy and scantily clad sundresses.
All of our hopes are strung on the fact that a summer breeze will carelessly lift up that loose fabric just enough to see what it is they are playfully hiding. Not too much, but just enough to bring a smile to your face, and adjust your belt as needed. The season is upon us, do not let these days pass so easily. Do not be rude and discourteous to that fact that all these women put on these simple dresses not to stay cool in the summer sun. But rather to give us whiplash so bad that only a shot of whiskey and codein could settle down the pain.
A cool app. that I was just exposed to over the past week for the iphone is Instagram. It is basically a twitter that lets you share whats happening in your life through photos. You have followers and you can follow others. The really neat thing about the app. is the features of photo shop which allow you to change the appearance of the pictures you post. You can either take a pic. with the app. or upload from your iphone photos. It gives you 15 different filters to change the appearance and then you can tilt by tapping the photo to focus on certain objects.
Overall I rate this app. a B+, only because there is certainly room for improvement and Im sure over time the upgrades will evolve Instagram. Whats nice about this thing is that it doesn't have the "facebook status updates" that I could care less about what anyone wants to share about what they are doing at a particular time. However, im not a fan of how to navigate to other users or your own page, but maybe thats because im so used to the evil of facebook. Anyhow thought I would share a recommended app. and if you want to follow me you can find me at bigozzy.
So I know i haven't put anything up here since we went to the opening night showing of Land Before Time 19, Little Foot Goes to Venus, but I just didn't have anything to write about. Unfortunately I can't write about sundresses because screech already claimed that, I just wanted to piss him off when he read the title.
I am really beginning this without any subject in mind so I would go into this expecting very little. Treat it like a date with T.O. ("Triple Distilled" T.O. not "Get Your Popcorn Ready" T.O.)
Hopefully everyone enjoyed the angry birds song. I had been messing around with those chords for ages and couldn't get anything of quality. Then I was sitting out at the lake and muse hit me and I started singing about the iphone game. and that is how the [future] hit was born. It is amazing the low level entertainment that the iphone provides. I mean can you get much simpler than sling shotting birds at pigs? I guess that is pretty creative but it sure is simple.
That makes you think about a lot of things that people make a lot of money with. A lot of it is total bull shit and they just end up lucky being at the right place at the right time. Really music can be like that. It is amazing the amount of talented people who just play in the coffee shop or in their living room and the amount of talentless people that are just created by the record companies....ahem country music.
It is always incredibly fun to find artists that really have a lot to offer that just don't get all that much publicity. A local band that you should check out is The Orbans (previously The Lifters but apparently they lifted that name from someone and got sued). The Orbans are from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and have this alternative rock sound that also has some bluegrass type influence in the instrumentation. They really have some good songs (nothing as good as Angry Bird) and have a really original sound.
Peter Black is the lead singer (who unfortunately didn't have his priorities straight and is now having a baby instead of touring) and main writer [edit: apparently they are playing SXSW so maybe they will begin playing again]. The lyrics provide an interesting mix. Some songs are very easy to follow and are very catchy. Others are nearly nonsensical and make it hard for me to decide if they are brilliant and I am not quite getting it or if they are just on a lot of drugs while they write them.
Either way you should check them out. http://www.theorbans.com/ A very solid local band and a great show once they start playing gigs again. I don't know if people are that interested but I am pretty passionate about music and I will likely introduce some more bands in the future (if you are not interested, too fucking bad).
We are sitting here after Uptown, and listening to A play the guitar. Some guitar and the musical ambiance of four wannabe singers is all the is needed to have a good time. None of us sing well, by any means. With the exception of A on the guitar, our voices collectively equal Black Eyed Peas at the Super Bowl. So obviously, it is amazing.
What is needed for a good time though is a few good friends, some beer and half hazard singing. That is the recipe for a good night after the bars. We all come from different backgrounds and we all are headed to different places. But at this moment we are singing in the worst possible voices to songs we know half the lyrics to. We make no gestures to reconcile the shit we know, we only sing while we can the songs that come from our past. It brings us together in a way that only music can. It transcends time into a place of the forgotten, the time of our youth when music was what made us who we are.
A plays the guitar like a young Jimmy Hendrix and we sing like, well, the telatubbies. Yes, it sounds awesome.
Late nights, drunk people and the ability to enjoy life is what makes this place enjoyable. So love the one you got, cuz you might get run over or you might get shottttttt!!!!!
Here's to the crazy ones... the misfits; the rebels; the troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do, is ignore them; because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
I haven't posted in awhile and for that i apologize. Life seems to get in the way of any productive activities outside of work.
I wanted to post this though because recently in my life there have been happenings that have transformed my life and redirected the way my life is going. I like this quote because it says exactly what I think about life. I perceive it in a way that maybe others don't. But perhaps they should.
It is never too late to chase your dreams or take a different road. You start out somewhere in order to get to a final destination. Every step in life is a move in a direction towards a final goal. To have the tenacity and the drive to do the undesirable and the needed in order to shape the world you want is a brave thing indeed. The world was not shaped by the common man, or the being that chose to stay the most traveled path. It was formed by the misfits, the rebels that realized things could be different. Things could be better and so chose to take action, to propose a new way of doing things. This is how the wheel got invented, this is how we are flying through the air. Man would have never set foot on the moon if man never thought it possible or reasonable. To follow the crowd is to give in to human nature; to belong. Break the mold, be who you were born to be and grasp the idea of individuality. Embrace the strange and unknown, or forever be placed in the world of the faceless man.
The world needs more thinkers, doers, and achievers. If you are not one of these, no worries, bask in the glory that someone out there has more heart to do what is needed to advance in life. Be complacent with the way things are. It is only your life, do with it what you will.
As for me, I choose the path of the unknown, show me the un-treaded jungle. I will face it with machete in hand and the will to move what is needed. It is the movers and the shakers that rattle this world of ours. Blend in or be known.
The significance 15th of March stems from the Roman Calendar, here is also what I found this yesterday about "Ides of March" pretty interesting...
1. The day that Julius Caesar was betrayed and assassinated in 44 B.C. by a group of Roman senators--an event that solidified the date in infamy.
2. The famous line, "Beware the ides of March," from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, when Caesar is warned of his impending death by a soothsayer--a warning that Caesar disastrously, but predictably, fails to heed.
3. The epistolary novel, The Ides of March, by Thornton Wilder was published in 1948 and describes the events leading up to the assassination of Caesar (notice a pattern here?)
4. The Ides of March was the American rock band behind the hit 70s song 'Vehicle'.
5. And last but not least, a non-depressing reference -- The Ides of March is the political thriller directed by George Clooney, set to be released in late 2011. The movie is about "an idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate [who] gets a crash course on dirty politics," which admittedly does sound like a bit of a downer. But it stars Clooney and Ryan Gosling, and that is anything but depressing!
By far this could be one of the better weeks out of the year coming up. We have St. Patty's Day Thurs. along with the start of March Madness Thurs. and Fri. On top of all that there is a Spurs/Mavs game in Dallas Friday that ill be attending as I wear my black and sliver (the JET is a Bi**h).
Thursday - One of the highest call in sick days of the year and not because of St. Patty's day but March Madness. The madness of trying to pick the perfect bracket of 64 with limitless opportunities to fill out multiple brackets and still not have more green than red mark outs on your bracket. The first 2 days of the tournament is where im basically glued to the TV from 1 to 8 only to get up to feed my stomach and beer myself. Its strange because I used to watch a lot of college bball during the season which built up the tournament much more for me, but the last 3 years I haven't paid any attention to the regular season. (unless it's a Duke/UNC game or some ballin white guy every yr. that looks like he has no athletic ability but just comes out and takes over games. ex: Fredette, Hansbrough bros, Reddick, Morrison) Anywho I don't care for watching the regular season, but come the 3rd week in March I try to catch up as quickly as possible with as many media outlets hoping to soak up just enough to make some educated picks in my bracket.
I will predict now that there will be one 12th seed in the sweet 16 and a 6th seed that makes the final four. Also ill bet that only one 1 seed will make the final 4. Stick to these predictions and you'll be as smart as me! (thats a good thing) With all this college bball talk there still is St. Patty's day on thursday which ill be having some green beers and using the pinch rule to my advantage to strike up conversation, by the way did you know when this Holiday started the associated color was blue not green. (probably something the americans ruined)
Last but not least the Spurs/Mavs I've been waiting months to go see. I get to wear my Spurs gear and go into the AAC and represent. I can't wait to shut up all the Spurs haters this town has. Once we get the W Friday night ill be basking in the glory DT with old friends as we are in midsts of the Spurs last title run. Should be an epic weekend and many things to look forward to, now im going back to watching Californication because that show is the S**T. (Real estate agent, by far the best add character ever)
Yesterday morning I went to a recommended church that I could get my ashes and go.... perfect since I had a busy day of work ahead. Well I walk in at 9am and the chapel that could probably seat over 300 had 300 spots filled. Little did I know I was in for the whole 9 yards, I got my ashes along with communion. Now once I realized this was turning into mass I had another surprise waiting.... The blessing of the gifts through serving communion was spoken in english and then redone in spanish. This made no sense and not because I haven't been trying to learn spanish through the cheap version of Rosetta Stone (Berlitz), but why they would start translating the mass now after 3/4 of the it was already complete and only done in 1 language?/? To say the least I was a little frustrated since I wasn't planning on taking an hour to get ashed, but I did feel good. Not sure if half of it was because I sat through the whole mass or that this now can count for not having to go this sunday.
Later on that afternoon I had a funny encounter. I was walking around the hospital getting ready for some work when someone stopped me and asked what the black dot on my forehead was doing there.
Man - Sir, what is that black thing on your head?
TO - Oh, there just ashes.
Man - Ashes? It looks like a black dot.
TO - Yea kind of, but I got them for ash wednesday.
Man - Ash Wednesday? You are Hindu. That does look like Hindu.
After this comment I tried to explain very quick that it was not Hindu and that it represented a different belief, but unfortunately the guy must had already made up his mind and started walking away as he mumbled something to me that I couldn't understand. By any means his comment shocked me as I looked at him waiting for some type of Seth Green punch line that wasn't coming. This guy was dead serious. Now I did notice when I checked in the mirror that my ashes weren't in the form of the typical cross symbol, but like a large glob, possibly the Father was hinting that I may have quite a bit of repenting to do. All I know is that I am not Hindu and far from it since one religion believes in not eating cow, while the other does and thats just one major difference. Hope everyone had a Happy Hinduday.
I don't have a lot of time, but I thought yall might like to learn chess. This is a great clip from the greatest television show in history. So enjoy it, and learn some chess.
If you know the show, you will undoubtedly see the parallels between the chess game and the life in the drug game which is referenced a little in the clip.
So I cannot stand Sarah Palin... I don't feel like bringing political views into this blog at this point so we will steer away from controversy and only attack her personally. But seriously, is there a voice out there that is more annoying than hers? I don't think so...I would rather listen to Woody Woodpecker do a speech.
Wait did she actually do the voice work for Woody Woodpecker?!? Regardless her voice is a disaster. Then we have her thirst for attention that only compares to Eric Northman's thirst for Sookie's blood. So Kathy Griffin has a nice little history of making Palin jokes that simply are not that funny. Big deal... Sarah gets all worked up and suddenly we have this new mutualistic relationship of pure annoyingnessity. They just keep feeding off each other to stay in the spot light. If one keeps their mouth shut, they both fade away into idiocraty, or well mediocrity. Just the other day the old grizzly bear had her latest of dumb quotes:
"You know, Kathy Griffin can do anything to me or say anything about me, because you know… she's a 50-year-old adult bully, really is what she is," Palin said. "She can do those things to me… I would just ask for respect of my children. As she had stated on CNN that her New Year's resolution was to destroy my 16-year-old daughter, that takes it a little too far.” She even came with the old fashioned challenge...“Kathy pick on me, come up to Alaska and pick on me, but leave my kids alone,”
Griffin did specifically say that she was going to go after her 16 year old Willow. I find this relatively comical, but not because Kathy Griffin is funny, rather that Willow is a funny name. I wonder if Palin's Willow whips her hair back and forth. I wonder if Sarah should give that song a listen... "Hop up out the bed turn my swag on / Pay no attention to them haters / Because we whip em off." I digress...
What is amazing (and what makes my head hurt) about this whole feud is that Palin eggs it on so much. I just want to slap her and say, "Listen bitch, you are a public figure with a, well interesting family. C level comedians are going to make jokes about you. Ignore them! What are you, a freaking drama starved 12 year old? Or are you genius and you realize that fighting these little battles the only way for you to keep a final shred of relevance?" "Oh, really? Ok, well then carry on."
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I guess I can't really blame either woman for doing what they have to do to stay in that last little piece of the spotlight. I just really hope this Presidential candidate thing doesn't come down to Palin vs. Hickabee in 2012(please tell me we haven't regressed that far). I think I would have to choose not to vote if my choices for the GOP we a Racist Southern Baptist Minister from Arkansas who is is hypocritical and insensitive or a Thin Skinned Woodpecker from Alaska who names her kids things like Willow and then wonders why they get picked on. I trust that this won't happen but if it does I will have no choice but to write in my 2012 choice for president: Nickelback for President 2012.
-Tripledistilledopinions wants to apologize to our fan base for the lack of publishing in the last week. This will not be a regular occurrence. Thank you
So we all have seen the Charlie Sheen interviews over the last week and have had a few great laughs along with some memorable one liners that will be repeating for a while to come. But now his shit is getting old and he really isn't funny since now he has realized from all the interviews last week that he was saying some ridiculous things, which caught peoples attention to follow and listen to what he had to say. (interesting fact I heard yesterday, Sheen's twitter acct. was the fastest to a million followers ever - took 24 hrs.) Now he's like a dumb hot blonde girl, she's hot/great to look at but once she realizes it, she'll do whatever it takes to keep the attention focused at her... dumb (slut). Unfortunately, I do feel like Sheen is being exploited when he needs help more than ever and I do hope he does find some because I really don't want to see a Major League 3 movie or him interviewing Gary Busey on his new HDNet T.V. show.
The one word that will never be the same that Charlie has brought a whole new meaning to is "Winning" and I plan apply it to everything I do for here on out.
