It's nice to see that Koho has finally found out about the "internets" and has decided to join the discussion on my blog. Unfortunately the average iq just went down about 20 points. Thanks Koho, thanks. Just so Koho knows, so he can avoid me when I get back to Ct, I'll be back for Malone's bachelor party in September and also for the wedding in October. That'll be about it. I don't think I'll be back for the rest of the year.
But anyways, one year ago ladies, I moved out of Ct and to the lovely city of Columbus, Ohio. I travelled up through NY and then down past Cleveland and into Columbus finally. And since then I've had two jobs and lived in two places(well three if you count the gf's place). I went to 4 Blue Jacket games, 0 osu football or basketball games, 1 osu hockey games, 2 reds games, saw Pedro's first game back last year and Joey Votto hit 3 home runs. Lets just say it's been an interesting year. Now, Rob came up with a good idea, to rate Ct versus Oh so here it goes. Now, I'm only going to limit this to Columbus because I haven't really seen the rest of Ohio besides the Great American Ballpark and some outlet center. Not too extensive. If I was going to rate the whole state of Ohio versus Ct they'd probably be about the same. But, Columbus blows away the horrible state of Ct. Now, as everyone knows I have a biased opinion of Ct. I've lived there most of my life and I really wanted to get out. Honestly, I was willing to move to NJ. NJ people!! That's saying a lot. There are some things that I will miss about CT and that's just basically my family and friends, which is also the one drawback with Columbus, seeing as I'm 9 hours away from everyone, but that in no way makes up for the bad things about CT. I think the worst thing about CT is the fact that the place is boring. There's really not that much to do and not that many places to go. If you want to go anywhere you have to drive at least 20 minutes to get there. The biggest city in Ct is Hartford, and well, it's not much of a city. There aren't that many bars there and the bars suck because all it is is a high school reunion. I'm sorry, but I really don't want to hang out with people from high school that I didn't hang out with before. There are no major sports teams in the state, unless you count the Uconn women's b-ball team. Yeah, that's about it. There are some minor league teams, but who cares? I don't. If you want to see a real team you have to drive either 90 minutes to Boston or 2 hours to NYC. Honestly, Ct should just be split into two and have the southern half be apart of NY and the northern half be apart of mass. Just a thought. Now, with Columbus there's just soooooo much to do. And, they're all around you. If I want to I can walk to a two sports bars, 5 regular bars, a 3 chinese restaurants, 1 inidan, 1 mexican, 3 pizza shops, 1 wings place, a movie theater, 2 ice cream shops, a grocery store, wal-mart, cvs, 4 gas stations, 3 barber shops, I can stay on my street for a city feel or I can walk one block down and be in the suburbs, there's a park and a softball field also. And that's just walking to the places right by you. If I felt like it I could drive 5 minutes and triple everything. You really can't get that in Ct. And the city, it's not like NYC or Boston where the streets feel all grosse and when you get back to your apartment you feel like you need to take a 20 minute shower to clean yourself. It has a sort of old city feeling to it. but don't get me wrong, you can drive to downtown Columbus and get that NYC feeling(not soo much dirty more like the skyscrapers all around you, no grass, no trees, just buildings and pavement all around you). That's what I really like about Columbus, you can run into any type of atmosphere around you. If you want a college atmosphere you can live by OSU. If you want the city atmosphere you can live downtown, if you a suburban atmosphere you can live in Dublin(which is right on the edge of Columbus) and if you want the rural atmosphere with farms and cows and tractors and stuff like that you can drive 10 minutes outside Columbus. That's it. Sometimes its just sensory overload. There's just nothing in Ct that really compares to it. You would honestly just have to come and visit and if you guys ever want to, all you have to do is let me know. Also, it cheaper to live here. He he. And, if you feel you want to go to another city, cincinatti is just over an hour away and so is Cleveland. Pittsburg is about 2 and a half hours away. Chicago is 4. Not too bad.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Who would have expected this?
So, I must admit it, but I've had a really good experience with Sony in regards to my ps3. As people know, my ps3 died a while ago. Well, I was trying to figure out if I wanted to send my ps3 back to Sony or to bring it to Best Buy. With Sony I had to send my ps3 back to them and then wait for them to send one back to me, which I figured would take, you know, forever. I could have taken it to Best Buy and exchanging it, but they didn't have mine in. I was told they might get some in in a couple weeks, but they didn't. I waited a week to see if Best Buy would get one in and they didn't so I ended up sending my ps3 back to Sony this past Friday. Well, they got my ps3 on Monday and surprisingly they shipped me a new one on Wednesday. It's going to be delivered today, which is great. It's been an all around great experience with Sony and I actually wish I had sent mine back right away instead of waiting. Oh well, you live and learn.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The best things about being a kid
So, to make Rob happy I'm going to write a column that doesn't talk about my favorite baseball team. Plus, I'll probably pull out the rest of my hair if I do, he he. For some reason a couple days ago I started thinking about what it was like being a kid and how great it was. I started to laugh thinking about it so I decided that maybe I should make a post about it. So, here it is. My favorite things about being a kid:
#1. No responsibilities - Your clothes are dirty and you need clean ones, no problem, your parents will do it. You're hungry and want something to eat. No problem, someone else does it for you. It's the summer and its nice out, do you have to worry about going to work? Not at all. You wake up when you want, get dressed, eat, go outside and play all day long. Jeez, now that's the life. Out of food? Yo Ma, we're out of food, go get us some(okay, I never said that at all, but you get the point). In fact, you don't have to worry about remembering to set up a dentist, doctor, or eye appointment. You just have to worry about going to them. You have your parents to do that for you. Soooo not fair.
#2. Don't have to go to work - By far the worst thing about being an adult. Life was soooo easy when you're young. You don't have to get up and go to work to make money to support yourself. Uggghhhhh.
#3. You're not into chicks - Life was sooo nice when you didn't have to worry about impressing some chick or trying to go up and talk to them when they were around their friends. In fact, you didn't even like girls because they had koodies. Lots and lots of Koodies. You didn't care how you dressed, how you smelled, what you listened to, who you were friends with. You weren't out there trying to get some chick to like you. You just wanted to have fun. That's it.
#4. No school during the summer - I miss this. I really do. That's why teacher's have it made. Right now my mom's up at our cabin, relaxing and sitting out in the sun. Sooo unfair. But kids, they got it made, too. No need to worry about lesson plans for next year, or making sure you wake up in time for work, or about the morning traffic(stupid slow drivers in the left lane. Get over will you???), or your boss coming over and yelling at you for doing a bad job. I wish I could just take a 2 month vacation. That would be sweet.
#5. You can watch cartoons and not have people think you're weird - What? What's wrong with the fact that I still like cartoons? So, maybe my sense of humor hasn't changed since the fart jokes that I would hear in the second grade. Is that sooo bad? Hmmm... okay, maybe it is, but it's just cause I'm jealous of kids 'cause they have it soooooo easy(and yes, I may have peter pan envy).
#1. No responsibilities - Your clothes are dirty and you need clean ones, no problem, your parents will do it. You're hungry and want something to eat. No problem, someone else does it for you. It's the summer and its nice out, do you have to worry about going to work? Not at all. You wake up when you want, get dressed, eat, go outside and play all day long. Jeez, now that's the life. Out of food? Yo Ma, we're out of food, go get us some(okay, I never said that at all, but you get the point). In fact, you don't have to worry about remembering to set up a dentist, doctor, or eye appointment. You just have to worry about going to them. You have your parents to do that for you. Soooo not fair.
#2. Don't have to go to work - By far the worst thing about being an adult. Life was soooo easy when you're young. You don't have to get up and go to work to make money to support yourself. Uggghhhhh.
#3. You're not into chicks - Life was sooo nice when you didn't have to worry about impressing some chick or trying to go up and talk to them when they were around their friends. In fact, you didn't even like girls because they had koodies. Lots and lots of Koodies. You didn't care how you dressed, how you smelled, what you listened to, who you were friends with. You weren't out there trying to get some chick to like you. You just wanted to have fun. That's it.
#4. No school during the summer - I miss this. I really do. That's why teacher's have it made. Right now my mom's up at our cabin, relaxing and sitting out in the sun. Sooo unfair. But kids, they got it made, too. No need to worry about lesson plans for next year, or making sure you wake up in time for work, or about the morning traffic(stupid slow drivers in the left lane. Get over will you???), or your boss coming over and yelling at you for doing a bad job. I wish I could just take a 2 month vacation. That would be sweet.
#5. You can watch cartoons and not have people think you're weird - What? What's wrong with the fact that I still like cartoons? So, maybe my sense of humor hasn't changed since the fart jokes that I would hear in the second grade. Is that sooo bad? Hmmm... okay, maybe it is, but it's just cause I'm jealous of kids 'cause they have it soooooo easy(and yes, I may have peter pan envy).
Monday, June 23, 2008
Yeah, this is really quick, so sue me
Okay, I started out writing a response to what Perrotti said about the Mets not having enough money for both of them. Yeah, no. You're wrong Perrotti. In fact, the Mets could have up to $47 mil coming off the books. Yup, that's a lot. Now, here's a link to the potential free agents for next year: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/12/2009-mlb-free-a.html. Now, with this the Mets will be losing Alou, Delgado, Pedro, El Duke and Oliver Perez. Now, I think the Mets will resign Perez, but I don't think he'll get more than what he's making this year, which is $6mil, so the Mets will have around $41mil to spend. Now, this is the fun thing that I like to do, lets see who the Mets can sign(yeah!). My three favorite starters in this are 1. CC Sabathia, 2. Ryan Dempster, 3. Ben Sheetz and I think the Mets should go after those pitchers in that order. Dempster could be a really good, cheaper option than CC, but this is his first season as a starter, so who knows what will happen next year. Sheetz is a gamble because I think it's more likely he'll resign with the Brewers and also he's a huge injury risk. Now, right now Texiera is the best option at 1b. I don't really care about any of those other players that are free agents. Giambi would have been interesting if he wasn't sooo old and if the Mets had a DH spot. But, they don't and he's not young. Ha ha. Now, the outfield could be interesting. Milton Bradley has been playing really well. I wouldn't mind the Mets going out and signing him, not to a big long term contract, but to something small, like a two year deal. There's also Rocco Baldelli who's on there. I think the Rays will probably be done with him. He's the biggest injury risk out of everyone on the list, but he could be interesting. So, this offseason will be really interesting and I'll be waiting, and hoping the Mets do something to improve the team.
A case of the Mondays
Errrr.... yeah, I haven't written on here in a while. I've just been busy, surprisingly. but, besides that, it looks like the Mets are doing okay. We've won our last three series, just the way they should. All they need to do is win two out of three. that's all I ask. We've trimmed 4 games off the Phillies lead, so that's good. Now we have the Mariners coming in, so that should be easy. They do have the worst record in the league. Also, what's going on with KC? They've been on fire. They've won like 7 or 8 in a row or something like 7 out of 8 or 8 out of 9. I hope they do well because I like the young guys on their team. It would be cool to see them in the playoffs, taking the wild card from the Yankees. He he.
Mike, I think you need to check your stats about CC. Just so you know, in his last nine starts he's gone at least 6 innings in each start and struck out at least 8 in 6 of those starts. Plus, he's taken 3 runs off of his era. Not too shabby. Hopefully he'll test the free agent market. I wouldn't mind having a pitching rotation of Santanta, Sabathia, Maine, Perez, and Pelfrey. Plus, maybe we'll sign Texiera. I don't think he'll re-sign with the Braves and he wouldn't be a bad option at first(but you all know that I'd prefer we re-trade for Jacobs!). I can't remember, but is Wagner's contract up this year or next year? I don't think we'll resign him because he's sooo old. I'm actually surprised at how well he's pitched because he was suppose to have a suspect shoulder. I thought he was going to be like Pedro and on the DL all the time. I just think it's time for us to go younger. Maybe we'll put Duaner as the closer? who knows.
Mike, I think you need to check your stats about CC. Just so you know, in his last nine starts he's gone at least 6 innings in each start and struck out at least 8 in 6 of those starts. Plus, he's taken 3 runs off of his era. Not too shabby. Hopefully he'll test the free agent market. I wouldn't mind having a pitching rotation of Santanta, Sabathia, Maine, Perez, and Pelfrey. Plus, maybe we'll sign Texiera. I don't think he'll re-sign with the Braves and he wouldn't be a bad option at first(but you all know that I'd prefer we re-trade for Jacobs!). I can't remember, but is Wagner's contract up this year or next year? I don't think we'll resign him because he's sooo old. I'm actually surprised at how well he's pitched because he was suppose to have a suspect shoulder. I thought he was going to be like Pedro and on the DL all the time. I just think it's time for us to go younger. Maybe we'll put Duaner as the closer? who knows.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
ESPN
Well, Willie is gone. Today I was looking for a cup to drink milk from and I saw my Willie Cup that I got from subway on the way to game 1 of the NLCS. Malone, do you still have yours? Oh well. The Mets are now 1-1 since the firing. I was impressed by the win yesterday as the Mets came from behind in the ninth to tie it off of F-Rod with David coming through with his second hit in the ninth inning(pretty sad). Then we win it in the 10th with a 2 out hr. Not too shabby of a win and we've now won our last two series. Lets hope it continues.
Well, I've got some time to waste because I'm doing my laundry so I thought I'd go over my favorite people from ESPN. I'll eventually get around to writing my least 5 favorite people from espn. It's just hard to get that top 5 because there are sooooooo many people who suck over there, ha ha. So, here we go.
#1. Erin Andrews - Please, is anyone surprised? Really? Have you seen her? He he. But, the thing with Erin is that she's not just all looks. She's actually really easy to listen to. It seems like she knows what she's talking about and she has a pleasant voice to listen to. I'm just wondering when the WWL is going to call her up to Sportscenter? She's a good sideline reporter, but I think she'd be really good doing a Sportscenter or two a week. I saw her last night doing Sportscenter from the College World Series with Robin Ventura(where's he been?) and she was actually really really good. We'll see what happens from here.
#2. Barry Melrose - I think it's the hair. No one keeps the hockey mullet tradition going stronger than Melrose. But, besides that he's actually nice to listen to. He doesn't over talk anything, gets right to the point and has some good insights into the game. There's a rumor he might be a coach again and if so ESPN will have a hard time replacing him. He's said that he's really happy at ESPN so maybe he won't go. We'll see.
#3. John Buccigross - Yeah, I looked this up and I actually spelled his last name right for once(woo!!!). I really like Bucci's schtick that he uses when he's doing highlights. He's pretty interesting, plus he always references bands that I like that I wouldn't think that he would know. I miss NHL Tonight because he did a great job on that show. Maybe the NHL will get rid of Bettman and then be back on ESPN. Probably not, but I can dream.
#4. Scott Van Pelt - Not as good at sports as the rest of the members of his family, but at least he'll have a long lasting career. SVP is by far my favorite ESPN anchor. Plus, the message he left on that random chick's vm is priceless. It's nice to know that he's just a regular guy. That's the way that he comes off on Sportscenter and it's nice that he backed it up. Apparently he even made fun of himself at a graduation speech.
#5. Buster Olney - Not only does he have an awesome blog on ESPN but he's pretty good on Baseball Tonight. He has a really good insight into what's going on in the game and he's easy to listen too when he's talking on BT. Hopefully ESPN doesn't screw this up and do something stupid, like let him go. Ha ha.
So what do you guys think?
Well, I've got some time to waste because I'm doing my laundry so I thought I'd go over my favorite people from ESPN. I'll eventually get around to writing my least 5 favorite people from espn. It's just hard to get that top 5 because there are sooooooo many people who suck over there, ha ha. So, here we go.
#1. Erin Andrews - Please, is anyone surprised? Really? Have you seen her? He he. But, the thing with Erin is that she's not just all looks. She's actually really easy to listen to. It seems like she knows what she's talking about and she has a pleasant voice to listen to. I'm just wondering when the WWL is going to call her up to Sportscenter? She's a good sideline reporter, but I think she'd be really good doing a Sportscenter or two a week. I saw her last night doing Sportscenter from the College World Series with Robin Ventura(where's he been?) and she was actually really really good. We'll see what happens from here.
#2. Barry Melrose - I think it's the hair. No one keeps the hockey mullet tradition going stronger than Melrose. But, besides that he's actually nice to listen to. He doesn't over talk anything, gets right to the point and has some good insights into the game. There's a rumor he might be a coach again and if so ESPN will have a hard time replacing him. He's said that he's really happy at ESPN so maybe he won't go. We'll see.
#3. John Buccigross - Yeah, I looked this up and I actually spelled his last name right for once(woo!!!). I really like Bucci's schtick that he uses when he's doing highlights. He's pretty interesting, plus he always references bands that I like that I wouldn't think that he would know. I miss NHL Tonight because he did a great job on that show. Maybe the NHL will get rid of Bettman and then be back on ESPN. Probably not, but I can dream.
#4. Scott Van Pelt - Not as good at sports as the rest of the members of his family, but at least he'll have a long lasting career. SVP is by far my favorite ESPN anchor. Plus, the message he left on that random chick's vm is priceless. It's nice to know that he's just a regular guy. That's the way that he comes off on Sportscenter and it's nice that he backed it up. Apparently he even made fun of himself at a graduation speech.
#5. Buster Olney - Not only does he have an awesome blog on ESPN but he's pretty good on Baseball Tonight. He has a really good insight into what's going on in the game and he's easy to listen too when he's talking on BT. Hopefully ESPN doesn't screw this up and do something stupid, like let him go. Ha ha.
So what do you guys think?
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Guest Post
Mike Guest Post - I Win
Poor Willie. As happy as I am to have officially won the Randolph/Cashman debate, I hate the way the Mets handled this. I mean come on. They've been undermining his authority for weeks, then they make him fly out to Anaheim, he wins the game, has to do his post game interviews, then they drop the bomb in the middle of the night? Are you kidding me? No class. It's like the Mets brass sat around and tried to figure out the worst possible way to handle this. While it's unlikely that Willie will do this now, I really wish he would accept his invitation to be on Clint Hurdle's coaching staff for the All Star Game. He'd get the ovation he deserves in Yankee Stadium. I think he'll get another chance to manage. If you look at his overall record with the Mets, and the fact that he had them just a few outs from the World Series, You have to admit he did some things right. It's amazing when you think about out. Had they won that game against the Cardinals, and managed to make the playoffs last year, we are not having this conversation. I really think it has way more to do with the lack of leadership amongst the players than it does with Willie. A guy like Mike Piazza wouldn't have put up with all the crap going on in that clubhouse. And it's not like Jerry Manuel is going to fix anything. That guy makes Willie look like Larry Bowa.
By the way, Billy Wagner does a guest spot every Thursday at 5:20 on the Michael Kay show on 1050 ESPN Radio - NY. If any of you who can't pick it up on the radio get a chance, you should go to 1050espnradio.com and listen. Billy just says whatever comes into his head, and pulls no punches. He'll throw himself and other guys under the bus, and usually refers to himself in the 3rd person at least once per interview. I would imagine that this weeks appearance will be a good one. I'll be listening.
Anyways, I have more important things to worry about, like who's going to fill the void left by Chien Ming Wang. It kills me the way pitchers just seem to always find new ways to hurt themselves... I'm ready for football to start!
- I have to admit I totally agree with what Mike said. It was complete BS the way the Mets handled it. I wish there was some way for me to defend my team, but I can't. I really can't. Plus, they fired the wrong person. Omar should have been gone. In fact, Omar should have been gone after the 2005 season. He's made one wrong move after another. In fact, I'm trying to think and I really can't think of anything that really went well that he did. I understand the Pedro signing, we needed to get a big name in NY and everyone knew Pedro was going to get injured and probably often. I also don't blame him for the Beltran signing because, well, Beltran's one of my favorite players. We'll still have to see what happens with the Santana trade. But he failed to trade for Dan Haren when he would have only given up Lastings and Heilman, which right now would have been a steal. The Delgado trade was bad. He had one good season but sucked after that. We could have gotten that kind of production from Mike Jacobs(I refuse to ever, EVER let this go) and for the fraction of the price. In fact, we'd have like $15/mil a year we could have spent on another pitcher and hitter. Ugghhh. The Lo Duca trade was worthless because we gave up nothing and we got 1 good year and 1 horrible year out of him. Then, in 2006 it seemed we were stocked with really good young pitchers so he trade Bannister to the Royals for Ambioux, who sucks. This team could be sooooo much different and sooooooo much better if he had done things the right way. Just think(because you know how much I like to think about this stuff), we could have a pitching staff right now of Johan Santana, Dan Haren, Pedro, Maine, Perez. Then, once Pedro's gone we replace him with Pelfrey. Or, now that we have $40 mil coming off the books after this season, maybe we could get someone like CC to come in? Oh well. As for Cashman, because of Wang, I could see him being gone at the end of the season because the Yankees are in real trouble now. Could he end up in Seattle after this season? It could be interesting.
Poor Willie. As happy as I am to have officially won the Randolph/Cashman debate, I hate the way the Mets handled this. I mean come on. They've been undermining his authority for weeks, then they make him fly out to Anaheim, he wins the game, has to do his post game interviews, then they drop the bomb in the middle of the night? Are you kidding me? No class. It's like the Mets brass sat around and tried to figure out the worst possible way to handle this. While it's unlikely that Willie will do this now, I really wish he would accept his invitation to be on Clint Hurdle's coaching staff for the All Star Game. He'd get the ovation he deserves in Yankee Stadium. I think he'll get another chance to manage. If you look at his overall record with the Mets, and the fact that he had them just a few outs from the World Series, You have to admit he did some things right. It's amazing when you think about out. Had they won that game against the Cardinals, and managed to make the playoffs last year, we are not having this conversation. I really think it has way more to do with the lack of leadership amongst the players than it does with Willie. A guy like Mike Piazza wouldn't have put up with all the crap going on in that clubhouse. And it's not like Jerry Manuel is going to fix anything. That guy makes Willie look like Larry Bowa.
By the way, Billy Wagner does a guest spot every Thursday at 5:20 on the Michael Kay show on 1050 ESPN Radio - NY. If any of you who can't pick it up on the radio get a chance, you should go to 1050espnradio.com and listen. Billy just says whatever comes into his head, and pulls no punches. He'll throw himself and other guys under the bus, and usually refers to himself in the 3rd person at least once per interview. I would imagine that this weeks appearance will be a good one. I'll be listening.
Anyways, I have more important things to worry about, like who's going to fill the void left by Chien Ming Wang. It kills me the way pitchers just seem to always find new ways to hurt themselves... I'm ready for football to start!
- I have to admit I totally agree with what Mike said. It was complete BS the way the Mets handled it. I wish there was some way for me to defend my team, but I can't. I really can't. Plus, they fired the wrong person. Omar should have been gone. In fact, Omar should have been gone after the 2005 season. He's made one wrong move after another. In fact, I'm trying to think and I really can't think of anything that really went well that he did. I understand the Pedro signing, we needed to get a big name in NY and everyone knew Pedro was going to get injured and probably often. I also don't blame him for the Beltran signing because, well, Beltran's one of my favorite players. We'll still have to see what happens with the Santana trade. But he failed to trade for Dan Haren when he would have only given up Lastings and Heilman, which right now would have been a steal. The Delgado trade was bad. He had one good season but sucked after that. We could have gotten that kind of production from Mike Jacobs(I refuse to ever, EVER let this go) and for the fraction of the price. In fact, we'd have like $15/mil a year we could have spent on another pitcher and hitter. Ugghhh. The Lo Duca trade was worthless because we gave up nothing and we got 1 good year and 1 horrible year out of him. Then, in 2006 it seemed we were stocked with really good young pitchers so he trade Bannister to the Royals for Ambioux, who sucks. This team could be sooooo much different and sooooooo much better if he had done things the right way. Just think(because you know how much I like to think about this stuff), we could have a pitching staff right now of Johan Santana, Dan Haren, Pedro, Maine, Perez. Then, once Pedro's gone we replace him with Pelfrey. Or, now that we have $40 mil coming off the books after this season, maybe we could get someone like CC to come in? Oh well. As for Cashman, because of Wang, I could see him being gone at the end of the season because the Yankees are in real trouble now. Could he end up in Seattle after this season? It could be interesting.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Always Mess With Texas
So it's Sunday. I'm a little happy because the Mets took two of three from the Rangers and we had a chance to take all three games. It would have been nice, but I'm happy with the 2 wins. We don't need to win every game. I'm happy with 2 out of 3. Just remember that guys, two out of 3.
I love mini-golf. And playing skins mini-golf is the best. I told Malone this, but my favorite place for mini-golf in Connecticut is Safari Golf on the turnpike. Just an all around great place. My favorite hole is the really long one. I always wanted to bring a driver and hit it off there, but I haven't. Ha ha.
Rob, if you three died in a freak accident I'd still have Mike plus some other readers who don't comment, he he. I'm also happy now because I just watched the Braves lose. Nothing wrong with that.
Well, in my last post I did my top 5 favorite Marvel movies. Well, I'm going to do my top 5 worst comic book movies. I don't think there are enough Marvel movies that are just bad for me to have that list.
#1. Catwoman - I haven't even seen this movie, but it's still ranked last. I don't know why Holly Barry(?) thought she could play Catwoman? Really? And Catwoman as a good person? I think not. Just horrible.
#2. Elektra - Daredevil wasn't that bad. I'm not a big fan of Ben Affleck but Daredevil was entertaining. I thought I heard about a sequel, and they definitely set it up for one, but no. They did this movie instead. Just bad. I really can't go into the details because I'll just get mad and break the computer.
#3. Spiderman 3 - I should have known this movie was bad when I saw the last trailer for the movie and I was able to call the plot to the entire movie. Yup, the entire movie. It was just too over the top for me. Plus, Tobey Mcguire annoyed me when he played the black spiderman and walked around with the emo hair and they had that dance number. Uuuggghhhhh. Just soooooooo bad. How could a movie franchise go from all good to sooooooo sooooooooo bad?
#4. X-men 3 - Hmmm... a patern here? Maybe. Talk about taking a good storyline and completely butchering it. Completely! I'm sorry, but they killed off Cyclops in the first 5 minutes? What??? I don't remember that happening. The battle scenes were okay but there's no way that Wolverine is going to kill the Phoenix with his claws. Talk about taking the easy way out of the movie. Ugghhhh. Plus, no Gambit. The biggest flaw in these movies.
#5. Batman & Robin - I can't go through why this was sooo bad. I'm still not done with therapy after watching it. If you seen this movie you know what I'm talking about.
I'll let this sit for a couple days and then I'm gonna do my top 5 favorite ESPN people. I'll give you a couple days to think of yours while commenting on this one.
I love mini-golf. And playing skins mini-golf is the best. I told Malone this, but my favorite place for mini-golf in Connecticut is Safari Golf on the turnpike. Just an all around great place. My favorite hole is the really long one. I always wanted to bring a driver and hit it off there, but I haven't. Ha ha.
Rob, if you three died in a freak accident I'd still have Mike plus some other readers who don't comment, he he. I'm also happy now because I just watched the Braves lose. Nothing wrong with that.
Well, in my last post I did my top 5 favorite Marvel movies. Well, I'm going to do my top 5 worst comic book movies. I don't think there are enough Marvel movies that are just bad for me to have that list.
#1. Catwoman - I haven't even seen this movie, but it's still ranked last. I don't know why Holly Barry(?) thought she could play Catwoman? Really? And Catwoman as a good person? I think not. Just horrible.
#2. Elektra - Daredevil wasn't that bad. I'm not a big fan of Ben Affleck but Daredevil was entertaining. I thought I heard about a sequel, and they definitely set it up for one, but no. They did this movie instead. Just bad. I really can't go into the details because I'll just get mad and break the computer.
#3. Spiderman 3 - I should have known this movie was bad when I saw the last trailer for the movie and I was able to call the plot to the entire movie. Yup, the entire movie. It was just too over the top for me. Plus, Tobey Mcguire annoyed me when he played the black spiderman and walked around with the emo hair and they had that dance number. Uuuggghhhhh. Just soooooooo bad. How could a movie franchise go from all good to sooooooo sooooooooo bad?
#4. X-men 3 - Hmmm... a patern here? Maybe. Talk about taking a good storyline and completely butchering it. Completely! I'm sorry, but they killed off Cyclops in the first 5 minutes? What??? I don't remember that happening. The battle scenes were okay but there's no way that Wolverine is going to kill the Phoenix with his claws. Talk about taking the easy way out of the movie. Ugghhhh. Plus, no Gambit. The biggest flaw in these movies.
#5. Batman & Robin - I can't go through why this was sooo bad. I'm still not done with therapy after watching it. If you seen this movie you know what I'm talking about.
I'll let this sit for a couple days and then I'm gonna do my top 5 favorite ESPN people. I'll give you a couple days to think of yours while commenting on this one.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Friday the 13th
Here's a little trivia for you guys today. Do you know why people believe that Friday the 13th is a cursed day? It's because back in the 1400's the King of France decided to round up and torture all of the people in the Knights Templar. That's because he felt threatened by the group and he also owed them a lot of money. What better way to get rid of this debt than to get the Pope to agree to rounding up the Templars. Now, it is believed that that Knights Templars that did escape went to Scottland and ended up forming the Free Masons. See, you learn something new every day!
Well, the Mets still suck. I don't know what's going on with Billy Wagner. He's blown 3 straight saves giving up 7 earned runs in 3 innings. Thanks Billy. I agree with Malone on what's wrong with these Mets. Something needs to be done and something needs to be done fast.
Well, last night, because I can't play any games I decided to watch a movie on the dvd player(thankfully I've got one of those still) and I ended up watching Live Free or Die Hard. Now, the theatrical version is okay but the big problem with the movie is that, well, it's pg-13. I'm sorry, but if you want to make a good Die Hard movie, you need to make it R. So, luckily I have the "unrated" version of Die Hard, which basically means that they added the swears into the movie. And believe me, it makes the movie a whole lot better! Anywho, the reason that I'm bringing this up is because I think I've underrated the whole Die Hard series. I've watched them all since Christmas and you know what, I don't think there's a single bad movie in the 4. Actually, I really really like all of the movies. I used to think that the first two were the best and the third one was bad, but I watche the third one again and I actually really like it. I'm not really sure which one I like the best, it's really hard to tell. But it'd probably be either the first one or the second one. Not to take anything away from the last two, I think I would rate all of them really close together, I just think the first two are the best.
Now, I also wanted to give another list. This morning as I was dressing I saw my old Punisher t-shirt(yeah, I really don't like getting rid of old t-shirts, he he). So I started thinking of the Marvel movies so I decided to give my list of my favorite Marvel movies.
#1. The Punisher - Now, this will probably surprise a lot of people, but the Punisher has always been one of my favorite characters. It's just cool that he goes around with all of these weapons and that he's not mutant. He's just a normal guy who's, you know, crazy. Well, I thought this movie captured that pretty well. The storyline is pretty good. It's an origin movie where you discover that Frank Castle became the Punisher because his family was murdered by the mob. What I love about this movie is that it's rated R and they didn't hold back in the fighting. Also, there were a lot of cool deaths in the movie. My favorite being where the Punisher jabs a knife upwards from the bottom of a guy's mouth so that his mouth is open and you can see the blade. I just hope they come out with a second one, but I doubt they will.
#2. Spiderman 2 - The only thing that holds this movie back from being #1 is the fact that Doc Oct wasn't really a bad guy. I actually felt sorry for the guy because of what happened to him to make him Doc Oct. This is complete bs. It is. I don't want to feel empathy towards the bad guy, I want to hate him. When he dies I want to feel happy for the good guy who beat him, not sad because the bad guy gave his life to save the city. But, besides that, this was the best Spiderman movie. The story line was great. The actions scenes were awesome. Plus, the soundtrack is good. I can watch this movie over and over.
#3. Iron Man - This movie surprised me. It surprised me alot. I didn't really think that I'd like this movie and that the story would be dumb. But, it wasn't. This movie was everything that you could ask for in a comic book movie. I'd probably rank this #2, but I've only seen it once. I need to see it again to make sure I liked it as much as I think I do. Robert Downey, Jr. did a great job and I really can't wait for the sequels. Plus, the bonus scene with Samuel L. Jackson was really sweet!
#4. X-Men 2 - This was the best X-Men movie by far! The first one was okay, but it was rated PG and Wolverine didn't really get to use his blades much. The third one was okay, but the ending really sucked. This was by far the most complete. It was great to see the love triangle of Wolverine-Jean Gray-Cyclops. My only complaint about the X-Men movies is that they made Rogue young. I grew up watching the X-Men cartoon on tv and she wasn't young. She was the same age as the rest of them. Also, there's no Gambit(but they're taking care of that in the Wolverine movie :-D). But, the story for this was great. And the fighting was really good. The fight between Wolverine and the asian chick(I know her name starts with Lady Death..... I just can't remember the rest) was pretty sweet. I thought they did a great job with showing the struggle between Humans and Mutants.
#5. Spiderman - I really liked the origin story for this. I can relate to Peter Parker because I'm a huge dork and I would wonder what it would be like if all of a sudden I got these powers. Yes, it's sad, but true. I mean, how sweet would it be to wake up and all of a sudden you're ripped and you can walk up walls and you have this string that shoots out of your arms so you can almost fly! That's what I like about this movie because I could sooo easily put myself into the story. I think that's what makes a movie good. Plus, the battle between the Green Goblin and Spidy was sweet.
Well, the Mets still suck. I don't know what's going on with Billy Wagner. He's blown 3 straight saves giving up 7 earned runs in 3 innings. Thanks Billy. I agree with Malone on what's wrong with these Mets. Something needs to be done and something needs to be done fast.
Well, last night, because I can't play any games I decided to watch a movie on the dvd player(thankfully I've got one of those still) and I ended up watching Live Free or Die Hard. Now, the theatrical version is okay but the big problem with the movie is that, well, it's pg-13. I'm sorry, but if you want to make a good Die Hard movie, you need to make it R. So, luckily I have the "unrated" version of Die Hard, which basically means that they added the swears into the movie. And believe me, it makes the movie a whole lot better! Anywho, the reason that I'm bringing this up is because I think I've underrated the whole Die Hard series. I've watched them all since Christmas and you know what, I don't think there's a single bad movie in the 4. Actually, I really really like all of the movies. I used to think that the first two were the best and the third one was bad, but I watche the third one again and I actually really like it. I'm not really sure which one I like the best, it's really hard to tell. But it'd probably be either the first one or the second one. Not to take anything away from the last two, I think I would rate all of them really close together, I just think the first two are the best.
Now, I also wanted to give another list. This morning as I was dressing I saw my old Punisher t-shirt(yeah, I really don't like getting rid of old t-shirts, he he). So I started thinking of the Marvel movies so I decided to give my list of my favorite Marvel movies.
#1. The Punisher - Now, this will probably surprise a lot of people, but the Punisher has always been one of my favorite characters. It's just cool that he goes around with all of these weapons and that he's not mutant. He's just a normal guy who's, you know, crazy. Well, I thought this movie captured that pretty well. The storyline is pretty good. It's an origin movie where you discover that Frank Castle became the Punisher because his family was murdered by the mob. What I love about this movie is that it's rated R and they didn't hold back in the fighting. Also, there were a lot of cool deaths in the movie. My favorite being where the Punisher jabs a knife upwards from the bottom of a guy's mouth so that his mouth is open and you can see the blade. I just hope they come out with a second one, but I doubt they will.
#2. Spiderman 2 - The only thing that holds this movie back from being #1 is the fact that Doc Oct wasn't really a bad guy. I actually felt sorry for the guy because of what happened to him to make him Doc Oct. This is complete bs. It is. I don't want to feel empathy towards the bad guy, I want to hate him. When he dies I want to feel happy for the good guy who beat him, not sad because the bad guy gave his life to save the city. But, besides that, this was the best Spiderman movie. The story line was great. The actions scenes were awesome. Plus, the soundtrack is good. I can watch this movie over and over.
#3. Iron Man - This movie surprised me. It surprised me alot. I didn't really think that I'd like this movie and that the story would be dumb. But, it wasn't. This movie was everything that you could ask for in a comic book movie. I'd probably rank this #2, but I've only seen it once. I need to see it again to make sure I liked it as much as I think I do. Robert Downey, Jr. did a great job and I really can't wait for the sequels. Plus, the bonus scene with Samuel L. Jackson was really sweet!
#4. X-Men 2 - This was the best X-Men movie by far! The first one was okay, but it was rated PG and Wolverine didn't really get to use his blades much. The third one was okay, but the ending really sucked. This was by far the most complete. It was great to see the love triangle of Wolverine-Jean Gray-Cyclops. My only complaint about the X-Men movies is that they made Rogue young. I grew up watching the X-Men cartoon on tv and she wasn't young. She was the same age as the rest of them. Also, there's no Gambit(but they're taking care of that in the Wolverine movie :-D). But, the story for this was great. And the fighting was really good. The fight between Wolverine and the asian chick(I know her name starts with Lady Death..... I just can't remember the rest) was pretty sweet. I thought they did a great job with showing the struggle between Humans and Mutants.
#5. Spiderman - I really liked the origin story for this. I can relate to Peter Parker because I'm a huge dork and I would wonder what it would be like if all of a sudden I got these powers. Yes, it's sad, but true. I mean, how sweet would it be to wake up and all of a sudden you're ripped and you can walk up walls and you have this string that shoots out of your arms so you can almost fly! That's what I like about this movie because I could sooo easily put myself into the story. I think that's what makes a movie good. Plus, the battle between the Green Goblin and Spidy was sweet.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The Good, The Bad, and Best Buy
Well, I guess I'll start out on a positive note before I get into the rest, ha ha. Well, it was nice for the Mets to get off the losing streak. I must say that I'm impressed by Pelfry. I thought this season was going to be a big struggle for him but even though he hasn't won since like April, he's pitched really well the past 4 or 5 outings. Last night was probably his best or second best effort. It seemed that before he had lost the ability to really strike out a lot of people but he was on last night. Let's just hope that he can keep it up 'cause we're going to need it. If he gets it going then we'll have a pretty good 4 starters for the playoffs, if we make it. Of course Billy blew the save last night. Luckily we had a guy named Carlos Beltran on our team. Lets hope that its the spark the team needs.
Now, onto the bad. Tuesday night my playstation died. Well, part of it died. And that part is the part that plays the video games and dvd and blue ray movies. So, it really really sux. I called sony and they're sending out a box for me to send my ps3 back and then they'll send me a new one. Which completely sucks. So now I have to go a few weeks without my ps3. Sniff, sniff.
Now, onto Best Buy. I bought my ps3 from Best Buy. I called Best Buy to see what my options were. Because I also got the 2 year warranty I can just go in and exchange my ps3 for another one. Unfortunately they don't have the 80 gig ps3 that I have. They only have a 40 gig ones. Well, I was thinking that maybe I could exchange mine for a 40 gig and then when they get a 80 gig. So, I called back and asked if I could do that and that was a no. Ha ha. But, what I did learn is that they won't be getting any more 80 gigs BUT they will have 120 gig ps3's that they'll get in a week or two and I can exchange mine for one of them. So, now I have to decide what to do. Should be interesting.
Now, onto the bad. Tuesday night my playstation died. Well, part of it died. And that part is the part that plays the video games and dvd and blue ray movies. So, it really really sux. I called sony and they're sending out a box for me to send my ps3 back and then they'll send me a new one. Which completely sucks. So now I have to go a few weeks without my ps3. Sniff, sniff.
Now, onto Best Buy. I bought my ps3 from Best Buy. I called Best Buy to see what my options were. Because I also got the 2 year warranty I can just go in and exchange my ps3 for another one. Unfortunately they don't have the 80 gig ps3 that I have. They only have a 40 gig ones. Well, I was thinking that maybe I could exchange mine for a 40 gig and then when they get a 80 gig. So, I called back and asked if I could do that and that was a no. Ha ha. But, what I did learn is that they won't be getting any more 80 gigs BUT they will have 120 gig ps3's that they'll get in a week or two and I can exchange mine for one of them. So, now I have to decide what to do. Should be interesting.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
PS3
Well, I thought I'd move on from the most hated list. Well, I only have like 6 games for the PS3, so this is based on them. After the list I'll put the games I'm most looking forward to for the ps3. Personally I think I should put GTA on this list, but I won't since I haven't played it yet, he he. I'm definitely glad today is my Friday and I can't wait for my weekend. Uggghhhhhh. I think that describes my work week. One nice thing about work though, is that they started to turn on the tv's earlier so I can watch more tv each day. And, they've been putting on a movie channel, so that's nice. Of course there's little sound so I can't hear the movies, but I do get to read the closed captioning. Fascinating.
#1. Call of Duty 4 - This is by far my favorite game on the system. I've never been real big playing other people online before. The most that I did was play other people in Dark Forces 2, but I was bad I kept on getting killed a lot. So I stopped, ha ha. Well, my roommate got this game, as I've said too many times and I watched him play it and it seemed like a lot of fun. So, I got the game, played it and I've been in love ever since. He he. I just love all of the different options that you get with this game, from the different guns, to the different games, to the different perks. It's just awesome. Plus, the online play is really good. I just love playing against other people, either in team vs. team format or everyone for themselves. My favorite levels are the levels where I can hide and snipe someone. Nothing's better than putting a bullet through someone's head from 200 yards away. Well, at least I think it's that far. He he.
#2. MLB 2008: The Show - A lot of fun to play. Definitely a lot of cool different options to play, but I just like to play the franchise mode. Another neat options is that you can have up to date rosters, which is pretty sweet b/c I'll have Johan Santana and Ryan Church(minus the concussions) on the Mets! The online play is pretty sweet because you can play someone in just head to head or you can actually sign up for a league!
#3. NHL 2008 - Once again EA came out with another amazing hockey game. The only bad thing about this was that I wasn't able to find away to update the roster. I didn't try out the onilne mode because I was too busy with my franchise. The only reason this game is ranked below MLB is because of the updated roster feature in mlb. That's about it.
#4. Assassin's Creed - This game is the reason why I got my ps3. I saw the commercial for it and it looked pretty cool. Unfortunately it wasn't for the ps2, so I was "forced" to buy the ps3. He he. This game play is pretty sweet with it. The storyline's a little weird with the whole going back in time part. Honestly, the game would have just been sweet if it was just based in that era. I love the whole Free Mason/Knight's Templar stuff so I knew I'd love this game. The only thing that bugs me about this game is the camera view can get out of whack easily and that would always annoy me. Until I was able to go up and kill someone in a crowd and no one know about it. He he he he.
#5. Devil May Cry 3 - I feel bad about this because I decided to buy a new game. It was going to be between this game and Call of Duty. Well, I bought this game instead, played it for two days, then I got COD and I haven't touched it since. I think I might pick it up again before college football comes out and try and beat the game. It's really really fun. I haven't played the first two games in this series(actually, it could be DMC 4, but I think this is only the 3rd one) so it's kinda new to me. I had a lot of fun with this game when I did play it and I know I'll enjoy it when I play it again.
The games I'm looking forward to: NCAA Football, Madden, GTA, Lego's Indiana Jones, Lego's Batman
#1. Call of Duty 4 - This is by far my favorite game on the system. I've never been real big playing other people online before. The most that I did was play other people in Dark Forces 2, but I was bad I kept on getting killed a lot. So I stopped, ha ha. Well, my roommate got this game, as I've said too many times and I watched him play it and it seemed like a lot of fun. So, I got the game, played it and I've been in love ever since. He he. I just love all of the different options that you get with this game, from the different guns, to the different games, to the different perks. It's just awesome. Plus, the online play is really good. I just love playing against other people, either in team vs. team format or everyone for themselves. My favorite levels are the levels where I can hide and snipe someone. Nothing's better than putting a bullet through someone's head from 200 yards away. Well, at least I think it's that far. He he.
#2. MLB 2008: The Show - A lot of fun to play. Definitely a lot of cool different options to play, but I just like to play the franchise mode. Another neat options is that you can have up to date rosters, which is pretty sweet b/c I'll have Johan Santana and Ryan Church(minus the concussions) on the Mets! The online play is pretty sweet because you can play someone in just head to head or you can actually sign up for a league!
#3. NHL 2008 - Once again EA came out with another amazing hockey game. The only bad thing about this was that I wasn't able to find away to update the roster. I didn't try out the onilne mode because I was too busy with my franchise. The only reason this game is ranked below MLB is because of the updated roster feature in mlb. That's about it.
#4. Assassin's Creed - This game is the reason why I got my ps3. I saw the commercial for it and it looked pretty cool. Unfortunately it wasn't for the ps2, so I was "forced" to buy the ps3. He he. This game play is pretty sweet with it. The storyline's a little weird with the whole going back in time part. Honestly, the game would have just been sweet if it was just based in that era. I love the whole Free Mason/Knight's Templar stuff so I knew I'd love this game. The only thing that bugs me about this game is the camera view can get out of whack easily and that would always annoy me. Until I was able to go up and kill someone in a crowd and no one know about it. He he he he.
#5. Devil May Cry 3 - I feel bad about this because I decided to buy a new game. It was going to be between this game and Call of Duty. Well, I bought this game instead, played it for two days, then I got COD and I haven't touched it since. I think I might pick it up again before college football comes out and try and beat the game. It's really really fun. I haven't played the first two games in this series(actually, it could be DMC 4, but I think this is only the 3rd one) so it's kinda new to me. I had a lot of fun with this game when I did play it and I know I'll enjoy it when I play it again.
The games I'm looking forward to: NCAA Football, Madden, GTA, Lego's Indiana Jones, Lego's Batman
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Sorry for the sucky one
Yeah, the quick one I posted earlier today sucked, so I thought I'd come out with a nice bigger one. So, while I'm watching the Superman animated tv show, I'll write a good one and try to stop sucking at this, ha ha. Sorry if I feel like a downer, but the Mets have lost 4 in a row and they should have won all 4 games. It's absolutely pathetic and made me pissed off. So, while I'm pissed off I'll answer Perrotti's question, it should be interesting.
But, first off I'll answer Rob's. I don't have a psp. I don't know, I had a game boy and then a game gear but I was never really satisfied with either of them. Sorry, but the screen is too small and the games are kinda limited. I guess the psp is kinda cool(my roommate has one) 'cause you can put movies on them, but I don't know if I'd actually buy one. I do LOVE M. Knight Shyamalan movies and personally I don't think the Sixth Sense was his best movie. Personally I think unbreakable was his best movie. And signs was my second favorite. The village was good and Lady in the Water was okay, not his best work. His next movie looks really good. The one thing I'm waiting for is to see how he does with a R rated movie because all of his movies have been pg-13. I like his style because I don't really know anyone else who makes a movie like he does. Personally I think you either like his movies or hate them. (One a side note, one of the meanest things I ever did was make my sister and her friend watch unbreakable right before they were about to take a train ride back to Philly. He he).
Also on a side note, I kinda messed up my list of man crushes(I like this the best, sorry jimmy p). I should have done an all time list. Here is the list of what mine are of all time
1. Darryl Strawberry
2. Patrick Ewing
3. David Wright
4. Mike Piazza
5. Rick Mirer(in college)
6. Brady Quinn
7. Dwight Gooden
8. Curtis Joseph
9. Brett Hull
10. Charles Oakley
So, here we go on my list of the top 10 players of all time that I hate the most.
#1. Roger Clemens - If you were going to rate how much I hate a player on a scale of 1 to 100 Clemens is a 2000. I've never hated a player more than this douche bag. Honestly, if you're a fan of the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees, or Astros you can NOT like this guy. Honestly, just look at what he does. In Boston he got pissed off at management, tanked two seasons went to the Blue Jays. With the Blue Jays kicked ass then went to the Yankees. After with the Yankees told everyone he was going to retire. Instead he waited for the Astros and Yankees to bid on his services, told the teams that he didn't want to go on the road and would only pitch at home. Did this for the next 3 years. Not only that but the guy threw at Piazza's head and then in the playoffs intentionally threw a broken bat at Piazza. He did it on purpose because we all know he was on a roid rage during that game. Nothing made me happier than everyone knowing that Clemens likes to take himself out of big games, being named in the Mitchell report, having his life torn apart and showing everyone what an asshole and bully he really is. Now that everyone knows that he took steroids to win his last few Cy Young awards, I can die happily.
#2. Reggie Miller - I'm a former Knick fan and even though I don't watch or like the NBA anymore, I can't help but still have pain in my heart from what he did to us. On a scale of 1 to 100 on the hate-o-meter I give him a 99 because of what he did to us and how he did it, with that whole choke signal and everything.
#3. Tom Brady - You'll here it first here. Most Overrated QB Ever! Absolutely overrated. In fact, the Patriots put together the worst "dynasty" if you want to call it that. I'm sorry, but if you can't beat any team by more than 3 points and all three games go down to the wire, not a dynasty. Also, if not for a freak injury and the bs tuck rule, we don't know who Tom Brady is. Plain and simple. He scores a 98 on the hate-o-meter
#4. Bill Belicheck - I don't know how to spell his last name and I don't care. This guy is a complete jerk. Nothing was better than him running up the score in the beginning of last season and then the gmen shutting them down in the superbowl. He gets a 97.5 on the hate-o-meter.
#5. Derek Jeter - Mr. Perfect whom everyone looks over the fact that he hasn't been clutch since 2003. I just think it's funny how with most people it's what have you done for me lately, but with him it's okay, I know what you already did for me. Have of my hatred is the fact that he was sooo good and the other half is because of his list of girls that he's dated. Unfair. A total score of a 94 on the hate-o-meter.
#6. Maurice Clarrett - He is the reason why I hate Ohio State. He had one good year, then sucked in the championship, got smacked around by the Miami Defense and then all of a sudden he thinks he can sue to get into the NFL? I don't think so. He's gotten everything that he's deserved. Have fun in jail buddy-o. 93 ranking on the hate-o-meter.
#7. Stevey Yzerman & Sergie Federov - There were sooooo many countless games that these guys ruined for me because they would always beat the Blues. I can still see the goal in slow-mo that Yzerman scored to knock us out of the playoffs in game 7 in o.t. I think I just shed a tear. 92 on the hate-o-meter.
#8. Tom Glavine - Honestly, his name should be Judas. I will forever call him by that name. Nothing else. I wonder how long it took him to put on that Braves uniform after the last game of the season? Was he wearing it all of the last game? It wouldn't surprise me whatsoever. It probably wasn't too painfull for him because he knew he was just going to go back to Atlanta. He got his 300th win and that's all that mattered. FU Glavine. 91 on the hate-o-meter.
#9. Chipper Jones - No one would come up bigger at Shea Stadium than Chipper. In fact, the jerk named his boy after him. I hope he becomes a Met. I always hated when Chipper would play because I knew that he would do something big. And he usually did. I always hoped that in a big spot we could just walk him and pitch to the next guy. Hate-o-meter score is a 90.
#10. Rodney Harrison - I didn't start hating him until he became a Patriot and then he seemed to become a cheap player. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy when he got injured. And then when he got busted using 'roids. We all knew he was using, it was just a matter of time. This one is a score of a 89.5 on the hate-o-meter.
Honorable mentions: Mike Martz, Reggie Bush, Troy Smith, AJ Hawk, Brendan Shanahan, Aaron Heilman, Steve Phillips.
But, first off I'll answer Rob's. I don't have a psp. I don't know, I had a game boy and then a game gear but I was never really satisfied with either of them. Sorry, but the screen is too small and the games are kinda limited. I guess the psp is kinda cool(my roommate has one) 'cause you can put movies on them, but I don't know if I'd actually buy one. I do LOVE M. Knight Shyamalan movies and personally I don't think the Sixth Sense was his best movie. Personally I think unbreakable was his best movie. And signs was my second favorite. The village was good and Lady in the Water was okay, not his best work. His next movie looks really good. The one thing I'm waiting for is to see how he does with a R rated movie because all of his movies have been pg-13. I like his style because I don't really know anyone else who makes a movie like he does. Personally I think you either like his movies or hate them. (One a side note, one of the meanest things I ever did was make my sister and her friend watch unbreakable right before they were about to take a train ride back to Philly. He he).
Also on a side note, I kinda messed up my list of man crushes(I like this the best, sorry jimmy p). I should have done an all time list. Here is the list of what mine are of all time
1. Darryl Strawberry
2. Patrick Ewing
3. David Wright
4. Mike Piazza
5. Rick Mirer(in college)
6. Brady Quinn
7. Dwight Gooden
8. Curtis Joseph
9. Brett Hull
10. Charles Oakley
So, here we go on my list of the top 10 players of all time that I hate the most.
#1. Roger Clemens - If you were going to rate how much I hate a player on a scale of 1 to 100 Clemens is a 2000. I've never hated a player more than this douche bag. Honestly, if you're a fan of the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees, or Astros you can NOT like this guy. Honestly, just look at what he does. In Boston he got pissed off at management, tanked two seasons went to the Blue Jays. With the Blue Jays kicked ass then went to the Yankees. After with the Yankees told everyone he was going to retire. Instead he waited for the Astros and Yankees to bid on his services, told the teams that he didn't want to go on the road and would only pitch at home. Did this for the next 3 years. Not only that but the guy threw at Piazza's head and then in the playoffs intentionally threw a broken bat at Piazza. He did it on purpose because we all know he was on a roid rage during that game. Nothing made me happier than everyone knowing that Clemens likes to take himself out of big games, being named in the Mitchell report, having his life torn apart and showing everyone what an asshole and bully he really is. Now that everyone knows that he took steroids to win his last few Cy Young awards, I can die happily.
#2. Reggie Miller - I'm a former Knick fan and even though I don't watch or like the NBA anymore, I can't help but still have pain in my heart from what he did to us. On a scale of 1 to 100 on the hate-o-meter I give him a 99 because of what he did to us and how he did it, with that whole choke signal and everything.
#3. Tom Brady - You'll here it first here. Most Overrated QB Ever! Absolutely overrated. In fact, the Patriots put together the worst "dynasty" if you want to call it that. I'm sorry, but if you can't beat any team by more than 3 points and all three games go down to the wire, not a dynasty. Also, if not for a freak injury and the bs tuck rule, we don't know who Tom Brady is. Plain and simple. He scores a 98 on the hate-o-meter
#4. Bill Belicheck - I don't know how to spell his last name and I don't care. This guy is a complete jerk. Nothing was better than him running up the score in the beginning of last season and then the gmen shutting them down in the superbowl. He gets a 97.5 on the hate-o-meter.
#5. Derek Jeter - Mr. Perfect whom everyone looks over the fact that he hasn't been clutch since 2003. I just think it's funny how with most people it's what have you done for me lately, but with him it's okay, I know what you already did for me. Have of my hatred is the fact that he was sooo good and the other half is because of his list of girls that he's dated. Unfair. A total score of a 94 on the hate-o-meter.
#6. Maurice Clarrett - He is the reason why I hate Ohio State. He had one good year, then sucked in the championship, got smacked around by the Miami Defense and then all of a sudden he thinks he can sue to get into the NFL? I don't think so. He's gotten everything that he's deserved. Have fun in jail buddy-o. 93 ranking on the hate-o-meter.
#7. Stevey Yzerman & Sergie Federov - There were sooooo many countless games that these guys ruined for me because they would always beat the Blues. I can still see the goal in slow-mo that Yzerman scored to knock us out of the playoffs in game 7 in o.t. I think I just shed a tear. 92 on the hate-o-meter.
#8. Tom Glavine - Honestly, his name should be Judas. I will forever call him by that name. Nothing else. I wonder how long it took him to put on that Braves uniform after the last game of the season? Was he wearing it all of the last game? It wouldn't surprise me whatsoever. It probably wasn't too painfull for him because he knew he was just going to go back to Atlanta. He got his 300th win and that's all that mattered. FU Glavine. 91 on the hate-o-meter.
#9. Chipper Jones - No one would come up bigger at Shea Stadium than Chipper. In fact, the jerk named his boy after him. I hope he becomes a Met. I always hated when Chipper would play because I knew that he would do something big. And he usually did. I always hoped that in a big spot we could just walk him and pitch to the next guy. Hate-o-meter score is a 90.
#10. Rodney Harrison - I didn't start hating him until he became a Patriot and then he seemed to become a cheap player. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy when he got injured. And then when he got busted using 'roids. We all knew he was using, it was just a matter of time. This one is a score of a 89.5 on the hate-o-meter.
Honorable mentions: Mike Martz, Reggie Bush, Troy Smith, AJ Hawk, Brendan Shanahan, Aaron Heilman, Steve Phillips.
Sunday Morning
Sunday Morning was actually my second favorite song off of No Doubt's first big cd. Not sure why I'm sharing that, but whatever. I wrote Sunday and then the song popped in my head, so there you go. It's been a pretty busy week this week for me so I haven't really had a chance to write too much. I'm just going to put up a quick post now and then tomorrow I'll put up a bigger one. I like perrotti's idea for sports people I hate. That list could be long. We'll see how it goes. I don't know what's going on with the Mets. I thought we were doing well taking 2 of 3 from the giants but then we've lost 3 straight to the padres and each game we lost 2-1. What gives? At least our starters have pitched well, which is really nice. Pelfrey and Perez pitched well, which is suprising for Perez. Pelfrey seems to be in a groove, even though he gives up like 10 hits a game. At least he's not giving up runs. Hope everyone has a good end to their weekend as I'm celebrating the middle of my week. Ha ha.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Top 10
Well, I haven't really gotten off to a good month. Not a good sign, ha ha. Well, I still want to go through and watch 24 season 3, so hopefully tomorrow I'll get on track with that, as much as Malone likes to complain about it. I got a new phone last week and it's pretty cool. My old phone was on the way out and the buttons were sticking a little bit(of course that's because I dropped it in apple sauce). The Mets are playing better now. Hopefully things will continue to go the way they are.
Well, a while back Perrotti said for me to do a list of my top man crushes. This came after I made a trade with Malone and got Corey Hart(personally he wasn't the guy I wanted. I needed a new catcher so there). So, Jimmy P, here's the list for you.
1. David Wright - Yeah, I can still remember the exact moment when I started to really like David Wright. Sadly, I can, ha ha. It was 2004 and the Mets were awefull. Really, really, really awefull. Dreafull. Sad. Well, because of that, near the end of July, the Mets called up this rookie from the minors to play thirdbase. This guy, David Wright. Well, noone expect much, but we got a lot. So, even though the Mets continued to suck donkey balls, Wright played awesome. So, on September 2, after a 2 home run game I went to ESPN and I ordered my David Wright Jersey(and a free Chris Berman bobblehead). I even wore it when I went to game 5 of the alcs. And I haven't stopped wearing it.
2. Brady Quinn - Sorry Perrotti, Corey Hart will not make my list. But BQ does. What people don't understand is that it was YEARS since Notre Dame had a qb who could throw the ball. Years. It was sad watching a team who didn't have a qb who could complete a 20 yard pass unless the wide receiver ran 15 of those yards. Then all of a sudden in 2003 this freshman qb who had a cannon of an arm showed up. And, although he and ND struggled it was nice knowing that we could have a qb who could throw for 400 yards in a game(which he did). Then the next year he did a little better, but wasn't the amazing qb I knew he could be. Then something amazing happened, ND hired Charlie Weiz and Quinn turned into an all american qb and absolutely destroyed passing record after passing record. So there you have it. And it's nice that Quinn got drafted by the Browns and I happened to move to Ohio. He he.
3. Jeff Samardjiza - Another problem with not having a qb who could throw was not having a wide receiver who could catch and score td's. Honestly, the last good wr from ND that I followed each week was Derrek Mayes. And that was like 1994. It was sad. Really sad. And through his first two seasons with ND, Jeff didn't show up. He wasn't really used and ND didn't have a passing attack. Well, once again Charlie Weiz shows up and out of nowhere this guy wearing the #83 jersey started catching td pass after td pass and by the end of the season he'd set the record for td's in a season. It was just soo much fun watching an offense that you knew was going to score points and it was going to be fun to watch. Of course, I was also devistated when I learned that JS decided to go into baseball instead of football. I swear he'd be a really good wr in the NFL by now.
#4. David Beckham - Yeah, I know. Trendy pick. But, I just like how he plays the game. He plays with passion and its a lot of fun to watch. Plus, he's pretty good. I'm happy that he's in the MLS now so I can watch the galaxy games when they're on tv. Sadly, I still haven't purchased my Beckham Galaxy jersey, but at least I have his team England one. He he.
#5. Harry Potter - Okay, I didn't say all of them had to be real characters. By far my favorite books of all time. I've read the first 4 six times and I'm starting to re-read them again. Just an unbelievable amazing story. If I could be anyone fiction or real, I would be Harry Potter. Actually, I'd be happy just being a Wizard.
#6. Jason Statham - I can still remember watching Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels for the first time. He was the one who's acting career really took off. I've enjoyed just about every movie he's done and I've seen most of them. I just like that all of his characters can kick ass.
#7. Carlos Beltran - I remember when Beltran was on the Royals and just watching him make plays and hit home runs on Sportscenter. It was great watching him play. Then, he was traded to the Astros because the Royals couldn't afford to pay him. He then had one of the most amazing post seasons by one player, almost single handedly getting the Astros into the World Series(stupid Brad Lidge). Well, in 2005 guess who joined the Mets? Oh yeah, Carlos Beltran. And like 2 days later, I bought his jersey. Ha ha.
#8. Curtis Joseph - Yeah, a little known fact about me, but my favorite hockey player of all time is Curtis Joseph. He is a great goalie, plus he has a really cool nickname, CuJo. He is actually the reason why I wasn't a Whalers fan growing up. So, in high school for my bday I got a St. Louis Blues Cujo jersey. And what happened in the offseason? Oh yeah, he got traded to Edmonton. But, I still followed him wherever he played.
#9. Jack Bauer - 24 is by far my favorite tv show of all time. The first four seasons were absolutely amazing and even though the last two seasons were just okay, I still love the show. Jack Bauer is the man. There's no other way to put it. If you're going to cross Jack, make sure you cut his head off, cause if you don't, he's gonna get it.
#10. Jimmy Clausen - Yeah, I know he's only played one season at Notre Dame, and it was a bad season but I just know he's going to be great. Just like I knew Quinn would be. As his career goes on he'll definitely go up on the list, but until he puts together his first 300 yard, 4 td game, I have to keep him at #10. I think next year he'll have a great season and I wouldn't be surprised if in his junior season he wins the heisman. I can't wait to find out.
Just missed the list: Dayne Christ, Osi Umenyiora, Eliah Wood, Luke Skywalker, Darth Maul, Chris Carraba, and Maurice Stovall.
Well, a while back Perrotti said for me to do a list of my top man crushes. This came after I made a trade with Malone and got Corey Hart(personally he wasn't the guy I wanted. I needed a new catcher so there). So, Jimmy P, here's the list for you.
1. David Wright - Yeah, I can still remember the exact moment when I started to really like David Wright. Sadly, I can, ha ha. It was 2004 and the Mets were awefull. Really, really, really awefull. Dreafull. Sad. Well, because of that, near the end of July, the Mets called up this rookie from the minors to play thirdbase. This guy, David Wright. Well, noone expect much, but we got a lot. So, even though the Mets continued to suck donkey balls, Wright played awesome. So, on September 2, after a 2 home run game I went to ESPN and I ordered my David Wright Jersey(and a free Chris Berman bobblehead). I even wore it when I went to game 5 of the alcs. And I haven't stopped wearing it.
2. Brady Quinn - Sorry Perrotti, Corey Hart will not make my list. But BQ does. What people don't understand is that it was YEARS since Notre Dame had a qb who could throw the ball. Years. It was sad watching a team who didn't have a qb who could complete a 20 yard pass unless the wide receiver ran 15 of those yards. Then all of a sudden in 2003 this freshman qb who had a cannon of an arm showed up. And, although he and ND struggled it was nice knowing that we could have a qb who could throw for 400 yards in a game(which he did). Then the next year he did a little better, but wasn't the amazing qb I knew he could be. Then something amazing happened, ND hired Charlie Weiz and Quinn turned into an all american qb and absolutely destroyed passing record after passing record. So there you have it. And it's nice that Quinn got drafted by the Browns and I happened to move to Ohio. He he.
3. Jeff Samardjiza - Another problem with not having a qb who could throw was not having a wide receiver who could catch and score td's. Honestly, the last good wr from ND that I followed each week was Derrek Mayes. And that was like 1994. It was sad. Really sad. And through his first two seasons with ND, Jeff didn't show up. He wasn't really used and ND didn't have a passing attack. Well, once again Charlie Weiz shows up and out of nowhere this guy wearing the #83 jersey started catching td pass after td pass and by the end of the season he'd set the record for td's in a season. It was just soo much fun watching an offense that you knew was going to score points and it was going to be fun to watch. Of course, I was also devistated when I learned that JS decided to go into baseball instead of football. I swear he'd be a really good wr in the NFL by now.
#4. David Beckham - Yeah, I know. Trendy pick. But, I just like how he plays the game. He plays with passion and its a lot of fun to watch. Plus, he's pretty good. I'm happy that he's in the MLS now so I can watch the galaxy games when they're on tv. Sadly, I still haven't purchased my Beckham Galaxy jersey, but at least I have his team England one. He he.
#5. Harry Potter - Okay, I didn't say all of them had to be real characters. By far my favorite books of all time. I've read the first 4 six times and I'm starting to re-read them again. Just an unbelievable amazing story. If I could be anyone fiction or real, I would be Harry Potter. Actually, I'd be happy just being a Wizard.
#6. Jason Statham - I can still remember watching Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels for the first time. He was the one who's acting career really took off. I've enjoyed just about every movie he's done and I've seen most of them. I just like that all of his characters can kick ass.
#7. Carlos Beltran - I remember when Beltran was on the Royals and just watching him make plays and hit home runs on Sportscenter. It was great watching him play. Then, he was traded to the Astros because the Royals couldn't afford to pay him. He then had one of the most amazing post seasons by one player, almost single handedly getting the Astros into the World Series(stupid Brad Lidge). Well, in 2005 guess who joined the Mets? Oh yeah, Carlos Beltran. And like 2 days later, I bought his jersey. Ha ha.
#8. Curtis Joseph - Yeah, a little known fact about me, but my favorite hockey player of all time is Curtis Joseph. He is a great goalie, plus he has a really cool nickname, CuJo. He is actually the reason why I wasn't a Whalers fan growing up. So, in high school for my bday I got a St. Louis Blues Cujo jersey. And what happened in the offseason? Oh yeah, he got traded to Edmonton. But, I still followed him wherever he played.
#9. Jack Bauer - 24 is by far my favorite tv show of all time. The first four seasons were absolutely amazing and even though the last two seasons were just okay, I still love the show. Jack Bauer is the man. There's no other way to put it. If you're going to cross Jack, make sure you cut his head off, cause if you don't, he's gonna get it.
#10. Jimmy Clausen - Yeah, I know he's only played one season at Notre Dame, and it was a bad season but I just know he's going to be great. Just like I knew Quinn would be. As his career goes on he'll definitely go up on the list, but until he puts together his first 300 yard, 4 td game, I have to keep him at #10. I think next year he'll have a great season and I wouldn't be surprised if in his junior season he wins the heisman. I can't wait to find out.
Just missed the list: Dayne Christ, Osi Umenyiora, Eliah Wood, Luke Skywalker, Darth Maul, Chris Carraba, and Maurice Stovall.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Today is my thursday
So, I thought I'd let Rob's post about the N64 run a couple days to see what people would say, and they didn't say much, ha ha. I had a busy weekend so I wasn't able to do another post, so here's the next one. I got a new phone on Friday, the LG EnVy2 and it's pretty cool. It took me forever to put everyone's # into it, which sucks. Oh well. I also got BlueTooth so I won't be killing anyone while driving. Unless it's after I play GTA 'cause then I'll just want to run them off the road(note to everyone, I still haven't purchased it yet). I was happy that the Mets took 3 out of 4 from the Dodgers. Finally Beltran is beginning to hit and Church is back. Pelfrey pitched pretty well, which is surprising. Now lets hope the west coast trip doesn't destroy us. We'll see.
It's time for storytime kids. This goes back to college(again). Well, back during my Freshman and Sophmore years at college I used to watch 90210. I know, it's sad, but I found it interesting. So, on Wednesday nights I would go over to my friend Kate's dorm room and watch it with her and some friends. It was a fun night. Well, during my sophmore years, a friend of mine came along because he had an interest in my friend Kate. Well, when we got to her dorm room, there was another guy who was there, who hadn't showed up before. We had a good time and after the show we left. When we left my friend said to me, "do you think they're going to date?" I made a bold prediction and said that there was no way and that this guy was not her type and that that guy didn't stand a chance compared to my friend(not that I really knew her type, I just didn't want my friend to get sad). So, what I'm getting at is that I like to make bold predictions(or statements). Here's another one. The Yankees will be worse with Joba the Hutt in the rotation instead of the bullpen. The reason is that I don't like their bullpen w/o Joba(it could be worse than the Mets) and now with Joba in the rotation they don't have a reliable setup guy for the 8th. Farnsworth is a meat head and likes to give up home runs and then get mad when the 'roids are running through his veins and they at people. He won't last. What do you guys think?
.... and to continue the story, yeah my friend Kate, she ended up marrying that guy. That guy's name? Mike, your fellow reader and commentor. He he, what can I say? My prediction aren't always right.
It's time for storytime kids. This goes back to college(again). Well, back during my Freshman and Sophmore years at college I used to watch 90210. I know, it's sad, but I found it interesting. So, on Wednesday nights I would go over to my friend Kate's dorm room and watch it with her and some friends. It was a fun night. Well, during my sophmore years, a friend of mine came along because he had an interest in my friend Kate. Well, when we got to her dorm room, there was another guy who was there, who hadn't showed up before. We had a good time and after the show we left. When we left my friend said to me, "do you think they're going to date?" I made a bold prediction and said that there was no way and that this guy was not her type and that that guy didn't stand a chance compared to my friend(not that I really knew her type, I just didn't want my friend to get sad). So, what I'm getting at is that I like to make bold predictions(or statements). Here's another one. The Yankees will be worse with Joba the Hutt in the rotation instead of the bullpen. The reason is that I don't like their bullpen w/o Joba(it could be worse than the Mets) and now with Joba in the rotation they don't have a reliable setup guy for the 8th. Farnsworth is a meat head and likes to give up home runs and then get mad when the 'roids are running through his veins and they at people. He won't last. What do you guys think?
.... and to continue the story, yeah my friend Kate, she ended up marrying that guy. That guy's name? Mike, your fellow reader and commentor. He he, what can I say? My prediction aren't always right.
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