Damn! Damn! Damn! It looks like I better get working on ANOTHER LIST soon! Thank God I didn't shell out that $40 to go to tonight's game or I would've even more distraught. Don't get me wrong, when the C's lose I don't lose it and go all glom and doom like a Sox fan does. It's just that I look forward to basketball season every year and the C's don't get ANYWHERE as much love in Boston as the Red Sox and Patriots in this town so if the C's don't win...no one cares. If the Pats and Sox lose...the world is ending for everyone in New England. Either way, expect a new top 10 list of Things I Hate More Than Seeing The Celtics Lose tomorrow. One.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GrnDynsty:</div><div class="quote_post">4. Those late night commercials with 20 hot girls walking on a beach and posing by a sauna with cellphones asking you to TEXT MESSAGE THEM! Does anyone really fall for this crap? </div>Seriously... I've seen that a few times and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Somehow enough people had to participate for them to pay for the commercial. That is so f**king scary, isn't it? Great list, though. Loved it.
Oh man After that pasting at the hands of the Emerald City's basketball team (damn I'm good with words!) I had to go into serious deliberation for the purpose of concocting a new Top Ten List Of Things I Hate More Than Seeing The Celtics Lose. I received quite a few e-mails from people saying that they they enjoyed the first one and some of my comments sprinkled throughout the individual game posts on this board. With no further ado, I present to you all....The List: 1. Lost Fever! Everywhere you go someone's talking about random numbers in odd sequences, hatches, kid apparitions, sweaty dudes talking backwards, "tailies", people dying in wierd ways, love triangles, backstories and, of course, Michelle Rodriguez...none of this buzz or hype makes me want to watch, though...I'm not much of a joiner. 2. But Can They Sing? The answer: HEEEELLLLLL NOOOOO!! I am frightened that people actually toss a bag of popcorn in the nuke, sit back and watch the likes of Larry Holmes, Morgan Fairchild, Bai Ling, Joey Pants, some italian dude who does soap operas who's apparently allergic to shirts or shirts with sleeves (one or the other), one of Victoria Gotti's sons and some other people I'm completely unfamiliar with. It's all hosted by Ahmet Zappa...he somehow convinced Selma Blair that she should be seen with him in public...maybe she's just a huge fan of his father..either way I get confused and need to lie down for a while. 3. House. I watch this show in complete shock and awe...in the real world this guy would get fired and/or beaten with his own cane daily. Somehow, this pill popping, borderline sociopathic and surly for no reason nutcase is a brilliant doctor with a heart of gold and every woman who crosses his path gets the uncontrollable urge to throw themselves at him...the cases follow pretty much the same arc week after week but the B story keeps the viewer hooked. I pretty watch this and say stuff like "Yeah, right here he would have gotten beaten unconscious with the closest blunt object available..." 4. I'm watching a commercial and thinking nothing of it until I hear that familiar phrase with a different set up everytime... "Before you leave I have to tell you something important!" "What? What do you have to tell me?" "I saved hundreds on my car insurance by switching to Geico!" (I don't think Geico is even AVAILABLE here....punks!) 5. 7th Heaven. This family started out with seven people living in the same house...10 YEARS AGO! Ten years later and there are still seven people living in this house...and half the kids moved out. Every week there's some huge dilemma, misunderstanding or life lesson to learn. If you took those old NBC "The More You Know" spots and mixed them with The Waltons, Eight Is Enough and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood then you'd have....to throw up immeadiately. 6. The Apprentice. Who cares? I'm supposed to come home from work at night and watch a TV show with other people competing for a job? Doesn't that sound a little too surreal for you? Take this premise and add Martha Stewart to it...TWENTY TIMES WORSE. 7. Sports Talk Radio. A bunch of guys who love sports but never played them host with other guys who played them and love them and talk about sports while taking calls from a bunch of guys who love sports but never played them and guys who played sports in the past and still love them...You still with me? Nothing's more ridiculous than four 40 year old white guys discussing the NBA dress code and how it's CLEARLY not suspicious in any way, shape or form or whining about touchdown celebrations, saying stuff like "act like you been in the end zone before!". I'd rather listen to static. 8. Patriot Injury Updates! This just in! Rodney Harrison has been upgraded from Ain't No Way In Hell He's Playing Again This Year to He'll Be Ready To Go Next Year After He Has His Surgery! Jarvis Green injured himself at practice today when he bent over to tie his shoe. He had to sit out a play but he came back in for the next drill. Just surprise me on game day with the news fellas. Stop running it at the bottom of the screen with flashing kryons when the world news is on! 9. Panther Cheerleader Jokes. They were funny for the first two days...now, it's just beating a dead horse with another half dead horse until THAT horse is dead as well. 10. Hot Girls In Fat Suits. Why would a famous and attractive woman be surprised that people treat her differently when she goes out in the guise of a large person? Tyra cried! Vanessa Minillo was shocked! I WASN'T SURPRISED AT ALL! That's what got me through that last game...I hope they go on a winning streak soon...for all of our sakes. One.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Sir Desmond:</div><div class="quote_post">I quite like House.</div> You would. Freak...
Thank God! I was really running out of things to hate in current pop culture. I was gonna have to do the Seinfeld thing and name life situations and scenarios and crap like that. The Celtics are now 4-5 on the season. Ricky Davis and Paul Pierce led the attack tonight along with some significant play and contributions made by the bench. Hopefully, they can get back to .500 after the next game. I'll post more thoughts tomorrow afternoon. One.
Life interfered in my last post. I spent most of the weekend babysitting my niece. My usually kung fu movie and football watching was replaced with Jimmy Neutron, Spongebob Squarepants, Fairly Oddparents and The Backyardigans (who I must admit have some pretty catchy songs). The Celtics don't play until tomorrow which is cool...it's given me plently of time to decompress. I am typing this my brother is playing Tiger Woods Golf (we work for ourselves out of a home studio so we can set our own hours). I do not see the attraction of this game...Golf is boring enough in real life...a SIMULATION GAME? I have reached an age where I don't even get mad when I lose a game of Madden anymore...that's scary. I throw an interception and I'm like "just gotta play defense". Scary. Once you pay bills and deal with collection agencies or go to business meetings and you're responsible for other people/employees you're perspective and priorities just switch. The Celtics are clearly hanging in there until the receive some help. Tony Allen is back to running around and shooting. He'll be up for drills soon but there is no timetable on him coming back. I really feel that Scalabrine is a huge hole in the lineup...there HAS to be a way to move him. I'll be back later on. One.
The Celtics FINALLY have received new jerseys with a black stripe down the side and a black stripe on the side of the shorts...next up is an updating of the Celtics logo. I know that all of the purists will hate it....oh well, GET OVER IT! The new uni's, logo update, dance team, etc. are all overdue in my opinion...the ONLY tradition I'd like to see the Celtics go back to is the BLACK SNEAKERS. I wish they would have black or black and green sneakers be the standard for home AND the road for the franchise. The C's don't play until tomorrow where they have a chance to even it up on the road against the Cavaliers and another game the next night in Atlanta. Ricky Davis will be A BEAST on Tuesday because he always gets up for a game against his former franchise...ESPECIALLY IN CLEVELAND! I'd love to see Doc go to Kendrick Perkins earlier in these games...his defense (shotblocking & rebounding), strength, hustle and ability to outlet pass can plug up MORE than a few holes at C/PF that Scalabrine creates. I'd like to see Perk and Big Al in the game together a lot more. I haven't talked about the REST of the league nearly enough in my posts...for that I apologize. Blame it on my East Coast Bias/Bostonian provincial tendecies. One.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Crywalker:</div><div class="quote_post">You would. Freak...</div> Says he with "Very special thanks to Knicks Analyst" in his sig. Checkmate.
Last night there was no game thread....LeBron came through like Hurricane Katrina and destroyed the Celtics. Delonte West and Damon Jones both left the game with injuries. Scalabrine and Dickau played together way too often. Hopefully, they can bounce back tonight. One.
Delonte West (as reported by 44 Thrilla) will miss 10-15 days and Orien Greene will start at point tonight....I'm already getting a new list ready AS I TYPE. As it turns out the now depleted Celtics dropped ANOTHER game..this one to the hapless Atlanta Hawks. They were beaten in every facet of the game...did I mention that the Hawks were 0-9 before the Green rolled into town? The Celtics are 4-7 and now missing THREE MAJOR DEFENSIVE, SCORING AND BALLHANDLING COGS IN THEIR MACHINE. This throws the first month of the season into upheaval. I am looking forward to spending Thanksgiving tomorrow with my crazy relatives. I see 44 Thrilla has started a We're Not That Good Thread and there have been no game threads for the last two games....hmmm, interesting. All I can say is Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. One.
Thank You God!!! The Celtics won in their alternate jerseys at the last second on a last second drive by Paul Pierce. Here's a list of the Ten Best Cereals To Enjoy The Morning After A Celtic Win. 1. Honey Nut Cheerios (this cereal is genius in it's simplicity...Cheerios with honey on them...genius!) 2. Captain Crunch (I have had the roof of my mouth cut several times by this cereal but the taste overpowers the salty blood trickle...mmm mmm good!) 3. Count Chocula (how do you hate a cereal that turns the milk chocolate?) 4. Cinnamon Toast Crunch (the less milk you use the better, this is the worse soogy cereal on the market next to Frosted Flakes) 5. Lucky Charms (the mix of grain and tasty multiflavored marshmallows is divine once milk is added) 6. Cocoa Pebbles (read number 3, nod your head and keep it moving) 7. Cookie Crisp (little cookies in milk? You have my undivided attention) 8. Fruity Pebbles (ya gotta eat 'em quick...get up and answer the phone and they're soggy) 9. Honey Clusters Of Oats (sounds like an association...damned tasty, though!) 10. Total with bananas (a girl I used to work with turned me on to these...she used to eat 'em out of the box in the office. She tried to get me to eat 'em as well....she was hot so I complied...to this day I thank you for opening my eyes to this wonderful product, Heather.) I'll be at the Orlando game on Tuesday in my regular seats near or in Section 18. Expect a FULL REPORT after I get home from the game. Tony Allen will begin practicing this week. Yay! One.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GrnDynsty:</div><div class="quote_post">The Celtics won in their alternate jerseys at the last second on a last second drive by Paul Pierce. Here's a list of the Ten Best Cereals To Enjoy The Morning After A Celtic Win. 1. Honey Nut Cheerios (this cereal is genius in it's simplicity...Cheerios with honey on them...genius!) 2. Captain Crunch (I have had the roof of my mouth cut several times by this cereal but the taste overpowers the salty blood trickle...mmm mmm good!) 3. Count Chocula (how do you hate a cereal that turns the milk chocolate?) 4. Cinnamon Toast Crunch (the less milk you use the better, this is the worse soogy cereal on the market next to Frosted Flakes) 5. Lucky Charms (the mix of grain and tasty multiflavored marshmallows is divine once milk is added) 6. Cocoa Pebbles (read number 3, nod your head and keep it moving) 7. Cookie Crisp (little cookies in milk? You have my undivided attention) 8. Fruity Pebbles (ya gotta eat 'em quick...get up and answer the phone and they're soggy) 9. Honey Clusters Of Oats (sounds like an association...damned tasty, though!) 10. Total with bananas (a girl I used to work with turned me on to these...she used to eat 'em out of the box in the office. She tried to get me to eat 'em as well....she was hot so I complied...to this day I thank you for opening my eyes to this wonderful product, Heather.) I'll be at the Orlando game on Tuesday in my regular seats near or in Section 18. Expect a FULL REPORT after I get home from the game. Tony Allen will begin practicing this week. Yay! One.</div> Your exclusion of Flutie Flakes and Apple Cinnamon Cheerios means I will never be visiting this thread again. Sorry
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">(a girl I used to work with turned me on to these...she used to eat 'em out of the box in the office. She tried to get me to eat 'em as well....she was hot so I complied...to this day I thank you for opening my eyes to this wonderful product, Heather.)</div> No sexual connentations there Anywho as for the cereals you forgot Raisin Bran (two scoops of raisins!!), frosted flakes (they're more than goooood, they're GREAT!!), Reese's (Its Reese's for breakfast!!), Oh's and plain cheerios (with fresh strawberries and or banannas). <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">3. House. I watch this show in complete shock and awe...in the real world this guy would get fired and/or beaten with his own cane daily. Somehow, this pill popping, borderline sociopathic and surly for no reason nutcase is a brilliant doctor with a heart of gold and every woman who crosses his path gets the uncontrollable urge to throw themselves at him...the cases follow pretty much the same arc week after week but the B story keeps the viewer hooked. I pretty watch this and say stuff like "Yeah, right here he would have gotten beaten unconscious with the closest blunt object available..."</div> Every time I happen to catch that show (not very often mind you, I don't very much care for it) I just think of that same commercial from the 2003 MLB playoffs on Fox for House with the doctor saying "You can't let a patient die!!"
I'm getting ready for the game tonight and I realized that I have to reorder my Netflix queue to guarantee I get Mr. & Mrs. Smith on Tuesday. There is a science to Netflix, whether it be getting new releases on release day, filling up your queue with throwaway flicks until the film you want becomes availableand MOST IMPORTANTLY getting movies that the employees at your local Blockbuster stare at you like a dog pondering an algebraic equation when you ask them if they have it. First of all, add movies to your queue while they're still in the theatres. Secondly, check Amazon.com and other related sites for release dates of anime/TV series', special editions and rereleases of DVD's. Add them to your queue and make sure that the new releases end up at the very top of your queue. Third, make sure that you hold the exact amount of DVD's that corresponds to how many new releases you have coming until Saturday. Mail them before 6pm and Netflix will get them, process them and send back your desired new releases and they will arrive in your mailbox by Tuesday. I was an early adopter of Netflix, so I have become expert at it. I will return with a preview of tonight's game. One.
Orlando has Steve Francis, DeShawn Stevenson, Dwight Howard and a few other weapons on that team. If Grant Hill comes back healthy and they shore up their rotation and play some defense they can be a formidable foe. The Celtics are succeptible to a beating by this team (a team that they should be able to beat) since they're missing three major players in their rotation. Orien Greene and Dan Dickau are going to have to defend and pass like veterans or be put through the shredder by the Orlando guard corps...If the starting five can score a lot the C's will have a fighting chance. I'll give my special from the game report later tonight. One.
My night contained all of the following: A visit to the busiest little McDonald's in North Station, being detained by Garden security, enjoying a Quarter Pounder With Cheese in my seat, three different dance teams, hyper teenage girls, being removed from my seat by an usher after another usher directed me to the WRONG SEATS, overzealous Turkish fans that cheered EVERYTHING Hedo Turkoglu did, angry beer fueled frat boys, inefficient refs, a scary moment involving Al Jefferson, an ice cold Raef LaFrentz, a driving dunk by Brian Scalabrine, surprise starts by Delonte and Perk, frequent substitutions, a DNP-CD for Ryan Gomes( ?) Jessica the lovely Garden announcer, Lucky and the Celtic cheerleaders, Thunder Sticks, dagger after dagger delivered by Steve Francis and Jameer Nelson and another close dissapointing loss by the Celtics. I'll gather my notes and write a full report tomorrow morning cuz I'm going back out. Wait until you guys hear about what happened in detail!One.
Last Night My night started by leaving for the game about a hour early with my brother-in-law. We killed time by going to this McDonald's in North Station that was the size of my living room if you put ranges, fryers and ovens in it along with 12 teenagers that moved liked their lives depended on it. Two orders of Quarter Pounders 2 Fries 2 Cokes later we're trying to get into the game..my brother-in-law has the idea to load up his coat with our food and hold our cokes (we forgot to get straws!). A security guard told us that we had to finish our cokes WAAAY before we got near the gate. I stood to the side and drank 12 of the 16 oz. of ice cold goodness before I tried for the gate again. My brother-in-law..let's call him Eric (cuz that's his name) decides to stuff his coke in his pocket! We got to the gate and they scan our tickets, once through a guard asks us to open our coats. Eric's coat is bulging, mind you! He pulls out a McDonalds bag and the guards tell us to stand to the side and eat them before we go in. We are there for 5 minutes eating fries while people get searched by security. After we're done we're allowed to enter. Eric still has our burgers in his inside pocket! An usher directed us to our regular seats in Section 18...except we were ACTUALLY in Section 17. As we walked in we saw Dana Barros hit 18 out of 20 jumpers with one of the ballboys rebounding for him. We sat down, pulled out our burgers and watched two groups of dance teams from Lowell and Plymouth...the group from Lowell was borderline at best and they danced to 'Alphabet Street" by Prince....from 1987's Lovesexy album...OOOKAAAAY. The next group from Plymouth came out...they were slighty better than borderline. I was wondering what happened to the Phunk Phenomenon. Right before the National Anthem, the Garden started to fill up a couple came over with an usher and asked to see our tickets...we were in the wrong section! We moved over during the National Anthem with our hands over our hearts. We noticed Delonte running around in full uniform. During the starters announcements we saw Delonte and Perk were starting. The Healthpoint injury report announced that Delonte was injured and out for the game...nope, he wasn't. The first quarter was rife with defense, a cold Raef LaFrentz, a hot Steve Francis and a group of 50 Turkish men and boys with flags that chanted "HID-A-YET!!" any time Hedo Turkoglu did ANYTHING. The more beer the frat boys in my section and near it got into them the MADDER they got at the Turks and once the collison happened with Al and Dwight Howard and Al got called for the foul the place was about to explode...until Al didn't get up right away, that is. Everyone held their collective breath in the arena. Once he got up, the refs were subject to some heavy booing. Mark Blount was being called "Mark C*nt" by the frat boys in my section. A 60 year old woman screamed "Grab some damn offensive rebounds!" and there was a guy who screamed "Dunk it!" everytime someone came down the court on a break. I'll finish up next post. One.
