Celtics Power Forwards and the rest of the playoffs

Two down...

Well, I know I said that I thought the Celtics had a chance in the playoffs, even if KG doesn't return. But judging from the results of the first two games against the 7-seed Chicago Bulls, and with the recent season-ending injury to backup PF Leon Powe, I must change my opinion on the matter. The Celtics lost game 1 to Chicago by 2 points. They won the second game by two points. Both games were AT HOME. The next two games will take place in Chicago. If Chicago can "play with us" (and beat us) on our home court, who knows what they are capable of on their turf. The injury to Leon Powe is a devastating loss. We are down to three big men (Kendrick Perkins, Mikki Moore, and Glen Davis), only one of whom is a power forward (Davis). Big Baby has played well and has been scoring at the best rate of his career recently. This is good for Davis, but without Powe and Garnett, the Celtics are at a loss as a team. Scalabrine is also out indefinitely, and who knows if he will play. People used to joke about Scalabrine's impact on the team, but this year, before getting three concussions he was a great contributor to our success. Without Powe, the Celtics have less depth, less toughness, less size, and less defense. I love the Celtics, but I don't think they can do it this year. The injuries are too detrimental to the team. Why do I always make an ass out of myself on these entries by posting something absolutely ridiculously optimistic and never clarifying them when things don't work out? Well that ends now. The Celtics are fucked. Game over, man.

KG or no KG

It's playoff time baby!

Currently, the Boston Celtics are without Kevin Garnett. There have been reports that he may not play at all during the playoffs. Though nothing has been confirmed by KG himself, it is implied that barring some miraculous comeback, KG will not return for any games this postseason. Throughout the week, Doc Rivers has been talking about KG and reporting various stories, including the "shut-down" scenario, as well as that "he will definitely play Saturday", and that he would play the last few games of the season, which did not happen.

In any case, the Boston Celtics are the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Unanimous concensus around the sports world seems to think the Celtics are hopeless without Garnett. People think we can beat Chicago, and maybe Orlando (maybe not though) but definitely not Cleveland, the #1 seed. We were defeated handily by the Cavs during the last week of the season.

Still, as a Boston fan who has been following the team and seen players like Leon Powe and Glen Davis perform ably in KG's place, I don't think it's fair to count the Celtics out just yet. I mean come on! These guys have done a great job filling in for Garnett and they have been with the team for the past several years. They are maturing as players and have developed their respective games greatly this season - Powe as an inside presence, and Davis as a jump shooter from the elbow or so. Both are able rebounders.

I don't deny that Garnett is an integral part of the team and a major reason we won the championship last year. But we've got two future hall-of-famers in our starting lineup even without him, in Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, as well as a great inside force in Perkins and the NBA's most improved point guard, Rajon Rondo, who is quickly maturing into an all-star. Not to mention sparks off the bench in guards Marbury and House, as well as a hard working, rebounding and jumpshooting presence in Mikki Moore. Tony Allen played well the other day, scoring 15 points, and he is an energy player off the bench.

What I'm saying is that although we are not the same team without Garnett, the Boston Celtics are a very good team and can certainly play with and beat teams without him. The Cavaliers are the biggest obstacle, obviously. LeBron James is a phenomenal player, and his team has gotten much better this year because of him. Still, I think we can play with this team and if we win the series (although it will be close, and it will be tough without home court advantage) we will be able to beat the Lakers more easily than the Cavs. So don't give up on Boston just yet! We're fresh off a championship and are looking to repeat, KG or no KG.

P.S. The Boston Bruins have also made the playoffs and are a #1 seed in the East. I am not a huge hockey fan, and I prefer basketball, but I still like to watch and was a bigger fan in the past. The Bruins have won their first game and this has been their best season in a long time. I am rooting for them and hope they can win the Stanley Cup this year!

Nick Adenhart

Nick Adenhart (1986-2009)

Around midnight last night, rookie Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in an auto accident in Fullerton, CA, along with 2 passengers. A third is in critical condition. They were struck by a drunk driver while Adenhart drove his Mitsubishi Eclipse. Nick was 22 years old.

It saddens me deeply to see a major league player with so much potential die in such a tragic and unnecessary way. He had such a bright future and died just hours after pitching 6 shutout innings in the big leagues. His career didn't get off to a great start, as he was injured coming out of high school. But he worked hard and improved and rehabbed to get to where he is now, rising the last 4 years from one minor league level to the next. And he just pitched the best game of his career. It is not fair. I'm a Red Sox fan and I'm deeply upset by this. I can't even begin to imagine how the Los Angeles Angels organization, his teammates, and his family must feel. It is a terrible loss for all of baseball. I watched a one minute long montage of his performance from last night and his stuff was great. He was throwing curveballs and making batters look foolish chasing them. What his career would have been like we will never know, but I'm sure if he had the opportunity it would have been great. Everything I read about him was admirable. He was a worker who cared about his team more than himself and never wanted to let the team down. He was a quiet but strong individual who overcame the adversity of a bad injury to get to the major leagues. I can't even describe how upsetting this is with words.

I knew this kid back in high school who played basketball, football, and performed in track and field. A few months after a graduated from high school, during the summer, he was killed by gunshots outside a club in Brockton, MA. There are parallels here, though they are different events with different circumstances and at different levels. But one thing was surely the same. Two promising individuals were killed in an unfair way at such a young age and it was not their fault! I talked to Jose once and had a conversation about rap music. It didn't seem like much and probably didn't mean much to him, but I am quiet and usually don't talk to people. I am glad I got to talk to him and be his teammate. Jose was a special person. He was a track star - he was considered by many as the best player on the entire squad. He also was a great wide receiver on the football team and a big part of the reason we won the superbowl in the 2006-2007 season. He played on the basketball team but didn't get much time, and never got a chance to prove himself in his senior year. I miss Jose. The memory of his death always comes back to me and I think about him often.

I am confounded by the unfairness of it all. Who knows what he would have done? Who knows what Nick would have done? But I will never be a big sports star - I don't even play in college and I'm not athletic. To see people who had talent die in such a horrible unfair way bothers me to the point where I don't understand life anymore.

Needless to say, it is a stunning moment in the sports world which caught us all off guard. Baseball fans and sports fans around the world will agree that this is quite possibly the most tragic thing that can ever happen to an athlete. To finally make it to the big leagues, play well, and be forever removed from the face of the earth. Rest in Peace, Nick Adenhart. You will be sorely missed. It will take time for the Angels and all of Major League Baseball to recover from this. But we will never truly recover. There's no coming back from death.

Here is a link to a montage of Adenhart pitching against the Angels, with a voiceover talking about his death.

Here is a link to a longer video talking about how Adenhart got to where he was Wednesday, as well as news about the tragedy.

News Today

Top Story: LeBron switching careers.


With his team well on its way to a probable championship, LeBron James has decided that basketball is too easy for him. He will now sign a 10 year, $365 million contract with a New York team, but not the Knicks, the Yankees.




He will be joined by David Ortiz, the former Red Sox DH, who has agreed to a 1-year, $30 million contract. Papi will receive a $10 million bonus if he wins MVP AND the Yankees win the World Series, but only if they play and beat the Red Sox in the NLCS.

In unrelated news, Nomar Garciaparra is headed back to Boston to play for the Bruins.


Practicing Haruhiians were shocked to discover that Haruhi is in fact not God but Satan. The high school student made her announcement today to Japan on the big screen.

Snoop Dogg is off weed, cold turkey. No really.

Young Jeezy has joined Maroon Five as a bass guitar player. He renounces all statements that he sold coke or smoked weed.









...Merry Christmas, everyone. Jesus turns 13069 today.

Fuckin Laptop

The fuckin culprit.

Well for about two months my computer was out of commission because the hard drive was fried or something IDK no one ever really figured out what the problem was. Anyway I got the computer back but all my programs and files were deleted, and the computer was reconfigured with a "generic" setup which is inferior to what I originally had. If I set a background on my computer, it automatically turns back to the solid color black after about 20 minutes or so. The other day, I installed an optional update that has something to do with the display. Naturally, since then, the display has been fucked up all over the place. I go to anything involving multimedia and the screen starts flashing over and over. When I go to my Youtube channel, the screen is blank. I can't see my videos or anyone elses unless I like search for them. Which is fucking annoying. I would uninstall the update, which is listed under my updates, but does not appear when I go to the uninstall updates page. What the fuck. This laptop is fucking gay. It always gives me grief every time I use it, no matter what I do. I need to print something and the fucking printer driver will not install. It won't let me validate Windows. It won't let me install Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. If I do fix everything again, it is going to again require that I delete all my files. I might save them to a disc but what a pain in the ass! Can't I just have a computer that works? Oh and a car would be nice. Totaled mine back in December. Also have a new cell phone without ringtones which I'm sick of paying for just to end up buying a new phone.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

cartoons (?)

"To dream that you are watching cartoons, indicates that you are not taking life seriously."

lol thanks dream moods. I didn't dream about this though. I swear. Who dreams about watching cartoons?!

Character Profile Akina, Hydra

Akina is a character from UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie. She is one of my personal favorites. Though she is a peripheral character, her part in the story is quite interesting. Akina is a childhood friend of the main male character, Kazuto Tokino. She harbors feelings for Kazuto, but she never reveals them to him. Often, she confides in Hydra, who is well aware of Akina's feelings for Kazuto. She has an interesting relationship with Hydra, who, as Valkyrie did to Kazuto, crashed her spaceship into Akina's abode. Akina makes Hydra work at her shrine to pay her off for the damages caused by the spaceship, which appears to be lodged into the roof of Akina's shrine for the forseeable future. Akina also put a seal on Hydra, who is an adult in truth, but reverts to the body of a child while under control of the seal. Akina occasionally releases the seal in dangerous situations which call for it. Instead of attacking Akina when she does this, or fleeing town, Hydra does things such as swing a magical sword, shoot lasers out of her hands, put on lipstick and have big boobs. A certified badass in this form is Hydra.

Inverse.

As I mentioned, Hydra and Akina have an interesting relationship, which I have dubbed an Odd Friendship on TV Tropes. It's like an odd couple but with secondary characters. In the second season, through a freak accident (and religious rituals gone bad), Hydra and Akina gain the power to combine into a being known as Akidra. Both have the ability to talk while inhabiting the same body. In battle, Akina's spiritual powers and Hydra's magical and physical powers are augmented and combined. Akidra is particularly effective against Valkyrie Ghost, the main antagonist of the series, particularly season 2. Unfortunately, the two can only combine when they are mad at each other. Rika proposes this theory, and it turns out to be true. The first time, Hydra reads a page of Akina's diary to an audience of main characters. After that, Akina just breaks Akina's shit whenever they try to transform. I feel bad for Hydra at times. She got the raw end of that deal. In an interesting aside, the name Akidra was first used by Akina and Hydra as their band name when Akina forcibly entered them as a duo in a karaoke contest. True story!

In the third season, Valkyrie and Kazuto are about to get married and Akina's anguish and lament over not talking to him become increasingly apparent. Hydra tells her she missed her chance and to basically settle down. This reminded me of Pirates of the Carribbean, when Will told Jack that he should have told her he loved her. But in this case, things don't work out quite the same way. I feel I can relate to Akina in her unrequited love thing as that is pretty much the story of muh life.

Akina, in the English dub, is voiced by Cynthia Martinez. The first time I heard Cynthia was in the Puni Puni Poemy dub, in which she voiced the certifiably insane Poemy Watanabe, who always refers to herself as Kobayashi, the name of her Japanese voice actress. Cynthia is Spanish and her accent can be heard slightly in her work, a fairly unique trait among voice actors as well as her signature. In other shows I have seen, she has voiced Excel Kobayashi (the same Japanese voice actress as in Puni Puni Poemy) in Excel Saga, Runa Tokisaka in Nurse Witch Komugi, and Otome Akiyama in Pani Poni Dash. Cynthia plays a good range of characters, from the easily excited Poemy to the cold and calculating Runa, who acts cute to hide her true demeanor. Otome is short and constantly harassed by her classmate Suzume, who finds her cute and tries to keep her short by pushing a pressure point on her head. As her teacher reveals, this pressure point does not stunt growth; it induces diarrhea. :I Otome is dejected as a result and gets frustrated with Suzume. I've only seen the first half of the series and Otome is not a main character, so I don't know much else about her. Akina is a very dynamic character, sometimes calm, sometimes excited, sometimes giving bad karaoke performances. All in all, my favorie of her roles.

Hydra is voiced by Nancy Novotny. As Hydra, Nancy provides a scratchy voice which brings about her spunky personality. Other roles by Nancy that I have seen are as Yomi Mizuhara as Azumanga Daioh, which was her debut; the titular character in Madlax, and Ayame Akimo in Wandaba Style. I haven't seen all of any of those, but I've seen the most of Wandaba Style. Ayame is a quiet girl, a folk singer and a hippie who sees imaginary fairies as muscular green men who freak me out personally. I've seen about 1/3 of Azumanga Daioh, which is pretty popular I guess. Yomi is a smart, athletic girl who wears glasses and is friends with Tomo, a psychopath. She acts as Tomo's comedic foil, providing humorous deadpan remarks to Tomo's over-the-top antics. Madlax is one cool customer, from what I've seen, and is some sort of spy or something. Whatever she is, she's one of the best in the biz. I haven't seen the whole show, so I don't know what her connection is with a girl named Margaret.

Let's talk about Hydra! Hydra went to Earth to retrieve Princess Valkyrie, as with Valkyrie gone, Hydra (another Princess of Valhalla) would have to get married in her place. Obviously, Hydra doesn't want this and so she goes searching for the wayward princess. She employs powers- such as turning into a flying pink/orange unicorn and splitting into like 300 Hydras-which are never seen again after Akina traps her - to find Valkyrie, but is interrupted by Akina. In the end, Hydra ends up working at Akina's shrine as punishment for crashing her spaceship into it. Often, Hydra and Akina act as antagonists for Valkyrie and Kazuto, because the two both have issues with Valkyrie. Though it's really Akina who has the most problems with her. In season 3, Akina and Hydra are called upon to pretend to threaten Valkyrie and Kazuto in their quest for wedding-related gemstones. But Akina starts to let her emotions override logic, and she ends up almost causing them serious harm, for which Hydra chastises her. When Kazuto and Valkyrie complete their quest, Hydra tells Akina to speak up and sympathizes, somewhat with Akina, providing a welcoming ear and advising voice.

Favorite Anime Quotes - UFO Princess Valkyrie

I don't think I have to explain the physics of this picture to all you time travel experts.

She wanted to be behind a billboard or something, but what she got was a clear glass pane.

Hydra is Akina's slave.

This is a collection of my favorite anime quotes which I seem to have trouble finding online, so I'll post them here.

UFO Princess Valkyrie (dub)

"The stage is our battlefield and we're taking no prisoners" Spot

"He would never do that. He's just not that kind of guy." Spot

"I guess you're right." Val
"It's not just a guess; it's for reals." Spot

"Eat this, nerd."-Spot

"So that's how it is." - Kazuto

"Peeping, huh? For shame!"
"Interfering in other peoples' love lives? How petty and boorish can you get?"-Valkyrie Ghost

"I'm picking up brain waves" Chorus
"Wow what a newsflash" Rika
"I'm your Valkyrie Ghost" Chorus
"Can you come back when you're not crazy?" Rika

"Even a blind archer gets a bullseye with enough arrows." Hydra
"Yawn." Akina

"Don't drag me into this! Enter the contest yourself!" Hydra
"No. The great decider has decided!" Akina
"Great. Akina's fascism strikes again!" Hydra

"Akina's Diary! Dear Diary, today I walked home from school with Kazuto. I wish I could be more true to my feelings. When I was younger, I could access my feelings more easily" Hydra
"AAAAH! Gimme that" Akina
"Relax. You didn't write anything juicy anyway!" Hydra
"Well, pardon me for being so boring!" Akina
"You're such a loser!" Hydra

"Two Valkyries in one place? That's stupid!" Older Laine
"This makes no sense at all!" Younger Laine
"Do you two want your asses kicked?" Hydra

"Oh my damness!" random dumbshit as he sees a young Mehm walkin' down the street.

"Say hello to my little friend!" Sanada

"I don't think we should be spying on him like this. It's not proper behavior for a well-mannered lady." Hydra
"Who's this well-mannered lady you're talking about?" Akina
"It obviously ain't you." Hydra

"Oh hey it's Princess Chesty! I mean...Nesty."
"Teacher needs to see you after class."

"Recess is cancelled!" - Pharm

"Well it's not the best thing I've had in my mouth all day...but it's pretty good."
"So I guess we're in the middle of a battle or something?"
"Yeah, yeah whatever."
"Hey there, brainy britches!" - Laine

"Hey there Nesty. Nice implants."
"Well I see you're pirating skills haven't begun to sag." -Arseila

"You're going to make me come right away!" - Sanada while hallucinating about little Valkyrie, adult Valkyrie, and Valkyrie Ghost while delirious from being lost in a snowstorm. I was not expecting her to say that...

"No! Kazuto and I are tied together by an unbreakable bond. He never chose you and never will!" -Valkyrie, to Valkyrie Ghost. Aww... see I'm not all pervert and no heart.

"This plot is way too complicated! Our readers are going to give up on it!" Chorus
"I think you mean viewers, right?" Sanada
"Well it's the only plot we have right now." Kazuto
"Hey you guys, we have readers?" Rika

"Did you get all of those clothes as gifts?" Laine
"Yes." Mehm
"Yeah, well it sounds like some kind of scam to me." Rika
"Can you just imagine the innocent victims twitching in her wake?" Laine
"Totally." Rika

"What's this supposed to be?" Laine
"I'm sorry. I've never cooked by myself before and I don't know my way around the kitchen." Valkyrie
"Well at least there doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the rice." Laine
"Yeah. It's impossible to mess up rice." Spot (retching)
"It's really good, Val!" Kazuto
"Don't eat it Kazuto - it'll poison you." Rika

"I know we're in the red this month as usual, but could we start eating out?" Rika
"All right." Valkyrie
(everyone cheers)
"Oh, you're food is really good too, Val!" Kazuto
"Don't lie Kazuto - this stuff'll kill ya." Rika

"Of course it's good because our princess boiled the water herself!" Sanada
"Yeah, that must be why." Rika

(Hydra is punished by Inarva having Akina sing to her in the punishment dimension.)
(after) Akina: I wonder what Inarva showed her that made her so scared.

"I want to see the phantom lover. Please let me see! Why? Why would you cover that manga with plastic? How can I see what it is then?" Chorus
"Oh, yeah, I forgot Chorus is crazy." Rika

"I am your Valkyrie Ghost." Chorus
"What?" everybody
"Every bad boy deserves fudge." Chorus
"Huh?" Sanada
"My very excellent mother served us naughty pickles." Chorus
"Eh?" Hydra
"Oh silly me. Columbus sailed in '93." Chorus
(everyone sighs)
"This is hopeless." Rika
"Valkyrie Ghost. Valkyrie..." Chorus

(to Kazuto)"You're adorable..." Akina
"Huh?" Rika, Laine, Hydra
(to Rika, Laine)"Um... hey look at that! (to Kazuto) Come here you!"
"Hey!" Rika, Laine
(Hydra trips Akina)
"So you've all become little because of this space bath powder. Well, it's no big deal, because you'll all be back to normal in 3 days!" Akina
"What do you mean this is no big deal?!" Laine
"I'm disappointed in you, Akina." Rika
"Oh come on, guys. I was just trying to have some innocent fun with cute little Kazuto." Akina
"Since when do you call kidnapping innocent fun?" Hydra

(which is funny because early on in the series, Akina called Kazuto a pedo.)

"Princess Stupidhead!" Akina insults Hydra
"O, maiden of flat-chestedness/you flat-chested dork" Hydra insults Akina

"How'd I get stuck out here with the geek and the freak?" Hydra

(dejected):"Lethargy - what's that?" Rika, going over English/Japanese vocab flash cards in the SNOWSTORM.

"You are one cold-hearted playa" Mur, to Mar after he turns down ARRseila the pirate.

I'd love nothing more than to keep the bathhouse open, but a kid can't run it by himself. - Kazuto

Why do you always have to do things by the book, Kazuto? - Laine

Happy Birthday Rondo!

You should be pretty pumped.

Sunday February 22 was Rajon Rondo's 23rd birthday. He scored 32 points, dished out 10 assists and grabbed 6 rebounds in a blowout of the Phoenix Suns. Those 32 points were a career high for Rondo. I hope this performance will get sports "experts" to realize that Rondo is an all-star. He may average under 12 points a game, but Rajon is in the top 5 in the league in both assists and steals. In addition, he is one of the best rebounding point guards and is a true leader on the floor. I guess it makes sense that he didn't go to the game based on scoring, but no one outside of the Boston area seems to take Rondo seriously. Hopefully, this game will change that. Did I mention Rondo got a triple double against the Dallas Mavericks before the All-star break?

A Chance for Varitek, Captain of the Red Sox, to show his quality.

Time to prove thyneself.

Jason Varitek has signed a deal with the Red Sox after much preseason drama concerning whether or not he would return. Now that he is back, he will face an interesting season. Jason is 36 and has struggled at the plate the last few years. If he can put up some decent offensive numbers this year, like hitting .280 with 20 home runs, I will be happy. If he hits .270, I'll still be happy. I am certain he will do his job defensively as always, and will be called on to catch Tim Wakefield. Ironically, Wakefield, the resident knuckleballer, has been Varitek's teammate longer than anyone else on the Red Sox, but since Mirabelli started catching him a few years back, Tek rarely catches a game for Wake. In fact, Varitek came up with the Red Sox in '97, and Wakefield has been with the team since '95, the last Boston teammate of Roger Clemens currently with the team. I have used that Tolkien madlib in the past whenever Varitek steps up to the plate, and now that he is certain to be here after his return was ambiguous, it fits better than ever. The Red Sox have most of their main team returning, so we won't see much that is new in the lineup. Future Hall-of-Famer John Smoltz and Brad Penny, veteran and all-star ace of the Dodgers for the past several years, will join the team. Penny formed a formidable tandem with former "sock" Derek Lowe, and Smoltz's history speaks for itself. He was injured last year and required surgery, so he will probably not be pitching for us for quite a while. But getting even 20% of John Smoltz's normal talent is a lift. Of course, Penny was injured much of last year and struggled. Hopefully he can return to form. We also got Josh Bard, a former Red Sox catcher who caught for Wakefield. So maybe Varitek won't catch for Wake much after all, though the NESN guys said he would. The Sox also signed Rocco Baldelli, a New England native and childhood Red Sox fan. Baldelli started a very promising career, even compared to Joe DiMaggio, but he has been hampered by injuries for the past few years. He won't start but should prove a productive fourth outfielder. In any case, it should be an interesting season. With MVP Dustin Pedroia and 100-RBI man Kevin Youkilis coming off career seasons, my hometown Sox look to be a contender again in the AL East.

though the Yankees did spend all that money signing C.C. and A.J... The Bankee$ are always tough because they can go out and do that and not worry about going bankrupt in an economic depression. The Rays are all young and homegrown, giving merit to the theory that the opposite of the Yankee technique is useful. Three 90-win teams in the east? :O

A-Roid

A man whose integrity is much in question.

Well I turned on SportsCenter this morning and what was the first thing I heard? There are new allegations that Alex Rodriguez has tested positive for steroids in the past. You might think I, a lifetime Red Sox fan and a person who has taken issue with A-Rod's past acts, would be having a field day with this and jumping all over A-Rod.

But my issue is with the way that this information is always presented-flimsily, with little or no evidence and always with the use of the term "allegations". Another issue I have is with the fans associating this word with "guilty".

This data is from a 2003 test that was supposed to be anonymous (so much for that...) and honestly I don't really care right now. 2003? That was SIX years ago. A lot has happened in baseball and the rest of the world since then. Barry Bonds, the current home run king, has seen people demand that an asterisk be put on his 762, as he broke Hank Aaron's all-time home run record of 755 the last time he was in a god damn baseball uniform and not standing trial. Since the mid 1990s, players have been under scrutiny for steroids. Bonds was the center of attention for a while, but former Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, and Rockets ace Roger "The Rocket" Clemens has picked up the torch. Roger has also faced other scandals recently including some crap with a 15 year old girl back in like 1932...who cares... Anyway, I never really liked Barry Bonds. He always seemed like kind of a jerk and was rude to the media. But it was nice to see him give love to his fans when he was put on the all-time Giants team. I didn't really think much of Roger either. By the time I started watching baseball, he had left Boston and gone to the dark side. But the fact that he was on the last World Series team for the Red Sox before the 2004 season and that he essentially led them there himself makes me respect him somewhat.

Alex Rodriguez came into the league at the age of 18 and was an all-star at age 20. People have predicted that he will far eclipse Bonds' current homerun record of 762. Of course his records are tainted because this is the steroids era and everyone is already guilty. Next thing you know, they'll accuse the Big Unit of steroid use. Rodriguez played on terrific Mariner teams with household names Ken Griffey Jr and the Big Unit, Randy Johnson. You may also remember sluggers Jay Buhner and Edgar Martinez. He was then traded to the Texas Rangers and given a 10 year, 250 million dollar contract. The Yankees picked him up somewhere halfway through. Yankees fans don't appreciate anyone and they certainly haven't appreciated A-Rod. I doubt their opinion of him is higher now.

Back to my argument that the way this shit is presented is absolutely bogus. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps got a DUI like 6 years ago and people talk about it like it's relevant. There was a photo of him released smoking weed out of a bong this past November. The people who take these photos are pussies and deserve torture worse than death. Just because your life sucks and you have no talent or future like Michael Phelps doesn't mean you can go ahead and ruin his life with gay tabloid bullcrap. Have fun with your fail life.

Reporters suck at presenting information that is relevant and up to date. All the steroid crap is "allegations, allegations, allegations". Until you can come up to me and say to my face that "So-and-so used fucking steroids," then your words are pure slander and libel. Or should I say utterly garbage, because although they may be technically correct, they offer no actual information to anyone. Because it's not a sure thing. Make DAMN sure you dumbasses do your job right and tell me that someone used steroids - grow some balls so that theirs may stop shrinking.

In any case, R.I.P. A-Rod's legacy.

dream moodz

I had a dream last night that four guys were holding me down and trying to forcibly inject me with steroids or something. I know I was freakin out in the dream and I could feel myself moving around trying to break free as i lay sleeping in real life. I asked dream moods what this means and it provided me with this answer:

"To dream that someone is forcibly injecting you, represents your negative attitudes about a particular situation/person. It also indicates the influence of peer pressure working against you. You are recognizing that someone is forcing their negative and unwelcome views/values on you."

Maybe it has something to do with everyone around me drinking and smoking weed and I don't do that stuff for whatever reason. It makes me feel like an outsider sometimes. But my belief that I'm "doing the right thing" (more like "not doing the wrong things") keeps me at that stance.

Perhaps there is some truth to this but idk. Dream interpretation is just that - interpretation. And interpretation is subjective. Besides, just besides the site was the first return on google search does not mean it is even remotely an authoritative source.

Youtube is full of fail and so is the law

here is the dispute claim stuff Invalid reasons to dispute a claim

I own the CD / DVD or I bought the song from iTunes.

Buying a song, CD, DVD, or other piece of media doesn't give you authorization to post that content on YouTube.

The content was only a part of my video.

In almost all cases, you need permission from the content owner to use even part of their work in your video. Learn more about Copyright here.

There are other videos on YouTube with the same content. It's only fair that I can use it too.

Copyright is all about forbidding some people from using material that others are allowed to use. Someone else's use doesn't give you permission.

I'm sorry, I just want my video back up, I gave credits in the description.

Giving credit does not give you authorization to upload the content.

I'm not selling my video or trying to make money.

That doesn't matter.

Copypasta'd from a source i won't cite because citation is stupid.

Youtube is fucktarded and I deleted two of my videos because of an audio dispute.

I have particular problems with this statement:

"I'm not selling my video or trying to make money."
"That doesn't matter."

Why? What the fuck are people being so protective for if no one is making money off of it? Isn't money the only thing people care about? The answer is yes. Youtube is trying to tell me it doesn't matter. I bet if I told them I was using the video to make millions of dollars somebody would be pretty pissed. Stupid rules limit and ruin society and people's lives. One of these days I'd like to change the rules and throw all the rule-making fuckasses in jail where they belong and have sent so many people who don't belong there. I feel like I'm missing something, like everyone else is getting something I feel doesn't make sense. How is this shit acceptable? I sure don't fucking accept it, nor will I in the foreseeable future. I'm pretty much giving up on Youtube now and have vowed never to make another video. There wouldn't be any issues in the world if there wasn't so much damn legislation driving fear into peoples veins every second of every day.

Additionally, I have problems with this statement:

There are other videos on YouTube with the same content. It's only fair that I can use it too.
Copyright is all about forbidding some people from using material that others are allowed to use. Someone else's use doesn't give you permission.

What fucking people are you talking about. That's what Jim Crow laws were about - forbidding some people from using materials other people were allowed to use. Fucking elitist Youtube higher-ups can eat it.

Wikipedia also does its part by making it impossible to edit anything. Even sites like Uncyclopedia are srs bzns these days. Sure, you're free to edit what you want, but without proper documentation and giving wikipedia administrators a blowjob your article will be deleted. Uncyclopedia does not hav any moar room for shit that is not funny. So basically you're not allowed to post there if you're not good enough for them. This is why I don't join forums because the kids who talk on them have much unwarranted self-importance.

But it's okay for me to post this shit here because no one reads it anyway.

Driving

There are only two types of drivers if you really think about it. Passive and aggressive. Aggressive drivers drive fast and make sure everyone is on their level. Passive drivers drive really slow and make aggressive people drive on their ass. When a road is composed of either only aggressive drivers or only passive drivers, everyone is on the same page and there is no chance of conflict. Of course, there are never only aggressive or passive drivers on the same road. So there is an ever continuing subliminal battle of wits between drivers. There are extremes on both ends, of course - the horrible aggressive driver who makes impossibly close turns in a haphazard manner, and the horrible passivce driver who drives at least 20 miles under the speed limit and leaves their blinker on all the time. There is no middle ground, however.

...Just some food for thought.

Overlinking

This is my latest contribution to wikipedia which will probably be deleted for making fun of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methods_of_website_linking&oldid=265399140#Overlinking

This is the current version:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_website_linking#Overlinking