I forgot to post picks. It’s not too crucial though. I’m gonna try to post again (it’s like my third comeback in two months), but this time I’ll ease into it. So here’s a quick entry before bed.

That’s so misleading. The overload of sun images makes me want to wear shorts. If you live in Seattle, don’t wear shorts tomorrow, it’s gonna be cold. This is a new feature of the site: Ces gives weather tips. If you’re thinking “this is stupid, it’s way colder where I live, even when the sun’s out”, then that sucks for you because you live somewhere colder than Seattle even when the sun’s out.

IMDB has all sorts of trivia for all sorts of movies. Here’s an excerpt from the Escape from L.A. page:

Kurt Russell practiced playing basketball between scenes as he wanted to make all of his shots legitimately in the basketball scene later on. He made all of those shots purely on his own talent, even the full-court one.

I haven’t seen the entire movie, but I did see this scene thanks to Jerry, Junior, and Jon if I remember correctly. “Thanks” as in thank you for showing me the worst scene in movie history. It’s a remarkable five minutes that everyone needs to experience. I couldn’t find it on Youtube but I just recommend you buy the DVD.

Go find Jay-Z “Lost Ones”. Of the three songs released/leaked from the upcoming album, I’ve enjoyed this one the most. Maybe too much. From what I’ve been reading, it really seems like people either really hate it or really love it. Shoot, I’m part of the latter (that was supposed to be a pun on the fabulous game Chutes and Ladders but I think I just won worst pun attempt of the week). The beat is produced by Dr. Dre (allegedly, I can’t tell honestly). “Dre’s had months of free time and this is the best he can come up with?” I guess the gripe is understandable but it works for me.

It’s climbing up my iTunes most played list. Last year I listened to that Kanye/John Mayer snippet of “Bittersweet” over and over when I was emo’d out (mentally not musically). I didn’t think anything would really top that but I just looked and this month I listened to a version of “Josephine” with just Ghostface’s verse 500 times.

I’d rather not have a mirror picture on myspace so I’m just gonna post it here. If you see me around and I look like this then I’m probably taking a picture of you and not being very sneaky at all.

Before I go to bed, I leave you with this image. It’s been making the rounds so feel free to hand me a late pass if you’ve seen it already.

Cincinnati, N.Y. Jets, Miami, Jacksonville, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Diego, Denver, Oakland, Seattle, Indianapolis, Dallas

This entry marks the comeback of the year of any industry and it probably won’t be topped until November 21. Even then it’s just a maybe. There was a lot of negativity in the comments these past few days and I’ve had a hard time doing anything else. No focus. I just scroll through the comments and follow that by staring at my desk with a pained look on my face. I stare until I get another comment and I do it again.

Worst of all, the only thing consistent on here recently are the NFL picks, and now I’m failing there. I forgot to italicize last week, and the picks themselves? Terrible. Even the Football Gods’ grudge against the Cardinals couldn’t keep me above .500 this week. What am I doing picking Oakland 3 weeks in a row? Here’s the explanation. Whenever I come across the Oakland game and have to choose, I remember the eternal words of E-40, “I’m from the Bay where we hyphy and go dumb.” Then I say, “Well, maybe this week. they gotta win sometime.” Then they don’t win.

Friday Night Lights

Recently, Dan’s been coming home and screaming things like “What position do you play?!” as he walks through the door. The show should be called ‘The Goosebumps Show’ because that’s what you get when you watch it. (Curt calm down man I know you’re skimming and all you read was Goosebumps and got excited thinking about your top 37 books of all time). I doubt they can keep the quality up on the inspirational scenes but they’re good for three episodes so far. Apparently it’s a big deal that they’re diving into the issue of high school recruiting. What they should worry about is age violations because homeboy looks at least 24. P.S. Real life O.J. Mayo is gonna be close to 20 years old when he graduates.

Drink Apple Juice

National Enquirer might not be the most legit source, but I guess it’s the most trustworthy of the non-legits (if that counts for anything). Anyway, O.J. has agreed to write a book detailing how he would have commited the murders if he actually commited them. This is like asking me to write a book about how I looked like a goon on the hardwood with 30 seconds left and victory guaranteed–then calling it fiction.

National Past Time

This is a feel good story for the ages. Legend is a strong word reserved for the greatest of the greats. That’s what Boxer is. But apparently he’s fulfilling his two year commitment to the South Korean military. He recently played in his last series against his long-time rival Yellow. It was a five-game series and the first two are split. I was gonna keep from spoiling it for the people who were planning to watch it, but then I remembered that nobody here is going to watch an hour and a half of Starcraft. Anyway, Boxer wins. Here’s a link to Boxer’s last best-of-five series.

But it doesn’t end there. When North Korea launches the attack on the DMZ and the south is out of ideas, they’re going to call Boxer up from the front lines to become Strategy General (because that’s a real rank) to lead them to victory. AKA the best movie script ever. He’ll be a national hero (again, because he pretty much already is). At least I’m pretty sure this is going to happen.

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On a closing note, I read on ESPN that Sebastian Telfair was at the same club that Fabolous (f-a-b-o-l-o-u-s) was at before Fabolous (f-a-b-o…) got shot. Anyway, I guess Telfair searched lineups in an attempt to catch the guy that jacked his chain and Fabolous was included in one of the lineups. I thought it was funny picturing Telfair staring at a lineup that had Fabolous standing there but now that I type this out it isn’t so hilarious. I’m glad to end this entry on a good note.

[Note: these last few paragraphs are from a few weeks ago when I was starting a post and then I stopped. Gil's still crazy, but the article is a little old. Instead, go read the Gilbert interview in Esquire. It's long but filled with all sorts of good stuff.]

NBA Blogs

Click here. Two players from every team blog about their summer. You wonder who’s actually writing these things. Do they care this much about their own summers? The paragraphs seem a bit too eloquent and the players come off fairly boring. Except for crazy ass Gilbert. It’s worth reading, especially the thoughts on his new tattoo.

School

I’m doing ok with homework, but I’ve had motivation in the form of Jason, Wally, and Russ. That sentence might sound gay. Because it is. Anyway, I’ve been studying more and hitting the library up often. Cheer me on! Only 9.5 weeks to go.

Tennessee, Cincinnati, Seattle, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Dallas, Baltimore, Atlanta, San Diego, Kansas City, NY Jets, Oakland, Chicago

Detroit, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chicago, Carolina, NY Giants, New Orleans, New England, Oakland, NY Jets, Kansas City, Dallas, San Diego, Baltimore

Boom. I was just searching for Royce videos since I realized I”ve never seen one. Now I wish I never searched in the first place. Respect to Steve Irwin, but this has got to be the worst outfit for a rapper.