i saw Lisanity last week, the documentary about jeremy lin. i thought it was very very good, but i'm very very biased. it definitely exceeded my expectations. i thought the documentary was going to focus on the time he spent in the NBA (warriors, rockets, knicks, rockets). if the doc only focused on that time period, i was thinking it would be whatever. but i was pleasantly surprised.
the doc showed lots of home footage when jeremy and his brothers were young kids. they showed him playing ball when he was 7-10 years old, high school, and college with lots of commentary from family. it was suchhhh a good story, just sooo real
thinking back about that "linsanity" period of early february of 2012, i distinctly remember those first few breakout games. i remember where i was eating during that Friday night Laker/Knicks game at MSG. i distinctly getting text messages when he hit that game winner over the Raptors. and I distinctlyyyy remember his game against the Mavericks, scott and i bet on the mavericks, and jeremy hit some huuuuuge shots to lock it up.
oh man, it was a fun time. i remember going to work and subscribing to this youtube channel "taiwaneseNOTchinese". that channel would post all of jeremy's highlights/interviews from the night before.
and by the way, jeremy is hilarious. he's just so weird. sort of quirky, slightly awkward. i was dying, his humor was so dry. but i was picking up every bit of it.
how did i not buy any rookie cards? i mean, it was a lay-up
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
sharing is caring...
so pass it on...
the sweat is valuable. yeah okay.
here's an example of sharing the sweat.
in this year's super bowl, scottmizzy.com and i put down a decent sized bet on the 9ers moneyline. the 49ers were in the super bowl! along with a decent sized bet. can't really ask for much more (sweat-wise)
(and i never really mentioned it, but what a game (superbowl)! i remember thinking when it was 4th and goal and the niners were down by 3, i just sorta took a memory picture, just thinking "as far as the size of sweats go, this is it! this is as big as it gets. your team in the super bowl, big bet, down by 3, 4th and goal, this is it!) soooo, the 9ers lost. and i honestly felt like someone just stole my wallet and kicked my sore lower back and there was nothing i can do about it. it hurt. and i kept thinking to myself "how do the athletes and coaches continue playing after something like that?" like, they were soooooooo close to winning the freaking super bowl, and to come that close? knowing that you might never get back to that same level, i don't understand. i don't know. TO BE COMPLETELY honest, i wanted the 9ers to win, i really really did. but i honestly prepared for them to lose. i don't know if that's just me being me, or if that's how all young 49er fans felt like, or if that's just the poker player instincts coming out. i mean (as far as being a bay area sports fan, life has been very very good lately, giants winning 2 times in 3 years?) but any way, in poker, there's luck and skill. even the best players go on very lucky streaks. so if you're playing poker and keep getting lucky combined with being very good, you should expect to win..and win...but you know eventually it's going to stop. and a good poker player will almost be thinking in the back of their head "i'm probably supposed to get unlucky pretty soon, i'm DUE. and so when it happens. i can't really be that upset, because it's EXPECTED to happen." i think that's how i felt a little after the superbowl, almost like that was supposed to happen, the good run was supposed to end. unfortunately it ended during the super bowl.
ummm, quite the tangent. that was fun
ohh, so example of sharing the sweat?
i watched the super bowl with jessica, she wanted the 9ers to win but i could tell that she wasn't ballsDeep as russ likes to say. (too much, sorry). just randomly, i told her how much scott and i bet on the 9ers. she says something like "Whaaaat? why??? oh no..."
i was so happy with her response, and at that point i knew! that i passed the sweat on!
the superbowl was going to be 5x (five times!!!) as intense now that she knew that i had some $ on the game. i made the game sweaty for her. amazing. plur...(kidding)
the sweat is valuable. yeah okay.
here's an example of sharing the sweat.
in this year's super bowl, scottmizzy.com and i put down a decent sized bet on the 9ers moneyline. the 49ers were in the super bowl! along with a decent sized bet. can't really ask for much more (sweat-wise)
(and i never really mentioned it, but what a game (superbowl)! i remember thinking when it was 4th and goal and the niners were down by 3, i just sorta took a memory picture, just thinking "as far as the size of sweats go, this is it! this is as big as it gets. your team in the super bowl, big bet, down by 3, 4th and goal, this is it!) soooo, the 9ers lost. and i honestly felt like someone just stole my wallet and kicked my sore lower back and there was nothing i can do about it. it hurt. and i kept thinking to myself "how do the athletes and coaches continue playing after something like that?" like, they were soooooooo close to winning the freaking super bowl, and to come that close? knowing that you might never get back to that same level, i don't understand. i don't know. TO BE COMPLETELY honest, i wanted the 9ers to win, i really really did. but i honestly prepared for them to lose. i don't know if that's just me being me, or if that's how all young 49er fans felt like, or if that's just the poker player instincts coming out. i mean (as far as being a bay area sports fan, life has been very very good lately, giants winning 2 times in 3 years?) but any way, in poker, there's luck and skill. even the best players go on very lucky streaks. so if you're playing poker and keep getting lucky combined with being very good, you should expect to win..and win...but you know eventually it's going to stop. and a good poker player will almost be thinking in the back of their head "i'm probably supposed to get unlucky pretty soon, i'm DUE. and so when it happens. i can't really be that upset, because it's EXPECTED to happen." i think that's how i felt a little after the superbowl, almost like that was supposed to happen, the good run was supposed to end. unfortunately it ended during the super bowl.
ummm, quite the tangent. that was fun
ohh, so example of sharing the sweat?
i watched the super bowl with jessica, she wanted the 9ers to win but i could tell that she wasn't ballsDeep as russ likes to say. (too much, sorry). just randomly, i told her how much scott and i bet on the 9ers. she says something like "Whaaaat? why??? oh no..."
i was so happy with her response, and at that point i knew! that i passed the sweat on!
the superbowl was going to be 5x (five times!!!) as intense now that she knew that i had some $ on the game. i made the game sweaty for her. amazing. plur...(kidding)
Thursday, March 14, 2013
hold the mayo
after larry sanders gets ejected, he gives a sarcastic thumbs up to each ref.
i really wish i was the first one to think of something like this. but using sarcasm to show how you really feel toward referees in sports in genius. i mean, if you're a head coach or team owner of a basketball team, instead of criticizing the refs in a post game interview (and getting fined), why not use some sarcasm. say you're the coach who lost the game, and think the refs were absolutely horrible.
the post-game rant goes something like this
"and the refs! my god, absolutely amazing. they never missed a call! the entire fcuking night, never missed a damn call! how does that happen! we caught every single break! that never happens! you see that foul call on PLAYER a, no one ever gets that right! My team shoots 10 free throws the entireeeeee game, and the other team shoots 32 free throws! come on man! that is unbelievable officiating! these guys are amazing! it's unfcuking real!! how the fcuk do they not miss one call! fcuking unreal...catching every damn break in the world!"
it's a wynn-wynn. you get your point across (the refs were horrible), aaaaaand there's no way that you can get fined.
i really wish i was the first one to think of something like this. but using sarcasm to show how you really feel toward referees in sports in genius. i mean, if you're a head coach or team owner of a basketball team, instead of criticizing the refs in a post game interview (and getting fined), why not use some sarcasm. say you're the coach who lost the game, and think the refs were absolutely horrible.
the post-game rant goes something like this
"and the refs! my god, absolutely amazing. they never missed a call! the entire fcuking night, never missed a damn call! how does that happen! we caught every single break! that never happens! you see that foul call on PLAYER a, no one ever gets that right! My team shoots 10 free throws the entireeeeee game, and the other team shoots 32 free throws! come on man! that is unbelievable officiating! these guys are amazing! it's unfcuking real!! how the fcuk do they not miss one call! fcuking unreal...catching every damn break in the world!"
it's a wynn-wynn. you get your point across (the refs were horrible), aaaaaand there's no way that you can get fined.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
ticket scalping chronicles. 3
so i finally received the Jay-Z/timberlake tickets. and it was time to exchange with kevin. he had already put down a $100 deposit. but i was nervous about this one because $900 would be exchanged. so the plan was to meet near my work after i got off. i brought my backpack and put the tickets in the small pocket
he texted me saying he was in the cafe next door.
i see him, he's ordering food and has his receipt. we sit down across from each other. and tell him that the tickets are in my backpack. he puts his phone, keys and wallet on the table.
-he says "can i see the tickets?"
-so i tell him 'i need the money first.'
-he says "well i gave you the deposit already, i feel like i should get the tickets in my hand first".
- i said "no, i'm not going to screw you, just give me the money first, and then you'll get the tickets."
-he said "i don't think that's fair"
-i said "i don't really care, i have to protect myself, I need the money first"
-he said "are you serious?"
-then i lost it and said "look here motherfucker, i can leave right now, and you're out $100..."
ok, not exactly. i couldn't help it. we did meet in a cafe, and we basically exchanged cash for the tickets at the same time.
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i have a NON-bold prediction. so the concert sold out rather quickly. some people panicked and bought tickets on craigslist/stubhub/ebay. currently on stubhub, there are 6,384 tickets available right now. and there are hundreds more on ebay and craigslist too. and there are people that own tickets right now that have not tried to sell just yet, but plan to sell closer to the concert. so basically, there are a tonnnn of tickets available. i think the ticket prices are slowly going to decrease all the way up until july 25th. i think if you own tickets and are planning to sell, nowww is the time. you need to sell the hype. sorta like jeremy lin rookie cards, you need to sell the hype. just like shoes. i know of someone who bought the yeezys? and tried to hold them hoping the price would increase. nope, just the opposite. you need to sell the hype. no matter what. EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO KEEP THE SHOES, YOU NEED TO SELL THE HYPE. say you bought the shoes for $500. you sell them immediately for $2,000. and then you wait til the hype dies down, and you buy the shoes back for $1500 (profittttt). if you can pull that off, sooooo sick. who knows? i could be wrong, maybe the demand is just too strong and the ticket prices slowly increase til july 25th? we'll see...
Monday, March 11, 2013
loop swoop and pull
i was busy at work the other day so i decided to go on ebay and search "instagram".
and i found the results semi interesting
i went to completed listings. and this is what i found.
- For $12.99, you can buy 15,000 instagram followers within 48 hours or less. $13 bucks?? that's so cheap, i mean, just last week, i bought a $10 derrick favors that i'll probably lose before he makes his first all star game.
- For $29.99, you can buy 25,000 instagram followers and get 10,000 likes. only $30?? would i rather have a sushi dinner for 2, or 25k followers? (i've always wanted to do this>> my cousin's dog has 29k followers on instagram. i've always wanted to be there when he posts a picture and just watch all the "likes" come in. that's not weird, is it?)
-On January 12th, you could have bought an account with 20k real followers for $1,525.
-On December 23rd, someone sold their instagram account that has 581,000 followers for $3,500. wowww
why is this semi-interesting?
BUT SERIOUSLY, if i have 25k followers sometime this week, please don't make a big deal of it. i'm kidding i think
NO WORRIES
and i found the results semi interesting
i went to completed listings. and this is what i found.
- For $12.99, you can buy 15,000 instagram followers within 48 hours or less. $13 bucks?? that's so cheap, i mean, just last week, i bought a $10 derrick favors that i'll probably lose before he makes his first all star game.
- For $29.99, you can buy 25,000 instagram followers and get 10,000 likes. only $30?? would i rather have a sushi dinner for 2, or 25k followers? (i've always wanted to do this>> my cousin's dog has 29k followers on instagram. i've always wanted to be there when he posts a picture and just watch all the "likes" come in. that's not weird, is it?)
-On January 12th, you could have bought an account with 20k real followers for $1,525.
-On December 23rd, someone sold their instagram account that has 581,000 followers for $3,500. wowww
why is this semi-interesting?
BUT SERIOUSLY, if i have 25k followers sometime this week, please don't make a big deal of it. i'm kidding i think
NO WORRIES
Monday, March 4, 2013
ticket scalping chronicles. 2
LEGENDS OF SUMMER (jay-z and justin timberlake). on thursday, the tickets were released to the general public, and the concert sold out soon after that. i posted on craigslist that i was looking to sell 4 tickets at 1.5TIMES face value (i didn't really want to sell just yet, i just wanted to see just howw thirsty people really were). i concluded that people are semi-thirsty. i got about 3-4 offers that day. people were saying i'll take all 4
BUT, i didn't have the tickets yet. they were still being printed/shipped from ticketmaster. the first person that contacted me. i didn't quite know how this would work since i didn't have the physical tickets yet. dude's name is kevin. he says that he wants all 4, it is for his teenage daughter's birthday, and that he would pay cash. HE (he!) offered to put down a deposit to lock up the tickets. i said sure (not really expecting that he would actually do it). I told him (this is all thru text btw) that i would need $100 deposit, and the tickets are his. he said OK.
Now, i'm sorta thinking this is easy/awesome. but i'm sorta thinking this is too good to be true, and that something bad is going to happen. whyyyy would he give a stranger $100 cash with no guarantee that i even have the tix? like, if my friend described the situation to me and asked "should i give this craigslist person $100 as a deposit for concert tix? i would respond are you an idiot?? SCAM!
but sure enough, friday afternoon, he shows up at my office building. shakes my hand, gives me the money, and jumps in his car and drives away. what?? how can people be so trusting!? i should receive the tickets soon, and we will finish the deal. i'm slightly nervous
...it's all fun and games until i lose the tickets
so, i'm slightly addicted. i might have bought bruno mars/ellie goulding tickets on friday too! lol
i need to tone it down. if i ever become one of those guys at the giants games "who needs tickets? who needs tickets? lower box? who needs tickets? you guys need tickets? you have any extras? tickets tickets tickets? who needs em? lower box? who needs tickets? tickets tickets..."
STOP ME
BUT, i didn't have the tickets yet. they were still being printed/shipped from ticketmaster. the first person that contacted me. i didn't quite know how this would work since i didn't have the physical tickets yet. dude's name is kevin. he says that he wants all 4, it is for his teenage daughter's birthday, and that he would pay cash. HE (he!) offered to put down a deposit to lock up the tickets. i said sure (not really expecting that he would actually do it). I told him (this is all thru text btw) that i would need $100 deposit, and the tickets are his. he said OK.
Now, i'm sorta thinking this is easy/awesome. but i'm sorta thinking this is too good to be true, and that something bad is going to happen. whyyyy would he give a stranger $100 cash with no guarantee that i even have the tix? like, if my friend described the situation to me and asked "should i give this craigslist person $100 as a deposit for concert tix? i would respond are you an idiot?? SCAM!
but sure enough, friday afternoon, he shows up at my office building. shakes my hand, gives me the money, and jumps in his car and drives away. what?? how can people be so trusting!? i should receive the tickets soon, and we will finish the deal. i'm slightly nervous
...it's all fun and games until i lose the tickets
so, i'm slightly addicted. i might have bought bruno mars/ellie goulding tickets on friday too! lol
i need to tone it down. if i ever become one of those guys at the giants games "who needs tickets? who needs tickets? lower box? who needs tickets? you guys need tickets? you have any extras? tickets tickets tickets? who needs em? lower box? who needs tickets? tickets tickets..."
STOP ME
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