READY

when i try and text 'nba" with my iphone, it always auto-corrects to MBA. why would i everrrr text anyone regarding MBAs? does MBA really get texted more frequently than NBA?? no way

girls just don't understand. gift cards are a wayyy better gift than flowers. flowers die eventually. gift cards never expire. what am i missing here? i can hear my mom saying "grant, stop being so fucking cheap all the time." but i'm not being cheap, i'd rather buy a $100 gift card as a gift than $30 flowers that will die in a week. WHAT AM I MISSING HERE?

about 2 months ago, it finally happened. i have officially moved past the whole daily deal/groupon phase of my life. i hate them, i don't go crazy with them anymore. the unfortunate thing is, i have a shit-ton of them still. and they are all set to expire around January-March of 2012. it's going to be a stressful couple months. i refuse to let them expire worthless. if i have to go to Globe (a sit-down restaurant) by myself on March 18th (day before expiration) and order $50 worth of take-out, then that's exactly what I am going to do. bastards

Ant farm- day 1

Say hello to my little friends. Bought a groupon for a local bookstore, they had a toy section, saw the ant farm, always wanted one, bang.

dig bitch, dig.

Jeremy Lin to the Knicks

Jeremy Lin headed to the Knicks. This is my dream, Jeremy in an interview saying something like "it feels good to be headed to the Knicks, man, it's like a dream come true. I ain't got time for that small market bull shit in the bay area. It's time for Jeremy Lin to prove himself on a big stage and get that ring he deserves. The warriors have a 0% chance of winning a championship in the next 3 years. Why would I waste my time? Nah, fuck that bull shit. I felt disrespected by the warriors, never again. Jeremy Lin ain't got time for that bull shit.". Then the reporter says "well Jeremy, we look forward to seeing you play in the Knicks uniform in Madison square garden" Then Jeremy looks into the camera and says "CAN'T WAIT" and walks off.

Please! Jeremy! One time

youu sneaky mom

just saw this, thought it was pretty funny. i cannot wait to do this to my kids one day. cannnnnot wait. what a good idea. i might just hit my kid all at once. once he turns 5, get a camera ready, the day after halloween, and tell him "son, come over here, we need to talk. so last night, i ate all of your halloween candy, all of it. you have no candy left. it gets worse, Santa Claus is not real. no sarcasm. there is no such thing as santa claus, it's all bull shit. 100% bull shit. therefore you are not getting any christmas gifts this year. none. oh, and the easter bunny and the tooth fairy are also fake".

too much maybe. but this idea is genius, its perfect. i can see myself playing a lot of jokes on my kids. it's going to be funny when my kid first says "dad, i never know when you're joking." because i honestly hear that once a week. what an ice breaker though! when these kids in this youtube vid are in high school and college and the teacher asks for each student to share one thing unique about themselves. these bastards can say "something unique about me? hmmmmmm. well, i was one of the kids in the Jimmy Kimmel halloween youtube video that currently has 82 million views, nbd though." lucky bastards

a no win-situation

one of the most important part of a good bet is the sweat. the andris biedrins 8x10 bet with scottmizuno.com had no sweat at all. i started a 10-day auction, and with 8 days left, someone bid already! in my head, i thought we'd at least have a sweat. you know, 6 hours left in the ebay auction with no bids yet. i would then use my Scottmizuno tweet to try and get a last minute bid.
but no. nothing. a no win situation basically. i won the bet, so scott will never see his biedrins auto ever again. i spent 20 minutes listing that damn thing on ebay. thennn, once i receive my paypal payment of $0.99 minus paypal and ebay fees!!!!, i have to figure out how to ship that damn thing, i have to go to the post office and probably pay like $4 to ship since i offered free shipping. waste of time and money. fuck

interesting tid-bit. i noticed that wardamneaglenate (dumbass who bid with 8 days left in the auction) bid twice! LOL. that means he bid the minimum, 99cents, then later (1 day and 7 hours to be exact) thought "oh shit, what if someone outbids me on that sick autographed 8x10 of andris biedrins. i better increase my bid to prevent those damn last second snipers" he bid twice!!! he is scared of being outbid???? hmm, this could get interesting. i may ask someone to bid on this auction to drive up the price.

less than 2 days left. check it out

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280786327902?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1287

eBay

I didn't forget.

from June::

"most interesting bet ever? possibly. ok, i was in davis celebrating scottmizuno.com's graduation. if you don't know, scott is a big sports guy, and a big autograph guy. he has autos from all of the biggest athletes. i was looking through his 16x20s, sooo sick. we had a few beers, then i look thru his old 8x10s. and i found this andris biedrins auto's 8x10. i don't really remember the details, but i think it went something like this. i jokingly asked how much it would sell for. scott said it wouldn't sell for a dollar. i then asked if i can have it because i thought it was funny. he said sure. then, i think i asked, would it sell for a $1 on ebay? scott said no. NOW, the most interesting bet (maybe) was booked. the terms: I am going to list this sick biedrins auto on ebay, 10 day auction, starting at $0.99 with free shipping. I get to add my own description. No friends or relatives of mine can buy it. During the listing, Scott has to tweet about the biedrins listing. I get to decide when scott tweets about it. I'm 90% sure the bet was for $10. If there is 1 bid, i win. No bids, scott wins. $1 and free shipping!!!?? there has to be a biedrins fan out there somewhere."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Andris-Biedrins-Golden-St-Warriors-SIGNED-8x10-Auto-Photo-All-Star-/280786327902?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41602b595e#ht_500wt_1287

summer league

scott showed me this video on friday. this was the summer of 2010, john wall's rookie year. it's kyle getting wall's auto, i got it previously. but this time, we asked for a picture, he said "nah no pictures" i know it looks like i said something like "oh, no problem John, have a great day" But i actually said "fine, punkass bitch"

lock of the week

Pac 12 championship.
This Friday, UCLA at Oregon.

The Oregon ducks are 32 point favorites. this is a championship?

My pick: Take UCLA and the 32 points.

Oregon is a great football team, they are super talented and very good. and their jerseys are sick. UCLA has had an up and down year. last week, they lost to USC my 50 points. but if you were watching that game, it was closer than it looks. i don't have time to explain, just trust me. 32 points is way too much. i see UCLA losing by 29-31 points. It's Rick Newhauselsel's last game as UCLA coach, and he's going out with a UCLA COVER. take the points

UCLA 13
Oregon 44

Flavored tootsie rolls

Best candy ever. in my Tracy room this weekend, and found some old flavored tootsie rolls. Probably 3 years old. I remember as a senior in high school and a freshman in college, I would go to the 99cent store and buy 15-20 bags at a time, No lie. Best candy ever and it's very very close

in the news again

if my frozen FTP money was in my account (and not my friend's account), i definitely would've sold it by now

ask me 9 months ago if full tilt poker is safe? I would've said yes, 100%
ask me today if online sportsbooks are safe? I'd say probably.

slashy

just setting it straight.
if i were a stud high school football player, i'd go to the university of MIAMI.
stud soccer player, i'm going to Pepperdine
if i were a stud basketball player, i'd go to Memphis, where the girls are half as smart and thus..
if i were a stud baseball player, i'd go to the university of Texas.
if i were super genius in high school, i'd go to M.I.T. so when people ask me where i went to college. i can say "MIT, NBD though."
if i were a locked out NBA player, i'd go overseas and ball it up in Spain.

thanksgiving day, 49ers +3.5 at ravens. 49ers are undefeated against the spread. not bad. of course i bet the 49ers exactly 1 time, that's about right. 9 wins and 1 push? damn. it's so easy, just bet the 9ers and bet stanford, you should do ok. but no, didn't like them.
9ers -4 against the bengals, didn't like it.
9ers -3.5 vs giants. nah, eli's hot
9ers -9 vs. cleveland. too many points
9ers +40 against philly, pass.
9ers -4 at washington, TRAP GAME. oh
9ers +4.5 at detroit, detroit is good
and this thanksgiving game? i finallyyyy like the 9ers. is this a bad sign? is this the week the 9ers don't cover. i'm torn, my gut says to bet the 9ers. but i feel like i'm late to the 9ers betting party. do i just go with my gut. or do i level myself and go with the ravens since i'm "feeling" the 9ers side. or should i do the ivey-swag-reverse-shimmy-sham and bet the 9ers in massive size!!!!
nope, no swag
i think i'll bet the under.



i miss online poker and i miss the NBA.

Manny

Let's just put it out there, I can't remember anyone's birthday.

Friday night.
Greg's bday card/picture
8pm: I don't really know what to write, so I'll just wait

2:15am: I thought it was a good idea to write " Oregon +3.5 manny -1000 EZ money"

but talk is cheap, i didn't take oregon +3.5 vs. stanford

Friday

8 monitors is better than 6

movie

saw paranormal activity 3. was scary as balls. pretty sure it's scarier then the 1st and 2nd one. i don't really "like" scary movies, but sort of like that feeling of "oh shit". maybe it's the mini-sweat. paranormal 3 revolved around 2 kids. this reminded me of when derek and i were younger. i remember a game that derek wanted to play. at night, derek would make me walk down the hallway with all the lights off. the rules of the "game" were basically: i have to make it from one end of the hallway to the other side of the hallway. derek would get to scare me. after he scared me, i would have to do it a couple more times until he got bored. its funny to think back on it now. i remember he was super genius a couple times. one time he tied a string to a door, then pulled the string as i walked by. and when i heard the door move, i thought he would be behind it, but then he would scare the shit out of me from my blindside. those hurt, derek always won. i lost

easy money. the manny pacquaio fight is on saturday, odds are -1000. bet $100 to make $10. or as jon would say, bet $1 to win a dime. after watching 24/7 on HBO, i've concluded that manny is way better at boxing than his opponent. he is going to win 100% of the time. yeah, the risk to reward ratio is not that favorable. BUT, it don't matta. tip: bet the farm on Manny packyao. NOT betting on manny at -1000 is like walking by money on the street. you would never walk by a $20 bill on the street, same thing. THE FARM. BET IT. or as hot-shot ucla-dentistry Russell would say, "i'd bet my future practice on it". thisss guyyyyyyyyyy

GRoupon is public. shizzz. i want a shirt that says GRPN. next 3 interesting IPOs. Angie's list, yelp, and Zynga. i like zynga. before the online poker sites went down, zynga was believed to fuel the next big poker boom. combining facebook games and online poker. yum

cards

def not worth $700

Halloween

ryan's dog Biggie. He gets lots of attention

3g

got the new iphone 4s last week. the phone is good, whatever. but i just can't believe how fast 3g is. i've been on the edge network for so damn long. it's sooooo fast, like having legit internet wherever you go. crazyy. wtf, how come no one told me how legit 3g is? i have a feeling i'm going to upgrade to 4g when everyone else is on 5g.

damn it, i bought another watch. i need to stop. ok, no more watches for at least 6 months, unless its super nasty. and everyone knows what a super nasty watch looks like. ok here's the plan, if i buy a watch in the next 6 months, the punishment is that i can't buy a watch until 2013. does that make sense, yea it does

i rarely listen to fm radio, but when i did the other day, a girl called in to give a "shout-out" to her bf. huh? people still call in to radio stations to give shout-outs? what are the legit odds that the "bf" is even listening to the radio? is that "cute"? he's not listening, no way. but seriously, radio stations must be struggling. they make all of their money on advertisements. but if you were a business, in 2011, the last place you'd look to advertise is on the radio. it's like newspaper classifieds. with free music streaming popping up everywhere, i'd be scared if i was a radio station. and uh oh, google's music service is coming

ouch. netflix stock at $300 2 months ago. hit $79 this week. rape

Experiment

Results to come

instagram- gmiz

Dirty

Sometimes I shock myself at how dirty I keep my room.

tragic

i can't wait til thursday. i need a new bed. and on thursday i plan to go to mancini's sleepworld to look/buy one. ever since i got into pawn stars, i sort of love to negotiate. when i watch pawn stars or storage wars, i always criticize people's negotiating skills. people get raped in the negotiations. it kills me. i can't wait to negotiate my bed purchase. i want a semi-nice to nice one. so it won't be exactly cheap. and i know in this equation: me and the salesman. that i have all the power, allofIT. i'm his commission, he knows it, and i know it. he's going to get raped. toomuch

i can't wait. let's say we negotiate for awhile and i finally get the rape-deal i was looking for. and i hand over my credit card. but then i quickly say "wait, wait, i'll agree to buy the bed from you, but before that, do 5 push-ups and 5 jumping jacks.
he has to say OK, he's losing his commission if he says wtf. i have the power

sneeezy

do rappers sneeze? i just can't picture eminem with his d-12 homies letting out a big sneeze. i just don't see it. you can't look cool while sneezing, it's impossible. when i sneeze, i let it all out. i'll never forget this: one time while at home, russ loudly sneezes, but covers his mouth. i think i told him "wow, that was loud" but didn't think anything of it, but then he waves to me with his sneeze hand, and there's a handful of mucus. swaggy

but seriously, you can't sneeze with swag. it just doesn't happen. i don't think drake sneezes. kanye, no. 50 cent definitely doesn't sneeze.

if 50 cent were ever to sneeze in front of his entourage. what does he do? does he say "ay, thas my bad guys". um, do rappers ever blow their noses? i don't think so. there's no way that 50cent asks one of security guards for a tissue. that'd be a youtube hit btw, "50cent blowing his nose" .that'd be awesome, seeing FITY just blowing like crazy then saying swaggerly "got dem allergies, man"

DIBBS

this is it, this THE ONE. it's my F5 tornado. i've watched this video 42 times. and one time, i watched it 7 times in a row, in a row! super disgusting. just nasty. i'd do some bad things to get this watch.

i had already made a serious connection to this watch. this was going to be it, this was going to be the last watch that i ever bought. then i did a little research and find out that it costs a cool $89,000. i'd seriously pay $20 just to try it on and play around with it for 10 minutes.

in time

most interesting idea ever. a whole movie about the value of time? so interesting. living in a world where time is actual money. live forever or die trying. the poor die young, the rich live forever. coolest idea ever. instead of people living for money, people are living to earn more time.

skinny n

my new theory. all guys with both ears pierced have swagger. there's not a guy with both ears pierced that doesn't have swagger. i'm not saying all guys with swagger have their ears pierced. but what i am saying is that you can't have your ears pierced and NOT have swagger.

Swag Theory: Guys with both ears pierced have swagger.

i don't know exactly how it works, but i assume it's like putting on the Yankee pinstripes for the first time. or like putting on the golden state warriors uniform for the first time, same thing. it changes you. the swagger is guaranteed.
according to phil, i have no swagger. i'm thinking of doing an experiment. i get my ears pierced, go out, and see if the swag comes out. girls won't know how to react at first. hey, look at that full japanese guy over there, he looks sort of quiet and reserved, but look, his ears are pierced, i'm confused.
hella swaggy, gotcha bitch

keep it up

i'm embarrassed, i'm embarrassed for my generation. bassie buys a new macbook laptop, i ask her how she likes it, she says that she likes everything about it, except for the fact that the screen is too dark. she asks me if i know how to make the screen brighter. i tell her no, but she should just google it. she says "i'm too lazy", as she is on facebook and watching jerseyliciious. i lost it, that's it, i'm embarrassed for my generation. fucked, since jump street.



i miss poker. there's bodog, but the damn software is unbelievably bad. i want pokerssss. i want to 4-table $30 husngs and drop f-bombs and throw pens at my walls when fuckers hit their flush draws. i miss watching high stakes poker. this is my favorite televised poker hand of all time. it just shows how superior durrrr is to pretty much everyone else but ivey. if i'm barry, i'm folding on the flop, easy. if i'm peter, i'm folding on the turn, easy. the best part about this hand, is when durrrr makes the side bet with doyle. he knowsss that peter had the best hand. so sick.

flip it open, flip it closed

within 5 blocks of my place, there's probably 20 chinese restaurants. there's no way they can all stay in business if they're 100% on the up-and-up. i always wonder, how many of those restaurants are involved in illegal activity. like Rush Hour, what percentage of chinese restaurants in san francisco have a juntao running around buying c4 and kidnapping little asian girls. it has to be a non zero percentage. i want to knowww

i walked by a "shoe repair" shop the other day. emphasis on the quotation marks. what does a broken shoe look like? i've never had a broken shoe accident. i don't think i know anyone that had broken a shoe before. who actually says "oh, i'm busy today, my shoes broke last night, gotta take them to the shop to get repaired". ok, let's just say one day i happen to break one of my shoes, there's no way i'm going to get it fixed, i'm just buying another pair. let's say there are people that break their shoes, and actually go to a "shoe repair" place, and pays to get it fixed. how can the business stay in business off of those weirdos alone? it's impossible. therefore, i'm thinking that all shoe repairs are involved in some illegal activity. it's the perfect cover business. i've watched Weeds, i watch intervention, there has to be some dirty shizz going on in the back of shoe repairs shops.

everything has germs on it. nothing is clean. i was on my morning bus ride to work, and some bum-type-looking guy's finger was slightly bleeding. he first sucked his finger, then he wiped his slightly bloody finger on the seat next to him. yum. everything is dirty. it's crazy. how many people wash their hands 100% of the time after each time they use the restroom? i'm afraid to guess. and another thing, beer pong. why do some people think that sink water disinfects the dirty ass balls. like when the ball is on the ground, and you pick it up, and you see hair on it. everyone says "oh gross", but all you do is dump it in the "water cup" and bam, no problem. hella clean.

INSTA-MARRY

is there such a thing? if you meet a girl, and she does or says something, and you just know that she's the ONE.

like if she knows who durrrr is. INSTA
if she describes her weekend "it was crazy, saw some old friends, we went intervention-style"
if she subscribes to chri5784 on youtube and knows when National Treasures basketball drops.
if she walks up to a teenager listening to his ipod with his friends and asks "hey, what are you listening to?"
if i ask her what her favorite disney original movie is, she says "horse sense, and it's not even close.
if i ask her if she has any hidden talents, and she responds "this may sound weird, but i can bend my right index finger back and touch the back of my hand"
if she has a playlist on her ipod called "BEATS" that consists of only club hits.
if she uses the phrase "non zero percent chance" "it's good to have options" "nothing changes if nothing changes" or "fuck kobe"
if i explain my warriors championship futures bet with russell to her, and she replies "that's bet-rape"
if i text her, and she responds "lol u"
if we go on a date, and when the bill comes, i offer to pay, but she says no no, let's split it. no, don't worry, i got it. and she says "fine, let's just credit card-roulette it. come on, let's just gamble" HELLA INSTA, hands down

BRANDNEW

someone asked me: soup, do you eat it or drink it?
i said you eat it. they said drink it. supposedly, if you eat soup, you're americanized, and if you drink soup, you're azn. whatever whatever, i know i'm right, and i can prove it.

so everyone took spanish. if there's a group of 4 girls, and 1 boy, it's a group of boys. if there's 40,000 bitches (jk) in a shopping mall, and i walk in, the mall is filled with guys. i don't make the rules
therefore, for soups, if you eat 50% of the soup, and drink the rest, you would say that you eat the soup. eating owns drinking. eat>drink. if you eat 99% of the soup, but drink the rest, you dun ate the soup. btw, you can't drink bachelor soup, trust me, you eat it

++++++++++++++++
greg, i agree that dwan doesn't owe anyone any money at all, but a very nice gesture. also, i'd still like ivey
i don't quite understand the whole situation. but from what i read, there are 19 other part owners that could be in trouble. i'm not sure why they named lederer and ferguson specifically. but i heard the DOJ complaint named "player owner 1" which a lot of people think is ivey. so, all the big guys are not exactly innocent. should be interesting as other info becomes available. i wouldn't be surprised if guys like ivey, gus hansen, or patrik get named in the mess.

bastards

so sick, it was all a scam?
i was completely shocked when i heard. chris ferguson and howard lederer are legit hard criminals, unbelievable. a global ponzi scheme!!???? to be completely honest from what i've read and heard, it's not a ponzi scheme. a lawyer just called it "like" a ponzi scheme. poker already had a bad connotation, this is worst case scenario. how can poker recover from this. the average american is going to hear this on the 6 o'clock news and associate online poker with a ponzi scheme/scam. this completely ruins my master life plan: trade stock options full time until i'm 35, make as much as i can. then be a part time trader, and part time online/live poker player. by the time i'm 35, odds are, there will be legalized online poker, but the odds just became a bit less favorable. bastards, why fulltiltpoker.com? online poker was a business that literally printed money. look at pokerstars, straight printing money! the only way the money would stop being printed is if you do some dumbass shit like this. crazy to think of all the payment processor delays back in 2009-2010, shady. wow

tom dwan says he will give back all of the money he received from FTP back to the american players. ftp owes US players 150 million, how is he going to split it up? i'd guess he made around 5 mil from FTP. respect to durrrr tho

non zero percent chance

non zero percent chance. i'm not sure why this interests me so much. about 3 months ago, i was eating lunch with a guy i work with and we were talking about the warriors. he's a david lee supporter and is generally very optimistic about the warriors as a franchise. i was telling him how i had bet-raped russell. i told him there is a zero percent chance of the warriors winning a championship in the next 9 years. at the time, i was extremely confident that i was right. i thought, with 100% certainty, that there was a zero percent chance that the warriors would win a championship in the next 9 years. just to clarify, at the time, i thought i knew more about basketball than my co-worker. so when he argued that i was 100% wrong, i just thought to myself that he "just doesn't get it".

now, i understand that i was 100% wrong. during that debate and probably for most of my life, i had a big misunderstanding. i confused highly unlikely with impossible. mindblowingiknow

it’s highly unlikely that i ever play shortstop for the san francisco giants, but you can’t say it’s impossible. there’s a non zero percent chance that I kick it in the backseat with DEV before I die. Everyone keeps telling me that I have no shot with newly single minka Kelly. EVERYONE is wrong

pretty brown hair

so confused. since when do non-married girls wear rings that say "wedding" on it? such bull shit. saw a girl, cute maybe, but looked at the ring on her finger, it said "wedding" on it, then later find out that she's not married.this will make me laugh in 5 years

my new go-to dance move is the bernie. i think i can seriously do it, forget the dougie

bad facebook. i made the mistake of adding a co-worker because he had just got married, and i wanted to see his facebook wedding pictures. so we're "friends". jill writes on my wall and bam, i have a new nickname. thanks! facebook changes things tho, when you meet someone, how do you ask for their last name? they know whats up. btw, what's your last name? oh, why do you ask? oh to be honest, my friends want to creep on your pictures and see what type of music and movies you like, that's all. um yeah, so what is it?

i'm officially obsessed with online daily deals. its bad. today pushed me over the top. livingsocial had a whole Foods daily deal, $10 for $20 credit. amazing. quick ebay check, and a $35 gift card ended for $36. why the fuck would you buy a gift card for more than its face value? anyway, the limit was only 1. i seriously would've bought like 40 if i could. btw, they sold out at 1 million. in 2 days, they are def going to pop up on ebay. and the crazy thing is, if they end around $15, i'm going to buy a few. why not? i benefit. amazonlocal's deal was $30 for $60 credit at this japanese place nearby. the max was 3, but i limited myself and only bought 2. i'm going crazy.
in the past 10 days, i've bought
2 for japanese restaurants. i'll use them, right?
1 whole foods. jackpot! best deal i've seen in a while
2 for this japanese grocery store in stockton, i printed them out for my mom and told her to use them
1 for amoeba music in sf, which is an old school music place that sells dvds/blu rays/cds. dont really buy dvds or cds, but $15 for $30 credit? i gotta live a littl.e
-and the other day i bought one for Cole's Hardware store in SF. $11 for $22. no i will not make out with you. no i dont need anything from a hardware store, but i'll find something useful, maybe a flashlight or a new screwdriver

$5 admishun

i was on ebay and randomly decided to search "groupon". i was slightly surprised to see a decent amount of auctions. there were random groupons from all over the country. then i looked at some completed auctions. jackpot, i saw several auctions for groupon credits ending at huge discounts, which i assume is the same as a gift card. there was a $265 credit that sold for only $174ish. sick, so you buy the groupon credit at a discount on ebay. use that discounted credit to buy groupons. genius, you save money by saving money. whoa!

but i was thinking. a couple months ago, i bought a groupon for a restaurant called Foreign Cinema, costs $25 for $50 worth of value, basically a $50 gift card. why wouldn't this work: i go to the restaurant, creep outside, wait for a couple to walk in. "psh, hey, you, um, look, you're going to spend at least $50 here, fact. so let me help you, i have this groupon, i'll sell it to you for $40. you save $10 on your bill. cool?" let's forget how shady it looks. this SHOULD work. he saves $10. and i make $15. to be honest, he should be willing to spend $49.99 because he still benefits. am i missing something

WALLPAPER

didn't anyone watch eagle eye? technology is dangerous. whenever i deposit cash at an ATM, i usually like to know how much cash i'm depositing, just in case the ATM counts it incorrectly. but the other day, i had a bunch of different denominations after the chicago trip, so i just grabbed all my bills and shoved it into the ATM, didn't count it or anything. i assumed that the machine was correct. ugh, gross how much i rely on technology. but wait, i saw ocean's 13. what if the ATM can sense when someone knows the total cash amount they are depositing. and what if the ATM can sense when someone is just shoving in a random amount of cash. what if it recognizes that, and instead of crediting my account for $163, it credits my account for $143. since i "trust" the ATM, it can rip me off and i would never know. BANG

i'm no football expert or anything. but running backs are so damn overrated. how many "good" running backs are there? just off the top of my head. adrian petersen, chris johnson, ray rice, arian foster, frank gore, stephen jackson, deangelo williams, jamaal charles, the guy from the madden cover, d-mcfadden. those guys have everyone fooled. they're just athletic, that's all. all you need is a good offensive line. they make the holes, all you need is an athletic guy to run through the holes. i mean, if the holes are big enough, i can average 4 yards per carry. forreal tho. running backs in the nfl= borderline genius/scam

brutal

this was my nightmare. japan losing to huntington beach. russ, playing both sides like the Situation. (russ is from fountain valley, but tells people he's from HB). when japan beat mexico, he texts me "go japan". ok, yeah, let's go japan! i was a little confused, HB is his "hometown". but ok, respect, he's staying loyal to our homeland. long brutal story short, japan loses to HB. i want to test him, I text him "congrats on the HB win". I expect him to say he's pissed that japan lost. he failed, he texts me back "thanks, now go back to japan" or something like that. not cool

learned this from intervention. the interventionist lady told the drug addict "nothing changes if nothing changes". MIND-BLASTING.

give mtv credit. they know their shit. for most shows, it's all about the trailer. if the trailer is good, people will watch. everyone who saw the trailer of Jersey wanted to see the fight between ronnie and the situation. i was pretty damn excited. as i was watching, i couldn't believe what happened. disappointment is an understatement. MTV is genius. they were bluffing the whole time. they knew that the fight wasn't legit, but they played it up every chance they had. they literally had king high, but bluffing like they had the nuts. so sick, pay that man his money. anyway, it was funny to see ronnie start crying and say "i did my best". HAHA just like dane cook's bit on crying.

try harder

i was watching the little league world series. montana was playing california. i didn't watch the whole thing, but anyway, it was a night game, and at least 3 or 4 of the montana players were on the field with sunglasses on top of their hats. I don't get it, I seriously want to ask them "hey friends, it's a night game, what are the sunglasses for?" what can they possibly say but "it looks cool,duh". I can't think of any other logical answer. for good luck? maybe

i also find it funny when a teenager with his friends or family (in a social situation) has earbuds/headphones on, supposedly listening to music. when you're at the mall with your friends, are you really listening to music? i mean, there's anti-social, but fuck, what do you call this? I always want to ask them, "hi, what are you listening to?" are they actually listening to music? or is it just for looks? mr. cool is pretty much telling his friends and family they ain't shit

i want to tell both parties: don't worry, it's working, you look cool.
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LLWS update: japan beat venezuela. they will play mexico on sat for the international championship. i hate to say it, but it's time for mexico's cindarella story to end. remember, blind squirrels find nuts sometimes. gonzaga could win a couple games during march madness. but they have to go through DUKE for the championship

like a fart in the wind

it's that time of year again, little league world series. until august 28th, i'm not american, i'm japanese. the road to repeat has been a little rocky. of course we cruise over the caribbean 12-1, they always suck. but really? lose to mexico 2-3? before the game, i was looking to take japan vs. the field. so shameful. only 4 hits and 2 errors? that's not how we do it, hope the coach chewed them out after the game. big game tomorrow vs canada, even tho canada usually sucks the big one, just one upset and it's back to the home land. doi tashi masu na! that means nothing

jersey shore. although it's still hirarious, it's no longer must-watch tv. i know this because i usually DVR it on Thursday, and if i don't watch it thursday night, it's ok. if i dont watch it friday, it's ok. still funny as balls. pauly d and vinny's ...she's too young for you bro...was pretty awesome. i want to see the ronnie-situation fight. if i know my jersey shore (and i do), the next episode will lead up to the fight, but the actual fight will be the following week.

poor groupon. i just signed up for amazonlocal which is another daily deal.

oh google, you stud. buying motorola mobile for 10+ billion. oh google, starting google.com/hotelfinder. bye bye orbitz priceline and travelocity.

chicago deep dish pizza is the real deal. little fun fact, one of my top 5 favorite foods is lasagana. chicago deep dish pizza is a combination of pizza and lasagana.

am i missing something here? it's a fact: on average, a person who is halfwhite-halfjapanese is better looking than a full japanese person. i don't make the rules, it's just a fact. but anyway, it's true because mixed people are the rare ones. you know, what is eva mendez? she's hot. what exactly is jessica alba? hot.
wait, she's a quarter spanish/japanese/ chinese/and korean? get the fuck out of here, hot.
whenever you can't tell what nationality someone is, they are probably very good looking. when i ask people to guess what nationality i am, and they immediately say "you look japanese", i say a little "fuck me" in my head. i love my parents, but always wonder what it must feel like to be 50% white? hmmyumm but wait, in 5,000 years, everyone will be mixed. in 5000 years, full bloods are going to be the good looking (rare) ones. if you put me in the world in 7011, and i walk down the streets of SF, hapas will turn and be like, "shiiiiiza, that fucker is full japanese, so lucky"
just ahead of my time i suppose, weirdiknow

like a fart in the wind...like a fart..in the wind.

on deck

we bought 2 boxes. this was the first. funnnn
we got raped in the 2nd box we opened. it didn't feel good.

if i had to live somewhere outside of CA, but within the US for a year or two, it would be chicago. if that is ever a viable option in the next 6 years, fuck it, i'm going. 100%

on the airplane to chicago, i finished the last season of Entourage on DVD, and i had a memory. I remember in college, when i was slamming thru season 2 of Friday night lights. i remember debating with someone that minka kelly is tops. i remember that someone tried to convince me that sloan from entourage was better looking. i remember it was real life, and not a dream. the only thing i don't remember is WHO this person was. it was one of 4 people. scott jt russ greg. scott vehemantly vehemantly vahemanentley denied it. and i believe him. so it's either jt russ or greg. one of you bastards thinks (or thought) that sloan is/was better looking. come forward, explain yourself

if you still agree, tell me. if you admit you were wrong, tell me.

chicago! ahhhhh, to be continued

9

i used to know what this felt like

My ADD flared up again. i hadn't been looking to buy a new watch or anything. but i saw rick and steven this weekend. rick said that he was thinking of buying a watch and steven said he saw the biggest/sickest watch store he's ever seen in vegas. short story short, i see a watch on the internet, convince myself i like it, it's reasonably priced. and 20 minutes later, uh oh. should be here in 3 days.

short, pale, and ehhh

caught up on last week's intervention. another damn alcoholic, just a so-so episode. the alcoholic's older daughter was pretty cute, just saying. her drink of choice was natural ice. lol i remember trying natural ice with greg. we both agreed it was the worst beer we've ever had. its been 4 years since we tried it. i sort of want to try it again now and see if my opinion has changed.

i asked my mom and dad about the time they dated. my mom said that it took tooo long for my dad to pop the question. so i asked my dad what took so long, and he said because he was "unsure". so i asked my dad how did he know when the time was finally right, and he said that he "still wasn't sure." lol, my mom started laughing so i know my dad was boo shitting. after, my mom said something like "don't lie, you used to talk about getting married when we first started dating." then my dad said "you were probably just dreaming." i laughed loll

why is jason bateman in so many movies? maybe lots of people like him, but i'm not one of them. i think he tries to do the whole awkward humor, but he's not quite cutting it. like the kings of comedy, the kings of awkward comedy: michael cera, steve correll, paul rudd, and BEN STILLA. ben stiller over will ferrell, hands down



nice mj, did he say national treasures gets released tomorrow? is is true that we leave for chicago tomorrow. is it true that we go to the the national card show on friday? fuck me, i feel like i'm 10 years old again. loseriknow

take my money, dont take my time. waste my money, please don't waste my time.

be first, be smarter, or cheat

netflix raped blockbuster. its funny to think how the next generation is not going to know what BlockBuster is. in 5 years, no one is going to buy DVDs. everything is going to get streamed online, or the “internet”. Just like Netflix raping Blockbuster. The Ipad and Kindle raped Borders. It’s sad to think Borders is closing, one of my favorite things to do in life was go to Borders and read the magazines. as much as I loved Borders and Barnes and noble, if I wanted to buy a book, I always bought it on amazon. this is def just the first death of all brick and mortar businesses. GameStop is going to close altogether within 5 years. If you’re a gamer, why wouldn’t you buy your games on amazon? Radio Shack, dead. Barnes and Nobles’ days are numbered. Big 5, dead.

google is taking over the world. Just like the NBA being filled with superteams. I feel like Google, Apple, and Amazon are taking over. Google is just nasty. Everything about it is sick. GOOG’s stock? Just a cool $622/share. disgusting. I remember back in January, GOOG offered to buy Groupon for $6. Groupon CEO said no, and watch out, GoogleOffers is in beta testing in the bay area. It’s pretty much identical to groupon and living social. So sick, I’ve bought 3 googoffers in the past 2 weeks already. if you’re groupon ceo, how do you feel right now? Why wouldn’t you sell for 6 billion? Its not like it’s a concept that can’t be easily imitated. facebook daily deals is coming for sure, it's just a matter of time, right? I remember when I thought restaurant.com was the best idea ever, lol look at them now. They send me an email every other day saying “70%off”!

Google+! I don’t even understand it yet, but I’m sure it’ll be in the twitter/facebook realm sometime soon. How about Google’s cloud service and video streaming, youtube connection, they have it all. Google documents! Who uses word and excel anymore? They’re nothing compared to googDocs. So sick, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Netflix is a giant, but Goog is going to rape NFLX too. Pandora? If you’re Pandora CEO, you better just be quiet and hope that Google doesn’t try and fuck with you.



oh shizz

to know

wow

jersey shore season rankings.
1. 1st season- can't beat the original season, i've seen each episode an average of 5 times. that's a lot of hours. i still watch the fights and say "oh shit" like it was the first time i've seen it
2. 3rd season- great season, good mixture of fights, hookups, and ronnie&sammie drama. great tv
3. 4th season- although this trailer looks pretty decent, you can tell that the producers don't have much to work with. the situation-ronnie fight should be awesome. but that's about it. when situation saying there's something between him and snooki. that was for-sure just a stupid hypothetical comment. and the producer was trying to make it seem bigger than it actually is. this season is going to disappoint.
4. 2nd season- miami was disappointing. i mean i liked it, but still. too much episode time about ronnie and sammie drama. i can't really remember anything else that happened during this season. angelina-snooki fight i guess. fuck shoe closets

that i used to know

it's called bachelor soup. you buy a rotisereee chicken at the grocery store for $5. you buy the chicken noodle soup in the red box and some saltine crackers. you pause the Giants game. make the soup, cut up about 1/3 of the rotiserrie chicken and put it in the soup so the chicken to noodle ratio is extremely high. take the soup back to the tv, un-pause the giants game, eat straight out of the pot, dip the saltine crackers. bachelor soup

just bought the first 2 seasons of Breaking Bad on DVD. i have hbo so i'm going to watch the new season Entourage. yeeeeeeee, i still have to watch the last season. just bought it on amazon, i forgot it came out already. so my plan is to record the new season, watch the last season when i get it from amazon, then watch my DVR recordings.

arbitrage homie. i went to great clips, the haircut costs $12. the promotion was if you buy a $50 gift card, the haircut is free. eh, so i bought the gift card. depending on how you look at it, i bought the $50 gift card for $38. Or I paid $50 for $62 worth of value. so in an ideal situation, i would sell the $50 gift card to someone for a small discount, like $48. If this person is a regular Great Clips customer AND doesn't know about the promotion, THEN he saves $2, and I make $10. does that make sense? unfortunately, there are no great clips gift cards on ebay. this isn't realistic, but let's say if i did list it on ebay, and with fees and everything included, i receive $42 back. then for each giftcard/haircut i buy, I make $4. So the haircut would only be $8, instead of $12. WHATTHEFUCK



best product of the year, $500 a box. so disgusting vid

sashimi

when it comes to international sports, i surprise myself at how anti-american i am. in the world baseball classic, i'm 100% for japan, and we dominate. the Little League world series, the japanese kids are so sick, always favorites to win it all. i become legit Japanese during the LLWS, i don’t want to see those punkass spoiled American kids win it all. the American kids are so racist it’s not even funny. i missed the women’s soccer match, but caught the replay last night. it felt so good, can’t let these cocky americans win. i wish i knew some japanese so i can say something badass. itadakimasu i guess
is it bad when you root against ben affleck and josh hartnett in the movie Pearl Harbor? cause I didn’t do that

TIME WELL SPENT

setting the line
amount of money spent on his griffey collection - $101,000

2011 main event winner, paul pierce

i’m not a huge fan of my current landlord. she’s around the house all the time during the day (there's been lots of remodeling), and she’s always bugging all of the tenants to keep it clean. i’m never around during the day, so i don’t hate her as much as the others. but out of the 5 tenants, zero are renewing their lease. hate. but it’s interesting, the landlord has deposits (1 month's rent) for all of us, which basically means she owns us. if she calls me a punkass bitch to my face, what can i say? if i tell her she’s ugly and her english sucks, then i can kiss 100% of my deposit goodbye. is that worth $630 dollars to me? no way.

but then wait, what if she’s actually super badass. what if she’s on phil ivey’s level, what if she is trying to annoy all of us, hoping that we panic and call her ugly, then she has justification to keep our deposits. if you think about it, it's borderline genius, mind-rape at its best. it’s like if deshawn stevenson got inside KOBEEE’S head. if deshawn gets KOBEEE to swing at him, and they both get ejected, deshawn Stevenson wins. btw, no one gets inside KOBEEE’S head, but KOBEEE. ok, done with the kobe talk.
the plan. bite my tongue, collect the deposit, move out, and vandalize. I WIN.

TANAKA FLAKA!!

Intervention is back. i think intervention is the only show that i watch where i give my undivided attention. pretty sure it’s the best show on tv. but my question is, don’t the drug addicts know that there are no “documentaries about addiction”. don't they have one addict friend that asks them "wait, could dis be dat award winning TV show on A&E?" of course it’s an INTERVENTION dipshit, don’t act surprised. last week’s episode was probably one of the few times i’ve been disappointed. he was an alcoholic. wtf, i don’t want to see an alcoholic, i want to see heroin or cocaine addicts. what’s special about an alcoholic? everyone knows someone that they think is an alcoholic. it’s all good, tonight’s episode: cocaine addict

i’ve probably asked about 20 people this question. would you try cocaine for 10k? i think it’s honestly 50/50 with people saying yes and no. i think I’ve gone back and forth, first it was yes. i thought, i’ll do it once, no big deal, never do it again in my life. bang, 10k. then i thought no, what if i liked it? that would be bad. what if my kids ask me if i’ve ever done cocaine? ugh. it'll def disappoint friends and family. so NAHHH. even if i did say i would do it, it would be a different story when the cocaine is actually in front of me. no balls

i need to tone down my sarcasm. i talk to jill on aim at work sometimes, and she always tells me that i’m too sarcastic and need to “knock it off”, or something like that. ok jill. people always tell me “grant, I never know when you’re kidding.” blah before russ “clogs” uchizono came to sf last weekend, he texted me “hey so everyone’s down to golf.” i replied “Fuck you”. and i forgot to say just kidding or anything. no more sarcasm. i wanna be a straight shooter.

i wanna kick it in the backseat

on to the next

russ greg and jt were in sf for the weekend. we were drinking a bit before going out on saturday, i JOKINGLY said that we should do ecstasy together to ensure a better night. russell HONESTLY responds “I’ve got too much riding on my life.” lol who is this guy? How is this any different than lebron taking his talents to south beach? he didn’t say WE, he said I. according to russ, i do not have much riding on my life and therefore should do drugs intervention-style

we were doing a lap around the ball park. We are in right field, all walking together, I look at some dude, stop walking, and hit jt in the arm. it’s the guy from slumdog mirrionaire! Jamaaaal. one of my top 12 favorite movies. we walk past him and stop, he’s talking to some dude. Jt “neverme” tanaka decides to ask for a picture. Blah blah blah, he rejects us, says there are too many people around. scottmizuno.com takes pictures with Dwight howard and kevin durant, i get rejected by Jamaal from slumdog mirriornaire. he’s cooler

at the giants game, greg asked if there was a megatron outside of the ball park so people can watch the game. I laughed but knew he meant jumbotron and said 'no, no megatron.' then russ “toomuch” uchizono tells greg that there’s an optimus prime in right field.

cloth belts, russ and THE MOVE with indyC, russ not waking up after I kept throwing shit at him, JcCHGENSKY, missing the 4th of july jets.

mother trucker

i'm not exactly sure why i was so happy to see that chris hansen (from dateline NBC), was caught on camera cheating on his wife. just a sidenote, i think to catch a predator is probably one of the most interesting shows i've ever seen. I still watch re-runs and find it interesting. but i dont know, when i heard about chris cheating, i was sort of happy. he's kind of a dickwad on the show. i mean, i guess he has to be, but he bugs me sometimes. he just LOVES to say "do you watch tv? well, i'm chris hansen from Dateline NBC and we're doing a story..." shut up chris, you're not that cool. i mean, yeah, the guys are disgusting pedophiles, but i dont know, they messed up, but do you have to embarrass the shit out of them. i know that it makes better tv, but still. sometimes, when the guys are super sick in the head, i want chris to grill them, read the transcripts, embarrass them. you brought your kid with you? you're a rabbi who wants to meet up with a teenage boy? get em chris. but for some of the guys, do you really have to be such a douchebag. maybe they honestly just wanted to talk to the 13-year old girl. maybe they honestly do carry condoms with them at all times. let me be clear, i do not support pedophiles.

the next time someone tells me "dude i'm broke". i'm just going to ask them "wait, so you have zero dollars? oh, my bad, here, take my subway gift card that i purchased on ebay for 90% of its face value.

well that's not good

http://wickedchopspoker.com/full-tilt-poker-shut-down-alderney-suspends-license/

so the odds of getting my money off of full tilt just got cut in half. today, FTP shut down completely. completely. a week ago, FTP was still alive and kicking to everyone outside of the united states. now, it's completely shut down. such a mess. for some reason i'm not shocked, i think i already accepted the fact that i might not get my FTP money back. i'm just thankful that i got my pokerstars money. oh well, I wonder how daniel "jungleman" Cates must feel, i heard a rumor that he had over 3 million dollars on ftp

1500 down the drain, FUN. mini fml. this kind of makes me want to vandalize something, and it sorta makes me want to steal something.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

romantic? umm, YES.

STRANGE

i went to the giants game with andy a while ago. unfortunately, the world champions lost 2-1. but anyway, a few beers led to the question, what’s the difference between a weird person and an awkward person. i think people confuse the two. anyway, andy made a few interesting wrong points. i don’t remember exactly what he said. but after thinking about it and talking to a few people, i finally know the right answer.

an awkward person feels uncomfortable in certain situations, not all situations, only certain situations. a weird person feels uncomfortable in nearly all situations, not just certain situations. that's why weird people like to hang with weird people. if there's a group of 5 weird people hanging out, it's not a weird group, it's just a group of 5 people. an awkward person may be awkward when meeting new people, but be perfectly normal around friends and family. almost everyone is a little awkward in some type of social situation. but if you're awkward in less than 25% of social situations, they're you're not considered "awkward". is it weird that I think this is interesting? i don’t think it’s awkward, and it’s definitely not cool. don’t even wanna get started with what “cool” is, I have very strong opinions about it. jt and i debate all the time on what “cool” is. we often debate which mutual friend is “cooler”.

superbad was on fx on sunday. i haven't seen it in a while, so i recorded it and just watched it. they butchered it. its basically a different movie because they had to make so many damn edits. some movies just shouldn't be on tv.

it happens in every season. toward the end of the NBA season, i'm dying to watch a baseball game. and right now, i'm dying to watch a football or basketball game. up until about a couple weeks ago, giants games were must-watch tv. now, if i miss a game, it's not the end of the world. hopefully it'll pass, i think i just need a small break.

time well spent. fobs + exquisite + kevin durant. "this da best" "yess baby" haha

ionotbh

father’s day, we were going to a bbq at my uncle’s house, my mom made some shrimp stuff to bring, and I guess my mom and dad were debating what kind of dish to put it in. they debated, my dad finally walked away frustrated and slightly yelled to no one in particular “arh, they gotta learn to make decisions!” I was like who’s “they”? women? he kind of mumbled “arghwell yeaaaaaa” lol

i was talking bull shit with jt on aim at work. i asked him a random question and he responded with "iono tbh". iono tbh? IONO TBH. IONO TBH! this is it, i've had it, i quit, this is what we've come to. our society is disgusting. iono tbh. i mean i'm not looking for a "that's a great question grant, and to be honest, I'm not quite sure." but with a "iono tbh" response, he's pretty much telling me: don't know, don't care, dumbass question dipshit. but he can't even type that, he has to give me the iono tbh

I wonder how Jay Bilas would describe my game? below average athlete, very passive on the court, character issues, low Basketball IQ, flat feet, zero potential.

time time time

father time, you bastard. i always think about time. how i...use it, fear it, waste it and most importantly value it. was it a waste of time? was it time well spent?

different times are worth different amounts. 10 minutes at 5AM in the morning is worth more than 10 minutes at 5PM. i was at discovery kingdom with derek about a month ago, and we were talking about flash passes, which basically lets you cut in every line. i asked him how much that's worth to him while waiting in line for Medusa (probably a 30-45 minute wait). he said he wouldn't pay anything for it, so i asked him "so you wouldn't pay a dollar to go on the ride right now? and he said "ok, yeah a dollar" i ended up getting to $5 or so until he said no. that was just one ride, but if you buy it, you can use it the whole day. i wish i found out how much it actually was, but i mean. i, personally, value that flash pass pretty high. first, because i'm impatient. and i constantly think to myself how much time is worth to me. when i was in vegas with russ greg and jt. we each paid $25 to cut in line at XS at the Wynn. i know i'm pretty careless sometimes, but i probably would have spent up to $50 just to cut in line. 1 hour during "club rush hour" is worth a lot. i dont want to wait in some dumb-fuck line with a bunch of ansty people.

three weeks ago, i learned that my last relationship had ended a different way than what i had previously thought. no lie, until 3 weeks ago, when a very good friend told me what happened, i had this idea that everything was on the up and up. little did i know, it probably wasn't. i was upset, frustrated, angry. i feel like a few of my friends were more upset than i was, and i really appreciate that, i really really do. but it's all good. i got over it, i know that my time is valuable. and theres no way i'm wasting time (value) being angry, frustrated, spiteful toward anyone. it's not worth it. i'm not letting anyone or anything waste my time. i'm going to spend time the way i want to spend it. and spending time being angry/upset is simply a waste.

i have other things to do. and another thing, when i graduated last year, almost exactly a year ago, i had this picture in my head of what the future looked like. i'll call her Sara. we had a relationship, i thought it would end up a certain way, but it didn't. but that's life, and when i look at where i am with everything, i feel extremely fortunate to live in a new city and have a job that really interests and challenges me. but to be honest, i know for a fact that if it had not been for sara, i would not be where i am today. no way. i was an accounting major, but never really enjoyed it that much, it was just something that i was OK at. but sara encouraged me to look into day trading as a profession. i never really told anyone that i even had an interest in it, i always just told people that i'll go the accounting way, which is cool, but i know i didn't love it. i specifically remember a conversation, where sara told me that i should work with my cousin in San francisco. i bet unders, and said "nah, that'll never happen". rambling rambling

i had heard that lots of poker players were very good day traders. it interested me, and after i graduated college, i bought my first "day trading for dummies" book. i finished the book that summer. eventually in december, my parents wanted me to take CPA classes. i interviewed with a financial planner, and he never called me back. cool. even in the fall of my senior year in college, i interviewed for 2 accounting firms, no job. everything happened for a reason. long story short, i job shadowed my cousin, learned how to use the alarm clock function on my iphone from my dad. and here i am. maybe i last only another month before i go crazy with some facebook stock (facebook stock is coming, and it's gonna be madness) and go broke. maybe i find out trading is not for me 8 months down the line. but right now, this is what i'm supposed to be doing. this is what i love doing, and i know it had something to do with sara. no regrets. if i had the opportunity to do college over, i wouldn't change anything. nothing. so no it didn't end up the way i had imagined. but what would have happened if i got one of those accounting jobs? what would happen if sara and i never crossed paths? scary to think. crazy how life changes. and not to sound cheesy, but spending time with family and quality friends is alwaysss time well spent. maybe this is all bull shit, maybe it's not? maybe this is just what i WANT to think. maybe i'm just being crazy naive. maybe it's EXACTLY how i really feel? who knows, i dont, rambling rambling

the cast of jersey shore said it best, "do you bro". i've got no hard feelings toward anyone. you do you, i'll do me. why waste time. i dont want to remember 2011 as the year after college. i want to remember 2011 as the year i moved to san francisco and the year i bet-raped russell (warriors winning a title in 9 years? under). i dont have time to waste. like the author from the last lecture said, 'time is all we have, and one day you may find that you have less than you think.' time is too valuable. i'm not saying i never waste it, i alwaysssss do. but i try my hardest not to. and yes, watching youtube videos of sports cards being opened on a daily basis is time well spent. random random. the puppy who lost his wayy

july 10th july 10th july 10th

i dont know why or how, but i always forget my parent's wedding anniversary. 2 years in a row! its possible it could be 3, but i forget. last year, i was in vegas, and my mom sends me a text at 10ish on july 10th saying something like "thanks for forgetting our wedding anniversary again.." awesome, that felt good. like happy gilmore, i felt like calling derek and asking "where were you on that one dipshit?" July 10 july 10 july 10, i got it this year

most interesting bet ever? possibly. ok, i was in davis celebrating scottmizuno.com's graduation. if you don't know, scott is a big sports guy, and a big autograph guy. he has autos from all of the biggest athletes. i was looking through his 16x20s, sooo sick. we had a few beers, then i look thru his old 8x10s. and i found this andris biedrins auto's 8x10. i don't really remember the details, but i think it went something like this. i jokingly asked how much it would sell for. scott said it wouldn't sell for a dollar. i then asked if i can have it because i thought it was funny. he said sure. then, i think i asked, would it sell for a $1 on ebay? scott said no. NOW, the most interesting bet (maybe) was booked. the terms: I am going to list this sick biedrins auto on ebay, 10 day auction, starting at $0.99 with free shipping. I get to add my own description. No friends or relatives of mine can buy it. During the listing, Scott has to tweet about the biedrins listing. I get to decide when scott tweets about it. I'm 90% sure the bet was for $10. If there is 1 bid, i win. No bids, scott wins. $1 and free shipping!!!?? there has to be a biedrins fan out there somewhere.

2EZ!

life is so much easier as a laker fan. Yea ok, we lost in the playoffs, but it was a sweep, quick and easy. it just wasn’t our year, you can’t win an NBA championship every year, it happens. well ok, we lost to the Mavericks. once we lost, we, Laker fans, started to root for the Mavs because if you lose in the playoffs, you want to lose to the eventual NBA champions. and Miami? Lebron? I, as a laker fan, hate those who think lebron is better than kobe. Now that the lakers are out, I want nothing more than to see lebron and the Miami heat lose! In the conference finals, I had a dream, I wanted lebron to feel some pain. I wanted the finals to be the heat vs the mavs. And I wanted the mavs to beat the heat for Dirk’s first championship! It’s a wynn-wynn situation, lebron loses, and the lakers end up losing to the eventual champions. Awesome, kobe v lebron? Not even close, kobeeee! So no, we didn’t win a championship, but we still WIN. must be nice to be a laker fan? it is

and not only that, I can talk a lot of shit now that I’m a laker fan. It’s funny how all these warrior fans think they’re something now with jerry west and mark Jackson. not gonna happen. most importantly, I love how when people ask me a question about kobe or the lakers, and I don’t know the answer, i can just say “KOBEEEE” and I win. Do you think the lakers need to make any changes in the offseason? Um, nah, we’ll be fine as long as we have KOBEEEEE. Okok, but would you consider trading pau or bynum? bro, it doesn’t matter, as long as we have KOBEEE. What do you think about the coaching change? It doesn’t change anything, Phil Jackson is overrated, we still have KOBEEEE, and that’s all we need. Shaq retired, any thoughts on his time as a laker? nah man, kobe gave him all his rings, shaq’s weak, KOBEEEE

i think i'm kidding

SINCE JUMP STREEEEEEET

I’m officially looking to sell my glove. I’m looking to get 2/3 of my money back. I want Madison Bumgarner’s glove. I shouldn’t have bought a glove with holes in the web. If I have a son, and he wants to pitch, I don’t want him to tip his pitches. (i think i'm half kidding, i think)

The basketball team I play for lost last Sunday to the Frisco Hawks. They had pretty nice uniforms and like our first game, we looked like 14.5 point underdogs pregame. Btw, I thought San Francisco people hate the term “frisco”, guess not. I played horribly. Had a couple turnovers, 0-2 from the field, 1-2 from the line, maybe 2 rebounds. But let’s be real, I was shooting like 30% from the field in the first couple games, so I was due for a bad game. I even got called for traveling, haaaaahh, it was hilarious. I never travel, I’m not quick enough to travel, I got flat feet homie

today, we lost by about 25 or so. the other team shouldn't have been in the rec league. but whatever. had a bounce back game, 9 points, 3 treys, shot 3-8 i think. condition wise, it was horrible, i only got about 4 hours of sleep before we had to play, and i subbed myself out once the game started after only 3 minutes game time.

these nba playoffs were weak. the conference finals both went 5 games only, that was extremely weak. in the past few nba playoffs, i was strictly a laker-hater. this year, after the lakers lost, i was strictly a playoff basketball fan, i wanted just to see game a game 7. i wanted to see a must-watch game, a superbowl. ok ok, i know the mia-dallas games have been pretty exciting. but i guess i shot myself in the foot there. i wanted miami to win only because of the $50. but it's impossible, in my opinion, to hate on dallas. i really really wanted dirk to win a championship. and i'm a big fan of mark cuban too. kidd too. weak, i never thought that the lakers would get swept in the playoffs, dallas/dirk wins the championship, and i would STILLLL be unsatisfied. bull shit


Cliffs:
Guy on youtube collects cards. He makes 25 “mystery packs”. Each pack cost $60. Each pack consists of 1-6 cards that have a combined “sell” value of $40 to the ultimate chaser card: the Bryce Harper auto Bowman card. I decide to buy a pack, the most I’m losing is $20, and I have a shot at the Bryce. let's gambooool

Now, the guy assigns me randomly to pack #14. He opens them live on Blogtv. I do not have an account on Blogtv. Anyway, the day he opens them, he posts a youtube video with a link to his blogtv room/site. I was just watching the giants/cards game, so I click it and start to watch him open the packs. Blah blah blah, he opens 20 of the 25 packs. No harper auto. So I have a 1 in 5 chance of getting the Bryce harper auto! I quickly make a blog tv account so I can chat. FUCKING LOSER, I KNOW. I jokingly ask in chat “does anyone want to buy my pack for a premium?”. About 4-5 ppl typed in chat “100” “105” “110”. I ask if they are serious, and they say they are. I thought I was joking, but this could get interesting. So anyway, 5 packs left, 1 pack has a Bryce harper auto which could sell on ebay from 400-500. The other 4 packs have values of about $40 each. Therefore, I calculated that the total value of the 5 packs are about 420+50+50+50+50=580. $620 divided by 6 is about $125. I think I’m being generous about these values, and I took into account ebay fees. By the way, the owners of the other 4 packs are not in the room, and the guy gave me the option of letting another pack be opened, and then re negotiate a “deal”. Long story short, I sell my pack for $150, book the $90 profit. He opens my pack, and bang, Bryce harper auto. Lol of course it would be there. here's the link to the vid: http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/583536/date/bePubeZEaeNwZ23vbH

i've gone back and forth, and i've concluded that i made the right decision. the only argument to why I SHOULD NOT have taken the deal, was that i should have "gambled". but if i wanted to gamble, i could just play poker on bodog, or bet on sports. or i could buy 10,000 shares of apple or stock X. therefore, i couldn't pass on the deal, i couldn't pass on the value that the guy offered me. He offered to pay $150 for something that i valued at $125. i'll take the deal

to recap, i decided to take the "take the deal" in the mystery packs and got effed, i decided to let my MIAMI bet ride (i could've locked in a profit anytime until game 5). and got effed. 0/2. but to be fair, to lock in the MIA profit, i would have had to GIVE UP value in order to do so. basically paying for insurance. and there's a reason why insurance companies make a shit-ton of money

changed bet

for proof: Will the Warriors win a championship in the next 20 years. I had 1k on the NO. it’s been renegotiated, the new bet is, Will the Warriors win a championship in the next 9 years? 10 years is a wash, $775. I have the no.

A month ago or so, I asked a few people what movie was better: angels in the outfield or Rookie of the Year. The correct answer is Angels in the Outfield. I asked JT and he answered Rookie of the Year. I told him it was the wrong answer. He initiated a debate (we were both at work, on AIM), and I warned him that I would eat him alive if he chose to continue. He did. I didn’t even have to use my clean-up hitter, it was over, I debate-raped him. he said it didn’t feel good, too much?

Eat alive. 1. AITO had better current/future actors, D Glove, Adrien Brody, Tony Danza, Matthew Mcconeghuey, and little black JP. 2) better qutoes, rookie of the year had some decent ones. but AITO wins, white guy rapping in the clubhouse "...and its a big bummer, no matter who we play, we give the game away, cause we can't winnn, that would be a sin, we even lose the game before they/SAVE IT MAPLE!". skip to the clean-up hitter. joseph gordon levitt. the Patrik Antonius of young actors. his resume is loaded, inception and of course, 500 days of summer. he IS the next superstar, therefore, Angels in the Outfield is his rookie card. debate rape.

how to be a nit: sign up for an online shopping rebate site like bigcrumbs.com, if you buy stuff on ebay, you get something like 36% of the ebay fee sent back to your paypal acct. buy a $100 macy's gift card for $85-90. You get about like a $4 rebate. so you're only paying like $80-85 for each $100 purchase at Macy's, or subway, or Best Buy.

LIKE A NINJA

I haven’t been diagnosed with ADD yet, but I would bet that i have it, literally. (Btw, this is a serious question, how do they test for ADD? Do they just ask me questions and hope I answer honestly? Or is it like the equivalent of a drug test that I can’t influence?) On my way to and from work, i listen to mainly podcasts on my ipod. The other day, I discovered a new option on my ipod. i learned that you can listen to your podcast at 1x speed, 1.5x speed, or 2x speed. I tried listening at 1.5x speed, not that big of a difference. how about 2x speed? noticeably different, but still listenable. wait, so I’m going to be finishing my hour-long podcasts in 30 minutes? sick, this changes everything. but I hate it, everything is becoming toooooo easy/efficient/fast. SLOWDOWN

I knew exactly what this meant. Within 2 years, people will have the option of watching their recorded DVR shows at 1.5x or even 2x speed. (I know you can watch it 2x right now, but you can't hear anything, right? or at least on my DVR.) People are going to watch Jersey Shore in 24 minutes (DVR it, fast forward thru commercials, and watch at 2x speed). Baseball games are going to be finished in 70 minutes. So efficient, I hate it.
everyone is too damn dependent on technology. "this is bullshit" lolll

is it really june? quickest 5 months of my life

Russell westbrook is a stud. I’ve seen probably less than 10 full OKC games this year, so I can’t really say I’ve seen a lot of their play. But people saying he’s too selfish, takes too many shots. I love that. I read a little ESPN article where an OKC veteran said that “he thinks he’s better than Kevin Durant.” I don’t know, maybe he is, maybe he isn’t. but that fuck-you attitude is badass. I’m not sure if there’s any correlation, but as far as poker goes: if you’re trying to turn a beginner into a successful poker player. It’s easier to start with an aggressive/fearless/borderline cocky person rather than a passive/play it safe/thoughtful person. The more I think about it, I want the warriors to draft the cockiest player in the draft . I want the warriors to draft (at 11), a player who honestly thinks he should go number 1 overall. I want the player who tells his coach “fuck this shit, just give me the damn ball” in the 4th quarter. Yep, I’m a kobe fan, it’s official. Let’s shake things up!!! Proposed trade: monta for Harrison barnes.

Hangover 2 was horrible, I read that scott saw it and said it was bad, but I thought that was just scott being scott. So I decided to waste my money and time. I couldn’t believe how bad it was. 30 minutes into the movie, I was waiting for it to be over. Did they really have to use the exact same story line? Allen drugging everyone? I felt like I was watching the deleted scenes from the first one. Mike Tyson at the end? Was that supposed to be funny? When the movie was over, I heard people saying it was “hilarious”. COMOWhaaaat, am I getting that old and boring where I don’t understand what the “kids” think is funny? Ugh

I wish that you can trade nba basketball players like stocks. Buy to sell, or sell to buy. I would’ve lost my ass on spencer hawes and tyrus Thomas. however, i'm too stubborn, i'm still buying spencer (1.5 steals, 1.5 block, 1 3pt potential). don't even get me started with tyrus' potential (2.5 steals, 2.5 blocks, just disgusting). I’m probably losing on brook lopez, roy hibbert, troy murphy, trevor ariza. If I could, I’d be loading up on evan turner, derrick favors, bismack biyombo. i'm also buying greg oden, his value is too low right now. i'm buying yao too. selling biedrins for a box of 2010 topps chrome baseball

WSOP 2011!!!!!

All eyes were on the first event, 25k Heads up event. No Ivey?

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2011/05/phil-ivey-suing-tiltware-boycotting-the-2011-wsop-10501.htm

PHIL IVEY IS THE MANG!

indian clay

Celebrating Rick’s 21st birthday in San Jose, scott and I were standing in line for the bathroom (unisex). My memory is a little hazy, but there were 2 husky girls behind us? Maybe in front of us. Scott and I had been talking Warriors basketball, and scott asked the 2 girls “would you trade monta or steph for Andrew bynum?” I guess she got offended and got upset. She goes into the bathroom, comes out, and I guess I looked at her funny or said something to her, she walks past me and says “I’ll deck your skinny ass”. I was shocked at first, then smiled and put both my hands over my stomach. I was so happy that she thought I was skinny, I’m not sure if she knew this, but she made my night!

In our 2nd basketball game, we started the game on an 18-0 run. I hit my first 3 treys. Other team then switched to a man-to-man, and we only led by 1 at half. We were actually down by 1 going into the fourth. But eventually won by 4 or 5. But ugh, I need to learn how to score when someone is actually guarding me. I was doing fine with the zone, no one was really guarding me. against the zone, I shot 3-3, against man2man, I shot 0-7. Sweet. Was surprised, according to the website, I had 10 points and 9 rebounds. 1 more rebound for the dubdub! damn

The best thing about making futures bets, are all the options to hedge and lock in profit. Mia $50 even money to win it all. It’s pretty much like deal or no deal. I had the opportunity to lock in a $3 orso profit about a week ago. But said nah. Before game 1 today, I have the opportunity to lock in about a $12 profit. I would usually do it, but I’m going to start avoiding the safe option. VAMOS HEAT! Dos minutos? Watch them get swept or something.

there better not be a rule change in baseball to protect catchers. Buster posey knew the risks of playing catcher, The Giants and Bochy knew the risks of being a catcher. If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t play catcher, or don’t block the plate. Buster took a risk, and he’s going to pay for it.

I think it’s hilarious when people say “I’m 1 million percent sure” as if that means more than saying “I’m 100% sure”.

LOYAL TO THE CARD GAME

there was a card show in SF this weekend, and it was my first one in probably 6-7 years, i'm not really sure. it was amazing. i think there are 2 things that will always interest me, no matter what. poker and sports cards. i remember when i was younger, there were 2 things that made me so excited to where it was hard to go to sleep the night before (besides christmas): it was going fishing, and going to a card show. i wanted to buy a box of 2011 bowman and try and pull a bryce harper auto, but the boxes were a little too expensive, like $185 i think.. i settled for for 2010 topps chrome baseball for $45, got home to open it. you get 2 autos per box. i got a wade davis and jon link auto. the jon link was a refractor #/499. WHOTHEFUCK! exactly, so i check ebay and i can literally sell them for a combined $3 if i was fortunate enough. sweet, booked a solid $42 loss. that was fun, then i look online for other topps chrome cards, and jason heyward autos were selling for $22. sooooo, i could have bought 2 heyward autos instead of my sick davis and link auto. sweet.

but i think i'm officially back in the card game. it's so sick, card collecting is just gambling for underage kids. buying a box is like lotto scratchers, only in this case, you can't win no matter what. but whatever, hobby is a hobby.

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I had a dream where I actually said “I just wish this was a dream” in my dream. i don't think that's ever happened. i thought that was impossible or against the rules or something

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bodog is slowly dying. first they change their address from bodog.com to bodog.eu. then they say they are having delays processing withdraws. then i emailed them again today and they replied with this "This delay is the result of some holidays in the UK and Canada on these past days that affected the availability of our provider to keep this timeframe."

BOOOOOM

ehh, i heard about this documentary about a year ago, but was a little disappointed by the trailer. i thought it was going to focus on the young online guys that just killed it in the mid 2000s. but instead, it looks like it's focusing more on the live scene. live poker sucks

the boom of online poker, to the death of online poker.

i'm still playing husngs on bodog poker, the games are pretty soft, but the software has always been horrible. however, i requested a check about 10 business days ago, haven't received the check yet, but they emailed me and said they are experiencing "delays of 2-4 business days". uh oh

damn i love jeff van gundy, calling out OKC fans for "lack of basketball IQ" haha

nice and sweaty

* last week

I'm in a basketball league that plays once a week. I was driving from tracy and had to be in sf by 11. so I get to sf on time, then I check my phone and see that my dad called me, I forgot a bag at home that had some important stuff in it. So eff my life. Now, after the game, I have to drive an hour back home, pick up the bag, and drive back to sf. This also means that I am going to miss the end of the okc/Memphis game 7, I would’ve recorded it but wasn’t at my sf place all weekend.

But anyway, the league is pretty cool, they keep all statistics, just like in fantasy, and use a 24-second shot clock. i think part of why i'm always reluctant to shoot is because i know that whenever i shoot, it's a pretty low % shot. but with the shot clock, there's so many more possessions, so if i shoot my normal 25%, hopefully no one will really notice how low of a % i actually shoot.

Early in the game, I got an offensive rebound, and put it back up, and got packed pretty hard (how come no one says pack anymore). The ref called the foul, shooting 2, but it was def a clean block. Damn ref, of course I miss my 2 free throws. that’s not gonna look good in the box score. Fortunately for my fantasy owners, I hit 2/4 from the field, with 2 3s. in terms of fantasy, I think I’m shane battier minus the good defensive statistics. It’s sort of embarrassing, I’m 23 and play like a 43year old man. I kind of just hang around the 3 point line, and on defense I always give my guy the open 3, partly because no one shoots a high %, but mostly because i know i will get blown by.

I’m on the free agent team, and only had 6 players for the game. We played the “sf warriors” and 8 out of 9 of the guys wore (what looked to be) authentic old school Chris webber year warriors jerseys with matching shorts and all. I swear we looked like 14.5 underdogs pregame. But we ended up winning by 1. We got pretty lucky down the stretch, on their last 3 possessions, they had a missed shot, traveling, and 3second call.

in the 2^nd quarter, I actually blocked a shot in the key. I subbed myself out of the game because I was pretty tired, and I overheard the scorekeeper ask the ref who blocked that shot. Effffffffff, it was killing me, I wanted to tell him it was me, but I didn’t want to seem like a stats whore, which is exactly what I am. Odds are, that’ll be my only block of the season, and I just let it slip away.

But anyway, so I’m pissed off because I have to drive an hour back home, then an hour back to sf just for a damn bag that I forgot. So I get to tracy, get gas, and am looking for my giants sweatshirt (that i wore to the game) because it’s raining at this point, of course I left it at the gym. So I have to drive back to the gym, fortunately, it’s still there, pick it up. Go home. Tilted the rest of the day.

i ain't from dallas, but i d-town boogie

wtf, the mavs are 11-0 against the spread. i lost the farm in game 1, dad's pissed, gotta get it back. BOOKED, betting 2 farms on OKC in game 2.

i love watching the NBA draft lottery. exciting, so much riding on it, but i also love the structure of the results. it's the ultimate credit card roulette. i miss CC roulette

chitty chitty bang bang

bet booked, just for proof. opposite side has NYY BOS and PHI winning the world series in 2011. I have field, $50, even money. paid in singles. hoping for a sf/oakland world series.

BLAME IT ON THE ADD, BABY. nasty. song. nasty. i thought i played the song out, but uh, NOPE, gotcha bitch

me: how much is time worth to you?

person b: like $10

me: lol but i didn't mention how long or what specific time of day or anything

easy peasy- japaneesey

-bet is booked, $50 even money. I have Miami, opposite side has the field. paid in 50 singles

-I went to the giants game with my parents and andy, i think 2 weeks ago. I was going to meet scott and jill at a club after the game. I told my dad, he asked what club we were going to, I said 360 Ritch (or whatever its called). And my dad looked up, shook his head and said “nope, doesn’t ring a bell". silly hah

-Weeds, season 6, was pretty good. season 5 was pretty bad. the ending makes it impossible not to care about season 7, i think it starts in june. so that means, i'll buy it on dvd february 2012. woooo

-i've realized that i only bet "no" and "unders". I very very very rarely bet "yes" and "overs". i think this is why sports disappoints me more that brings me any type of joy. Because to bet no and over, for example in a basketball game, you are usually winning for 99% of the game, until you of course, lose. But if you're watching closely enough, for every short that is attempted, you sort of hold your breath and hope for a miss. if the shot is missed, small sigh. if it's made, a slight "damn". and the "damns" don't equal the "sighs". disappointment>joy. therefore, you're stressed and upset more than you are stress-free and relaxed. i wish i was a "yes" and "over" sports bettor, but that's just not my gut feel. i like to torture myself, after most sports events that i watch or bet on, if i win, it's just a feeling of relief, not happiness or excitement. but when i lose, it's a "damn it". i wonder if that made any type of sense. which brings me to my next point, don't smoke crack.

although i did bet the OVER on game 1 of the mia/chi series. i was on ESPN, and there was a headline like "Lebron thinks Chicago series will be low scoring" or something. Taj Gibson's nasty dunk for the "over" win.

I heard the MAVS are 10-0 against the spread this postseason, bet the farm on OKC in game 1?

suburban commando

i got my new baseball glove 2 weeks ago, my A.D.D. and pressure from scottmizuno.com made me "buy it now" on ebay before i did any type of real research. i pretty much searched glove. looked for a black one with a web that had holes. odds are I will never use it in any type of game whatsoever. I justified my purchase thinking that maybe if i have a son, he would use it. but with my luck, my son will be a left handed first baseman, then quit.

i was pretty tilted. so i paid for it with paypal, but didn't change my shipping address. so it shipped to tracy, and i was in sf. it arrived on a tuesday, but i wasn't going to tracy until friday. ALL i could think about for those 3 days was that new baseball glove. i considered even driving home on wednesday just to pick up the glove. TILT

the day i got it, the only thing i wanted to do was play catch. i called my dad and asked him to come home so we could play catch before it got dark. he did, but he wasn't really feeling it, and wanted to go in after like 10 minutes. sad. plain milk's fine. i overthrew him a few times since i was rusty and my dad doesn't get off the ground, and my dad kept saying "release point, release point". then i remembered why i didn't like baseball that much when I was younger

straight creepy

Last week, I was invited to a Logitech customer advisory panel event in fremont. Its basically an event where Logitech users come and share their experiences, provide suggestions, and see new products. The guy I work with went to an event before and referred me to this event. It was pretty fun, they had an open bar, steak dinner, and lots of free stuff. We broke up into groups of 6 and had a discussion about how and when we use our products. And this 45-year oldish husky lady started giving her schpeeel? shh-peel (mhmmm like mop and glo) And said that after she puts her 2 kids to sleep, she goes to her office and plays world of warcraft. (she suggested brighter LED lights on her keyboard because she likes to play with all the lights off in her office lolol) I thought it was kind of funny because she was dead serious, i laughed out loud at first. Then I was thinking how funny this would have been: after Derek and I would go to sleep, my mom goes to the office, puts her headset on, and tells her online WOW friends “they’re asleep, let’s do this”

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I thought I would enjoy watching the Lakers lose in the playoffs. but in the 2nd quarter of game 4, i caught myself rooting for the lakers a little bit. And i figured out why:

1) there was no sweat. 4 games and out? no pain? nothing? to be honest, i only saw a little part of game 1, and missed games 2 and 3. I thought there was no way there's going to be a sweep, i'll just watch games 5, 6, and 7. so watching game 4, it was over in the 2nd quarter! all i wanted was a sweat. i was thinking before game 4, ok, so the lakers win game 4, then they go back to LA for game 5, get blown out by halftime, and watch the home crowd booooooo the rest of the game. Or, have it go to game 6 in Dallas, Dallas blows a 15-point lead in the 4th, all the momentum goes to the lakers, then the lakers blow a 18 point lead in the 4th for the playoff exit. but no, what about kobe yelling at his teammates during a timeout, nope, nothing. the odom and bynum ejection don't count, i like them

2) i've realized how much i like phil jackson. call him lucky for coaching superstars, but the teams still have to win. i like how laid-back he seems, at least in the national media. And i like the fact that if you called him the luckiest coach in NBA history, he would probably just laugh a little and agree that he was lucky.

maybe i'm secretly a lakers fan.

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