Kobe or Lebron (A Debate...)

First thing you should know about me is that i'm 100% a kobe hater. Obviously im proud of that. But you know something, coming in at a close second is LeBron James. I love the wizards (its probably hard for some people to understand) and as usual the wizards play the cavaliers in the 1st round. Somehow fate is just working for this matchup to happen annually. So with that, i've gotten to see a lot of the cavs over the last 3 years and that means "king" james as well. Im not sure if thats blasphemy or what but i guess since him and Jay-Hova are boys he figures thats whats up. If you have watched at all then you've heard about this lil beef or whatever between bron bron and deshawn stevenson. Deshawn called lebron overrated, lebron calls deshawn soulja boy (i'd say deshawn is more rick ross, but thats just me) thus the rivalry begins. Somewhere in the middle of all this soulja boy shows up at a wizards game wearing a deshawn stevenson jersey and then jay-z amazingly takes the time to make a song about deshawn stevenson. Worse yet, some disloyal ass DJ in DC is bumpin this song while caron n nem are there. I hope this was lebrons personal DJ and not some dude who was happy to get an exclusive. Anyway, it got a lil chippy out there on the court and it looked like lebron and deshawn were about to throw punches. Kinda funny seein bron ball up his fists like hes about to fight but whines when he doesnt get a foul called. But the genius Charles Barkley said it best "nba players cant fight, they just wanna look like it." Take Kobe and Chris Childs for instance...Im just sayin

Music

Titled plainly enough, i just thought i'd ramble on about music for a paragraph or two. As i've been on the road for the last month or so i've kind of been off of my musical grind. Actually i've been completely off. I havent called any of my contacts, i havent come up with many melodies or hooks. I have more or less retired from it, for a lack of better words. I think i needed it because when i moved out of the old apartment, i was wild frustrated son! I hated the thought of dealing with the crap for another day, so i just said "im out!" But as usual, i've gotten the itch back to come up with something and i really cant wait to get in the lab. When i take a break from it i usually come back better than when i left. Hopefully the same thing happens again.
Why when i tell most people i know that i like Maroon 5, Kenna, Paramore and other artists that are lesser known to the typical black person am i looked at with a bit of disgust and confusion? I mean cant i like something other than rap? I try to listen to everything and i try to get inspiration from anybody anywhere, and it really helps me with ideas when hearing other genres. Basically i've noticed my taste in music is nothing like the mainstreams tatse in music. Its a bit of a problem when trying to go mainstream with my own work. It IS somewhat possible that i can use my very discriminating ear to my advantage when im in creative mode. Not that im trying to puff my chest out but people who dont make music wont truly understand it even though they may nod their head in agreement.

"The Olympics is Just Another Track Meet"

Every now and then you hear something that you just cant believe and it would take a personal experience to either confirm or deny. The other day me and an olympic athlete were having a discussion about competition abroad and traveling and a whole lot of other track related stuff. Somewhere along the way he pauses and says "dre, honestly, the olympics is just another track meet." I was almost offended. He offered his reasons why, stating that television makes it look all big and glamorous and the most prestigious thing you could ever be a part of. He says its all of the same athletes as any other track meet he goes to; a lot of the people hes competing against are people he lives with, trains with, knew from college etc. Initially it sounded crazy but as im in more and more meets with olympians and world champions and their ilk, it does start becoming the same and i can imagine how it just doesnt have as much luster as you'd expect. So with that said, i need to find out for myself.

Yall Be Good Now Hear?!

Im gonna keep this short and sweet becuase i dont want this post to be morbid or depressing, but monday morning my grandma florine passed away after a bout with cancer. I love you grandma. Rest in Peace

PHX & BEYOND!!!

Jacksonville to Atlanta to Phoenix to Los Angeles to Atlanta to Jacksonville...Got it? Remember that...Thats the general travel itinerary for the next 10 days. Im goin out to the PHX for the arizona state sun angel invitational/classic or whatever its called and im sort of amped! I've never actually been to phoenix and dont know who or what is out there except the Suns and the hot; not to mention i was giving the gainesville folk the business in the starts yesterday. I think im going to run something pretty good out there. I'm guessing i'll stay out there in phoenix for a week before we go to Mt. SAC relays where it seems like EVERYBODY and their sister is going to. I cant wait!!!
Aight, so yo, i didnt really want to drive up to jacksonville, i'd prefer to just leave gainesville the night earlier and fly out of atlanta to catch the connector straight out to phoenix. Mainly I dont want to leave my car at some extended economy parking lot for 10 days and pay like 10 bux a day. But they aint havin that. Even though the connector is out of atlanta, its gonna cost me an extra 320 bux just to leave straight out of atlanta and skip the jacksonville part. It doesnt make sense, and it seems rather ridiculous. Anything to get their stinkin money.

UGH YOUNG!

gainesville: florida relays: the 100...its about time i ran a real race. Ive been down here since early tuesday morning and have felt pretty tired since. truth be told i didnt know what to expect as far as times go and maybe i shouldnt be too upset that i ran what i did. Its always funny to me how i practice a few block starts on race day and feel like a beast and i think im gonna run a 9.something and it turns out to be some trash. Then the days where i feel like theres an ape on my back before i the gun goes off and i'll hit something tolerable. OH, i ran a 10.43 with a +2.5 on the wind, thats where the "ugh young" comes in to play. Pretty damn terrible but not as bad as that 1st race of last season.
Yesterday i was doing block starts with rashaad and bernard and on start number two i felt a click in my neck. Oh Gawd, i know what that means. IT means im gonna be walking around with my head turned to the side for the next 3 days. Some people call it having a crook in their neck. I was able to pull of a couple more starts before the actual pain kicked in and i was running pretty well, although i felt like i was workng really hard just to get rolling. i packed it up and rolled back to the palace that is the exteneded stay of gainesville where the pain kicked in. Lets just say i didnt enjoy the rest of the night...
Anyway, there was nothing really to speak of about the actual race other than it seemed long and it was the opener. Doyle says hes pleased with where i am at the moment and the times will come. Its hard to take because the times at the moment suck! But hey, maybe i'll take another sixty six hundredths of a second off of this 10.43 and take tysons job...