2008

Its crazy how so many people had a pretty sorry 2008 and cant wait for 2009. So let me say in my usually dramatic fashion that 2008 was the all-time worst! With such dissonance and disarray its ironic that 2008 carries so much weight and importance. I'm seeing that the universe has a way of balancing itself out. With that being the case 2009 is going to be the greatest of all time...

Department of Transportation

I wont be taking driving for granted for a while. This past weekend i found out that my license is suspended, and has been so for the last 6 months. Apparently i'm an irresponsible dude. Last february i http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifwent to NC to visit my family for a weekend and to get away from my roommate who was bothering me. On the way back i got pulled over for going 5 MPH over the speed limit. (as i mentioned in a post in February) In the midst of traveling and training and working and having too much fun i forgot all about this stinkin ticket. As it turns out, that was a costly mistake. I'm sure sometime in the last few months i thought about paying it but it just wasn't a high priority for me. Not such a good idea either. When you don't pay tickets, they don't just go away like i originally thought. So now instead of a $125 ticket, i have a $251 citation. I think they taxed that extra dollar at the end to mess with me. But thats not really the problem, the issue is i have to either mail the check to the court and they'll get back to me whenever they feel like it, and THEN i can get my license reinstated. or i have to drive to a place called mecklenburg North Carolina and pay it in person. I may not be driving until thanksgiving if this is the case. Moral of the story: pay your tickets, especially when out of state.

Katy Perry Remix

***May not be suitable for minors***

Check out my remix. And Of course i did the budget visuals for it. Hold your applause!

THE RNC (YEEEE HAAAAW)

I've been delinquent in my bloggery. I've been remiss in not commenting on how proud i am of "obiden" and the dnc. But what better time to write than the start of the RNC. Its old, its raggedy, its curmudgeonly, and its the rally for the retards and for whatever reason i'm gonna watch the majority of it. Already in the 1st two nights it lacks luster, but i guess the conventions have never been about excitement rather a platform to restate policies and agendas. But with Obama on the other side, and a woman with whom controversy follows, its become very entertaining. It is sort of a circus. Something the tabloids will get a hold of. Im sure Palin is gonna be on those crappy magazines you see at the grocery check-out lines for months to come. Needless to say, im voting for Obama. He's Black, i'm Black...thats good enough for me. But seriously, like a good friend of mine said to me on the phone the other day "you'd be crazy to not vote for Barck O if you want something better for this country." I agree. These folks giving their speeches at the RNC have this convoluted quote stating its not about the party its about the country. I thought thats what it was always supposed to be about.
The Repubs keep bringing up "keeping the country safe" and 9/11 no doubt was the catalyst for it all; putting fear in the heart of your enemies is a good tactic on most levels....So lets look at this thing objectively, no one fears McCain, i mean, look at him. And if he is no longer able to perform his presidential duties (smart money is betting on it) Palin will have her finger on the button? Word? You tell me what "our" enemies will think then. Not a good look. But for the next two days let the idiocy continue.

Not Broadcasting Coloreds

1st off let me state that i'm a fan of michael phelps and think what he did was amazing and we probably wont see anything like it ever again, hopefully...The news media is having way too much fun with the story. Phelps this, Phelps that, look at michael phelps mom and sisters. Its the kind of sensationalizing I would love if i had any prior interest in these people. But see the thing is the united states is only interested in such athletes every four years, and only if the 42 year old soccer mom would approve. I'd hate to think its a racial thing.
NBC did a few segments on his mom preceding his races and it quickly turned into over kill. Then came Dara Torres and Misty May-Treanor and a bunch of other stories that all superceded any track events. They let you know well ahead of time that they were showing Dara Torres at 10:37 PM and Michael Phelps was 7 minutes after that. That left me sitting there for 3 plus hours wondering when the hell are they going to show the 100 meter final? I'd like to get on with my life. I guess theres no intrigue in the 100 meters anymore since we're all on that stuff. Or is there no intrigue becuase usian bolt isnt a figure that white americans can embrace? I'm sure that's part of the equation. All i know is beach volleyball, while mildly entertaining, should never under any circumstance get more air time than track and field. And Michael Phelps mom doesn't deserve more camera time than David Oliver or Lauryn Williams.

Thank You For Smoking!

Why do people smoke? I've been trying to figure this out for the past 2 weeks. Weed, crack, blacks, black and milds, i hates it all! I go to the club and catch the back draft of a smoker or i'll talk to a girl and she'll decide to light one up mid-conversation, it aint nothin nice. I've had the experience of smoking back in the earlier years and it was work. I felt a lil sick, i smelled like trash. Not a good look. For those who have never smoked a cigarette, try it, see how it is. You'll see that it must have taken an incredible amount of tolerating such an unpleasantry for an extended period of time to become a person who "needs" a smoke. On second thought, bravo for the commitment! Bravo...

A Bolt Past the World Record

I tried my best to come up with one of those corny headlines sports writers always use, i think i did pretty good. Usian Bolt broke the world record saturday night and beat tyson gay in the process. Tyson Gay being the world champion in the 100 and 200 in 2007...Thats pretty big if you ask me. It is likely that running against Tyson will scare you into running faster but he probably was going to break it soon anyway. The best part of it was, it was on national TV in NY city where people who dont really care about track (92.4% of americans) could actually see it or at least hear about it. Congrats to the Bolt.
NOW...The worst part of it is, it was on national TV in NYC where every track cynic can see or hear about it. It wasnt just people who dont follow the sport, it was people who are knee deep in it too that started the negativity. Being that its an olympic year they decide they want more track to come through your television set and with that ESPN is showing Golden League meetings in europe and where ever else. So the day after Bolt broke the record the Istaf meeting in Berlin came on ESPN2. They also ran the 100, but the winning time was "only" a 10.07 by my man Nesta Carter. So dwight stones gets on the mic and says "thats his all time best time...not really impressive after what we saw in NY last night...usain bolt, what a star hes going to be." My opinion is that track is suffering in the states and dwight stones, who covers pretty much all major track events, shouldn't be shooting other athletes down like that if we're trying to get people interested in it again. Way to go Stones!
#2. I turn on Pardon the Interruption yesterday to see if they'd talk about it and sure enough they did. I was thinking man, this is great, track is getting some media attention. They finally get to talking about it and the 1st thing they say is they dont think its a legitimate record. Stating that either the timing was off or that he's on some magic pills. I mean, why it gotta be all that? I guess you're just damned if you do in track. The 1st thing you think when anyone does and thing remarkable is that they're on that stuff. I sure hope he isnt, but im not gonna bedowngrade the man for running that fast. I hope he breaks it again...actually i hope asafa breaks it. Im out...