Food:
I wonder what the grocery store does with all the cuts of meat they don't sell us. In Puerto Rico I would eat sooooo much meat. Beef for stew and soup meat and stuff like that. $2.49 a pound and what not. Chicken and pork and steak and whatever for reasonable prices. The only meat they sell here for under $4 a pound is in bulk. I ain't but one person, the fuck I'ma do with 9 pounds of chicken breasts? If I buy in bulk I can get it on sale for $1.99 a pound, but if I just wanna buy 3 chicken breasts they charge me $4.29 a pound. Fuck that. And where are all the non T-bone steaks? Cows weigh like 800 pounds, not all of that is gourmet cuts.
weddings and graduations in Michigan this weekend and maybe more. I'm supposed to be a nomad, but I've been one of those moss-gathering nomads as of late. Maybe I can mooch off uncles and cousins and stuff and parlay that into fully fledged nomadism. And I might return to my roots and visit my Canadian ancestral homeland. Who knows what adventures lie in store for me?
I saw an ad for the new Incredible Hulk movie. I was glad they are making another one to atone for Ang Lee's horrible film a few years back. Ed Norton is cool and I was looking forward to the Iron Man cameo that is rumored to be in new Hulk movie as well. Then in the commercial, the Hulk is a cartoon. WHAT!?!?!?! The Hulk is supposed to be Lou Ferrigno, not a cartoon. When Ang Lee made his into a cartoon that grew bigger or whatever, it ruined the whole movie. He was jumping across the grand canyon fighting his cartoon father or something stupid. I didn't even watch the whole thing. They should've cast Brock Lesner as Lou Ferrigno 'stead of making him a cartoon. How the new Ken Norton movie gonna make the same mistake as Ang Lee did?
Batman ain't a cartoon, Superman ain't a cartoon, Spiderman ain't a cartoon, Iron Man ain't a cartoon, and none of the X-Men are cartoons. Kelsey Grammer was Beast. If they can make Jim Carrey the Grinch and Kelsey Grammer Beast, they can certainly make Ed Norton the Hulk. Or even if you want to CGI it 100%, make it look like the new King Kong. The new King Kong was a gorilla, not a cartoon. He could express emotion his facial features and was awesome. If King Kong were a cartoon it would've been stupid. It's like the difference between the Harlem Globetrotters versing the robots on Gilligan's Island or Michael Jordan in Space Jam.
I'm watching the new Incredible Hulk on internet bootleg, not at the theater.
aren't you glad they didn't give the MVP to Chris Paul now? There is no shame in getting beat by the defending champion Spurs, especially in your first trip to the playoffs. Deron Williams got beat by the Lakers in 6, Chris Paul got beaten by the Spurs in 7. Still tied for best point guard from the rookie class of 2005.
MVP awards are given out based on performance during the regular season, but the playoffs is what determines a players' legacy. If you choke in the playoffs every year and can't get off the bench in the All-Star game, you are a bum. These last few seasons they've made some bad MVP decisions. 20 years from now people will look at the list and and say "who?" like drafting Kwame Brown or Michael Olowokandi with the #1 pick.
Aside from his Pistol Pete highlights, Steve Nash is closer to Mark Price than John Stockton (apparently there is some law that white basketball players can only be compared to other white basketball players. I don't understand why, but I can make my point within the confines of institutionalized racism). Steve Nash (who I refuse to acknowledge ever won 2 MVPs) once led his team as far as the conference finals. So did Mark Price. At least Mark Price lost to Michael Jordan every year (not every year, but the Bulls eliminated the Cavs 5 times from the mid-80s to the mid-90s). Steve Nash has lost to San Antonio 5 times. Tim Duncan is a hall of fame GOAT, but if Tony Parker runs circles around you and sends you home early every summer, you ain't no 2 time MVP. John Stockton was infinitely better than Steve Nash. Career leader in assists and steals, but no MVPs and no one was upset he never won any. Magic was better. John Stockton is prolly one of the top 5 point guards of all time, but he was never good enough to win an MVP or a championship.
Dirk "sham MVP" Nowitzki once made it all the way to the NBA Finals, but his career numbers look more like Kevin McHale's than Larry Bird's. Larry Bird's CAREER AVERAGES are better than Dirk's SEASON HIGHS. Dirk shoots more 3 pointers, but that's all you can give him. Dirk is good at shooting 3s. Best 7 foot 3 pointer shooter ever, but you don't win an MVP for that. Look at the Dirk v. Larry Bird v. Kevin McHale numbers again. If you are willing to end apartheid and want to compare Dirk to MVP forwards of other races who never won a championship, check out Kevin Garnett, Charles Barkely, and Karl Malone. Not even close.
Dirk shoots more 3s though. He is really really good at shooting 3s. LeBron James hasn't won any MVPs yet, but he is way better than Dirk too. Dirk was first team All NBA twice, but he has never been the best forward in the game. Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James are and have been the top 3. Dirk and Amare Stoudemire round out the top 5, with Melo, Chris Bosh, and Carlos Boozer nipping at their heels.
the NBA finally awarded the MVP to a player that deserved it. Let's hope they keep this up and don't give it to Hedo Turkoglu next season
Ain't bumping Turgenev 'cause Bazarov is my favorite character ever of any form of anything. The introduction of his mother is priceless and the ending are amazing. Moby Dick is the first book where I've repeatedly high fived inanimate objects though. Dude gives a shot out to both Samuel Johnson and Noah Webster. Offhanded references to more than is covered in an undergraduate education. I absolutely fail to comprehend how this book was unappreciated in its time. Damn shame he didn't get famous and release a large body of work.
Bangkok is full of ladyboys. 24 year old dude at the grocery store checkout just decided to show up at work wearing makeup like somebody's grandma going to church. See a whore walking down the street wearing a short skirt and chant to yourself "be a woman, be a woman, be a woman, be a woman" smiles at you , you smile back and they say something in a deep baritone. Suppose lipstick and eye shadow are like getting a piercing to us and getting a boob job is like a tattoo. Not to be disrespectful of the ancient Thai culture, but HAW HAW HAW HAW. Ladyboys are hilarious