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JJ

Tryin' to make a dollar out of what makes sense.

About Me

"This Chinaman is not the issue! I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line you do not, uh -- and also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature . . . Asian-American, please."
-- Walter

NOW PRESENTING, OUR FEATURE ATTRACTION
The blinding lights hovering above high school stadiums, the cameras clattering from the sidelines and the chaotic action inside the chalked lines ...
It's what a lot of folks in the Central Valley live for.
Welcome to your Friday Night Feature Attraction.
The cast of characters vary from Friday to Friday. It stars coaches, players, cheerleaders, mascots, ballboys, waterboys, P.A. announcers, media and fans.
Everyone plays their part to create the magic that is high school football, and we hope to do ours as we continue to build on our recent string of award-winning football previews.
In 2005, former Manteca Bulletin sports editor James Burns, with help from talented artists Andy Duong and Elvin Dantes, gave our annual special section a comic-book twist.
Last year, the Bulletin joined forces with its sister papers, the Oakdale Leader and the Ceres Courier, that also cover the Valley Oak League.
With Ceres High returning to the VOL after a decade-long stint in the Central California and Modesto Metro conferences, along with the arrival of crosstown rival Central Valley High, our cover theme for the Courier centered around the changing landscape of the league.
The Leader's rendition played off of Oakdale High's million-dollar facelift of "The Coral" and the rebuilding of a football dynasty.
The Bulletin's cover featured representatives from each of the Manteca area teams, as they hopped onto a school bus for a special ride on "Glory Road."
Our current theme was contrived by Ceres Courier sports reporter Dale Butler. Once the words, "feature attraction," left his mouth, ideas were born.
And from that point on, many members of our staff left their fingerprints on what you see here today. It's a cliché I hear too often, but in this case it truly was a team effort.
Jagada Chambers, the Leader's sports reporter, and Butler took the time out of their busy schedules to contribute, as did Bulletin education beat reporter Jason Campbell. Bulletin sports reporter Brandon Petersen did a lot of the heavy lifting and helped me come up with our movie poster theme.
The rest was brought to life by the Bulletin's talented artists, from the photographic wizardry of Hime Romero and the graphics genius of Sherry Roberts.
And putting all the little puzzle pieces together was Bulletin chief paginator Patricia Alvarado, who has been a part of our special-section crew since the beginning.
That is our team, and we hope to make your Friday nights and Saturday mornings that much more enjoyable.
So find the lights, bring your cameras and be a part of the action.
Your Friday Night Feature Attraction will be played at stadiums near you.
-- J.J. I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!

My Interests

I AM: A Father. A Son. Sometimes the Holy Spirit. Sports fan. Sports junkie. Sports addict. Sports whore. Sports journalist. Broke because I'm a sports journalist. Hungry. Tired. Moody. The fattest 150-pounder ever.LOVES: Mi amor, Sarah. Daughters Aidan Jade (6) and Aria Lin (4). Oakland A's. Golden State Warriors. San Francisco 49ers. Food. Sleep. Being pissed off. Long walks on the beach.HATES: Everything and everyone else. Being broke. All professional baseball, basketball and football teams save for the aforementioned. Being too broke to eat food. Not being able to sleep. Getting pissed on. Having to walk when I don't need to, especially on the beach.Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

I'd like to meet:

Already met her. Sorry boys, err, I mean ....

Music:

Jurassic 5, Hieroglyphics (especially Del), Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Outkast, Dilated Peoples, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Obie Trice, Supernatural, MC Juice, Biggie, Pac, Sage Francis, Jin The Emcee, KRS One, Outkast, Living Legends, Immortal Technique, Digital Underground, D'Angelo, Motion Man, Apathy, Eyedea, Alicia Keys, Boys II Men, ABC, BBD.....

Movies:

Star Wars, Big Lebowski, Hero, Kill Bill Vols. 1 and 2, Goodfellas, Equilibrium, 40-year-old Virgin, Fight Club, Platoon, Tombstone, The Untouchables, Anything Kevin Smith (yes, even Jersey Girl), The Sand Lot, Braveheart, The Last Samurai, Debbie Does (enter random city here) and, of course, The Little Mermaid. There are shitloads more that I either can't think of right now... width="425" height="350" ..

Television:

Two in the house, and one behind the passenger-side head-rest of my pimped out 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier. Don't get jealous, ya heard?

Books:

One to swat flies with, another to balance out the legs of our crooked dinner table and the rest to make me look smarter than I really am.

Heroes:

Religious heroes: God, Yahweh, Jehovah, Jesus Christ, Craig Christ, Allah, Muhammad, Buddah, Zen, Zoroaster, Krishna, Gilgamesh, Thor, Nike, Zeus, fire, the sun, The Force.Real people I consider heroes: Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid series, Yoda from the Holy Trilogy, Mickey from Rocky, Morpheus from Matrix, Splinter from TMNT, The Dude from The Big Lebowski, Homer J. Simpson, Peter Griffin, Al Bundy and whomever Enrique Iglesias, Tina Turner and Mariah Carey were singing about.NOT HEROES: Terrell Owens, Jar Jar Binks, Brigham Young* and George Dubya Bush.*BY's great descendant Steve gets a pass. Not all Mormons are bad people.

My Blog

2007 Manteca Bulletin football preview cover

NOW PRESENTING, OURFEATURE ATTRACTIONThe blinding lights hovering above high school stadiums, the camerasclattering from the sidelines and the chaotic action inside thechalked lines ...It's what a lot...
Posted by JJ on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:07:00 PST

My 28th birthday

So my 28th birthday past Sunday, and I do thank my REAL friends who wished me a happy one. To the ones who didn't, I really don't give two shits that you either didn't know, didn't remember, didn't ca...
Posted by JJ on Wed, 30 May 2007 01:36:00 PST

Ode to REAL Warrior fans

    There I slouched on the couch Thursday night, beat down from an earlier-than-usual work day combined with the mental, emotional and physical stress I put on myself while willing the...
Posted by JJ on Sat, 05 May 2007 01:58:00 PST

3rd Ripon Pro-Am: Round 2 results

3rd Ripon Pro-Am Invitational Classic Tournament brought to you by ValtrexJack Tone Golf Course, front nine (Par 31). Conditions: sunny and warm.Round 1 results (March 30, 2007)Jagada "Chocolate Blund...
Posted by JJ on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:01:00 PST

3rd Ripon Pro-Am: Round 1

3rd Ripon Pro-Am Invitational Classic Tournament brought to you by ValtrexJack Tone Golf Course, back nine (Par 31). Conditions: sunny and warm.Round 1 results (March 29, 2007)Jagada "Chocolate Blunde...
Posted by JJ on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:52:00 PST

And the 2nd Ripon Pro-Am winner is ....

2nd Ripon Pro-Am Invitational Classic Tournament brought to you by ValtrexJack Tone Golf Course, front nine (Par 31). Conditions: Sunny.Round 4 results (March 29, 2007)Jonamar "Richard Cranium" Jacint...
Posted by JJ on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:45:00 PST

2nd Ripon Pro-Am Results: Round 3

2nd Ripon Pro-Am Invitational Classic Tournament brought to you by ValtrexJack Tone Golf Course, front nine (Par 31). Conditions: sunny and somewhat windy.Round 3 results (March 28, 2007)Jonamar "Rich...
Posted by JJ on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:30:00 PST

2nd Ripon Pro-Am results: Round 2

2nd Ripon Pro-Am Invitational Classic Tournament brought to you by ValtrexJack Tone Golf Course, front nine (Par 31). Conditions: sunny and windy.Round 2 results (March 22, 2007)Brandon "Something" Pe...
Posted by JJ on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:54:00 PST

2nd Ripon Pro-Am: Round 1 results

2nd Ripon Pro-Am Invitational Classic Tournament brought to you by ValtrexJack Tone Golf Course, front nine (Par 31). Conditions: sunny and warm.Round 1 results (March 16, 2007)Brandon "Something" Pet...
Posted by JJ on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:35:00 PST

Ripon Pro-Am results: FINAL!

Tuesday, Feb. 27 at Jack Tone Golf CourseFront 9 (Par 31)JAGADA C +1 +2 +1 E E +1 +1 +2 +1 = +9 [40] (48+44+44+40 = 176)BRANDON +3 +1 +3 +1 +4 +1 +3 E + 3 = +19 [50] (46+44+44+50 = 184)JONAMAR +3 ...
Posted by JJ on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:27:00 PST