It just makes sense

Seeing that John Madden has had a trouser-ripping boner for Brett Favre for the past 15 years, it’s only fitting that after the man retires he pays homage and puts him on the cover of Madden ‘09.

I am far from a Favre hater, in fact I am quite the opposite, but I do find this a bit suspect.  I’m wondering if this is a way to break the Madden curse, or to keep the curse alive any suspicion of a Favre comeback to rest. 

 

Geeked

This poster just got me that much more psyched for this movie.  Everything about it is perfect, making this hands down my most anticipated movie of this summer.

Get that dirt off your shoulder

Cool, calm and collective.

The Mclovin’ Fund

Hillarious!

Websites that I like

These are a few of my favorites outside the usual (myspace, youtube, nba/nfl/mbl.com. espn etc.)

The Drudge Report: Although conservative, they cover everything in the political and current event world, leaving no stone unturned. I read this daily.

The New York Times: Need I say more?

With Leather: Hillarious sports blog about the idiots in sports.

Ball Hype: Links to every cool story/video in the wide world of sports.

Bill Simmons: One of my favorite writers for ESPN. His column is always worth reading.

Hype Beast: Fresh streetwear/sneaker blog

High Snobiety: See Hypebeast

Nike Talk: If you are able to get past all of the douche bags, it can be informative . I usually check for the release dates of whatever shoes I want and then bounce.

Digital Gravel: Great online store.

KarmaLoop: See DG.

Pick Your Shoes: Every shoe that you would ever want resides here. They’re pricey though.

Hip Hop Game: The most recent interviews, songs and stories in the world of hip-hop.

Stuff White People Like: Hillarious!

The Fail Blog: See “Stuff White People Like.”

Perez Hilton: Sure he’s a douche, but celebrity gossip and fuck-ups are a guilty pleasure of mine.

What Would Tyler Durden Do? Basically a better, more satirical version of Perez.

Film Drunk: Film news, insight and opinions brought to you by the same people who write With Leather and WWTDD.

Nintendo 8: Every Nintendo game known to man. I just beat Contra for the first time since I was a kid. (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, a, b, start)

Facts of Life: Fuck you Cody.

City Weekly: I’m not a huge fan of their writers or opinions, but they do keep me up to date on the haps of SLC.

IMDB: Everything about movies. Everything.

College Humor: Immaturity at it’s finest

Ebaums World: See College Humor. I really am 6 at heart

If any of you have sites that may relate to these, and aid in me wasting me free time, I urge you to participate and share.

I now have stomach cramps…

From laughing so hard.

Formidable! Do you hear that Boston!

Zach Randolph might be the laziest player of all time, and one of the dumbest. Just watch his Cribs episode.

Math 1060: hip hop and statistics

i’m not a business man… i’m a business, man!!!

Jay-Z proved once again why he’s my idol. Read about it here. Not only he the best rapper but he is one of the savviest businessmen that the world has ever seen (from Marcy to Madison Square). After reading Facts blog I found out that in a recent study of Manhattan businessmen, Jay is the richest – over Bloomberg and Trump! That’s insane if that’s the truth.

Jay is on his way to being the first billionaire rapper (and he could do it before his 40th birthday) and his new deal is just going to help with that. What’s even more insane is that he signed with the same company- Live Nation- as Madonna and u2, except for even more money (30 mil more than Madge)!

Thank you 2007

Because of sheer laziness I did not write up my annual “yearly wrap up”, however after this weekends trip to BlockBuster, I realized just how many good movies were made in 2007. For the first times in several years there was movie after movie that I was standing in line for at the theater. For a skeptic like myself that doesn’t happen very often. So thank you 2007 for making some incredible movies and restoring my faith in Hollywood.

The list

Another fantastic weekend in the books.

Signed, sealed, delivered and in the books. Another fantastic weekend has come and gone.

Friday: Watched the second half of the Jazz/Suns game to my delight. The Jazz came back and scored 41 points in the fourth quarter and sealed their best road win of the year (yes better and more meaningful than the OT Denver game).

After that, the night only got better when I went to the movies with the fiance (my favorite thing to do ever) and saw Into The Wild, which was hands down one of the top 5 movies I have seen in the last few years. Emile Hirsch gives a phenomenal performance in a story about self discovery through nature instead of conforming to the norms of society. Not only was his performance stellar, but the cinematography was breathtaking, and proved once again just how beautiful America is from coast to coast. Very few movies actually move me, but I have no problem admitting that this one did just that. Leaving me to the conclusions that I need to travel more and read the book. It’s a shame this movie was so slept on.

Saturday: Slept in and woke up to my first flag football practice of the year. I’m excited and am anticipating a stellar season. We’ve made some key additions to the team, namely athleticism and speed which I guarantee will make my team a bigger threat than we were last year. This was a better practice than we had all of last year, and it was only our first one. Things can only go up.

Next came homework, which always sucks but it was completed in record time.

Afterwards I came home and watched another fantastic film with BA- Gone Baby Gone. Facts already blessed us with a review, so I won’t bother typing one, but you can read his here. We share the same sentiments. I will provide you with Casey Affleck’s (who’s becoming one of my favorite actors) monologue- which I found brilliant.

Cheese, if you ever disrespect her again like that, I’m gonna pull your fuckin’ card, okay? So you’re saying you didn’t do it, fine. We’ll take your money, and we’ll be on our way. When it turns out you’re lying, I’m gonna spend every nickel of that money to fuck you up. I’m gonna bribe cops to go after you, I’m gonna pay guys to go after your weak fuckin’ crew, and I’m gonna tell all the guys I know that you’re a C.I. and a rat, and I know a lot of people. And after that, you’re gonna wish you listened to me, ’cause your shitty pool hall crime syndicate headquarters is gonna get raided, and your doped-up bitches are gonna get sent back to Laos, and this fuckin’ retard right here is gonna be testifying against you for a reduced sentence, while you’re gettin’ cornholed in your cell by a gang of crackers. ‘Cause from what I’ve heard, the guys that get sent up Concord for killing kids, life’s a motherfucker.

After the flick, I flipped on my television to my enjoyment to see the Jazz score 77 points in the first half, all while taking a 23 point lead against the arch-rival Denver Nuggets. My boys ended up laying a 27 point beat down on the Nugs, while silencing all doubters. The Jazz sealed their best back-to-back games of the season, and have all but put a lock on the NW Division. If this keeps up I see them sealing the #3 spot in the playoffs with at least a 1st round home court advantage.

Next came the ultimate debauchery. After the game (and waiting for my friends for an hour and a half at the Huka) we met up Lumpy’s for ultimate drunken tomfoolery. Followed by an epic trip to Dee’s. The night can all be summed up by this one photo.

It was this idiocy that led to a couple asking if we were “foreigners”. LO mother fucking L.

Sunday: Slept until noon (thanks daylight savings), Nap and hungover homework. Fuck.

All together another solid weekend that only contributes to the good luck streak that I have been having lately. Please crown me the king of the weekend warriors.