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“i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that i catch in my hair
like strong fingers like
all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what i said to myself
about myself
when i was sixteen and
twenty-six and thirty-six
even thirty-six but
i am running into a new year
and i beg what i love and
i leave to forgive me”By Lucille Clifton
- I've never done this before, but I would love to hear from my followers. Drop a few numbers in my ask box and I'll reply and answer them.
- 1) Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.
- 2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
- 3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.
- 4) What do you think about most?
- 5) Ever had a poem or song written about you?
- 6) Do you have any strange phobias?
- 7) What's your religion?
- 8) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?
- 9) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?
- 10) What was the last lie you told?
- 11) Do you believe in karma?
- 12) What does your URL mean?
- 13) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?
- 14) Who is your celebrity crush?
- 15) How do you vent your anger?
- 16) Do you have a collection of anything?
- 17) Are you happy with the person you've become?
- 18) What's a sound you hate; sound you love?
- 19) What's your biggest "what if"?
- 20) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
- 21) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.
- 22) Smell the air. What do you smell?
- 23) What's the worst place you have ever been to?
- 24) Most attractive singer/s of your opposite gender?
- 25) To you, what is the meaning of life?
- 26) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?
- 27) What was the last movie you saw?
- 28) What's the worst injury you've ever had?
- 29) Do you have any obsessions right now?
- 30) Ever had a rumor spread about you?
- 31) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?
- 32) What is your astrological sign?
- 33) What's the last thing you purchased?
- 34) Love or lust?
- 35) In a relationship?
- 36) How many relationships have you had?
- 37) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?
- 38) Where is your best friend?
- 39) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?
- 40) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?
- 41) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?
- 42) You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?
- 43) What's a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?
- 44) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?
- 45) How can I win your heart?
- 46) Can insanity bring on more creativity?
- 47) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?
- 48) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?
- 49) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "heart."
- 50) Basic question; what's your favorite color/colors?
- 51) What is your current desktop picture?
- 52) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?
- 53) What would be a question you'd be afraid to tell the truth on?
- 54) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what's even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?
- 55) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
- 56) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
- 57) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?
- 58) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
- 59) Ever been on a plane?
- 60) Give me your top 5 hottest celebrities.
To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don’t let it.
Ernest Hemingway (via toastothegoddess)What happens to Disney princesses after happily ever after.
This is amazing.
I can’t get over how amazing his timing is.
thank you for showing me this melissa
This is eleventy billion times better than all the straight-to-video “sequels” Disney puts out - and far more truthful. Also, God bless talent.
No Mulan or Tiana. Oh well, I don’t know when this was made. It’s still good, though.
I told myself suit and tie wouldn’t grow on me like sexy back eventually did but damnit it is. I mean the verses are complete garbage but the production is fantastic and the chorus is so damn catchy.
the whole album in a nutshell
Definitely. The music sounds good but doesn’t make me feel anything.
Philippa Rice’s comic Soppy can be bought here for £4
‘Cuddling on the sofa’ risograph prints can be bought here for £7
Follow Philippa Rice on Tumblr
OMG, I WANT THIS.
Not the comic, but the sharing space all cute in a relationship again and shit, OMG, YES!I need this comic. Because that’s me & my husband all the time.
The death of Google Reader reveals a problem of the modern Internet that many of us likely have in the back of our heads but are afraid to let surface: We are all participants in a user driven Internet, but we are still just the users, nothing more. No matter how much work we put in to optimize our online presences, our tools and our experiences, we are still at the mercy of big companies controlling the platforms we operate on. When they don’t like what’s happening, even if we do, they can make whatever call they want. And Wednesday night, Google made theirs.
Keep my name out yo mouth!
African American proverb said as a warning to a shit talker, ignoring this request may result in a beat down (via blackproverbs)- won't you celebrate with me
won’t you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my one hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.by Lucille Clifton
- what the mirror said
listen,
you a wonder.
you a city
of a woman.
you got a geography
of your own.
listen,
somebody need a map
to understand you.
somebody need directions
to move around you.
listen,
woman,
you not a noplace
anonymous
girl;
mister with his hands on you
he got his hands on
some
damn
body!
by Lucille Clifton (1936-2010)
won’t you celebrate with me
won’t you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my one hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.-Lucille Clifton
The moment I first read this poem, it literally saved my life.
#WomensHistoryMonth
Happy International Women’s Day to all the phenomenal women (that’s you!) in this world. Feel free to share this graphic on the timelines of the amazing women you know! ♥ -ann!
For no other reason than its sublime beauty: “Daydream” by cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima.
- “If you don’t like it baby, you don’t have a right to take it.”
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(No streaming audio available)39718 plays - smplymusic: Heaven For The Sinner is taken from Bonobo’s new album The North Borders which is available to pre-order now at http://bonobomusic.com https://www.facebook.com/bonoboofficial
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- Flying Lotus - All The Secrets
(No streaming audio available)3021 plays - “Many hearts, many lives have been touched when you realize That you are worthy, you’re the prize But you have to heal inside”
(No streaming audio available)0 plays - I don’t hate players, I don’t love the game I’m the shot clock, way above the game To be point blank with you motherf**k the game
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(No streaming audio available)0 plays - Joi - If & When This sounds like an old soul record. I like it a lot.
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Tweets
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: James Blake (14), Jai Paul (2) & http://t.co/61y90ujDzR (1) http://t.co/VbKzUZL5LA
- @GeeDee215 That's a shame. A mystifying shame.
- @xicacha For real. The playoffs are skressful.
- Damn. Valiant effort, Bulls. #bknvschi
- Crap. It didn't work. #bknvschi
- Hack-a-Blatche? #bknvschi
- @HebertofNH I'll help. Someone will have to collect bail money for us.
- @HebertofNH I know he won't. Some fans might want him to.
- Damn it, Boozer.
- @HebertofNH Just wanted to put that out there before ppl start tweeting that Rondo should do it.
- Hope I put enough qualifiers in that last tweet.
- No matter how tempting it is, none of the elite PGs now injure should take whatever MWP and Lee might have taken in order to play earlier.
- @Mikey_NBA Agreed. Hell be a target for DEN's 'cheap shots'.
- Hump stays getting clowned by #ShortyPointGuards. #bknvschi
- Does Coach Jackson really want to risk further injury to David Lee? He is making Lee play against the 'dirty' Denver Nuggets! /sarcasm
- @xicacha True. The most mediocre team that money could buy.
- @pielettes Bull-tics would grind out the Heat or try to infect them.
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Posts
- Mar 01, 13It’s been a minute since I’ve done a music post. I haven’t stopped listening to music. It’s just that most of the stuff I’ve been listening to is music that people have moved on from already. I’m a slow listener, I guess. I like to sit with certain albums and voices and sip them. I want to savor music like a good cup of tea.Here’s what I’ve been sipping on lately:The Blue Note label on the cover and the slow tempo of most songs may intimidate many listeners. That’s a shame. But lovers of live instrumentation should enjoy this album. Like most Jose James’ records, the artist runs the gamut of soul, r&b, dance, and jazz music. Of all his albums, No Beginning, No End is the closest James gets to straight-ahead jazz. Close but not quite; just as he begins to give something resembling modern day jazz, James swerves into the Fela – inspired groove of “Sword + Gun”. He does it again with the pairing of “Vanguard” and the folk-soul of “Come to My Door”. The jazz isn’t found as much in the music but more in Jose’s voice and his vocal arrangements, in his phrasing. Listen to the way he sings, “LAY DOWN your sword and gun.” Tell me that isn’t James using his voice in the same way as Miles used his trumpet.It’s wild how polarizing a figure James Blake has become among music fans. The people that love his sound really love it. Those that hate his music also hate him and everything he represents. There probably is too much hype surrounding him, though. It’s funny to me because on the surface, the guy doesn’t look like the kind of person to cause such extreme feelings either way.The voice and the mood he creates on songs like ‘Retrograde’ can make you look at things differently. Personally, Blake had me questioning my life and my rating on the Kinsey scale for a few minutes, but especially when his voice lowers on, “We’re alone now.” He could probably mumble the alphabet on this track and I might not care. When he hits that long ‘Whoo’ around 2:30, I’m throwing up my hands and giving into the song. And getting ready to play it again. Damn, this song is good.Basically does what it says on the tin. Some of your favorite Foreign Exchange songs get re-mixed, re-imagined and extended until they feel almost new. FE explores several styles of dance music as backdrops for the deep cuts in their catalog.The new album from Norwegian band Beady Belle displays its mastery of several styles of musical as well as impressive lyricism. You’ll hear inflections of gospel in “Saved” then moody electronica in “My Name on the World.” The entire album uses Zadie Smith’s novel, “White Teeth” as source material and musically retells the story in a brilliant way. This album is inventive, solid and rewards repeated listens.So after all that, what are YOU listening to now?
Filed under: music - Jan 29, 13
My basketball team
has decided to suckis in a bad place right now, so I’ve been listening to
more BBC Radio and fewer NBA podcasts. Just in time, too, for BBC 4Extra
has started airing series four of Cabin Pressure. CP is a radio comedy
written by John Finnemore. The show centers around the crew of MJN, a
charter airdot, not airline.As of this writing, three episodes have aired. “Timbuktu” is the first. It’s another
Birling Day episode. Fans of the show will know what I’m talking about. But
for those who don’t, these episodes feature MJN’s best client, Mr. Birling,
boards the plane, making ridiculous requests that demean the crew members.
They do it willingly because he’s generally a great tipper. I usually hate
Birling Day episodes because the character is a jerk and I hate watching -
or in this case, hearing – people give into bullies like Birling. At least
it’s done and out of the way.“Uskerty” is the second episode and it finds the crew in Ireland. Carolyn,
MJN’s benevolent owner, wants to buy a sheep for her ‘man that she knows’
(not boyfriend) who hates sheep. This is where we start getting to the meat
as far as what the future might hold for MJN and the crew. Carolyn tells
Martin that MJN has been on borrowed time and is destined to fold soon. She
wants him to apply for other pilot jobs while he can still call himself
employed. Could this be the final series of Cabin Pressure?“Vaduz” is the third episode and it’s my favorite so far. The appearance of
Anthony Stewart-Head as Herc Shipwright may have a lot to do with this.
“Vaduz” looks at the relationship between Carolyn and Herc and Martin
explores some romantic prospects as well.The characters are moving on with their lives this series. I’m looking
forward to seeing where they end up by episode six.Have you been listening to Cabin Pressure? If so, what do you think of
series four so far?
Filed under: fandom, media - Jan 26, 13
Sometimes I read posts on my F-list and I don’t know how to respond to
them. But I don’t want my blogging buddies to think that I’m ignoring their
journals, while posting to mine. Maybe sites like LJ/DW needs a +1 feature like they
have on WP and Google Plus? I don’t know.The updates to Tumblr and BBC Radio are taking me a while to get to used
to. I’d love it if BBC Radio allowed you to put some of your favorite shows
or episodes into a sort of queue or playlist so you could play several
things continuously. Right now, I have to open up several tabs in my
browser in order to listen to multiple shows. Of course that can get
unwieldy quite quickly. With Tumblr, posting/re-blogging is quicker and you
have a better idea what the post will look like on your blog. But the
updated features break a lot of the functionality in Missing E, a popular
Tumblr extension that makes the site better. Plus, none of the updates are
working in Safari (at least they weren’t working for me last night when I
tried it).I’m still waiting on that Twitter archive feature. Also, TweetDeck is the
definition of suck right now. I want to quit it but it has features that
the web site doesn’t have (e.g. ReTweets with comments, organizing by
columns, scheduled tweets, etc.).Speaking of social networks, there’s a lot of them. Maybe too many, and I
seem to end up joining most of them. Until I can curb this strange urge I
have to stake my claim (and my username) on every site, I need to find a
way to manage them. I need a way to update all my networks at once. I
thought Ping was the answer but they folded Hoot Suite bought
the service and did nothing with it. Then I moved on to Posterous because
you could post by email and it would send the content to all your sites.
Posterous used to send my posts to Tumblr but then they stopped playing
nice with each other because they’re basically competitors. Twitter
recently bought them. When apps or services get bought by bigger companies
like Google or Twitter, they lie fallow for a long while, with no updates
or customer service. It’s every blogger for themselves at that point, the
developers are out partying and counting their money, I guess. I don’t know
how to connect anything to Google Plus, and I would love to have my posts
there automatically update to Twitter and LJ. What I’m trying to say is if
any of you lovely people know of a service that sends your content to every
other social network, please let me know. (Especially if it’s free!)Not related to the above but I’m now a Spotify junkie as well! I’m
dustdaughter on there if you use it and want to add me!This ended up longer than I meant it to be. That happens when I get started
on a topic that I care about.So, how has technology been treating you lately?
Filed under: Geekery, media, tech - Jan 18, 13
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I like Twitter, I do. I might even be hooked on it a little bit. Something about the immediacy of it – how fast messages are sent and received, is thrilling in the same way that email used to be. I’ve ‘met’ people that I now call friends on Twitter (just like I’d done years ago on LJ). For an introvert like me to actually make meaningful connections on a website is a big deal. But I can see how all the things that make Twitter addictive can easily burn you out on the site and other similar services. Like other forms of social media, people kind of ruin it with their demands and expectations.Twitter is a super-fast medium and it can tax those of us who like to think before tweeting. Depending on how many accounts you ‘follow’, there can be hundreds of links, photos, ideas that are all asking for your consideration.
Sometimes folks forget that every person uses the Internet in different ways. People use different applications to access social media on their computers, smart phones, and tablets. And they customize those apps in their own special, idiosyncratic ways. Sometimes messages get missed because of it. The way that folks react when their messages get no response can put an introvert off social media in a heartbeat.
That’s why it helps to set boundaries before plunging into social media. One person that I follow added a link to their Twitter profile that explains how they use the site. Going into detail in a blog post about who you will or won’t follow, and how you respond to messages goes a long way toward curbing any excesses from those less patient and more demanding social media members.
Filed under: blogging, media - Oct 01, 12
Sorry I’ve neglected this space for so long. I haven’t had much to say that wasn’t basketball-related. But now Doctor Who is back and Fringe is back. NBA is coming back soon. There will be lots of stuff to write and rant about.
I’ve started a new podcast with a fellow basketball fan. It’s called, C’s Up!, and it’s a podcast about my favorite team, the Boston Celtics. If this sounds interesting to you, check out the show at csuppodcast.podomatic.com. Feedback is appreciated and accepted at twitter.com/csuppodcast. DustCast hasn’t ‘podfaded’ completely. Let’s say it’s on hiatus for the time being. If you have any ideas about that show, let me know in the comments or on Twitter (@dustdaughter).
Filed under: Uncategorized - Jul 09, 12
(Photo: From L to R: Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, wearing each other’s jerseys.)
Well, I knew that Danny Ainge was going to f*** up something this offseason. But apparently, he didn’t even wait that long. It looks like Ainge made his biggest mistakes during the regular season. All of the players in the Boston Celtics’ Big Four (Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo) were involved in trade rumors this season. But only Allen was actually traded to the Memphis Grizzlies (for a minute, though, the deal fell through). So after enduring that and a demotion to the bench, Ray had enough. He chose Miami.
The press will make a big deal about Allen not getting along with some of his teammates. I don’t think that alone is a big enough reason to make you leave a job where you’ve had a lot of success. I’d rather not even know about it, frankly. I don’t want to know any personal stuff about athletes and artists anymore. I just want to appreciate their work. The more gossip and rumor I hear/read detracts from the great things they do on the job. It makes them seem petty and depressingly human.That said, Ray Allen bided his time to send Ainge, Rivers, and the Celtics organization, the biggest F*** You in recent sports memory. Hope it felt good, dude. I suspect he’ll regret it halfway through the year when he’s falling asleep during Coach Spoelstra’s ‘motivational speeches’. Mario Chalmers might piss Allen off more than Rondo ever did. And he still won’t get the ball in his favorite spots, ’cause Chalmers doesn’t know them. Because Mario Chalmers is not a point guard. And his new buddies, LeBron and Dwyane have other responsibilities on the court. Plus, he’s coming off the bench, just like he would be in Boston, for less money.*
In the end, Ray Allen is a free agent that decided he wanted to do something different with the last few years of his basketball career. He had every right to do so. I just think Allen left a team that’s poised to do something special in Boston. Too bad, he won’t be a part of it.
*The only thing I’m worried about is that Allen can give the Heat a lot of inside intelligence on Boston’s plays. He’s like Hawkeye in the first half of The Avengers. Allen probably has cheat codes on Rondo, Pierce and Garnett and he’s pissed off enough to share them with Miami. Doc’s going to have to get real creative this upcoming season, even more creative than when he was drawing up plays to get Ray open.
Filed under: Sports - Jul 09, 12
If Ray leaves, fine. So long and thanks for all the threes.—
Didi Jenning (@dustdaughter) July 06, 2012
Filed under: Sports, twitter updates - Jul 06, 12
Ok, here’s the situation: It’s the NBA offseason. The League’s just entered free agency, a period where players who have fulfilled their contracts with one team are free to make new deals with new ball clubs, if they choose. There’s been a lot of wheeling and dealing already and more rumors than one person can keep track of without going insane. I’m mainly interested in whatever Danny Ainge (GM of my beloved Boston Celtics) is doing to bolster his team. I’m also following the fortunes of the Chicago Bulls and the Oklahoma City Thunder, but not as intently as Boston.*
Ainge and head coach, Glenn “Doc” Rivers, want to bring the band back together in Boston. I want this, too. Yes, some of the band members are old in basketball terms but they had great chemistry on the court. I think that with a better, deeper bench and fewer injuries this same team can go as far or farther than they did last season. There’s just one hitch.
Ray Allen (a.k.a. Jesus Shuttlesworth, future HOF shooting guard, and 3-pt record holder) might sign with the Miami Heat, the Dark Overlords of the NBA. He’s currently torn between going to Miami or staying in Boston. He’ll probably have a bench role on either squad (although he’d be a starter for a while in Boston while Avery Bradley recovers from double-shoulder surgery). Boston can pay him more money and allow him to continue the routines that have contributed to his legendary career. But there have been reports that Allen still wants to be a starter, even though he’s 36 years old and a liability on defense. Other reports say that he doesn’t get along with some of his Celtics teammates anymore.
See, I don’t want to think about any of that. So I’m turning my attention to some potentially hilarious story lines that might develop from earlier trades/free agency moves.
- The Bryant-Nash backcourt. - Steve Nash has joined the LA Lakers as part of a sign and trade with the Phoenix Suns. Kobe and Steve = Lots of LOL’s. Last season the Lakers traded Derek Fisher (age 37) for a younger, faster point guard in Ramon Sessions. They didn’t want to get eliminated in the second round of the playoffs like they had the year before. What happened? They got eliminated in the second round of the playoffs again. Oh, by the way, Steve Nash will be 39 in February. Also, Kobe was a terribly inefficient scorer this past season, sometimes needing to take 30 shots to score 40 points. That’s not going to happen with Steve Nash running the point. Either Kobe improves his shot selection/efficiency or he stops getting the rock. OMG, I can’t wait to see Kobe lose his sh*t the first time Steve Nash cuts him off. I can’t wait to see the look on Andrew Bynum’s face when this happens. How will Mike Brown react? I know he benched Bynum and even Kobe for a game or two last season but I’m pretty sure he’s not benching 2-time MVP, Steve Nash. Finally, as great as Nash is offensively, he just flat out doesn’t play defense. That’s not going to get much better at age 38 with a bad back. He’s going to get torched by the younger guards in the League. In the West, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, and Tony Parker will thoroughly embarrass him. In the East, there’s Rajon Rondo, Deron Williams and Derrick Rose (once he recovers from his ACL injury). The 2012-2013 Lakers will be fun to watch and (if you’re me) mock.
- WTF is up in Dallas? - When owner Mark Cuban decided not to match offers for center Tyson Chandler and point guard J.J. Barea, that was the first clue Maverick fans had that this would be one of the worst title defenses in recent memory. After a lackluster regular season, The Mavs were swept in the first round of the playoffs by The OKC Thunder. In free agency, they’ve recently let combo guard Jason Terry go to the Boston Celtics (welcome, JET!) and let point guard Jason Kidd try to make sense of the dysfunction that is the New York Knicks. Right now, it looks like Dirk Nowitski will be running up and down the floor with Shawn Marion and a bunch of scrubs. That’s if Cuban doesn’t have him traded, too. Dirk might welcome that. Okay, um, there’s more sad than funny in this story, sorry.
- Fire Sale in the ATL - New GM Bryan Ferry had a busy first week on the job. First, he unloaded the albatross that was Joe Johnson $100 million plus contract on the Brooklyn Nets and got nearly everyone on the Nets’ roster NOT named Deron Williams. He also traded Marvin Williams to the Utah Jazz. The Hawks still have Josh Smith and Al Horford for the time being, so they won’t be as bad as the Charlotte Bobcats (and the ‘Cats won’t even be as bad as they were last season, not with MKG) but they probably won’t be that 50-something win team that never gets past the second round of the playoffs either. The Hawks traded their mediocrity to the Nets for a chance to 1) clear cap space and get Dwight Howard or 2) rebuild in the draft.
*Last season, I followed three teams: The Chicago Bulls, The Boston Celtics, and The Oklahoma City Thunder. Each team managed to break my heart in different ways. I might narrow this list down to one or two teams when this regular season starts.
Filed under: Sports - Jun 11, 12
I have so many feelings about this year’s NBA playoffs, especially now that my Celtics are out of the running. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t think that they were a championship team, not after losing so many players like Jeff Green and Chris Wilcox in the regular season, then Avery Bradley in the second round of the playoffs. In fact, as early as the All-Star break, I was questioning my sanity in rooting for a team that was below .500. How far could this or any team go in the postseason with a bench featuring Keyon Dooling, Ryan Hollins and Brandon ‘Fumble the Pass’ Bass? (The answer is pretty damn far, if Doc Rivers is your coach.)
Still, I’m mourning my team and feeling some indifference toward the two NBA Finalists. Outside of James Harden‘s general awesomeness and KD’s beautiful jump shot, I have zero interest in this NBA Finals. Looking at most of these matchups makes me yawn. I’m sure analysts and sports writers will have a fun time dissecting the Durant and James match up but I don’t care. I’m a point guard fan and the best one left just went on an extended fishing trip in Massachusetts. Am I supposed to get pumped up for Westbrook vs. Chalmers ‘point guard’ matchup after watching a Maestro? Are you f*cking kidding me? The bitter chick in me wants to start a drinking game with Westbrook’s turnovers and low field goal percentage, then initiate a Mario Chalmers assist watch (as in, surprise, he made one!). I still may do that on Twitter, haters be dammed.
Or, instead of indulging in negativity, I could start working on a new Celtics dream roster. God and Danny Ainge willing, the 2012-2013 Boston Celtics won’t look very much like the team that just lost the Eastern Conference Finals. Sure, the skinny guy from Kentucky will be back (as well as the relentless on-ball defender from Texas), but he’ll be surrounded by scoring threats that can run with him on the fast break instead of trailing behind. And most importantly, the big guys will rebound. Ryan Hollins will be sent to Charlotte or New Orleans, and someone who knows how to box out will take his place and actually do that s**t. Instead of standing in the lane watching their six-foot one point guard get offensive boards, they will reach up and give the team a second chance to score. If you think I’m going to belabor this point you’re right. Because it pisses me the f**k off to watch this happen in games. It’s like Hollins forgets that he’s seven feet tall when he steps on the court. Amnesty him, please. Get someone like Kenneth Faried who gives you tons of energy and boards.
Bitter Tweeting or Dream Teaming: I’ll be doing one of the two while you enjoy the NBA Finals between the OKC Thunder and the Miami Heat. I hope the Thunder sweep the Heat but D-Wade might clobber a point guard before that can happen. He does that when he’s frustrated. Wrap up your elbows, Westbrook!
Filed under: Sports - Apr 27, 12
You may not know this about me, but I tend to immerse myself in new interests. In this case, this year, I was all about Fantasy Basketball. (I finished 8th, BTW. Never had a chance.)
After joining a fantasy league for the first time, I listened to sports podcasts, did a lot of research to learn more about the fantasy game. After the NBA playoffs last season, I was impressed with three teams: the Chicago Bulls, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Boston Celtics. Hey, what can I say? Everybody loves an underdog and the Boston Celtics are mine. It might sound weird to consider the most successful franchise in professional basketball (17 rings to the Lakers’ 16), but the Celtics started the season out of shape, out of sync and with an average age that ranks with the Spurs and Mavs as the oldest in the NBA.They were 0 and 3 to start the season. They went into the All-Star Break two games under .500. Their star point guard (sort of like a basketball QB) got suspended two games without pay for throwing a ball at a ref. (A move I didn’t think about at the time because the officiating in that game was TERRIBLE. But on second thought, it really hurt the team to lose their best player.)After the ASB, somebody flipped a switch in Boston. They went on a tear, winning 15-5, then 17-7, against playoff teams.They beat Miami – the team that everyone has already crowned as the 2012 NBA Champions – twice: once in Boston and again ten days later in South Beach. For a minute ESPN was considering them dark horse contenders for the title.But that’s not why I like this team, although it’s awesome that I get to watch them play in the postseason again. This team’s chemistry is off the charts, the coach (Glenn ‘Doc’ Rivers) is a top class motivator and tactician (Fuck what Bill Simmons says.*) That’s more than I can say for a lot of teams in either the Eastern or Western Conference. I really wish they’d rebound more (or at all) but I’ll be cheering them on nonetheless. I hope they go far in the playoffs and shut up all the pundits and analysts who were writing their obituary during the first games of the season.*I kinda hate Bill Simmons. He makes Celtics fans look like fickle idiots with his whole ‘Blow the Team Up!’ ‘Trade Rondo’ BS. He’s also written some borderline racist things in his columns about basketball players and their intellectual capacity. I could go on a full-fledged rant about sports media and the condescending, dismissive way they treat their subjects – the majority of whom are Black – but that’s a TL;DR for another day.
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