GONE

Well, it’s hot today, not a scorcher – humid. I’m supposed to play tennis this afternoon, something I’m excited to do. Plus I get to play the teacher role. She could be sick though, just feeding me game before she shocks me with the Venus/Serena Williams tennis game. We’ll see… Physical activity of a different kind, more anticipation, more sweat.

Boo – MY-ami lost, you know – Miami. Shaq cant talk too much shizzzz now. I participated in an interesting debate on the morning ride into work. I listen talk radio for the first 30 minutes of my drive, AM 1250 ESPN. The debate focused on the NBA Finals. What scenario would you rather watch:

A) 2 teams, great skill, good defense but NO STAR PLAYERS (Jordan, bird, le bron)
B) 2 teams with the least skill but STAR PLAYERS

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As an “fan”, I’d like to see 2 quality teams vs 2 teams with mediocre players and 1, maybe 2 stand-out player. Most of the callers (including myself) were for 2 great teams with no ‘ball hogs’. 2% of the callers wanted key players, stars. Why, because they said the game isn’t interesting with normal players, stars make the game what it is. They also said they’d rather see a high scoring game, with piss ass defense and shitty point scoring (unless Kobe grabs the ROC). What do you think? What team set would you vote for? Basically, I feel the answer will come from the televised ratings of the NBA Finals. Thoughts?

I know all of you peeps aren’t sports fans and truthfully, neither am I. I watch the sports I play. Therefore, I can easily watch tennis, golf, soccer and basketball. I find that I’m easily able to relate to what decisions/shots/plays happen. I don’t watch football; maybe if the hometown team plays. With that said, I don’t watch sports that I don’t play. Make sense? I’m weird like that though.

I watched a crazy movie last night, it was on FX. After some googling, I found that the movie is called “Oil Storm”. I’m trying to let the damn webpage load but it’s slow – fucking java and your fancy applets. Basically, a few natural catastrophes have severed our oil pipeline and stock. America is in chaos, desperately seeking alternatives and help in our time of need (is that really the right term, how about LAZINESS). Now, please understand I’m almost asleep at this point; the movie is 45 minutes into the story. The last thing I recall was Saudi Arabia sending over 600 barrels of oil. The “president” at the time said that SA would send over 600 barrels a month, not the case. I fell asleep!
Before I fell asleep I recall some oddities happening in the movie. For one, the Prez lowered the NATIONS speed limit to 50. He forbids anyone to drive after 9pm unless it was an emergency – except the Police (figures).

The reason I’m posting this banter about “Oil Storm” is that it made me think about our use of natural resources, specifically oil and our dependency on it. I’m saying, I drive 2 hours daily to/from work. I’ve seen gas go from $1.90 to $2.18 a gallon. Fuckers! I should’ve bought that Hybrid, too bad Ayla caught my eye.

I came into work on a mission to find something to read about alternative ethanol resources and it’s process. Here’s what I found: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/wo/wo_060705jaffe.asp?p=2

I would’ve put up more but I’ve been fairly busy, productive and appreciated.

Mental note: watch the season finale of The Shield tonight @ 10pm

Until tomorrow.