You can see my house at the top right near the mountain. Look harder. It's there.
So now that we have 15 championships it's definitely time to look ahead to our next two. Preferably, we'll get numbers 16 and 17 in the next two years and tie the Celtics for most all-time. Hopefully, we also beat the Celtics for the titles because that would be the greatest feeling ever. I would love for us to beat the crap out of those boston-clam chowder eating bostonians to tie them. But hey, who knows what'll happen in the next few months with free agency happening and Phil Jackson debating whether to fulfill his last year on his contract or not.
In football, Brett Favre confirmed that he's considering returning with the Vikings in an interview with Joe Buck. I used to like Brett, I really did. I thought that he was great and what he had done and continued to do was amazing. However, his constant threats about retiring and then returning to the game have really put a dent in my perception of him. He toyed around with the Packers last season and signed with the Jets and then retired in a tearful goodbye (which he had done the season before). Now he wants to come back to the Vikings in a story that seems more like a soap opera than a tale worthy for the NFL Hall of Fame. He's become a diva on par with Paris Hilton - a celebrity who'll do anything for attention regardless of the hit to their legacy.
Tears? Oh, I just got some... dirt in my eyes.
In football, Brett Favre confirmed that he's considering returning with the Vikings in an interview with Joe Buck. I used to like Brett, I really did. I thought that he was great and what he had done and continued to do was amazing. However, his constant threats about retiring and then returning to the game have really put a dent in my perception of him. He toyed around with the Packers last season and signed with the Jets and then retired in a tearful goodbye (which he had done the season before). Now he wants to come back to the Vikings in a story that seems more like a soap opera than a tale worthy for the NFL Hall of Fame. He's become a diva on par with Paris Hilton - a celebrity who'll do anything for attention regardless of the hit to their legacy.
Tears? Oh, I just got some... dirt in my eyes.
In golf, the U.S. Open begins this week. One of the four majors and the hardest out of all them, this years Open promises to be another special one. Tiger is once again the favorite which is amazing considering that just a year ago he had knee surgery because the torque he produced with his swing had essentially destroyed his leg. Crazy. Oh, he's also the defending champion. Oh yeah, the last time the Open was played at this years host course (Bethpage Black in NY) in 2002, Tiger won. However, his arch-rival and #2 golfer in the world (behind Tiger of course), Phil Mickelson will also be playing. Once known for never winning a major and always a crowd favorite, Phil has won three majors since '02 and will again come into the Open as the OVERWHELMING crowd favorite due to the fact that he almost gave up this season in order to spend time with his wife, who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, they caught the cancer in its early stage. Phil's been quoted as saying that he's always wanted to win the Open (who wouldn't? It's only America's championship and has an un-rivaled history) and has come in 2nd on multiple occasions. It should be a riveting weekend.
A walk in the park? No. More like the TOUGHEST COURSE IN THE WORLD.
A walk in the park? No. More like the TOUGHEST COURSE IN THE WORLD.
Some quick hits... - Kentucky guard and top-scorer Jodie Meeks has decided to stay in the NBA draft instead of returning to school. With big-man Patrick Patterson returning to school to play for another year, I thought that this team was a sure-fire Final Four pick with the that tandem. However, Kentucky has some damn good recruits coming in who should help fill the void that Meeks is leaving.
- Italy defeated us, the U.S.A., 3-1 at the Confederations Cup in South Africa. The tournament is a tune-up for the World Cup next year. While the score looks horrible, I thought that we actually played really well considering that we were a man down for 53 minutes. In fact, we were up 1-0 until the Italians managed to exploit the fact that they had an extra man and scored 3 unanswered goals. 2 of those goals happened due to questionable defending, so hopefully that'll be fixed. Next up for us are the Brazilians on Thursday.
- Lache Seastrunk, the #1 running back in the nation from Temple, TX has Baylor at the top of his list. Wow. I would be speechless if we managed to land him.
- So I went to my friend Annie's graduation on Sunday. It started at 8AM. I had to wake up at 6 in order to get ready for it and get there on time with my friend Randy. It was outside, which was nice except for the fact that the sun was in the crowd's face the whole time. They also had some student speaker who started off his speech with "How are you feeling CLASS OF '09?!?!" which felt pretty high school-ish. Overall, it was a nice graduation and a fun time (although this can also be attributed to the fact that Randy and I began drinking immediately afterwards while waiting to be seated for brunch).
- I've been running lately. It's a pretty good workout. Well, I haven't really been running. It's not like I'm running 2 miles a day or something. I haven't gotten to that point yet. I run 800 meters and then walk. And then run 800 meters again. I'll slowly build that up over the summer.
- I love the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I've spent the past few days watching every episode and have come to the conclusion that I want to live that life. Sorta. I want my bar to at least be successful. If you have a chance, go watch an episode on Hulu and tell me what I already know: how great it is.
- Remember in my last post how I was saying that I was annoyed by that Ketel One ad? Well, GUESS WHAT! I'm not the only one who hates Ketel One ads. Check these out...
Confrontational.
Subtle.
And my personal favortie...
- Italy defeated us, the U.S.A., 3-1 at the Confederations Cup in South Africa. The tournament is a tune-up for the World Cup next year. While the score looks horrible, I thought that we actually played really well considering that we were a man down for 53 minutes. In fact, we were up 1-0 until the Italians managed to exploit the fact that they had an extra man and scored 3 unanswered goals. 2 of those goals happened due to questionable defending, so hopefully that'll be fixed. Next up for us are the Brazilians on Thursday.
- Lache Seastrunk, the #1 running back in the nation from Temple, TX has Baylor at the top of his list. Wow. I would be speechless if we managed to land him.
- So I went to my friend Annie's graduation on Sunday. It started at 8AM. I had to wake up at 6 in order to get ready for it and get there on time with my friend Randy. It was outside, which was nice except for the fact that the sun was in the crowd's face the whole time. They also had some student speaker who started off his speech with "How are you feeling CLASS OF '09?!?!" which felt pretty high school-ish. Overall, it was a nice graduation and a fun time (although this can also be attributed to the fact that Randy and I began drinking immediately afterwards while waiting to be seated for brunch).
- I've been running lately. It's a pretty good workout. Well, I haven't really been running. It's not like I'm running 2 miles a day or something. I haven't gotten to that point yet. I run 800 meters and then walk. And then run 800 meters again. I'll slowly build that up over the summer.
- I love the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I've spent the past few days watching every episode and have come to the conclusion that I want to live that life. Sorta. I want my bar to at least be successful. If you have a chance, go watch an episode on Hulu and tell me what I already know: how great it is.
- Remember in my last post how I was saying that I was annoyed by that Ketel One ad? Well, GUESS WHAT! I'm not the only one who hates Ketel One ads. Check these out...
This one is just a little dirty...
Confrontational.
Subtle.
And my personal favortie...
80 days until the Wake Forest game.
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