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time for a change...

suffocatingly tired

sorry for being m.i.a. but im creatively dying over here in vancouver. been working at value village as a production slave and utterly scaring my body for life to pay my bills that i've accumulated the past year. by the time i get back to good ol' M to the TL i should be even steven and broke as a joke. been racking my brain as to how i'll stretch my money for a piece of creative mind, where i'd love to squeeze in a weekend trip to new york or ottawa/toronto, splurge on a portable internetsss machine, and refresh my ego with some winter gear all for the new school year. my money is such a stress that i havent done anything particularly special since i've been down here. i've done 3 uniquely me things:

1. i spontaneously rode my cousin' girly beach cruiser around the hood out of boredom and me-time for an entire evening.


2. i walked robson for a day and watched transformers 2 like the loneliest wolf ever.


3. and i've eaten in total, 9 ube ice cream bubble teas to date.



living life to its fullest,
joseph james.

nhl playoffs: round 3

once again, my predictions have fell short. the bruins happen to lose to the cardiac canes, the pens did edge out the caps (sadly), no surprise the red wings won their series, and my blackhawks looked good beating out vancouver. hm, 3 out of 4, thought it was worse than that. anyhow, here's my analysis of the current round.

EAST FINALS
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: if ya didn't already know, i don't like sidney crosby. he's a frign robot. but he is proving to me that he can score buckets. i don't like the Pens, and i like eric staal, but i think the canes will fall short here against a supposed 'talented' penguins team. i still think its a conspiracy...

WEST FINALS
Detroit Red Wings vs. Chicago Blackhawks: damn straight i got the blackhawks back on this one. if they do take this series, it'll happen behind their power play. they rank first in the playoffs in powerplay successes, and detroit have been struggling in killing em... so i got blackhawks! if detroit wins, it's another cup for them. neither pitt nor the canes can take detroit.

so in conclusion... go BLACKHAWKS!

natalie portman

FAIL.

rashida jones is officially my girlfriend slash fiancee.

remember 2006?

goodbye nhl 09

with my ps3 sold, i will miss NHL 09. my retirement is in the works, and i have played my last online game today. and i won. hehehe. i've ranked as high as 600-something, but could never consistently hang there. my average rank is around 1400. here are my glorious stats, plus my sexy avatar courtesy of easports.com.

406-153-53
glitch-free wins!

i will miss the hate mail the most, but i wont miss the glitchers (who account for more than half my losses...)

SOLDE!!!

for reasons that may argue my clinical retardation...

blackhawks win!

anybody see the game 6 of canucks vs. blackhawks? sickest games i've ever seen. 11 goals between the teams. a hat trick by patrick kane. cheerleaders and skates. and a blackhawks series finale win! go blackhawks! all the way baby!

star...

... wars >> star trek.

I miss...

Galvatron.


"attack who?" -cyclonus
LOL

cool ass name, ruthless, insane and... weird. hehehe

NGGHHHAAAAAAAA!!!
LOL oh mercy. all day...

Hatton-Pacquiao

5 things. short and sweet. 2nd round tko.


1. manny pacquiao, you're a saint and i truly do love you.


2. this fight was both truly religious, the most satisfying, and the most scary to me.


3. freddie roach is a genius. he won this fight, manny was in no offense, his precise tool.


4. please, please God, please make sure no cheating was involved. juice-free record.

5. fuck mayweather jr. fuck him. see you next winter. superfight: pacquiao-mayweather.

6. bonus: my house still smells like burnt pig.




God bless this frign guy.

Bulls vs. Celtics

i've caught zero games of the nba playoffs, but history is being made and im missing it. last year, it was classic with the celtics vs. lakers in the finals. this year, it's da Bulls vs. Celtics. major. no joke, major war. derrick rose vs. rajon rondo. ben gordon vs. ray allen. paul pierce vs. joakim noah. OVERTIMES GALORE, buzzer beaters, scuffles, lead changes, back-to-back treys, rose petals, 30+/40+/50+ point games, etc. DISGUSTING. all i've seen are the highlights. but here's the recap courtesy nba.com.

game 1


game 2


game 3


game 4

notice shake 0:42. dirty.

game 5


game 6


game 7, tonight at 8pm.

CHICAGO

... is the hottest city right now.


da BLACKHAWKS.


da BULLS.

nhl playoffs: round 2

with the habs out, i figured my attention will be drawn to the basketball playoffs, which is always solid entertainment. but i think im turning into a genuine hockey fan as this year' playoffs is shaping to be hardcore. even though my record for the first round fell hella short, i hope round 2 will be more cooperative.

EAST
Boston Bruins (1) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (4): cardiac canes upset my predicted eastern conference champs New Jersey Devils, but im sure the Bruins got this one, having won the first game. i got em representing the east, now. they're bad-asssss.


i make plays vs. i make memories
Washington Capitals (2) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (3): superfight! Crosby vs. Ovechkin! the face of hockey and Canada's sweetheart vs. the high scoring Russian sensation. the hockey purist vs. the hockey fan. this is a crazy matchup. im a ovechkin fan, never really liked crosby much. and ovechkin said it best in a recent interview,

"[Crosby]'s a superstar... Me? I'm just like you guys."
Damn straight, he's the people's champ! and i love that he's all run n' gun! and he hits! my heart is with the Caps, but Pitt'll take this one exploiting the Caps green goalie. but hell, i'll be cheering hard for the Caps.

WEST
Detroit Red Wings (1) vs. Anaheim Mighty Ducks (4): this one is a wildcard. with Anaheim upsetting the heavily favored Sharks, who knows what they'll do to the consistent Wings. i got the Wings in 7! but i'll be cheering for the Ducks.

Vancouver Canucks (2) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (3): oh yea baby! blackhawks all the way! they're the most exciting team to watch these playoffs. they're frign fast. though i don't know if they can win all the west, i know they can take the Canucks. they lost the first, but they'll tighten up, hopefully steal the next one and win both games at home. i think this'll go 6 games.

but in the end, when it really comes down to the wire... GO HABS GO!

yea yea yea wow

wired just reported marvel comics have begun streaming cartoons, particularly the single greatest cartoon show X-MEN (circa 1993). but beyond that, they'll stream the following...

the opening sequence posing is how i chill in my pj's at night...

let's go blackhawks!

dear carey price

i would like to apologize on the behalf of the city of montreal and its fans. tonight, our team the canadiens were swept from the playoffs by a strong and deserving boston bruins team. i whole heartedly, with the utmost compassion and respect, support you. most importantly, i just want you to know you are not to blame and did not deserve the treatment you had received tonight. this series has brought out the worst in this city, and i hope very much you don't take it to heart. you are a talented and exciting goalie, with a long career ahead of you, full of success no doubt. in my opinion, you have brought so much excitement back to this hockey city, reminiscent of the patrick roy era. but i am sorry you had to be baptized in such a fiery arena. it is unfair that you are the focus of this failed year. i hope you had watched the conclusion of hockey night in canada, as ron maclean and co. analyzed the break down of this year's performance and attributed it to an internal conspiracy. im sure you have a better understanding of this, perhaps in a more personal level, and know things that the fans of the city do not, things that can affect a players performance. i would like to reiterate and emphasize that you're a great goalie, carey. you are not to blame. you have no quality defense system, you are only 20 years old, your gm is clueless, and you're playing for the single most hockey crazed city in the world. it's not your fault.

carey price, i believe in you.

i support carey price.

game 3

Montreal: 2 Boston: 4

dont lose hope! believe! believe!

do-or-die game 4, wednesday @ 7:00pm

if i had money...

you know how we laugh at our parents for wearing bell bottoms and platforms back in their day, it'll be the same when my kids will laugh at me when they see me with buckles on my sneakers... represent!

game 2

good job sergei...

i blame this loss on sergie kostitsyn. his slashing penalty opened the flood gates of bruin momentum. i hate his penalties. the game's blowout of a score is gainey's fault. made significant line changes and yet no game plan changes. habs have no answer for the bruins forechecking pressure. and gahdam, complete a passing sequence, fuck! watch mighty ducks 1 and practice passing with an egg!

3:22

soft hands.

p.s. good job carey. soooo impressed. halak time!