Tuesday, February 19, 2008

jeep update

As of February 19th at 2pm the Jeep was up to 8,782 views.

10,000 approaches...any suggestions of how we should celebrate the celebrity jeep?

Saturday, February 16, 2008

oh happy days

The title defense has begun! Colorado Rockies pitchers and catchers reported for spring training today. In one more week the full squad reports.

Opening Day: March 31st in St. Louis.

From what I've heard, they have one of the best opening days around.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

rorrim kcalb

arcade fire is really out there. they put you in control of the music in their new video...

http://rorrimkcalb.com/arcadefire.html

Sunday, February 10, 2008

nerd fight!

So the Roger Clemens steroid fiasco has really gotten out of hand. Its turned into a total soap opera, I can't stand it anymore. Roger and his lawyers have taken a general approach of delivering public beatdowns of Brian McNamee to any camera they can find. So Brian shows up with these pictures of used steroid stuff from like 6 years ago that he said he saved just in case this exact situation should happen to come up. More public beatdowns by the Clemens team. Then Brian drops this little tid-bit of info. Not only did he inject Roger, but he stuck his wife a couple times in preparation for an SI photo shoot. More beatdowns.

Roger has also taken the approach of kissing some serious ass everywhere he goes in Washington. Its all about how he got to see the workings of the government and how great it was to meet our lawmakers.

And now a nerd fight has broken out. A little while back, Roger's attorney released this statistical report that claimed to explain his late career success. Well some researchers at University of Pennsylvania Wharton had a different opinion of the numbers. The nerd fight ensues.

Wednesday's public hearing should have a nice zoo like feel to it.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

february blues

It is currently 55 degrees, 94% humidity, and pouring rain in State College. What am I supposed with that?

Monday, February 4, 2008

court storming and game faces

By some miracle, Penn State upset then #7 Michigan State on Saturday night. I say miracle because Penn State hoops has been simply terrible since losing star player Geary Claxton. In the 5 games without Claxton leading up to Saturday, Penn State had broke 60 once, and twice were held under 50. Needless to say, not much was expected out of the Lions on Saturday. But I figured, what the hell, go see a top ten team play. You don't get that opportunity very often.

Well PSU proceeded to play out of their minds. They hit a bunch of threes, and made an unbelievable 51 trips to the charity stripe. Normally, they shoot around 60 percent. I read somewhere that they hit 16-20 in the last couple of minutes. PSU took 20 fewer shots and won by 9. It was a very crazy and exciting game. It became very obvious with about 5 minutes left that the student section was going to rush the court in the event of a victory. I've never been a fan of sitting in the student section for basketball games, so I was sitting closer to one of the ends. I've also never really been into storming the court. Again, I only had my camera, and this is the best picture that came out.



In other news, I just found out that Bob Knight just quit at Texas Tech, turning the program over to his son. One can only assume that this will be it for Coach Knight. Here is a top 10 Bob Knight soundbites. 'Game face' is my favorite.



One final note. After I watched the Bob Knight video, I checked out the Jeep video to see how it was doing. The Jeep has surpassed the 8000 views mark in its 10 months on YouTube. Once it hits 10,000 I'm thinking that some sort of celebration will be in order. So while you're here, check out the Jeep one more time.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

the band band of horses

So I guess I'll just start every time by apologizing for not posting anything in like a month. Quick recap: holiday break was nice. There aren't many people who rode more in 2 weeks than I did. I've felt pretty boxed in since I got back. And I miss throwing snowballs for Maggie's dog. But since I got back I haven't really done much but work.

Last week, however, I was able to score prime tix for Band of Horses. I wasn't too familiar with them, but their new album has been getting a lot of buzz. So I scooped up a copy of Cease to Begin, listened to it for about 2 straight weeks, and looked forward to the show. I should also note that I was able to score tickets in the balcony box. Oh yeah, and I should also note that I was in the very front corner. There was some debate if we might be able to spit on Band of Horses from where we sat. While there were no cameras allowed, I was able to snipe a few pics with my phone (yeah i have a phone with a camera now. its crazy!). The pics don't do justice to the seats.




And while you're at it, check out Band of Horses. They have a good sound that they are able to convey live, always a good sign.