Happy Birthday to myself.
And of course, as always, I hope each and every one of you lives forever.
*Of course I began writing this Monday, I finally finished it today. Busy week with bday dinners, the school athletic banquet and a job interview I had to prepare for Wednesday morning, but everything went well and I'm all caught up, so back to the blog. I wish you a wonderful Thursday and again, I hope that your Monday was as great as mine was.
Business Time.
The NBA Finals kick off tomorrow evening from South Beach, Miami. Which seems appropriate considering this season's title hype got a kickstart a few months early, compliments of South Beach's own Superfriends last July. So here we are a year later and we're still talking about LBJ, DWade and, on occasion, Bosh. Kudos to the Heat for playing under this immense spotlight all season long and living up to and nearly achieving the hype - they set for themselves. (Only 6 championship to go!) All kidding aside, the Eastern conference champs deserve to be here and have looked like the leagues most dominant team throughout this years playoffs. First they exorcised their playoff demons in an emotional semi final series with Celtics, and for an encore they totally dismantled the leagues top regular season team, MVP of the league and the 2011 Coach of the Year. Peanuts.
That said. Go Dallas.
(Ed's update) Game one went much like a rerun of the Heat's latest games. The Heat battled to hang around for 3 and a half quarters and then gave the ball to Lebron James for the final 6 minutes and let him take over. Execution at the end of games is the difference between winning and losing tight ones and at the moment no one is executing quite like Lebron. What a luxury that must be for Coach Spoelstra to have the team huddle up with 5 minutes to go in a 1 point game and simply have to say, "Lebron gets a touch on every trip from here on out.". The Mavs showed themselves to be a worthy adversary throughout the the rest of the game, and Dirk's shooting percentages suggest that he'll be back to making the majority of his shots come game 2 this evening, so it's too early to rule them out - as long as they have Dirk, they have a puncher's chance. For the first 3 quarters of game 1, the Mavs stretched the floor on O and consistently knocked down jumpers to stay in the game. Unlike the Bulls, when the Mavs superstar isn't on, the Mavs have other scorers that can pick up the slack. I don't think this series is over just yet, but someone has to find a way to contain Lebron James in the closing minutes of a game. The Mavs are just the latest team to face that challenge, and if they don't figure it out quick - well... there will be nothing left to figure out for 2011.
Heat in 6
The Summer-ith Count-ith Down-ith
Great weather so far this week, hit a bucket of balls Monday night and looking forward to getting out for another round this weekend. The days are undoubtedly longer and warmer and that's what we're looking for - string em together and let's call it a summer!
 |
| Bikinis are totally in this summer. |
23. LFO - Summer Girls - "Summertime girls are the kind I like, I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike."
22. 'Devil May Care' Attitudes - I donno about you but I'm just a little more relaxed in the summer. To say I don't give a what, might be a bit strong, but I'm certainly not concerned with too much.
21. Mussels - Dump about 5 lbs of fresh PEI mussels into a cauldron of beer or wine and let em steam open.M ix a little garlic butter together and you have one of summer's most delicious seafood treats.
20. RCHP - Far as I'm concerned summer means Red Hot Chili Peppers. I donno whether it's their year round summer Cali vibes or what, but cruise to them in the whip, stick em in your ear buds at the beach while the waves roll, or play them in the background at a party. The Peppers are definitely a major sound of my summer. Aside - Is it too much to ask for a new album though? Stadium Arcadium was a double disc, but that was years ago. Heard rumours of a 2011 album, hope they're true. 19. Beer - It's my third but it's a reallllly big list folks, ya work up a thirst, ya know.
18. The song "Summertime" - Originally recorded by Billie Holiday, this rendition by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald does the epic Jazz tune justice.
Okie Dokie. So I'm 26 years young today (Monday). Birthdays are all about getting, er, I mean, giving. Yes, giving. I will admit that in my lifetime I've been given so much. Beyond material gifts, trinkets, bobbles and cards I've received over the past 26 years, I've also been granted lots of life lessons, accrued advantageous advice, as well as a little bit of "finding out the hard way". I feel it's time to take what I've learned and give something back - with that said, as part of today's blog, this being my birthday edition, I'm gonna share some of the lessons I've learned that have stuck with me over the years. Let's count em' down.
26. Miss Vickie taught me the Golden Rule - it pretty much still applies the same way, though in keeping with the times, shouldn't it be the Platinum Rule by now?
25. University taught me, it's better to sing off key, than not sing at all. Same thing applies to dancing. Move. Shake. Sing.
24. Edmond taught me that hard work beats talent. How bout, talent that works hard - sky's the limit. (Should that saying be updated as welll - Heat's the limit?)
23. Life has taught me that Charades, Volleyball, - four things that people think are lame - are actually a shit load of fun.
22. Nutbrown taught me that "Fully Prepared" is an underrated state of being.
21. Jay Z taught me "money ain't a thang", Student Loans Canada disagreed.
20. Cali Swag District taught me how to dougie. RIP
19. Gord taught me to treat everyone I meet with respect, you never know who you'll meet - and/or when and where you'll meet again.
18. Mrs. A taught me to be careful of the words I choose, it's hard to unsay things and even more difficult to unwrite them.
17. Mike T taught me that sometimes you gotta swim with the sharks.
16. The economy taught me to spend all of my loot before it isn't worth anything anymore. Was that the lesson?
15. Campbell taught me to start with 2 straight shots, everything tastes delightful from there. Funny how that never made as much sense the following morning.
14. Mr. A taught me that I can't control everything - just my attitude it the way I respond to everything.
13. Shawn Kemp taught me that condoms are cheaper than children.
12. High School taught me that gossip is the most powerful force in the universe.
11. Coaching taught me that all things are difficult before they are easy.
10. The internet taught me everything.
09. Heath taught me not to take life so serious. RIP.
08. Australian's taught me that Canadian's do have an accent. Take advantage of that.
07. McLaughlin taught me to fess up when I mess up, and to tell the truth - for it's surely the easiest thing to remember.
06. Dave Allison taught me that not all lessons are taught in the classroom.
05. My body taught me that stretching is always worth the time.
04. Dan taught me "...why the fuck wouldn't I try hard?!." So I go hard.
03. Richard taught me it's ok for people to like different things and have different interests, otherwise I'd never get a ticket to anything.
02.The GTB taught me that no matter how absurd something sounds, or is - it can always get a little nuttier - just the way I like it. Screamin'.
01. My mother taught me to be independent because she's only going to continue to bail me out ... for one more year. Every year. Thanks for that.
I know I've probably omitted countless other examples of lessons and tips I received over the years and for that I apologize. Rest assured that without all of the lessons and experiences I've encountered so far I would not be the person I am today - for better or worse ha. Thank you all for your kind wishes on my 'name day' (as they say in "Game of Thrones") and for all the brilliant nuggets of wisdom you've passed my way over the years!
Here is a leak of the new single off of Kid Cudi's new upcoming album titled "Wizard Rock", not getting great reviews to this point. What do you think?
P.
Enjoy the rest of a great week folks!
No comments:
Post a Comment