the day after yesterday

i couldn't think of an interesting title for this post, so i tried my wits out. hopefully you all continue to read on... a lot has happened since my last post. i took a long trip to costa rica with my brother, his roomate, and my cousin dave. if you are looking to go on a trip somewhere, i recommend costa rica. it was spectacular. the country's beautiful, the people are nice (and for the most part speak english), and everything is a lot cheaper than around here. i'm not going to make a costa rica post right now, but one will come in the future. my brother has pictures up, and his roomate, brian stirnweis, does too. my cousin also has pictures to put up. you can friend them and bother them with pokes and bumper sticker requests. they dont mind.

lets see, i saw forgetting sarah marshall again. im ranking it in my top 7 movies.

my fantasy baseball team dropped from 1st to 3rd. but, there still is good news for the day: my newest pickup, jay bruce, went 3-3 with 2 rbis 3 runs, and 1 sb (i think that's what it was). if you play fantasy baseball, check him out. i'm not too bought on kershaw yet. gagne went on the dl, but i picked up torres, his replacement. he's been doing superb. oh, i almost forgot. i picked up giambi yesterday, so i got his stats from today. he's been hot, so i'm trying to get him for a small period. i dropped mark reynolds, whose been as cold as frozen water... ice. i know i'm not funny.
top 3 baseball gods on my team for this post:
- chase utley
- magglio ordonez
- carlos quentin

i saw indiana jones. i wish i could tell you what i thought about it but i fell asleep about 5 minutes into it. i actually woke up for the last couple of minutes, but it didn't help. from what i saw, it looked kind of stupid. but that's just me.

the yankees choked tonight. kudos to latroy hawkins since he 1) blew the game for the yankees and 2) denied mariano of getting the win, which also denied me of a win in my fantasy baseball league. not cool.

game 7 - celtics vs. cavs: one of the best games i've ever seen. hands down.

thats about all i have for now. i have work at 7. sleep time.

must see movies coming out soon:
the strangers - 5/30
the promotion - 6/6
you dont mess with the zohan - 6/6... i chose this over the promotion, but it was tough. this movie could either be really good or really bad. i almost didn't even have this on my list, but you have to give adam sandler the chance.
the incredible hulk - 6/13
the happening - 6/13... i chose this over the incredible hulk. shyamalan or whatever his name is (the director) is a genius and he always makes weird, creepy films. this looks like it'll be as good as the best of 'em. you can always see the hulk whenever since you already know the ending (i hope they don't throw in a twist to make me look stupid) but you dont know this one. you dont want people talking about it and it being ruined for you. i'm sorry, i think i went too far with that argument.
get smart - 6/20... i chose this over the love guru because this looks like it could be as funny as spy hard, which was amazing. steve carell is hilarious, and the love guru just doesnt seem like it can make me laugh as much as this could.
wanted - 6/27... wall-e doesnt look like it's plot is anything worthwhile of spending money and devoting 2+ hours to. no offense though.
hancock - 7/2
midnight meat train - 7/11... this looks really crazy, twisted, and possibly stupid. what else could you want? i didnt see the first hell boy, so i felt like i couldn't vote for it. hellboy 2 looks pretty badass though.
the dark knight - 7/18... if you don't go, you will be erased from my mind.

that is all for right now. the first signoff didn't count i guess. good night to all.

steven

this is the r-rated trailer for step brothers. dont watch it if you are against potty mouth.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IuRHQTRlWVg

thanks to cuse for the video.

sammy symphony

here is the video from the 2008 airband. i will also include the link when i embed videos since the screen is kind of small.

whether it was a movie, tv show, or broadway musical that i was watching, this was one of the best performances i've ever seen. everyone put in so much time and effort, and it came out so amazing. we placed 3rd, which was a huge surprise since we weren't expecting to come close to placing. great job everyone.

sammy airband 2008. classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdS21RWVBYU

this will probably be my last post for a while. i'm going to costa rica for a week. if i can find a computer there, i'll give some updates. enjoy airband.

airband, the 8th wonder of the world

today, ladies and gentlemen, is airband. if you dont know what airband is, i'll give you a quick rundown. fraternities and sororities from the delaware campus create a 5 minute choreographed dance and perform it in the basketball stadium before thousands (i think it's thousands?) of students, parents, friends, whoever. it is, hands down, one of the funnest things to be a part of.

i have figured out how to embed videos in my posts, so here's the videos from the past 2 years. we won in 2006, and ended up finishing 2nd in 2007. we should have won, but we got robbed. enough about that though.

good luck to all you airbanders today. once the video from this airband goes up, i'll post it.

2006

2007

Something to Think about before Tomorrow’s Primaries - by Jon Pessah

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05022008/watch.html

What Happened to Disney? - by Blake Holl

What happened to Disney?

Maybe it’s not the best title, but you’ll see where I’m coming from in moments. I’ve been listening to a lot of Disney songs recently, compliments of Fiore’s list. Whatever happened to all of the Disney classics we grew up with? Classics like The Lion King, Hercules, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Aladdin, 101 Dalmatians and so on. Why has society moved away from these timeless wonders?

Little do you find these days, an animated movie that can be put in the same sentence as any old classic by that crazy guy Walt Disney. I’ve watched tons of movies, but animated movies are a personal favorite of mine. As much as I enjoy some of the new movies, I personally think others are pure garbage. It’s ridiculous.

Look at some of the animated movies over the past few years. When all is said and done, their main purpose is to make the audience laugh. They are animated comedies. I don’t want to offend anyone, but I need to get something off my chest. Some of these movies are just pathetic. Barnyard, Open Season, Over the Hedge, Madagascar? Come on now. Especially Ice Age 2 – what a let down compared to Ice Age 1’s greatness. Their main purpose was comedy to the younger audiences and to the family as a whole. Objective failed, mission lost, killed in action, all those sayings apply here.

I can sit down at anytime and watch movies like Prince of Egypt, Fox and Hound, and Bambi, just to name a few. I’ll laugh, love, and absolutely enjoy them. I mean, if there’s a newer animated movie on (such as Barnyard, Open Season), I’ll probably watch it reluctantly. I, however, will not go into my room, look for the DVD (which I don’t even have) and decide to spend my time watching it.

Movies like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story, The Lion King, etc. (I’m sure you can fill in the rest seeing as we’re hopefully on the same brain wave) were movies whose purpose was to bring you, the kid, excitement, fantasy, and a world unlike any other. They were the foundation for what Disney was, playing to all your childhood dreams. This is why they are still so good now, and maybe even better as we got older. We can understand these movies now on a whole different level. As a kid, you don't really absorb the movie for what it is, and what it stands for. When your older, you have the ability to look at something and see it as it truly is. These movies have such deep meaning, and countless life lessons, not to mention they make you laugh. What more can you ask for?

Some of the recent animated movies have done a great job of trying to emulate the lost Disney quality. Such movies are: Finding Nemo and Ice Age (both about a journey in search of one’s family), Shrek, Monsters Inc., Antz, The Incredibles, and Brother Bear. Obviously, there are more out there. I’m not saying that every movie should be similar to Pocahontas and other classic Disney films. I’m just saying they should not become extinct.

As I see this movement towards comedic animated films, I’m scared for the industry. The next movie to come out of Disney-Pixar is Wall-E, which comes out June 27. It’s really tough to say what this movie can bring. Based on what Pixar has produced in the past, I feel it has the potential to be a great movie. It's also hard to say what the dialogue will be. The preview shows a few things, but not a lot. The animations/graphics look like they're going to be really cool and spectacular. You’ll probably catch yourself saying wow a few times during the movie.

Will this movie be the savior for Disney? Or will it just be another disappointment? We’ll just have to wait and find out.




here is the response video to "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" by Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/25/jimmy-kimmel-im-fkin_n_88240.html
thanks to cuse for the video

Jay-z backs up Lebron - by Matthew Zander

By now, the feud between LeBron James and DeShawn Stevenson is common knowledge to most sports fans.

For those who don't know, Stevenson, a Washington Wizards guard, called the Cleveland Cavaliers forward James "overrated" before their teams met in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. To reiterate, that's Stevenson (who has a career average of 8.7 points per game, zero All-Star game appearances, and no Michael Jordan comparisons), calling out King James (with his career average of 27.3 points per game, two All-Star game MVP's and countless prognosticators predicting him to be Jordan's heir).

Well, LBJ shot back with a remark saying that he wouldn't even respond to Stevenson because that'd be like Jay-Z responding to Soulja Boy.

But here's where it gets good... Hov, who is a mentor and friend to the 23-year-old James, put out a Stevenson diss and had it played last week at Love, a club in D.C. That's Stevenson's home turf! Here’s his sickest line:


Who the fuck's overrated/If anything they underpaid him/Hatin' that's only gonna make him spend a night outta spite with the chick you been datin'


There's long been speculation that when Bron (who seems like a bona fide Roc Boy at this point) becomes a free agent in 2010, he'll sign with the New Jersey Nets, the squad partially owned by Jay. And if the Nets move to Brooklyn like many believe, that'll just cement it. Forget about Big, a combination of Jay-Z and LeBron James would really be Brooklyn's Finest.

Oh, and by the way – LeBron is averaging 30.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game and has the Cavs up 3 games to 2 in the best-of-7 series. Stevenson? 12.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists per run.

here's the song:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8oC8rtNqMc