Well happy Friday people. Yeah, I know, it's kinda late in the day, but hey I have been in a weird funk all day long.
***So do you ever notice that something strange and overly-obvious happens every time it's Friday and you ask someone how they are doing?
It's usually something like this: "Well it's Friday" or even "TGIF."
Ohh-kay. What the hell is "well it's Friday" supposed to mean? Thanks for telling me what day it is Captain Obvious. But I asked you how you were doing, not what day it was. Sometimes they will say "It's Friday so it can't be too bad right?" or something like that. I just don't get why the fact that it's Friday has to always be announced.
I have also noticed that people will do this same sort of thing when it's Monday or Wednesday. Ask someone how they're doing on a Monday, and you'll always get "Well, it's Monday." Try that same tactic on a Wednesday and it's always something to do with "Hump Day." Now I personally will declare "Hey you know what -- it's Hump Day today" at various random times throughout my day at work, because a) I think the word "hump" is hilariously funny anytime you say it and b) do you realize how funny the word "hump" is to say at random times?? You should try it sometime.
***A few sentences about music. Have you heard this new chick Ingrid Michaelson? I am probably way behind the rest of the class on this, but this chick can sing. And sing pretty damn good too. I will admit that there are only a few girls that I know in my personal life or that are on the radio that I consider good singers, and that I enjoy listening to. This Ingrid chick is now on that short list. And I am sure she is flattered to be reading that coming from my internationally-known kick ass blog.
***A few sentences about music. Have you heard this new chick Ingrid Michaelson? I am probably way behind the rest of the class on this, but this chick can sing. And sing pretty damn good too. I will admit that there are only a few girls that I know in my personal life or that are on the radio that I consider good singers, and that I enjoy listening to. This Ingrid chick is now on that short list. And I am sure she is flattered to be reading that coming from my internationally-known kick ass blog.
She has a new (maybe it's not new, I don't know) album called Boys and Girls, and although I don't own it, you can pick it up if you people feel so inclined. Hey if it's good, you have me to thank, and if it's not then you can't blame me. It's not like I pressured you into anything. But the coolest thing about this chick, for me, is that for a hippie-indie-coffee-music-type-music-making gal, she is strangely attractive. Maybe that is why I like her so much. So sue me.
***More on this HR baseball that America voted on this past month or so. I read online today that basketball player Gilbert Arenas wants to buy the ball from Mark Ecko to "save it" from being branded with a huge asterisk. Here are some bits of what he said.
"It's history. It's still history. I mean, the guy's a man before he's some big slugger...I mean, how you just going to take what this man's done for his career and ... say, 'Hey, you were accused of this. You allegedly did this. I want to take this away from you.'? I mean, what if we took away your Ecko company? I mean, why graffiti the ball?"
"I'll buy the ball from you Ecko for $800,000. If Barry Bonds is found guilty, I'll give it back to you. I'm not going to let you go around like some little superhero...I'll put it in my hall of fame. The Gilbert Hall of Fame for Athletes no matter what you did."
First of all, none of that made ANY sense. A man before a slugger? Uhh I don't follow? And secondly of all, why does he gotta call Mark Ecko a "little superhero" like that? Why does he have to belittle poor Mark Ecko? What's he got against the white man? I don't think he likes white people. Why does he gotta come down on the white man like that?? (yes this is me "playing the race card" or at least trying to)
And just so you know, his hall of fame sucks. And is fake too. And probably has the last blunt that Michael Vick smoked in it by now too. It's not real like my personal hall of fame. I mean, who cares if all it's got is a bunch of pics of Jenny McCarthy and Jessica Simpson, it's still a Hall of Fame dammit.
I am sick of professional athletes trying to sound like the "common man" or even better, "a logical person." They try this all the time and fail miserably. They are always sticking up for other pro athletes who get in trouble or maybe say something stupid. The problem is usually they will say something even stupider, as with Gilbert Arenas.
Case in point -- things that have been said about Michael Vick and what he did. It's a bunch of rubbish. Vick gets in trouble, and we have guys like Stephon Marbury and Jamie Foxx (who is a wannabe pro athlete by the way) actually defending dogfighting and telling us all why it is no big deal.
News flash -- pro athletes have NO sense of reality.
It's impossible for them to have a logical sense of how things in the real world work. Over ten million Americans voted to brand an asterisk and send it to the Hall of Fame. What is so wrong about that? A lot, if you believe Gilbert Arenas. It's all just silly. I think Arenas should just stick to playing basketball, and not worry about what happens to that ball.
***Lastly, people, if you haven't started watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, you're missing out. For reals, you gotta watch this show. Get DVR or something you old timer, and record it if you have to. The DVR thingy will do all the work for you. Isn't that just great? I'm tellin you, it's the friggin cat's pajamas. Seriously, the cat's PJs.
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