1.31.07

Wow.


Michael Beasley is a MAN. Going to throw this out there and wait to be persecuted for it:

He is a better pro-prospect than Kevin Durant was a year ago.

There. I said it.

And I know the NBA...

Remember, I'm the guy who picked the Heat to go to the NBA Finals...

Back to old habits...

Have I mentioned my recent temperature issues in my bedroom? Probably not, because it will probably eliminate any opportunity that someone would ever stay there with me---but that's not really happening anyway, so why not?

So here's the story:

It never gets cold in southern California, so we'd feel bad turning on the heat.

Not to mention the fact that our apartment is tiny, and with the TV, stove and lights running, the main room sits up around 72 degrees---which is too hot to trigger the heat anyway...

But for some reason, no heat transfers to our bedrooms, which are loaded with windows...so they are probably sitting in the high 50s...

Okay--no big issue, because I like a room cold to sleep in...

This may be a bit TOO cold though.

I get cold, then wrap myself as tight as I can...as I fall asleep, heat continues to build in the cacoon I've built around myself...until it gets up to about 90 degrees, while my face is at 58...therefore, MASSIVE SWEATING.

Sucks, becuase it is disgusting...but anyone who has ever had a fever while sleeping knows that while you're probably going to have to wash your sheets every day, your dreams are going to be absolutely BITCHIN.

Last night was definitely one of those dreams. Mo, my brother, and a guy I went to high school with but wasn't friends with had planned a trip to Australia...but my brother had made all of the plans.

So, having never really travelled in such a way, I packed my suitcase and hopped in the cab from my parents place to the airport...

Only then did I find out that we were backpacking, which would be difficult with my 50 lb. suitcase.

So I started to panic.

Then everything else started piling on---I didn't have cash for the cab, my debit card had expired, and for some reason we had already found out that we were going to miss our commuter flight to New Zealand.

So the panic continued...and I finally woke up. Not surprisingly, sweating profusely. (Is there any other way to sweat? Can you sweat plentifully or abundantly?)

But then I experienced something that hadn't come over me since I was a child...



Do you remember when you'd have a nightmare and were unable to get the image out of your head and stayed up just lying in the misery of the nightmare?

For some reason, that feeling overcame me. And for no reason. I don't have a trip like that planned, and my debit card doesn't expire for a year...but I bet I was up worried about it for an hour.

No wonder I was reaching for a Diet Pepsi at 7:30 AM...

Speaking of which...

The Concoction...

They say 80% of taste is smell---so when you say that something tastes like something you've only smelled before (say?? Fecal matter???) you're really not speaking a mistruth.

Anyway---through following a bite with a drink, I realized that Old Spice is nothing more than Diet Pepsi and basalmic vinegar.




LOST Preview...

It is finally time...unfortunately it won't last.

Because the Democratic Party has managed to perpetuate the ridiculous institution of labor unions, I'm being robbed of 2/3 a season of LOST.

Oh well...considering the fact that I've managed to start watching Season 1 of the OC again because TV is so bad, I'll take the 8 episodes without considerable complaint...

If you don't watch the show and intend on catching up on the finest show in network television history, you may want to stop reading. I'm going to try not to reveal much, but may hint at something unintentionally...

So here we go---first predictions on the 12 key characters, and then my guesses at a couple of the key questions:

The Characters:

Ben: The leader of "The Others" ended last season, brutalized and tied to a pole---this will be a far cry from this year, where he will spend the entire season brutalizing a tadpole.

Claire: I predict that despite Charlie being gone, she'll continue to be irritating when she says, "Baby" (pronounced "BUY-be".)

Desmond: The coolest character on the show will continue to be able to see the future---except instead of seeing Charlie dying continually, he'll see me being repeatedly awesome.

Sun: Her pregnancy becomes the first to reach term on the island---but she gives birth to Godzilla.

Sayid: The wacky Iraqi decides to torture Locke for cross-bowing Naomi---his method? Traps him in the Black Rock and just plays John Mayer on repeat...

Hurley: Realizes that 4-8-15-16-24-42 is simply the code to get 30 lives on Contra and finally relaxes...

Jack: His flashes-forward continue, and his oxycotton addiction becomes his only redeeming quality...

Sawyer: Just keeps on bangin' hot chicks...

Locke: People have been wanting to label him as the key-character since about the fifth episode when he was sitting there on the beach with the creepy look in his eyes---when are people just going to realize that he's nothing more than a chronic masturbator.

Jin: Maintains his position as the coolest Korean on television since Onyong.

Juliet: Realizes that she's wasting her time falling in love with Jack, and starts having an affair with the Black Smoke.

Kate: Naomi's boat turns out to be an FBI boat, looking for her---but not for murder and fleeing----for selling fake Elvis Commemorative Plates on television---just like my neighbor growing up.


The Big Questions:

Who is Jacob?

He does exist and he is invisible---but he is not the person responsible for bringing everyone to the island---that person is actually an Executive Producer for the show.


Will they be rescued?

Some clearly will be---we saw that Kate and Jack will---but it creates dissention among the "Losties", as they select people to take off of the island based on their potential for future box-office success...and therefore Claire, the person Charlie died to get on the helicopter, will never be taken aboard.


Will the Others and Losties unite?

No--but the show will take on a new twist when they start identifying themselves as "The Sharks" and "The Jets" and break-out in show tunes every time they meet.








Are Nicki and Paolo still alive?

Yes, but they're very dirty. Nobody will want to talk to them.