06.11.07
piggy backing
I’ve been flipping through the site searching for an idea for my first blog and as expected…big brother jd had something for me. this is convenient because now i can pretend to be creative while stealing an idea from someone who isn’t allowed to get mad at me for it. A while back (easter ish i think) jd wrote a list of things worth having some faith in… well i’d like to steal that and come up with a list of my own… so lets give this blogging thing a shot-
I believe that weddings are not overrated and that anyone who elope will be missing out on the greatest party in the world- a wedding reception
that being said, I believe that Livin on a Prayer by Bon Jovi and Paradise by the Dashboard light by meatloaf may just be the two greatest songs ever composed and i say composed because works of art like those aren’t simply written
-i believe that Southern Comfort and Vernor’s is the best alcoholic drink one can imbibe
-i believe reality tv is the worse thing to ever happen to television
-i believe that The Simpsons is the most intelligent show ever to be television.
-I believe that The Sopranos contains the worst acting of all time and is further proof that anything with violence can be successful in this company.
-I believe that Vincent Chase and company have the greatest lives ever…even if it is made up
-I fully believe that NPH is not gay (i don’t care if he publicly admitted it)… if you’ve ever seen Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle then you’d agree
-I believe that deep frying vegetables is morally and ethically wrong and county fairs are the work of the devil
-SPORTS
-As a baseball purist I believe that a ball off a wooden bat is the most beautiful sound a man can ever here
-I also believe that aluminum bats are the worst thing to ever happen to sports
-I believe in Kentucky Blue grass and crushed red brick
-I believe that being able to put a soccer ball in the upper 90 from outside the 18 on a dead sprint is the single most impressive ability in all of sports
-I believe Lord Stanley’s cup is the best named trophy for any championship.
-I believe that bowl games should have names like the Orange and Rose bowl and and that corporate sponsorships ruin bowl week.
-I believe that when Roger Federer is finally able beat Rafael Nadal consistently on clay he should be consider one of the greatest athletes of all time.
-I believe that any food off of a grill at a tailgate party before a football games tastes exponentially better.
-I believe that baseball games are for purists and that that is unfortunate
-I believe high school basketball coaches are treated like royalty in their communities and that many of them deserve it
-I believe that it is every human beings right to hate the Yankees but it should be required that you respect derek jeter regardless.
-I believe the cavs are one player away, if the Indians can get by the red sox they will win the world series, and the browns will be a title contender in 3 years.
side note- i also believe in optimism
RANDOM
-I believe that the movies that no one sees or even heard of are often times the best. IE- Pan’s Labyrinth, Capote, 21 Grams, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
-I believe mel gibson is clinically insane
-I believe PETA has some of the best advertising on the planet
-I believe the Discovery Channel series Planet Earth was visually breathtaking
-I believe Morgan Freeman has the most soothing voice around and that he was perhaps the only actor alive who could get away with playing God without causing a societal backlash.
-I believe Jon Stewart is the smartest man in America
-I believe that life is what you make and you can control your own destiny.
-I believe the best advise in the world comes through two things: older siblings and personal experience.
-I believe that if one had the time they could make an entire novel out of these sorts of lists…
thats all for now
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” -Oscar Wilde