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To all my buddies at State: I love you guys, but you all deserve this, and you know it:

Auto Response from DodesBEAST: Go Blue.
Sorry Spartans...you officially have nothing to be cocky about.


Trannon's a multiathlete my ass

To all the students, faculty, and fans of Michigan State University:
YOU HAVE NO EXCUSES
You can't cry that State would've killed Michigan at the Breslin Center, because the game wasn't at the Breslin Center
The bottom line is, we won, you lost
You were ranked 12th in the country, we were unranked
You were supposed to win, we were supposed to lose (surprisingly the line was only State by 1 1/2 points, the oddsmakers know how we do)
Stop bitching and making excuses because there are none, accept defeat and suck it

IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU BEAT US THE NEXT TIME WE PLAY AT BRESLIN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WIN.

I don't know how much emphasis I can put on this. Spartans always bitch and moan and make pussy excuses for losing, yet when they kill a team they're supposed to beat in the first place they talk shit as if they're kings.

Now it's two sports that Michigan played State as unranked with State in the top 15 and we beat you both times. You have no comeback, no touché, absolutely nothing except wallowing in your own depression and sorrow, and the knowledge that you might (and I say that intently) beat us next time. We've already accepted the fact that we're losing the next one, because we can face reality, unlike the mindset of one of our rival schools.

To further point out Michigan's dominance over Michigan State (in athletics obviously, academia is always a given), Michigan has won the UM/MSU Challenge Cup the past two years, has won the Fall Cup, and is leading the Winter Cup. So what? you ask? The Challenge Cup doesn't matter because the other sports don't mean much? You may have beaten us in hockey, but we all know that football is the leading sport, and basketball is MSU's forte. The only things that MSU can brag about at this point is having much more hot women (I will never argue this point), having more stomachs pumped, and being able to yank cow nipples like professionals.


Best pals... in bed

There's a reason why we're called the leaders and best.

I'm going to walk up to Graham Brown's room (since he lives a floor above my apartment) and offer him a toke.


We've got that senior leadership baby

Read it and weep, Sparty
UM/MSU Challenge Cup

A Funny Joke

For some reason, my dad has me on his email list at work for those jokes they send around the office. Here's a particularly funny one I got:

Custody Hearing in Detroit

Detroit, MI. (AP) - A seven-year old boy was at the center of a Detroit courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents, and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law requiring that family unity be maintained to the greatest degree possible. The boy surprised the court when he protested that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge proposed that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried that they also beat him.

After considering the remaining immediate family and learning that domestic violence was an apparent way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to suggest who he should live with. ........After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Detroit Lions, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone!

If this really happened I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest.

A League Of Their Own - Steve Kerr

Steve Kerr kicks ass. Not only was he a sweet sharpshooter with the Bulls (and had that one crazy game with the Spurs where he was draining treys), he's a great commentator on TNT and does good work with Yahoo! Sports. He was one of the few sports journalists to pick the Pistons to win the championship, and for that he has attained the title of "best sportswriter on Yahoo! Sports". He recently wrote an article on the NBA Power Rankings, and take a look at what he says, it's fucking sweet:

A league of their own

By Steve Kerr, Yahoo! Sports
January 16, 2006

The first rout – at the Palace on Christmas Day – was supposed to be a fluke. The Spurs didn't want to be in Michigan, they were tired, they were without Manu Ginobili, etc.

The second game was supposed to be a better indication of where San Antonio stood in comparison to the Pistons. The Spurs were healthy, ready and undoubtedly fired up for revenge.

That's what made Detroit's undressing of the Spurs in the Alamo City on Thursday even more enlightening than the first one. The Pistons proved with their blowout win that there isn't a single team in the NBA that is ready to challenge them. So for now, the league should be called the "DBA'" – Detroit's Basketball League.

Here's a look at this week's rankings (records and statistics are through Jan. 15):

1. Detroit Pistons (29-5, Last week: 1) – Utter domination of San Antonio – again. The Pistons own the NBA.
2. San Antonio Spurs (28-9, Last week: 2) – Free-throw woes for Tim Duncan are popping up again.

Yeah Steve Kerr. Fuck the Spurs. Go Stones.

The article - NBA Power Rankings 01/17/06
Steve Kerr Exclusive Analysis on Yahoo! Sports

Revertation To Oblivion

It's 9:37 and I'm sitting here procrastinating again. I have a few chapters to read for Comm 101 and a couple to read for Comm 211. But the chances of me actually doing those are slim to none. After making several resolutions to focus and study harder, I'm slowly reverting to my bad ways I picked up second semester last year. I find it disarraying when I look forward to toking from my new bong (aptly naming it "Captain Jack Sparrow" due to all the skulls on it) at nights instead of homework.

My Filipino teacher took a very daring stance on how our class should be run. "It's not just a language," she proclaimed, "it's about the culture as well."

So she's using two out of the four weekly classes as "research time", where Monday and Wednesday classes are cancelled in order for me and Christen, the only other student, to do research on topics of her choice to aid an upcoming Filipino symposium or somesuch nonsense. Daring is a very fitting term, because the students of Asianlan 212 are renowned for not showing up to class, not doing homework, and hardly keeping up on the Filipino language. I personally can't string together complex sentences even though I've gone through a year and a half of Filipino. She's basically tempting us with less class and more outside work, and I really really hope I'll be able to pull it off.

My previous experiences with Comm (102 and 111) have psychologically fed my lazy mind and body with bad habits. In 102 I never kept up on the readings, crashed a week before the final, and got a 'B' in the class. That's definitely passable for me. Comm 111 is the biggest joke of a class this university has; how can a class on "how to use the internet" not be? Because I was able to take it easy on these classes last sem, a lazy surge always hits me whenever I want to read for class this semester. I always have a slight fear that I may have a quiz in lecture or section the next day, but apathy usually takes care of that.

I've got a lot of catching up to do.

I still find it amazing that I can write at this level while at the same time, completely ignoring all other academia. But that's really all I want to do: write. I couldn't care less about Filipino and the language requirement, and I hold the upmost odium for the poetry my creative writing class stresses. I'm interested in Comm, learning about the ways and means the media quietly control the world, but I don't see myself in that field in the future. I just want to write. For ESPN, for IGN, for a newspaper (independent or otherwise, though I doubt the former will bring in enough cash to support my spendthrift lifestyle), whateverthefuck ever. English people always tend to be the weirdest, I personally think because we use our left (creative side) side of the brain more than our right, and English people always tend to be the craziest (see Hunter S. Thompson and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas).

I love college, don't get me wrong, but I'm continually finding myself getting burned out too quickly, like my legs during a 200 meter run. I just find it ludicrously ridiculous to be assigned 30-75+ pages of reading per night. But such is the life of a college student, such is the life I've accepted for the next 2 1/2 years, and such is the life of anyone aspiring to reach the upper-middle class. So I'm gonna have to kick myself in the ass and get the gears going again.

But just for tonight, I think I'm going to forget about this reading and say a little hello to Captain Jack.

In Order To Survive

In the wake of renewed overseas tensions, amidst domestic political strife and worldwide turmoil, among a steadily falling and heavily challenged economy, every individual has to look out for what's most important: number one.

Clichéd, it's a cutthroat, dog-eat-dog world out there. Generosity exists, but it's still essential for a person to make sure their futures are secure even during a successful present. To put it bluntly, I'm saying that if you want to make it in this world, you have to, as Q told James Bond in The World is Not Enough, "Always make sure to have an escape plan."

A few resolutions I made for 2006:

1. Limit spending
I am by nature a spendthrift, and having a high-paying job ($8.65+ at Stockwell Cafeteria, more now since I've been promoted) first semester didn't help. I blew off more than $1500 on various things, none of it really going to waste, but in retrospective I wish I would've saved more. My plan to buy a motorcycle, more specifically a seven grand Suzuki Katana 750 with ground effects, decals, and in-body lights, during the summer. I can still probably get one used, and I might pursue that if I have enough at the end of the year/spring-summer. Still, I'm cutting down on my spending on two of my main cashdrain sources: pot and video games.

2. Stop smoking weed so much
On the same token, I really want to cut down on my MJ use. Mary Jane and I have become best friends, but sometimes BFFs have to be separated for the good of both parties. I love getting high, and the feeling is an incredible one that makes me laugh when anti-stoners (most of whom drink) try giving (and ultimately fail) me reasons why pot is bad. Weed has even been legalized in Denver because it's MUCH safer to drive stoned than drunk.

Still, smoking so much first semester prevented me from doing two things: getting better grades and losing more weight. I was satisfied with my 3.2 first semester, but I know if I didn't look forward to toking every night I wouldn't have rushed my homework or bullshitted essays. I don't just think, I know I would've gotten better marks if I didn't get so distracted. I've lost 20 pounds since the beginning of the year, and if I hadn't had eaten so much after getting high (I'm a fucking machine when eating stoned) I would've lost more. Still, I'm content with being at a lean, ripped 180, and honestly wouldn't want to get any lighter.

I'm limiting smoking to weekends and maybe, just occasionally, a weekday toke, in which I'd have to relieve a LOT of stress that working out and endorphins couldn't solve.

3. Get grades up
Self-explanatory. My freshman year I hardly went to classes. There was even a two week period last year when I think I went to only one class. I somehow survived, but was nearly (and threatened to be) put on academic probation and had to meet with my counselor several times throughout the spring/summer and this year. Despite these black marks on my record I use this as motivation and thankfully I've already overcome that problem. Still, as stated before, I know I can bring my grades higher with less distractions and just plain more studying. And if i ever doubt myself or get lazy, I just tell myself I'm at the University of Michigan for a reason, and that's to excel academically. Not partying, not drinking, not smoking.

4. Get into better shape
I've already dropped a ton of pounds this sem and am in the best shape of my life, but the inevitable goal of a six pack is still looming on the horizon. I'm going to join the boxing team this semester, and the first practice is today, though I'm deciding whether or not I want to go today.

5. Become more cultured and aware of the world as a whole
This is huge. I've already got a pretty creative mind, and I personally think I use more than the 10% of my brain that is the average human staistic (or rather, all 10% of it is in the left side). But I want to know more about the world in general, about politics and overseas relations, because I personally think the world is slowly drawing towards either another world war or another huge change. I've recently subscribed to a bunch of scholarly magazines, the first being a two year sub to The New Yorker, an essential for an aspiring writer like me to read. The writing is supposed to be the créme de la créme of American society, and so I want to build on my current writing skills. The second magazine I got was a one year sub to Newsweek, so I can continutally keep up on my news stories. The third mag was a two year sub to Foreign Policy, which analyzes and predicts future trends and actions on our fragile foreign atmosphere. The fourth was a three year sub to, of course, Maxim, any guy can't be without that.

I've also dedicated myself to reading more newspapers (Michigan Daily, Metro Times, etc.) and nearly subscribed daily to the New York Times, but it was $300. I've also dedicated myself to reading more books and watching more news, particularly CNN and Headline News because I don't think my apartment gets FoxNews. I've done all of these things a lot because of the encounter/comment battle I've had with a person from Saudi Arabia, who really opened my eyes to how ignorant not only I, but all college students, are towards current events, even though we like to think we know a whole lot more than we actually do.

With this last point in emphasis, I've realized that this world is not going to be a pretty place in the future. After reading the New York Times about an hour ago, I was horrified to find out that top-tier companies like Verizon, Lockheed Martin, and IBM are all dropping their pensions, essentially leaving their employers in the dust when it comes to retirement. People are on their own now, and if those huge corporations can't finance a retirement plan, then I don't want to see how it'll be with lesser-known companies.

If you looked at the world two, three years ago, engineering was in huge demand, which basically gave people guaranteed job security. Now, automotive companies are cutting thousands upon thousands of jobs, my own dad being in danger of losing his job when Ford cuts 5,000 North American white collar jobs this January. Not only that, but airline companies are going bankrupt left and right.

As much as I hate to say it, America's economy is on the decline, and job security is limited, even if existential. One has to look out for themself, especially in terms of the future.

Therefore, I'm taking action now to make sure that when I'm older I won't have to worry about any of that shit.

The first step is putting money away. Not in my checking account, because that money goes faster than Olympic sprinters. I'm going to set up a Roth IRA account, making monthly deposits of, at the very minimum, half my monthly paycheck. You're only limited to a certain amount of deposits depending on which income bracket you're in, but I figure if I (and you too) keep this up throughout my further years I can retire at the very least a millionare. The concept is simple: put money away, let intrest accrue for years, and when you're ready to retire and chill for the rest of your life, have a ton of money on hand.

The second step which I'm seriously considering up to the point of nearly visiting a recruiter, is to join the Army after I'm through with college. I'm considering going to grad school at Columbia or Ohio for Journalism, but I don't know how well I'd do on the GRE after shutting down the right side of my brain for four years. I figure I'd sign on for a couple of years, and I'd personally want to ship out to the Middle East. Beyond that I'd like to see combat. It sounds pretty stupid, and a soldier who was a college grad on the incredible (and my favorite) show Over There had a nickname of "Dim". But I feel like if I can make it through unscathed (I would honestly prefer death over dismemberment) not only would that be a huge accomplishment, it would truly open my eyes to the situation out there, getting a new perspective from the domestic sources that are a bunch of shit. I also feel like because my family are immigrants (we all are but mine are more such), I owe at least a couple of years of my life to this country and all it stands for. I've been treated well here, never being discriminated against, and I think I ought to pay the country back. I'd personally want to see combat, and I feel with my athleticism I would make a damn good infantryman, but if I was needed doing intel or crunching numbers I would do that too. My family is a military one, my dad serving in the Air Force years back and my uncle a career officer in the Army, recently promoted to Major and working at Fort Bragg (where the Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Delta Force, FBI's HRT and other various special forces train at).

And I think the perks of life after serving in the military are invaluable. Having that backup security is crucial to life in the future, and even more so since I want to become a low-paid journalist.

In any case, I urge that you too look at your future and what it holds. If you're still uncertain that's fine, but make sure you've always got backups, and most importantly, an escape plan.

You Heard It Here First

Detroit Pistons Chauncey Billups and Mo Evans have a bet. The bet is on the most anticipated football game in the last decade, and will hopefully live up to to the hype. If it does, it'll be the best, most historic game of recent memory (better than the Miami/OSU game a few years ago).

Evans went to Texas, and Chauncey Billups is a cousin of USC RB Lindell White. Isn't that crazy? It's nuts how they are so many relatives in sports, just look at cousins TMac and Vince Carter.

I don't know what the bet between Chauncey and Mo is, but I'm going to take Mo's bet.

Why?

Everyone's stacked for USC. It's a classic underdog upset. It's not that Texas will be able to stop Reggie Bush or Lindell White or Matt Leinart or Dwayne Jarrett, but rather will get lucky and outscore USC from defensive touchdowns and special teams big plays. Texas' punt returner is one of the best in the nation and USC is last in college football at punt coverage.

Not to mention that Vince Young is unstoppable.

You heard it here first.

I may easily be wrong, but I've got that special feeling, the special feeling that had me predict the NBA Finals go to seven games, and the special feeling that had me predict that Robert Horry would beat the Pistons in a game with a last second 3. I was right on both accounts, and that feeling is nice and toasty with this matchup.

Not only would it be a tremendous upset of historic proportions, it would shoot down USC and begin their program's fall from grace. And boy, oh boy would I love to see those rich kids socked in the mouth. The best way to predict a matchup is this: the biggest media story outcome is the probable result.

That would be, Texas by 3.

The Downfall Of The Airwaves

As I begin packing for school, there's one thing I dread about driving back to Ann Arbor more than the multitude of awful drivers out there. This thing never used to be a problem, but innovations and the technology have pushed it into oblivion. Hopefully it's just a recession and depression, because I can't stand the radio for much longer. The radio has gone completely downhill, from being the pinnacle of music a few years ago to absolutely sucking in the present. In particular, let's take a look at my car presets:

At 1 is still 93.1, even though they converted to an "ipod" type format, with no DJs and more continuous music. 93.1 used to be the best station in the entire state of Michigan, but after losing money to satellite radio stations, they took a stand and changed for the worse. 93.1 claims, "We play everything", which is their main slogan. Yet their music is limited to the past couple of decades, with very few songs from modern times. There's no rap, no hip hop, no techno, no classical, no country, no gospel, no chill, no heavy metal. Everything? Isn't this false advertisement? If someone out there is a lawyer or knows one, I wonder if a lawsuit is in order...

At 2 is 95.5, which after years of being second to 93.1, became the new hip hop/hits station after 93.1 fell. For awhile 95.5 did a good job standing alone as the area's only hits station, but recently it has completely blown. Unfortunately, 95.5 is my primary station now since my CD player is broken, and every single goddamn time I tune into the station one of these songs is guaranteed to be on:

- Sole Survivor by Young Jeezy feat. Akon
- Run It! by Chris Brown
- Stay Fly by Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck
- Shake by Ying Yang Twins feat. Pitbull
- I'm Sprung by T-Pain (what the fuck kind of name is this?)

And that's on a good day. Here are some shitty songs that are overplayed just as much and cause me to change the station immediately:

- Here We Go by Trina feat. Kelly Rowland
- Eminem's new crappy song When I'm Gone. The sentiment is nice but the song sucks, Hayley must be embarrased as shit and bullied at school.
- Don't Cha by The Pussycat Dolls. This song was ok the first time, but after hearing it 1,000,000,000,000,000 more times it drives me insane.
- Fly Away by Nelly. This song is TERRIBLE. Nelly has to stop doing sentimental shit and go back to rapping about drugs, bling, and hoes again, it was a LOT better.
- Anything by Mariah Carey. Her comeback is resulting in nothing but balls.
- Techno reggae. How, oh how can people listen to this shit? I love reggae when I'm high, but adding rave beats to it is like trying to mix water and electricity = DEATH.

On top of that, the radio is always playing soft shit by American Idol winners or runner ups, further adding to the pussification of America. Play rap, play crunk, and for Gods sakes, get some more goddamn songs.

In high school people would always say they hated listening to the radio, and I always questioned why. Now I know how these people feel. It's as if the DJs don't even look at what the previous one played, because every hour the same songs are recycled.

I can't believe that kids today can listen to this shit, and I firmly believe the generation two below us is fucked. Not only do they have to put up with watching Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh (a cartoon about PLAYING CARDS), various other anime, and the 527th Power Rangers rip-off (I think it's called "superneopolicespacepowerdouchebagshits"), they have to put up with this ridiculous music on the radio. We at least had Batman, Superman, Spiderman, the ORIGINAL Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and on the radio we had the evolution of Eminem, 50, Kanye, Linkin Park, and even boy and girl bands.

The last real big hit on the radio was probably My Humps by the Black Eyed Peas, which wasn't too long ago. Which goes to show how quickly the radio has degraded. I didn't mind when My Humps was the number one song and it was played every half hour, because at least that song has a tight beat superior to all the top songs now.

As for the other presets, 105.9 converted from a hard rap station into a love station (the only good part is that it gave Mason, the awesome Pistons announcer, another job) and 97.9 WJLB, rap station of legend (from 8 Mile) doesn't play mainstream music that often. So I'm forced to listen to the oldies (but goodies) stations my mom listens to, like 105.1, 100.3, etc. Ann Arbor's 107.1 is pretty good, with a lot of Jack Johnson, but again, it doesn't match up to what 93.1 and 95.5 used to be.

So now as I prepare for my half hour drive back up to Ann Arbor, I'm forced to sit with my iPod in my lap, manually changing songs while driving 90 mph dodging traffic. If I get into an accident I'm suing the radio stations. Maybe it's time for XM Radio or Sirius?

To find songs on your favorite radio station, including up to the minute statistics, visit Yes.com

***LATE EDIT*** -01/04- Right after writing this article, I showered and sat in the jacuzzi (seeing as how it's my last day at home) and in the half hour span I was in there six of the listed songs were played on 95.5.

DO NOT BETRAY YOUR SCHOOL

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ohio state?

no, im rooting for career ending injuries for brady and AJ, no,im rooting for tressell to have a heart attack, no im rooting for a bomb to be dropped on the stadium killing all players and fans.

Under NO circumstances do you root for either team in the Fiesta Bowl. I know a bunch of Michigan fans are cheering for OSU. Why, oh WHY THE FUCK would you do that? You dumbshit asstards. It doesn't matter if they're going up against Notre Dame, if anything you should be cheering for Notre Dame since OSU is our bigger rival. If you find yourself celebrating for OSU (or even ND) when they score, such as Ginn who just scored, you should just transfer the fuck out because you're no Wolverine.

I'm a goddamn Michigan Wolverine. I hope the stadium collapses on itself, the only people surviving are those who have no affiliation with either school. I hate Notre Dame, and I hate Ohio State even more. It doesn't matter that Ohio State is in our conference, that's irrelevant you idiots. You NEVER cheer for Ohio State, EVER, even if it's for the national championship. Did you know that part of Ohio State's cheers when the game begins (kind of like when we say "who cares?" to the opposing lineups) is "We hate the whole damn state of Michigan!"? It's true. They don't just hate the University, they hate the state. And seeing as how I'm from both, you can see why I hate Michigan "fans" cheering for Ohio State. You. Are. Dipshit. Morons.

Don't even think about cheering for Notre Dame either. You can accept the fact that this is a good game because it certainly will be, but by no means do you pick a side and cheer. These are our two most hated rivals, and both of them beat us. It doesn't matter how close we got, because they beat us. You should be bitter enough that you hate the mention of these names. Hell, the sole fact that you go to Michigan determines that you should hate them even if we kill them every year.

I'm sick of all these bullshit Michigan "hardcore" fans who don't know shit. I know your hearts are in the right place, but your minds certainly aren't, you all must've caught mad cow disease. Michigan fans think they're so great and so sweet but in reality a whole bunch of you are nothing more than casual bandwagon fans. It's no wonder our team is doing badly because our fanbase blows. Learn the fucking truth and get your fucking facts straight.

It's incredibly unbelievable to see how many Michigan Wolverines are cheering for teams in the Fiesta Bowl especially Ohio State, you all deserve to be flown to the sun by overnight shipping.

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***LATE EDIT*** - 01/04 - I wanted to add that not only is Michigan/Ohio State the biggest rivalry in college football, it's the biggest rivalry in ALL OF SPORTS (not just my word, it's been ranked by SI, ESPN, FoxSports, etc. on multiple occassions). If that doesn't make you change your mind about being happy for Ohio State, I don't know what will aside from drugging you all. Why would you want to cheer for a team that produces players like Maurice Clarrett, who after 47 hours on the run, turned himself in for armed robbery?

RipOffs

It all started with Dave Chappelle. Making fun of all the ridiculous reality shows out there, he made a skit, creating a show called "Trading Spouses", in which a black dad (played by Chappelle) lived in with a white family for a certain time period, and a white dad (also played by Chappelle) moved in with a black family. If you're a fan of the show (how can you not be?), you may remember certain scenes from the skit, like the "I love time out time", "g-g-g-get your ass outta the car", "I found your lightsaber", and "ok, off the record, I am crazy, and I'll kill ya".

The name of the show probably sounds farmiliar to you because it just happens to be a TV show on Fox. Dave Chappelle had to have gotten money from that deal, seeing as how Fox took the exact same name and used it. After "Trading Spouses" came out, ABC's genious execs, seeing the success the show had, came out with "WifeSwap". The exact same concept, although I guess it's just the women changing hands.



The same goes for "Nanny911" and "Supernanny". When I saw these two shows on the air awhile ago I felt pretty sad knowing that companies could make profits by copying shows and changing the name. It's like war, especially the Cold War: you spy on your enemies, see what works, and copy their technology. The Russians extensively stole, copied, and enhanced American encryption and decryption technology, and we in turn stole and implemented their improved facets into our own. Except in the television industry, shows aren't even enhanced, they're just cloned, most of the time getting worse.



The worst part is that people buy into this crap.

The latest copy of a show is one derived from "Dancing With The Stars", the show ABC somehow had tremendous success with even though there were no real stars on it. It was one of my mom's favorite shows, and I will admit, since I'm secure in my masculinity, it was an interesting one with a novel concept.

Then I'm watching TV the other day and an ad comes up with the same pitch, saying "X amount of former stars with no training team up with a professional ice skater bla bla bla." You know what I'm talking about, that new show, "Skating With Celebrities". When I first saw the ad I had to do a double take because I thought ABC was coming out with another one, running it concurrent with their second "Dancing With The Stars" season. But no, I realized the show being advertised on Fox, and so the ripoff battle continues. Their commercial was damn near an exact replica. It was like they took the script for ABC's show and changed around a few words. Sure, the concept is slightly different, but it's still an act of thievery.


Six celebrities here

Ooh, six celebrities here too, what a fucking surprise!

There are some original shows out there, the most being on NBC and CBS. Survivor has outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted its competitors, staying alive longer than most people would've initially expected. Actually, NBC has a ripoff of Survivor, I think it's Discovery Kids, but since it's a kid's show we won't count that. The Amazing Race is a pretty good show, though I don't want to watch a whole season of people begging taxi drivers for free rides. Laguna Beach is for fags though, and if you're a hetero, single male who enjoys it you should be double-castrated.

NBC's The Contender blew me away last year. I loved that show and am really looking forward to the next season. It's part of the reason I'm joining the boxing team this semester, and I even bought a shirt from the show. Sly Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard were the hosts, with Angelo Dundee (if you truly know sports, you know Angelo Dundee) making a guest appearance, and Detroit's own Hush performed live during the final fight. The final fight's ratings were so good that ESPN aired the rematch.


A reality show about people who aren't pussies? Kick ass.

Hell's Kitchen was also a pretty awesome show, and I hope to see another season.


The thing that I lol-ed at was when I saw a show called Canadian Idol. They'll never learn.


Candians sure are some funny looking people

A Belated Happy New Years

It's 2006. But I got to thinking. Since the Janet Jackson incident during the Super Bowl, TV stations reverted to a time delay, and in the event that something obscene should happen, stations could cut away. I think the time delay is somewhere around three seconds, and even live sports events are time delayed in case an athlete happens to swear out loud or a real gross injury occurs. Also, events like live Presidential addresses are time delayed in the event some tragedy should occur, i.e. an assassination. So I got to thinking, and realized that if those events are time delayed, then the ball dropping must be time delayed as well, because hypothetically, what better time for a terrorist to strike than on our most joyest, unified moment as a nation? So when you think about it, New Years isn't really New Years if you're watching it on TV, it's three seconds off. New Years happened three seconds earlier and we technically missed out on the correct time. How much does that suck?