By now anyone that has read this blog, follows me on Twitter or knows me in general knows I am a Dallas Mavericks fan. I have always been a fan and always no matter where my life takes me even if in another state or country i will always be a Proud Mavs fan! I grew up playing basketball and actually wanted to play in college but I tore the cartilage in my knee playing high school ball.
For all of these people that say Dirk should be traded or leave the team you have no idea what they are talking about. Remember D Wade/Miami had Shaq, Spurs have Duncan, Ginobli, and Parker with lots of role players. Kobe had Shaq, also had Gasol (don't even get me started on that trade) Kobe had Bynum, Odom And again many role players.
"King James" has also had plenty of sidekicks and role players but he has not won a thing yet. Why is Lebron so much greater than Dirk? Mr Garrnet did not win the title on his first team. When he went to the Celtica they eventually had 2 other big names and to date only Got 1 title! going back to jordan and the 90's he also had plenty of people to support him on the team!
Yes the mavs have brought in many pieces for Dirk and changed the the dynamics of the team many times but they have never had a player that attacked. A player that will take the ball into the paint and not be scared. The closest thing to that has been JJ Barera. Dirk has even changed his game over the past two seasons and u see him attack more often. i think Roddy B will make a HUGE difference next season because he is fast and fearless!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Smoking
I have been a smoker since the young age of 15. I still remember the first time. I was in grade school and all of us "bad" kids were hiding behind a building. One of the people with us, Jenny, had stolen cigs from her mom. The four of us shared our first cigarette. I wanted to throw up; that feelings was just not right in any way. For some reason I wanted to smoke again. Getting the cigarettes was easy because my mom smoked, and i worked at a gas station (the owner would sale cigarettes to me even though i was only 15).
Eventually, by the age of 16, i was hooked. I really do not remember how much i was smoking but that really doesn't matter because the damage was already done. Even though everything in my family history said NO NO RUN DO NOT SMOKE!
1.) My grandma had throat cancer and had a laryngectomy to treat the cancer, because of smoking. The treatment was to remove the "voice box." My grandma had to use one of those things that you place on your throat and she would have to sorta whisper words and this device would "speak" for her, not sure when this all happened because i always remembered her this way. Luckily my grandma lived to be 77 and became a very vocal, no pun intended, proponent for the American Cancer Society. The irony here is that she even visited schools to speak against smoking, my grade school included. She passed away in 04/2007.
2.) Growing up my mom constantly coughed and hacked up "her lungs." she had been smoking at a young age too but she even continued to smoke after what happened to her mom, my grandma. My mom has since quit smoking, she quit about 5 years ago. There are two reasons why she quit that will get to in a sec.
3.) In 2000 my mom started dating a guy, he was also a smoker. They dated for about 8 years. He actually died from lung cancer, again because of smoking. He was diagnosed around 8/2007 with lung cancer.. The craziest thing was everything was "normal" but his cough kept getting worse and then he started coughing up blood. He went to the ER and found out about the cancer. The gave him 6-8 months to live without treatment. He decided against chemotherapy because the treatment might extend his life for a few months. He instead went to a herbal/ natural approach. The "herbal" approach did not work. He died 02/04/2008. He went from being "normal" to withering away in 6 months.
Eventually, by the age of 16, i was hooked. I really do not remember how much i was smoking but that really doesn't matter because the damage was already done. Even though everything in my family history said NO NO RUN DO NOT SMOKE!
1.) My grandma had throat cancer and had a laryngectomy to treat the cancer, because of smoking. The treatment was to remove the "voice box." My grandma had to use one of those things that you place on your throat and she would have to sorta whisper words and this device would "speak" for her, not sure when this all happened because i always remembered her this way. Luckily my grandma lived to be 77 and became a very vocal, no pun intended, proponent for the American Cancer Society. The irony here is that she even visited schools to speak against smoking, my grade school included. She passed away in 04/2007.
2.) Growing up my mom constantly coughed and hacked up "her lungs." she had been smoking at a young age too but she even continued to smoke after what happened to her mom, my grandma. My mom has since quit smoking, she quit about 5 years ago. There are two reasons why she quit that will get to in a sec.
3.) In 2000 my mom started dating a guy, he was also a smoker. They dated for about 8 years. He actually died from lung cancer, again because of smoking. He was diagnosed around 8/2007 with lung cancer.. The craziest thing was everything was "normal" but his cough kept getting worse and then he started coughing up blood. He went to the ER and found out about the cancer. The gave him 6-8 months to live without treatment. He decided against chemotherapy because the treatment might extend his life for a few months. He instead went to a herbal/ natural approach. The "herbal" approach did not work. He died 02/04/2008. He went from being "normal" to withering away in 6 months.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Chat Room Roulette good idea turned bad! Chatroulette.com
The other day we were watching the South Park episode about Facebook/ Chat Roullette. We love South Park because of how they hit on current events and of course they went all out this time. Basically the episode was about Stan finally joining Facebook.
I have never really been a fan of myspace, facebook or any "social networking!" Mainly because i hate when people from grade school or people that I generally have no interest in becoming friends with again come out of the woodworks. Another reason I do not like these sites is because many of the people are inappropriate.
I had NO idea what Chat Roulette was, never heard of it, before this South Park episode. For those of you who are\ were clueless Chat Roulette is exactly what it sounds like. A person signs on, with a webcam, and then randomly paired with others from all over the world. So incredibly simple and cool but of course the idea is exploited and turns bad. On Chat Room Roulette if you are paired with someone you do not like you just hit next and someone else comes on. Technically you are never supposed to end up with the same person.
I have never really been a fan of myspace, facebook or any "social networking!" Mainly because i hate when people from grade school or people that I generally have no interest in becoming friends with again come out of the woodworks. Another reason I do not like these sites is because many of the people are inappropriate.
I had NO idea what Chat Roulette was, never heard of it, before this South Park episode. For those of you who are\ were clueless Chat Roulette is exactly what it sounds like. A person signs on, with a webcam, and then randomly paired with others from all over the world. So incredibly simple and cool but of course the idea is exploited and turns bad. On Chat Room Roulette if you are paired with someone you do not like you just hit next and someone else comes on. Technically you are never supposed to end up with the same person.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Dallas Mavericks/ People talking trash bout Mavs
Ok why do people think that talking shit to me about the Dallas mavericks is funny? especially when they either do not watch sports or even have a favorite team.
So our neighbor (the biggest queen you will ever meet) would hang out often but every time, during regular season, we were watching a Mavs game he would leave because "I can't watch this shit" & "I hate basketball"
During game 3, Mavs vs Spurs, our neighbor came up to use our computer. This time he stayed even though the game was on. This neighbor knows how much we love the Dalllas Mavericks too. Immediately he starts talking trash about the mavs "Ginobli is gonna do this or that" blah blah blah. Before I go on let me say that I can take a person talking trash if they are truly a fan of the other team.
Anyways he continued to talk shit. I reminded him that he did not even like basketball and I also asked why he was talking shit. He said that when the "all star game was in Atlanta (his home town) his girlfriend was dating Ginobli" and that "Ginobli bought us drinks" I say big fucking deal! I told him that if he continued talking trash that I would kick him out, partly joking but not really. He kept going I kept listening all the while the mavs were loosing. He told us "Tony Longoria was going to kill the mavs." My god he would not shut up.
I am not really superstitious but when I watch the Mavs play I have to have a peaceful environment. I have to be around positive people that actually like the Mavs. Whenever there is chaos around me when I am watching the Mavs play everything seems to go downhill including the score.
So our neighbor (the biggest queen you will ever meet) would hang out often but every time, during regular season, we were watching a Mavs game he would leave because "I can't watch this shit" & "I hate basketball"
During game 3, Mavs vs Spurs, our neighbor came up to use our computer. This time he stayed even though the game was on. This neighbor knows how much we love the Dalllas Mavericks too. Immediately he starts talking trash about the mavs "Ginobli is gonna do this or that" blah blah blah. Before I go on let me say that I can take a person talking trash if they are truly a fan of the other team.
Anyways he continued to talk shit. I reminded him that he did not even like basketball and I also asked why he was talking shit. He said that when the "all star game was in Atlanta (his home town) his girlfriend was dating Ginobli" and that "Ginobli bought us drinks" I say big fucking deal! I told him that if he continued talking trash that I would kick him out, partly joking but not really. He kept going I kept listening all the while the mavs were loosing. He told us "Tony Longoria was going to kill the mavs." My god he would not shut up.
I am not really superstitious but when I watch the Mavs play I have to have a peaceful environment. I have to be around positive people that actually like the Mavs. Whenever there is chaos around me when I am watching the Mavs play everything seems to go downhill including the score.
Reaction "time" to Oil Spill
So for some reason i decided to watch fox news, I know what was i thinking! More specifically i was watching the Shawn Hannity show. Anyways Hannity is comparing the oil spill, Obama' reaction (or lack of reaction) to what happened when bush was notified of terrorist attacks 9/11 and Katrina. Hannity actually thinks that Obama was 1.) to slow to react 2.) that is relevant to what happened with bush in office. The are tons of reasons why this is ludicrous.
Lets talk about 9/11! When Bush was told about the attacks he actually sat there in front of a bunch of kids with the stupidest look on his face. Hannity would want you to believe that Bush did this because he did not want to scare the kids; that bush was trying to think of a way to walk out without scaring people. I contend that Bush was in fact scared himself (who blames him) and that in fact he did not know what the "next step" was. So let's not sugar coat his reaction. The president of the United States needs to react fast! Not sit with a bunch of kids and do nothing! But hey will give this one to Bush because that is a strange situation.
Ok now on to Katrina! I don't know if Katrina really reflects on bush as much as Katrina reflects on the government itself but what happened there was outrageous. There is no reason for the delay that happened in New Orleans, none at all! With all of the resources the United States has what happened in New Orleans should not have happened! EVER! just should not have happened!
Lets talk about 9/11! When Bush was told about the attacks he actually sat there in front of a bunch of kids with the stupidest look on his face. Hannity would want you to believe that Bush did this because he did not want to scare the kids; that bush was trying to think of a way to walk out without scaring people. I contend that Bush was in fact scared himself (who blames him) and that in fact he did not know what the "next step" was. So let's not sugar coat his reaction. The president of the United States needs to react fast! Not sit with a bunch of kids and do nothing! But hey will give this one to Bush because that is a strange situation.
Ok now on to Katrina! I don't know if Katrina really reflects on bush as much as Katrina reflects on the government itself but what happened there was outrageous. There is no reason for the delay that happened in New Orleans, none at all! With all of the resources the United States has what happened in New Orleans should not have happened! EVER! just should not have happened!
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