28.4.05
I think many people agree that season 4 of 24 is the weakest so far, and here is why. Laura, this has spoilers so you may not want to read it.
Spoiler space
Season One: TERRORISTS hate both JACK and PALMER because they were both involved in killing their WIFE/MOTHER and DAUGHTER/SISTER. TERRORISTS kidnap Jack's FAMILY in order to force him to assassinate PALMER. When that FAILS, they try OTHER PLANS to kill them BOTH. Jack's WIFE gets AMNESIA, which is a really retarded PLOT DEVICE.
Season Two: JACK has to stop TERRORISTS from detonating a NUCLEAR BOMB in LOS ANGELES. The TERRORISTS' motivation is pretty SIMPLE. They hate AMERICA. Also some of them (NINA) want money. There are also issues with KIM and a COUGAR.
Season Three: JACK is addicted to HEROIN because he was undercover with a DRUG CARTEL, who are going to spread a VIRUS in LOS ANGELES to make them release the DRUG LORD. NINA is still a BITCH. The VIRUS infects a HOTEL but unfortunately MICHELLE doesn't DIE. The VILLAIN behind the VIRUS is a BRITISH GUY who hates AMERICA.
Season Four: TERRORISTS (who hate AMERICA) blow up a TRAIN to steal a BRIEFCASE which has nothing to do with kidnapping the SECRETARY OF DEFENSE and his DAUGHTER to put him on TRIAL, but the BRIEFCASE they got from the TRAIN contains the OVERRIDE that they stole because they really wanted to melt down all the NUCLEAR REACTORS, but MUMBLES foils that PLAN with his HACKING but it's OK because that's all secondary to their plan to shoot down AIR FORCE ONE and kill the PRESIDENT but they really did that to steal the FOOTBALL so they can arm the NUCLEAR WARHEAD that they stole from IOWA and the only reason NINA isn't involved is because she's DEAD.
As you can see, the terrorists of season four are trying to do way too much. And I find it impossible to believe that they could have planned all of that considering how much time it would take and how many things would change from the time they planned it to the time they tried to carry it out. So the season has a haphazard feel to it. It's like the writers were trying out plotlines and discovered "Oops, this one isn't going to last 24 hours. Better add some more junk. Still not 24 hours? How about if some guy steals a stealth bomber?"
27.4.05
So I'm coming to the end of my college career, and I feel like I've missed out on an integral part of college: the Booty Call. I've never initiated a booty call or been on the receiving end of a (serious) call. At least I think they weren't being serious... At any rate, what happens in a booty call? You call someone, they come over...do you chit chat first? Do you serve drinks? Or do you proceed right to the booty? These are important questions, people.
22.4.05
I would just like to thank Raymond Felton, Sean May, Rashad McCants, and Marvin Williams for everything they have done for UNC. I am so proud of these guys and I can't wait to see what they can do in the NBA. Thanks also to my senior classmates Jackie Manuel, Melvin Scott, and Jawad Willaims who stuck with the program through its darkest days and brought it back to the top. I will miss seeing all of you in Carolina blue.
20.4.05
So, as you may or may not know, I've got a shiny new car. And while it may not have as much character as old Doris the Taurus, it makes up for it by not wanting to kill me. That goes a long way. Anyway, I thought I'd sum up the main differences between my cars for you. Enjoy.
agntkoala : I'm putting a Jihad on John Schuerholtz. SuperJen4 : i have no idea what that means agntkoala : schuerholtz is the braves GM who trades away all our hitting and relief pitching SuperJen4 : i figured he was a baseball guy agntkoala : tim hudson just pitched a 9-inning shutout agntkoala : and we're still going to lose agntkoala : for the second night in a row.
My first point is that baseball has a lot of politics. I think even more so than any other sport out there. SuperJen4 : turns out this past year that last game of the World Series was on the night we decided to celebrate my birthday. so we had to rush from dinner to watch the game and i guess the only thing i cared about was Manny Ramirez cause i knew who he was Austin : he's still awesome SuperJen4 : it's outrageous how much his salary is ... SuperJen4 : he makes over 60 times the amount the lowest player does on his team Austin : he's also more than 60 times more valuable
Player salaries and team payroll (not total, just player salary) is what gets me the most. Some of it just truly blows my mind.
Examples: The payroll for the New York Yankees is $205,938,439. The combined salaries of their top 7 players approximately equals the payroll of the second highest team, the Boston Red Sox at $121,311,945. The median salary for all teams is $66007008. The lowest team is Kansas City Royals with $36,881,000. So the highest team has more than five times the amount of payroll as the lowest team.
Back to my Manny Ramirez example. He is top of Boston's payroll. He is the third highest player in the league behind Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds. Is he really over sixty times more valuable than the lowest paid players in the league? I know there is a grave inequity between team payrolls and player salaries.
But really? What do I know about the sport? I know it's classic and has been ruined by "The Man." I'm not posting to start a discussion on how much the Yankees are hated. But please offer any comments on Major League Baseball you would like to share. Maybe you'll enlighten me and I will change my opinion.
I just want it to be the glory days again when Kenny, Omar, Jim, Manny, Sandy, Charles, and Jaret played at Jacob's Field. Those were great.
14.4.05
Blog ladies: Make no plans for the weekend of May 27 (that's the Friday), because we're going to Atlanta! Your birthday present to me is that I get to drag you to a Braves game (either Friday night or Saturday afternoon, versus the Phillies). The tickets I'm looking at are in the "upper box" section and are $15. Here is a listing of some hotels in Atlanta, I particularly like the looks of the Fairfield Inn. $59 a night, close to many attractions, only 3 blocks from a MARTA station, and, most importantly, complimentary continental breakfast.
11.4.05
If you are thinking of buying something from your fave FOX shows, let's place a bulk order together. You can order from any show, and it's placed into one cart/transaction/shipping. Let me know what you want.
Well, I returned from St. Louis to some bad news (and I'm over a week late in posting it). Mitch Hedberg, hilarious slacker comedian, passed away on April 1.
My favorite Mitch joke: Sometimes when you go to a restaurant on the weekend, they get busy, and then they make a waiting list and start calling out names...they say "Dufresne, party of two...table ready for Dufresne, party of two." And if no one answers they call the name again, "Dufresne, party of two." Then if no one answers they just go on to the next name..."Bush, party of three." Yeah, but what happened to the Dufresnes? No one seems to give a shit. Who can eat at a time like this? People are missing. You fuckers are selfish. The Dufresnes are in someone's trunk right now with duct tape over their mouth, and they're hungry. That's a double whammy. "We need help. Bush, search party of three. You can eat once you find the Dufresnes."
7.4.05
(Blatantly stolen from Laura) Here is what I want you all to do. Open up your mp3 player of choice, put it on shuffle, and list the first 10-20 songs that come up. Add "In My Pants" to the titles. It's awesome.
Here is my list: "These Days In My Pants" - Nico "Cosmic Shame In My Pants" - Tenacious D "Country Roads In My Pants" - John Denver "Demons In My Pants" (HA!) - Guster "99 Red Balloons In My Pants" - Goldfinger "Hey You In My Pants" - No Doubt "You Can Do It In My Pants" - No Doubt (iTunes has a thing for No Doubt today) "Welcome to Paradise In My Pants" - Green Day "Magic Carpet Ride In My Pants (remix)" - Fatboy Slim "No One Else In My Pants" - Weezer "Godzilla In My Pants" - Blue Oyster Cult "It's Coming Down In My Pants" - Cake "Look At Me In My Pants" - John Lennon "It's Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It (In My Pants)) - The Rolling Stones "Spies In My Pants" - Coldplay "Don't Change Your Plans In My Pants" - Ben Folds Five "Time After Time In My Pants" - Cyndi Lauper "What You Wish For In My Pants" - Guster "Should I Stay Or Should I Go In My Pants" - The Clash and finally, "Mess In My Pants" - Ben Folds Five
NEW YORK, April 5, 2005 -- ABC News "World News Tonight" anchor Peter Jennings has been diagnosed with lung cancer, and will begin outpatient treatment next week.
Jennings is expected to continue anchoring the news during the chemotherapy "to the extent he can do so comfortably," ABC News President David Westin wrote in an e-mail today to the network's news staff. Charlie Gibson, Elizabeth Vargas and others will be substituting for Peter as necessary.
I noticed the Foxtrot and Get Fuzzy ones on Friday but since we don't get Pearls Before Swine I had no idea it was a triple threat of comic artists playing a joke. Good stuff. On another note, Pearls seems pretty cool. The N&O should get it.
1. Square One 2. What If 3. White Shadows 4. Fix You 5. Talk 6. X&Y 7. Speed of Sound 8. A Message 9. Low 10. The Hardest Part 11. Swallowed In The Sea 12. Twisted Logic
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