My Favorite NBA players in no particular order:
#1 Magic Johnson
I was probably too young to watch this guy play and fully comprehend his skills. How could one guy play any guard position, any forward position, AND the center position?! His passing skills were insane, he rebounded like a machine, and had the power to bang down low. His smile was brilliant. He is honestly one of my favorite players of all time. Thank God he was a Laker.
#2 Michael Jordan
Truthfully, I hated this guy. The Lakers would always lose to the Jazz during the playoffs and the Jazz would always lose to this guy and the Bulls. I hated how he always won and how he was so damn good. But I only hated him because he was such a winner. His swag was too awesome. He couldn't be stopped. I knew this. His opponents knew this. HE knew this too. Plus he was in Space Jams, one of the greatest movies ever.
#3 Shawn Kemp
The RAIN MAN!! This guy was awesome. His dunks were so damn powerful. He was quick and agile for a Power Forward. I will always love his super dark skin, high top fade hair cut (which matched his teammate Gary Payton's), and my favorite dunk of all time (actually, I just love the taunting AFTER the dunk).
#4 Eddie Jones
Before there was Kobe Bryant, there was Eddie Jones. Throughout 3rd grade (when I really got into watching NBA), this guy was my favorite. I remember I used to write stories in class and he would be the main character. #6 was my favorite number because of him. I used to have multiple collectible basketball cards of Eddie Jones. Eddie Jones was my hero. I LOVED Eddie Jones. Not many people can say that....
#5 Shaquille O'Neal
Yeah, there's a lot of Lakers on here, but Shaq was the shizz when he was on the Lakers and won those championships. He was the diesel and he was unstoppable. I remember how bad I felt for Mutombo when he couldn't stop Shaq. Shaq had such a good sense of humor too. Too bad he ends up being fat and lazy everywhere he goes now.
#6 Kobe Bryant
How could you not love this guy? Being a Lakers fan, I loved how people compared this dude to Michael Jordan even when he was a rookie. I remember reading little kid books on him and reading Sports Illustrated for Kids articles about Kobe Bryant. I remember watching him win the dunk competition his rookie year. Now he's arguably the best player in the NBA and my current lover. KB24FORLIFE.
Others to mention:
Kevin Garnett (before Boston), Baron Davis, Allen Iverson (76ers AI was my favorite), Penny Hardaway, Josh Smith.
Tuesday, July 29
Tuesday, July 22
Hatchu Life
I'm so bored. But I'm stressed as well.
I hate being bored with life.
And the stress doesn't entertain me.
Can't wait for everything to settle down.
I hate being bored with life.
And the stress doesn't entertain me.
Can't wait for everything to settle down.
Friday, July 18
Dark Knight
Like every other person in the world, I watched the new Batman movie. Just a few thoughts I had from the movie:
- I didn't fully watch the first movie, Batman Begins, because I heard it sucked. 'Dark Knight' was pretty damn good.... now I'm thinking that I should go watch the first one.
- The movie was long, so long that I think I HAVE to watch it again to fully grasp everything that happened.
- I wish they went more in depth about the Joker.
- I wish Heath Ledger didn't Heath Ledger himself. He made the Joker such a ridiculously good part of the movie. Now he can't come back for the next Batman movie.
- Christian Bale's 'Batman' voice sounds like he's trying too hard.
- The Dark Knight lives such a simple yet sad life; lots and lots of money, works by himself, no friends, no love.
- I can't believe I didn't recognize Harvey Dent's name. He just looked like a bad guy...
- I'm still blown away by the Joker character.
- Maybe it's just me, but I thought the fighting parts with Batman were kinda.... lame. Lame and slow.
- Why was Maggie Gyllenhaal not so attractive in this movie? She was 230598 times more likable in Stranger Than Fiction.
- Morgan Freeman TRULY never has to change his role; doesn't it seem like all the parts he plays are specifically made for HIM?
- The plot was good. I have done lots of thinking due to this movie.
- I hate saying the same thing that probably 3/4 of our US population is saying.
- Joker = awesome.
- I didn't fully watch the first movie, Batman Begins, because I heard it sucked. 'Dark Knight' was pretty damn good.... now I'm thinking that I should go watch the first one.
- The movie was long, so long that I think I HAVE to watch it again to fully grasp everything that happened.
- I wish they went more in depth about the Joker.
- I wish Heath Ledger didn't Heath Ledger himself. He made the Joker such a ridiculously good part of the movie. Now he can't come back for the next Batman movie.
- Christian Bale's 'Batman' voice sounds like he's trying too hard.
- The Dark Knight lives such a simple yet sad life; lots and lots of money, works by himself, no friends, no love.
- I can't believe I didn't recognize Harvey Dent's name. He just looked like a bad guy...
- I'm still blown away by the Joker character.
- Maybe it's just me, but I thought the fighting parts with Batman were kinda.... lame. Lame and slow.
- Why was Maggie Gyllenhaal not so attractive in this movie? She was 230598 times more likable in Stranger Than Fiction.
- Morgan Freeman TRULY never has to change his role; doesn't it seem like all the parts he plays are specifically made for HIM?
- The plot was good. I have done lots of thinking due to this movie.
- I hate saying the same thing that probably 3/4 of our US population is saying.
- Joker = awesome.
Saturday, July 12
Change!
Why is it so hard to break free of immature habits? I feel like I've changed a lot since college started - definitely learned a bunch of stuff, found out stuff, figured out stuff, realized stuff. But I think APPLICATION to real life is so hard, especially if you're embedded in the bad habits. Those bad habits become automatic, a reaction, something that cannot be stopped.
For this one particular subject area, I feel like I've been doing/acting the same way about it since Junior High. I think back on how people affected me and who I made an effect on. In some ways, it was advantageous for me to act that way. But in many, many, MANY other ways, it was a disadvantage to my growth and maturation. I talk about how "I've changed so much, I've matured so much," but to myself, I know who I am and how I haven't changed for some things.
The end of high school was when I truly realized that I had not matured in this field of life. All the situations went through the same cycle - same start, same problem, same "solution" by me, same mistakes, same BAD ENDING. Sadly, very few people pointed out to me that this was not right. And of the people that did, many of them thought it was somewhat right at the same time.
When the "situations" that caused all this somewhat slowed down for me, it was a lot easier for me to step back from the problem and realize what I was doing. And when I fully did realize it, I knew I had to change.
But like I said before, APPLICATION is so much harder than just thinking and planning changes. So now that I'm being thrown into the same field of life that I had so much trouble maturing from again, I feel like the easiest/best way out is to act on impulse - do what comes to mind first. So when those bad habits come back again, I realize what I'm doing is wrong. It's probably going to negatively affect other people, and definitely come back to bite my ass and say "Karma's a bitch, mu'fucka."
So now, it's time. Judgment Day. Either:
Be an immature pussy, act on that damn first-to-come-to-mind impulse, never change, talk big shit, miss out on something good that could affect the rest of my life
-OR-
Grow some balls and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Change! Be a mature person about it!
No one said life was gonna be easy. That's the theme for advice from my pops: "Who cares if it's hard, if it's the right thing to do?" So while I try to change and be the mature person that I should be, I want you all to do the same. You're probably not in the same situation that I'm in, but everyone has problems they're going through. Don't take the easy way out and regret it; work it through, be a man, LEARN, and if it's right, God will make it work.
Easier said than done right?
For this one particular subject area, I feel like I've been doing/acting the same way about it since Junior High. I think back on how people affected me and who I made an effect on. In some ways, it was advantageous for me to act that way. But in many, many, MANY other ways, it was a disadvantage to my growth and maturation. I talk about how "I've changed so much, I've matured so much," but to myself, I know who I am and how I haven't changed for some things.
The end of high school was when I truly realized that I had not matured in this field of life. All the situations went through the same cycle - same start, same problem, same "solution" by me, same mistakes, same BAD ENDING. Sadly, very few people pointed out to me that this was not right. And of the people that did, many of them thought it was somewhat right at the same time.
When the "situations" that caused all this somewhat slowed down for me, it was a lot easier for me to step back from the problem and realize what I was doing. And when I fully did realize it, I knew I had to change.
But like I said before, APPLICATION is so much harder than just thinking and planning changes. So now that I'm being thrown into the same field of life that I had so much trouble maturing from again, I feel like the easiest/best way out is to act on impulse - do what comes to mind first. So when those bad habits come back again, I realize what I'm doing is wrong. It's probably going to negatively affect other people, and definitely come back to bite my ass and say "Karma's a bitch, mu'fucka."
So now, it's time. Judgment Day. Either:
Be an immature pussy, act on that damn first-to-come-to-mind impulse, never change, talk big shit, miss out on something good that could affect the rest of my life
-OR-
Grow some balls and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Change! Be a mature person about it!
No one said life was gonna be easy. That's the theme for advice from my pops: "Who cares if it's hard, if it's the right thing to do?" So while I try to change and be the mature person that I should be, I want you all to do the same. You're probably not in the same situation that I'm in, but everyone has problems they're going through. Don't take the easy way out and regret it; work it through, be a man, LEARN, and if it's right, God will make it work.
Easier said than done right?
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