quote of the day

Alfred: "I feel like I'm the only popular black guy in my grade."

Timmy and the Jets

I really like the part where Tim Tebow was excited.

The Twilight Games of Harry Potter

I'm about to get real. The long awaited (for some) movie, The Hunger Games has finally graced us all with its presence. This weekend I saw it twice, I've read the first book twice, and I'm that kid that will see the next 3 midnight showings and talk about it contstantly. My review of the movie was that it was fantastic, but that's coming from someone who doesn't take the whole "let's turn that book into a movie" thing too seriously. I mean sure they left some stuff out, but a movie is not a book. It will never be and I don't think movie producers are trying to beat the book version of whatever they're creating. Books leave the whole story up to the reader's imagination and that's automatically cooler than whatever they put together on screen, in my opinion. I don't mean to get on rants about everything that happens in the world and me defending this movie is just as rediculous as every other argument out there BUT people need to just chill out. First, you have the people that don't like these types of movies because everyone else does. If you're one of those people, listen to me, you're not cool. You're just denying yourself the pleasure of something awesome by having some stupid ego issue. Just go see the durn movie, and if you don't like it, fine. We all have our favorite movies and I'm not saying you need to like the Hunger Games to be a human. And for seconds, people, STOP comparing everything to Twilight and Harry Potter. It is not the same thing. It's like saying the Blind Side and Remember the Titans are the same movie because they both have football and happy endings in it. How can you compare movies that have completely different plot lines? Apparently if a book is made into a movie, it's automatically compared to HP and Twilight even though books have been made into movies for years before either of those were even thought of. The Hunger Games is a cool story and I was stoked to see what they came up with in a movie. It didn't dissapoint me at all and I'm that much more excited to see the next one. Some really cool fight scenes, the casting was perfect (Lenny Kravitz being my fave) and even the soundtrack is legit. So those are all of my opinions (for now atleast). I'm going to go write a book now. And then turn it into a movie and screw up all of literature.

quote of the day

Grace: "Where has Holden been?"
Eric: "Yea what happened to him? Did his heart finally explode?"

Erica (after A is finally revealed on Pretty Little Liars): "Man, I want some gum now."

Me: This is like Gilligan's Island meets...."
Karen: "LSD..."

Am I Mad? All the Best People Are.

I wouldn’t call myself the biggest basketball fan in the world. Not even close. While I do prefer college football to any other sport to watch, there’s this thing about March that puts me in a better mood. The NCAA Tournament is so different from any other championship-ish effort put on by other sports. You simply have the best 64 teams in college basketball, single elimination, playing for 2 weeks to win the national championship. If you play well during the season, you get seeded higher in the tournament, which doesn’t always mean a whole lot, but it helps. I remember calling my Mom in the airport during our layover coming home from Ireland. The bracket selection show had just started and she didn’t even say “Hey” or “Are you back safe?” The first thing she said was “Duke got a #1 seed in the tournament!” That’s how much my family loves Duke basketball, and since they are always in the running for the national title, March Madness will always get me pumped. This year I decided to do an office bracket competition. They all got a little upset because they thought I was only doing it so I could win the prize. But the coolest thing about the tournament is that any and every team has the chance to win it. Teams who have made it to the past several Final Fours aren’t even in it this year. Teams like Butler can play teams like Duke and UCONN for the national championship. So really all bets are off when March gets here, and that’s really exciting to watch. Luckily Winthrop has a new coach coming in next year, so hopefully we’ll get some more shots at the tournament and I can get back to camping out in front of my TV on Thursday in my Winthrop gear. As for this year, I’ve got Kentucky winning it all, as much as that pains me to say out loud. Here’s to the rest of the month!

Ready to Run

For those of you that didn't get the privaledge of knowing me in high school, there's no other way to put it. I was a smart ass. I remember literally introducing myself to our new soccer coach in 11th grade as "your best player on the team." I pretty much did my own thing at practices and told my teammates what to do instead of letting the coach do it. My spring soccer team had their first practice last night and I think I've met my match in a 9 year-old girl. The whole team is actually going to be a handful, but I like that.

Me: "Ok everybody on the line. If you don't listen, you have to run."
Reagan: "Oh I see how it's gonna be."

Me: "Your homework is to think of a cool team name and we'll talk about it next week. Our colors are blue and white."
Reagan: "The Yankees!"

quote of the day(s)

This weekend was Special Olympics Mid-Winter Games, so we took yet another awesome group of athletes down to Charleston for competition in Disc Golf, Bowling, and Powerlifting. It was hilarious, look...

Laura: "Where's room 111?"
Terry: "You found your way around New York City. You can find your way around a Sleep Inn in Charleston."

Me: "What did you get on hole 3?"
Chuck: "I got a 2 on hole 3! You better believe I did!"

Chuck: "My cologne is cheap, but it smells like Old Spice."

Stephanie: "You ever heard that song Lean with it, Rock with it? It reminds me of me because you know how I lean and rock?"