Worst Week Ever - Matt Edition

This dood claims to be one of my good friends. Instead he is responsible for one of my worst weeks ever. First we are in a fantasy basketball league together. Matt is first in our league (and as a result is on pace to win a thousand dollars at the end of the season)and i am in third. I am lucky enough to have the number one ranked player in fantasy basketball in Chris Paul who dominates in almost all statistical categories (except rebounds and blocks). Matt has attempted numerous times to get Chris Paul from me this year but i have yet to accept any of his trade offers... until this week when i accepted a deal that involved Andre Iguodala and Jameer Nelson. Sure enough in his first game for me, Nelson tore his shoulder and is out the rest of the season. Thats just balls.

Secondly Matt is from Rhode Island and is a huge Boston Celtics fan. Tonight his Boston Celtics were visiting my Philadelphia Seventy Sixers. It was a hard fought game with both teams going back and forth. The Sixers took a one point lead on an Iguodala jumpshot with 6 seconds left. Trash talking ensued on my end via text, Matt didnt respond. Then Ray Allen of the Celtics hit a three at the buzzer, Celtics win and the Sixers lose. WTF!!!!

Lastly Matt and i like to play basketball too, not only engage in the spectator sport of watching basketball or putting money into a fantasy league to pretend that we have some sort of control and consequence to the live NBA games. Matt suggested that we try Air Alert which is a leg work out system that is supposed to increase a players vertical jump and thus ensuring that they might be able to actually dunk the basketball one day. Matt and I, both being white have longed to dunk our whole lives but have never actually achieved such goal (i have grabbed and hung on a rim since i was 15 but at 28 have yet to actually put the ball through the hoop yet). Anyway my legs are fucking killing me thanks to this kid!! Actually burning!!! And i have a feeling that i still wont be able to dunk anytime soon so its probably all for naught.

So in conclusion, this kid is screwing my world up and hes supposed to be a close friend of mine. Thanks alot Matt.

Randoms...

Ive said this before but Wilcos Sky Blue Sky makes you feel like everything is gonna be alright.

In the last month ive seen Slumdog Millionaire, Doubt, Rachel Getting Married, Revolutionary Road, Milk and Frost Nixon. I kind of want to jump off a bridge. Oddly enough i found Frost Nixon to be the most fascinating although Slumdog was the most complete film and Revolutionary Road presented the best performances. Rachel Getting Married was well done too but id never recommend it to a living soul.

Sometimes feeling pain is a good thing because it reminds you that you are alive. I dont think people enjoy their pain enough, not that im a masochist by any means. What i mean is that we feel things for a reason and you have to go through those emotions and feel them completely before moving on. Thats why there is Radiohead.

Life is about moments and enjoying those moments while in the present. So the key is to put together enough good moments so you are continually living a good life. Find what makes you happy and do it.

This year the Philadelphia Phillies won the world series. The first championship in 25 years for the city of Philadelphia. Its amazing what sport can do to energize a group of people. A city mired in recesssion and crime came together to celebrate. Noam Chomsky argues that sports are a waste of time because all they do is distract us from the real issues at hand. That might be true but sometimes we need distraction. Real life aint going anywhere, sometimes we just need a break from it.

You gotta do you before you can do other people.

The holidays arent the same without kids. At 28 i am the youngest in my family and any excitement that surrounds christmas with my family has left with my adolescence. As adults we just sit around, eat drink and be merry but there is no youthful exuberance. Little kids have faith, they can believe things without any empircal evidence. Maybe there was a time when adults could do that but its less and less now it seems. Im gonna start believing in Santa Claus again for next xmas and see how that works out. That or i have to get some chick pregnant soon. Hmmm... maybe not.