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Thanks for the Birthday Wishes
I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone for their happy birthday sentiments (belated or otherwise). I myself am guilty of often belatedly sending out my wishes to those celebrating their birthday...
2008 NBA Playoffs: Conclusion
With the end of the NBA playoffs, I've decided to come out of hibernation for a bit and just write some thoughts about the Finals.To be honest, I was about 75/25 in favor of the Celtics winning the s...
Cannot Catharsize: Nana
Ah, the slow days of summer. It's nice to be able to just sit around and relax and do absolutely nothing, and then watch as my days go from meandering to sprinting in a moment AKA when I start my job...
2008 NBA Playoffs: Conference Finals
Damnit all, I was so close to having a perfect round. Instead, my picks were pretty much obliterated by extremely close games that could have gone either way. Time for a short recap, then the confer...
2008 NBA Playoffs: Random 2nd Round Thoughts
The 2nd round of the NBA Playoffs is in full swing, and here's just a few thoughts as most of the series' hit their midway points.Boston vs. ClevelandGood God this series is ugly. So ugly. 76-72 Cel...
Motion Picture Magic: Rocky Balboa
(There's an update to this post at the bottom, because I stupidly left out Rocky II when I listed the Rocky in my order of preference. Good catch by Judd.)After watching Rambo, the latest installment...
2008 NBA Playoffs: 2nd Round Predictions
(See my 2008 NBA Playoffs Predictions, and my 1st round results post.)Well the first round is (mostly) over, so it's time for my revised second round predictions (given that some of my first rounders ...
2008 NBA Playoffs: 1st Round Prediction Results
Well...for those of you who read my 2008 NBA playoffs picks, they generally fell into 3 distinctly different categories: the ones I got entirely correct, the ones I got mostly correct, and the ones I...
A Fear Sleeps, Inside Your Stomach, It Swells...
It's so strange. I don't know why I always get the urge to write late at night, but I do. Maybe it's because that's when my best ideas start coming to me. Or that's when I finally have some time t...
Motion Picture Magic: Rambo (2008)
"You know what you are...""...what you're made of...""War is in your blood...""Don't fight it...""You didn't kill for your country...You killed for yourself...""God's never gonna make that go away..."...
Cannot Catharsize: Welcome to the NHK
For this edition of "Cannot Catharsize," I'll be focusing on the anime that I just burned through in the span of about three days, "Welcome to the NHK." (The Japanese name is "NHK ni Yokoso!" which ...
NBA: Where the 2008 Playoffs Happen
And so begins the craziest NBA playoffs in decades. As of yesterday, the playoff match-ups were set, and now its time to get down to business of picking the winners. Some of the winners will be obv...
The Robert Horry Theory
With the NBA regular season ending yesterday, the playoff matchups are set, and it's time to get down to the business of picking my winners......soon. Like tomorrow.But first of all, a little expose ...
Guide to Dick-hoodery, Part 2
As a part of the continuing series, I present JK's Guide to Dick-hoodery: How to Make Everyone You Meet Think You're a Complete Dick, Part 2. In case you missed the first one, here's a short review o...
The Time of my Life
Some times it's the little things that overwhelm us. Things we can't control. Things we wish we hadn't done. Things we wish we hadn't heard. Yet, sometimes, it can be just the passing of time that...
Guide to Dick-hoodery, Part 1
Since I have a reasonable amount of experience in the discipline, and the fact that many people don't know how to properly execute such techniques, I am here to present you with JK's Guide to Dick-hoo...
Cannot Catharsize: Gundam 00
It's spring-time, so that means one thing....gloom and sorrow for the next 4-5 months as I try to recoup from the loss of a season's worth of anime! Most of you probably don't know, but right about n...
Purposeless Post #1
So, it's about 12:20 am. I'm sitting here, staring at my screen, thinking that I want to write, yet not knowing what about. Perhaps I'll write about some strange philosophical thought that I've had ...
What is Salvation?
Many times in life, we often attribute certain events to destiny, to fate. We say that such things could not have been prevented; that certain things were bound to happen. If we were to take a purel...
More Than Meets The Eye!
Our lack of perspective growing up often causes us to have fond memories of certain things (like play-dough, GI Joes, Hungry Hungry Hippos, etc.) that seem quite trivial when we reminisce. Television...
New People?
Well if you took the time to read Judd's comment on my "State of the Blog" post, you'll notice that he said I should invite other people to write with me. Well I did so, and the response has been fav...
State of the Blog
Well, it's been a couple weeks since I started this blog. I came in with few expectations, saw those expectations rise dramatically, and then came to realize that my lofty goals were not quite within...
It's All Decided For Me
So, as you probably know if you actually read this blog regularly, I'm home on break right now. That means leaving the beautifully solitudinous lifestyle that is living alone at college without my pa...
Yatta!
Talk about ironic. Within 24 hours of writing my tirade on lack of job success, I land one. I haven't formally accepted the offer, but it's with a team at Legg Mason, an asset management firm. I st...
Time To Grow Up And Be That Man
Went to an internet seminar today, mostly about marketing in the internet and using your website to sell-products, one of those work-at-home promotions where you function as a middle man between whole...
March Madness Is Upon Us!
Selection Sunday was only a couple days ago, and we're fully enveloped in the throes of March Madness. Admittedly, I am much more of an NBA fan than I am a college basketball fan, but I do try to pay...
There ain't no reason why friends are this way
God I love break. Over the past couple years, I've had spare little time to spend with my good friends from high school. I usually get a couple weekends in the fall, 4-5 weeks over winter break, a c...
Matt Kraft is Dead
Today is my first day back home for spring break. Yesterday, my good friend Judd called me, number one to ask me when I'm coming home (I don't know why, I swear Judd has like a sixth sense, such that...
Anime Procrastination
Those of you who know me, know that I tend to not have a lot of free time. As if being in my junior year wasn't time consuming enough, I've also been very active in my job hunt for the past 2 months,...
Painful Irony
I read a very interesting and moving article today on ESPN. Bill Simmons, known as the Boston Sports Guy, and one of my personal favorite sports writers, wrote an article on the death of Jamiel Shaw....