Pessimism is my middle name. My negativity reeks so much depression it rubs off on everything i do and did not quite do. It's the first cousin of paranoia and a distant relative of an unreasonable fear though their (edited: they're) close and knows each other like the back of their hands.
So, for tonight i've decided to do just the opposite of that. Negate the pessimist, shred off the negatives, pardon the paranoid mind for a while, and reason with the unreasonable.
The scores above is the latest update in two of the fantasy money leagues. As clearly seen, Team Airball is comfortably ahead in a few categories. No, the word few is such a modest word. Team Airball is comfortably ahead in a LOT of categories. i am actually winning this shit. i can feel the W now. Jordan-pulls-up-he-fakes-he-shoots-it-swish moments.
For the people who are not competition-oriented (Let me rephrase that, competition-whore) this will sound like a trivial moment. Well, it is NOT. You actually work hard for this one the entire year and it's not everyday that you hear that from me--- the working hard part. Laziness does pay but hardwork pays better.
God, i am goooood. (A la Jim Carrey in Liar Liar i think)
Now we are talking about fantasy basketball here, of course. If i had this much confidence when meeting people. People you like. People like You... People you want to get to know better... If only.. If o..If only--- stopping here, right now. The negativity is settling back in.
A few blogs ago, i updated the status of my fantasy leagues this year particularly the money leagues... Sad to announce that i have ended up 4th in the Solar Bragging Rights League which had the biggest entry fee among three money leagues... What hurts is the fact that i virtually spent the entire season inside the top three and considering that the top three finishers gets a prize... Well, now i know how Baron Davis and the rest of the Warriors feel...
Now the good news. In two of the three money leagues, i was able to reach the championship round! As opposed to the first one which uses a roto format, this pair of leagues is of the head to head format!
The CSC League offers the most expensive pot. Entry fee was a thousand pesos with 20 players and the champion taking home everything. You do the math. Then, there's the Finish Line league... Just 300 pesos entry fee but lots of pride on the line..
With two days to go, here's the latest update. For some reason, i fear the jinx. For some reason, i want this to be archived. We will see what happens.
Call me shallow, because at certain points of a day (and certain points of the life) i am. But when the YM messenger lights up and it shows your name, i feel fine and a bit happy--- who cares if it's just your one-worded response. That won't change my life at all, but it does change the day. It's not close to the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel... If it resembles that at all, it's probably a just a flicker from a small candle with the breeze too strong for comfort--- but who cares really...
Starting today everything i write about basketball will fall under the "Hoopology" header. The term was coined late last year when the House of Hoops tipped off over ABC as one of the show's segments, which hoped to cater to the rather non-serious, sometimes funny issues of NBA/basketball. This included TOP TEN LISTS of EVERYTHING NBA... Among other concepts (original or influenced) we were able to come up with rankings of the Top 10 Best and Worst Monikers... Dead-ringers... Best Coaches of All Time... Overpaid and Underpaid Players... and heck, even Top Ten Cheerleaders in the association... Over time, Hoopology also tackled the more serious (and stats-heavy) nature of the business as we were able to feature the league leaders in NBA history, the scoring kings, the rebounding monsters, the dean of dimes among others...
The funny thing is the House of Hoops team has a grand total of two writers! (myself and Mr. Paolo Mariano) This actually is going on since the Sports Desk days. Imagine TWO freaking writers to make a one-hour or 30 minutes daily show for the Desk.. Then this one, albeit it's about basketball, for a 2 and a half hour or 1 hour show. What i am trying to say here is while there are lots and lots of ideas that are going to be conceptualized, it did get tiresome eventually. But since it IS basketball (and sports)... Why are they paying me for this job again?
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With two playing dates to go before the regular season, the Eastern Conference first round match-ups have been set; (1) Boston vs. (8)Atlanta; (2) Detroit vs. (7) Philadelphia; (3) Orlando vs. (6) Toronto and (4) Cleveland vs. (5) Washington...
Prediction: All East top seeds advance
That's why we will be talking about the other conference for today... Indeed it has been a wild, wild race for the west top spots... With the Golden State Warriors loss to the Phoenix Suns earlier today, the final eight is decided. However, teams are still jockeying for position as a win or a loss could mean a first round date with a stronger team. Then again, we are talking about the western conference here... Where every team is nearly as good as the other...
If the West playoffs started today this is how the first round will look like: (1) Los Angeles vs. (8) Denver; (2) New Orleans vs. (7) Dallas; (3) San Antonio vs. (6) Phoenix and (4) Utah vs. (5) Houston...
That's four classics in the first round in just one conference! Which really sums up how dominant the western teams have been the entire season...
Predictions of the first round results will be useless as the match-ups could very well change... That said, here's a forecast how the West will shape up after the final day of the regular season (That is, with just a quick look at the team's respective schedules...)
1. Los Angeles
2. San Antonio
3. New Orleans
4. Utah
5. Houston
6. Phoenix
7. Dallas
8. Denver
Spare me the excuses, i AM NOT going away. (insert a suggestive smiley here)
i will settle for the haha's and the ok's, the yez's and all the one-worded answers from you. For now. (insert a real suggestive smiley here)
Pardon the recycled title, i feel it deserves another space. It's a re-do of another (rushed) article circa Friendster blog era but will be apt as a friend (Enteng) challenged me and basically asked why i decided to keep a blog after years of rather introverted writing preference (You know tissue paper poems, essays and random rants, all of which goes straight to the garbage bin five minutes after writing)
And so the question begs; Why write and why show it?
i don't know really. i hope to find the answer before my 7,019th post. That of course is just a random number, as random as expressing rather empty thoughts in form of letters, phrases and sentences.
Head aches like hell as well, and i am starting to lose a bit of sanity again. i am not wishing you're mine. Just a word or two.
Save me, please?... The silence screams as the ears ring to nothingness and invisible monsters in your head... Outside the (non)issues of Your apathy... Outside awkward moments... Inside your head, i wish... No, make that: "i wish i was inside your head." ... For over 30 seconds... What now?... Can apathy be this emotionless?... Can indifference be more indifferent? What now... Can yesterday's disaster be tomorrow's gold?... Control+Z Everything from that 5 PM and up?... But that was me... Not the totality of me... But ME. What now?
Meet the suave and cool me. The one who managed to say: "Ydfgdgsdfgsdfgdggevshtydmdnmdfbmfjbmfl;bmfmbsfmbmsfbmgfbmfsmbfmbg;mbmbbNdfgdsfgl;fsdg;sdl;gjsdfjgdjsfgldflgjdflsgjldsfjglsjdfjAbsbgfsbsdfbsbvsdbvsdfbvsdbsfbgsdfbsbfsfbdfYdgdfsbvsdfvsdvsdfvsdfvNgfsdgsdjfgmjsdfvsdmfvmdvmsdfmmsdvmsAkfklasdklvcnasdlkvnkladndvfdasfasdfasdcasdvergdevsdfvthbdvbsdfbfbsdbvfasdfvadfvadfvadvdvaadvasdvaegrvwergabstmbaeprjpbvapvpnmvpanmervanevnanvanmdfgjiopajrwopgadmvanmdvadfl;mvklajrjawoprvgadnmvaev"And what i was trying to say was it was nice to finally meet You. Even in just under 30 seconds.
The problem is... i really don't know what to do. i mean, nothing, zilch. Suddenly, i am thrown into a rather enormous (but calm) body of water which i thought i am familiar with... Then, panic sets in.
So, i just jump (Don't think, don't feel)... That's the only solution, eh?
Malling a la pobre - Ha! In layman's terms that's called window shopping and that's called the oh-well-and-oh-fuck mall moments... Fret not, it's not like i spend lavishly at all. Outside the magic cards and adidas basketball shoes (plus maybe books @ booksale) of course... But anyway, nice to have the entire family (outside the Kuya who's left behind in Naga) around in what could be (?) biggest mall in Asia. Because you see the biggest mall in Naga is 5 per cent the size of MOA--- that difference alone is worth the visit and probably a big thing for the probinsyanos, which of course i belong to.
Malling Disclaimer: "This is not my son."--- i should be wearing a large tag with those words printed (Tahoma, size 56) in it. Ok, it's not that i am not fond of Jigs (James Gabriel), the son of my younger sister; it's actually quite the opposite, i love the little guy as much as i love a real son (i wouldn't know that of course, 'til i get one.) Point is, how would the other girls in the mall be interested if they took it that way? That, i already have a son? Kidding, of course as it was just paranoia telling me that those girls indeed were looking at me (Make that double-take). Thank you, paranoia and thank you vanity. It pays to be confident these days. Believe me, i fucking NEED it.
See You tomorrow.
If headaches could talk, it'd be shouting your name. If headaches could talk, it'd be whispering sweet nothings to my ear. If headaches could talk, it'd be telling you to meet it sometime this week. If headaches could talk, it won't ease the pain but it will at least explain why it hurts.
My head is about to explode. But it's a-ok, i got you inside my head.
Masakit palan magpirit ng magblog ka tapos ma naman naglalaog sa utak mo. Pero subago lang daw sa van pa Glorietta kadakol na ko naisip na ilalaag. Sabi ko, tulos pagabot ko sa harong maduman ako sa computer shop na harani sa apt (apartment) tapos ma-entry ako sa blog ko. Ta malay mo nagbabasa siYa kang blog ko tapos malay mo maaksidente naman na may masambit ako na side and not-so-snide comments sa bagong kras and sana-puture na agomon na maaki sako ning walo. Sabi ko, iistorya ko ang pagmall mi ni Jigs saka ni Ermana--- ngalas sinda ta maspanic pa baga ko. As usual maski pa-Glorietta dae ko aram kung papano. Maski sa LAOG kang Glorietta dae ko aram kung papano. No sense of direction ang apod dyan--- dagdagan mo dikit na panic saka paranoia--- wooot. However, dahil ako ang bida (Kuya garo) sa duwa kung kaibahan dae na lang gayo nagparisa and nagtaxi pa-Glorietta ta sala si binabaan mi hale sa van haleng Antipolo City. Ang issue sa laog kang Glorietta man, nalingaw ako kung pasaen su SM Makati ta duman magrocery (For Jigs and the family, courtesy of ate Che.)--- madali man lang naresolbaran ang issue-ung iyan ta EVENTUALLY nahanap man baga.
Garo pagsampay ning bagong laba. Ano man kung mayo saldang. Ano man kung medyo malumlum. Ano man kung nagbabagwak. EVENTUALLY, maaalang ang labahan mo. Ang hapot lang kung nuarin. Hmmm, like many things in life ano.
Masakit mag blog talaga na mayo ka maisip. Maspasil pati kung bicol sana (Ginibo ko na ni sa friendster pa, "Kagan" ata ang title kang first-ever Bicol entry ko duman) ang pagsurat... Mastotoo... Naara garo ko duman sa sarong blog na tagalog na nabasa ko, relax sya magsurat and totoo... Kaya naisipan ko na magbicol man kung minsan.
Saka, pagbicol matatago mo pa na sabihon na may bago ka kras and tinetext sa Makati office nindo--- kras sana ta dae ta pa man bisto ang tao tapos dae nya man ako bisto pa talaga. Tama na yan Phoenix Suns style of basketball--- pagmarikas mas turnover prone. And sawa ka na sa puro turnovers.
Saro pa, pagbicol ang entry mo iisipon mo kung binabasa kaidtong taga-Makati ang blog mo tapos ano daw kung maintindihan nya ang iba...Kung gabos, either maurag sya ta dakol aram na tataramon or nagkuang interpreter para lang sa blog mo!--- eh effort ang apod dyan! Gusto sabihon espesyal ka man palan maski dikit sana! Hehe. Suba lang, baka mabasa talaga and maintindihan. Kung iyo man, tara hilingan kita atchan, susunduon ta ka bago magbaba ang saldang. Halaton ta ka.
The scores above is the latest update in two of the fantasy money leagues. As clearly seen, Team Airball is comfortably ahead in a few categories. No, the word few is such a modest word. Team Airball is comfortably ahead in a LOT of categories. i am actually winning this shit. i can feel the W now. Jordan-pulls-up-he-fakes-he-shoots-it-swish moments.
