Junk Drawer 12/15 - Live from Japan
by Quik_Baller on Dec 15, 2008 5:05 AM PST
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PrintOhayo Gozaimasu! (Good morning)
Whew-hoo... I made it to Japan via my work's credit card, got done with way more than expected on the first day (it's Monday night for me right now), and then had a fun time laughing at all the recent posts. Time to fill this drawer with your junk!
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So this is my second time in Japan, but first time I have an extended vacation here. I'm in Kyoto, which has a rich history, and will have a 1 week rail pass. Please hit me up with places to visit if you've been here before.
When I checked into the hotel last night, I turned on the tv, saw about 12 channels where I couldn't understand anything except "hai" or "arigatoo gozaimasu", then found the Boston-New Orleans game on ESPN. Few odd items:
- They find basketball interesting in a country where I haven't met one person taller than me (I'm 6'2"). Then again, they do LOVE American culture...
- They only air ESPN for a basketball game (maybe other sporting events too, but haven't seen them).
- They showed a stat of FGM vs FGA for both teams with regards to contested lay-ups and contested jumpers. First time I saw that stat, and of course Boston took less contested shots and was making more...and they won! What a surprise! Why don't they show this stat more? Or do I just watch CSN too much?
- Apparently the hotel I'm at was showing the Blazers-Jazz game out front before I got here... the PTB, where an international phenomenom happens. And don't give me wise cracks about our European connections, I'm in freaking Japan!
I heard it's snowy over there... I left right before it came down and am a little jealous. I love the snow and we don't get it enough. But then again, I'm in Japan... are you jealous too?
Horrible story. Friday night I went from attending my last Blazer game of the year, a double-OT Clippers loss, to a night out, to finalizing my packing at 5 in the morning before my flight at 7:30. No, the Clippers loss wasn't the horrible part! It was bad though... The horrible part was I forgot extra guitar strings. Guess what broke immediately? Actually, it wasn't the high E, it was the stupid D string...but now I have to find a music store in Japan during my week of business... darn. Oh translator! We need to make a field trip!
Few other random thoughts from this side of the Pacific...
- There is NO trash on the streets. I mean none. From meth-heads to cigarette butts, nodda.
- Speaking of smoking, it's more frequent than stupid plays from the Buffet of Goodness (btw, still haven't gotten over his shot/pass the first time he touched the ball in the Boston game...just hideous).
- School-girl outfits everywhere. Hurray!
- Don't forget to bow for everything.
- There is lots of English, from signs to basic verbal skills... it's nice for me.
- Pinchinko... I'm trying it before I leave. Advice?
- Bicycles are so prevalent that parking lots are dedicated to them. Like, large parking lots. And all street corners. And the sidewalks in-between. And anywhere else you can imagine. Think Portland's a bike city? Maybe for the US...
- Don't forget to bow.
- I mentioned that they love American culture, especially our pop culture, but I haven't heard anything but western music except for some Japanese version of a boy band... disappointing.
- They love rice with everything, and I agree with that.
- Don't forget to bow.
That's enough for now. Go Blazers! I'll be ready to cheer with the rest of the Rose Gardeners once I'm back, but until then, raise your voice a few decibels for me.
Sayonara,
-Tyler
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When You see a radiation sign....heed it's warning. ;)
have fun, I hear japans a great place to “chill out”.
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
It's amazing
that a guy would go to the global warming treaty city, and miss the snow.
Do you like asparagus?
The follow-ups to that contract were done in Rio de Janeiro and some place in Indonesia
Very eco-friendly cities ;-)
Viva la Rudylucion
Trying to earn the trust lost by not signing the treaty.
The parent company to the subsidiary I work for has a new design that costs way too much to buy from them, so I am with a few people learning how to assemble this super-secret design such that I can bring it back to the manufacturing company I work for in Portland.
After that, I go southe to team up with a small group that practices my specific tradition of Capoeira, show them a few things and have them show me the area. Then I come back to Kyoto for sightseeing and to celebrate the new year. Then home. Should be a blast.
-T
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
Who do you work for?
Precision Castparts? Leatherman?
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 15, 2008 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
Shimadzu USA Manufacturing
We are actually in Canby, but the rest of my life is in Portland and it’s close enough to just say that.
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
by Quik_Baller on Dec 16, 2008 12:46 AM PST up reply actions
I googled Capoeira
Very interesting.
What is your interest in it? Recreation? Personal safety? Spiritual?
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 15, 2008 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
I consider it a living art.
I find it relates to everything I’ve done in life. Granted, I’m young, but the connection is still is there.
Through it you learn about self-defense, communities and friendship, expressing yourself, dance, music, game playing, strategy/tactics, etc. I have been able to apply the concepts my instructor has taught me to pretty much everything.
It has turned into a bit of a spiritual journey for me, and I’m only a few years in. Of course it is difficult to explain how in a concise manner. The best I can do is say that I really believe in the natural order and balance of the universe now, and put my life in perspective of those concepts.
I could go on for a while, but I’ll spare everyone.
-T
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
Wow
That’s really cool.
"Well, let's see. There's ― of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but ―" --Sarah Palin, unable to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with other than Roe vs. Wade, interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, Oct. 1, 2008
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 16, 2008 1:35 AM PST up reply actions
I never forget to bow
for meow that is!
Go Trail Blazers !!
Some comments may not be 100% accurate
by bow4meow on Dec 15, 2008 8:40 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
the snow monkeys on Hokkaido (sp?) are the coolest monkeys on Earth
But you’re probably not going to the northern island. If you went up there you could see snow AND monkeys. The monkeys like to soak in the hot springs.
"I would be in favor of trading LMA and Oden for a reliable starting PF at this point."
MT Suit, 11/25/08
That sounds sweet
But you’re right, I’m not going to head that far north.
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
there are snow monkeys in Nagano
That’s where I am, way up in the mountains. They get in the onsens. You can’t get in with them, and from what I hear, you probably don’t want to either. But it’s a jaunt out into the middle of the woods.
I'm huge over in Japan!
-Shad
"If a doctor ever gives me six months to live, I want it in basketball time." - Marc Acito
What are you talking about?
We are all huge in Japan! Didn’t you read my post? Their small, duh…
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
Yeah I went to Thailand when I was 16 and still a few inches then I tower now
I stuck out, Bad
Like Dave at a Lakers Convention
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
Well... I meant...like a rockstar...
Nevermind
-Shad
"If a doctor ever gives me six months to live, I want it in basketball time." - Marc Acito
You should contact Einman77, he is an expert in all things Japan and also over there
http://www.sbnation.com/users/einman77
Viva la Rudylucion
Well its raining in LA
and you know what that means: STORM WATCH!!! Literally every major TV station in Los Angeles interrupted shows last night to give us “Flash Flood Warnings” and live updates.
It’s called RAIN, folks. When water evaporates and forms into clouds in the sky, which then deposit the water onto the ground.
How pathetic is that? Thank god I’m moving back to Oregon.
"I like blocks," Fernandez said.
When I was in Boston over the summer ABC interrupted the finals of the European Championships to show a storm approaching
A) There was no danger at all, just a short heavy rainfall. B) Ever heard of split screens?!?!
Viva la Rudylucion
Well, to be fair
LA is a frickin’ desert – when it rains, all the arroyos fill up with water and the streets fill up with water and then you have flash floods everywhere. It may not rain often in LA, but when it does, it doesn’t do things halfway. Those storm drains down there are serious (and there is a reason that intersections are hump-shaped).
by DonkeyShins on Dec 15, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I thought that the intersections were hump-shaped
so they acted like mini-speed bumps to discourage street racing
Nope
Water management.
Besides, if you’ve ever watched ’America’s Most Dangerous Police Chases’ or whatever they’re called, you’ll see that (1) The vast majority are in the LA area and (2) Nobody slows down for intersections anyway.
When it rains here in LA
It’s like snow in Portland… no one knows how to drive in it and everyone freaks out.
People either go way too fast (and really, when it rains here it really is slippery because there is so much gunk and oil on the roads because it rains so infrequently) or waaaaaaaaaay too slow. No inbetween (besides ol’ Mortimer, of course).
Plus, all the fancy homes built on 1 inch thick stilts somehow aren’t as sturdy when the dirty they were planted in turns into mud that slips away. IT IS CRAZY BUT WHOM, WHOM I ASK OF THEE, COULD HAVE PREDICTED IT.
Personally, I love the rain. Reminds me of Portland and it makes the air cleaner. I am jealous of the snow everyone gets to have fun in up in Portlandia.
Mortimer
Remember "It's Like, You Know"?
Funny TV show that was supposed to be to LA what Seinfeld was to NYC. The best episode they ever had involved a police chase of one of the characters (who was on the lam after lighting a cigarette in Spago). Everybody stayed home to watch the chase. As another character described it, “It’s like a snow day!”
I have a few Japanese friends here
One friend, Hitomi, is actually from Japan and she talks with a heavy Japanese accent. One day I asked her, “How do you say, ’I’m constipated’ in Japanese?” She told me then another guy said, “What did she just say?” And then I said, “Hitomi said she was constipated.” Hitomi made an “Ahhhh” sound then bit me so hard on the shoulder that it left a bruise. She bit my friend Carmine once too.
your a bad bad man tom
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure
A woman in Okinawa bit me on the cheek once. I ended up with a pimple on each tooth mark.
Wohoo, two of the coaches on my list of "Coaching for Christmas" have been sacked (actually three, since Minny was already known)
http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/12/8/684804/coaching-for-christmas-wit
Viva la Rudylucion
my guess failed… iavaroni still breathes…
Blazers Edge.com :: got a blazers tip? call/text the BE bat phone: 503-719-1790
by Ben Golliver on Dec 15, 2008 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
I knew he couldn't since I saw
him coach on “Hang Time.” I think he called a timeout that wasn’t even in the script that cost them a game on one episode.
Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.
So what happens when I forget to bow?
Cause I would forget.
School Girl Outfits in December, Merry Christmas to You.
They let me out of work today, thanks heaven’s I’m too lazy to buy snow chains.
My house was 55 degree’s this morning. I need insulation SO bad.
Getting to the Rose Garden will be an adventure tomorrow if this ice doesn’t melt off these roads around my house, I think I might just snow shoe all the way there.
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 11:26 AM PST reply actions
I was tryin' to come up with some kind of humorous connections between this....
They love rice with everything….
and our very own Mike Rice, but I got nothin’.
Every night the team scores 100 points is sort of a mini-Hispanic night.........all the fans get free Chalupas. --Bust a Bucket
Karaoke? Mike Rice wins Everytime
Eating Sushi? Mike Rice de-thrones Kobe-yashi (sp?) and Joey Chestnut.
Using the Bidet? Mike Rice once again is King of The Throne.
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
That comment was kind of stupid
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
This is an interesting video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksx9wNEfzQQ
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 16, 2008 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
One year
We put mini football helmets on our cats for X-Mas cards. It didn’t go over well with the cats.
by tominhawaii on Dec 16, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Just saw Brandon in a House of Hoops commercial
Didn’t see the whole thing. Something about shooting baskets in the snow and wearing gloves.
And piling snow up on the hoop so it wouldn’t tip over….
Every night the team scores 100 points is sort of a mini-Hispanic night.........all the fans get free Chalupas. --Bust a Bucket
by prezofdeath on Dec 15, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
LOL and even better
Brandon skipped dances to play ball. Haha awesome.
Every night the team scores 100 points is sort of a mini-Hispanic night.........all the fans get free Chalupas. --Bust a Bucket
by prezofdeath on Dec 15, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
That is rad, and funny enough, my roomie and I WERE out playing ball in the snow yesterday
At first we were just going to take a walk but then we saw the neighborhood teenage dirtbags shooting the ball around and we decided to show them what was up for Snow-Ballin 08.
It was a hard fought battle and then their mom’s made them come inside and get warm. These two 20 somethings idiot’s continued to play well into the dark of night. I lost 18-21.
I wonder if Brandon still has the kind of devotion that he one had, I can tell you this much, his is right, my shot from 3 point land went in as much as Steve Blake’s free throws in the final minutes of that Clippers game.
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Rad means awesome
Not Vladimir Radmanovic.
It’s not the first time this mistake has happened, but we can all work together to prevent it.
Rad is the new Sick.
M—
Face!
Remember when people said that too?
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
Was face short for facial?
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
Paycheck
Any of you folks do online video rental? I had this conversation with a friend and we both do the same thing, then later regret it. I’ll rent a video and then it will say, "If you like that video, then you’ll like this video. I wish I knew what video lead me to renting Paycheck, because that movie sucked butts.
I’d link it to IMDB, but the link thing isn’t working.
Tommy Boy! Your problem is your too lazy to do your own movie research and your just trust them to make a good pick
when really they are getting paid by the movie companies to show certain movies, I mean, did you read the review on Paycheck? I’m sure it wasn’t 4 star.
It was a 5 star.
Best movie Ever!
It won the Oscar didn’t it?
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Nah
They show the box cover and I think, “Oh yeah, I think I wanted to watch that when it came out.” I don’t go to movies because I hate the cost and I like to pause and rewind. I need to pay more attention to the reviews. Paycheck had holes so big that even Shaq could dribble drive through them.
Also
Why are guns so noisy in movies? If a guy just moves a large gun from side to side, there are all these loud metallic/cocking sounds.
yeah everytime I go shooting with the boys it's like clickety clacky clack
I also like to shoot from my hip, it doesn’t help my aim, but dang does it look cool
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
you didn't like it?
haha I actually bought it. Not my fav., but I thought it was at least worthy of a 4 on the cheesy Frye rating scale.
Every night the team scores 100 points is sort of a mini-Hispanic night.........all the fans get free Chalupas. --Bust a Bucket
dude that dude Frye, he likes to the Buffalo Gap, dude (doing my best Adam 'is washed up' Sandler)
AkA the place andy has pulled more poon out of then any bar in portland
I give it 5 Frye’s
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
I had way to many "Why the heck is he doing that?" moments
When I reach a point in a movie where I have to apologize to my wife for pointing out all the plot holes, that’s when the movie is bad to me. Why didn’t he just destroy the thing and keep his memory? If he was stuck on the campus for three years, how did he get off to buy a lottery ticket? It was a typical John Woo movie, with lost of action and not much reality.
He had only a handful of things and instead of just sticking them in his pocket, he kept them in that stupid envelope that he kept dropping and spilling. He had the ability to send himself a matchbook that was painted to look like another matchbook, but he couldn’t just send himself an encoded or hidden message so that he knew was was going on.
your typo describes how a lot of John Woo movies make me feel.
It was a typical John Woo movie, with lost of action and not much reality.
Jerry Bruckheimer is better.
Every night the team scores 100 points is sort of a mini-Hispanic night.........all the fans get free Chalupas. --Bust a Bucket
When I was but a Boy
Before Woo came to America to make movies, I really liked his Hong Kong work. It was fun. I was ahead of the curve with that stuff, but I was also only 11 or 12 so maybe the movies aren’t as good as I ’member.
His American work has been pretty lame… except for Hard Target. I heard the X-rated version is awesome, but I ain’t done n’ gone found it yet.
What would Woo’s best American movie be? Face/Off? Ugh.
SELL OUT.
Mortimer
PS: Side question: what is everyone’s favorite Van Damme movie?
I heard his new one is bood
Mine is probably Bloodsport. I’ve seen it the most. The one where he was twins was creepy.
Hard Target over Face/Off...surely you must be joking.
Personally, I think Woo blew his load after Hard Boiled.
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
You're telling me
That a movie with this scene in it:
Wouldn’t be the best American movie of ANY director, let alone John Woo? Wilford Brimley on horseback, freakin’ bow in hand, outriding an explosion, all while masterfully providing a Creole accent?
I guess this is where we part ways.
Mortimer
Bloodsport
JCVD at his peak
Bayless has been testing the fences for weaknesses
by blazeraddict on Dec 15, 2008 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
I'm depressed
Rudy’s girlfriend is coming into Portland. Why oh why? I hope she hates it here.
Rudy for ROY
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"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
Why so said?
Now’s the time to take her out of the picture! Now’s the time BEdgers, how can twiggs eliminate her competition?
Let the scheming begin…
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
Nah, I bet she is super hot
I have no chance in hell. Unfortunately. I thought I could win him over with charm and my love of basketball and all things Blazers. I bet she just uses him for his money. Scandolous!!!
Rudy for ROY
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"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
He still needs friends in Portland to go out with (like Nic)
That would be a start. At least you might get some nice tickets.
Viva la Rudylucion
Not enough!
No, it would be super cool to be friends with benefits.
Rudy for ROY
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"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
you should give Rudy a list of demands
1. drop your girl
2. go out with Twiggs
3. have more kids then Sophia and Nic
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1llNYAlYrc
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 15, 2008 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
trade scenario:
rlec and rudy’s g-friend for one of your players.
by cornplant on Dec 15, 2008 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
NOW THAT TRADE DESERVES A TRADE POST OF IT"S OWN~
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
it's about the only one that does
At least the daily trade posts seem to be containing the random thoughts a bit… but I still won’t go near them.
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
Don't worry
She ain’t much of a looker
And rumor has it Rudy only dated her because she knew so much about ACB basketball and now that he is in the NBA he might be looking for someone with more relevant knowledge…
You got this in the bag, Twiggsie babes!
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Dec 15, 2008 3:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Phew! Thank god, I was worried.
Now everything will be ok.
Rudy for ROY
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"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
She's hot
I don’t think there are ugly women in Spain, not from personal experience anyways. Barcelona especially is filled with beautiful women.
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
Wait till they turn 35!
OH SNAP.
It’s wierd though, with the Spaniards and Greeks and Persians and whoevers… the chicks can be hot from 16 to 34 and then they wake up and look like that old hunched over lady who is 4 feet tall that I’m sure you saw everywhere on your trip to Spain.
It’d be odder if they weren’t starting from such a hot place, and then falling to such old grossness. And, according to my Spaniard friends, it happens overnight.
They might need more preservatives from McDonalds or sumthin’, so Twiggs will prolly look hotter for much longer than Rudy’s GFF and she needs to stress this advantage when pitching her dating proposal to Rudy’s people.
Mortimer
Sorry I'm physically unable to see ugly women
it’s a handicap that I’ve been dealing with all my life.
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
Then how do you know what yo mama looks like?!
…
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
My mother is very beautiful
all mothers are
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks for looking out Morti
Rudy for ROY
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"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
New York Times article
An interesting read, but probably not fanshot worthy: Working the Refs – It’s Part of a Coach’s Game Plan.
rad
My HDTV is a JustinTV streamer who doesn't just use a webcam :(
by inroywetrust on Dec 16, 2008 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
Am I the only one that hates snow?
Just a dismal reminder of how damn cold it is outside.
I don’t like shoveling either…stupid lawsuits.
-Shad
"If a doctor ever gives me six months to live, I want it in basketball time." - Marc Acito
I only like it on my days off
My office was actually closed today but I doubt it will be tomorrow. Since I refuse to drive in the snow, I now have to plan my commute on Tri Met which will take me 2 1/2-3 hours to get to work. I live in Clackamas and work in Tanasbourne. On a normal day it would take me 1/2 hour to get to work. That’s totally disgusting to me.
Rudy for ROY
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"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
I don't have the Tri-met option.
Live in East Vancouver and have to be to work by 6. C-Tran hasn’t gotten it together yet.
-Shad
"If a doctor ever gives me six months to live, I want it in basketball time." - Marc Acito
Nope. No skiing, snowboarding or polar bearing.
Not even a snowman, snow-angel, or snowball fight.
Heat. Lots of glorious blazing heat.
-Shad
"If a doctor ever gives me six months to live, I want it in basketball time." - Marc Acito
I'm with you
Snow is like some relatives, they are OK to visit, but you don’t want them coming to stay with you.
I like the snow
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Ev’rywhere you go;
Take a look in the five and ten glistening once again
With candy canes and silver lanes aglow.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Toys in ev’ry store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door.
A pair of hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots
Is the wish of Barney and Ben;
Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk
Is the hope of Janice and Jen;
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Ev’rywhere you go;
There’s a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well,
The sturdy kind that doesn’t mind the snow.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas;
Soon the bells will start,
And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing
Right within your heart.
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 15, 2008 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Ewww.
I’m definately not coming into work thursday. My toes are frostbitten. I think my fingertips are already gone. Not sure yet. Afraid to take off my gloves.
-Shad
"If a doctor ever gives me six months to live, I want it in basketball time." - Marc Acito
i watched a bunch of david blaine things on the travel channel yesterday
dude was in an ice glacier thingy for like 64 hours! so don’t feel too bad.
Here is my official Mavs ambassador report for the day: Josh Howard presents his favorite beauty products
Viva la Rudylucion
by Norsktroll on Dec 15, 2008 2:57 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
OMG I cannot believe he actually said this...
weird
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
lolllllllll
I think I can only add "The NBA, where caring for everybody but the fans happens". --amlmart1
by prezofdeath on Dec 16, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Isn't today December 15th, the day all kinds of folks can get traded?
I’m starting to think that GM’s might not read all the trade proposals posted on sports blogs.
Power Rankings: From #4 to #12
Rudy for ROY
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"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
stupid blazers for droppin 3 in a row...
:(
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Yeah but still
Seeing SA and Houston above us is stoopid.
Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09
"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
Whoops, Stein
Hollinger has us at 6. My bad.
Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09
"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
Stein always overreacts to short winning and losing streaks
All he looks at is your overall record and your record the last week. I guarantee you he would have us at like #5 or #6 if Hedo and Davis hadn’t hit those buzzer beaters.
Boomshakalaka
I found us a free agent.
Seriously. Drop Shavlik’s contract, offer this guy whatever you can. Tell him he’ll get lesser minutes, and no ring this year, but if he does well, it may parlay into a permanent big-man coaching gig for a championship team.
Then have him practice against Oden EVERY DAY.
http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/56010/20081215/mutombo_to_celtics_heat_or_spurs/
Play him with Joel
Over Frye!
I’m all for it if Mutumbo is ok being a coach type player at the same time, and just spot minutes.
And doesn’t want a kajillion dollars or a multi year deal. Why would he go to the Heat? That’d be ridiculous.
Morty Sugar Cheeks
Got here a little late
but if youre reading this and want to hook up for a bball game, well, I usually watch them on the internet. My winter break starts on the 19th, I’m going to Sendai on the 21st, and then Tokyo on the 24th to fly back to the US for a week. I7m not going down to Kyoto though, and unless you’re into doing some skiing there’s not much of a reason to come to Nagano at the moment. If you neeed help translating this; http://www.nba.com/japan/tv_index.html, it says there’s no Blazers on TV this week. Where did you find the Blazers there? I am trying to hit up a sports bar in Tokyo before my flight on the 24th, which would be the Nuggets game. If you find a place that you can watch live games, let me know. I thought I was going to be confined to an internet cafe, but sitting in a bar with a beer watchihng a game would be beyond belief. Anyway, if you want to kill some time and get some use out of that railpass, I got time. If you actually play basketball too, you’re welcome to join a game. They’re so small here it actually evens out the fact that I’m so bad. Have a good trip. Ki o tsukete.
what are you doing here btw?
A couple of useful phrases:
Hajimimash(i)te; it’s nice to meet you.
yorosh(i)ko onegaishimas(u); it’s a pleasure to build this relationship with you
Kekko des(u); That’s alright or no thank you. Used whenever they go over the top with crap you don’t need while they are trying to be over the top customer oriented.
Ots(u)kadesama deshta; means I your hard work was appreciated (literally ‘you must be tired’), used after anything from work to mountain climbing to an intense game of darts.
hoteru (hotel’s name) wa doko des(u) ka?; where’s my hotel?
I’m surprised that so many people speak English there. If you put for the effort, you’ll almost assuredly get a ‘oh, nihongo jozu.’, or you speak Japanese well. ‘hashi jozu’ means you use the chopsticks well. They love dishing out those little bits.
Thanks for the good info.
As for what I’m doing here, check out the first few comments. Somewhere up there I explain some of my trip. It’s a little busy, and I’m already traveling south, so going north doesn’t sound feasible. Although skiing and some bball would be awesome, but I did forget my shoes :)
I wasn’t the one who saw the Blazers game, but the Celtics-Hornets game was on when I got to my hotel room for the first time. As for the NBA TV online, how does it work? I know most hiragana and katakana, but don’t know enough words to make use of it. And I do have a day trip to Tokyo before going south, but that’s on the 22nd… not quite perfect timing. Dang.
Thanks for the phrases. I already knew about half of them, but can make use of them all. Thankfully I’m getting warmed up to the culture with a coworker who is our translator, so in about a week I’ll be on my own and should be able to survive.
Otherwise, have a good trip back to the states. How long are you there for and where at? If it’s P-town and your there until after the new year, then maybe we can get together for a drink.
Yoroshiko onegaishimasu,
Tyler
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
Nerd alert
Sorry, I can’t help it, but I teach Japanese and can’t stop myself:
hajimemash(i)te
yorosh(i)ku onegaishimas(u)
ots(u)karesama deshta
Sports bar in Takadanobaba
The only place I’ve been able to find that shows NBA games on a regular basis is a sports bar near Takadanobaba called #23 (http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/MJ-23/).
Unfortunately it looks like they’ve got Pistons vs. Bulls scheduled for the 24th…
by Praisebecrom on Dec 15, 2008 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
The place you have to visit.
Trust me, if you are in the Kyoto area, this is the place to take a day trip to see.
Muro-ji.
It will take the better part of a day, because it is in the deepest heart of old Yamato (the previous name for Japan). Most tourists do not have the time to do it, so you will be going to a place where you will see very few gaijin, and a place that probably fewer than one in 10,000 American tourists to Japan ever will see.
You take a train south through Nara and Sakurai, and get off at the tiny town of Muroguchiono. The express trains do not stop there, only the donko (local-local) trains do. Then you get on a local bus, which will take you through streets so narrow that the top of the bus sometimes hits the roof tiles on both sides of the street as it sways due to the condition of the road.
The trip — especially should you be blessed with one of the rare days when there is a light dusting of snow — is one you will never forget.
(This is from someone who lived in Japan for two years in the mid 1960s, and has traveled all around the country, and who currently visits there about twice a year.)
We now return you to on-topic (Blazers-related) chatter.
Thanks a lot. I will make it there if at all possible.
And considering my stay, it should be possible. :)
-T
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
Muro-ji
I agree, Muro-ji is worth the trip (and deserted in winter) as is much of the area south of Nara.
A few places not too far from Kyoto:
Himeji Castle is really cool
Kurashiki (south of Okayama) is an interesting old merchant town
Hiroshima is a little far, but not bad with the railpass (go to Miyajima and the a-bomb museum)
Kurama Temple in the mountains to the north of Kyoto has fun, light hiking with temples
Try to spend at least a few days in Kyoto and a day in Nara
Look at Utah
getting blown out by Boston in the first quarter.
The celts are pretty good boys.
honor rasheed wallace
Just tuned that in. Maybe that would help us a little bit, though I ultimately don’t see us winning the division ahead of a Jazz team that is just stronger than we are right now.
P.S.: CelticBlog has a nice chat feature for games (and also very extensive previews in their old forums). Might be worth a shot over our open gameday threads http://www.celticsblog.com/pages/celticsblog-live-chat
Viva la Rudylucion
you should go to Dave with this.
SBNation already has the framework set up to support the feature… prolly could be applied here without too much trouble.
honor rasheed wallace
to be honest
I miss Jarrett. He was a good guy and would get to the rim pretty consistently. Helped take pressure off Brandon.
honor rasheed wallace
hopefully without the stepping on inbounds
and jump passes.
But yeah… Rexy could be a serious player in the league. I watched some of his summer league highlights today. The competition was inferior, but a few of the shots he hit were bigtime. Almost Roy like.
honor rasheed wallace
Goto Osaka
have some Okonomiyakis while watching the game
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 5:03 PM PST reply actions
That's a shame for you
because I love em
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
In fairness I haven't had any in Kyoto
I hear they are a diferent story there. I don’t know if I can bring myself to try it again though.
Osaka and Hiroshima are the spots for Okonomiyaki
Kyoto’s for kaiseki
I hate bears
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 15, 2008 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
Kenny Natt info via Sactown Royalty
Natt spent nine years as an assistant under Jerry Sloan in Utah and three years as Mike Brown’s top assistant in Cleveland. His brother is former All-Star Calvin Natt.
Mhm, doesn’t sound like a bad (interim) coach. Though StR already clamors for Eddie Jordan to return to the Kings.
Viva la Rudylucion
Anyone watching a game?
And if yes, which one?
I just turned to the Celtics/Jazz game, but open to others since I hate Celtic broadcasts… and rooting for them, which I gotta do if they play the Jazzes.
M
I'm watching that and had a look into the fast-paced chat at celticsblog
Now I’m wandering over to MavsMoneyball :)
Viva la Rudylucion
The return of the Dramastache to Phoenix could also be a little interesting later
Viva la Rudylucion
Ooh, didn't even notice
There it is, on NBAtv.
Ya seen Eric Snow on NBATV? Maybe the worst in-studio dude ever in the ex-player division.
Just NBA, or including all sports?
There have been some pretty terrible NFL announcer former player types.
honor rasheed wallace
That's prolly true
I really only watch the NBA, and certainly it’s the only sport I can speak confidently on re: the announcers.
Eric Snow ain’t exactly a NAME player that people respond to, so he should get to where he gets because he is smart and charismatic in front of the camera. But he ain’t— at least he doesn’t come across that way. He says obvious statement after obvious statement in a monotone delivery.
But he lets me use this thingy which I love:
I’m sure the NFL has the NBA beat in the ex-player division, hands down.
Mortimer
Emmitt Smith is the worst announcer of all time.
It was so brutal…
As far as NBA goes, Chris Webber is pretty bad.
honor rasheed wallace
Webber
I like the NBA TV studio show when he’s with GP, good for some legit laughs. Never was that into Webber when he popped in on the TNT booth
Bayless has been testing the fences for weaknesses
by blazeraddict on Dec 15, 2008 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
Howz about
Frye, Shavlick (sorry LetsBlaze), and Diogu for Milly-sapp.
I mean, we’re only getting ONE power forward out of the deal, and they get THREE. Who would turn down that deal? A stupid dumb BABY can tell 3 is more than 1.
KP DO IT OR U R FIRED.
M—
I hear Jerry Sloan would want Freeland too.
4 PFs >>>> 1 small undersized Milsap PF
sounds fair.
honor rasheed wallace
Same problem as with Brandon Bass
He doesn’t cost enough!!! Only $800,000 minimum salary.
KP, I’m disappointed in your scouting department. Ramon Sessions, Bass, Millsap, all overlooked :-(
Viva la Rudylucion
Plus, Rudy went 2 for 11
I think the shiny NEW-GM luster KP once had has faded and all that is left is a hollowed out husk of a man. What did we ever see in him?!?! I even let him go under the shirt over the bra :-(
I’ll let Tom Penn how to figure out that we don’t need to match salaries. Matching salaries is for terrorists if it prevents us from Paul Millsap, who is rightfully ours since we rightfully deserve any and all good players that their current team would likely want to keep.
Aside from LMA, Oden, Roy, Rudy, Sergio, Batum, and the signings of Joel and Blake, has ANY move KP did ever worked out?!?!?!
Mortimer, disillusioned.
Imagine how could we could be if we hadn't traded Zach.
A lineup of Zach, Lamarcus, Shavlik, Przybilla, and Oden! Absolutely unstoppable.
KP needs to stop making these foolish moves.
honor rasheed wallace
With that lineup--
Not only would our playoff drought have ended, our championship drought’s ending would be a foregole conclusion.
KP, BECOME A ZOMBIE AND EAT A BRAIN SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AT LEAST ONE BRAIN YA DUMMY.
There… I tol’ him!
Mortimer, telling it like it is.
And he traded Ha! the best sixth man ever!
Ha would’ve been a beast on that team. He could have guarded positions 1-5. KP is such a big dummy.
honor rasheed wallace
He could trade for Mike Miller or some other T-Wolf (imagine Foye and Roy)
Canis Hoopus has begun to call the Wolves “Our beloved puppies zombies”. McHale always needs more power forwards who can’t defend. Frye would fit in there like a fist on an eye.
Viva la Rudylucion
How come when i google image search for my name
only one image comes up. An image of David Stern no less. LAME!
Is your real name Hitler?
OH SNAP PART 2!
That was mean of me to say. Everyone knows Stern is worse than Hitler OH SNAP PART 3!!!
M
OMG YOU WENT THERE!
NO HE DIDNT!
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
no i think it's because safe search was on.
Oh look see! turn it off and there are TONS of pictures….
i kid, i kid
Just learned that SBN can change your username if you e-mail them
I’m thinking about becoming something like Harlequin :)
Viva la Rudylucion
How about the dashing hero from a Harlequin NOVEL
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
yeah I pretty much knew that was what you were shooting for
But the 1/2 naked hot guy is SO much better!
Think about it… at least? I mean, you could be posting as an ex con who just got of jail and inherited a billion dollars from a distant grandmother who returns to his hometown to find a perfectly gorgeous women who is wholesome , sassy and loves the blazers and perfectly willing to marry you … all in the effort to restore his good name which was sullied when he was wrongly convicted of highwayman-ness… The one thing he never expected was to fall hopelessly in love….
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
I get my momma one of those books each X-Mas
She hates when I do it so it is fun for the whole family.
I especially like ones that involve some sort of Ethnicity or subculture, like APACHE LOVE or SUMMER VIKING LOVE. Also, doctor themed ones because she is a doctor and I’d imagine that if I was a doctor and a mom, I would like romance novels with themes that reflect my lifestyle.
If they could make one with a dangerous bullfighter who falls in love with an idealistic middle aged doctor, I might never see my mom again.
Mortimer
I googled my name
And found that it’s a hunky character in a crappy book about a lady who can talk to her cat. I sent copies to all my friends.
Mckenna leaned back in her chair with a sigh. The State of Arizona v. Todd Harmon was going nowhere as long as Tom inhawaii, temptation personified, stood in her doorway. He couldn’t come within sight of her without irritating, distracting, provoking, and otherwise tempting her to think about him rather than the work at hand.
I found one
That had my family’s REAL last name in the title, and involved doctors and an ethnicity. It was the perfect storm of horrible romance novels.
I wish I could remember some of the titles, because they are hilarious. I pick them based on the titles, and the cover, and the scary but thrilling ethnicity it involves. I also like the books where the lady is a single mom and finally found a father for her children. One cover looked like the mom was offering her child daughter to the leather jacketed traveller who couldn’t be held down… until now?
All of the books end up on my dad’s bookshelf in his home office, embarrassing him if company ever comes over. Hiding the books in a box that seems like something good is the best way to administer the gift.
It makes my mom blush ever so much and delights my soul. Then she throws the book at me.
Once when I was a teenager and one of my lil’ sisters was a tween, I found a book called CAVEMAN LOVER in her room. Her love thawed out his frozen heart, or some such thing. OH, LADIES… what’s with the words? Try some visuals why don’t ya.
Mortimer
I was printing out my Christmas letter
and somehow it ended with the folloing line: Why don’t you all get bent!!
Do you think that is wrong??
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
What?
Not forceful enough?
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 15, 2008 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
Not at all.. you are like a docile lil' lamb
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Hmmmm....lamb!
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 15, 2008 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
Why have I eaten lamb and not sheep? Is lamb really sheep but called lamb b/c lamb sounds better than sheep?
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Because you eat babys
they are defenseless. You probably like Veal
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 15, 2008 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
Bambie... MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
I also had to learn that
Since I misspelled it in some test and had to learn the difference between whether, wether, and weather. Kinda like which and witch.
Viva la Rudylucion
but Dallas lost
which is probobly more important for Portland (bummer for Mavs fans like you though).
Boomshakalaka
They got Howard back today, for limited minutes
And they got no production out of the center rotation and Kidd today. I expect them to improve, but Denver looked much better with Nene and Billups starting and Smith getting a lot of minutes over last year with AI and Camby.
Maybe we should root for Houston to miss the playoffs, that would benefit everybody :)
Well, maybe we shouldn’t discuss that with the ambassador to the Dream Shake.
Viva la Rudylucion
I always prefer...
for the Blazers opponent to be coming off a W, especially when that team is below .500, and especially if its a back-2-back situation for the opponent. I feel that teams below .500, especially those on a back-2-back sometimes get satisfied with a W and don’t come out with as much fire the next night as if they had lost.
Probably a stupid theory, but that’s my theory anyhow.
Boomshakalaka
I say it ain't stupid
There is a fine line between confident and cocksure, and I think the lesser teams find themselves overly pleased with an ordinary victory and come out flat the next game moreso than teams with something to prove.
It’s the same way if the Kings got blown out. Will they use it as motivation and come out angry? Or does it make them feel crappy and hopeless, and then they gotta go play in tough Portland. It’s hard to tell with some teams… take our 21 win Blazer team, and their consecutive lose-by-30 streak. I don’t think any of those losses made them more likely to win the next game, because it just made them feel belittled, not vengeful.
I’m hoping the Kings feel like they got their win for the back to back, and can rest easy now.
And Spencer Hawes is way overrated right now by people. Soft as the tissue on my desk right this second, and less willing to rebound. Just because he doesn’t totally suck and might actually become Brad Miller (instead of that being a distant dream) doesn’t make him anythang special. I HAVE SPOKED.
Mortimer
Anybody listen to the KP interview on 95.5 The Game tonight?
He had some very very nice things to say about Jerryd Bayless. He’s probably higher on Bayless than Nate right now, but he is adamant about letting Nate do his job without being told who to play.
To be expected
KP is the GM, and he’s gone on record as saying this team’s window is opening in 2-3 years. While of course he wants to see the team succeed in the short term, he’s looking at the long haul. Nate is a win now guy to begin with (and judging by the job security of your average NBA head coach, he’s got a point) so that lends itself to his hesitancy with rookies, especially PGs. Still, that’s encouraging, hopefully it means at least the idea of more PT for Bayless is being discussed
Bayless has been testing the fences for weaknesses
by blazeraddict on Dec 15, 2008 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
Oh Crap I'm too late for this Junk Drawer! That's It! I'm Un-Rec'ing it!
Go ahead and post your worst "with a trailblazer" photo on your avatar, can you beat mine?
by BlazermaniacAndy on Dec 16, 2008 12:08 AM PST reply actions
Jomon in Japan
a question:
How widespread in Japan is the idea that early Japanese were the first people to migrate to the Americas?
Apparently anthropologists are linking Kennewick Man, Blackfeet, Sioux, etc to the Jomon.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/anthro/2001-07-30-first-americans.htm
"One must assume responsibility for being in a weird world ... Touch the world sparingly." Carlos Castenada (Journey to Ixtlan) (Caveowl can be three syllables, entonces, caveat.)
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