Riles Finally Rid Of Walker

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-timberwolves-heattrade&prov=ap&type=lgns

"Antoine Walker's turbulent time with the Miami Heat is over.
The Heat traded the three-time All-Star forward to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday in a five-player deal that came one day after Miami completed a winless preseason.
Walker, backup center Michael Doleac, oft-injured forward Wayne Simien and a conditional first-round draft pick were sent to Minnesota for former Miami swingman Ricky Davis and center Mark Blount.
The deal gives Miami the third scoring option it wanted in Davis. The Heat will try to fit him in alongside Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade -- the 2006 finals MVP who'll miss a few more weeks while recovering from knee and shoulder surgeries. "

Seems to be a good deal for the Heat. A few things to note though: Blount's longer contract and more importantly, less playing time for Dorrell Wright as Davis seems to be figured to eat into the starting 2 and 3 spots, as well as backup for each position.

Nice Song from a New Band

http://zelletheband.com.ph/music.htm

Select the song "Sabihin"from the embedded music player. I haven't gotten around listening to the whole playlist but their sound looks to be promising and refreshing. Hopefully, they don't turn out to be like SinoSiKat -their album sounds like one endless loop of a single song (even though I did like Safety Off). Here's to the five-beer vocalist and to the new band, Zelle.

Chichi Koko is Sick

Get well soon, baby. Hopefully you recover both body and mind sooner rather than later.

Save the Cheerleader. Save the Galaxy.

I know it's against weblogging etiquette to link to other blog sites, but you guys have to check this out. Fascinating.

Huh? I Didn't Get It..

Motion pictures that I don't comprehend (in an intellectual level, at least) come few and far in between. But not since Revolver's awful plot did a movie make mo go.. "What the hell.. I didn't get it.."
And then, I saw The Fountain (starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz) on DVD. I just didn't get it. Well, the future part at least. But from the looks of things, a lot of people are struggling with their theories as well. Check this out.


"The hills are alive.. with the sound of.."

Things I Learned This July

1. Although the Transformers movie is exceptionally good, 300 is still the movie of the year for me.
2. I will always watch Robert Rodriguez' films. Planet Terror (Grindhouse) is just so dang cool on so many levels. Even the "Machete" trailer was a treat.
3. We absolutely, positively, must have a nanny for Seiichi.
4. The Nokia 6288 is a nice phone.
5. There is a shortage of good RPG games on the PSP.
6. I wasn't that concerned when the NBA and FBI found out that one of its referees is being investigated for "game-fixing."
7. My work demands so much of my time. My body feels like a train wreck from the extended work shifts and changing schedules. But often times, it has to be that way, you know.
8. Prison Break is almost the same level, watchability-wise, as Heroes. Almost, but not quite.
9. On the other hand, I'm confident in my masculinity when I say that Michael Scofield is ten-thousand times more watchable than Peter Petrelli. (Acting)
10. I can't keep up with my credit card bills.
11. PLU PLU needs help.
12. My wife does like sissy songs. Typecast, anyone? She claims the band's music is punk. Its sissy whichever way you look at it.
13. I'm nearing the 200-pound mark. Which means i'm almost 30 lbs overweight. Which means I need to start taking pearl white again.
14. The best game I have ever played on the PSP is the easy-to-understand-but-hard-to-master Puzzle Quest game.
15. I need more blog posts.

She Wanted Me Less and I Wanted Her More

We won. First place at the Battle of the Bands competition here at TM.
We played four songs, Seven Mary Three's Cumbersome, Nada Surf's Inside of Love, Radiohead's Creep, and the song that I think won it for us: a heavy metal version of Breathe's Hands to Heaven.
It was funny actually, we were practicing and we didn't know what our last song would be. We spent an entire practice session just thinking of what songs we could play. Hands to Heaven came up because I remembered this was only a four-chord song from start to finish. We arranged the music in 5 minutes, complete with the intro, pauses and drum solo. We practiced it once and hoped for the best. Didn't imagine that after we played, the song would get a lot of good reviews from our mates.
(On a side note, this wouldn't be my first time joining a band competition. I have had some success with my previous company band as well: Shrek: Movie Theme Presentation and Rec Event Retro 80s Theme. Fun times.)

Just so I don't forget, here are a few videos from our practices as well as small clips from the event itself (i know we should have had full videos of the event, but hey, the cam's battery died out, so..):

Creep Clip

Hands to Heaven Clip

Inside of Love Practice Clip

Cumbersome Practice Clip 1

Cumbersome Practice Clip 2

Cumbersome Practice Clip 3

***Note to self: The other band played a heavier remade version of Scorpion's Still Loving You (I think they got it off of some band's remake). Anyway, the song was great and hopefully I get to play it one day.

***Note to readers: Playing at a stage on a beachfront is an amazing experience. Hope you guys get to do it even once in your lifetime.

What?? Nathan Petrelli, I'm Not!

Your Score: Nathan Petrelli

You scored 0 Idealism, 0 Nonconformity, 0 Nerdiness

I'm a shark, Pete.

Congratulaions, you're Nathan Petrelli! You've got all the qualities of a stereotypical politician. You're ambitious, practical, and you've got more than a healthy sex drive. Still, as much you want to succeed in your field, you don't enjoy the attention that comes from being "different", and you are willing to lie to fit the image you want to present. Your worst quality: Ambition--you will make your way to the top of any career. Your worst quality: Anything for the votes--you will do whatever it takes.

Link: The Heroes Personality Test written by freedomdegrees on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Where Have I Seen You Before, Claire Bennet?

Oh that's right, you were the assistant coach's little kid in Remember The Titans (2000). Nice role in a nice movie: a kid who knew all the offensive sets of the football team and how to run them. Save the Cheerleader. Save the World.

The 2007 Playoffs are getting... Boring

With Detroit up 3-0 over the Bulls, Cleveland ahead 2-zip over the Nets, and playoff-history-makers Golden State now down 2 to nothing against the Jazz. It seems that the NBA Playoffs are getting... yawn... boring. Maybe it's just that my team isn't playing anymore. Or maybe we're getting nearer and nearer to a repeat of the 2005 NBA Finals San Antonio versus Detroit, which most say was the most uneventful and boring finals series for the past few years.
Anyway, what I really mean is: there are no more subplots to hold the story. Last year, we had Wade, Nowtzki's 3-point play against the Spurs, Detroit's collapse against Shaq and the Heat, Kobe against the Suns, a number of Game 7s. Last year's NBA Playoffs was the best. Ever.Now that the 1st round upsets are over. There are no more side stories to hold it all together. Sure there's Amare whining against San Antonio's "dirty" players. There are even articles about how the Jazz-Warriors series reperesnts the old vs. new style of NBA Playoff basketball. But is that it? Pfft. For a die-hard NBA fan, it's getting harder to watch the playoffs. I couldn't imagine what a casual fan would like this year.


'N Sync?