Ok, a few things.
First, I know I said I don't care what you think, and for the most part it's true, especially because I'm not sure that our readership is even in the double digits, but I still feel the need to apology to Blogi, because frankly, this blog was supposed to be about surviving work and sticking it to the man. Recently, I have turned this into, "Jobimoto's baseball blog." This is completely unfair, and to Blogi, I apologize. I was going to write about how the rest of you should be thanking me for my analysis, but it got really convoluted so I'll close by saying - you should, because I am right and if you want to dance, bring your stats, and we'll go toe to toe.
That being said, there was a series against Boston this weekend, and Boston won. I don't like to acknowledge it, but my only solace is that Wang shut them down with 93 pitches over 9 innings on Friday night, and that was sweet. I once saw Maddux when he was with the Braves disassemble the Yankees with 84 pitches over 9 innings, it was incredible. Even Boston fans were impressed by the game.
I'm not sweating the series, I'll be a little bummed if the Yanks can't get it together this weekend in the Bronx, they need to take a couple back, but the truth of the matter is neither team looks great right now. Boston pulled off a typical rally last night against the Indians and the Yankees finally went back to their old ways by swinging the Big Bats and having their bullpen almost blow the game (sorry boys, until you start proving you can hold a five run lead, you are going to get the wrath). Mo looks sharp again, which is something he didn't have at all last year. I remember as he got pulled in the 9th against Boston after blowing the lead and the bases were juiced...it was like watching Captain America carried off the field of battle on a stretcher...you just couldn't imagine it. But Cap is coming back and so has Mo, and all is right in the world.
I'm proud of Blogi's Giants, who are sporting a mediocre record on par with the Yankees. Not proud of them for beating up on Randy Johnson, not that I love RJ, cause he should just quit, but I mean come on, the guy's insides are more synthetic than natural now...it's like pinning the blind kid in a wrestling match. Ok - I yield: he gave up 3 runs over 5 innings, none of them earned, and still technically has a 0.00 ERA, so I should cut the guy some slack. However, he will always draw my ire for being another high-priced mercenary who haunted the Yankees and they went out and signed.
That reminds me of something I realized last night. The Yankees classically go out and sign the players that have burned them. Sometimes this works out great, look at Tino Martinez, Roger Clemens, and Wade Boggs. Those guys were stellar for the Yanks. But they've picked up some guys who have strung together a couple good years, but have been mediocre at best: Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, Randy Johnson, Carl Pavano, Gary Sheffield. Alex Rodriguez used to eat the Yankees alive. So rather than figure out how to beat these guys, the Yanks go after them, only a couple years too late (exception of A-Rod). Mark my words, when Papi decides to leave baseball, the Yanks will pursue him to the nth degree to stick it to the Sawx. They'll overpay him, and Boston will humiliate the Yanks that year. Bold Prediction for the future.
Now to switch it up style. Video games are crack. I am certain of this, because they become an addiction. I have a sweet-ass PS2 that still works and I have about 6 games for it that I have not beat, including God of War because I thought I could play it on Spartan and it has been making me it's bitchboy since November. Yes, that's 5 months of playing the same damn level if you're keeping score at home. So I ran out and bought a PS3 and of the four games I own for that, I have beat one, and haven't even opened two. I've been waiting to buy a pair of DSes for my girlfriend and myself so we can play video games together rather than have this being a solitary act, and THEN I read that crisis core came out for PSP and is an FF7 prequel, and now I'm determined I must buy this damn game. I can only assume this is what it's like to be a junky, or, maybe more realistically, to love shoes and clothes like some people do. Sony, you are my Prada.
I'm still waiting to get my PS3 repaired, and I'm still waiting for that magical day when I actually have time to play video games again. This summer a huge suite drops for Sony where it is going to p0wn the shit out of the 360 with GTA4, FF13, and Metal Gear Solid 4. By that estimation, I have about 3-4 months to get my video game chops/credit back, and also come to grips with the sad realization that I've just created a development plan for myself to attack the summer rush of games.
While I'm at it, anyone want to play Magic or roll a couple d20's?
-Jobimoto out
"Roll for initiative."
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
"Cocaine is a Helluva Drug"
First, I'd like to thank Jobi. His back must surely be sore as hell with the amount of weight he's carrying around for me. Keep on truckin, bro.
Secondly: FUCK YEAH GIANTS!!!! Takin down those bastard D-back D-Bags was awesome. Couple of strategic hits won you guys the game. THAT'S what you guys need to get in the groove of doing. You don't have power bats, so don't even try to pretend like you do. Play a smart ball game and hit 'em where they look like absolute idiots going after them.
On a related note, after all this time in CT, I JUST NOW found out that the Connecticut Defenders, which play like 20 minutes away, are a FUCKING GIANTS AA FEEDER TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm breaking out my cap and my glove and enjoying me some goddamn baseball REAL SOON.
..... as soon as my job stops killing me that is....
Oh, and I would just like to point out that Jobi laid the smack down on Carl Pavano, A.K.A C-Piddy. Bad move, bro..... bad. move. You know he's gonna come over to your apartment, beat every single one of your PS2 AND PS3 games before breakfast, down an entire vat of Hollandaise in front of your face, and then throw Truth Sauce at you in the form of a 500mph curveball through your TV that somehow ends up lodged in your colon last week. Cuz that's how he rolls. And you, my friend, have awoken the sleeping dragon. Warn your girlfriend and the neighbors, they won't want to see this....
Moving on:
Yes, I agree that Eggs and Toast has been dominated by sports talk as of late, but you know what? I'm ok with that for the time being. Why? Cuz baseball rocks and is a very important part of both Jobi's and my lives. Besides which, my brain is so damn fried from being beaten into the mantle of the Earth, I really haven't been able to find anything to talk about recent. I haven't even been keeping up with Penny Arcade! *GASP!* Yes, it's true. I am a shame to the human race. I shall fall on my sword upon finishing this post.
Now, I must re-touch on something quite important to me: My Creative Zen. In my initial review I made mention that I would download videos from Unbox and check them out on my Zen. Well, I did, and the verdict is: BUY THIS DEVICE. I watched Christopher Walken's recent hosting of SNL on the Zen on my way to New York this past weekend, and that little 16.7 MILLION color screen is a thing of absolute wonder. Sound was great, and the picture was astounding. Only drawback? It's small. But then again, that's why I got it. I didn't want to lug around a massive media player device (nor could I afford it). What's next? I just downloaded the first two episodes of Battlestar Galactica season 4. Yeah. That's right. A whoooole lotta Tricia Helfer.
As for Unbox itself, the verdict is still out I think. What's nice: it downloads both a full video file for my computer of whatever I order as well as a smaller file specifically for my Zen. That's pretty slick. The interface of unbox's website and specialized desktop browser/asst. is nothing fancy, but it's intuitive and gets the job done. Great thing: It's not iTunes, which I hate with an absurd passion. "But Blogi, how do you live without iTunes?! The world can't spin without iTunes!!" Bite me. It's called Winamp. I can customize pretty much anything about Winamp that I want AND it doesn't take up my entire goddamn screen. I can set it to become transparent when not being used, which is slick. What does it lack? mp3 ripping. Do I care? no. Why? because there is absolutely no lack of free software (that's NOT itunes) to rip mp3's from CD's (AND strip them of any stupid encoding as well). I personally use the software that came from my old Creative Muvo, which allows me to rip MP3's of any bit rate of my choosing, and DOESN'T automatically encode songs into that stupidass protected AAC3 format. I'll go off on this whole topic of music sharing and protected digital files on a later date. But I'll say this for now: Big time music artists are in no danger of filing for bankruptcy any time soon, and the record industry has found creative ways to maintain its revenue. SO QUIT YER BITCHING.
I also might have a new digital camera review on the horizon.
But first: I fall on my sword.
Roadkill Blogi out.
"That's not a knife, that's a spoon!" ..... Damn.
Secondly: FUCK YEAH GIANTS!!!! Takin down those bastard D-back D-Bags was awesome. Couple of strategic hits won you guys the game. THAT'S what you guys need to get in the groove of doing. You don't have power bats, so don't even try to pretend like you do. Play a smart ball game and hit 'em where they look like absolute idiots going after them.
On a related note, after all this time in CT, I JUST NOW found out that the Connecticut Defenders, which play like 20 minutes away, are a FUCKING GIANTS AA FEEDER TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm breaking out my cap and my glove and enjoying me some goddamn baseball REAL SOON.
..... as soon as my job stops killing me that is....
Oh, and I would just like to point out that Jobi laid the smack down on Carl Pavano, A.K.A C-Piddy. Bad move, bro..... bad. move. You know he's gonna come over to your apartment, beat every single one of your PS2 AND PS3 games before breakfast, down an entire vat of Hollandaise in front of your face, and then throw Truth Sauce at you in the form of a 500mph curveball through your TV that somehow ends up lodged in your colon last week. Cuz that's how he rolls. And you, my friend, have awoken the sleeping dragon. Warn your girlfriend and the neighbors, they won't want to see this....
Moving on:
Yes, I agree that Eggs and Toast has been dominated by sports talk as of late, but you know what? I'm ok with that for the time being. Why? Cuz baseball rocks and is a very important part of both Jobi's and my lives. Besides which, my brain is so damn fried from being beaten into the mantle of the Earth, I really haven't been able to find anything to talk about recent. I haven't even been keeping up with Penny Arcade! *GASP!* Yes, it's true. I am a shame to the human race. I shall fall on my sword upon finishing this post.
Now, I must re-touch on something quite important to me: My Creative Zen. In my initial review I made mention that I would download videos from Unbox and check them out on my Zen. Well, I did, and the verdict is: BUY THIS DEVICE. I watched Christopher Walken's recent hosting of SNL on the Zen on my way to New York this past weekend, and that little 16.7 MILLION color screen is a thing of absolute wonder. Sound was great, and the picture was astounding. Only drawback? It's small. But then again, that's why I got it. I didn't want to lug around a massive media player device (nor could I afford it). What's next? I just downloaded the first two episodes of Battlestar Galactica season 4. Yeah. That's right. A whoooole lotta Tricia Helfer.
As for Unbox itself, the verdict is still out I think. What's nice: it downloads both a full video file for my computer of whatever I order as well as a smaller file specifically for my Zen. That's pretty slick. The interface of unbox's website and specialized desktop browser/asst. is nothing fancy, but it's intuitive and gets the job done. Great thing: It's not iTunes, which I hate with an absurd passion. "But Blogi, how do you live without iTunes?! The world can't spin without iTunes!!" Bite me. It's called Winamp. I can customize pretty much anything about Winamp that I want AND it doesn't take up my entire goddamn screen. I can set it to become transparent when not being used, which is slick. What does it lack? mp3 ripping. Do I care? no. Why? because there is absolutely no lack of free software (that's NOT itunes) to rip mp3's from CD's (AND strip them of any stupid encoding as well). I personally use the software that came from my old Creative Muvo, which allows me to rip MP3's of any bit rate of my choosing, and DOESN'T automatically encode songs into that stupidass protected AAC3 format. I'll go off on this whole topic of music sharing and protected digital files on a later date. But I'll say this for now: Big time music artists are in no danger of filing for bankruptcy any time soon, and the record industry has found creative ways to maintain its revenue. SO QUIT YER BITCHING.
I also might have a new digital camera review on the horizon.
But first: I fall on my sword.
Roadkill Blogi out.
"That's not a knife, that's a spoon!" ..... Damn.
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