http://deadspin.com/5019832/shawn-chacons-guide-to-punching-your-boss-in-the-face
Apparently this is going to be as big in the media today than that Kobe/Shaq thing.
A caller just called up to sports radio 610, claiming Chacon's actions were justified because he was "protecting his manhood."
... ...
I'm pretty sure your boss can cross the line on stuff you can say to people. He's your boss. You cannot choke slam him. Being towards the bottom of the hierarchy, you have to expect verbal diarrhea dropped upon your head.
The caller claims that civilized people have to take action on name-calling.
So me being a civilized person, expect the next time someone calls my mom a name, I'll be sure to head butt them off a very tall building.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
WRONG
Invalid reasons to be a Cowboys fan in Houston:
1. "They are America's Team!"
NO. They are not America's Team. If you don't live in Dallas and this is your reason for being a Cowboys fan, then you do not like sports. In fact, you're fooling yourself in believing you are a sports fan. Quit watching sports, and quit talking about sports because you just failed life.
2. "They're way better than the Texans!"
Benedict Arnold has this mentality. Pretty sure he had to flee to England.
3. You like Tony Romo
Fail.
4. You're from Dallas.
Go back.
1. "They are America's Team!"
NO. They are not America's Team. If you don't live in Dallas and this is your reason for being a Cowboys fan, then you do not like sports. In fact, you're fooling yourself in believing you are a sports fan. Quit watching sports, and quit talking about sports because you just failed life.
2. "They're way better than the Texans!"
Benedict Arnold has this mentality. Pretty sure he had to flee to England.
3. You like Tony Romo
Fail.
4. You're from Dallas.
Go back.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Where is football season?
Every year I think June won't be that bad.
EVERY FUCKING YEAR I FEEL THIS SAME WAY.
Here's a typical Friday for single 24 year old such as myself:
Phonecall...
Someone: Hey, wanna go to the bar?
Me: Ok, shit why not.
10 minutes later
Me: Ok. Astros losing again. Thats fine... hey something else is on thats fun to watch right. La crosse? Thats seriously on t.v.? Classic gladiators?
Drink too much and pass out from bordem.
Atleast during football season it's easy to start up a never-ending hot-tempered conversation about how Oregon has a great team, or how the Patriots will blow it again. Why? Because its everywhere during football season. All around you people have some opinion.
September comes around and football is in full force, and baseball is winding down to the nitty gritty. Too bad the Astros are on suicide watch in June.
Hopeful Texans prediction: 10-6 winning the Wild Card.
Probable: 8-8 again, 3rd in division.
Concerning College football... I like the 'Horns and all, but does anyone else think they are running on fumes? Where's the star power? Tech has beefed up, and who knows what Sherman can do in college station... OU will forever be the fucking yankees of the big 12.
in the words of Money May: "Step yo GAME UP" UT
/ramble off
EVERY FUCKING YEAR I FEEL THIS SAME WAY.
Here's a typical Friday for single 24 year old such as myself:
Phonecall...
Someone: Hey, wanna go to the bar?
Me: Ok, shit why not.
10 minutes later
Me: Ok. Astros losing again. Thats fine... hey something else is on thats fun to watch right. La crosse? Thats seriously on t.v.? Classic gladiators?
Drink too much and pass out from bordem.
Atleast during football season it's easy to start up a never-ending hot-tempered conversation about how Oregon has a great team, or how the Patriots will blow it again. Why? Because its everywhere during football season. All around you people have some opinion.
September comes around and football is in full force, and baseball is winding down to the nitty gritty. Too bad the Astros are on suicide watch in June.
Hopeful Texans prediction: 10-6 winning the Wild Card.
Probable: 8-8 again, 3rd in division.
Concerning College football... I like the 'Horns and all, but does anyone else think they are running on fumes? Where's the star power? Tech has beefed up, and who knows what Sherman can do in college station... OU will forever be the fucking yankees of the big 12.
in the words of Money May: "Step yo GAME UP" UT
/ramble off
Monday, June 23, 2008
Back in the office!
Been working outside for the past whatever. It sucks. Fucking hot. Hate it.
Back in the office and more coming soon.
R.I.P. Mr. Carlin also
/sad face
Back in the office and more coming soon.
R.I.P. Mr. Carlin also
/sad face
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Cubs.
The Cubs bother me. Their fans show up at MMP in droves. I ask: what the fuck? Now they are pretty fucking good. I wish (if the Astros just have to suck) that the Pirates or the Reds would win the division instead of the Cubs/Cardinals. Sometimes I forget they are even in the division.
Worst case scenario for world series: Cubs v Yankees. I'm not sure I could handle that. The Yankees are in bad shape, but somehow they always fucking make it to the playoffs. If the Yankees or Red Sox don't make it to the post-season (and in New York, those people can't even imagine what that feels like anymore) the world would come to a sudden stop.
I would have to root for the Cubs. I would throw up, but it would still be better than cheering for the Yankees. Secretly I would wishing the two teams planes would collide mid-flight. Oh who am I kidding, I would yell it across the bar every inning.
Here's wishing the Cubs fans would stay the fuck in Chicago.
Worst case scenario for world series: Cubs v Yankees. I'm not sure I could handle that. The Yankees are in bad shape, but somehow they always fucking make it to the playoffs. If the Yankees or Red Sox don't make it to the post-season (and in New York, those people can't even imagine what that feels like anymore) the world would come to a sudden stop.
I would have to root for the Cubs. I would throw up, but it would still be better than cheering for the Yankees. Secretly I would wishing the two teams planes would collide mid-flight. Oh who am I kidding, I would yell it across the bar every inning.
Here's wishing the Cubs fans would stay the fuck in Chicago.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Quest for Shred Post #dos
Sweep Picking.
Instead of explaining it... I'll let this guy do it. This guy really helped me when I got started. Just moving your right hand back and forth in that motion really really helped. Even if I felt it was futile at the time.
But I'll post up the guitar pro files for the excerises I use. And post up my progress. Maybe one day someone (Jason!) will actually read through these and get more of an understanding... if said reader is inclined.
Honestly. If this is a technique a guitarist wants to utilize, then that guitarist should start doing the technique (and this applies to all techniques really) a.s.a.p. One of my biggest regrets was thinking something was too hard and putting it off. I'm still a newb to all this, but after a few months of sounding this shit on this I've progressed, albeit slowly.
From now on... I'm just going to post guitar pro 5 files. So to my non-existant readers... Go to your favorite bitTorrent site, and download guitar pro 5. Link to my two sweep picking exercises.
The two exercises are a 5 string sweep, and a 3 string sweep, with some extra alternate picking in there. It's actually the intro to an Atreyu song called "Bleeding Mascara." It's a weird time, 12/8, and they are 8th notes... so the max speed on that one is 265 bpm which would be around 130 if played in 16th notes. The 5 string sweep is just an arpeggio, 16th notes. If you don't know what any of that means, who cares. Just do it, and it will all come in time.
How I practice these:
If totally new to sweep picking then watch the video and start to get the motion down. Once I was ready to actually do a sweep... I take the guitar pro file, and turn the tempo down to something I can play, gradually increasing the tempo until I mess up. When I find my optimum speed, I practice that until I can move up 5 bpm. Rinse + repeat. Slow, accurate, and clean progress. Cannot stress this enough, even if I have a hard time following my own advice sometimes. Do it!
Personal progress as of June 1:
That 3 string shape I've gotten to 100% but its not as clean as it could be, so I'll say im around 90% through with that shape.
That 5 string shape I can do about 90 bpm, with a goal of probably 140.
Hopefully, motivation comes back. I've had a real hard time this week with getting into my schedule. Next post will be another lick I'm stealing from Kirk Hammett.
Instead of explaining it... I'll let this guy do it. This guy really helped me when I got started. Just moving your right hand back and forth in that motion really really helped. Even if I felt it was futile at the time.
But I'll post up the guitar pro files for the excerises I use. And post up my progress. Maybe one day someone (Jason!) will actually read through these and get more of an understanding... if said reader is inclined.
Honestly. If this is a technique a guitarist wants to utilize, then that guitarist should start doing the technique (and this applies to all techniques really) a.s.a.p. One of my biggest regrets was thinking something was too hard and putting it off. I'm still a newb to all this, but after a few months of sounding this shit on this I've progressed, albeit slowly.
From now on... I'm just going to post guitar pro 5 files. So to my non-existant readers... Go to your favorite bitTorrent site, and download guitar pro 5. Link to my two sweep picking exercises.
The two exercises are a 5 string sweep, and a 3 string sweep, with some extra alternate picking in there. It's actually the intro to an Atreyu song called "Bleeding Mascara." It's a weird time, 12/8, and they are 8th notes... so the max speed on that one is 265 bpm which would be around 130 if played in 16th notes. The 5 string sweep is just an arpeggio, 16th notes. If you don't know what any of that means, who cares. Just do it, and it will all come in time.
How I practice these:
If totally new to sweep picking then watch the video and start to get the motion down. Once I was ready to actually do a sweep... I take the guitar pro file, and turn the tempo down to something I can play, gradually increasing the tempo until I mess up. When I find my optimum speed, I practice that until I can move up 5 bpm. Rinse + repeat. Slow, accurate, and clean progress. Cannot stress this enough, even if I have a hard time following my own advice sometimes. Do it!
Personal progress as of June 1:
That 3 string shape I've gotten to 100% but its not as clean as it could be, so I'll say im around 90% through with that shape.
That 5 string shape I can do about 90 bpm, with a goal of probably 140.
Hopefully, motivation comes back. I've had a real hard time this week with getting into my schedule. Next post will be another lick I'm stealing from Kirk Hammett.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)