I'm sorry...no, you're f'n up
Getting the itch to post something, and not having a lot of good topics floating around in my head, I’ve decided to reach back in the vault and do my impression of Rants and Raves, Cheers and Jeers, A Cups and DD Cups, Rich Man/Poor Man, etc… In order to add at least a little touch of originality (because honestly a touch is all I have) I’ve come up with the inagural version of You’re F’n Up and Penta-Champ.
A little back-story on You’re F’n Up: about the turn of the millennium I was living in a house with about three to six other guys at any given moment and the guy that ran the place, Raj, also happened to live there. Anyway, the average night at this house would almost always include someone doing something from an altered state that required Raj to utilize the phrase: You’re F’n Up Dude, you’re f’n up, no, you're not stupid, you're just f'n up. Well, because my vocabulary isn’t as large as my ego, You’re F'n Up, is going to have to work as the yang to Penta-Champs ying. Dig.
Penta-Champ:
To the show City of Men. Currently airing on the Sundance Channel, created as a by-product from Fernando Meirelles excellent film City of God. The show follows two 13 year-old boys Laranjinha and Acerola around the slums of Rio and there interactions with teachers, bandits and rival kids out to steal their trainers. Anyone that’s viewed City of God will get a feel for the show, and if you haven’t seen the film you’re missing one of the best pieces of cinema to come around in the last 20 years, and there's no excuse for you, really. City of Men brings worldwide audiences into a 3rd world community controlled not by government, but the community, and how they are all forced to govern themselves. Godfather meets the Hotel Rwanda. At times it feels invasive, and at other times it feels enlightening and terrifying. Plus, great cameo’s from some of City of God’s main characters like Lil ‘Ze and Bene. (The term Penta-champ is a translation from Portuguese describing what I believe to be a champion amongst champions, so that’s cool I guess)
You’re F’n Up:
This first one is almost too-tough to pick: between the mind-numbing inconsistency of the hometown nine or the City of Seattle/Sonics feud. I’ll go with the latter and call out the 10,000 owners of the Sonics and David Stern for driving a dividing line through the city’s population.
Unfortunately when you’re third in line at the tax trough for a new stadium in any city/state you’re going to get the leftovers and you damn well better be happy with them. This is even consdiering that one of those stadiums was rejected by the state population and had to have a "special" election to push it through. I would think the Sonics would understand their ranking in the new stadium bbq line, but what makes this really absurd is that they were actually first in line and now want to cut back for seconds.
In the latest chapter, the Sonics deciding to apply the lost revenue from the past several years to “their” contribution of the 220million makes me wish that they would put this on the ballot next week so I could organize a rally against and divert those funds to knock a bus ride from West Seattle to Fremont from the current 50-60 minutes to 30-40mintues. Here's to the good folks of Renton and Bellevue, enjoy.
Penta-Champ:
To the NBA playoffs, which always sparks my interest this time of year, a lot of good plot lines playing out in the opening rounds, but none more talked about or over-exposed than the Nash vs. Mamba battle, and for good reason. Although I think the D'Antoni 'stache vs the Zen Masters flava' sava' isn't talked about nearly enough.
After catching game 2 last night, I am completely captivated by this series and the Playoff version of the Mamba-Lakers. I’ve gone on record numerous times for hating on everything Mamba, and that still hasn’t changed, but seeing his game in the playoffs has been refreshing. The rope-a-dope style that Jackson used with Mamba all season to draw teams in and then unleash the role players shows the Zen-masters skill for all things Walton, who for all intense and purposes should be my favorite NBA player( except that he’s a ‘Cat and now Laker). Seriously, love the game of Odom and Walton right now, and if the Lakers had anyone, but Kwame playing the 5 this team could be set for a Conf Finals. Also, the bench combo of Brian Cook, Booyah-vich and Devon George outplayed the Suns all-star bench and sealed the crucial game two of the series, which is like saying that Mike Jensen could make an NBA team next year.
As entertaining as the Mamba has been, the actual MVP of the league showcased his credentials last night in a losing effort. If he would've had anyone else to hit an open shot last night the Suns would've taken game two. However, without The Nasha that game was over with five minutes to play in the second quarter. The same could be said for the Suns season minus Amare, (who would’ve made them the #1 seed in the west). The fact that they took the Pacific and pulled out 54 games without their All-Star Center should be the only criteria needed for The Nasha to hoist the MVP trophy again. You can debate this if you care, but watching Cousy 2.0 has made me come back a little to the NBA with hope that there’s young kids in Moosejaw right now growing out their stringy hair out and practicing base-line drives and dishes.
You’re F’n Up:
To the primetime TV schedule, which takes almost as long as the NBA to get through a full season. This really wasn’t an issue until someone got me into Lost, and I became glued every Wed at 9 or sometime later with the help of DVR. Unlike HBO, Comedy Central or cable-TV that believes in a continuous schedule of shows that go from Episode One to Episode X in the the corresponding number of weeks. However, ABC gives Lost 5 weeks off from Thanksgiving to New Years, two-weeks here, two-weeks there, meanwhile I lose interest and consider just sitting next year out and waiting for a three-day marathon of episodes from the Season two DVD, or as I like to call it: getting caught up, Dude-style. My suggestion: run it week to week for 20 or however many weeks straight until you get through the season, actually not a suggestion. Not sure why this doesn’t work for the Networks but it does for HBO. I know, I’m a bitter-little man who needs more hobbies.
Penta-Champ:
Making a second mention about this site because it’s that f’n champ. Take all your favorite artists from one genre or multiple genres’s and make your own Radio Station? Where do I sign? For free? Yes, I’ll have seconds. I’ve got this going for about 14-16 hours a day from home and office and I’m sold, still don’t know how they make money though.
You’re F’n Up:
This one goes to me for opening the doors of the Lodge without doing a proper background check and allowing 2.0 to bring in new members. If we don’t get a post from Vic by tomorrow, 2.0 will be placed on a 90 day suspension from electing draftees, and his next pick will be evaluated by the entire board before selection. I let my judgment get the best of me this time boys, but trust that it won’t happen again. We're closing down the borders for a while, Neo-Con style.
A little back-story on You’re F’n Up: about the turn of the millennium I was living in a house with about three to six other guys at any given moment and the guy that ran the place, Raj, also happened to live there. Anyway, the average night at this house would almost always include someone doing something from an altered state that required Raj to utilize the phrase: You’re F’n Up Dude, you’re f’n up, no, you're not stupid, you're just f'n up. Well, because my vocabulary isn’t as large as my ego, You’re F'n Up, is going to have to work as the yang to Penta-Champs ying. Dig.Penta-Champ:
To the show City of Men. Currently airing on the Sundance Channel, created as a by-product from Fernando Meirelles excellent film City of God. The show follows two 13 year-old boys Laranjinha and Acerola around the slums of Rio and there interactions with teachers, bandits and rival kids out to steal their trainers. Anyone that’s viewed City of God will get a feel for the show, and if you haven’t seen the film you’re missing one of the best pieces of cinema to come around in the last 20 years, and there's no excuse for you, really. City of Men brings worldwide audiences into a 3rd world community controlled not by government, but the community, and how they are all forced to govern themselves. Godfather meets the Hotel Rwanda. At times it feels invasive, and at other times it feels enlightening and terrifying. Plus, great cameo’s from some of City of God’s main characters like Lil ‘Ze and Bene. (The term Penta-champ is a translation from Portuguese describing what I believe to be a champion amongst champions, so that’s cool I guess)
You’re F’n Up:
This first one is almost too-tough to pick: between the mind-numbing inconsistency of the hometown nine or the City of Seattle/Sonics feud. I’ll go with the latter and call out the 10,000 owners of the Sonics and David Stern for driving a dividing line through the city’s population.Unfortunately when you’re third in line at the tax trough for a new stadium in any city/state you’re going to get the leftovers and you damn well better be happy with them. This is even consdiering that one of those stadiums was rejected by the state population and had to have a "special" election to push it through. I would think the Sonics would understand their ranking in the new stadium bbq line, but what makes this really absurd is that they were actually first in line and now want to cut back for seconds.
In the latest chapter, the Sonics deciding to apply the lost revenue from the past several years to “their” contribution of the 220million makes me wish that they would put this on the ballot next week so I could organize a rally against and divert those funds to knock a bus ride from West Seattle to Fremont from the current 50-60 minutes to 30-40mintues. Here's to the good folks of Renton and Bellevue, enjoy.
Penta-Champ:
To the NBA playoffs, which always sparks my interest this time of year, a lot of good plot lines playing out in the opening rounds, but none more talked about or over-exposed than the Nash vs. Mamba battle, and for good reason. Although I think the D'Antoni 'stache vs the Zen Masters flava' sava' isn't talked about nearly enough.
After catching game 2 last night, I am completely captivated by this series and the Playoff version of the Mamba-Lakers. I’ve gone on record numerous times for hating on everything Mamba, and that still hasn’t changed, but seeing his game in the playoffs has been refreshing. The rope-a-dope style that Jackson used with Mamba all season to draw teams in and then unleash the role players shows the Zen-masters skill for all things Walton, who for all intense and purposes should be my favorite NBA player( except that he’s a ‘Cat and now Laker). Seriously, love the game of Odom and Walton right now, and if the Lakers had anyone, but Kwame playing the 5 this team could be set for a Conf Finals. Also, the bench combo of Brian Cook, Booyah-vich and Devon George outplayed the Suns all-star bench and sealed the crucial game two of the series, which is like saying that Mike Jensen could make an NBA team next year.
As entertaining as the Mamba has been, the actual MVP of the league showcased his credentials last night in a losing effort. If he would've had anyone else to hit an open shot last night the Suns would've taken game two. However, without The Nasha that game was over with five minutes to play in the second quarter. The same could be said for the Suns season minus Amare, (who would’ve made them the #1 seed in the west). The fact that they took the Pacific and pulled out 54 games without their All-Star Center should be the only criteria needed for The Nasha to hoist the MVP trophy again. You can debate this if you care, but watching Cousy 2.0 has made me come back a little to the NBA with hope that there’s young kids in Moosejaw right now growing out their stringy hair out and practicing base-line drives and dishes.You’re F’n Up:
To the primetime TV schedule, which takes almost as long as the NBA to get through a full season. This really wasn’t an issue until someone got me into Lost, and I became glued every Wed at 9 or sometime later with the help of DVR. Unlike HBO, Comedy Central or cable-TV that believes in a continuous schedule of shows that go from Episode One to Episode X in the the corresponding number of weeks. However, ABC gives Lost 5 weeks off from Thanksgiving to New Years, two-weeks here, two-weeks there, meanwhile I lose interest and consider just sitting next year out and waiting for a three-day marathon of episodes from the Season two DVD, or as I like to call it: getting caught up, Dude-style. My suggestion: run it week to week for 20 or however many weeks straight until you get through the season, actually not a suggestion. Not sure why this doesn’t work for the Networks but it does for HBO. I know, I’m a bitter-little man who needs more hobbies.
Penta-Champ:
Making a second mention about this site because it’s that f’n champ. Take all your favorite artists from one genre or multiple genres’s and make your own Radio Station? Where do I sign? For free? Yes, I’ll have seconds. I’ve got this going for about 14-16 hours a day from home and office and I’m sold, still don’t know how they make money though.
You’re F’n Up:
This one goes to me for opening the doors of the Lodge without doing a proper background check and allowing 2.0 to bring in new members. If we don’t get a post from Vic by tomorrow, 2.0 will be placed on a 90 day suspension from electing draftees, and his next pick will be evaluated by the entire board before selection. I let my judgment get the best of me this time boys, but trust that it won’t happen again. We're closing down the borders for a while, Neo-Con style.
posted by Jimbo at 12:20 PM
10 Comments:
Great post Jimbo....very nice read, and I couldn't agree more.....although I haven't seen the 'City of God', so I guess I'll have to get on that. On a network TV note, '24' is running consecutively for 20+ weeks without any repeats and has been, by far, the easiest thing to follow this season. If it weren't for DVR I would miss everything at least half the time.
Also....I think it's great to see Luke Walton getting some props these days. He brought it in Tucson and he continues to work hard, which is really nice considering that the kid could've been born with some sense of entitlement, but Big Red probably smacked that idea down a long time ago.
Thank you for the City of Men mention. City of God was like "WHOA" and i'm expecting that City of Men will be also. Definitely going to try and catch it soon.
I had the same experience, and while City of Men goes into more depth about the day to day lifestyle of the characters, it doesn't have the mind-blowing scenes or concepts....
and, Mac 10 needs to overpay to get Lil' Walton up to PTown, I think that'd get folks back in the Rose Garden, seeing Walton on the back of the Blazer jersey, also go back to the 70's logo...I'd be first in line for a jersey
Wow. My 90 day suspension is up after the Lazlo draft pick. However there is no one Lodge worthy in my War Room.
I'll trade my pick
we're going to have watch the Gosslings, that will be your #1's...
We might have some questionable content for the Gosslings to interact with Lodge ramblings directly until they hit their teen years.
As far as NBA talk -- Did you see Mamba's throw down over Nash in the 4th Quarter!?! Sick. Just nasty. Mamba will take down the Suns in this series, me thinks.
you mean the charge?...The Nasha gets razzed for his D, but the Cannuck is solid and understands the game and where he needs to be for a charge, that was a horrible call that turned the momentum back to LA...surprised it was Bavetta or Joey Crawford...
No, it wasn't a charge. You can't slide under a player once he's left his feet. And Nash clearly wasn't in position and only became "set" after the Mamba had taken flight. The snake did fly. And he wasn't even on a plane.
I just want to chime in on the hometown five. This city deserves to lose the team. The owners were dumb to take the current lease of "The Key." I say let the team go to Bellevue or Renton let the Seattle Center see what it will be like to be without their team. The Gasman brough up a good point, and that's sayin' that the Center is a unique place. Why not vamp it up and give it the face lift it deserves. Set up a city package or state package and revamp Memorial Stadium, the Key and some other buildings around there.
As for Walton. I think he should come up I-5 and play for the P-town allstars. I think he would be a refreshing change in that city and he would work hard. Although right now he is a Laker and was a Cat so I agree with you Jimbo on that point.
I think I would say Nash's play was a charge. But leave it to the NBA to call a foul on the defensive guy
2.0, you're wrong and you know it...you've always been anti-Nasha and a Joey Crawford apologist...
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