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Coming home in less than two months!
Went to North Korea. It was nuts.
Happy Birthday, Nick Nedin.
I just downloaded the Darjeeling movie that W was referencing and am excited to watch it.
Bryson and W, watch out for a Port Dover 2007 post.
I need a job in Toronto. Hopefully for when I get back.
Ditto, a job.
HIIT cardio melts fat. 5.3% body fat. Goal: reached.
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Insiders close to the situation are claiming that as of today, Gilad will now officially be referred to as Jonny Turbo Body.
More on this as it develops.
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
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CJ, a good friend of Brysons and a stand-up dude in every right, is traveling in Korea. He gives me a call yesterday telling me he's in Busan and that he wants to come down to Masan. Fucking right... i'm pumped. It'll be cool to have a familiar face around... somebody I could talk to about common people, and someone who could tell me all about China.
So we agree that he come visit and stay the night. Two hours later, I suffer from the worst food poisoning of my life. I barf over 10 times in the span of like 3 hours. Can't hold down anything... not even a sip of water. Clearly. Of all days to get food poisoning, I get it the day CJ comes.
So what happens? I meet up with him and his friend, Adam... and Dawna comes along. We meet at McDonalds... but the smell of the fried food is fucking me up, so we leave McD's. Outside, I feel like i'm going to hurl, so I have no choice but to go home. Get there, barf my brains out, while Dawna is kind enough to give CJ and Adam a small tour of the bar scene in Masan. They get wasted, I crumble at home... and now I feel like a douche. CJ's off to Seoul so I won't see him again until we get to Canada... man... the bad chicken really fucked this one up.
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
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About five minutes removed from watching the end of the Raptors/Celtics game and all I can say here from my pad in South Korea is, "ONIONS BABY ONIONS!"
Fucking right.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
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After seeing your post, I decided to drop a lot of money and buy an iPod touch. I will get it on Saturday.
Now just have to figure out what to do with my perfectly good iPod Nano.
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
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Chase (circa first-third year) reincarnated into a Jamaican Rasta mon. This guy is hilarious. His laugh is the new my laugh.
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
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Dave W, Bryson Parks and I all have short hair. The sweet hair is no more. My heart hurts. Are we real human beings now?
Operation, bush out... our.. uh.. heads... is under operation.
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
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Which can only mean that the 2007-2008 season is under way.
And what can that possibly mean?
Yea. That's what that means. Sheed is still around. And he's comin after cha... with a rusty shank. Bitches.
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
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So I was walking home today when, from the corner of my eye, I saw a cat on the curb cleaning itself. It licked its paw... then rubbed its face. I immediately thought about Clint Lee.
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
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A very happy birthday goes out to my little (who's not so little anymore) sister on her 20th birthday.
Ew. You're in your twenties.
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
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Living in South Korea, Getting up at 8am and Being VERY Hungover are things that cannot stop me from continuing to watch the Toronto Raptors.
Got up this morning at 8am to catch the Raps take on the Nets in NJ. 106-69 was the final score... hah.. what a spanking! Andrea Bargnani will be an all-star sometime soon. Delfino and Kapono were solid pickups. Our point-guard combo is the best in the league. Calderon could be a starter on most teams in the league.
Throughout the summer/fall, I've read several hundred basketball articles. It's usually the first thing I do when I get up... have breakfast and catch up on some basketball news. Every sports journalist who doesn't cover Toronto is not giving Toronto a chance. Most have predicted them being worse than last year stating that they haven't changed their roster enough. Most-to-all of the articles I've read also predict the Raps are likely to finish behind Boston, New Jersey (and some even say NEW YORK!) in the Atlantic Division standings. Overall, the consensus is they'll finish somewhere between 6-8th in the East.
Why? I'm no basketball expert but if you look at most of the successful teams in the NBA, you'll notice they hardly ever add several big-name players or mixup the roster during the offseason. The Pistons have had the same core now for a while (minus Ben Wallace) and they usually do great. San Antonio has always played around Parker, Duncan, Ginobili, Bowen, etc and they're always cashing in Championships. Adding new players or mixing up the entire roster is not a recipe for success. The longer a team gets to play together, the better they'll gel and the more games they'll win. That's exactly what Toronto's doing. Aside from adding a few pieces, the core of the team is pretty much identical to last year. That's what Bryan Colangelo has in mind... keep the same players together... get them to know each other on the court more... and they'll grow together.
I also don't understand the big fuss with Boston. Sure, they picked up Garnett and Allen in the off-season... but aside from them and Pierce, their team's garbage. Their point guard is too young, too unpredictable and totally unexperienced to be leading the team. They have no depth. It's ridiculous how the majority of "experts" are predicting them to not only finish first in the Atlantic... but these "experts" are also predicting they'll make the finals... and could even win. NO WAY! Like I said... no depth. Our backup units would destroy them... in fact, most teams backup units could destroy Boston's backup units. Garnett, Allen and Pierce are all all-stars... but once one... or two... or even all three get injured... it's over for them. We'll see how the Raps do against them this Sunday.
My predictions? The Atlantic will end up something like this:
Toronto
New Jersey
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
New Jersey and Boston are toss-ups... they could switch places.
With the Eastern Conference, I predict:
Chicago
Detroit
Toronto
New Jersey
Boston
Cleaveland
Washington
Orlando, Miami or Atlanta
Raptors will win 50+ games... more than last year... get into the second round of the playoffs. Inexperience will probably knock them out there. In terms of the NBA Finals, it's going to be any combination of Chicago/Detroit vs. San Antonio/Dallas/Phoenix
LeBron James will win an MVP if he can stay healthy. No way Dirk wins it again.
And if the Raptors find their way to the Championship, I'm leaving South Korea and coming home to catch live games at the ACC. I swear.
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
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So Radiohead just did something pretty cool... they released an album with no middle-man, large-corpation record label in the middle. Head over to http://www.inrainbows.com. The album is sold exclusively over the internet (for now, I assume)... and the best part? You get to name your price. You can pay 1 pence for the album, 100 pounds, or nothing.
I've only heard the first few songs here at work over my iPod, but I'm positive in saying that this is their best work since Kid A. It's nice hearing vocal tracks... it's been a while.
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
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I am not going to watch one live Toronto Raptors basketball game this year. This breaks my heart.
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
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If I could recommend one thing, it'd be to start watching this show. There's only 4 episodes out right now... it plays on Showcase... or you can catch it on http://www.alluc.org
Yea.
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
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Dear world,
Thank you for giving me this. I am forever thankful.
Best Wishes,
Gilad Cohen
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
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I'll let the video speak for itself.
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