March 28, 2008, The Beginning...Go ahead and RSS this right now! Start here to feel me, or scroll down and continue where we left off last. - As this evolves, hopefully the title of my blog will be understood. Basically, I think I'm getting old and have a lot to say! The ironies of the world amaze me. I am very perceptive to how chains of events link together and create something either very good or very bad. What I can't understand is, WHY CAN'T EVERYBODY SEE IT MY WAY!?!?!? It's so obvious. I just left my job after almost three years, after staying way too long. I will not try to dwell on that, but what amazed me is how differently my boss saw things than everyone else. Borderline ridiculous. No. Over the border, definitely. Her fantasy was my reality. AND IT SUCKED! I think I will just tell you guys stories and things that go through my head, and let you have fun with it. Life supplies all the material that anyone really needs. I will be talking a lot about fantasy sports, which is my passion. I want to build a sports website that will be different from the others. So, you need to start feeling me, and let me be your Pied Piper!

I am probably one of the coolest bruthas I know. Yes, I will occasionally dip into the cool way of spelling THANGS. My motto is keepingitreal.com. But, I must admit. As cool as I am, my addiction to fantasy basketball and football makes me a fantasy nerd. There are millions of us. There's this side that you all don't know about. We want to win so badly, but in reality, we can't really control it. It not about the money. Our fantasy lives are based on mostly young millionaires who live the high life. They are people just like us. They have off days just like us. With the advent of the internet, all of us fantasy heads have been drawn to overanalyzing and over scrutinizing. We have too much info at our disposal. I have been playing with a large core of my buddies since about 1994. I used to do Excel spreadsheets to do the stats before the net caught up. It was so fun back then. I remember thinking that I had a little advantage because I was the first of the crew to get online. So now we are near the end of the hoops season, and we are sweating. I won last year, but am in 7th place, out of 11...been high as third...Oh yeah, I do the "..." thing a lot.

I have been in an old school phase with music for a few months now. All this bling, bling, bling, and you are paying for it #### is wacked. Now the tracks are tight...I like a good beat...and there's no innuendo anymore....Hi, what's your name...wanna bone?.....where's the romance, man? In the truck I have been wearing out Eric B. and Rakim, The Chronic, Outkast, Penthouse Players (I bet y'all ain't hip). So I am playing online and start messing with Playlist.com....searching and adding....so I think I will share my playlist with you guys...you can veg out while you are cleaning or doing your online thing, and maybe every once in while, you'll go hey....and you youngsters, this was music...and...you guys are getting cheated at concerts. Concerts back in the day....man...I was at the Forum in Los Angeles when they taped the Parliament Live album....anyway...feel my current musical throwbacks at http://www.playlist.com/user/22968772. Warning: Explicit Lyrics. Anyway, I had five guys going tonight...Granger, Murphy, Gooden, Bosh, and Gomes....Gooden sucked for the second game in a row, but I can't complain too much, as he has been waiver wire gold. I stole Murphy a long time ago because I knew J.O. was seriously hurt...but...I am the one stupid guy in everybody's league that loves Agent Zero. If he would have came back right after the all-star break, with the moves I made, and with some luck, I think I could have made a run near the top...oh well...so, I am trying to make a run at third...there is a 6 player logjam between 49 and 54 for 3rd and 7th with first having 66 and second having 64.....
I need threes, steal, FG%, and boards to possible #### 6 points in two and half weeks....I got 52....Kobe went for 53 and they lost...I hate those games when Lamar disappears...I used have Kobe every year until about three years ago when guys started making runs for him...now I try to win different every year...

March 29, 2008 - Anxiously awaiting the UCLA game....they HAVE to win it all this year....3rd time's a charm, right? Kansas and Memphis looked good, but I hope my boys don't show up like they are happy to be there like the last two times. Shaq's a hater....Of course, I was a big Shaq guy...and big Shaq AND Kobe guy...then all the #### went down, and he went to Miami...the only thing that I didn't agree with was Kobe puttin' Shaq on blast about the cheating thing...otherwise, I understood where Kobe was coming from. Shaq NEVER worked hard during the offseason, and routinely used the first 20-25 games to get it going. Kobe didn't respect Shaq's work ethic, and got tired of biting his tougue...Shaq was done right after he went to Miami...you Laker fans know how pissed we would have been if we would have shipped Kobe instead of Shaq, and would have had to watch him on the bench for most of the last three years in those ridiculous suits. Now Shaq trashes the Heat. Not feeling him anymore...he's like a boxer that doesn't know when to quit...Got four guys going tonight....Melo, Camby, M. Ellis, and Gooden....man, if Ellis shot threes, he would be a top 20 fantasy player....in a lot of ways, his game was a lot more polished than Kobe's or T-Mac's when they first got into the league. Of course I am first in blocks and second in boards, and have a chance to #### that last point...I heard a rumor that if the Nuggets don't make the playoffs, George Karl is going to be fired...not fair, especially this year in the ultra-competitive West.

For the record, I dwell in the Raider Nation, I bleed Dodger Blue, obviously I am a Laker man, and the Angels have always been my 1B baseball team. Growing up in LA spoils you. The Clippers? You have to have love for them if you are from LA...they have always been my Lakers baby brother. Al Thornton will be a monster, but I hate to say that you probably won't see it if EB stays with the Clips....I ain't sold on Shaun Livingston...

Hey...I got six hits on my page...Thanks!...if you want to email, send it yuh8tn2000@yahoo.com. I have never used that account, so I will check the spam folder and begin to manage it..

I gotta admit, I like women's basketball. I'm old school, so I remember games that ended 16-6, and 2-0 halftime leads...seriously. To see the game evolve is amazing. Since women cannot rely on the sheer raw atheleticism like guys, they rely more on fundamentals, generally speaking. From a purists' standpoint, it's good basketball to watch. I still would rather watch Josh Smith #### somebody's lay up out of the air any day, though...

Why isn't Gooden in the starting lineup? Man....I don't even know if he's hurt...I do remember something about his neck...barely played last night, but I thought it was because of the blowout, and the bench made a furious comeback. That's what I get for having to depend on the Goodens and Ricky Davises of the world to get into the money....

March 30, 2008 - Man, UCLA looked good yesterday. Or maybe, for once, they didn't play down to their competition. It's hard to pick against Kansas, but Davidson is on a roll...I think Curry can go for 25 and they still will lose....Memphis and Texas is a good one...I'm pickin' the Tigers...I took all the #1 seeds to go to the final four, so I am halfway home...Man, right after I throw props to Al Thornton, he goes off for 39! Don't be the one that picks up Brand or J. O'Neal. They won't play enough minutes to help you, and if you have percentages in your league, you don't need any 2 for 10 nights from a rusty guy. Plus Brand isn't a great free throw shooter. Rockets getting thumped by almost 20 right now...somehow, the Spurs always let people back in at home, and Pop gets that stupid look on his face...never wanted to give props to Hansborough, but after yesterday, I'm about sold. He probably is the fastest big man in college. Before, I was calling him a bigger version of Mark Madsen...great college player who's game didn't translate to the NBA...we will see...I also am trying to decide who is the better player between he and Kevin Love...the fact that Love is a freshman gives him the edge, I think. And that's not my Bruin bias talking... I have always had love and respect for the Tar Heels, "The Program". Any school that produces MJ you have to have a bit of love for, unless you are Duke.more to follow, email: yh8tn2000@yahoo.com
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