i’m a “so you think you can dance” fan! i celebrate the entire season! for my money, it doesnt get any better than when ryan does the mombo!

i feel very gay right now.

there are three types of cops in this country.

type 1: these cops chose to be cops so they could serve their community, enforce laws, and make this world a better place. they are proud to wear the badge. they wave to little kids.

type 2: these cops became cops to put food on the table. they may or may not care about serving their community or making the world a better place - you wouldnt be convinced either way by interacting with them. they wear the badge because it’s part of the uniform, and they only wave to little kids who are holding their hot momma’s hands.

type 3: these cops became cops because they picked on other kids in high school, then after graduating or dropping out, they realized that they couldnt just go around picking on other people and being stupid and immature in the real world. they were the only ones from their friends who were still living with their parents and making minimum wage, and they each concluded that they were pretty pathetic. one day, many years later, they decided that maybe being a cop could fill the longing inside them for things to be just as they were in high school, when they could pick on other people and gain [the shallowest form of] respect based on reputation alone. these cops wear the badge so everybody knows they have the right to boss civilians around. these cops kick the kids who get in their way.

guess which type of cop i encountered today on the way to work.

i hit through the best bucket ever in my life today, and wanted to do a brain dump so next time i hit i’ll know what i should keep in mind.

(pre-swing)
1. make sure grip isnt too strong
2. make sure palms are facing each other
3. no slouching
4. dont bend knees too much
5. dont leave feet open
6. dont leave shoulders open
7. look down and make sure hips are centered over feet
8. drop right shoulder
9. relax

(backswing)
10. bend wrist early
11. keep left elbow straight
12. dont dip club head

(swing)
13. lead swing motion with butt end of club
14. immediately drive left knee out
15. keep left shoulder locked
16. drive right hand through while unhinging wrists
17. keep head in back of ball
18. point at target to keep left wrist from bending
19. follow through

you know what doesnt make sense? when the cashier ppl at baja fresh ask for your name when they take your order. that process works at places like starbucks, where all of the employees grew up speaking english, but that is not the case at baja. these are some of the baja translations i have witnessed:

phil: phill, fil, bill
brad: bred
aaron: eron
michael: micheal

maybe the name misspellings were planned by the baja management. “let’s have our foreign cashiers try to spell all of our customers’ names.. haha. that will give them something to laugh about while they wait for their fresh food to be made at non-microwave speed.”

if robert horry is “big shot bob” then tim duncan is most definitely “tiny shot tim”. i mean, when you talk about clutch nba players there is almost no greater juxtaposition. bsb chalked up 4 big 3’s and a huge dunk towards the end of game 5 while tst missed 6 free throws in the 4th quarter alone, missed a bunch of layups and jumpers, and missed a tip from 1 foot away that could have ended the game in regulation. popovich, if you’re reading, i think you should take tim out late in the game and play ANYONE else instead. also, good work beating those dirty, cocky, ugly pistons.

ok, who the heck keeps voting for scott savol?!? seriously, .. am i missing something? speaking of which, american idol is getting super cheesey. maybe it was like that in the past too, but is the first time i’ve watched more than 2 episodes from a season.

this is how every tuesday episode goes: ryan introduces an idol. idol sings. the crowd cheers. randy says “yo man” a few times, then either says “you worked it out tonight” or “i dunno, i just wasnt feelin it tonight”. paula (who always looks stoned..) says something positive. sometimes her comments have no relevance but that never bothers her. simon says something realistic. the crowd boos. repeat the process until all idols have been used.

and the saddest part of this whole ordeal is that fools like me keep watching it.