I Know This is Old BUT...

I cannot get over how ridiculously horrible this commercial is. I know you're Boost Mobile and your budget is probably smaller than the RailHawks', but come on! Young Jeezy has quite a following, especially in the southern U.S., but Dupri is closing in on 40 and don't get me started on this Mickey Avalon character. He seems so out of place with the hardcore urban theme of the rest of the commercial. Check this blurb from his wikipedia page. Great guy to have representing your company?!?!?! I don't even know where to go from here. I'm just so baffled by this guy's appearance in the ad and the fact that someone gave this queer a record deal! I can't wait to get my Boost Mobile phone...SYKE!!!!

Out of Control Awesome!

I will now fly Southwest every single time I fly just in hopes of having this guy as my flight attendant. Awesome.

Pharrell @ McDonald's in Paris

This is pretty funny. Pharrell gets no love at the airport in Paris. So much for superstar treatment.

This is Why I Love Jumbotrons...

Dreadlocks

This is officially the "Year of Dreadlocks." I have always been a huge fan of dreadlocks. I think it is the most stylish hair style. They say so much about the person. I am cool, but spiritual. I am peaceful, serious, and relaxed. I don't allow my hair to get wet or for people to run their fingers through it.

For some, dreadlocks are truly a spiritual choice of hair style. I lived in the Caribbean for 2 years and met many a Rastafarian. Rastas, as they're affectionately known, wear their hair in dreadlocks due to the passages in the Old Testament referring to the Law of the Nazarite. This law forbade the cutting of hair. Samson was a Nazarite and you all know what happened when he cut his dreads.

The most famous dreadlocks belong to Bob Marley. I love his music and the universality of its message. Everyone can relate to peace and love right? Bob's dreads were basically perfect.

The most famous current artist with dreadlocks has to be Lil' Wayne.
WARNING! SIDE RANT: I was really trying to avoid ever mentioning Lil' Wayne in this blog. I hate him and his music. I hate that he is the voice behind the new Gatorade commercial. You know those annoying "What's G?" one's that don't even make sense. I hate Lil' Wayne's voice. He sounds (and looks) like a Gremlin.

 

How the heck can this guy be the most popular musician in America?!?!?!?! He has tears tattooed on his cheeks for crying out loud!!!!! Katie Couric recently interviewed him for the Grammy's and asked him what he would ask Pres. Bush about Hurricane Katrina (Lil' Wayne is from New Orleans) and you know what Lil' Wayne said? He said "I'm a gangsta and gangstas don't ask questions." In other words, I'm a complete idiot! This guy is addicted to cough syrup and we allow our children to listen to his awful music. Ridiculous. END OF SIDE RANT.

Dreadlocks even made their way onto American Idol last season with everyone's favorite Jack Johnson wannabe, Jason Castro. I gotta admit. I liked this dude. He has some nice dreads for a white guy. 

I did see a white guy in St. Kitts once that was bald on top and had two really long dreads that hung down to his ankles. It was crazy.

Super Bowl Dreads: Dreadlocks have become a popular hair style amongst athletes, from Manny Ramirez

 

to that really annoying guy on Clemson's basketball team. 

Football players have been especially prone to grow out the dreads lately. I think this might be a way that they can cushion their heads from those uncomfortable football helmets. If you paid attention at all to the NFL this year, then you know that the best receiver in the league is Larry Fitzgerald. Even though he wasn't able to pull out the win in the Super Bowl, he did break Jerry Rice's NFL playoff receiving record. His dreads were in full effect throughout the season.

So if you're trying to figure out what you should do with your hair, whether your a dude or a dudette, now is the time to grow some dreads. In the comments section list some of your favorite dreadlocked celeb's or links to pic's of your favorite dreadlocks.

Plaxico Burress

Here's breaking footage of the Plaxico Burress incident:




Okay so that's not Plax, but it is hilarious and kinda disturbing at the same time.

What The.......????

Bruce Lee was obviously the man. See below.

Most Ridiculous Soccer Moves EVER!!!!

There's no way this can be real. Absolutely no way. I want to believe in it but I can't. Common sense will not allow it. Nor will the url at the end of the video advertising for fifa street 3 (video game).

Réinvente ton jeu
by ElectronicArts

Canada and The Hockey Theory

What's the US' biggest problem right now? A failing economy? Two complete idiots running for president? Terrorism? Rising gas prices?

ALL WRONG!!! It's CANADA!!!!

That's right folks. Canada has been slowly infiltrating American Territory with the use of a secret weapon: HOCKEY.

Hockey is a beloved sport by millions of Americans. But beware sports fans; hockey is just one way that Canada is slowly gaining power over the United States.

How does hockey give Canada an advantage over the United States. Well it is widely known that Canadians are the only one's who play hockey. Hockey also involves ice and fist-fights, two things that Canada is good at. Ever wonder why the NHL has teams in places like Los Angeles, Anaheim, Florida, Atlanta, Nashville, and your beloved Raleigh?

Canada is just trying to get us used to all the cold weather. When they take over, they will ship all the Americans to the the Yukon and all the Canadians will move to Florida and California. The main soldiers for the Canadian army are these so called "hockey players." A few other things that hockey does for Canada is makes Americans less suspicious of people with gross Mullets, strange French names that only SportsCenter anchors can pronounce, and people with ugly broken noses.

We all need to join in the petition to remove hockey from the South. It must be done now before it's too late.

The Week of Theories

Everyday of this coming week I will presenting one of my famous "theories" (you can probably hear Ashley groaning in the background). While my "theories" don't exactly fall under dictionary.com's definition 1 of a theory (a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity) they do fall under definition 6 (contemplation or speculation). I hope everyone enjoys.

Theory Number 1: The Cheesecake Factory was designed for women.


I've been saying this ever since my first visit to a Cheesecake Factory which took place on a trip to Arizona in 2005. I was reminded of this theory last night as my family and I enjoyed a combined birthday dinner at the Cheesecake Factory for me and my sister. There are several elements to this theory. Interestingly enough, at least one female or another has argued against each point of this theory. The first is easy enough: the name of the darn restaurant is "The Cheesecake Factory" for crying out loud! What woman is going to turn away from a restaurant named after every woman's favorite desert? Especially when the afore mentioned restaurant specializes in that very desert? Seriously try to name a woman you know that doesn't like some form of cheesecake.

Time's up! Couldn't think of one? Me neither. But even if you did, the Cheesecake Factory has so many flavors of cheescake that even if you don't like cheesecake, they still have a flavor of cheescake that you will like, whether it's Chocolate Oreo Mudslide, Brownie Sundae, or the Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake.

The next element is the gigantic portions served at the Cheesecake Factory. You might be scratching your head wondering, "Why do large portions appeal to women? Don't women usually prefer small salads, soups, sandwiches, and pastas?" While that may be what Panera Bread wants you to think, I believe the Cheesecake Factory has found a more effective way to bring in female patrons. You see, the large portions make women feel good because no matter how much they eat, they're not going to be able to finish their meal. I mean I can't even finish a meal at Cheesecake Factory, so how is the average female going to be able to finish it? The fact that when women get up from the table, there's still food on their plates makes them feel like they did a good job of watching what they ate even though they've probably gorged (that word's for you Laurie) themselves.

Another element of the Cheesecake Factory that is appealing to women is the aesthetics. See below:

Seriously, if you take a woman to a restaurant that looks like this on the inside, she is like putty in your hands. Women just love the sculptured cielings, the soft lighting, the fancy artwork, the wierd Egyptian faces on the tops of the columns, even the waiters wearing all white. If you don't think that all of that was done to please women, ask a guy what he likes most about the Cheesecake Factory. I guarantee he's not going to say, "It just has the most ambience of any restaurant!"

Well that's my theory on the Cheesecake Factory and I didn't even get into the super long menus with ads for diamond rings or so many food options that no matter what you'll find something you like. Ladies, you just need to admit that you were suckered in by a great marketing scheme. Gentlemen, you just need to suck it up and take your wife/girlfriend there the next chance you get.

Tomorrow's theory: The NHL and Canada's Attempt to Takeover America

Step Brothers

2 of my favorite NBA point guards, Steve Nash & Baron Davis, goofing off together in LA. Enjoy!

Sesame Street Gangsta's

I found this on YouTube and had to post it! This is a hilarious edit of the classic rap song "Ante Up" by M.O.P. from Brooklyn. You just have to watch it. Hilarious!

Leprechaun Video

My boss showed me this video today at work. I can't stop laughing...

My favorite parts:

-"Say YEAH!!!"

-The "Say YEAH!!!" Guy's teeth

-"Could be some crack head!"

-The amateur sketch

-Lookin for the gold

-The guy with the flute passed down from his "Irish great, great grandfather."

Classic.

Do You Remember?

So I was thinking about getting some lunch yesterday, and I remembered this restaurant that we used to have on Kildaire Farm Road in Cary. It wasn't far from where the Goodberry's is now. It was called PD Quix and it was basically Cook Out before Cook Out ever existed. It was glorious. They had awesome burgers that were super juicy. PD Quix also provided me with my first taste of onion rings. Theirs were the best! You top off that meal with one of their hand spun milkshakes and you're set. Whatever happened to that place? As I was listening to the new Wale mixtape this morning, I decided to "google" PD Quix and I found that they still have a couple in some smaller towns down between Fayetteville and Wilmington. This led me to wonder what happened to other great restaurants that we had here in Cary that all of us loved like Coyote Cafe. That place was the BOMB!!! Authentic Mexican food, live music on the weekends, outdoor seating, and TV's showing sports. Can you really beat that? My answer is no. If y'all have other restaurants you miss, post them in the comments section. Let's reminisce like Pete Rock.

It's Been A Long Time...

I shouldn't have left you, without a hilarious video. I saw this on a blog of one of my favorite music producers (Just Blaze). It's surveillance tape from a Best Buy. There's no sound (and I wish I could hear what song was playin'), but it's still one of the funniest things I've watched.

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I'll have reviews of the new Roots album and the Glow in The Dark tour later this week!

The NBA...Where Rejection Happens

Oh my gosh! This is so funny. I feel bad for this guy but you gotta realize that very few women dream about being proposed to at half court of a meaningless February NBA game. My favorite parts of this video are 1) Tracy MacGrady's reaction and 2) the Rockets Mascot's reaction. This was just too funny not to post.

New Internship

Two weeks ago I started an internship with the Carolina Railhawks. The Railhawks are a professional soccer team that plays in the United Soccer League. They actually have three different teams: the USL team, a women's team, and an under-23 team. I am working on marketing and sponsorships for the 2008 season. So far it has been a lot of fun. The vice president of marketing for the team is my direct supervisor and it has been neat to get to be involved in the process of lining up sponsorships and preparing for the upcoming season. The first game is an exhibition game this Friday against UNC-Greensboro. The Railhawks also play an exhibition game against the MLS New York Red Bulls at the end of this month. I encourage everyone in the Raleigh area to come check out our games. The team plays at Wake Med Soccer Park which is an awesome facility. They actually held the 2007 NCAA Men's Soccer Finals there.

On a more humorous note, Saturday I went to get my haircut. I had been growing my hair out

for quite a while (since before Christmas) and it was getting pretty long. I dropped Ashley off at a dance competition she was going to and then I went to the "hair stylist." I told them that I needed a little bit of a trim but that I didn't really know what direction I should go with my hair because it can be kind of hard to manage. I told them that I'd like to keep it long but that I needed a style of some sort to keep it in instead of the unkempt mess that it had become. So the "stylist" cuts my hair and me not being one to really care that much, I just paid and left. I pick up Ashley and she starts laughing hysterically. She said I needed to go back and just get the "stylist" buzz it all off because it looked horrible. So I did which didn't bother me that much because I usually keep my hair pretty short anyway and it was only recently that I started growing it out. It was just a funny situation to be it. My hair's pretty lame a

nd it grows faster than pubescent boys.

Oh yeah, one other thing. They announced the brackets for the NCAA Tournament tonight. Carolina supposedly got the "Top Overall Seed." They got hosed if you ask me. Sure they get to play their first two rounds at the RBC Center in Raleigh and if they get past that they'll play the next two rounds in Charlotte but have you seen their bracket? Tennessee and Louisville? Come on! How does the #1 overall seed get the toughest bracket? Then Arizona State beats Arizona twice this year and Arizona gets in and ASU doesn't? That's jacked

up. I'll return later this week with my picks for the Elite Eight, Final Four, and Champions.

Check This Out!

Here's a really cool invention our teacher showed us in business class. It's seems like a good idea and I wonder which car company is going to buy it up first. The funny part of this video is the old school two door cars that they used for the demo. You'd think they could've hooked up a car that was a little nicer. It's cool either way though. Check it out: