I know it's been awhile, and honestly I thought about hanging it up because I was starting to become lazy but with a request from @1421dana I'm going to try and put some stuff out there for your reading pleasure.
To start off my little vacation home was absolutely unreal. Among other things I got it going with some old friends, played golf, hit up two Dave shows, and kept it real. My last night home some X brothers of mine and I really got it going. We started it off watching the US fall to Ghana in the World Cup. It was frustrating because we really had a shot to advance deep, but if anything I think this World Cup really brought to people's attention the often overlooked beautiful game of soccer. It's just a shame we're going to have to wait another 4 years to bring hype for the US. But in the meantime like myself you could research and find a club team to follow or just get down with the Columbus Crew like myself. After we watched the US we really got it going like we used to in the form of a well formed power hour by Hot Rod. Then we hit the arena district and more or less burnt it down in some way shape or form. The highlights of being home outside of seeing the fam and friends were obviously the two Dave shows (thank God I have two more left because I definitely left each show wanting more). The reviews are as follows:
6-22-10 Columbus, Ohio
1. Big Eyed Fish - A very solid song to open with, one of my go to tracks right now
2. Bartender - A concert favorite, wasn't surprised to see the segue
3. Seven - This is my song right now, I really was feeling it at this point
4. Lying in the Hands of God - Not one of my favorites off of BW&TGGK but they have expanded on the jam
5. Funny The Way It Is - Three Big Whiskey tracks in a row, but this song shows how good Big Whiskey is
6. Gravedigger - Full band this song is good, Carter had a solo intro, three laid back songs in a row at this point
7. Why I Am - Another Big Whiskey track but this song has grown on me and the crowd was really into it
8. Dancing Nancies (Take me out to the ballgame tease)- YES INDEED! I love this song live especially with full crowd participation, great song
9. Spaceman - Again, another Big Whiskey track but you can't go wrong with this bad boy
10. Warehouse - BOOM BABY! I love this song live or studio. Such a jam especially during the dog days of summer
11. Typical Situation Tease - Really thought we had magic in the making here, but Dave is Dave
12. You & Me - Another Big Whiskey track but this song is starting to become a gem. Good song
13. Grey Street - Ok Dave, I see ya up there bringing the roof off in Columbus. A crowd pleaser
14. Digging a Ditch - An underrated favorite, cherish hearing this guy live.
15. Shake Me Like A Monkey - Big Whiskey again, but this song is so strong live. Really gets people grooving
16. Jimi Thing - Another live staple. Whaaaaaaaat i need is all around me...
17. Two Step - A concert staple, crowd pleaser, and roof rocker. Yes sir. Columbus was rocking at this point.
Encore Break
18. #40 Tease - Damn, damn, damn someday this song is going to come back in full and when it does, pshew
19. Time Bomb - Big Whiskey ROCKER, love the energy on this guy, but could cause Dave voice problems if played too often
20. HALLOWEEN - WHAT? Are you kidding me. Unreal. A closer that left people speechless.
Overall, pretty solid show, but Cuyahoga Falls was my favorite of the two so far this summer. Like I said, good thing I have two more left because I'm still fully charged to jam HARD.
6-25-10 Cuyahoga Falls, OH
1. Big Eyed Fish - Again, love hearing this open. It allows the band to start it off right.
2. Grace Is Gone - LOVE THIS TRACK. Now I can't say I had any roll in hearing this but I tweeted at Dave, Carter, and Stefan earlier in the day with, "Wouldn't mind hearing Grace Is Gone tonight." Just saying...
3. Seven - I love this song. I was in full jam mode at this point after the raucous ending to Grace Is Gone
4. Stay or Leave - Again, full band this song is very solid. I had to catch my breath at this point
5. Don't Drink The Water - One of my all time favorites, and such a concert staple. Gets the crowd grooving hard
6. #41 - What can you say? This is always going to be in my top 3 live or studio. Such a beautiful concert jam
7. Stand Up (For It) Partial - Thought we were going full song here then...
8. Cornbread (Tease) - Stand Up rolls perfectly here, didn't know what was coming next, stunned at this point
9. Recently (Partial) - The ending jam, I really was almost paralyzed at this point, goosebumps...
10. Eh Hee (tease) - This run was getting out of control, I thought the roof was coming off the pavilion...
11. Squirm - I mean this run of songs segued together had me in the highest jam mode possible, This has been my track for a long time and I really got down at this point
12. Eh Hee - Such a dark jam but so good, that run of 6 songs was out of this world
13. Shake Me LIke A Monkey - At this point you could tell the guys were really having fun up there and the energy was at the highest level.
14. You & Me - Yes Indeed! Finally a song to grab some air and gear up for some BIG MOMENTS ahead.
15. Dancing Nancies - POW POW POW! The energy of the band and crowd at this point was like something I've never seen
16. Warehouse - RUT ROH. The segue from Nancies to Warehouse was flawless, just like the old days and boy oh boy did my row get wild at this point. The Low Rider interpolation was unreal.
17. Can't Stop - A crowd pleaser to those who know this song is unreleased. Really enjoyed hearing this.
18. Cornbread - Dave got buck wild with the dance moves. Timmy lit up his guitar like Christmas Day.
19. Ants Marching - Just look at the high level songs in this set so far. A CLASSIC concert gem. The entire crowd was singing. Boyd got nasty on his solo. Carter did magic on the drums. Unreal
Encore Break
20. Little Red Bird - Dave soloed this and it was very solid, everyone was a buzz with what was coming in the encore
21. So Right - There was a slight Some Devil tease but then the baritone opened up with those familiar cords and the place went ablaze with the light show and Jeff on the sax. I love seeing this song making a comeback
22. So Damn Lucky - Perfect way to end an unreal show. I was screaming for Last Stop but I'll take this. The Thank You jam at the end was priceless. Someone threw a pair of shades on stage, Dave donned them and proceeded to get dirty with some dance moves. The crowd continued to sing as the band increased the ending jam to a grand finale end.
Skip to 2:30 on the above video...
Of all the shows I've been to, and I've been to a lot, but the overall energy felt between the band and crowd made me leaving this show thinking wow, I don't know if I've ever had so much fun at a show. Unreal. Again, so pumped that I have two more to go and who knows, rumors are swirling that they may close out in Charlottesville as they are planning on taking the entire 2011 off. We'll just have to wait and see. See you guys in VA Beach in a few weeks. I'll be in 102 in a UVA BBALL practice jersey ready to jam out. Carter, if you read this, can I get a stick because I'm in stick toss range. Thanks. I will also be going to the DC show three days after VA Beach.
Now back to the game. The game that is the courtship of LeBron. I'm not going to comment a whole lot on this because no one really knows what's going to happen. But a lot has happened over the past couple of days. Bron has met with all the contenders to land him. Right now the rumors are swirling that he's trying to woo Chris Bosh to Cleveland in what most likely would end up being a sign and trade deal. I'm good with this. I would absolutely be willing to get rid of Hickson, Varejao, and Anthony Parker to get Bosh and Turkgolu or someone as well. It could be any combo but if it means Bron stays and we get Bosh then I will seriously celebrate like I've never celebrated before. I've been on the fence about what Bron is going to do ever since that just brutal collapse in the post season. I just hope to God that he stays. I honestly don't know what I'd do if he left. I would still root for the guy that's for sure but it wouldn't be the same. Please stay @kingjames.
Coach Mack filled the opening at assistant with Rasheen Davis from Pitt. Everything I've heard about this guy from @briggs04 is that he couldn't be happier than to be at Xavier. Xavier got a guy who has much respect for X and a guy who's young with connections in NYC. I think X fans are really going to like this addition. I'm certainly fired up. Welcome to Xavier @rasheendavis. We couldn't be happier. Looking forward to seeing you help bring more banners and floss serious bling at the newly revamped Cintas Center (new scoreboard, banner board, and big time screen on the open wall).
The Indians are 16 games under .500. Pathetic. I don't even have a comment at this point in time. I'm sure Reds fans are pretty pumped up right now and to be honest, I'm happy to see them doing well. I really wonder what it's like to sell that cold beer now at GABP. I bet I could make some serious straight if I was still pushing product.
It's been hot as can be in Charlottesville lately. But probably not as hot as Young Guns & Old Men. We are 15-2 after a big time effort this evening. We're really looking to grab that title this year. The Building a Program crew was at the game today (UVA's version of Hard Knocks being shown on Comcast) so my skills will probably be broadcast to the east coast. How do you like me now? Nope, it's all about the team. We. Us. Ours.
JaMarcus Russell. You are a bust. You may find yourself dead like Pimp C if you stay on that syrup.
Mike Vick. Dude what are you doing? Seriously. You're done. Nice comeback buddy. Way to take advantage of a second chance.
I picked the Netherlands over Spain in the World Cup. Looking to rake in this little pool I'm in. Do it for me ORANGE.
I'm on week 13 of p90x. Which means it's the last week. It's done wonders and I'm looking forward to keeping myself in this shape I'm in by more or less going rogue and mixing and matching a couple different DVDs. This program works and I highly recommend it to anyone who can commit themselves.
Training camp is fast approaching. Am I ready? Not yet. But I'm looking forward to football. Stay tuned as I plan on trying to do another daily recap through everyday of camp.
Keep it real. Do what we do. Hold it down.
-'Killa
PS - Nice schedule once again Dayton. Weak non-conference like always. That's why you always catch a beat down. That's why you're fake and not a real program. That's why you host NCAA games and don't play in them. That's why Xavier owns you.
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Father's Day
Well, here I sit, back home in Columbus, Ohio posted with Big Chuck. After smacking some golf balls around this afternoon I proceeded to post the rest of the day and watch golf. I fired off a nice feast in between. Chuck and I just got done watching Graeme McDowell win the US Open and we're now scoping some Red Sox v Dodgers action. John Miller just went on a tangent for some time talking about soccer. Apparently he used to call soccer back in the day.
So I'm back home, came back on Friday. Did the drive in less than 7 hours and was really cruising. Once you hit 33 in Ohio it becomes a grind but other than that no issues. The cops were out so I mostly sat behind some lead blockers rather than play roll of fullback which I tend to do from time to time. I'm taking some vacation to rest and relax before the grind of football starts. I've already caught up with some old friends, I spent some time smacking some golf balls, and I've posted. Other items on the menu are of course, two DMB concerts, more golf, and getting loaded with some buddies.
The World Cup is in full swing. So far my bracket is looking mediocre. I will have to say that Argentina is really looking on fire. England is a big question mark. Are the French being French? A player gets angry. Coach gets angry. Player gets the boot. Team becomes angry. Trainer becomes angry. Trainer quits. Manager quits. Team refuses to practice. Good God, get a hold of yourselves France. The USA are on the verge of making the knock out round they would like to get a W over the Algerian squad as that would for sure put them into the knockout round thus I'm sure the love of soccer may grow some here in the USA.
The Lakers won the NBA Title. Kobe has five championships. Phil Jackson has 11. Pretty incredible. I was pretty happy that the Lakers won solely because I hate the Celtics. So congrats to them. The fact that Adam Morrison has two rings and LeBron has zero is pretty frustrating.
Speaking of golf, I will confess, I was a Tiger guy during his heyday and even up to the point that Elin went 9-iron to his rig and grill. So I'm currently in the market for a golfer to follow and hop on the wagon. Anthony Kim, Rory Mcillroy, Adam Scott, and Camilo Villegas are all in the mix. Anthony Kim has the lead as 1. he's American and 2. likes to get down not to mention he can play the game pretty well and rocks legit gear. I hope to have an official "guy" by the start of next season. I'll use the rest of the golf season to research and try and decide who my guy will be.
Tuesday marks DMB show 1 of 4 for me this summer and I couldn't be more stoked. They are playing at Huntington Park in downtown Columbus home of the Columbus Clippers (Triple-A affiliate of the Tribe, who are BAD by the way). I have yet to see a show in a ballpark setting so I'm pretty excited. I'll actually see two ballpark shows this year as the DC show is in a ballpark. I'm not expecting a truly out of this world set as they have been bland of late but I refuse to complain about the basicness of their sets as I know any given night they could just bust something unreal out. Not to mention why complain when I have the opportunity to see the greatest band in the world perform, especially with them taking all of 2011 off? Show #2 of the DMB season will be Friday up at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. I have some MONEY seats for this bad boy and will be really jamming hard. I'm really putting the money on Friday being the bigger of the two concerts as far as sets and experience go however I know Columbus is going to be tight none the less. Hit me up if you're attending and we'll get it going and jam out.
Songs on my wish list:
Time Bomb
Warehouse
Pig
Dancing Nancies
Don't Drink the Water
Bartender
Granny
Last Stop
Two Step
Crush
Satellite
#41
Shake Me Like a Monkey
Squirm
Louisiana Bayou
Stay (Wasting Time)
The Maker
Lie in Our Graves
To name a few....
Oh by the way, week 11 of p90x this week.
-'Killa
So I'm back home, came back on Friday. Did the drive in less than 7 hours and was really cruising. Once you hit 33 in Ohio it becomes a grind but other than that no issues. The cops were out so I mostly sat behind some lead blockers rather than play roll of fullback which I tend to do from time to time. I'm taking some vacation to rest and relax before the grind of football starts. I've already caught up with some old friends, I spent some time smacking some golf balls, and I've posted. Other items on the menu are of course, two DMB concerts, more golf, and getting loaded with some buddies.
The World Cup is in full swing. So far my bracket is looking mediocre. I will have to say that Argentina is really looking on fire. England is a big question mark. Are the French being French? A player gets angry. Coach gets angry. Player gets the boot. Team becomes angry. Trainer becomes angry. Trainer quits. Manager quits. Team refuses to practice. Good God, get a hold of yourselves France. The USA are on the verge of making the knock out round they would like to get a W over the Algerian squad as that would for sure put them into the knockout round thus I'm sure the love of soccer may grow some here in the USA.
The Lakers won the NBA Title. Kobe has five championships. Phil Jackson has 11. Pretty incredible. I was pretty happy that the Lakers won solely because I hate the Celtics. So congrats to them. The fact that Adam Morrison has two rings and LeBron has zero is pretty frustrating.
Speaking of golf, I will confess, I was a Tiger guy during his heyday and even up to the point that Elin went 9-iron to his rig and grill. So I'm currently in the market for a golfer to follow and hop on the wagon. Anthony Kim, Rory Mcillroy, Adam Scott, and Camilo Villegas are all in the mix. Anthony Kim has the lead as 1. he's American and 2. likes to get down not to mention he can play the game pretty well and rocks legit gear. I hope to have an official "guy" by the start of next season. I'll use the rest of the golf season to research and try and decide who my guy will be.
Tuesday marks DMB show 1 of 4 for me this summer and I couldn't be more stoked. They are playing at Huntington Park in downtown Columbus home of the Columbus Clippers (Triple-A affiliate of the Tribe, who are BAD by the way). I have yet to see a show in a ballpark setting so I'm pretty excited. I'll actually see two ballpark shows this year as the DC show is in a ballpark. I'm not expecting a truly out of this world set as they have been bland of late but I refuse to complain about the basicness of their sets as I know any given night they could just bust something unreal out. Not to mention why complain when I have the opportunity to see the greatest band in the world perform, especially with them taking all of 2011 off? Show #2 of the DMB season will be Friday up at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. I have some MONEY seats for this bad boy and will be really jamming hard. I'm really putting the money on Friday being the bigger of the two concerts as far as sets and experience go however I know Columbus is going to be tight none the less. Hit me up if you're attending and we'll get it going and jam out.
Songs on my wish list:
Time Bomb
Warehouse
Pig
Dancing Nancies
Don't Drink the Water
Bartender
Granny
Last Stop
Two Step
Crush
Satellite
#41
Shake Me Like a Monkey
Squirm
Louisiana Bayou
Stay (Wasting Time)
The Maker
Lie in Our Graves
To name a few....
Oh by the way, week 11 of p90x this week.
-'Killa
Body Patrol
Well, here we are, 9 weeks into P90X. I'm absolutely feeling this program like none other. I'm currently researching my next step for post P90X. I'll probably take a week off or something. I'm sure Tony Horton won't be down with that but dude, you just owned me for 90 days. I need to rest my new chiseled beach body. Not to mention training camp will be approaching and you know that means my life as we know it goes down the pipes for a few months. Anyways, I am researching options and haven't found anything yet. If you want to pass on suggestions I'll take them. This program has given me a resurgence to workout and keep the body fresh.
I'm currently reporting live from Chattanooga, TN in room 615 at the Marriott. I'm down here for work at the AEMA Convention. I banged out my certification test yesterday morning and got pretty loaded last night. It's pretty fun at this deal. Always nice to catch up with vendors and friends in the business.
UVA baseball won their regional last weekend and will be hosting the super regional this weekend against Oklahoma. I'll be taking in that action and trying to avoid getting bombed like I did last Saturday during the game. However, I WILL watch the US play England on Saturday before I do anything baseball related. Sorry Cavaliers, Nation comes first. I got some fresh Nikes specifically for the World Cup so those will debut this weekend. I really enjoy soccer but not as afluent as @loganbconner or say @mgberningjr so I don't feel right doing an analysis on the full cup. I will say I entered a pool amongst my friends and I picked the Netherlands to beat Spain to win the cup. I feel like I'm going a limb with that selection but we'll see. Teams I will also be watching closely besides the homies from America include Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, and Ivory Coast.
This "ICING" phenomenon is definitely the rave of the summer so far. I've been ICED twice. My boss got me last weekend in a relatively well planned ice, got me at our tailgate. Then, last night out in Chattanooga, after talking to some random Bros they iced me via long distance bar snipe-age via waitress. I highly doubt this phase will make it past the summer but it's pretty funny and hot right now. I have yet to break out an ICE on anyone only because when I ICE it's going to be epic and stealth. I got a big one planned and people are going to go down, not revealing how, when, or where all I have to say if you know me, watch out because it could be anyone that catches the first ICE from me.
Going along with the summer theme you know I have to plug my homies Dave Matthews Band. When you think summer it's hard to not think a DMB tour. They are a few weeks into the 2010 summer tour and they are rocking. You can definitely tell that they are holding nothing back as they will take all of 2011 off. The set lists are epic already and it's early so we can only expect major things to go down. I'm really jacked to get four shows in this summer and witness the greatest band ever to take the stage jam out. Again, I will be present at Columbus, Cuyahoga Falls, VA Beach, and DC. HIt me up if you want to get down. It's going to be big time.
Keeping with the music, if you want a good party mix to pump while your sipping brews and hanging with bros and ladies I highly suggest you DL Mash-Up Mania - Volume: 1 off of brobible.com. It's definitely blazing.
Now, to Tom Izzo and the Cavs. My take on this is as follows. First of all I think it's a bad idea for Izzo to leave for the NBA solely because why would he want to leave what he has right now? He can go to the Final Four whenever he wants, he's getting paid decent money, and those who have tried the jump haven't been too successful i.e. Pitino and Calipari. Now, that being said, not everyone has had the opportunity to coach the best player in the world and will continue to be for a long time so if Izzo does go I have to think it's because he knows he'll be coaching LeBron. To me, he's too smart to risk his reputation and sign that line to coach for the Cavs without word from Bron Bron. In theory Izzo may also be using this situation to use it as leverage to get a little more money from Sparty and he'll just stay there. I wish the Cavs would've gone after Avery Johnson, he's the man, I gotta respect the Nets for getting him, that's a good land. Stay tuned as LeBron mania continues to heat up.
I'm rooting for the Lakers.
Indians are bad, Strasburg is going to mow them down on Sunday.
-'Killa
I'm currently reporting live from Chattanooga, TN in room 615 at the Marriott. I'm down here for work at the AEMA Convention. I banged out my certification test yesterday morning and got pretty loaded last night. It's pretty fun at this deal. Always nice to catch up with vendors and friends in the business.
UVA baseball won their regional last weekend and will be hosting the super regional this weekend against Oklahoma. I'll be taking in that action and trying to avoid getting bombed like I did last Saturday during the game. However, I WILL watch the US play England on Saturday before I do anything baseball related. Sorry Cavaliers, Nation comes first. I got some fresh Nikes specifically for the World Cup so those will debut this weekend. I really enjoy soccer but not as afluent as @loganbconner or say @mgberningjr so I don't feel right doing an analysis on the full cup. I will say I entered a pool amongst my friends and I picked the Netherlands to beat Spain to win the cup. I feel like I'm going a limb with that selection but we'll see. Teams I will also be watching closely besides the homies from America include Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, and Ivory Coast.
This "ICING" phenomenon is definitely the rave of the summer so far. I've been ICED twice. My boss got me last weekend in a relatively well planned ice, got me at our tailgate. Then, last night out in Chattanooga, after talking to some random Bros they iced me via long distance bar snipe-age via waitress. I highly doubt this phase will make it past the summer but it's pretty funny and hot right now. I have yet to break out an ICE on anyone only because when I ICE it's going to be epic and stealth. I got a big one planned and people are going to go down, not revealing how, when, or where all I have to say if you know me, watch out because it could be anyone that catches the first ICE from me.
Going along with the summer theme you know I have to plug my homies Dave Matthews Band. When you think summer it's hard to not think a DMB tour. They are a few weeks into the 2010 summer tour and they are rocking. You can definitely tell that they are holding nothing back as they will take all of 2011 off. The set lists are epic already and it's early so we can only expect major things to go down. I'm really jacked to get four shows in this summer and witness the greatest band ever to take the stage jam out. Again, I will be present at Columbus, Cuyahoga Falls, VA Beach, and DC. HIt me up if you want to get down. It's going to be big time.
Keeping with the music, if you want a good party mix to pump while your sipping brews and hanging with bros and ladies I highly suggest you DL Mash-Up Mania - Volume: 1 off of brobible.com. It's definitely blazing.
Now, to Tom Izzo and the Cavs. My take on this is as follows. First of all I think it's a bad idea for Izzo to leave for the NBA solely because why would he want to leave what he has right now? He can go to the Final Four whenever he wants, he's getting paid decent money, and those who have tried the jump haven't been too successful i.e. Pitino and Calipari. Now, that being said, not everyone has had the opportunity to coach the best player in the world and will continue to be for a long time so if Izzo does go I have to think it's because he knows he'll be coaching LeBron. To me, he's too smart to risk his reputation and sign that line to coach for the Cavs without word from Bron Bron. In theory Izzo may also be using this situation to use it as leverage to get a little more money from Sparty and he'll just stay there. I wish the Cavs would've gone after Avery Johnson, he's the man, I gotta respect the Nets for getting him, that's a good land. Stay tuned as LeBron mania continues to heat up.
I'm rooting for the Lakers.
Indians are bad, Strasburg is going to mow them down on Sunday.
-'Killa
Pushin
Well to go with the theme, I'm on week six of P90X. It's still going well. I've been pretty exhausted this week as all of my traveling and busy schedule has caught up but im still sculpting and getting after it. Nothing really solid to report on other than I'm still enjoying the program and it's clear it works, at least for me as results are definitely showing. Get on this program if you have the time commitment. It's the real deal and gets the job done.
The big news of the week outside of my brother graduating from Gordon College is that I finally got my new whip. It's a 2009 Deamer in the form of a Hyundai Demata aka Sonata. It's pretty dope and I'm really feeling it. Fired it this afternoon and took it for a nice little spin through CVille to pimp my ride.
Like I said, my brother graduated this past weekend so I gotta send a big shout out to him. I finally got to experience Boston in some nice weather and man, for as much as I despise their sport teams I can really get down with that city. First of all, the food is on point. On the freshest sea food and some real legit local breweries serving the freshest beer at local spots. If there was a big city I would live in, it's definitely Boston.
Moving on to my bad smash to the dome. I got the stitches out Wednesday. Pretty successful healing so far, although I can start to see the scar forming.
UVA athletics really went jumpman this past weekend. To start it off #1 baseball swept North Carolina. Pow. #1 seed UVA Men's lacrosse looked dominant in their smash of Mt. St. Mary's 18-4. Pow. The UVA women's team also got the big 14-12 win over Towson. It was really really good to see both of those teams win. Yeardley Love was honored and remembered at both contests are the teams donned patches, shirts, and the women held up the #1 after the win. The men will be on ESPNUva on Sunday at 2:30pm against Stony Brook. A big upset occured in the men's tournament as Army knocked off defending champs Syracuse. The women will take on North Carolina this weekend. The women's softball team got themselves their first ever post season bid and will play this weekend as well. #1 men's tennis did work and will continue their push toward a ring and banner this weekend. Unfortunately the women's team got ousted. the rowing squad is still doing what they do and that's lay the lumber in the water. Pow. Stay tuned as UVA looks to add some 'Ships, rings, and banners to their resume this spring.
Now, I need to burn on something. The DMV. No, the D doesn't stand for DEAM. In fact it really should read oDMV. Off Deam Motor Vehicles. That place is just a pit. If I could avoid going there for the rest of my life I will. They messed up today when writing my title so I can trade in my old whip which almost throug a wrench into my deamness today. The people are always angry there. The wait is always long. It usually smells too. The only thing currently ranked lower than the oDMV is UD Arena, that place is just a dump.
Indians baseball is pretty bad, I wish they were good.
Joe Haden is rocking #23 for the Browns and has begun his mission to help keep LeBron as he tweeted, "hopefully there are 2 23's in cleveland."
Jordan Crawford is doing work at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago. Watched him work out while at work today. Do work JCraw. Make X proud. Swoosh.
Looks like a good weekend to go poolside.
The DMB Summer Tour is approaching and I couldn't be more excited to rock out at 4 shows this year.
--'Killa
The big news of the week outside of my brother graduating from Gordon College is that I finally got my new whip. It's a 2009 Deamer in the form of a Hyundai Demata aka Sonata. It's pretty dope and I'm really feeling it. Fired it this afternoon and took it for a nice little spin through CVille to pimp my ride.
Like I said, my brother graduated this past weekend so I gotta send a big shout out to him. I finally got to experience Boston in some nice weather and man, for as much as I despise their sport teams I can really get down with that city. First of all, the food is on point. On the freshest sea food and some real legit local breweries serving the freshest beer at local spots. If there was a big city I would live in, it's definitely Boston.
Moving on to my bad smash to the dome. I got the stitches out Wednesday. Pretty successful healing so far, although I can start to see the scar forming.
UVA athletics really went jumpman this past weekend. To start it off #1 baseball swept North Carolina. Pow. #1 seed UVA Men's lacrosse looked dominant in their smash of Mt. St. Mary's 18-4. Pow. The UVA women's team also got the big 14-12 win over Towson. It was really really good to see both of those teams win. Yeardley Love was honored and remembered at both contests are the teams donned patches, shirts, and the women held up the #1 after the win. The men will be on ESPNUva on Sunday at 2:30pm against Stony Brook. A big upset occured in the men's tournament as Army knocked off defending champs Syracuse. The women will take on North Carolina this weekend. The women's softball team got themselves their first ever post season bid and will play this weekend as well. #1 men's tennis did work and will continue their push toward a ring and banner this weekend. Unfortunately the women's team got ousted. the rowing squad is still doing what they do and that's lay the lumber in the water. Pow. Stay tuned as UVA looks to add some 'Ships, rings, and banners to their resume this spring.
Now, I need to burn on something. The DMV. No, the D doesn't stand for DEAM. In fact it really should read oDMV. Off Deam Motor Vehicles. That place is just a pit. If I could avoid going there for the rest of my life I will. They messed up today when writing my title so I can trade in my old whip which almost throug a wrench into my deamness today. The people are always angry there. The wait is always long. It usually smells too. The only thing currently ranked lower than the oDMV is UD Arena, that place is just a dump.
Indians baseball is pretty bad, I wish they were good.
Joe Haden is rocking #23 for the Browns and has begun his mission to help keep LeBron as he tweeted, "hopefully there are 2 23's in cleveland."
Jordan Crawford is doing work at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago. Watched him work out while at work today. Do work JCraw. Make X proud. Swoosh.
Looks like a good weekend to go poolside.
The DMB Summer Tour is approaching and I couldn't be more excited to rock out at 4 shows this year.
--'Killa
Battle Wound
Well, I managed to do it again. Stitches to my facial region (Eye and Nose came before the latest, also they are good stories too). I'm in Pennsylvania for work. So I brought the ole' P90X along for the ride. Before leaving this morning I thought I should get a workout in. So I rolled to the workout facility of this hotel around 7. I get it started, everything is going well. Although I' trying to think during the warmup how I would improvise without pull up bars as the workout I was doing required them. I noticed the flat bench on the floor and "ding" light bulb. I propped it up and was going to try and use it as a fulcrum to do the pull up exercises with my resistance bands. POW bad idea. As I eased into the workout I just didn't even notice the bench was still sitting on it's wheels, didn't even get one rep in before I pulled the bench right into my forehead. (I knew immediately it was bad because blood was everywhere) I got up and grabbed a towel. (Tool on eliptical didn't even say a word or stop his workout, probably a dayton fan) I went to the desk and asked for a medical kit. They asked what happened, and I explained (full knowing I'd need stitches I told them I just needed to clean and dress the wound because I hadn't figured out how I would get to the hopspital). I went into the bathroom and really saw how bad it was. I really did a number. As I'll explain later a pretty nasty scar is going to be leftover from this incident. Good think Bobby, our helmet rep from Schutt just finished his workout and was in the lobby. I went to him and said, "Bobby, I think we have a problem." He took me to the hospital where I received 15 stitches to the forehead. I'm still trying to wash the blood out of my hair but that's not really a big deal at the moment. The doctor was ON DEAM. He rolls in and asks me what happened, I said, "Do you know what P90X is?" He goes, "Do I? I'm on it and INSANITY." You get the point, the guy is deamness. So he stitched me up and we talked P90 and Insanity the entire time.
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The real story...
I was out on the Atlantic ocean in my 51 foot sailboat by Allures Yachting. A little storm was a brewing so I knew I would have to navigate the seas. It was getting real choppy but I was making it alright. NOthing I hadn't battled before. Pretty basic. Some waves, some wind, some spray. But, as I was coming about I lost focus and the boom caught me right on the forehead. Smash, blood everywhere, of course in the storm I had to show POISE. So I set the wheel for a course toward shore and proceeded to sew myself up. Pretty bad ass if you ask me. The boat suffered no damage.
So the beats suffered with this unfortunate accident:
Brutal face status right now (massive cut on the forehead with cuts on the nose)
The above results in limited to no action from girls, big setback for the summer
I'm flying to Boston this weekend so a bunch of people ranging from Richmond, DC, NYC, and Boston will stare and wonder what this idiot did, all I can do is tell them the real story
-'Killa
Sculpting
Yeah that's right. It's the title, Sculpting. I just started week five of P90X. Today it was chest, shoulders, triceps, and Ab-RipperX workout. It was on deam. Really felt like I got a great workout in. I need to also say that week four, the recovery week, was real nice too. The workouts were less demanding but I still felt like I was sculpting and getting a great lather in. Tomorrow will be day 30 and I can honestly say, one third of the way into the program I'm a huge huge supporter of P90X. I love the workouts I'm getting in. I'm loving the results so far. More importantly I'm loving the over aggressive effort I'm giving to eat as healthy as possible, that factor of the program is what really makes this program certifiably DEAM.
Next up on the list of things to hit on is a huge shout out and promotion for Don Moose out in Tuscon. Don Moose aka Reynolds out in Tuscon as the University of Arizona got a major promotion. My man is now Director of Basketball Operations for the Wildcats. Bear Down. All Moose does is win. So basically Arizona should be very happy to see this promotion because it's about to go down majorly out in Tuscon. You can go sharpie with this right here, I am already planning my trip out west next year for a weekend action of hoops. Big ups to Moose. That's the XAVIER way right there. The Management is going HAM in college athletics right now and we keep getting more major. Tradition of excellence.
The NBA playoffs are continuing the journey. The Jekyl and Hyde team that is the Cleveland Cavaliers had better get their act right and start acting like Friday night's team and less like Sunday or last Monday's team because those efforts are not going to cut it when it comes to trying to win titles, hang banners, and sling bling. Not at all. LeBron is now saying that he will guard the Cav destroyer, Rajon Rondo, since no one else seems to have the brass to do so. I mean, if you want it Bron then go for it. You weren't voted second straight MVP for nothing, now is the time to prove it. However, the supporting cast needs to come along for the ride and show up from time to time. I'm sick and tired of having to watch LeBron time after time have to put this team on his back. I know he's the man but come on Mo, Tawn, Shaq, Parker, Varejao, Hickson, Moon, West, etc. The Cavs are the deepest in the League. A little help from time to time would be nice. I hate the Celtics, their fans, and their act. So two wins in a row to close this deal out would be nice because the Magic are utterly owning the Hawks right now and I really don't want to see us go down to them again. Let's turn it up a few notches and starting owning. Thanks.
I'm headed up to Easton, PA tomorrow to scope out Schutt Helmets and play some golf. I will then be flying out to Boston on Friday for Young Benjamin's graduation. I will then be purchasing my new whip next week. A lot of high level action going on.
Keep it real.
-'Killa
Next up on the list of things to hit on is a huge shout out and promotion for Don Moose out in Tuscon. Don Moose aka Reynolds out in Tuscon as the University of Arizona got a major promotion. My man is now Director of Basketball Operations for the Wildcats. Bear Down. All Moose does is win. So basically Arizona should be very happy to see this promotion because it's about to go down majorly out in Tuscon. You can go sharpie with this right here, I am already planning my trip out west next year for a weekend action of hoops. Big ups to Moose. That's the XAVIER way right there. The Management is going HAM in college athletics right now and we keep getting more major. Tradition of excellence.
The NBA playoffs are continuing the journey. The Jekyl and Hyde team that is the Cleveland Cavaliers had better get their act right and start acting like Friday night's team and less like Sunday or last Monday's team because those efforts are not going to cut it when it comes to trying to win titles, hang banners, and sling bling. Not at all. LeBron is now saying that he will guard the Cav destroyer, Rajon Rondo, since no one else seems to have the brass to do so. I mean, if you want it Bron then go for it. You weren't voted second straight MVP for nothing, now is the time to prove it. However, the supporting cast needs to come along for the ride and show up from time to time. I'm sick and tired of having to watch LeBron time after time have to put this team on his back. I know he's the man but come on Mo, Tawn, Shaq, Parker, Varejao, Hickson, Moon, West, etc. The Cavs are the deepest in the League. A little help from time to time would be nice. I hate the Celtics, their fans, and their act. So two wins in a row to close this deal out would be nice because the Magic are utterly owning the Hawks right now and I really don't want to see us go down to them again. Let's turn it up a few notches and starting owning. Thanks.
I'm headed up to Easton, PA tomorrow to scope out Schutt Helmets and play some golf. I will then be flying out to Boston on Friday for Young Benjamin's graduation. I will then be purchasing my new whip next week. A lot of high level action going on.
Keep it real.
-'Killa
Grown
Stop baby, what's that sound, everybody look what's going down...
What's going down is I'm on week four of P90X and still loving it. This week is deemed a recovery week. I opened up with Yoga tonight. Man this workout gets me every time. It's 92 minutes long and literally the first 45 minutes is INTENSE. I'm in a full body sweat and breathing very hard by the time the first phase is done. Believe it or not afterwards, I feel like I got a great workout in. I'm still watching what I eat and I can really tell a difference in my energy among other things. Healthy eating habits have definitely helped me get acclamated to the hardcore workout that is P90X. Next week is when the real test kicks in. I've been told if I make it through week 5 I'll be good to go.
I went down to Houston this past weekend to visit Douglas Shoulder Pads. A bunch of us equipment guys got together, talked shoulder pads, helmets, and some other order of business but we mostly just really felt the flow. The highlight is obviously the Crawfish Boil on Saturday. Just a full day party of feasting on fresh bugs from New Orleans (2000 POUNDS to be exact). The crawfish are boiled in a mixture of water, lemon juice, spices, corn, potatoes, and sausage. Basically you rip the torso from the head and just suck the meat out. Absolutely unreal. The later the batch the spicer. Hence the fresh cold beer on tap. We took in a couple of different bars in the Houston area. I really have to suggest to anyone in the Houston area check out Sawyer Park sports bar. This place was the definition of ON DEAM. Great service. Great food. Great drinks. Great music. Great tvs. GREAT BODIES.
LeBron James captured his second MVP award. I really need to hit on this because of how important LeBron is. LeBron not only is the MVP of the NBA but he's the MVP of Northeast Ohio. He puts on for his city more than anyone I've ever seen. Seriously, I want everyone to think about where the Cavs and literally Cleveland and Akron would be if LeBron would be playing elsewhere. I can tell you this the Cavs fold, the city of Cleveland could literally crumble, and Akron just becomes known as the city where LeBron grew up and no longer the city he put on the map. LeBron is going to keep winning MVPs because well he's the King and he does what he wants when he wants. I hope to God he stays in Cleveland which is why winning the NBA Title this year is so important. Winning his first title I believe is going to send 'Bron to another level. He'll get that monkey off his back and beginning creating a whole new monster as he will really begin to set his legacy as possible the greatest of all time. Thanks LeBron for another great season.
"I'm just a little kid from Akron." - LeBron James
I'm writing this week with a heavy heart. Tragedy struck the UVA community today as word broke of arguably the most tragic thing that could happen to an athletic department. Early this morning a men's lacrosse player was charged with first degree murder in the death of a female lacrosse player. George Huguley is being held in a regional jail and is charged with murder for the death of Yeardley Love. Both were seniors at UVA. At this time there is limited information available. Certainly this is a black cloud over the university, athletic department, and lacrosse as a whole as it seemed like the sport had finally recovered from the Duke incident a few years ago. I would like to send my thoughts and prayers out to the family of Yeardley Love. This is a terrible terrible thing.
UVA baseball did bring the brooms out and swept Duke this weekend. The men's lacrosse team celebrated senior day in true fashion in stifling the nation's top offense and drumming Robert Morris.
The following is the 2010 World Cup theme song and making an early push as my song of the summer...
I'm headed up to Annapolis, Maryland tomorrow for our district meeting and some golf. This will be the debut of my sticks this year. Probably going to be a lot of balls going right and nowhere near the fairway or green.
-'Killa
What's going down is I'm on week four of P90X and still loving it. This week is deemed a recovery week. I opened up with Yoga tonight. Man this workout gets me every time. It's 92 minutes long and literally the first 45 minutes is INTENSE. I'm in a full body sweat and breathing very hard by the time the first phase is done. Believe it or not afterwards, I feel like I got a great workout in. I'm still watching what I eat and I can really tell a difference in my energy among other things. Healthy eating habits have definitely helped me get acclamated to the hardcore workout that is P90X. Next week is when the real test kicks in. I've been told if I make it through week 5 I'll be good to go.
I went down to Houston this past weekend to visit Douglas Shoulder Pads. A bunch of us equipment guys got together, talked shoulder pads, helmets, and some other order of business but we mostly just really felt the flow. The highlight is obviously the Crawfish Boil on Saturday. Just a full day party of feasting on fresh bugs from New Orleans (2000 POUNDS to be exact). The crawfish are boiled in a mixture of water, lemon juice, spices, corn, potatoes, and sausage. Basically you rip the torso from the head and just suck the meat out. Absolutely unreal. The later the batch the spicer. Hence the fresh cold beer on tap. We took in a couple of different bars in the Houston area. I really have to suggest to anyone in the Houston area check out Sawyer Park sports bar. This place was the definition of ON DEAM. Great service. Great food. Great drinks. Great music. Great tvs. GREAT BODIES.
LeBron James captured his second MVP award. I really need to hit on this because of how important LeBron is. LeBron not only is the MVP of the NBA but he's the MVP of Northeast Ohio. He puts on for his city more than anyone I've ever seen. Seriously, I want everyone to think about where the Cavs and literally Cleveland and Akron would be if LeBron would be playing elsewhere. I can tell you this the Cavs fold, the city of Cleveland could literally crumble, and Akron just becomes known as the city where LeBron grew up and no longer the city he put on the map. LeBron is going to keep winning MVPs because well he's the King and he does what he wants when he wants. I hope to God he stays in Cleveland which is why winning the NBA Title this year is so important. Winning his first title I believe is going to send 'Bron to another level. He'll get that monkey off his back and beginning creating a whole new monster as he will really begin to set his legacy as possible the greatest of all time. Thanks LeBron for another great season.
"I'm just a little kid from Akron." - LeBron James
I'm writing this week with a heavy heart. Tragedy struck the UVA community today as word broke of arguably the most tragic thing that could happen to an athletic department. Early this morning a men's lacrosse player was charged with first degree murder in the death of a female lacrosse player. George Huguley is being held in a regional jail and is charged with murder for the death of Yeardley Love. Both were seniors at UVA. At this time there is limited information available. Certainly this is a black cloud over the university, athletic department, and lacrosse as a whole as it seemed like the sport had finally recovered from the Duke incident a few years ago. I would like to send my thoughts and prayers out to the family of Yeardley Love. This is a terrible terrible thing.
UVA baseball did bring the brooms out and swept Duke this weekend. The men's lacrosse team celebrated senior day in true fashion in stifling the nation's top offense and drumming Robert Morris.
The following is the 2010 World Cup theme song and making an early push as my song of the summer...
I'm headed up to Annapolis, Maryland tomorrow for our district meeting and some golf. This will be the debut of my sticks this year. Probably going to be a lot of balls going right and nowhere near the fairway or green.
-'Killa
Seek Up
Sorry for the lateness of this post. I've been caught up in a lot of extra curricular activities that have limited me from putting some thoughts down.
First of all I am well into week three of P90X and I'm loving it. The workouts are still kicking my butt, but I can feel myself getting into shape and the body is starting to react to the workouts in a positive way i.e. the ab-ripperX is shaping the beach body for some future pool action at the Jefferson Ridge Pool. Next week is what's called a recovery week and then week five will focus on working the muscles in a completely different way. A guy I know who has completed the program says if I can make it through week five then I'll be good to go. He said to that I'll need to brace myself for some more intense sore-ness as the muscles will not be used to the exercises, hence the muscle confusion method of P90X. I have nothing but positive things to say about P90X so far. Other than brief moments when I want to rip Tony Horton's head off his body, I'm feeling the program so far. A huge plus of the program is I've really been watching my eating habits and what I'm eating. I can really feel a difference. In the words of the P90X DVDs...BRING IT.
Once again UVA athletics are getting it done. Let me tell you about hanging banners and slinging bling. While that's what Xavier does in Cintas it's also what UVA does. This past weekend UVA athletics captured ACC Titles 100, 101, and 102. UVA has claimed 7 ACC titles this year (Men's LaCrosse, Rowing, Men's Tennis, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming and Diving, Wrestling, and Women's Swimming and Diving). Baseball and Softball are still alive and well in the hunt to win titles as well so it could potentially be nine before it's done. In addition, to Men's soccer won the National Title this year. Both Baseball, Men's LaCrosse, Men's Tennis, and rowing could bring more 'Ships to Charlottesville which in turn would make us ultimate contenders for the Director's Cup. Boom.
Keeping with athletics I need to hit on the Browns and the draft. It was quite a frustrating couple of days for myself. But, I guess that's why I am not the President, GM, or coach of the Browns because while I seem to think I know what I'm doing I probably don't. I got full trust in Mike Holmgren and his decision making. The Browns took Joe Haden, a DB from Florida at #7. They then took a safety, TJ Ward, from Oregon and Eric Hardesty a RB from Tennessee in the second round. At that point I was fuming because the Browns had passed up twice on Colt McCoy. However, the Browns did make big time plays and get the steal of the draft in Colt McCoy in the third round. This in turn made me happy. The Browns continued to select solid dudes as the draft concluded on Saturday. I should also note that UVA had guys go to teams:
Chris Cook, DB, Minnesota Vikings (34th overall)
Denzel Burrell, LB, Browns
Jameel Sewell, ATH, Dolphins
Vic Hall, ATH, Bears
Will Barker, OL, Cowboys
Mikell Simpson, RB, Bengals
Rashawn Jackson, FB, Panthers
Nate Collins, DL, Giants
The NBA Playoffs are in full effect. Looks like the east and west are wrapping up the first round. The Cavs will be facing the Celtics in one of the Eastern Semi's. Meanwhile, the Magic are awaiting the outcome of the Milwaukee Bucks and Hawks. I gotta think the Hawks advance. Moving forward, LeBron had better be healthy (me over reacting to his elbow injury) because I really would like to see the Cavs danza the Celtics. I'm tired of their act. I just cannot get down with Rondo, Garnett, Pierce, Allen, Perkins, and Allen. The Magic and Hawks series would be very interesting. If the Magic even want to think about going to the eastern conference finals then Dwight Howard should probably get his act together. If not, the Hawks will mow 'em down. Looking at the West, it's been nothing short of exciting. There appears to be a rivalry brewing between the Lakers and the Thunder. Even if the Thunder don't beat the Lakers you have to think that team is going to be very good in the future. Westbrook and Durantula are nasty. The Nuggets are in a must win scenario tonight. I never saw this coming expecially with the health issues of the Jazz, none the less, that's why only the strong survive in the playoffs. The Suns are looking nice. I think it's absolutely absurd that Brandon Roy is trying to rally his team. If he does, than props to him, if not and he injures himself even further than he's an idiot. The Mavericks and Spurs series has been exciting as well. I still like the Mavs to advance especially if they get some big time efforts from Caron Butler. Looking at it now, I'm going with the Mavs to advance, Nuggets in seven, Lakers in six, and Suns in seven.
Ok, finally I get to talk about Foxfield 2010. It was indeed an epic weekend. DL, Billy, and Log made the trip east for a little afternoon at Foxfield. We hit the scene briefly Friday night to warm ourselves up for Saturday. After an early rise on Saturday we drove through the rain to Foxfield. The rain let up just as the gates opened and before we knew it, there was no rain, our plot was set up (after a flustered gay guy and his girl friends moved into their prop plot spot and out of our spot), and beer pong was going. Everyone was dressed to the nines, the music was bumping, the PBR and High Life was flowing, and the Xavier boys were making examples of everyone on the beer pong table. Let it be known that anyone associated with Xavier had an unblemished record on the pong table. Dominance. We mingled, we drank, we enjoyed ourselves, and paced ourselves perfectly. We returned back to my spot to gather ourselves with a brief rest, food, and hydration. We then returned to the scene and closed out Foxfield to the maximum. I think I speak for everyone when I say it was a raging success. I'll take RSVP's now for Foxfield 2011 if anyone is willing to commit.
I'm headed to Houston for the weekend. I'll report back with a more timely post next week. Oh and by the way, Old Men & Young Guns (softball squad) remains undefeated. Pow.
-'Killa
First of all I am well into week three of P90X and I'm loving it. The workouts are still kicking my butt, but I can feel myself getting into shape and the body is starting to react to the workouts in a positive way i.e. the ab-ripperX is shaping the beach body for some future pool action at the Jefferson Ridge Pool. Next week is what's called a recovery week and then week five will focus on working the muscles in a completely different way. A guy I know who has completed the program says if I can make it through week five then I'll be good to go. He said to that I'll need to brace myself for some more intense sore-ness as the muscles will not be used to the exercises, hence the muscle confusion method of P90X. I have nothing but positive things to say about P90X so far. Other than brief moments when I want to rip Tony Horton's head off his body, I'm feeling the program so far. A huge plus of the program is I've really been watching my eating habits and what I'm eating. I can really feel a difference. In the words of the P90X DVDs...BRING IT.
Once again UVA athletics are getting it done. Let me tell you about hanging banners and slinging bling. While that's what Xavier does in Cintas it's also what UVA does. This past weekend UVA athletics captured ACC Titles 100, 101, and 102. UVA has claimed 7 ACC titles this year (Men's LaCrosse, Rowing, Men's Tennis, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming and Diving, Wrestling, and Women's Swimming and Diving). Baseball and Softball are still alive and well in the hunt to win titles as well so it could potentially be nine before it's done. In addition, to Men's soccer won the National Title this year. Both Baseball, Men's LaCrosse, Men's Tennis, and rowing could bring more 'Ships to Charlottesville which in turn would make us ultimate contenders for the Director's Cup. Boom.
Keeping with athletics I need to hit on the Browns and the draft. It was quite a frustrating couple of days for myself. But, I guess that's why I am not the President, GM, or coach of the Browns because while I seem to think I know what I'm doing I probably don't. I got full trust in Mike Holmgren and his decision making. The Browns took Joe Haden, a DB from Florida at #7. They then took a safety, TJ Ward, from Oregon and Eric Hardesty a RB from Tennessee in the second round. At that point I was fuming because the Browns had passed up twice on Colt McCoy. However, the Browns did make big time plays and get the steal of the draft in Colt McCoy in the third round. This in turn made me happy. The Browns continued to select solid dudes as the draft concluded on Saturday. I should also note that UVA had guys go to teams:
Chris Cook, DB, Minnesota Vikings (34th overall)
Denzel Burrell, LB, Browns
Jameel Sewell, ATH, Dolphins
Vic Hall, ATH, Bears
Will Barker, OL, Cowboys
Mikell Simpson, RB, Bengals
Rashawn Jackson, FB, Panthers
Nate Collins, DL, Giants
The NBA Playoffs are in full effect. Looks like the east and west are wrapping up the first round. The Cavs will be facing the Celtics in one of the Eastern Semi's. Meanwhile, the Magic are awaiting the outcome of the Milwaukee Bucks and Hawks. I gotta think the Hawks advance. Moving forward, LeBron had better be healthy (me over reacting to his elbow injury) because I really would like to see the Cavs danza the Celtics. I'm tired of their act. I just cannot get down with Rondo, Garnett, Pierce, Allen, Perkins, and Allen. The Magic and Hawks series would be very interesting. If the Magic even want to think about going to the eastern conference finals then Dwight Howard should probably get his act together. If not, the Hawks will mow 'em down. Looking at the West, it's been nothing short of exciting. There appears to be a rivalry brewing between the Lakers and the Thunder. Even if the Thunder don't beat the Lakers you have to think that team is going to be very good in the future. Westbrook and Durantula are nasty. The Nuggets are in a must win scenario tonight. I never saw this coming expecially with the health issues of the Jazz, none the less, that's why only the strong survive in the playoffs. The Suns are looking nice. I think it's absolutely absurd that Brandon Roy is trying to rally his team. If he does, than props to him, if not and he injures himself even further than he's an idiot. The Mavericks and Spurs series has been exciting as well. I still like the Mavs to advance especially if they get some big time efforts from Caron Butler. Looking at it now, I'm going with the Mavs to advance, Nuggets in seven, Lakers in six, and Suns in seven.
Ok, finally I get to talk about Foxfield 2010. It was indeed an epic weekend. DL, Billy, and Log made the trip east for a little afternoon at Foxfield. We hit the scene briefly Friday night to warm ourselves up for Saturday. After an early rise on Saturday we drove through the rain to Foxfield. The rain let up just as the gates opened and before we knew it, there was no rain, our plot was set up (after a flustered gay guy and his girl friends moved into their prop plot spot and out of our spot), and beer pong was going. Everyone was dressed to the nines, the music was bumping, the PBR and High Life was flowing, and the Xavier boys were making examples of everyone on the beer pong table. Let it be known that anyone associated with Xavier had an unblemished record on the pong table. Dominance. We mingled, we drank, we enjoyed ourselves, and paced ourselves perfectly. We returned back to my spot to gather ourselves with a brief rest, food, and hydration. We then returned to the scene and closed out Foxfield to the maximum. I think I speak for everyone when I say it was a raging success. I'll take RSVP's now for Foxfield 2011 if anyone is willing to commit.
I'm headed to Houston for the weekend. I'll report back with a more timely post next week. Oh and by the way, Old Men & Young Guns (softball squad) remains undefeated. Pow.
-'Killa
Deam
New week, new sets and reps, new smelling salts, new deam-ness, and most importantly always carpe deam-ing. That's seizing the deam for those of you who aren't down. I've moved into week two of P90X. Last week I was incredibly sore. Some mornings I really wondered if I would be able to get myself out of bed. That sore. But, let me tell you, these workouts are incredibly legit and high level. I can honestly tell you that I do see some results and I feel some results. The main thing besides getting dominated in the workouts is I've really put in a big effort to eat as healthy as possible. I did some research as far as what I need to be eating and I am now looking for low fat foods, vegetables, and fruits. I feel a new sense of energy and after the workouts I'm feeling a new sensation of accomplishment, like, "man that workout may have killed me but man I'm feeling good." So a week deep I can say I support P90X and I love it.
Big sports weekend again in Charlottesville. First, baseball was playing host to the Hokies. We took two of three from them. We should've had the brooms out but a lack of poise in the 9th inning yesterday resulted in the loss. With a painful loss to VMI mid-week we dropped to #2, but we're still feeling it on the diamond. Lacrosse was set-up to have a high level performance. Night game at home against #5 Puke was setting up for a big time win to stay undefeated. We jumped out to a 3-0 lead, then fell behind 5-3, then we went up 6-5 at half. Unfortunately the wheels fell off in the second half. I saw this coming as in the past couple of games it seems like we got complacent at times in the second halves and this time it caught up to us and we ended up losing 13-9 to Duke. In fact it was Duke's 8th straight win over the Wahoos. Let's go fellas, we're approaching crunch time and it would be really wavy to bring home the big time hard wood as we pursue a Director's Cup title here in Charlottesville.
The NBA playoffs are here and I couldn't be any happier. The NBA Playoffs are the true definition of journey. Only the strong survive in these playoffs. Obviously I'm going to hit on the Cavs. They took game one pretty handly winning by 13. We didn't shoot the three-ball well which hurt us a bit in the second half when we let a 22 point lead slip to only a 7 point lead but LeBron did what he had to do and we got the W. The Bulls are fiesty but there is just absolutely no way this series should be even remotely close. It should be a sweep like the Indians swept the White Sox this past weekend to continue Cleveland's dominance of Chicago. If the Cavs are stroking from deep then the playoffs shouldn't be a problem. They have enough legit big men to stay out of foul trouble and we all know they have the King. Again, I think the Cavs should be in the Finals against whoever comes out of the west (complete crap shoot, I like the Mavericks to come out of the west). Ok, I officially am not down with the Celtics. Their act has gotten old and it has got to go. Guys, your run was nice a few years ago but outside of Boston, no one cares anymore. I'm glad KG got the one game ban, he deserved that for that 'bow he dropped on Q. It would just be unreal if the Heat got that series. Also in a perfect world the Bobcats would beat the Magic but that's about as likely as me winning the lottery aka 0.07% chance. Anyways, everyone feel free to enjoy 40 Games in 40 Nights.
It's NFL draft time, again, I have one thing to say to the Browns, draft Eric Berry at seven and then fire off Colt McCoy at 38. If you guys do that I will celebrate like none other (I'd like to thank @getemCC for the following video, her tweet game is weak but she did show me this)...
Speaking of celebrating, Foxfield is less than 5 days away. Foxfield, combine Pig Roast, mix in some Derby, put on some DEAM gear, get some beer, some nice weather, and there you go. Foxfield. Yup, that's this Saturday. I got some homies coming in town for the all day event: DL (@dlorentz12, his tweet game is OFFICIAL), Jay, Cam, and Billy. Expect a big time post about this coming weekend's events next week.
Joakim Noah, you suck. I hate your garbage game. I hate your act. I think you're full of crap. How bad do you want to get embarrassed? By not speaking to LeBron you won't be fully embarrassed. By opening your trap and chirping at the King, well since you are merely a serf without any land in LeBron's Kingdom you will most likely be hung, stoned, and torched and possibly shot with a bow and arrow. So, I suggest you shut up, move along, and cut the crap.
-'Killa
Big sports weekend again in Charlottesville. First, baseball was playing host to the Hokies. We took two of three from them. We should've had the brooms out but a lack of poise in the 9th inning yesterday resulted in the loss. With a painful loss to VMI mid-week we dropped to #2, but we're still feeling it on the diamond. Lacrosse was set-up to have a high level performance. Night game at home against #5 Puke was setting up for a big time win to stay undefeated. We jumped out to a 3-0 lead, then fell behind 5-3, then we went up 6-5 at half. Unfortunately the wheels fell off in the second half. I saw this coming as in the past couple of games it seems like we got complacent at times in the second halves and this time it caught up to us and we ended up losing 13-9 to Duke. In fact it was Duke's 8th straight win over the Wahoos. Let's go fellas, we're approaching crunch time and it would be really wavy to bring home the big time hard wood as we pursue a Director's Cup title here in Charlottesville.
The NBA playoffs are here and I couldn't be any happier. The NBA Playoffs are the true definition of journey. Only the strong survive in these playoffs. Obviously I'm going to hit on the Cavs. They took game one pretty handly winning by 13. We didn't shoot the three-ball well which hurt us a bit in the second half when we let a 22 point lead slip to only a 7 point lead but LeBron did what he had to do and we got the W. The Bulls are fiesty but there is just absolutely no way this series should be even remotely close. It should be a sweep like the Indians swept the White Sox this past weekend to continue Cleveland's dominance of Chicago. If the Cavs are stroking from deep then the playoffs shouldn't be a problem. They have enough legit big men to stay out of foul trouble and we all know they have the King. Again, I think the Cavs should be in the Finals against whoever comes out of the west (complete crap shoot, I like the Mavericks to come out of the west). Ok, I officially am not down with the Celtics. Their act has gotten old and it has got to go. Guys, your run was nice a few years ago but outside of Boston, no one cares anymore. I'm glad KG got the one game ban, he deserved that for that 'bow he dropped on Q. It would just be unreal if the Heat got that series. Also in a perfect world the Bobcats would beat the Magic but that's about as likely as me winning the lottery aka 0.07% chance. Anyways, everyone feel free to enjoy 40 Games in 40 Nights.
It's NFL draft time, again, I have one thing to say to the Browns, draft Eric Berry at seven and then fire off Colt McCoy at 38. If you guys do that I will celebrate like none other (I'd like to thank @getemCC for the following video, her tweet game is weak but she did show me this)...
Speaking of celebrating, Foxfield is less than 5 days away. Foxfield, combine Pig Roast, mix in some Derby, put on some DEAM gear, get some beer, some nice weather, and there you go. Foxfield. Yup, that's this Saturday. I got some homies coming in town for the all day event: DL (@dlorentz12, his tweet game is OFFICIAL), Jay, Cam, and Billy. Expect a big time post about this coming weekend's events next week.
Joakim Noah, you suck. I hate your garbage game. I hate your act. I think you're full of crap. How bad do you want to get embarrassed? By not speaking to LeBron you won't be fully embarrassed. By opening your trap and chirping at the King, well since you are merely a serf without any land in LeBron's Kingdom you will most likely be hung, stoned, and torched and possibly shot with a bow and arrow. So, I suggest you shut up, move along, and cut the crap.
-'Killa
P90X
Good God, i literally just got owned by a 1 hour and 8 minute workout. Today I embarked on the P90X journey. It's 90 days of intense, balls to the wall, workout. Over a span of 13 weeks I will be working out 6 days a week for about an hour per workout. It uses the idea of muscle confusion to sculpt the body into what I hope will be a beach body for Jefferson Ridge pool action this summer. After the workout today I couldn't even lift my water bottle to take a drink. This is in part due to the fact that I haven't worked out like that in who knows how long 3 maybe 4 years. So I have decided to take this 90 day workout routine and fully committing myself to reaching maximum in-shapeness. It works out perfectly as I'll finish the program in time to start getting ready for training camp. I'll keep everyone posted weekly with my progress. The possible end results and sense of acomplishment after 90 days are the motivation for me to stick to the program. I'm really going to need to hunker down and battle the mental sides of being tired and "can't do it" attitude to complete the program. See you at the beach.
UVA's spring game was this past Saturday. It was pretty bland. Nothing too exciting. Our offense more or less looked pretty weak. I just think we had a bad day offensively. The defense looked pretty solid. I still can't tell you how the team will be this fall but I have to say the new staff has slowly been changing the attitude here at UVA and I think good things are in the future.
UVA baseball took the series this weekend at home over #2 Georgia Tech. I took in the action Friday night that featured two big time pitchers. UVA got on the board early but Tech took the lead with back to back homers to go up 4-2. UVA responded with some more homers of their own and ended up winning 7-4. They lost Saturday afternoon but won Sunday afternoon to take the series. Again, the baseball team is really on DEAM this year.
UVA LAX is the team that is boardwalk right now. They are currently undefeated and #1 in the country. They opened the new stadium at the Meadowlands this weekend by issuing a beat down to #2 and previously undefeated North Carolina. The offense is really looking high level this year for the Cavaliers. I'm about done with the lulls that come in the second half. The past two games have shown UVA getting out to a hot start, lulling in the second half but finishing strong. This weekend at home against Duke on Saturday night will be another big test for the Cavaliers as they continue to eye the ultimate prize at the end of the season. Stay tuned. It's about to go down.
In other big news, Bill Raftery retweeted me today. Yesterday I tweeted, "What if @BillRaftery and Gus Johnson called the Masters?" @BillRaftery retweeted today with a little SEND IT IN, PHIL in response to my tweet. That really made my day. Speaking of the Masters, big shout out to Phil aka Lefty. He won his third green jacket this weekend. Phil was on his game from Thursday through Sunday. He had the shot of his career on 13 yesterday. I'm sure you all have seen it, the one where he went 6 iron from about 208 out behind a tree, in the mulch, and stuck it to about 5 feet. That sealed the deal right there, well that, or the eagle, eagle, birdie run he went on Saturday. Oh, did you guys know Eldrick returned to golf this weekend? He did about what I expected. He was in contention throughout but just didn't have it to win it. The media also overplayed this like I expected. ESPN ran Tiger updates shot by shot on the bottom line, to the left of the screen, and live cut ins. Pretty ridiculous. I've had about enough of the media barrage on Tiger. A little less would be nice. You have to be happy for Phil as he's had a rough year with his wife and mother in law going through breast cancer treatments. Big time win for Phil.
Browns, please draft Eric Berry if given the opportunity. Other players I'll accept: Earl Thomas or Joe Haden. You already took care of my #1 request and that was re-signing Joshua Cribbs. You failed in free agency by signing two garbage QB's in Seneca Wallace and Jake Delhomme. I again threaten my loyal fandom to you if you draft a QB in the first, second, or third round or ever. DO NOT DRAFT a QB. Thanks.
-'Killa
UVA's spring game was this past Saturday. It was pretty bland. Nothing too exciting. Our offense more or less looked pretty weak. I just think we had a bad day offensively. The defense looked pretty solid. I still can't tell you how the team will be this fall but I have to say the new staff has slowly been changing the attitude here at UVA and I think good things are in the future.
UVA baseball took the series this weekend at home over #2 Georgia Tech. I took in the action Friday night that featured two big time pitchers. UVA got on the board early but Tech took the lead with back to back homers to go up 4-2. UVA responded with some more homers of their own and ended up winning 7-4. They lost Saturday afternoon but won Sunday afternoon to take the series. Again, the baseball team is really on DEAM this year.
UVA LAX is the team that is boardwalk right now. They are currently undefeated and #1 in the country. They opened the new stadium at the Meadowlands this weekend by issuing a beat down to #2 and previously undefeated North Carolina. The offense is really looking high level this year for the Cavaliers. I'm about done with the lulls that come in the second half. The past two games have shown UVA getting out to a hot start, lulling in the second half but finishing strong. This weekend at home against Duke on Saturday night will be another big test for the Cavaliers as they continue to eye the ultimate prize at the end of the season. Stay tuned. It's about to go down.
In other big news, Bill Raftery retweeted me today. Yesterday I tweeted, "What if @BillRaftery and Gus Johnson called the Masters?" @BillRaftery retweeted today with a little SEND IT IN, PHIL in response to my tweet. That really made my day. Speaking of the Masters, big shout out to Phil aka Lefty. He won his third green jacket this weekend. Phil was on his game from Thursday through Sunday. He had the shot of his career on 13 yesterday. I'm sure you all have seen it, the one where he went 6 iron from about 208 out behind a tree, in the mulch, and stuck it to about 5 feet. That sealed the deal right there, well that, or the eagle, eagle, birdie run he went on Saturday. Oh, did you guys know Eldrick returned to golf this weekend? He did about what I expected. He was in contention throughout but just didn't have it to win it. The media also overplayed this like I expected. ESPN ran Tiger updates shot by shot on the bottom line, to the left of the screen, and live cut ins. Pretty ridiculous. I've had about enough of the media barrage on Tiger. A little less would be nice. You have to be happy for Phil as he's had a rough year with his wife and mother in law going through breast cancer treatments. Big time win for Phil.
Browns, please draft Eric Berry if given the opportunity. Other players I'll accept: Earl Thomas or Joe Haden. You already took care of my #1 request and that was re-signing Joshua Cribbs. You failed in free agency by signing two garbage QB's in Seneca Wallace and Jake Delhomme. I again threaten my loyal fandom to you if you draft a QB in the first, second, or third round or ever. DO NOT DRAFT a QB. Thanks.
-'Killa
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