NFL DRAFT COMPLAINTS SO FAR...

Being that I am both an Eagles fan and a Miami Dolphins fan, I've got a lot to complain about so far in this draft. First off my criticisms of the draft in general. Because I spend most of my time at work on espn.com and reading the Philadelphia Daily News, there's been way too much coverage of this fucking draft. I've seen so many mock drafts leading up to the real draft and you know what, none of them were really like how it turned out. And I'm fucking tired of seeing Mel Kiper and his fucking hair on tv. And 15 minutes for each team in the first round of the draft is way too long. Ten minutes should suffice.

So back to my criticisms of my two teams. First the Dolphins. Alright so I was watching the draft as I was cleaning up my room and I saw that Cleveland, who most mock drafts had taking Brady Quinn, took Tackle Joe Thomas with the third pick. Looking at the teams that stood between then and the Dolphins 9th pick, none of those teams really needed a quarterback so I started getting psyched about the possibility of the Dolphins drafting Quinn and forgetting about that fuck face Daunte Culpepper. So while the Dolphins were on the clock, ESPN's reporter interviewed Brady about the possibility of being drafted by the Dolphins and then with about 3 minutes left on the clock, she asked if he had gotten a phone call from the Dolphins and he said no. Right then and there I knew they weren't going to pick him and I started getting pissed. Then the Commish made the announcement that they had selected Ted Ginn Jr. and I flipped out. Ted Ginn jr (you've read it here first) will be nothing more than a #2 or #3 wide receiver and did not deserve top 10 pick status. He probably won't even be fully recovered from his foot injury to make a significant contribution this year. I enjoyed at Cam Cameron's announcement at a season ticket holder's draft party when everyone was booing him and yelling some explicitives at him. In the second round, the Dolphins did the right thing and draft BYU's John Beck, who according to ESPN's plethora of experts is basically the same quarterback as Brady but he'll cost a lot less money to sign. The only knock I have on John Beck is that a) he's 25 and b) he's Mormon (if you've seen South Park's Mormon episode you'd agree with me haha). We'll see how this all plays out.

Now the Eagles tried to top the Dolphins in futility and I think they've succeeded thus far. Going into the draft, everyone was talking about how they needed to draft a safety and/or cornerback in the first round. Some of the players mentioned included Nelson from Florida and Merriweather from Miami and both came off the board before the Eagle's pick. So instead of drafting another corner or safety, the Eagles trade their pick to the fucking Cowboys who used their pick on a DE. As Chris Berman said, "If this guy is sacking Donovan McNabb next season, there's going to be hell to pay from the Philly fans and the media. But the Eagles did end up getting another 2nd round pick, 3rd round pick, and 6th? round pick in this trade. So with their first 2nd round pick, I was looking at some of the players still available and there still were a couple guys I had seen mentioned as players of interest for the Eagles. So what do they do with this pick? They draft a QUARTERBACK who wasn't even considered one of the top 3 quarterbacks still available on the board. A QUARTERBACK?! you gotta be kidding me. That's it the Eagles officially topped the Dolphins on who has had a worse draft so far. I'll have another update as this draft progresses.

ALBUMS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO

Alright so periodically, I'm gonna list some albums that I've bought recently that I think everyone needs to listen to. Some will be older releases, some newer. Here are this week / month's selections:

Youth Group - Casino Twilight Dogs
Bright Eyes - Casadaga
Comeback Kid - Broadcasting...
From Autumn to Ashes - Holding a Wolf by the Ears
Reel Big Fish / Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer - Duet All Night Long
Brighten - King vs Queen
OneTwoThreeFour - Goodbye Sunshine EP
and finally my old school album of the week / month: The Rentals - Return of the Rentals

any questions of about said bands feel free to ask

Baseball players can be human beings too...

While perusing most of ESPN's Page2 during my usual boring day of work, I came upon the blog of Minnesota Twins' reliever Pat Neshek, who's pretty down to earth and is a big baseball card collector. It's actually picqued my interest in baseball cards a little bit. I might actually dig up my shoe box of old cards and take a look at my Rueben Sierra rookie card or... even better my Natrone Means rookie card... that's gotta get at least one maybe two big ones... But yeah the blog also gives some insight into life on the road as a baseball player, from the perspective of a true baseball fan, not someone who's just in it for the fame and money.

Roberto Luongo for MVP...

He's the reason that the Canucks made it past the first round of the playoffs... actually he's the reason they made the playoffs at all, getting the third seed. If the Canucks can pick up a proven scorer through free agency this offseason, they're going to be the team to beat in the West... Also I think I'm definitely going to be purchasing a Roberto Luongo old school Canucks jersey like the ones they were wearing in Game 7 vs. Dallas...

COPS ARE FASCIST PIGS...

...that's right I said it

The Sopranos / Entourage...

Alright so we're 3 episodes deep into the final season of The Sopranos and nobody of importance has died yet. come on... one of the main reasons I watch is to see who's going to get whacked next.. tony should have fucking whacked paulie out on that boat this week... and bobby bacala should be dead as well... you can't fuck with the boss like that. here's to someone dying next week... here here

Entourage has been somewhat of a disappointment as well... I was under the impression that jeremy piven was leaving the show ( I guess its not until after this season then) which was really disappointing because he's always been my favorite character on the show and this whole bullshit about him swooning over losing vince and being depressed was a load of crap. And how does Vince still have money with how he and his crew spend cash and he hasn't done a movie in a while. Maybe I'm thinking a little to into it. Also I'm glad that Carla Gugino (Amanda, Vince's new agent) has joined the cast because she smoking in my opinion and she was hot in Sin City and Son-in-Law (yeah I watch it whenever it's on cable)

United 93...

alright so i watched united 93 the other day and it was a pretty emotional movie... obviously I knew how the movie was going to end but the whole time I was cheering for everyone to beat the shit out of those arab bastards... when they charged those fucking terrorists on the plane I was yelling out loud for them to kill them. When they beat the shit out of the one guy with the fire extinguisher I felt satisfied. Also the ending when you get the view out of the cockpit as the plane fell nose first into the ground was very surreal. As soon as it went to black a rush of emotion came over me. It was like a rush of air that came from the tv... what ruined that feeling was my sister shortly after that telling me about a conspiracy theory someone had told her boyfriend about how jets had shot down the plane. FUCK THAT SHIT... i hate conspiracy theories