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Thank God I now have a comfy chair at the office. And my birthday (which is today) fell on a Sunday, so I don’t have to deal much with officemates asking for a blowout spree.
Top 5 for the week:
1. Midnight Venus – by w-inds
2. Athena – by abingdon boys school
3. Resonance – by T.M.Revolution
4. Gekidou – by UVERworld
5. Ironic – by Alanis Morissette
Today’s my birthday. Nothing much has changed since last year, but now I’m running a BlogDrive blog for four years now, and if I include my old Blog-City account, six years.
I’m glad to be out of the confines of the UST walls, but I feel a bit jittery now I’m actually out. My professors always tell me that the real battle begins when I graduate, and now marks the 21st year I have been in the battle called life.
Life’s a rollercoaster, a battle, a box of chocolates, a bitch, and a whole lot more if I include more descriptions. But whatever it is, I have my whole life to describe and feel it myself.
I’m now 21. 7665 days of my life and joys and downs and ups, and a whole lot more is coming on my way, I’ll just take it a day at a time.
So now the Lakers are done and out, 4-2. I successfully predicted a Celtics win by Game 6, and now my Dad lost (he’s a Lakers fan).
I actually think they played the Lakers for fools at Game 5’s 4th quarter. Basically they trailed the Lakers by thin margins, and when the Lakers pulled away the Celtics threatened to close it out.
It’s like saying “We want to win our 17th title at the Garden, not at the Stapl-ass Center. We’re just reminding you Lakers that we can kick ass anytime we want to, and Game 6 we definitely want to. We don’t like winning by blowouts, like 4-1. We’d like to have record books for 4-2. Consider Game 5 as a gift.”
Did anybody expect that the Lakers would prepare green confetti for Boston in case Game 5 turns to the Celtics? Nope.
That’s what Rivers and Pierce’s faces said after Game 5. Now the Beantown’s full of confetti, and about 11 people are now world champions for the first time (include the coach). Let them get it, after all, they deserve it.
Probably Seattle and Minnesota deserve a few thank-you cakes.
And Memphis, *does DX crotch chop*
And now the theory of “get-a-star-from-an-obsolete-team” works seeing how Garnett, Allen and Gasol went to the Finals in their first season as transferees, I think many NBA powerhouses would like to have some of that success.
And predictions… well, I predict these players will make the move. No matter what team, they will get out from their mother teams.
1. Tracy McGrady
Houston is a dead team now after Steve Francis and Hakeem Olajuwon left. The only 3 stars of Houston is Yao, McGrady and Alston. Unless their GM pull some strings from any team (except Boston, who’s sure to stick to their lineup tighter than Mighty Bond) and get a star to complement their C-SG mix, Tracy would demand to be traded or released. Take that.
2. Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess, Richard Hamilton
After that Boston debacle that they failed to overcome, Detroit’s “stick-to-a-core” team strategy has failed since 2005, and now their GM could be looking for prospective buyers. After all, Detroit is getting old in terms of average player age. If they can get a bunch of young but talented players, they can make the team “The Troit” again.
3. LeBron James
Yep, he reached the Finals. He’s Cleveland’s cash cow. But he only have a Finals appearance at his resume, and that was a year ago where they were blasted convincingly by San Antonio. LBJ’s problem is that he’s in the same position as Paul Pierce a year ago; he’s surrounded by players who can’t get the job done. He’s the solitary star at his team, and that’s no good. If he wants to stamp himself as a big-time NBA player at his age, he’s got to go anywhere but Cleveland and Boston. I predict he could go to either Utah or Miami, where these teams have a huge surplus of trade baits. Imagine a Williams-LBJ tandem or even a Wade-James deadly duo? It’s a sure adrenalin shot.
4. Jason Richardson
Being traded from a loser team to another loser team is definitely no fun even if you’re highly paid. The allure of a championship bling on your finger is a big factor, and if J-Rich wants to be THAT rich, he’s got to bail out of Charlotte. How about Houston?
5. Rashard Lewis
Shifting from a loser team like Seattle to Orlando without being traded is good. At least he made it in the playoffs. Maybe he needs to “shift” again. How about going to the Lakers?
6. Andrew Bogut, Michael Redd
After seasons of failure, maybe these two stars ought to find a team that can at least offer a legit shot at a playoff berth next season.
7. Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd
Being surrounded by people and an asshole who has money but no guts at all, he should look somewhere else and leave the steakhouses in Dallas. Maybe Jason Kidd can try and hitch with him, too. How about Atlanta? They have Bibby, Smith and Johnson there. Or Denver, they have trade baits.
8. Kirk Hinrich
OK, so being drafted by the Bulls who are in search for the next Jordan, Hinrich is definitely not a Jordan material but he can at least wear the same rings Michael have. So how about transferring?
Shaking the NBA foundations is good. Let’s see in the offseason, who will start making the moves? I am sure it isn’t Boston.
I have to predict that the Maynilad/MWSS and Philippine household water supplying companies will be selling “miniature mineral water filtration machines” someday in the near future, given the current Philippine penchant for clean potable water (especially bottled “mineral” water).
And speaking of predictions, I have a few ones.
1. By 2040 onwards crude oil supply is almost extinct, and Shell, Petron and Caltex start selling biofuel and phasing out diesel and gasoline.
2. Hillary Clinton will eventually win the US presidency by the time Barack Obama steps down from the White House.
3. 120GB flash drives will be common standard for f-drive sizes by 2012 onwards.
The anime “Mnemosyne” sure takes a lotta more time in the limbo. Maybe it’s like “Murder Princess“, but I like the maturity of its style and artwork. So maybe it’s worth waiting for.
In other news, BLEACH sure is a pain to download as a batch. Currently the manga is catching up for lost holiday time, and so far it’s still history news for BLEACH fans out there.
The Naruto storyline is sure getting a bit more interesting. I’m interested with what Itachi “fed” Naruto inside that Sharingan illusion he created upon that chance meeting with Naruto. I know it’s some of Itachi’s power, but what it would be and how it would manifest upon meeting Sasuke would be a delicious mystery even Neuro would die to devour (another anime reference). But as a wild guess (or hypothesis) it could be Amaterasu. I deduced that after seeing how easily Itachi implanted Amaterasu in Sasuke’s eyes by just a finger’s touch on the forehead. But as the manga depicted, Naruto swallowed one huge crow illusion. It could be something bigger than just that, maybe a temporary use of the Sharingan, or worse, a Susano’o conjurement, would be logical for that.
So Madara Uchiha’s the “Mizukage” eh?
The to-LOVE-ru manga is also getting somewhere. Rito easily becomes the focal target of 5 girls (maybe 6 if Mikan is included), and turns out to be a more comedic version of Love Hina, although that iconic manga is at a level on its own.
Magister Magi Negima! sure is going to a little swervy down the middle of its story arc. As seeing that Asuna really is the princess of Ostia’s old self, Vespartia, and Negi’s mastering the dark arts, let’s see where this will go.
And in other news, I’m not yet done downloading the entire scans of the last Summer Comiket, which is about 4.2 GB in a torrent. Too many. And probably even by July I’m not yet done reading them.
In terms of viewing “villains” in movies, anime and novels, I always prefer that the villain has an internal reason or motive as to why he wanted to do such despicable acts. Try National Treasure II; the one who framed Gates’ family and heritage just to find the Lost City merely wanted credit for his family name, although he redeemed himself in the end. Or General Hummel at “The Rock” where he masterminded a poison gas rocket bombing threat in hopes the US government will give benefits to his uncompensated troops and men who died in Iraq. Ironically, both characters I mentioned were portrayed by the same actor, Ed Harris.
Basically, in describing my ideal villain, here are some details:
1. Has motive : nobody likes that villain who’s basically a guy with a thing for blood anymore, I prefer reason over impulse on villains.
2. Has that standing in life/physical looks/position that almost nobody would associate with someone who would be a villain
3. Has the means to impose his will
4. Has the ability to execute well
5. Is difficult for the hero/s to defeat/convince to concede
6. Has no plans that are so cliche like “ransom”,”world domination”,”rule nations”,etc. More like “genetical modification of babies to become the ‘ideal child’” or “collecting all state secrets of all countries with Intelligence agencies” or “manipulating the moon’s construction to become a controllable gravitational space object that can be used for terrorism and leverage” or “stimulating public awareness using manipulated data and falsified news articles”.
More plus factors:
7. Has that civilized demeanour
8. Inner angst
9. Composed and resolved to do his actions
10. Is not manipulated by so-lame factors like money and sex and revenge
11. Has that penchant for throwing his fate right back to Fate’s face
Briathrail // Albert 2MNG 
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