I don't wanna see the most extreme/bizarre, I just wanna have a good time. That's it; don't give me your shit, Andrew Zimmern. My hate for Andrew Zimmern is so pure that it puts the rest of my TV watching in perspective. I like Anthony Bourdain/Samantha Brown/Dhani because they're good honest clever human beings who possess a healthy amount of dignity and self-awareness. I would not be a friend of Andrew Zimmern. I think that's the first question I subconsciously ask myself whenever watching/hearing/meeting a personality. Would I hang out with him/her?
This list is not comprehensive at all, so if there's more, I'll get to it eventually. I'd also probably hang out with anyone not on this list until someone says "even so-and-so???"
kid i tutor: There's this really annoying girl in my class who keeps staring dreamily at me in class, it's really annoying.
me: Cool, I think she likes you.
kid: But that's gross though, I can't concentrate on my work when she's staring all weird. Who would want that? I'd rather just get my stuff done and get an A.
me: Well, if you like girls, it'd be worth it.
kid: I'm only in 8th grade, it's too early to be liking girls.
me: Well, is she cute?
kid: She's Indian.
me: So, is she cute?
kid: Duh! No! She's Indian. And she's got a big zit right here (points toward lower right lip).
So today (Monday) I was watching Day 1 of the NBA Orlando Pro Summer League on a stream off of nba.com. The quality is pretty good, the players are terrible, commentary is awesome, and it's probably the reason why my day was kinda weird (previous post).
The summer games are really different from a regular NBA game in that winning doesn't matter, and every player is incapable of passing unless it's a guaranteed assist. It's pretty cool, cause this is how I'd imagine a pick up game with pseudo-NBA players would be like.
Before today, I had no idea who Dante and Galante were. I still really don't. I think they're on local cable tv in Orlando and do a morning radio show during summer league games. They're great. During the two-ish hours of summer league I semi-watched/listened to, they said things like:
"Mareese Speights can't pass the ball upcourt, takes it to the hole, gets stuffed" "Great play, it was a 2 on 1 fastbreak" "You know Mareese Speights only makes the big plays"
"You know what would make these games watchable? Pros. OK, I'll take that back. Stars."
"Really? Please don't let this game go into overtime."
"Shaun Livingston. Yes, that Shaun Livingston."
"Who would you take in a foot race? Aaron Grey or a" "The other guy, easy."
I'll probably watch the rest of the orlando summer league.
I'm having one of those glazed over/television days. This is kinda weird since I haven't watched tv or sat in front of the laptop all that long today. This sucks.
I messed up big time on the shaved ice though. 1. I got greedy and thought peanuts would go well with it (false). 2. I forgot I don't like real red bean; I only like the paste (strike 2). 3. I don't know why I got lychee; I don't like it (dumb). 4. Condensed milk is a good way of making shaved ice taste more like yogurt.
Even after my terrible choices, I really like Little bean. It's one of those places I wish was all over the place when I was in middle school. Kinda like a 7-11 with tables and chairs and board games. Except really really Chinese.
ps. I don't care how good the Clippers look on paper; I don't care if they manage to trade Al Thornton for Al Jefferson; they are and always will be the Clippers.
