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Wow what an amazing game that was tonight. I can’t even believe how terrible our defense was. Tony Parker looked amazing, Ginobili was up to his usual flopping and cry baby antics, Duncan displayed no emotion or heart as usual. Playing like this I would have thought we were watching an average NBDL team against the defending NBA champs. I don’t want to get too far down the slippery slope here but I have a few things I would like to say to the team.

Diaw

Loved the effort. I’ve been a pretty big critic of yours complaining you’ve not been aggressive enough but tonight you did your best and took it to Finely all night. Sometimes shots don’t fall and eventually you have to know when to say enough is enough.

Shaq

You had the toughest night trying to gaurd Tony Parker and Genobili one on one when the defense made the HUGE mistake of switching. Overall I appreciate your effort however I do have one criticism. We didn’t get you for offense and tonight you should have shared the ball more. It has worked since you’ve got here, draw the double, pass to Amare and he’ll dunk on somebody. Not sure what happened but tonight the plays just didn’t unfold like they should have.

Amare

I’m one of your biggest fans and generally feel relieved when you get the ball down low because I know either your taking it hard to the basket or you’re going to get fouled.  Tonight I didn’t see that, not even once. In fact, I’m not even sure you had a single dunk, which tells me you weren’t passionate about winning. When you and Nash would do the pick and roll rather than catching the pass in motion and going in you stopped and shot jumpers. Almost as affective on the scoreboard since your shot has improved so much but there is definitely more energy created among the other players when they see you taking it inside. It looked like you had totally lost all your passion for winning tonight. Case in point: Tony parkers last shot of the half. He splits the top two defenders and you’re down low and you didn’t even come out on him. So instead of a block, changed shot, forced pass, he gets a wide open mid range jumper which just happens to be his bread and butter.

Whatever it is that is bothering you, get over it and get back to playing like you care. Stever Kerr’s job depends on it…

Nash

Nothing to complain about here. I think you did a great job as usual just the other supporting players around you didn’t have the heart or commitment needed to beat the Spurs.

Barbosa 

You displayed more heart and character than anyone else out there tonight. Cheers to you for not giving up and trying to make a difference. One thing I would say is don’t be insecure about your abilities. You are the fastest, best finisher in the league. So when a defender hesitates for even a second, drive it right down their throat and make that layup.

Raja

Good looks man, they called some BS on you tonight. The only thing I can’t figure out is why D’antoni had you on Finely all night instead of Parker. You’re our best defender, to me it would make sense that you do your thing on the opponents best player.

Coach D’antoni

I have no idea what was going on tonight with our offense. The plays we were going for were not executed properly and a lot didn’t make sense on the defensive end. As I stated earlier, why not have Raja on Paker instead of Finely. Yeah Finely can shoot but he’s barely an option compared to the Spurs top three scorers.

Secondly, what was going on with using Diaw as the first option backing down Finely in the post? Maybe it was worth a shot a couple of times because of the size advantage but after it didn’t work why keep going to it?

I can’t say enough about the defensive lapses on the court tonight. For a lot of the game it looked like we were able to score relatively easy against the Spurs so that was definitely not the problem. We cannot keep the same match ups and play the pick and roll the same way if we have any hopes to win even one game in this series.

At last I must admit it’s easy to sit on my couch and critique what is going on but I feel what I said should be said in hopes that it inspires you all to make the necessary adjustments to move forward in the 2008 Playoffs. I’m sure no from the Suns will read this anyway so who knows if it even matters…

I’ve been a Suns fan since I was 10yrs old watching KJ, Barkely, Ainge, and Thunder Dan so when you guys are out there struggling making mistakes like that I feel like I’m right there with you.  So please (if anyone from the Suns actually reads this) take these words as inspiration rather than a rant from some aggravated nobody…

Hope the next game works out better…go suns…

Hey everyone…

Me and Ayumi recently moved into our new place in North Pacific Beach (PB) and I wanted to share with you a quick tour. We don’t have much furniture yet so we are waiting to have a house warming party until we’re a little bit more setup. Until then you can watch this video…

P.S. - Check out my delightful double chin! …I need to get back in the gym…

Cheers!
Ben

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Wow it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. Sorry about that to all my regular readers (Hi Mom). If you haven’t seen the movie I Am Legend I highly recommend it. Movie buffs and artsy types might tell you it’s just a dumb vampire movie but I beg to differ. Anyway…enough about me vs. movie critics, go watch the movie if you haven’t already seen it. If you have then read on…

On digg.com today I saw one of their top stories was the alternate ending to I Am Legend. What! I thought…an alternate ending to I Am Legend!!! I have to see this!

Unfortunately Warner Brothers removed it from youtube but you can still find it out there just by a simple google search. For those not able or willing to perform such an arduous task I have done it for you and you can find the video below (for now at least).

Watch the video then read my response…

Okay, so…I KNEW IT!!!

The whole movie, even during it, I was under the impression the apparent leader of the vampire/zombie clan was hunting Will Smith not because he was food but because he had been capturing and running test on his brethren for almost 3 years. Not only was he performing these tests and ultimately killing his brothers he took his girl, and that’s the straw that broke the camel…errr…vampire/zombies…back.

If you notice in the movie it’s the same guy that exposes himself to sunlight once his woman is captured and also the same one that traps Will just before sicking the dogs on him. That in mind I had totally expected the alternate ending (which actually was the original ending) to occur but was pretty surprised when the actual ending played out.

If you don’t believe me ask my girlfriend, she hates watching movies with me (like many others) because my analytical mind often attempts to predict what is going to happen next. Since I’m more often then not correct about such assumptions I tend to spoil a lot of movies for those watching it with me.

What do you think? Were you suspecting this just as I was or is this completely a shock to you? Which ending do you prefer?

Cheers!
Ben

Thanks to everyone who I spent time and conversed with over the holidays as it was one of the best yet. Leaving off from my last post about Halloween here is a recap of how I spent the holiday season. Feel free to leave any comments or questions you like!

Turkey Day

Spent time in AZ with the family for a few days and enjoyed much partying with all my friends in AZ. I especially loved skating all the ramps with everyone. Out here in CA I don’t get to skate tranny much due to the severe drought of skate parks and skate facilities. Overall I think the best was the private Cowtown ramp session with Shane. Not being much of a tranny skater anymore I need to take some time and get comfortable with a ramp before I’m good to try anything really tough. That session provided just that type of environment.

X-Mas

I had enough traveling for the season after my Thanksgiving AZ trip and decided to keep it cool in Oceanside this X-Mas. With great friends, great food, and of course…Great Beer! We made this X-Mas something special. For the holidays I gave in a little bit and ate some Turkey for a change. Now that the holidays are over back to the diet! I’ve got a gallery on the Picasa web albums if you want to see some photos…otherwise here’s a mini slide show.

New Years

Just like X-Mas I spent this holiday in Oceanside/Encinitas with some great friends and food. First we all went out to Tomiko in Encinitas for Sushi and Japanese Grill. The place was excellent except for our oddly shaped combo-table they sat us at. Not sure how this happened but Scott ended up getting food poisoning even though we all shared the same rolls. Must have been a piece of Negiri he had or something.

After dinner it was time to head back to the house for a partay. The usual crew of neighbors and associated friends were here as we enjoyed a fire, beer pong, keg stands (sorry Ayu!) and drunken guitar ramblings. Maria had to work the next day so she wasn’t drinking but I think made up for it in making Scott drink 10 bud light’s as they lost in Beer Pong.

When the clock struck 12 it was on! Things really started to get going and we broke out the 3 liter bottle of Chimay that Mike had left over from X-Mas along with some other specialty brews. Sorry to say my winter-brew didn’t survive after my failed attempt to re-use an old yeast.

Here’s another slide show:

Overall the holiday’s were great this year! Great food, friends, family, and brew are always a winning combination I think. Hopefully this next year will bring many more great times for everyone and their families.

Cheers!
Ben