"He certainly didn't win awards for his looks!"First off, I would like to give a belated-by-about-2-hours Happy Birthday to Larry Joe Bird, the greatest Celtic to ever play the game of basketball and arguably the greatest player of all-time. Until recently, our friend Rick hated Larry Bird simply because of the fact that he is from Indiana and now owns the Pacers and failing to see how great of a player he was. However, I finally convinced him after some old stories and some great video clips on the jumbotron before Celtics games. Bird played 13 seasons (12 not counting the 88-89 season in which Bird only played 6 games because of injury right in the prime of his career) and finished with a career line of 24.3 PPG, 10 RPG, and 6.3 APG. He was a 3 time NBA MVP and 2 time NBA Finals MVP, with 12 straight All-Star appearances from 1980-1992. He led the Celtics to championships in '81, '84, and '86. Considered one of the greatest basketball players of all-time and considered THE most clutch athlete in the history of professional sports. With that said, Happy 52nd Birthday, Larry!
As for the 2008 squad, the Celtics won their 12 straight game today beating Larry's Indiana Pacers 122-117 in OT. With today's victory, the Celtics became the first team in NBA history to begin two consecutive seasons with a 20-2 record. After a Ray Allen miss at the end of regulation, Paul Pierce hit a 3 with seconds remaining to force overtime and finished with 17 points and 8 assists. It was Ray Allen, however, who was the man once again with a 35 point effort in the win and further proving why I would marry him (inside joke). Maybe the big story of the game came when Paul Pierce passed Kevin McHale for 4th on the Celtics all-time scoring list. Paul continues to climb and make his case as one of the greatest Celtics to ever play.
Going off on a tangent, today began the first round of Rick and I's fantasy football playoffs in our keeper league. Despite finishing 3rd in points, my team finished 5th in the standing and therefore missed a first round bye. Unfortunately, Rick missed the playoffs all together in the final week. Just though I'd throw that out there. But anyway, I ended up matched up against our friend, Stan, who I split the season series with 1-1 during the regular season. Of course, I lost and it had me feeling pretty bad. That's when I realized how bad fantasy football really is. You invest all this time building a team, looking into matchups and scanning the waiver wire for the next big pickup...and for what? When you win your matchup, it's nice but it isn't all that great but when you lose it's painful, almost like a punch in the gut. This is especially true when you lose because you didn't play somebody you should have or maybe someone you had contemplated putting in but changed your mind at the last second. It really ruins your entire week. So when I lost today and it affected me in a deep and profound way, I really did some self reflecting. Why do I put myself through this? It's really not worth it. Will I continue to do Fantasy Football? Absolutely.
A REVELATION!
Today I had a serious revelation brought upon me when I used the term "nipping it in the butt". According to my friend, Dave, the expression is "Nipping it in the bud" because it's supposed to symoblize stopping something from flowering completely. So then I thought how the hell did I figure the phrase was "nipping it in the butt"? Turns out both expressions exist but mean two completely differing things. While "nipping it in the bud" means to cut something off before it grows into something bigger, "Nipping it in the butt" is a phrase used to express stimulating the growth of something rather than stop it. Who knew? Apparently not me.
"Who says you can't nip something in the butt?"- Conor
Tonight i went to wfnx's miracle on tremont st. concert featuring vampire weekend and the black kids. the concert was held at the orpheum theatre in boston, just across the street from the park ave stop of the green line. the show was sold out, so i could by a single "obstructed view" ticket. this ticket turned out to be four rows up on the side of the stage, so not only was i closer than i would have ever expected, but my view really wasnt that obstructed. i couldnt see either the drummer for vampire weekend or the bassist and drummer for the black kids. the black kids played their set to an emptier crowd than i would have expected. i went in very weary of vampire weekend, thinking this could be a trap concert. i love vampire weekends self titled debut, but i wasnt sure if they could have the energy for a good show. but the black kids played, the few people there were moving, all and all they did a fantastic job. but then vampire weekend came out. they rocked. i wish i could right a more elogant sentance with metaphors and shit but all i have to say was they rocked. the music held up live and they interacted with the crowd better than i thought they would. they got the crowd singing, they got the crowd dancing. it was great. during their set they kept referencing how they didnt have that many songs, which turned out to be a blessing rather than a curse. the show consisted of almost the entire first album, references to recording a second after this tour wraps up, a fleetwood mac cover, and two new songs. theyre new songs were great, and im excited to see what this band comes out with next.
im gonna start bringing a camera to concerts so i can provide pictures of the event.
- Rick
- Rick
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