Lakers 3 Suns 1

My current working theory on why the Lakers are suddenly the team to beat in the playoffs is the following: The Lakers have the freshest legs of all the playoff teams. All the other teams have played 82 games prior to the playoffs, while the Lakers have sat around watching Kobe play 82 games. Still, I maintain my boycott of cheering for the Lakers until Kobe no longer wears their uniform. I'd like the Lakers (the team) to do well, but I fear in my efforts to not cheer for them I'm slipping into actively rooting against them.

Crazy is as crazy does.

Cynthia McKinney is crazy. I mean talks-to-herself, bag-lady, paranoid-conspiracy-theorist crazy. She's so crazy, it's actually fun to watch!

The latest story is that she was caught on camera calling her own staffer a "fool." As far as putting her foot in her mouth goes, she's in the same league as Ray Nagin. She has previously been involved in six different altercations with the U.S. Capitol Police. She also introduced a bill, H.R.4968, "To provide for the expeditious disclosure of records relevant to the life and death of Tupac Amaru Shakur. " Plus, she totally looks crazy.

I just hope she gets re-elected this fall. Maybe if I move east a couple of blocks, I could live in the 4th district and have the dubious honor of being represented by her.

Mmmm...red meat. Uh? Wait. No thanks.

I went to Hardee's today and saw a poster for their new burger: the Philly Cheesesteak Thickburger. At first you might think that this sounds kind of appealling: a burger with white Cheez Whiz, grilled onions, and bell peppers. But that's not what it is. They basically took their cheeseburger (or Thickburger) and added a Cheesesteak sandwich on top sans roll. I can't think of anything better than eating two sandwiches at once. This is serious multitasking. When I can't decide whether to have a burger or a cheesesteak, I can now have both. But I'm pretty sure I can decide when I want one over the other. Seriously, this is sandwich overkill. Of course, I shouldn't be one to talk. I have had their Monster Thickburger before (and finished it) but my stomach didn't like it.

You can check all this out on the Hardee's website but it's a stupid flash website without a no-flash backup.

Dolphin Sighting

When I was driving over the Ashley River Bridge yesterday after my exam, I saw a dolphin in the water. That's all. Just wanted to share.

Who do I look like?

Over at the Roadtrip blog, Calvin posted a link to a site where you can submit a photo of yourself and a computer program tells you what celebrities you look like. Supposedly, the software was designed to recognize relatives.

Mike uploaded a photo of me, and I scored simultaneous matches with Gwyneth Paltrow, Roseanne Barr, Oprah Winfrey and Condeleeza Rice. I'm not entirely sure how to feel about that. I'm simultaneously flattered and insulted. Also, other pictures of me landed totally different matches: Kim Basinger, Anne Hathaway, Brittany Murphy... But there wasn't a single match to Michelle Williams, the one celebrity I've actually been told I resemble (by Jaime's Mexican cousin, no less!).

Mike got an entirely different profile when he uploaded a picture of himself. Almost no "celebrities" - the list read like a Who's Who of intellectuals. Chess champions, political figures, writers, and more than one Nobel Prize winner. I'm blaming the glasses. His few celebrity matches included Eddie Murphy and Hayden Christensen.

Congratulations on finishing your exams, Mike!

Diver Bill

Happy Easter, everyone!

Yesterday, I watched an awesome show on PBS. It's this BBC show called Cathedral, and the episode I saw was about Winchester Cathedral. The cathedral dates back to 1202, and is one of the largest in England. However, in the early 1900's, it was discovered that the foundation was waterlogged and the whole cathedral was at risk for collapse. Architects and engineers were brought in to figure out what to do, and they discovered that the entire cathedral had been built on a RAFT. That's right, the entire cathedral was built on top of a raft made out of tree trunks. The tree trunks had begun to rot, and thus the cathedral was cracking and warping. At the engineer's suggestion, workers attempted to pump the water out from under the cathedral so that they could get beneath it and build up a proper foundation. However, pumping disrupted the soil around it and had to be abandoned.

At that point, the engineer concluded that the cathedral could only be saved by bringing in a DIVER to build up a foundation from beneath. Diver William Walker was hired, and spent 6 years packing the foundation with bags of concrete. The cathedral was saved, and Walker was honoured with the title Member of the Royal Victorian Order.

And the grand finale!

The Parade continues!

Easter Cute Parade!

In honor of Sunday being Easter, and my recent discovery of cuteoverload.com, I give you... THE EASTER CUTE PARADE!!!

A list

Things that are very popular, but whose appeal escapes me

1. Scrapbooking
2. Myspace
3. Nascar
4. T-shirts and/or bumper stickers with hostile sayings on them.
5. SUV's
6. Espadrilles
7. Matthew McConaughey
8. Linkin Park

I don't know how she does it.

My family is driving back home after their 4 day visit to Atlanta. It was nice to see them, and I hope they had a good time.

The thing that amazes me most is that my sister managed to survive an entire vacation with our parents. I mean, I love them and all, but they can be really annoying sometimes. You know, that special kind of annoying, where if it was someone else's parents you would find it funny or cute, but coming from your own it drives you crazy.

Last night, we went out to eat at the Angel. It turned out to be Trivia Night, which was kind of a mixed blessing. On one hand, it provided entertainment and the potential chance to pay for our meals. On the other hand, it brought out the full competitive streak that runs in our family. My sister got really anxious, and wouldn't allow us to pay for the meal until the contest was over (since she was so determined to win). My dad berated us for saying the answers aloud, as he was certain that the table next to us was eavesdropping and stealing our answers. Mom tried to convince us to cheat. When we missed the last question, a full-fledged argument broke out over who was to blame.
We didn't win anything, but it was still fun.