Hooray for e-heckling! Brad totally reacted to my comment on his blog. So satisfying.

Man, it looks like I won't need my remote for the rest of the week. When did Fox suddenly become my main source of television enjoyment? Prison Break, 24, American Idol, House... Plus they show reruns of That 70's Show every night. Anyways, tonight is the big American Idol showdown. My main man, Taylor Hicks, stands to win it all, and become the most bestest American Idol ever.

It's that time of year again...

Sorry for my extended absence from this blog. I tried to convince Mike to post more often, since I was so busy working on my thesis, but he only managed three lousy posts. Anyhow, I've finished the thesis, graduated, and am back.

As seems to have become a yearly tradition, the Pistons will face the Heat in the NBA playoffs. During the rest of the year, Mike and I can usually agree on which teams to root for, but when the NBA playoffs come around there is no compromise.
I root for the Pistons.
Mike roots for whatever team Shaq is on.
Usually, once the Pistons beat Mike's team, he holds a grudge for the rest of the playoffs. But this year, in the event that the Pistons beat out the Heat, he has promised to root for the Pistons in the finals. I'm going to hold him to that promise.

Also, last night NBC aired a sequel to the epic disaster movie 10.5. The sequel is, like it's forefather, based on a predictable script, bad acting, and an extremely poor grasp of geology. I don't know why I enjoy movies like this so much, but I do. The only thing that would make it better was if I could heckle Brad while I watched. In fact, maybe I'll head on over to Brad's webpage to "e-heckle" him...

YEA!

Congratulations to Ms Reik for finishing her thesis! She was done earlier this week but technically wasn't done until Thursday when the slacker at the IRB office finally got around to signing her paperwork. But she got it in on time and will be graduating on the 15th. Hooray!

So So Def Afroman

On the drive back from Hartsfield airport going north on the I-75/85 connector, there used to be a giant billboard for Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. The billboard was sort of an Atlanta institution, at least in my mind. Basically, the billboard was of the So So Def Afroman and stated "Welcome to Atlanta, Home of So So Def Recordings," but the So So Def Recordings part was just the Afroman pic. Unfortunately, the billboard is no longer there.

But I recently came across a website where you can buy the So So Def Afroman figurine for $200. Man, I wish I had $200. Cause that's what I would buy. Or $200 worth of pudding.

By the way, So So Def was the label that first signed Kriss Kross. Daddy Mack will make ya Jump! Jump!

CORRECTION: I took Becky to the airport today and on the way back I saw the So So Def billboard. So, it is still up and the billboard says "Welcome to Atlanta, Home of So So Def Recordings" with the Afroman logo on the left of the text. I don't know what I was smoking but I really thought it was no more. But I'm glad it's still up to welcome visitors to the ATL. -Michael (05/06/06)