Memphis @ Portland

After 1 quarter the Grizzlies lead the Blazers by 1. At the end of the quarter Wallace throws up a prayer which goes off the glass, off the inside of the front of the rim, bounces around and finally drops for 3. Go Blazers! What's amazing about this Portland team is that they have a bench deeper than Oprah's pockets... Ok maybe not that deep, but there's a lot of talent on that team. I mean there's Stoudamire, Sabonis, Daniels, Randolph, Patterson (who's starting tonight) and the list goes on. The only major obstacle this team has faced the last few seasons has been the Lakers. Who stomp them in the playoffs like those trees in The Two Towers. :) Anyway, back to the game.
Gotta give props the the Grizz this game. They've been hitting the offensive boards like a pimp and his crack-ho. And those guys are pretty damn quick. J Williams has been blasting by Pippen all game long. Pip better be careful though, them old ankles could fracture anytime... But that's no way to diss Scottie. Since he's moved to the guard position, he's been carrying the team. With his D and pinpoint passing, the big guys have been scoring a ton in the paint. Oh well... back to watching the game. More on this later.

Halftime. Portland down by 3. 55-52. Bleh :P~

Some thoughts on some of the Blazers...
Wallace: No doubt the best power forward in the league. Yeah yeah, everyone's got their own candidate and opinions on who's the best, but someone who can post you up and hit the three has got my vote.
Wells: Long before Bonzi stepped up to the starting lineup, I knew that this guy would contribute to the team in a big way.
Pip: Have you seen his wife? Daammmmnnnn!! ;) There's some Jungle Fever goin' on there that anyone would be jealous of. What about his skillz? 6 rings. 'Nuff said.

Late in the 4th and the Blazers are on fire! Wallace has got 36 points, 10 rebounds and a couple of blocks. Portland up by about 10 and still kicking ass. 36.1 seconds left Portland by 8. Put this one in the books folks. Sorry Grizz, better luck next time. :) Go Blazers! Portland's at 23-14. This year, the Lakers are going down!

I know how trivial commenting on basketball and tv shows is, but more substantial topics to come soon... :) Til the next post. I'm out

Alias 2x12

That has got to be one of the best Alias eps I've seen! Okay let's start listing the highlights... First of all the reversal of roles when Sydney rescues Jack was simply brilliant. Jack points his gun at a car who brakes right next to him, and sees it's Sydney. "Get in!" she says. This was the exact position Sydney was in in the pilot ep, when Jack comes and rescues her tight yet slightly unproportionately chunky ass. Dad saves daughter, then daughter saves dad. Sweet.
Number two. Sydney doing the John Travolta "Staying Alive" strut to No Doubt's "Hella Good" in the Nice airport decked out in punk gear, complete with nose ring, purple wig, studded bracelet and collar, and spider tattoo ranks pretty high up there. Sits right up there with the "Amy Tippin" look and the blue (no room for any underthings) rubber dress. Hmmmmm... blue rubber.. :)
Numero tres. JJ's comic relief guy is back. Agent Weiss, who has spent three months obviously not working out, has returned to the CIA. Which is refreshing since no one else is even lightly comedic. Everyone's too deeply involved in the spy and counterspy crap. While good ol' tubby spy is asking for eclairs. Two if they're small.
Nomor empat. Abrams continues to cook the Bristow/Vaughn sexual tension, turning up the simmer to full boil. He even goes as far as offering the notion that Syd and Boyscout will spend the night in an inn in romantic France. Of course after a bottle of red, both are ready and willing to test the mattress springs, but Sydney says there's gotta be rules. Like who's on top and who gets handcuffed to the bedpost first. Alas all is foiled by Kane's surveillance team who are pretty damn good at this spy thing. I had to rewind to see the guy with the watchcam taking a pic of Vaughn. Good surveillance. One thing that was sorta predictable though was they'd surely get in shit as soon as Vaughn took out his earpiece. What the hell happened to "always prepared" ?
Lastly, I think that Jack and Arvin (Who da man?) Sloane should join forces, kill SD-6, take down the CIA, eliminate the Alliance and rule the planet themselves. God knows that they have the combined intelligence of all three Agencies and more. Throw Sydney in the mix for a little eye candy and kung-fu fighting and they can walk over anyone. Sloane's got Emily stashed in the Philippines somewhere and an anti Alliance bug device so he can do whatever he wants. Jack's got the resources of SD-6 and the CIA at his fingertips, and the brain of Irina Derevko to pick anytime, which makes him the man who knows everything. And Syd's got those dimples and the tight cuts of her obliques to round off the crew. Killer trio. Can't wait till the next ep. It's gonna be hard to top this one. A suggestion to JJ if he wants to make better episodes than this one... Get to the fucking already! ;)

Ep Grade: A

Seems like they're going to be showing a rerun of "Cipher" this Sunday. :P That sucks. Next new ep is scheduled for the 26th I believe. Can't wait.