Up And At Them!

[matthew]

Goddamn, it's almost 8 A.M., people; look alive!

[matthew]

So, of course there's this big article in today's paper about the Bertuzzi's apology. Yep, a nice big colorful photo of the big lug crying, "I'm truly sorry.". Aw, poor big dumb jock...

Yeah, you're fucking sorry because this will probably cost millions of dollars, fuckhead.

I'm speaking (writing), of course, about this much publicized hockey thug that done broke another player's neck (I'm not sure if this was covered already by the crappiteers; I've been away for a couple days.).

"I had no intention of hurting you."

Yeah. You didn't mean to break his neck:

"I had no intention of hurting you. I just wanted to smash your face in and then piggyback your semi-conscious, lifeless body and drive your face into the ice."

Fuck. Like Tripp said a while ago, I hate fucking pro athletes.

I'm not a sports guy, never have been, never will....but I did play hockey up until I was like 17. Shit like this is precisely why I left (not necks being broken, but hockey violence). I am not a physical person, nor aggressive person (you know, except for...anyway..), I don't like being touched and was never one for roughhousing even with friends (I'd be the worst rugby player or soldier EVER)...I played hockey 'cause I found it fun but I got 0 penalties over almost a decade. Yeah, I'm a big pussy...but, I never thought the game was worth harming another person over. And, as the years of hockey pass, the aggression rises and the weak are skimmed from the herd. I never made it to the level where 'checking' was actually allowed, but it was already happening at an already alarming degree. Essentially, the true jockos shanghai the sport from the rest of us. If you've never played it, or any other aggressive sport, it might look rather harmless ("it's just what hockey players do") on TV, but when your on the ice it's actually quite ugly-they feel impotent and want to destroy you (not to get Freudian or anything). Anyway, I left because the fun died when everyone was more focused on beating everyone. Beating everyone not only physically, but also the sport begins to focus on the puck hogs and egohounds that want to be hockey heroes-they scream for you to pass the puck and then score and then don't even thank you for passing, they just do their cute little victory parade, raising their arms in the air, "Yes, I am the King".

So...the assholes rise to the top of the bowl.

Anyway, I can't believe all these sports 'writers' (sorry sports fans, sports 'writers' are fucking idiots who can't write or think for shit) are all "oh!, is he going to sit out the rest of the season?" like that's the heaviest punishment he could face.

Jesus fucking Christ...Imagine that, losing all that ice ($$$) time. The fucker should be banished from the sport...it's wasn't a fucking accident, I mean, had he done it and the guy's neck NOT busted, his ass still would have been in the penalty box for a major penalty.

Let's say the guy died: then it would be comparable to me getting into a bar brawl, socking a guy, jumping on his back and snapping his neck; throat closes up and he asphixiates. Well, the it would be MANSLAUGHTER:

"But, your Honor, I didn't mean to kill him..."

Yeah, I know the guy didn't intend to break the other guy's neck...but what he did was dirty, ugly, intentional violence that led to serious harm.

"Imagine he had to sit out the rest of the season?"

If I did the same on the street I'd be sitting on a bench in a small room with no shoelaces.

[matthew]

What the fuck was that all about, Matt?

[Tripp]

He smacked him from behind. And what, it was payback
for something that happened a few games ago? I say they lay that
fucking asshole out on the ice and let everyone skate over his fingers. ...well, that guy is going to have his ass beaten when other dude ever recuperates. If he ever does.

[Tripp]

I see that finally the news is reporting on the Diebold voting machines and they even did a little bit about the 9/11 hearings. Of course, nothing about when they questioned the President. No, that week it was somehow overshadowed by stories about gay marriage.. Go figure.

[brainfiber]

funny, i was just thinking of this lyric

Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.


i saw that apology last night...he kept wiping his eye like he was crying...just the one eye...every so often...please.

Hockey just seems like it's destined for violence. You got guys with sticks...a solid puck that is shot at what, 100MPH (185KMPH), skates that are as sharp as razor blades.

[Tripp]

In entertainment news, Sheri and I saw Starsky and Hutch last night (free passes). I don't think I'll recommend it but I didn't hate it entirely.  I never made it thru Old School but this movie had moments that I felt like were probably funny to the director for some reason but not to anyone else. Ben Stiller deserves much praise for absolutely nailing Paul Michael Glaser. And I was quite pleased to see 'Hutch' reading an old issue of Captain America and the Falcon in one scene.
So, not great but not a total pile of shit either. Glad I didn't pay.

[brainfiber]

I see that finally the news is reporting on the Diebold voting machines and they even did a little bit about the 9/11 hearings. Of course, nothing about when they questioned the President. No, that week it was somehow overshadowed by stories about gay marriage.. Go figure.

Did he testify? I didn't think he did yet. I saw that he will only testify before the leaders of the commitee...limited to one hour...hmmm i wonder what party those guys are in. And only one hour...the worst act of terror on u.s. soil, the thing that made your presidency and you have to put a time limit on it.

[regular tom]

Full Phoney Lesbian

was that a Kubrick film?


and is that avatar your math teacher, matthew?

[Tripp]

Doesn't sound phony to me.

[regular tom]

friction is friction, and pleasure is pleasure.

[matthew]

Doesn't sound phony to me.

It's the fact that her teachers come to their parties thing isn't it?

Is it "phoney" or "phony"?

Merriam-Webster say "Variant(s): or pho·ney  /'fO-nE/"

[regular tom]

absurdist spam alert!

i have no idea what this one's even aboot, but it involves Comedy so perphas sabamah might be able to shed some light:

Hey Baby:
     There's the Buzz birthday party tonight @ Brass Rail.  It's a
whole thing, but I'm doing comedy around 9:30 or 10 if you can stay up
that late.  I doubt if I can.  Happy hour around 8.
     Coulter

that's it.  the subject was Comedy Show.  

strange days indeed.

[brainfiber]

i think i saw that t-shirt

Lesbians against bush

matt your old dude is freaking me out...

[matthew]

hmm, how did Greg spell it?