January 24, 2009

Boxers...not briefs

The tragedy that occurred 10 days ago (when my dream of having a question in ESPN the Magazine was shattered indefinitely) apparently caused me to go into a 10-day hiatus from writing. But now that I'm semi-recovered and I've finally stopped twitching when someone mentions Teen Wolf or "Shoot it fatboy", I think it's time for a blog update. Let's just jump right into the boxers...

2 minutes...2-ah
Well, I'm really feeling last night's Pacer win over the Rockets was the start of a long, long winning streak to put us back on top. Sure the Rockets didn't have Ron Artest, Tracy McGrady or Yao Ming for the 2nd half and we still almost lost at home, but I'm ignoring all that for one reason: mustaches.

Yes, the Pacers are now the "Mustache Crew" or "Mustache Gang' depending on who you talk to and the picture above displays an out-of-focus Jeff Foster (= idiot) but it doesn't do the mustache justice (photojournalists these days just don't know what's important, get some damn photos of the mustaches IndyStar!!) They've got drawings and pictures on the locker room walls of mustachioed people and now they're all wearing them. I'm pleasantly happy about this. First of all, big fan of the mustache (shout-out to Thomas D). Second of all, this is exactly the type of team unity we need to get back on track with the 93-94 Indiana Pacers.

This year's team is currently 16-27, while the 93-94 team was a healthy 16-21 by Jan. 24, 1994, and in the midst of a nice five-game losing streak. After the five-game losing streak was done and gone, the Pacers won 10 of 11 games and set up their playoff run. I feel the mustaches will help this year's team make that run. The only person on the team that can't grow a mustache is our future All-Star Danny Granger, who says he only shaves once a week and can't participate due to the lack of facial hair. Danny...you'll see no bashing of you here as you're in good company with this blogger.

I'd love to join in the fun and grow a mustache for support but the Mrs. Thug Mrs. would not be happy with a bunch of white peach fuzz under my nose. However, I am prepared to use my two black Sharpies if we win 10 of the next 11 games. Of course, it will take a mustachioed run into the Eastern Conference Finals for them to replace the greatest mustacioed team of all-time (pictured above).

It's Beetles...with an A
Here's my first addition to my 2009 X-mas list. A healthy Beatle picture book that's going for $495. Look, I'm giving you almost 12 full months to save money for this book so I'm expecting this in my stocking on Dec. 25.

My Sox Are White
The new Franz Ferdinand album drops this upcoming week, but you can take a sneak peek at the songs at their myspace site here. Not that you're going to buy it but here is a link to amazon for more info.

Mrs. Thug Mrs.
Just in case you need more of him...here.

Hello Mr. Radio
Well Eva Mendes ranked No. 1 on AskMen.com's Top 99 Women 2009 edition. I don't know, but I find that Err Dizz's girlfriend, who is ranked No. 3, is a little hotter so...enjoy.

Info for Bo
You probably don't listen to Bill Simmons' podcast, but Wednesday's episode featured yet another nod to Teen Wolf. After mentioning he had just watched it again this weekend, he was about to talk about something new he never noticed in the movie when special "I'm a D-bag who is going interrupt people right when they're about to help Sean become rich and famous" guest J.A. Adande intervened to mention how much he loves Pulp Fiction. First of all, Simmons is right that the Bruce Willis scenes in Pulp Fiction suck hairy balls and the actress that plays his girlfriend is an ugly, annoying bitch that helps prevent me from ever watching the full movie a second time (and really is it that good of a movie? Not a big fan). Second of all, I'm 99 percent certain that Simmons was about to mention me on air until Adande butted in. Chalk up another loss to my Teen Wolf craze.

You Tube...no, you're a tube
In honor of mustaches, we're going with the music video of Strawberry Fields Forever. Eat your heart out MTV.

2 comments:

Tom said...

That makes three of us.

Err said...

I'm not sure i fully appreciate you posting pics of my girlfriend in Tom's "boxer"

Btw, I now listen to the Bill Simmons podcast since I have a computer that works, and I had pretty much the same thought you did during said moment with JA Adande.