Raptors!

The 2009-2010 season is underway and I have a few quick questions/comments already:

1) Huge benefit: they now have both the home and away broadcast available.
2) Huge weirdness: they don't play the Canadian commercials. Now, I don't miss the commercials per say, but they keep playing the mind numbing, anger causing elevator music while they wait for the commercials to end.
3) Matt Devlin < Chuck Swirsky
4) Vince Carter is injured already? Wait, why did I put a question mark behind that.
5) Isn't it interesting that so many of the good Raptors draft picks that were moved suffered injury woes? Marcus Camby, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter. Are we breaking them then trading them? :)

On another note:
In my mind, the definitive guide.

Game time!

New York, Cell Phone, Drama

Discovery is a beautiful thing.
Realization, on the other hand, can be a slap in the face.

Case in point, yesterday, I had an event that made carrying my cell phone inconvenient. As such, I decided that yesterday would be a cell phone free day. Little did I know how attached to my phone I really am.

1) Always checking your phone while waiting for public transit. While I knew about this, I never realized how much it had become second nature. While going to my intramural game, I had to take the subway, then switch to a bus. Waiting for the subway was not bad since NY (inexplicably) does not have a signal in stations still. However, while waiting 20 minutes for the bus, there was nothing to do. Sure, I had music on; but that did not really do enough to absorb my boredom.

2) After a long time away from the phone, checking it intently to find out the latest X. After the game, everyone, and I mean everyone, pulled their phones out to check up on email, calls, etc. Me? Sitting there lamely with my thumbs to twiddle. Not that it's a bad thing, but I was wondering what the situation was at work, my email account, etc. etc. Same at the bar after the game. Nothing. Just wondering...

3) Remembering things. Heading to the game, I was uncertain where the field was, how to get there, and when it was. I had been to the field once, so I vaguely remember the route, which corner the bus stop was at and what time the bus came. Without my phone, there was always doubt. The inability to double check create an aura of uncertainty. Before a data plan, I could safely say I would have checked, remembered, and if needed, written it down. Now, I choose not to remember and look it up when needed. Is this better or worse in the long run? Does my phone help me remember the 'mundane' things and concentrate on more complicated tasks? Does it let me focus more brain cells on other problems? Or does it provide a crutch so less brain cells are engaged?

Yesterday's experiment was eye-opening. I knew I was attached to my phone; I had never realized how much. Now it's just time to determine if this is a benefit or detriment to my life.

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Song Of The Moment: Jay-Z - Empire State of Mine Feat. Alicia Keys
Comment: New NYC anthem. About time.

Bad Apple

So spoiled. Like a bad apple.

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Song Of The Moment: Drake - Best I Ever Had
Comment: Jen, I hate you for getting this song in my head.

Accounting

In life, you sometimes have to know when to cut your losses.

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Song Of The Moment: Rachel Stevens - Breathe In, Breathe Out
Comment: None.

Vegas, baby!

This is how I want Vegas-Oh-Ten to turn out. Plain and simple.

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Song Of The Moment: Ne-Yo - Miss Independent

Good quote

Borrowing this quote I read:

When we first meet, I am the nicest guy in the world and will
literally give you the shirt off my back. Unless you screw me over or
slight me in some way, in which case I become a petty, vindictive
jerk. I'm trying to find some gray in my black-and-white world.

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Song Of The Moment: Jay Sean - Down Feat. Lil Wayne
Comment: Peep the special effects.

Back! And it's almost August?!

Guess who's bizzack??

With that, July is almost over and August is here. Simply put, where has the time gone. One blink and a week goes back. Blink a few times, and that's a month. Next thing you know, it's 2010.

So what's up? List time? I think so!

1) Moving: What a disaster. Still in the old place. Waiting on the new place. Time is a runnin' out. Will there be homelessness in the future? Awesome! This IS a recession after all.

2) Twitter: You know, many days go by and things happen. I have two or three quick thoughts that I want to share, to see what other people think. Normally, the plan is to save them and blog it. However, as we all know, my adhd prevents me from actually remember these thoughts to put them in the blog. As a result, this blog is a bare as... you know... and my thoughts and questions go unanswered. Now twitter might be an ideal solution for this situation. However, do I really want to jump on this bandwagon? If enough friends twitter, it would be a great way to keep up with people's lives. MSN and FB are both not as mobile. We'll see.

3) Roy Halladay: Tough loss, but it's time we see him to a better place. What could have been: Carpenter/Halladay/Escobar. Two have World Series rings. Two have Cy Youngs. Toronto had all three. Just at the wrong time. What could have been: last year's rotation, true potential from the offense. Maybe we don't talk about trading Halladay, but picking up Holliday. Alas, our Toronto Blue Jays are in the AL East.

4) iPhone 3GS: On the todo list given that my iphone is 90% busted. Funny enough, the 10% is the internet capability and this sole function is pretty much all that is required. Email, web, maps, done. Who needs to TALK to people. That's so 1950!

5) ADHD: I had more to say, but I forgot. Maybe I'll try to remember and post more often.

Or go to Twitter.

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Song Of The Moment: Chris Brown - Forever
Comment: Just because of this. Someone should do it! Who's getting married soon??