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Alright you bitches take it to the Bug Jar. I don't want to see that shit clogging up the Worst Poster Tourney.

Is there really any other truthful answer to this question than "Die."?

Two things: 1. A couple vending machines, one dispensing soda and other drinks/juice, and another dispensing candy and chips were installed in my apartment building a week or two ago. Lucky for me, they're like a few steps from my front door, too. 2. Tonight I was going to get some really overpriced Twix from the candy one when I noticed that the drinks one had a lot of drinks that were stuck between dispensed and in their slots. I pounded the glass to see if I could score a free one, but nothing happened. I really wanted one of the Propels in there that was stuck, so I actually grabbed the machine and shook it fairly hard and I hit the fucking jackpot. I scored not only the Propel I was going for, but another one that was a different flavor, 4 dr. peppers (on regular, one diet, two diet cherry which is my favorite dr. pepper), 2 chocolate milks, and 2 cokes (one diet, one cherry). I remember a lot of people complaining that the machine got stuck fairly often and thus getting ripped off, but I think it's a fair trade-off if it's that easy to collect drinks on it. The vendor will probably be pissed, though.

No way, absolutely not. And I'm not aiming high for colleges/universities, either.. I'm a Community Development/Communication major with a minor in Film, and I'm probably going to do either Journalism or Education in grad school. Was thinking about urban planning, but I've felt extremely bored with the classes I've taken in that, so fuck it. Most likely applying to Oregon, Portland State (practically guaranteed admission here), University of Washington, Berkeley, and then an outside shot at UW-Madison and Colorado-Boulder. We'll see how that goes. I might take the LSAT later on this year too, for shits and giggles. Hell if I do well on that, law school wouldn't be too bad. I'm good at standardized tests.

Maybe we'll just reach a field of nominees that's so universally awful, we'll stop the tournament and said everyone won.

Salt-N-Pepa- "Whatta Man" Don't care for Veruca Salt, and this one is alright. Beck- "Loser" No boy bands. And this is a fairly decent song. Montell Jordan- "This Is How We Do It" Fuck, I catch myself singing this every now and then. Better than that Paula Cole garbage. Goo Goo Dolls- "Iris" Oh, WHAT. You wanted to make your high school girlfriend get emotional? THIS IS THE SONG. The Breeders- "Cannonball" Easy pick. No boy bands. Chris Isaak- "Wicked Game" Hardest pick so far. I love Snoop quite a bit, but I have a personal attachment to this song and I rock it in karaoke. Make the ladies wet their panties. Mr. Dogg will get some love later, I'm sure. What else has Isaak done, besides that crappy TV show? Kris Kross- "Jump" I never cared for either one, but I cared for Jewel and her yodeling Alaska ass a lot less. Deee-Lite- "Groove Is In The Heart" I had a personal vendetta for many years because I transferred and went to La Crescenta High School for a very short period of time, and in that shithole little town, EVERYONE was going nuts because Eve-6 was from there and were actually recent graduates when I was there. No thanks. I think I remember Deee-Lite's girl being kind of cute and the song was alright, if not a song that I could actually listen to for a long time. Good enough for me. Jamiroquai- "Virtual Insanity" I hate Sarah McLachlan. Virtual Insanity was definitely a lot catchier, but something you felt was one of those "in the moment" songs that would be totally irrelevant later on. It's since passed that phase and now just feels kinda retro. Someone should remix the shit out of that for today. Warren G. (feat. Nate Dogg)- "Regulate" Oh this isn't even close. Fuck Ricky Martin first of all, and Regulate is a classic song. Notorious B.I.G. (feat. Puff Daddy and Mace)- "Mo Money Mo Problems" Yeah, I've gotta go for one of Biggie's better hits over a song it took me a while to remember. It has limited replay value, whereas Mo'Money was a pretty fun song. Christina Aguilera- "Genie In A Bottle" I'll go pop over hip hop here. LL Cool J's song is just kind of annoying, and Aguilera's song was the first continuation of Britney Spears' "girl pop" movement in the late 90's. While I've professed how guilty I am of being a big Britney Spears fan, I'll go with Aguilera here. Fiona Apple- "Criminal" This would be my pick to go and win it all if I could pick one so far. Love the hell out of this song. Weezer- "Buddy Holly" Fuck a bunch of Toni Braxton. This is the song that made us all ashamedly listen to Weezer for a while. Nerd rock ftw. Mariah Carey- "Dreamlover" I've never liked U2 much and I seem to remember liking some Mariah, so this song is probably better. 'N Sync- "Tearin' Up My Heart" Normally, I'd go the other way around but I hate, hate, hate that Jay-Z song with a passion. Had it been another song it would've been an easy choice, but this was easier. Nirvana- "Heart Shaped Box" That's right. This is the better song. I know the other one is a landmark, but the temporary insanity from the chorus is awesome. And the video is a million times better, too. And this is an era where the video matters. Blink 182- "All The Small Things" Fun little song. Dammit was okay and from an era of Blink I liked better, but again, videos matters here. I identified more with this song than the other. Blur- "Song 2" OF ALL THE FUCKING BLUR SONGS, GIRLS AND BOYS?! Make it Coffee and TV and that would've been easy. That said, Song 2 reminds me of Starship Troopers trailers and moshing in my friend's room and being stupid, so I'm going with that. Stone Temple Pilots- "Interstate Love Song" I know this one just a bit better, and yeah. Pickin' it. Smashing Pumpkins- "1979" Same deal here. The weird "padabbdbtt" thing is kind of fun, too. Seal- "Kiss From A Rose" Oh come on, you can't even compare. The only thing salvageable from that awful Batman movie although I did have a thing for Alicia Silverstone- like, bad- and this was like my song to her or whatever. Shut up. The Cranberries- "Linger" I would've preferred Zombie in here, but this is a good choice. No Doubt- "Don't Speak" No competition. Spiderwebs was like on TV for a fucking second and then Don't Speak came out and No Doubt got huge from that. Spiderwebs is kind of a fun album filler song, but this one's a landmark. Alanis Morissette- "You Oughta Know" Angry Alanis is a lot better than one that doesn't know what Ironic means. Green Day- "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" Oh man. The quintessential "OH MY GOD GUYS HIGH SCHOOL'S REALLY OVER GOODBYE I'LL MISS YOU" song. Basket Case isn't even there. I maybe would've throwin Insomniac there, but eh. Oasis- "Wonderwall" This was pretty close for me, but I wouldn't have known about Oasis at all if it wasn't for Wonderwall, so I'll go with that. Maybe that makes a case for the latter, though? R.E.M.- "Losing My Religion" I'm a huge REM fan, and this is one of my favorite songs, so yeah. It's just so deeeeep, man. Meredith Brooks- "Bitch" This was tough but if I'm going for one 90's grrl power song here, it's this one. Tom Cochrane- "Life Is A Highway" Man things named Bush really suck. Besides, LIFE IS A HIIIIIIIGHWAAAAY. Third Eye Blind- "Semi-Charmed Life" Both songs are alright, but I remember my friend and I being total goofballs to this song. We sang it on like every ride at Magic Mountain once randomly, for the hell of it. It was kind of funny. Blind Melon- "No Rain" Oh, this might just go all the way. What a one hit wonder. Aerosmith- "Cryin'" Here's where my Alicia Silverstone crush comes into play. Much of my early masturbation had to happen to fuzzy paused scenes of her in white t-shirts. This song also applies to many, many, many of my ex-girlfriends. Love Waterfalls, though. Soundgarden- "Black Hole Sun" Oh man, this bracket has the toughest choices. I've gotta go with this one, though. Better than Spoooonmaaaaaaaaaaaan, too. MC Hammer- "U Can't Touch This" Fuck a bunch of Vanilla Ice. Parachute pants wins here. Skee-Lo- "I Wish" Ha, this was kind of my song when I played basketball for fairly obvious reasons. Naughty By Nature- "O.P.P." Man, I hate to be throwing so much hate Salt-N-Pepa's way, but this is another song that I'll just bring up and sing and people will laugh. YEA YOU KNOW ME. The Verve Pipe- "The Freshmen" Kinda tough here, and I had to youtube it to figure out which one I liked more. I'm surprised Bittersweet Symphony wasn't picked- come on people, Cruel Intentions!- but this song's pretty nice. Britney Spears- "...Baby One More Time" Oh FUCK. This is too hard. I'm going with Britney because she has a slim chance of winning it anyways and I'm sticking to my loyalties. The Fugees- "Killing Me Softly With His Song" You know, Wannabe was by far the worst Spice Girls song. Everyone HATED them for that one, and rightfully so, but their other songs were okay. I don't care much for the Fugees, but this one was alright. Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg)- "Nuthin But A G Thang" No, fuck Bryan Adams. I think I was too young to be into him at the time. But Dre and Snoop? Ha. Awww yeah. I still listen to the first Chronic a lot, so this was easy. The Verve- "Bittersweet Symphony" THERE IT IS. Man, that scene in Cruel Intentions is just.. so bittersweet! I watched that movie like a million times in high school. Some girl said I looked like Ryan Phillippe, but shorter and with a shaved head and I took that and just totally ran with it. He's such a badass in that movie, but I hated Reese Witherspoon and her pointy chin. Oh yeah, where was I? Bittersweet Symphony? Great song. Run with it. Beastie Boys- "Sabotage" Another song that wins by virtue of its long-lasting and replay power. The Cardigans- "Lovefool" This song was supposedly on the Romeo + Juliet (Dicaprio/Danes version obv.) soundtrack, which is just really weird. Also used in Cruel Intentions, so I gotta go with it. Offspring- "Self Esteem" One of the first songs I remember really liking when I started liking actual music. I think it was the first song I sang at karaoke, and then it ended with a bunch of people singing "I'M TOO SEXY FOR MY SHIRT" which ended with my 11 year old self going shirtless. I was most definitely not a sucka with no self esteem. Soul Asylum- "Runaway Train" Both of these songs kinda suck, but I'll go with the one I didn't mind less. Semisonic- "Closing Time" Talk about a song that came and went quickly. You make a reference to this song today, no one knows it, same with like a year after it came out. But when it was out, it was POPULAR, man. Especially at every job I held in food service at the time. Red Hot Chili Peppers- "Under The Bridge" Not a fan of Collective Soul. Radiohead- "Creep" Finally, some Radiohead love. Knowing this board, it just might go all the way. Presidents of the United States of America- "Lump" I crashed my car to this once. It was a lot better when I heard it first in middle school and enjoyed the video. Pearl Jam- "Evenflow" Hey, Pearl Jam's coming out with a new album. Good for them. This was an okay song. Sheryl Crow- "All I Wanna Do" This song, like, made Sheryl Crow. She was hot then and I think she's still pretty hot now. It's a pretty fun little song, and one I think goes over better than the other one. Joan Osborne- "One Of Us" Mya was fucking HOT, but for some reason I really liked this song. I remember making video mixes of stuff on VH1, and this was one of the songs I had recorded on my tape. Sinead O'Connor- "Nothing Compares 2 U" I don't even know the other song. Sinead was an icon (for about 15 minutes, anyways), and this was her song. Nada Surf- "Popular" This was on my 96 mix, and I was starting to buy CDs around this time. I liked this song and bought the CD and was wholly disappointed with everything else, but this was a good hit. Marcy Playground- "Sex and Candy" As much as I want to vote a Faith No More song, I've gotta go with a song that introduced me to the concept that sex can have a particular smell. Guns N Roses- "November Rain" Fucking EPIC.(ly gay). Lesser of two evils. Lisa Loeb- "Stay (I Missed You)" YES HOT GIRLS WITH GLASSES. I've missed you too, Lisa Loeb. Hootie and the Blowfish- "I Only Wanna Be With You" Ha, Everclear blows. Did you know they're from Portland? I always assumed they were Southern California, just because they had that look and sound to them. Anyways, I liked Hootie a lot as a little kid, although the video doesn't make much sense. It's cool, though. Harvey Danger- "Flagpole Sitta" Oh yeah! I still listen to this song every now and then. Garbage- "Only Happy When It Rains" Another one I still listen to. Jesus christ, how many fucking more choices do I have to make here? I liked "The Way" a lot though, and got it confused with "Popular" for some reason, even though they had nothing to do with one another aside from getting airplay. However, the Garbage song is pretty much my theme for winter/spring in Portland. Juvenile- "Back That Azz Up" I could've swore this was like early 2000s? Either way, win. Foo Fighters- "Everlong" Pretty much the only song of theirs I really like. Man that took a long time.

How are you able to form a better attachment to the players when the vast majority of them now rarely stay in even for just the four years that they're eligible? I started watching the Blazers around when Roy/Aldridge were drafted and I'm happy to still be following them on my team a couple years later in the NBA, and they'll hopefully stick around for much, much longer. Vince Carter's been playing for the Nets since 04.. Well not a great example, but then there's Jason Kidd who was on the team for 6 years and brought two Finals appearances. Even with players moving around and treating teams like temp jobs rather than a place they can make a career at, that's still more respectable than college players who leave that entire spectacle behind in one or two years... and then the ones who stick around are the ones who can't make it at a professional level and why would you want to watch that? At least with college football, a player definitely needs to four years for their body to grow into NFL quality shape and size, and it takes a tremendous amount of learning at their position to necessitate being in until they're juniors or seniors, so the college football game is really exciting- hell, with a playoff, it easily rivals the NFL since a lot of those players are close to or are NFL ready in their current state, the rules are different, and it's just a really fun game, usually with a lot of offense and crazy shit happening. College basketball games are like half as much scoring as the NBA, turnover crazy, and just generally really sloppy overall. I'm pretty glad I only watch for like a month and that's it because I can't stand it otherwise, and I still just don't see how people can get into it year-round, especially for schools which they have no personal affiliation with.

Which is the other one that you've applied to that you haven't been rejected to? I'll probably be in the same boat as you later this year. I'm taking the GRE at the end of next term, when I'm closer to graduation from my BA.

Which program is this, anyways?

What are you talking about here. EDIT: Oh, that's Sacramento's record against the East this year. Owch.

As if Ireland needs more motive for ordering Guinness than it already has.

Not Irish, but I'm on board 100% with these two statements. St. Patty's day is fun and all, but I'm broke (like quite literally broke, as in I don't even have $2 to send an important fax I need to broke) until Friday or so, unless my check comes in tomorrow for some freelance work I've done. And yeah, even just going out today is still kind of a pain in the ass, as I like going to a bar and just grabbing a drink and hanging out, yet it'll be worse than New Year's with all the drunken bullshit that comes from the kids. I hate this holiday. Why? Because my birthday follows the day after. And all of my friends have spent all their money on this night and are too hungover to come out the next night. See, then you can just go out tonight and at midnight just say, "Hey, it's my birthday now!" at which point your friends, being drunk enough, will all buy you a round and include it in their St. Patrick's partying. That should work out for ya, anyways.

Okay, this made me laugh. Like I could picture him going "Yes!" and then murmuring to himself as he scratches out my name and makes a note.

Cuba stayed alive and knocked out Mexico, second time they've played this tournament. This is an impressive little statistic: 1951?! A full eight years before Castro, good lord.

Well I think part of it is that Peppers has been somewhat inconsistent- everyone knows he had a great season in 08, but his 2007 season was total ass. Only 2.5 sacks and 31 tackles in 14 games- and that's at 27 years old, too. And everyone knows that defensive linemen go downhill very quickly in this league, so right now he's 29, so you maybe figure you have a couple years left where he's playing with that tremendous speed and strength we all know him for and after that he may not be as good. I mean, I guess I could see that, because I'm trying to figure out why the hell the Packers weren't banging down his door since it seemed the team would be perfect for him- you get a veteran leader on defense rather than drafting another rookie at the #9 spot, and he gets to be on a team that's coming back healthy and is a season removed from the NFC Championship Game (and a dumbass Brett Favre throw's from the Super Bowl) that's returned most of its starters, although there are some problems with the offensive line.. that probably won't be too bad since the defense is the problem there (Green Bay had the league's 5th ranked offense just behind Arizona). But the more I think about it, the more it's likely that he might just flame out elsewhere and that's the main reason why he hasn't been traded yet even though everyone knows you'll definitely get an impact player on defense for at least one or two years. I'm thinking probably 3-4, but still that's the window most teams have for a championship, don't they? In other news, although it's only vaguely football-related, President Obama tabbed Steelers owner Dan Rooney as the ambassador to Ireland. I don't know why.

As a one-time average (Cuban-)American contributing to the childhood obesity problem (not really), I grew up on not getting a substantial, overly sugary breakfast and then pigging out later in the day. Pop Tarts were essential to this, but I always ate just one, even if they came packaged in pairs. I would just eat the other one later, like when I got home from school or something, or the following morning. The thing was is that I always kept alternating between those and the Pillsbury Toaster Strudels, but it had to be strawberry, and I hated frosted Pop Tarts. Although I've hated sugary foods the older I've gotten, even candy. Most of the time I won't eat dessert either. So I'm definitely on board with the savory bagel thing. Sliced lox and chives on an everything bagel. Now that's a quick breakfast right there that takes maybe half a minute of preparation longer at most than just a simple pop tart, but a pretty decent, satisfying breakfast.

But what if it was the Amazing Rondo?

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Czech, I'll have you know my vote towards you was more my exacting revenge for your voting against me in the POTY tournament when I needed it most. And you already know how bad both of us can be when it comes to petty grudges. This isn't a good idea.

America's Next Top Model auditions go into chaos when someone yells "BOMB!" after seeing an overheating car. Hilarious.

Well I know what sauerkraut is, but it seems like it would just take on that sort of taste, I guess. Cole slaw was never really my thing until the one I made yesterday, which proves I may like mayonaisse a lot less than I thought, since the one I made yesterday was vinegar-based.

And that was with a couple seconds left in the game, and a chance to tie! He even, I think, got the ball back and had a chance to make that last shot! What a crybaby. That's not showing emotion, that's being a bitch.