March Madness Bettors Guide 3/29.

Yesterday: 2-0. Overall: 37-20-1.

Michigan State vs. Louisville (-7)
Oklahoma (+7) vs. UNC

And so on.

March Madness Bettors Guide 3/28.

Yesterday: 1-3. Overall: 35-20-1.

Missouri vs. UConn (-6)
Villanova (+2) vs. Pittsburgh

And so on.

What I learned tonight.

1) When my whole crew is together; nothin can ruin the night.

2) Idaho I forget even exists but it's the most underrated state in the nation.

3) Patron is still the G.O.A.T of liquors.

4) I've learned to enjoy flip cup because it's free beer you don't pay for.

5) My shirts with the crazy phrases on them as funny as they can be still don't have the pull that dressin neatly does.

6) Joder is the greatest word of all time, in any language.

7) Big East Dominance lives. Syracuse didn't get the job done but the rest of the teams left are gonna kill.

8) We overdraftin like na-na-na-na-na-naaaaa.

9) Girls only holla at you when you seem to have an agenda. Me and my boy were walkin back to the train station and after passin by Southern Hospitality one of the girls just shouted heyyyyyy. Then me and my boy stopped to talk to them and chilled for a few. But I had to meet up with the conglomerate. FUCK.

10) Quotes of the night (in no order):
a) "if I pulled a Jayson night, I wouldn't wake up until 4pm at least the next day...its not even a probably. it's happened"- Lauren
b) "I'm Cockasian"- Kiara
c) (after dancin successfully)
Me: Now that's G!
Eliza: Oh my God I'm a G???
d) "Do you have an online certification class for haters??"- Rosanna

And so on.

March Madness Bettors Guide 3/27.

Yesterday: 3-1. Overall: 34-17-1.

Arizona vs. Louisville (-9.5)
Syracuse (-1) vs. Oklahoma
Kansas (+1) vs. Michigan State
Gonzaga (+7.5) vs. UNC

And so on.

March Madness Bettors Guide 3/25.

Sunday: 3-5. Overall: 31-16-1.
By Region-
East: 9-3
South: 9-2-1
Midwest: 4-8
West: 9-3

Purdue vs. UConn (-6.5)
Xavier vs. Pittsburgh (-7)
Missouri (+4.5) vs. Memphis
Villanova (+2) vs. Duke

And so on.

March Madness Bettors Guide 3/22.

Yesterday: 7-1. Overall: 28-11-1.

Arizona State vs. Syracuse (-2.5)
Wisconsin vs. Xavier (-4)
Dayton (+8) vs. Kansas
Cleveland State (+3) vs. Arizona
Oklahoma State vs. Pittsburgh (-8.5)
Marquette vs. Missouri (-3.5)
Southern Cal (+4) vs. Michigan State
Siena vs. Louisville (-11.5) (Note: I love how the young Saints play but today L'Ville is gonna bring the pain, especially after their lackluster performance on Friday.)

And so on.

Randomology.

1) There is nowhere better than chillin in NYC. Absolutely none. Hoboken might be a distant 2nd but everywhere else seems to be in their own little fuckin bubble. Bell Boulevard, are you fuckin jokin me? All the bars say 23+ ID (which initially sounds dope because that means more mature crowd) but that's all a load of bullshit. To me I feel like if you're goin out around there or on LI or some other shit then either you're underage or refuse to leave your bubble.

2) The way people act around me sometimes I ask myself "what is it I'm missing (besides money)?"

3) I can't wait to get back to work with Adidas this Tuesday. Even if it's one day; I've been waitin for this day for 3 months. And it's perfect timing because just about all of my tax return is gone.

4) My March Madness bracket is still pretty decent. I did lose an Elite 8 team in Boston College (why I had them goin far is primarily because their PG Troy Bell is a problem) but I need Nova to get to the Final 4. My bracket is doin better than Obama's ha. The tourney itself hasn't been all that exciting; aside from a few games. Siena-Ohio State was prob the best thus far.

5) So on May 1st, WaMu officially becomes Chase and they mailed my Chase card in the mail. Fuck. I'm gonna miss WaMu and will keep my Gold card as a souvenir.

6) I've gained 3 pounds kickboxin...yet it's all muscle.

7) My Knicks just need to tank it after 2 embarassing as fuck losses to the Nets and...Sacramento Kings. By 27 at home???? They hadn't even beat an Eastern Conference team all year before that! Then of course, they're gonna play hard at Orlando (albeit lose).

8) I'm guessin this week, Obama haters have had quite a bit to cheer about. First off- his approval rating has dropped below 60% and now there's this Freudian slip that they've ALL been waiting for. Needless to say, the Special Olympics people were up in arms sayin "the damage has already been done and no apology could fix it." Dear God ha.

9) An MTA fare hike is impending. NIGHTMARES. From $2 to $2.50 per ride???

10) I was readin this shit yesterday and it just questions chicks' motives even more. But a few things about this shit:
a) She's 30 years younger than him so unless he's one of em oldish ppl on those Viva Viagra commercials I've been seein on CBS for March Madness, you know they ain't fuckin. Being 36 she's just comin out of her peak of her sexual nature so she had to get off somehow.
b) She could get it mainly bc of her long ass legs.
c) Bitchin about "only" $36 million considerin what's been poppin lately with the whole Madoff thing is askin for her to get lynched.
d) Spendin $100K/week on a fuckin racing boat is downright ludacrious but then again when you're cakin like that you're bored.
e) Of course if you're gonna be a golddigger and know your sugar-daddy is gonna peace out on yo ass you're gonna try to apologize. But it's too late to 'pologizeeeee. TOO LATEEEEE. Or so you think; but of course the cougar would get her way in the end.
f) She wanted to have children? Ha. While I do buy into that; why would you wait 4 years AFTER marriage to start having kids?

And so on.

Gambling Gods Nightmares This Month.

It's been a rough month bettin-wise for me. I only hit ONE bet this entire month. Then again a lot of it is due to my greed.

1) Parlay (3 Teams) 03/02/09
bet 10.00 to win 113.38 Result: Wager Lost
Mavericks(Dallas) 87
Thunder(OklahomaCity) 96
Thunder(OklahomaCity) +175

Villanova 77
NotreDame 60
Over 157

Villanova 77
NotreDame 60
Villanova +135

I mean are you serious? Get the 2 underdogs right but fail to hit on the over because they refused to get into a shootout? Come the fuck on.

2) Parlay (3 Teams) 03/16/09
bet 7.77 to win 46.62 Result: Wager Lost
Raptors(Toronto) 86
Bobcats(Charlotte) 112
Under 194

Rockets(Houston) 95
Hornets(NewOrleans) 84
Under 182.5

Spurs(SanAntonio) 76
Thunder(OklahomaCity) 78
Under 187

Since when do the Bobcats know how to score???

3) Parlay (2 Teams) 03/16/09
bet 6.67 to win 17.34 Result: Wager Lost
Nets(NewJersey) 96
Nuggets(Denver) 121
Nuggets(Denver) -13.5

Nets(NewJersey) 96
Nuggets(Denver) 121
Under 204.5

Hindsight is 20/20 and the Nets were coming from a game the night before and their 2nd best player was injured...but lookin back, yeah takin the under was RETARDED.

4) Parlay (3 Teams) 03/17/09
bet 6.00 to win 151.08 Result: Wager Lost
Michigan 62
Clemson 59
Michigan +180

VaCommonwealth 64
UCLA 65
VaCommonwealth +240

WKentucky 76
Illinois 72
WKentucky +175

Hearbreak City. Maynor take a better shot PLEASE.

5) Parlay (9 Teams) 03/17/09
bet 7.33 to win 2,199.00 Result: Wager Lost
American 67
Villanova 80
Over 129

ClevelandSt 84
WakeForest 69
Over 137

Cornell 59
Missouri 78
Missouri -13

MississippiSt 58
WashingtonU 71
WashingtonU -5

Radford 58
NorthCarolina 101
Over 163.5

Temple 57
ArizonaSt 66
Under 124

Tennessee 75
OklahomaSt 77
Over 158

WKentucky 76
Illinois 72
Over 124.5

Wisconsin 61
FloridaSt 59
FloridaSt -2.5

The 3 games I lost in this one: the UNC-Radford game had 87 in the first half combined (53-34) but slowed from there on Radford's side...the Tennessee-OK State game was oh so close...and Florida State had Wisconsin down and out but it wasn't meant to be. FUCK.

6) Parlay (7 Teams) 03/18/09
bet 6.11 to win 458.25 Result: Wager Lost
CSNorthridge 70
MemphisU 81
MemphisU -20

Cornell 59
Missouri 78
Missouri -13

ETennSt 62
Pittsburgh 72
Pittsburgh -20

MississippiSt 58
WashingtonU 71
WashingtonU -5.5

MorganSt 54
Oklahoma 82
Oklahoma -16.5

PortlandSt 59
Xavier 77
Xavier -10.5

TennesseeChat 47
Connecticut 103
Connecticut -20.5

Personally I was stunned that Memphis nor Pitt could cover. If I did check on East Tennessee State's prior history in the tourney though; I mighta stayed away from that one but how Memphis didn't obliterate Cal-State Northridge is beyond me.

7) Parlay (8 Teams)
bet 5.00 to win 750.00 Result: Wager Lost
1American 1stHalf 41
1Villanova 1stHalf 31
Over 60

1Arizona 1stHalf 34
1UtahU 1stHalf 29
Over 62.5

1Binghamton 1stHalf 34
1Duke 1stHalf 45
Over 64.5

1Blazers(Portland) 1stHalf 36
1Cavaliers(Cleveland) 1stHalf 34
Under 93.5

1MinnesotaU 1stHalf 35
1Texas 1stHalf 39
1Texas -2.5

1MorganSt 1stHalf 21
1Oklahoma 1stHalf 40
1Oklahoma -9.5

1VaCommonwealth 1stHalf 25
1UCLA 1stHalf 35
Over 63.5

1Warriors(GoldenState) 1stHalf 51
1Lakers(LA) 1stHalf 52
Over 117.5

6-2. VCU was sloppy/slow in the first half. The Warriors-Lakers did surprise me tho.

8) Straight Wager
bet 19.00 to win 18.10 Result: Wager Lost
MoreheadSt 54
Louisville 74
Louisville -21.5 (-105)

Honestly I woulda put the bank on this bet. I'm absolutely stunned that L'Ville couldn't cover. They annihilated them 79-41 earlier in the year...not to mention they're a fuckin play-in team. DEAR GOD.

9) Parlay (6 Teams) 03/21/09 14:27 ET
bet 6.44 to win 257.60 Result: Wager Lost
LSU 70
NorthCarolina 84
Over 159

Purdue 76
WashingtonU 74
Over 140

TexasA&M 66
Connecticut 92
Connecticut -10

TexasA&M 66
Connecticut 92
Over 136

Texas 69
Duke 74
Over 139.5

WKentucky 81
Gonzaga 83
WKentucky +11.5

My most agonizing bet of them all because in my head I had a strange feeling the LSU-UNC game wasn't gonna go over...also I had other bets in mind that wound up being correct (ie- WKU-Gonzaga Over 145; Texas +7.5; MD-Memphis Over 131; Villanova -2.5; UCLA-Nova Over 145.5; Purdue +1.5...I wouldn't have done UNC or Maryland's spreads) This bet will haunt me for a while. LSU-UNC woulda went over but the first half wasn't that great.

10) Parlay (4 Teams) 03/21/09
bet 5.00 to win 62.92 Result: Wager Lost
1Texas 1stHalf 29
1Duke 1stHalf 36
1Texas +4 (-105)

1Texas 1stHalf 29
1Duke 1stHalf 36
Over 65

1WKentucjy 1stHalf 37
1Gonzaga 1stHalf 35
1WKentucjy +6

1WKentucjy 1stHalf 37
1Gonzaga 1stHalf 35
Over 67.5

Thing was also...my brain was goin "DUKE DUKE DUKE because DUKE always fucks you." Had I listened I woulda at least won somethin.

Total spent on these: $79.32
Money I missed out on barely: $4,074.29

And so on.

March Madness Bettors Guide 3/21.

Yesterday: 9-7. Overall: 21-10-1.

UCLA vs. Villanova (-2.5)
Maryland (+9) vs. Memphis
Texas A&M vs. UConn (-10)
Purdue (+1.5) vs. Washington
LSU vs. North Carolina (-11.5)
Michigan vs. Oklahoma (-6.5)
Western Kentucky (+11) vs. Gonzaga
Texas (+7.5) vs. Duke

And so on.

March Madness Bettors Guide 3/20.

Yesterday: 12-3-1.

Stephen F. Austin vs. Syracuse (-11.5)
Tennessee vs. Oklahoma State (+2)
North Dakota State (+9.5) vs. Kansas
Utah State (+5) vs. Marquette
Temple (+6) vs. Arizona State
East Tennessee State vs. Pittsburgh (-19.5)
Cornell vs. Missouri (-12.5)
Dayton (+9) vs. West Virginia
Morehead State vs. Louisville (-21)
Arizona (+1.5) vs. Utah
USC vs. Boston College (+2.5)
Portland State vs. Xavier (-10.5)
Siena (+2.5) vs. Ohio State
Cleveland State (+7.5) vs. Wake Forest
Robert Morris vs. Michigan State (-16.5)
Wisconsin vs. Florida State (-2.5)

March Madness Bettors Guide 3/19.

Butler (+1.5) vs. LSU
Cal State Northridge vs. Memphis (-20)
Texas A&M (+3) vs. BYU
Northern Iowa vs. Purdue (-8.5)
Radford vs. UNC (-25)
Maryland (+1.5) vs. California
Chattanooga vs. UConn (-20.5)
Mississippi State vs. Washington (-6)
Michigan (+5) vs. Clemson
Minnesota vs. Texas (-4.5)
American (+16.5) vs. Villanova
Akron vs. Gonzaga (-13)
Binghamton vs. Duke (-21.5)
Morgan State vs. Oklahoma (-16.5)
Virginia Commonwealth (+8) vs. UCLA
Western Kentucky (+5) vs. Illinois

And so on.

Fuck the DMV.

I got into a car accident on September 12th of last year right? So I got 2 tickets, one was for not having my registration in the car (which was quickly dismissed)...and another one for "following too closely". Apparently anytime you hit someone from behind you're gonna get that ticket regardless. So they set the court date for the hearing all the way on March 18th. Or today.

Here I go, take my kickboxing class then get settled for a bit before drivin up to Whitestone for this hearing...at the time of the accident my cop said he wasn't even gonna show up for it so I figured everything was cool. I get to the hearing room and they tell me: "Sorry sir you have to come back for another hearing."

Are you fuckin joking? If the cop doesn't show up, your case is supposed to automatically be dismissed (although apparently it's 3 strikes and your ticket is dismissed...yet if I don't show up even once then my license gets suspended in addition to having to pay the fines). So now I have to go back on August 26th at 830 in the fuckin morning. Not only that, but the DMV has a parking lot where you have to pay $4 for parking up to 3 hours. I was there for about 15 min. Yesterday I paid $3 for a vodka-cranberry. Go kill yourself please DMV. Not only don't I officially win because you greedy hacks see no cops show up and hereby reschedule everyone, but you still manage to take some money from me. In this system you can't win. I guess I'd be mad too if I couldn't get $140 out of everyone (not like you'll get it from me) DMadoffV.

And so on.

St. Patty's Day.

I'm so fuckin tired. All I know is the following:

1) I love dollar van races down Merrick Blvd.
2) Some girl got hit by a car and her body was just lying down face-first on the ground. I really hope she didn't die.
3) 945am is far too early to be getting to the Parade.
4) Remind me never to buy a pint of Grey Goose ever again. $22? FUCK. Shoulda stuck to the Georgi for $4.75 back in the R-Block.
5) Way to go teenagers. Of course you're not gonna know your limits and some chick who couldn't be older than 16 I had to have the pleasure of seein her eyes roll back (for all the wrong reasons) as she had way too much to drink. Before noon. The kids had no idea what to do with her. Give her water??? You gotta be kidding me.
6) The parade itself was aight. It's a million times more civilized than the West Indian Day Parade I'll tell you that much. Then again, there's a huge difference between Eastern Parkway in the BK and 5th Avenue in the city ha. I wish I could get some of that band music on iTunes ha. Next year though it'd probably be better to just hit up the bars and whatnot. The guy-girl ratios are worse in a dude's favor also on St. Patty's Day as opposed to with Hoboken or the Seaport's respective strolls.
7) I had a good time overall chillin with 2 of my homegirls. 1 on 2s are usually a good thing, up until you get boxed out of a conversation. Not really that big of a deal but of course when that happens you wonder whether or not your company is really wanted.
8) Middle-aged drunk people are hysterical, always with some lame-ass joke to tell girls 20-25 years their junior.
9) Having a phone that can only receive calls (can't send nor receive txts either) for the time being is a fuckin nightmare. It's basically a beeper in that case but with voice.
10) I definitely don't have the early in me anymore...I was pretty much tired by like 330 (then again I hadn't ate all morning prior) and by 5pm I was out of it (ehh I was a tad drunk but it was much more being tired).

Buck 'em down.

And so on.

DK vs. Apple.

Just when you thought I was done dealing with them...not so fast my friend.

Here I am, trying to collect unemployment benefits because my unfortunate ass can't find a job to save my life unless it's one of those Craigslist fucks that talk about "fast growth potential" aka 100% commission for soliciting products. I get my first week, then BAM I stop getting them. I'm curious to know why. Apple now wants to talk about since I got fired due to misconduct that I shouldn't be entitled to receive any of those weekly benefits (from them NOR Adidas for that matter). They state their case; then I have mine. Here's the thing though:

I got fired November 3rd. I understand it was due to this "violating of employer's policies". Apparently in New York, "knowingly violating employer's reasonable policy constitutes misconduct". BUT, I had gotten suspended without pay a good three weeks before this period while they needed to go to HR to review my case (which by the way was unnecessary for the fact that we all knew what was going to happen next and I still don't know why it took so long to come up with the decision). Not to mention that I got a phone call a few days prior to go and "sign some paperwork" aka get my "pink slip" which is really black and white. I got that call on a Tuesday or Wednesday (I cannot remember). Had I been able to go that day and get this paper, I would actually be eligible because I would have made 5x the weekly rate. The problem was that because I was interning Mondays-Wednesdays and I had work with adidas Thurs-Sunday that left me no time to pick up this paper until the aforementioned November 3rd. I told them I could come by and get it around 7 or 8 on that Tuesday or Wednesday but they told me I could not for some reason.

Hence why I felt like this decision that I was rendered today was unfair. I ain't goin down without a fight so I'm gonna have to appeal this decision. Just another reason why other than their products, Apple is pure a crock of shit. My poor former co-workers that have to deal with the RF bullshit everyday.

And so on.

The Weekend Warrior.

It was quite the weekend I must admit. I'ma do the chronological timeline.

Friday:
6:05pm- Head over to the Kickboxing Dojo to wrap-up/warm-up.
6:30pm- Another hella intense Kickboxing workout.
8:05pm- Arrive home grateful that I have an off-day Saturday and probably not gonna go on Sunday either.
9:25pm- Drive my pops out to Brooklyn to go pick up his taxes. I don't know what it is but every time I go I wind up gettin quite a few text messages/phone calls AS I'M DRIVING.
11:11pm- Remember that there's a house party out in the city; albeit it's "circus-themed". What would I be? Homey the Clown? Fuck outta here. I don't think that I'm actually expected to show up but I'm gonna shock ze world. Honestly I was about to just come in my all-black Adidas jumpsuit...but just in case it bombed, I wanted to be dressed to go somewhere else.
12:30am- Make it out there. Stuy-Town is hella weird; it has the feel of a gated community (and in some ways it is) but it is an underrated place to live. Finding parkin wasn't terrible but since I parked closer to 1st avenue...the walk was about 3-4 more blocks. I tell ya; when I get there I personally know what to expect but my boy is just like "man oh man this should be entertaining".
12:43am- As I'm knockin on the door and ringing the bell to get in...BAM there goes my homegirl/former gf in a state of shock that I actually came. You know how it goes "Holy shit I so didn't expect you to come I'm so glad you came it's so nice to see you!!!" The thing is, I really don't mind seeing her and her friends once in awhile so it's not like I'm gonna be fake with my emotions you feel me? I get inside and for the most part the people who I know in there are trashed. I am 100% sober and will remain that way for the duration of the night.
1:17am- These costumes are outta control I tell ya. They take these costume themes seriously. Balloons up in the air, this is the recession version of Ringling Brothers and Baranum Bailey minus the cannonballs and animals (unless you count the fish they have). Beer Pong on a circular table??? Bor-ring. Knowing that my guest appearance needs to end ASAP, I head out to go meet up with one of my boy's good friends that he hadn't seen in a minute.
1:45am- Head over to some random bar. As we try to get in and consider payin the $5 cover we get the infamous "Sorry fellas right now we only lettin couples and ladies in...too many dudes sittin by the bar"
2:00am- Some chick is screamin at her friend about her drunkness blah blah blah one of those drunk bitch arguments.
2:02am- After a good amount of people left- the bouncer sez we can come in now but we no longer are interested in goin inside.
2:15am- "I want some fucking pizza"
Me: "Two doors down"
Her: (dismissive wave) "I see how it is over at the other place how they won't serve a Polish girl"
Me: "I wonder why..."
2:30am- Central Bar is pretty much dead at this point. I thought there mighta been a slight chance we were gonna meet up with the other ppl from that circus "fiesta" but I guess that never materialized for em.
2:40am- Snicker as we pass Pourhouse- the most overrated bar in the city and the official Fist-Pump bar of the East Village.
2:41am- Go inside a pretty deserted Nevadas. What a weak finish to a promising evening.

Saturday:
2pm- Time to go to the city for a Beer Pong tournament over at Porky's. This should be fun...$30 for a 3-8 open bar you're not gonna get much better than that.
3:20pm- Meet up with my boy who thinks the place is closed ha (I don't blame him though..it looked closed. By the way, during the day that entire club section looks hella weird when everything is closed. But it was actually open...just no one there.
3:35pm- The promoter of this tournament tells the 6 people that are there (ha) that since no one is here that the beer is free (pitchers also) and everyone will come away with something. For the fuck of it me and my boy play 2 rounds of pong with me winning both of them (1-0 and then 2-0).
4:30pm- Porky's closes until 10pm. This actually gets me hyped because I can hit up Hoboken even earlier than when I intended and it should still be poppin off. In Hoboken they celebrate St. Patrick's Day the weekend before apparently...and with it being about a 10 min train ride from Manhattan...fuck it ha.
4:55pm- Arrive in Hoboken. You know people are already all fucked up in the game. Keep in mind, the bars have been open in most cases since 11am; some even earlier than that. Every bar in Hoboken today is gonna have a cover- the poppin one that I had seen initially was right across from the PATH called Teke.
"What's the cover??"
"$25"
"Nah now it's $40"
"$40??"
Dear. God.
5:05pm- So many bars to choose from in so little time. Everywhere you go there's a long line anyhow so there are bound to be chicks wherever you go. Now it's just a matter of findin a place with a legit enough DJ and enough decent lookin chicks that are going inside.
One thing I'm noticing already about Hoboken is that chicks roll DEEP. So what I've been hearing all along about hella single ladies to choose from is in fact true. I'm lovin this so far but now I need to get somewhere because only having beer in my system is not gonna keep my buzz goin for much longer.
5:10pm- Walk past one of these bars and these 2 dudes walk over to us and go "Yo take these passes and get right to the front I swear these are gonna work." Well it doesn't help that I'm the only black guy within a 50 yard radius but you know what I'm gonna try this out anyway.
5:11pm- "Aww naw I know ye wasn't here before; get to the back of the leen (line)."
"How much to get in here anyway??"
"$30"
5:20pm- I bump into one of my boys right by the riverfront who had been in Hoboken since about 9am and was ready to call it a day. There was a choice of these 2 bars right across the street from each other and now realizing that $20 is likely gonna be the least I'll be spending to go inside somewhere it was a choice between this one bar and Green Rock. Green Rock it is.
6pm- This line has hardly moved what the fuck! I guess I can understand because no one is really leaving (and who'd blame them, it actually sounds like a legit time in there). Meanwhile my buzz is pretty much gone and I did make the error of judgement by not bringing anything else with me drinkwise (which is something I usually do). Fortunately these chicks that were ahead of me on line had some flavored vodka and we took shots from them.
6:30pm- I gotta take a piss for the ages but I'm getting ever so close to finally being inside...but I know that it would take forever and a day. I had to get out of the line to use the porter potties (fortunately they weren't rancid-smellin since I presume ppl only used em for takin pisses and nothin more. Was nobody gonna fuck with me gettin back to my place on line.
6:40pm- Some white dude gets out of the bar and goes "Later, niggassss". Since I'm on the line, everyone turns and looks at the dude like what the fuck. I say "What??" to him and he looks briefly at me before puttin his head down in shame. He was plastered and probably presumed no black ppl were goin inside so he thought he could get away with that. Not so much.
7:10pm- I am IN! It's not that bad in there, it's not packed really but that's done so people aren't mushed up on each other. Understandable (as I think I mentioned before). I had on my infamous "From Myspace to Myplace" shirt so of course everyone there needs to go look at my shirt. But yes even before that- some drunk as hell Asian chick is already dancin up on me. Very, very nice.
7:15pm- "Hahaha, omg your shirt is so awesome! What shots do you want??"
Me: "Jameson sounds good."
I'm thinking that me, my boy and this chick are gonna pay for our shots separately. Not to be; she bought em for us. Whoa.

Basically from this point forward it was the same old song and dance. There were more girls in the joint than fellas which is always a good thing but it can lead to girl swarms that make it hard to penetrate their defense.
- The Myspace to Myplace shirt is a hit as usual making ppl laugh and shit like that. I get into a convo with some chick about it and how she only uses Facebook and has GMail. I have them both so what ha. She takes like 5 pictures with me and says "Oh look the picture isn't coming out." Young chicka- your LCD screen is cracked so of course ur not gonna be able to see shit. Oh Jersey. They left shortly thereafter unfortunately.
- Some chick guarantees that I'll get some kind of play before the end of the night; if I haven't already. She thinks I'm lyin and have been in Hoboken all day but in reality I only got here at 5. I tell her she should be my guinea pig.
- I love thick/chubby white girls.
- It's very hard to get a read on Jersey chicks especially when they are wasted. One minute they'll be ALL OVER you (i.e- they'll grab you and dance up all over you; then the next minute they will walk away and act like they don't know you at all). It's a love-hate relationship for me personally let me tell ya. It's a good thing that I didn't buy any of em a drink last night.
- It can be hilarious takin advantage of people (unintentionally). This guy bought me a shot simply because I was helpin him for the time being preventing a cockblock from her friend (one of the thuck/chubby white girls- btw, when I left she did kiss me in the mouth. Yes, score?).
- On the train ride back to the city..this chick was takin the train by herself and started up convo with me and my boy. Ahh she was kinda thick and from PA. Yessss. Tellin me all the good things, until she says she has a boyfriend who she lives with. FUCKKKK. Well then again that shoulda been expected, a single lady takin the train by herself woulda been too good to be true. Then she talks about how she wants him to give her booty but he's the type that isn't willing to get at it, ya know that whole schpel. Dear God. That woulda been icing (no pun intended) on the cake.
- Overall I spent: $20 on cover; $3.50 round-trip on the PATH; $15 on 2 beers. Not that bad to be honest considering I got 3 free shots as well.

Hoboken's final grade: A-. I can't complain. As long as you're out there to have a good time and are at least tryin to approach the ladies you are bound to get some attention. Jersey girls although they're flaky they are a lot more approchable at least than NYC girls who come off cold. The cover was OD and the wait on line was absolutely ridiculous...in the end it was worth it. Would I do that on a weekly basis?? Of course not..but does a trip to Hoboken in the near-future need to happen? Most definitely. It'll be interesting to see when these covers are back to their regularly scheduled price. It lived up to its hype right as I expected it to be.

And so on.

Karaoke Night.

Every Thursday night live @ Nevada Smiths this phenomenon occurs; usually starting at 11pm unless there's a big game on at the time (i.e National Championship game; playoff games, March Madness). Personally I go there and get plastered out of my mind and wake up the next day feelin like shit...but not this one- I was originally plannin on goin to kickboxing class in the morning (but I was tired as fuck so I'm just gonna go to the evening class tonight and probably not go twice on Fridays until further notice). But I wasn't in a drinkin mood anyway and drove in.

Myself and my boy practiced for our epic Beer Pong tourney on Saturday @ Porky's ($30 for entry and Open Bar 3-8pm; can't beat that even in Hoboken). He beat me 2-0 this time (similar to the score I beat him two weeks prior) but the game went by a lot quicker. I definitely like our chances, especially with me being an unorthodox shooter. Afterwards, went to Nevadas and got myself a pint of Magners' Hard Cider (pause). Pretty good shit I tell you. Somethin about singin Karaoke sober: you feel competent- you're not as hyper but you feel like you're alive, instead of being this wild child.

Apparently I like to rile up the crowd. After one of my boys sang "No Woman No Cry" (very good song choice), I decided to get up and say: "No Woman No Cry is right. Why? No Woman, No Stress having to pay for everything shit look at me. How much you spend is how much pussy you're gonna get. No Money No Pussy." That got the crowd to die laughing for some reason; the girls were just like "Dear God" (but they know deep down inside the recesses of their soul that young DK is 100% correct).

Then you learn a few lessons in life:

1) Being on the mic constantly as a "hype-man" makes people think you work there.
2) These 2 random white kids begged me to sing a Jay-Z song with them. "Change Clothes". Aka, they wanted me to sing it while they reverse oreo'd my ass by flankin inbetween me. Jesus.
3) I bought this girl a beer. Unfortunately it backfired on me because she wound up hookin up with some dude who she was with. Whoops. But should it have been expected? She was from Jersey, young, stupid and naive, and wasted. Then she wanted me to sing for her. Fuck that ha. Oh well, the beer was $3.
4) Her friend kept puttin up the ROC sign. Are you fuckin jokin? Dear God she was plastered- I felt like I was in Seaside Heights or some shit for a good half-hour with these young'uns rummaging around. Then she wanted me to do a duet with her. "Stronger" by Kanye West. "THE ROCCCCCC".
5) These three girls (very nice by the way, albeit 2 of em were initially shy) me and my boy get to talkin to em- and I get humored as hell because when you mention shit such as "kickboxing" and "designated driver" all of a sudden you're viewed as "omg that's so cool, that's really nice" Well yes, I'm not tryin to get pulled over like I seen these 3 dudes do as soon as I got out of the bar. Usually I would have been more agressive and went for the number, but apparently they will be back again. I actually take their word for it, since one of them is infatuated with one of the bartenders here.
6) How retarded can one person be? It's not even midnight, and yet you're gonna attempt to steal someone's purse (actually he did steal it)...but yet you're gonna stick around the bar. Wow, what a jackass. Undercover cops came in and arrested the dude who did it; you can't be that arrogant. I mean, it's one thing if perhaps a cell phone was on the floor, you turned it off had it in ur pocket and then whatever...but a full purse? Sheesh.

That's all folks. And so on.

NBA Bettors Guide 3/6.

I didn't post yesterday but I had New Orleans (-6.5) over Dallas (which was a Lead Pipe Lock) and Denver (-7.5) over Portland for a 2-0 day.

Past 2 days: 6-6. Overall: 85-90-2. Lead Pipe Locks: 4-5-1.

New Jersey Nets (+9.5) @ Orlando Magic
Miami Heat @ Toronto Raptors (+1)
Atlanta Hawks (+2.5) @ Charlotte Bobcats
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics (-1.5)
Golden State Warriors @ Detroit Pistons (-9)
Milwaukee Bucks (+6.5) @ Chicago Bulls
Phoenix Suns @ Houston Rockets (-5.5)
Washington Wizards @ San Antonio Spurs (-12.5)- Lead Pipe Lock of the Day
Minnesota Timberwolves (+15.5) @ Los Angeles Lakers
Denver Nuggets @ Utah Jazz (-9)

And so on.

NBA Bettors Guide 3/4.

Yesterday: 4-4. Overall: 79-84-2. Lead Pipe Locks: 3-4-1.

Milwaukee Bucks @ Cleveland Cavaliers (-13)
Phoenix Suns @ Miami Heat (-2.5)
Boston Celtics (-7) @ New Jersey Nets- Lead Pipe Lock of the Day
Atlanta Hawks @ New York Knicks (pick 'em)
Washington Wizards @ Oklahoma City Thunder (-4.5)
Golden State Warriors (+7.5) @ Chicago Bulls
San Antonio Spurs (+3) @ Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets @ Utah Jazz (-8.5)
Indiana Pacers @ Portland Trailblazers (-10)
Memphis Grizzles @ Los Angeles Clippers (-2)

And so on.

NBA Bettors Guide 3/3.

Saturday: 3-4. Overall: 75-80-2. Lead Pipe Locks: 2-4-1.

Phoenix Suns @ Orlando Magic (-7)
Chicago Bulls @ Charlotte Bobcats (-2)- Lead Pipe Lock of the Day
Denver Nuggets (+3) @ Detroit Pistons
New Jersey Nets @ Milwaukee Bucks (-4)
Golden State Warriors @ Minnesota Timberwolves (-1)
Toronto Raptors @ Houston Rockets (-9)
Indiana Pacers (-2.5) @ Sacramento Kings
Memphis Grizzles @ Los Angeles Lakers (-15)

And so on.

Kickboxin Debut.

Man I tell ya, this weekend wasn't the best but it was far from the worst. Nothin entertaining really popped off, things just were how they were. I for one however DESPISE it with a passion when people try to force you to cancel plans which ultimately are for no reason. Don't get me wrong, I love my older sister (even though I don't express it much) but don't try to ruin my plans by tellin me that I have to get her...only for her friend out of the blue to call at like 1215 to tell me otherwise. You gotta be kiddin me. This wouldn't be a big deal except I wanted to drink Friday night. Thursday night was mediocre and Saturday night was one of those chill nights. Ya dig? I live a borin ass lifestyle these days.

With that said, I needed to kick start a new routine in my life. So I decided to hit up Valley Stream (which is the town over from the R-Block over the border to dreaded LI) and hit up the Extreme Muay Thai Gym. I've been dead set about joining a kickboxing school but all the ones that I've seen were in the city and likely hella expensive. I passed by this spot practically ALL THE TIME and didn't even realize it existed. Foolish me. Anyways, I get there a half-hour early as told by the instructor and he shows me some basic moves. I'm already bustin a small sweat; I mean damn I know I got extra insulation but still. When the actual class starts, of course you gotta stretch out a bit and then do hella pushups, situps and shit. It's embarassing not being able to do that many pushups lemme tell you. Tryin to push up and down 255 pounds 50x isn't easy, let alone tryin that 5x. FUCK! But I survived. Holdin your legs up in the air to do crunches and then keepin your legs lifted up for a full minute is a bitch and a half also. Afterwards, it was the cardio aspect of it and see...I did Taebo for a little while and I thought that was somethin...Billy Blanks wouldn't have shit on this. On top of this we had to run around the ring like 10x, including backwards. YIKES! The cool part though was the last 20 or so minutes- doing some sparring activities. I had to get used to it initially with the blocking and kicking...but I caught on relatively quickly. Man, when you do the last minute of straight back-to-back midlevel kicks...DEAR GOD that's a helluva workout in that alone. But I thought it was dope; my expectations were met and I'm gonna become a member. $150/month is solid for unlimited sessions. I guarantee you you'll see a new DK in about 3 months time. The one from the Summer of 2006 is comin back, that aura I had back then was lethal.

And so on.