Wow, so I actually got around to making one of these things... I dunno, maybe it's 'cause I was bored, or maybe I felt like I actually had something important to say. I'm not sure which, nor really where to begin. I'm not quite 100% sure how I want this all to come together, so I figure I might as well start rambling and go from there, right?
Right...
So, how are your Final Four brackets looking? Mine look fantastic because I didn't actually fill one out, and thus am not out $10 or whatever. Gotta' love the Final Four, when college athletes and teamwork come together... Love or hate basketball, it's still pretty fun to watch... Except for those times when teams go for like 10 or 15 minutes without making a basket which.... Actually happens quite often in college ball... But forget all the technicality of it, it's a great time of year where you can sit down and watch basketball for 12+ hours straight for two days in a row and cheer for teams you've never heard of, and are probably too incapacitated to remember. Teams like Valparaiso, Coppin St., Austin Peay, Lehigh, Colgate (not the toothpaste, ya tool...), Southeast Missouri St., Oral Roberts, and Rider... (Only one of those teams made it in this year, and I bet most can't guess which without checking their brackets...)
God, I love this time of year. I wouldn't normally give a rat's ass about college basketball, seeing as the University of Michigan hasn't had a halfway decent team since Steve Fisher and co. bought and paid for the Fab Five, and that douchebag, Chris Webber. But, nothing pleases me more than to see some stupid, redneck band of inbred white boys, or a bunch of nerdy, no-name bookworms knock out a team that every "expert" salivates over and claims "could not possibly lose" in the tournament.
Thank you, Northern Iowa.
And that's what makes these games so great. I can't wait until a 16th seeded team FINALLY wins, and it will happen. Oh yes... It was somewhat close last year, and one of my friends on Facebook posted that he would "passionately make love to a fleshlight," if it had happened... I think that's how the quote went, anyway. (He knows who he is, if he actually reads this...) Anyway, it's already at the time when just four teams remain, and naturally... The best four teams, and conferences are represented.
Michigan State out of the Big Ten, West Virginia (of all teams....) out of the Big East, Duke out of the ACC... And Butler out of the Horizon League...
Wait, what? HORIZON LEAGUE?! Who the hell ever heard of the HORIZON League?!?!?!?!?! Do they sell cellular phones to finance their institutions?! (insert gong) Seriously, what the hell is up with that? Not that I mind seeing a Horizon League team in the Final Four, it's just that if I'm choosing a Horizon League school, I'm totally choosing The University of Detroit-Mercy, and Dick Vitale's got my back on that one.
In all seriousness, we know who I'm pulling for, despite where I graduated from. Yeah, I am an actual University of Michigan alumni, although I did graduate from their bastard child in Dearborn, but hey... Who's really keeping score anyway, right? I'd love nothing more than to see MSU play WVU for the title. Duke and their dickhead coach can suck on it. Everybody knows Coach K is a douche, regardless of how successful or good of a coach he is. I think the only people that want Duke to win, are alumni (like my high school physics teacher) and people who put money on them. Other than that, I'd be totally content if Butler won it. I mean, they do have home court, right?
So, I've rambled enough about college hoops, but I think it's important to state where I stand, right? Well, I did anyway... even if nobody else cared.
What else is going on in the world? Oh yeah, looks like Kate Gosselin is being a bitch on Dancing With the Stars (WHY I JUST CAN'T PICTURE THAT, FOLKS!) and Ricky Martin came out... Which, apparently was news to some people... Hmmm... Elsewhere it seems that some stupid broads blew themselves up in Russia.
You know, that's one I just don't get. Where is the logic in your head going, when someone is telling you to go and blow YOUR-self up to kill someone else? I'd like someone to explain that to me.
Intelligent person: So, yeah, you're telling me you want to strap this bomb on myself, while you stand here and spout hate on your soapbox, perfectly safe from harm?
Terrorist douche: Ummm, yeah... That's the plan.
Intelligent person: Yeah? Hmmm... *ponders* Well, you can go screw yourself.
THAT'S HOW THAT CONVERSATION SHOULD GO EVERY TIME!!! What's the worst he's going to do? Shoot you?! Well, either way it looks like you'd be dead. I mean, does anybody actually stop and contemplate the ridiculousness of the request? You know.... This is why I can't support terrorism. It just doesn't make sense!
Well, that's just one of the reasons, I suppose. That and I'm not particularly into the whole "killing people" thing, either. It's just messy. I think there's a few others too, but... Yeah, I think most people get the idea. Anyway, I've probably said more than enough for one day, so I'll just leave it at that and see which way the wind blows.
