Billy Gillispie's tenure as head coach of the University of Kentucky has officially ended. I typed about five paragraphs of commentary while listening to the official press conference. I read back through it, though, and it wasn't much more than "ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!1! this sux!!1 he needs moar time! but he's a dick! ARGH" So I deleted it. Maybe I'll have some more coherent thoughts later.
Two quick notes: I've had it with "passionate" as a euphemism for "insane" in reference to the Kentucky fan base. People in the national media need to just come out and say "Kentucky has the most retarded, overpriviliged fans in the nation." Sad to say, that would be much more truthful than labeling us passionate. Second, if we hire Travis Ford--who has a reputation of being just as big of a prick as Gillispie--I will, like Andy Bernard when his staple is encased in Jello, lose my freakin mind and start kicking trash cans across my office.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
American Idol is "for the birds"! ZING!
Lynn loves American Idol so much that she gets mad at me when I make fun of it. Even she found Megan's performance this week a bit ridiculous. And by "a bit," I mean "extremely."
Megan, the be-tatted single mother from Utah, decided to sing "Rockin' Robin" during Michael Jackson night (technically, he did sing it, but really, Megan, that's the song you pick on Michael Jackson night?). Her red dress matched the song quite well, as did her ad-libbed coda. Take a look at this (the money moment is at about 3:12 if you don't want to wade through the bland):
In case you're at work, here's a quick transcript:
Megan: "...oh rockin' robin well you really gonna rock toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! Caw! Caw!"
That's right. Caw. Lynn and I both about fell in the floor laughing. I've watched it fifteen times in the last ten minutes and it never gets old.
Not surprisingly, given how most of the judges treat the contestants with kid gloves, none of the judges took a shot at her for this, despite it being almost as ridiculous as some of the antics the early-season rejects pull. Kara Dioguardi's comment should have been, "I hope that you do some things in the future that show some falsetto, show some range, AND MAKE FEWER EFFIN BIRD NOISES!"
Or maybe she was calling Simon out for being a chicken, Arrested Development style:
She'd fit right in.
Megan, the be-tatted single mother from Utah, decided to sing "Rockin' Robin" during Michael Jackson night (technically, he did sing it, but really, Megan, that's the song you pick on Michael Jackson night?). Her red dress matched the song quite well, as did her ad-libbed coda. Take a look at this (the money moment is at about 3:12 if you don't want to wade through the bland):
In case you're at work, here's a quick transcript:
Megan: "...oh rockin' robin well you really gonna rock toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! Caw! Caw!"
That's right. Caw. Lynn and I both about fell in the floor laughing. I've watched it fifteen times in the last ten minutes and it never gets old.
Not surprisingly, given how most of the judges treat the contestants with kid gloves, none of the judges took a shot at her for this, despite it being almost as ridiculous as some of the antics the early-season rejects pull. Kara Dioguardi's comment should have been, "I hope that you do some things in the future that show some falsetto, show some range, AND MAKE FEWER EFFIN BIRD NOISES!"
Or maybe she was calling Simon out for being a chicken, Arrested Development style:
She'd fit right in.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
I'll Be Honest...
...I'm only trying to put Kent and Dana's recent post to shame. Just kidding--I've actually wanted to put these pictures up for a long time.
Ben was sent home from work at 11:00 a.m. Our heat froze up and then our power went out. Once I packed up our fridge, our clothes and our dogs, we headed to my sister's one bedroom apartment. The only reason we survived the Ice Storm of '09 is because of Carrie, but I have to admit it was really hard being "iced in"--with 3 people and 3 dogs--for 6 days. Yes, we were out of power for 6 days!
I know many people had it much harder, so I won't complain too much! Here is what we saw when we finally went back to our neighborhood:
We were sure this tree was going to take down our apartment. Both the tree and the deck are back to normal.
Richmond Road...although 3 or 4 inches of snow is on the ground, the trees and power lines are coated in a thick layer of ice and snow.
Everything was coated in a thick layer of ice. I wish I were a better photographer so you could see how thick the ice was on street signs, chain link fences, power lines.
Beautiful!
Although snow in March is not uncommon in Kentucky, hopefully the warm weather is here to stay!
Ben was sent home from work at 11:00 a.m. Our heat froze up and then our power went out. Once I packed up our fridge, our clothes and our dogs, we headed to my sister's one bedroom apartment. The only reason we survived the Ice Storm of '09 is because of Carrie, but I have to admit it was really hard being "iced in"--with 3 people and 3 dogs--for 6 days. Yes, we were out of power for 6 days!
I know many people had it much harder, so I won't complain too much! Here is what we saw when we finally went back to our neighborhood:
We were sure this tree was going to take down our apartment. Both the tree and the deck are back to normal.
Richmond Road...although 3 or 4 inches of snow is on the ground, the trees and power lines are coated in a thick layer of ice and snow.
Everything was coated in a thick layer of ice. I wish I were a better photographer so you could see how thick the ice was on street signs, chain link fences, power lines.
Beautiful!Although snow in March is not uncommon in Kentucky, hopefully the warm weather is here to stay!
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