Might As Well Get Used to It

Whether you're in love with the trade or not, it's done with and it's time to accept what is now your new New York Knicks. D'Antoni's offense has been known to boost players statistics so hopefully he can turn Melo into the top ten player that many people think he's not.

Hopefully Melo's performance and the talk of the Knicks actually getting a 1st AND a trade exception in the deal help swallow the bitter pill that is the possibility of Isiah Thomas back in the organization calling shots.

The Odd Future Conundrum

Preface: I enjoy OFWGKTA.

Even though the first single that I purchased was Puff Daddy and the Family "Been Around the World" I didn't really start getting into hip hop until Kanye dropped "College Dropout." Kanye on more than once occasion on his blog has linked back to Nah Right and other music aggregators. From sites like Nah Right I was able to immerse myself into hip hop culture whether it be through other aggregators like 2dopeboyz, old school hip hop bloggers like Dart Adams at Poisonous Paragraphs,and hip hop culture blogs like Dallas Penn. After going to each of these sites they introduced me to even more sites, and now I feel pretty educated on most things hip hop from 1990 to the present.

What I'm wondering is, if OF gets big within the next eight years and they get a big enough following and the OF label stretches over more artists, how will the chanting of "Fuck Nah Right", "Fuck 2dopeboyz" and pretty much "Fuck Bloggers" effect the future of hip hop culture. How will kids who didn't grow up in the early 90's where record stores were abundant and radio was still decent be able to get educated on old school hip hop and the culture behind it? Or will the attitude of fuck oldheads, fuck that music, this is new and this is now take over?

My starting five >>>>>>

http://www.nba.com/tntfantasydraft/

I took Charles spot and didn't draft anyone that he did. Here's my team. Not saying this is what I think are my top ten players of all time, I'm just saying that I think this is the best team that I could create taking into consideration everyone else's picks.


1.Shaq C
2.Magic Johnson PG
3.Lebron James SF
4.Bob Pettit PF
5.Dirk Nowitzki SF
6.Dwayne Wade SG
7.Amare Stoudemire PF
8.Neil Johnston C
9.Kevin Johnson PG
10.Elton Brand SF

Starting Five: 1. Magic 2. Wade 3. Lebron 4. Pettit 5. Shaq

Three Things That Have Gotten me Through Finals

1. X-Men Arcade on XBLA



2. Dexter



3. Bendis and Maleev run on Daredevil



Three down, one more to go.

Updog

Still haven't gotten a response back.

Wolverine #41 & #42

Didn't have any comics coming through my subscription this week so I went over to the bargain bin and searched for something that looked interesting. I came across Wolverine #41 & #42 among some other comics (a couple of shitty Nightwing comics from a couple of years ago, The Avengers #280, and the hardcover for the Onslaught 2 crossover).



Both issues were written by Larry Hama of G.I Joe fame. They take place in the middle of a storyline where Donald Pierce has created two androids, one taking on the form of a little girl, Elsie Dee, and one taking on the form of Logan, Albert. Initially both androids were supposed to kill Logan but after seeing that Logan was willing to risk his life for Elsie Dee, she could not detonate herself. Forge examines her to see if he can remove the bomb from Elsie Dee but he cannot. Meanwhile Albert hijacks a stealth fighter and him and Logan duel. While they're fighting F-16s blow up the stealth fighter. #41 opens with Jubilee and Forge looking for Logan in the wreckage.

Elsie Dee finds Logan who is passed out in the sewers. When she sees that "Wogan" isn't waking up she runs for help. She ends up stomping on Sabretooth's face, who was just crushed by Caliban of the Morlocks (New Mutants Vol. 1 #91). Elsie Dee informs him that Logan is in the sewers, unaware of their past, and Sabretooth goes and tries to find Logan.

Meanwhile it's raining outside. The same Morlocks who beat the shit out of Sabretooth are getting flooded in the streets, they decide to pump the water back into the sewers, the sewers that Logan and Sabretooth are in.

They end up fighting, Logan has flashbacks of Silverfox, and Sabretooth keeps telling Logan that Sabretooth is in fact Logan's "Daddy" (wut).

At the end of the issue Albert wakes up from the depths of the river.

Marc Silvestri is the artist and he does a pretty good job. If you were only looking at the cover of Wolverine #42 you wouldn't be able to tell thought. Sabretooth looks like the cowardly lion on steroids.



#42 opens with Elsie Dee begging Cable (who stayed behind to make sure Sabretooth was dead after the New Mutants and Morlocks left) to blast the door open to save Logan. Cable refuses saying that he'll drown if he opens the door. Elsie Dee pops her head off and throw it like a tennis ball at Cable, steals his gun, and blows the door open.

The flood waters coming rushing in and all four of our characters are trapped against "Gate 23" that the Morlocks just closed to stop the flooding in their slum. Cable goes to kill Elsie Dee (I know she's an android but... can anyone really justify having him watch over Hope after this?) but Logan stops him. All four characters will die if the Dam isn't lifted. Elsie Dee decided to sacrifice herself to save Logan. She uses the same bomb that was supposed to destroy Logan to blow up the Dam. Before she does that she takes off her head and throws it off to the others, then explodes.

In the meantime Forge has Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D look for Wolverine, they eventually find them after seeing the explosion at the Dam. Elsie Dee's batteries are going to run out and her memory is on the brink of being erased forever. She tells Logan that it's okay that her memory can be erased because she now knows what having a true friend feels like. While this is happening Sabretooth (who was brought on board the helicopter that rescued the crew) breaks out of his shackles and attacks Logan. Elsie Dee ends up bighting Sabretooths head, which somehow makes him jump out of the helicopter.

Back on the helicopter Logan is all "Wtf?" to Nick Fury about Sabretooth claiming to be his father. Nick explains that it's false but that Sabretooth really thought that he was Logan's father.

Meanwhile in the water,Sabretooth is about to crush Elsie Dee's head when Albert comes and saves her. Before her memory goes out he charges her battery to give her life.

Overall I thought it was an okay pick up. You can't really beat 50 cents and I needed something to read and keep my mind off of finals. The cover for #42 though... sheesh.

Study Food

I had a huge exam Today (that I aced) that I studied all day for yesterday. One of my favorite lunches to make while studying is my awesome grilled cheese.



I take whatever bread I have in the refrigerator (yesterday it was Wonder 100% Whole Wheat.. I don't really care for bread here), throw some mayo and SRIRACHA HOT CHILI SAUCE sparingly (shit's hot B) over the mayo. Then apply the amount of cheese you want. I use four slices of American yellow, two on each piece of bread. Warm up your pan and throw some butter on it.



Once the butter has melted on the pan throw each piece of bread cheese side up on the pan. Let it get nice and brown, when that happens flip them onto each other.



Keep the sandwich on the pan to let the cheese melt, flipping every now and then. Be careful, you don't want to burn the sandwich.



I throw some Lays Wavy chips onto my plate and run back to my desk to cram once the whole cooking process is over, quick and easy.



I took the test today and received an 85 on it. Coupled with the 100 I got on my previous test + attendance I got an A in the class. I blame it all on the sandwich.