According to unofficial reports, Steve Nash will win his second straight MVP award, becoming only the tenth player in history to win the award two years in a row. This year Nash is expected to finish in first plenty of votes ahead of LeBron James, leaving Kobe Bryant totally dogged. NBA fans who thought that Nash's marginal MVP victory over Shaq last year was cute, now have little choice but to respect the Sun's flashy playmaker. I don't know why I decided to publicly back LeBron for MVP in my last blog when I have been arguing for Nash's repeat in the private sphere all season long. I guess the Cavs nine game win streak, with LeBron scoring at least 35 in the last seven of those games, was enough to convince me King James needed to be officially recognized as a basketball great.
It's cool though, cause I love Nash. He is the best player in gamecube's NBA Live '05. Thanks to JChan for loaning me that game. Unfortunately I am a scum bag because I left the game at a friend's place and he ended up getting robbed. He bought NBA Live '06 as a replacement. I'll get back to you on whether or not the thieving was a blessing in disguise. Actually, I can tell you now it wasn't. We got f*cking jacked. His laptop, PS2, Lord of the Rings dvds, and a few other gamecube games were all taken.
School year is almost done. I've been outside a lot, really putting hours in improving my basketball skills. I've got a left hand now, you betta ask somebody. I get home May 12th and if I can pass some drug tests I'll be working over 40 hours a week. Snoogins.
Yesterday I turned in a paper that is probably my best piece ever. It's about how I try to throw myself into a completely alien environment to try to fuel my own writing. Please read it here. Also, if you ever wanted to know about the best documented, one of the most passionate love letter correspondences in history you can read my this.
My dad keeps telling me Gomez is coming to Omaha. WTF is Gomez?
So there was this YouTube contest that gave $25,000 to the best video satirizing pop culture. The winner, through his mastery of the ancient Nintendo baseball video game RBI Baseball, was able to recreate the classic game 6 of the 1986 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets. He played the game for a number of hours and recorded each play to match the real life game, and put it all in sync with the radio broadcast. This is the legendary game in which Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner let a ball go between his legs, costing the Sox the game and eventually the series. As a baseball fan, I respect how crazy of a game that was. It featured a dominant performance by the greatest pitcher of all time, Roger Clemens, in a season where he won Cy Young and MVP honors in the American League. It is totally cool enough for Conor Lastowka, the contest winner, to obsess over and way cooler that he was able to match an incredible baseball game in the virtual world. Video viewable here.
You might not find that interesting, but after learning Lastowka's story and checking out some of his other ideas I've found something I think we all can get into. Five years ago at the University of Virginia, college of hippy wankers, Lastowka started National High Five Day. The holiday falls every year on the third Thursday of April. Check out www.nationalhighfiveday.com. There is a pretty funny video on there and also a link to Lastowka's feature on Jimmy Kimmel Live. You know these guys are for real if they are down with Jimmy Kimmel, the financial backer of Andy Milonakis.
I love high fives. Something larger than life happens when two humans agree to collide their bodies in a smacking sound of celebration. You can literally feel a high five boom from up to 50 yards away. National High Five Day is this Thursday, 4-20-2006. Be a part of the celebration. Be excited to physically connect with anyone and everyone you know. Raise a friendly open palm to anyone you make eye contact with. Make it as awkward as possible by high fiving policemen, teachers, custodians, or people without hands. Full participation makes the message clearer that high fives are awesome.
I'd like to end this blog with my own discussion of the NBA's 2006 Most Valuable Player. His name is Lebron James.