Thank God For Samurai Mike

Props to Coach Mike Singletary for restoring honor and pride back to the Bay Area. I know it’s only been a quarter of the season, but Bay Area fans such as myself can’t help but feel the growing excitement Singletary has generating with this team. The 49ers have looked like shit for a long while, but it looks like Singletary is putting an end to all of that. In a league where it has become conventional to be pass-happy, hyper aerial aggressive, and lavish and over-the-top on and off the field, Samurai Mike has returned the 49ers to basics. Less turnovers and punishing defense. The result: no nonsense and victories. Here’s my respect and thanks to Samurai Mike for igniting Bay Area football.

Coach Singletary/ Samurai Mike back in the day...

Samurai Mike Trivia:

-NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1985 and 1988.

-SuperBowl XX Champion

-Once gave a rousing and motivational speech that would later inspire the Defense. Ditka has mentioned that while it started out quiet, within minutes, Samurai Mike was screaming at the top of his lungs and the defensive players were throwing chairs and knocking over tables, propelling the team.

-Hall of Famer in 1998.

-Was so good he won endorsements with Lens Crafters.

-Poetic in PSAs.

Mad Men/ Christina Hendricks Plug

8/16/09 10pm AMC

The reason you haven’t felt it is because it doesn’t exist. What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. You’re born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts. But I never forget. I’m living like there’s no tomorrow, because there isn’t one. -Don Draper

Rest In Peace to the King of Pop

Even if you’re a fucking douchebag and couldn’t comprehend the once awesomeness of Michael Jackson,  all the shock, all the nonstop RIP shoutouts, all the nostalgic talks mean one thing: the King of Pop matterS. His works, his videos, his music, his steez, and his moments will forever transcend what they once were, and forever become a part of our lives– whether you like it or not.

Richard Dorment said it best, “Whether you’re talking about the first time you saw the “Thriller” video or the first time you tried to moonwalk, you’re not really talking about Michael Jackson. You’re talking about yourself. The art is just a marker, allowing each of us to find our way back to some earlier, happier, more carefree version of ourselves.”

Suggestive Advertising

Still not feelin’ BK.

Driving Drunk and Running People Over vs. Killing Dogs

Apparently, getting faded and plowing through a 59 year-old man isn’t as bad as killing dogs. Donte Stallworth, the Cleveland Browns receiver will be serving a 30-day jail sentence for doing just that.

Cosplay Nation

Who Is This Cosplayin' Beezy?

Some time last week, me, Davis D., and my LV cuzos Joe and Sas biked through downtown SJ on a beautiful day. The weather was nearly perfect, we had the right amount of company rollin’ through (with no bitter bellyachin’ bitches and no awkward-ass, sky-photo-takin’ eunuchs around), and hardly any d-bags encountered. But I must say, what made the day were all the cosplayers chillin’ and lurkin’ around downtown.

Fanime was taking place, and there were literally many characters that can be seen. If you haven’t hearrrd, Fanime is the convention put on for the fans, by the fans. It’s a sick place to check out them cosplayin’ beezies while buyin’ your anime dvds. Check out the pics below. It’s always fun/ funny to see a group this enthusiastic.

HOC x Deadpool SUmmer '09

Effective Advertising?

I recently encountered one of Match.com’s video ads after signing out of MySpace, and I thought to myself, just how effective is this kind of advertising. Not only was it corny and weird, as some actress “flirts” with the viewer, it was still memorable since there was a pretty attractive face that most men can stare at. The ad wasn’t compelling or even the slightest bit clever. Sex didn’t sell me on this, considering Match.com didn’t get my money.  But they did however sell me on remembering their brand. It was through a narrative, their story of you supposedly convincing her to reveal a part of herself.

“You feeling something. That’s what sells. Not them. Not sex.” -Don Draper

Schultz City

Screw the Spirit DVD, click the pic to read the two-page Sin City meets Charlie Brown comic…

Conformity: Youth’s Enemy

Kanye West Needs Another Awakening

Kanye once said his greatest pain is to never be able to see himself perform live.  Perhaps the gay fish needs to take a long look at the pain of being seen with his douchebag friends.