Fret not loyal followers, I'm still here!

Ok, I was MIA for a sec, kind of got lazy with the blogging but I also had a bunch of stuff to take care of for school which always hampers anything to do with the rest of my life.

Boy, got a lot of stuff to blog about but most of it you can read about on the respective blogs of Little Bear and VZ. Since the last time I posted I've been to LV - where I took in some 35+ degree weather, family fun, guns, and one crazy bet for all of one man's marbles -; I was a grooms man at a wedding - one which I was not completely sober for from start to finish -; I saw Bruno - "Stevie Wunderbar?" -; and I spent a day at Granville island under the influence of bananas and lots of cake - pigeons have deadly aim and I ain't ever taking The Number 14 bus. All in all, I can still remember my name, so all good.

Going to go enjoy the annual Dolphin Park Tourney Dunk Comp (which should be renamed the A.C. dunk comp. R.I.P. bro) and final later. The Dolphin tourney is always a bittersweet moment for me because it's a lot of good ball and sightseeing, but once it's over I know we've passed the halfway mark of summer and it's winding down. Unfortunately, summers are always too short here where I and the Hakka gang live.

For the curious, here are some sights from the past month:


(Keep this man away from your children folks)



("VESSSIDE!")



("Who's this action hero?")



("I swear, it felt this big!")



(The sexiest man in the world................NOOOOT!)



("Wunderbar!")


(watch out for the pigeons here. they got serious aim.)

Horrible song, GREAT video!

Not really much to say except press the mute button and enjoy the show (is it a surprise that Kanye directed this vid?):



This is kind of like a Johan Blaze dream sans the bodily fluids

What's spinnin' on Big Bird's iPod

Just discovered this artist. Really feeling it. On that real old old school tip, even down to the vinyl sound. Big Bird kind of music. Say hello to Mayer Hawthorne:



I feel like joining a barbershop quartet everytime I listen to this

Will I be going to T-Dot next season to catch a few Raptors games?

YES!

Mildly excited (nothing is set in stone until Hedo signs and we actually see this potential unit in action) and now I have another good excuse to visit my relatives in the big TO, in other words the potential starting 5 for the Raptors:

1. Calderon
2. DeRozan
3. Turkeyglue
4. Bosh
5. Bargnani

I like the international flavor to it-DeRozan might as well be Spanish/Filipino with that surname. Colangelo doin' work as usual, moving the chess pieces into the right spots. Still, Toronto is either a great bench or one solid superstarish player (preferably in the sg position) away from being regulars on ABC in June. Bosh will remain a second-tier superstar. Bargnani maybe, but I think he has still to prove he can be a consistent performer before I am going to consider him as a game changer. Calderon brings a Stockton presence at best. DeRozan? If all the hype is true (I haven't seen a game with him yet) we might have a star in the making. I think this potential Raps team will be fun to watch in a year or so, maybe even by mid season. Turk will be a nice addition, the anti-Marion in all the right ways. Did he come for the money? Heard on the radio today that it had more to do with lifestyle, his wifey wasn't feeling the twin peaks style living in Portland and the fact that it's another 5 hours on a plane to Turkey. Of course, Toronto is forking up another 5+ mill more than the city of roses for Turk's services, buuuuuuuuuuuuuut money ain't a thang right? right?