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The NBA Playoffs

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For me, the regular season of the NBA is about as interesting as hockey. Sure, it’s a step above NASCAR and the WNBA, but you can just tell that no one is really trying.

However, as soon as the playoffs start, the NBA is worth watching. The Nuggets’ win over the Lakers last night was a prime reason why the NBA is worth watching during the post-season. Because players try. There is intrigue (Kobe vs. Melo vs. Lebron). There are villains (Kobe). There are freaks (Pau Gasol, who looks like Scott Macintyre’s uglier, hairier older brother). And there are the good guys (Chauncey Billups).

It all makes for some entertaining sport.

I’m rooting for the Cavs to win it all. Lebron James is just so crazy talented and the Cavs have had such a great season that I would love to see them win. As far as Kobe vs. Lebron? I could care less. Would I prefer to watch Lebron stomp on Kobe’s stupid face? Sure. Would I smile a little bit if the Nuggets beat the Lakers and sent Pau Gasol back to his summer residence in Uglytown? Absolutely.

The Hangover

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I won tickets to see a preview of The Hangover at the AMC Mainstreet theater tonight.

I laughed a lot.

Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms were their predictable awesome selves. The real surprise was Zach Galifianakis, who is absolutely hilarious. And a cameo by Mike Tyson’s tiger.

Quick thoughts before I go to bed:

  • AMC Mainstreet is much smaller than I envisioned it, but very nice. The theater we saw the movie in was huge.
  • Bummed there were no trailers.
  • Kris Allen FTW.
  • This post was published 6 minutes before my self-imposed midnight Every Day in May deadline.

Kris or Adam?

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You have to give it to the producers of American Idol. This season is one of the strongest group of competitors near the top that they’ve ever had. I’m sure there are people who could have seen any of Alison, Danny, Adam or Kris winning.

But we’re down to two: Adam and Kris.

On one side, you have the theatrical, flamboyant, crazy mad pipes rocker Adam. And on the other side, you have the sensitive, solid-every-week, instrumentally-talented, John Mayer-esque guitar man Kris. The two competitors are about as different as can be.

Both had very good nights, but if you’re scoring only the finale, you have to give it to Adam, if only because the horrible final song, “No Boundaries”, favored his unbelievable range.

But my iTunes dollars will go to Kris Allen.

It’s really only a personal preference at this point. Both performers are deserving of the title. Both are extremely talented musically and both I think have the respect for those who came before them. I’m not talking about Reuben and Fantasia and Taylor Horrible Hicks and that cast of characters. No, I’m talking about the actual musicians like Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye (both of whom were honored in song tonight) and the others who have treated music not as a contest to be won, but an artistic outlet.

Who knows what their careers will hold for them, but this is the first season where I honestly won’t be upset regardless who wins. Both of these guys are more talented than over half of the previous winners up to this point and certainly more talented than some of the clowns who have record deals.

America really can’t screw this one up.

Like they did with Taylor Hicks…

My Tattoo

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My tattoo 

I got this tattoo when I was nineteen years old. I was home from college for the summer working a horrible job as a roofing contractor in LaCygne for Boone Brothers Roofing. It was 12-15 hour days in the blazing Kansas summer sun working with 550-degree tar and a foreman who was addicted to speed.

But we made decent money, especially with all the overtime, some of which I blew on my tattoo.

I went to Skin Illustrations in Lenexa and worked with a guy named Clayton to design my tattoo that I had in my mind. I’d been focusing on the word persevere a lot. I thought the word was cool and I loved how I could apply it to nearly every part of my life.

Besides hanging out with my friends and school, my life really focused on one other thing.

Volleyball.

At the time when I got my tattoo, the significance of the word and they ball were very connected. I’d had a disappointing first year at Graceland, but had really re-committed myself that summer to working hard (persevering, natch).

When Clayton gave me the first design, it was bigger than I expected. After waiting for him to reduce the size, I endured the four hours of tattooing. It wasn’t too bad, just like someone scraping my leg for four hours in the same place with a safety pin.

Now, over a decade later, I’m still happy with the tattoo, even if my volleyball-playing days have passed. I’m even ready to get another one. But I’ll save that story for another post.

Red Maples

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Trees 

We have three trees in our yard: the Red Maple that was included with our house and two Bradford Pears.

As of today, we have doubled that number.

Alli and I headed to Suburban Lawn & Garden today, lured by the promises of discounted trees and our very own golf cart to drive around the grounds. (I also secretly hoped to run into Ahmed Hassan of Yard Crashers on DIY.) Our backyard is in need of some serious work and I’ve been bugging Alli for a couple of years to at least plant a few trees so they could get some height.

While our landscape plan is still a few dollars away, we’re at least going to get three trees in the ground this year, helping to build a little more privacy from our crazy neighbors shade and add some color to our bland, empty grass box of a backyard.

I can’t wait for them to be delivered!

New Sunglasses

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New Shades 

I used to have a pair of aviator sunglasses just like these from Pacific Sunwear. Somewhere along the way they were stolen by one of my brother’s friends during his bachelor party got lost. I really loved those sunglasses. They were the right proportion to my face (most aviators are not) and they were simple and classic, but also really cheap at $15.

I went back to get another pair but they were out of stock. Now, you’d think it would be easy enough to find a decent cheap pair of aviators, but you’d be wrong. I had to supplant them with a horrible pair of NASCAR-branded wraparounds from Walmart. (If you are anyone who knows me very well, you know my loathing for everything having to do with the National Association of Driving Fast and Making Left Turns.)

Finally, today I was able to find a viable replacement, the pair of $13 Merona aviators shown above. Target came through for me. Here’s hoping they don’t get eaten by a yeti lost again.

Coldplay

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Fix You 

A few years back, Alli and I went to see Coldplay on their Twisted Logic tour at Sandstone. Anyone who knows me understands that I’m a complete and utter fanboy for Chris, Guy, Jonny and Will.

They put on an amazing live show. Now, you can enjoy a few tracks from their live show for free. 

That’s right.

Coldplay is offering a 9-track free album called LeftRightLeftRightLeft to their fans via their website. Today only. Go download it now.