YAYsports! NBA is having a Carnival
Published by The Cavalier January 4th, 2008 in NBA, Movies, Paul Pierce, Blogs, Blog Resurrection
As part of the Blog Resurrection, we’ll be hosting Carnival of the NBA Number Fifty-Three, which promises to be the most different NBA Carnival of all time.
Reasons for this are secret, because we like to make vague statements, not back them up, and then drop bombs that essentially say “told you so, dummies“.
Submissions are wide open to ANYONE - we don’t care if you’re an NBA blog or not. We don’t even care if you’re a blog - if you just want to send in a random link or a picture of yourself or a magic word or anything, we’ll include it. Email your submissions to yaysports@gmail.com.
In other news, upon our return to LA, we’ve been going through all these Academy screeners - here’s what we’ve watched. Beware possible alluded-to spoilers:
Juno - This is a great movie, with great performances, many of which save the (at times) overly-cute/precious dialog. We’re not entirely sure we like how Jason Bateman’s character was left off, but man could we relate to him. NOTE:
Michael Cera does what he does really well, but we’re wondering if he can do anything else. Superbad, Arrested Development, Clark and Michael - it’s all the same character. Is the directer asking for “awkward mumbler who pauses a lot and sometimes repeats words out of nervousness”, or is it just the choice he makes every time? This isn’t a criticism, but a curiosity.
No Country For Old Men - This was awesome - we had a nightmare about Javier Bardem last night. Completely falls apart in the last 30 minutes due to a strange writing choice, but this may have been how the novel it’s based on went or something. It was cool, anyway.
Lars and the Real Girl - This was good, if you’re able to buy in. Kinda walks that line that Little Miss Sunshine completely crossed for me, ie the “LOOK AT ME I AM A QUIRKY INDEPENDENT FILM WITH QUIRKY CHARACTERS”. Juno walked this line, as well - we liked it more for some reason, though.
Next up: I am Legend, Into the Wild, The Kite Runner, Boney’s Jewish North Carolina Vacation
Hey, one other thing - we have no idea the difference between a caucus and a primary, or how it works to decide who gets the Presidential nomination, but we have an idea. How about this - if you want to run for President, sign up, get x number of signatures to qualify, and then do it.
The government then uses something we regular people have called a “computer” to set up a voting system.
This is based on the caucus voting footage we saw on CNN yesterday that was taking place in SOMEONE’S LIVING ROOM. This is why we don’t vote now, and never have before - we refuse to participate in a system that thinks it’s 1846.
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That’s exactly how I felt about Juno. Every single line was trying to be a quirky catchphrase. Very entertaining though.
Oh you bastards.
Where’d all the support for Coach Mike go? Or any for that matter. Just a little?
Will no man make a stand!?
http://www.yaysports.com/nba/2007/06/coach_mike_is_getting_extended.html
I’ve wondered the same thing about Cera, is it a method or is it type-casting? I wasn’t terribly enamored with ‘No Country,’ I thought Bardem was flat and seemed to be overly reliant on his look. The scene with him and the store clerk didn’t work for me at all. I really like the Cohen brothers but this one fell short of the hype. ‘3:10 to Yuma’ was the best film I saw in 07.
Coen … ugh … whatever
As a POS major it’s funny to hear someone not obsessed with politics talk about the elections. It’s at the same time both a refreshing ignorance and the scary despotism that Tocqueville warned about.
I agree with Fios, 3:10 to Yuma was an awesome movie. I also disagree with Fios, No Country for Old Men was a great story.
“Boney’s Jewish North Carolina Vacation “:
Detroit native Boney has decided to take his wife ,Becky, kids 14 year-old Boney jr. and 12 year-old Cobra to a North Carolina theme park called Jewish World. But when Cobra takes up pot smoking and Boney jr. reads porno magazines, annoying Cousin Eddie sends spiteful Aunt Edna to join them on their trip, the ‘Stones get stuck in the ghetto, Aunt Edna dies, Boney drives off the road in his jeep, hillbillies take all their money, and Boney is shot at in a synagogue , will their vacation be all it was cracked up to be?
Jeremiah you might be down on yourself but I don’t think that makes you a major piece of shit
P.S. Primaries held in lily white states are worthless
Best thing about S.Tan’s link? This comment:
Boney: Jun 6th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
JackCobra,
you’re a sexy beast!
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Ah, the good ol’ days.
^Fios
Yeah we all make that joke too.
^NotAJew
What handle did you post under before taking on that one? You sound familiar…
I’m serious - if he walked in and was like, “Hey, it’s me, Luke Ridnour!” I wouldn’t even blink. We all look the same.
Cav, I had the exact same conversation about Cera with someone this morning, weird…and Juno’s Ellen Page even got a sports blog post from me (http://mcbias.blogspot.com/2007/12/non-sports-babble-actress-ellen-page.html). I definitely should watch the movie.
BTW, the tour post (which was brilliant, by the way) reminded me a little bit of something Paul Shirley would write, and watching your WSM? teaser, you even look a little bit like Paul Shirley. I don’t know where I’m going with this, except to say it’s weird; has anyone pointed that out to you before?
See? We all look the same!
(I have been told only that I look like Hugh Grant and Michael Vartan (The guy from Alias).These were both from my mom, so take that for what it’s worth.)
Jordi,
I still believe that Jack is a sexy beast, no matter how he feels about me. I’m allowed to think these things to myself… by myself… when noone is looking…
NotAJew,
kinda funny, made me crack a smile a little bit. I’ve only been to north carolina once (the outer banks) and I was kicked/thrown out of “The Pit” bar while watching a band play because my cousin Jimmy got fresh with one of the waitresses. Oh, and then we got run out of an arcade on the pier in Kitty Hawk because I told the guy I put a $5 in his change machine, and when he opened it there was only a stack of 1s. I swear I put a $5 in, I wanted to play Street Fighter II!
Have a nice weekend everyone!
Jeremiah, I guess my handle could be IMDB. Since that’s the site I plagarized. I’m a total sham.
The Cav= is the love child of Hugh Grant and the dude who plays House on “House”. His name is also Hugh I think.
What I’m trying to say is you should change your name to Hugh. Plenty of people in Hollywood do it.
Hey I should totally have like a mega-British accent, then.
that guy that plays House is a jerk though, so you’d fit the part!
Holy sh*t, you’re obnoxious, egotistical, a bad writer, and look like Hugh Grant?!? The Cavalier is like my Good Twin. If only you were a little shadier…
Hey I’m not a bad writer!
this is the YAYSports! I’ve grown to know and love!
keep up the good work!
/sarcasm
How come when everyone complained Boney was all happy. And when everyone is like “yay, the Cav is back, let’s bake a cake”, Boney is all sad. He is like Oscar the Grouch.
I believe, and this is a conclusion reached after only a brief look at the evidence, that Boney is an attention whore.
The Cavalier,
My sister and brother-in-law are going to New Orleans to watch the Buckeyes. I should tell them to make a sign that reads “HI BONEY”
the Cav looks like Seth Meyers
Jordi, I’m 100% happier now that Cav is back. You’ll notice by the old posts when he first mentioned retiring that I was the most upset about it!
I know it’s hard to believe but, I have nothing to pimp so I don’t need any additional attention.
Ha.