Welcome to another installment of What The Phuck, my perspective for Philly sports as a Philly fan, and an excuse to rant about it in a general forum. The 2011 season for most NFL teams and fanatics have either been filled with wonder, awe, or heartbreak. Sometimes a mixture of the three. For me being a Philly fan, it's just been God-awful. Let me emphasize on this a little bit. It's week 12, there's 5 more to go, and a team that was held high for so much of the season even after failed ridicule and a hell-gauntlet of a division, the NFC East, to end up at this point being 4-7 is all but humbling at this point. It's damn right embarrassing. I like to point out my views on how come there is so much fail in the organization.
I'm not gonna point fingers to the players, yet... Don't worry they got their share in this BootLeG approved ass-chewing, but the bulk of it have to fall on the coaching staff. Andy Reid can't seem to place the players he have or lead them in a way to constantly perform. The defensive coordinator can't seem to get their front line to hold a rush for anything. Can't really place blame on the offensive coordinator, that's realistically the players fault. But I've seen the decline of Andy's coaching performance throughout the years. Hell, even when Donovan McNabb was still flying high and wearing green, it seemed that he couldn't even coach a kindergartner to eat a pizza at a Chuck E. Cheese. This guy is really gone down the shitter in the past years and now here we are looking down the barrel of our first losing season since the late 90's, it's real disappointing. I hope Jeff Laurie is reading this cause this should not continue if he wants his organization to be successful again. Now, that's just the tip of the iceberg that I want to get out of my chest. Let's dig a little deeper in the rabbit hole.
Sticking to what I love (now loathe) the most of my birds are is the offense. I just can't wrap my head around such atrocity that have came into them. Starting off with the QB that PETA and dog-lovers love to hate, Michael Vick, out with a rib injury because he want's to be a big tough dumbass and take every hit that comes to him instead of trying to keep away and stay healthy. I swear he's about as useful as Matt Leinert to the position, not much for anything long term. Not to mention the interceptions, on God, the interceptions that he threw. It's not all his fault, but it's safe to say that 70% of all the picks that occur is because he can't or won't throw to the boys in green. Almost like he doesn't give a crap now that he got his contract. I got news for ya, that crap does not fly with me or any fan, and I'm sure it's not gonna fly with the organization as well too. And speaking of QB's I'm really pissed at Vince Young pretty much jinxing the team calling it the Dream Team in the preseason and eventually dooming themselves to a Nightmare on Broad Street. Finally bringing in something to the picture in the past two weeks now that he's been off of his injury in the preseason. Ugh, these friggin' guys. And keeping up with the pace with being offensive heavy, how about DeSean Jackson. He's been on-again-off-again most of this season not being in top form for as long as I can remember. When was the last time he made a decent punt return, oh yeah, the Miracle at the Meadowlands last year. Also he's been dropping passes left and right, and when he does catch, it's for little yardage. In fact, all of the Eagles' wide receivers are playing like crap this year. The only decent player is LeSean McCoy. Just about the only solid performer we have this year. I have to say that he's the only pro-bowl athlete on the Eagles roster this year.
But now, let me shift your attention to an extremely lacking Eagles defense. I mean, the front line offers nothing to rush the opposing QB like what Trent Cole used to do a season or two ago. It's just so pathetic and even worse the ones that do bring up effort in when it supposed to count, in the deep end where you should find the likes of Jason Avant and others that seem to have a hard-friggin' time catching up to the opposing teams wide receivers. Especially in the forth quarter where they seem to forget that the game actually has that many. That I think is what pisses me off most of all, is the fact of all the fourth quarter blown opportunities, hell, you could contribute to the fact that after the half they start to decline. I think Andy Reid gives them stupid pills threatens to stomp on their balls if they actually start giving a damn after the half. It's almost like their half time preparations consists of booking their bus tickets and hotel stays for the next loss in the next place. Regardless, the only thing worse than the defense, but still in relation to it, is their special teams. No real good returns for position, or touchdown for that matter. And as for the kicking team, well, lets just hope to God that the other team either call a fair catch or take a knee. All I have to say is please for all that is good and decent, just show up for jeebus sake.
So I'm willing to concede that the Eagles' season is over. There's no way to compete in such debotchary. It's not to say that we have the worse record this year so far, that's goes to the Colts being at 0-11. But that could be easily contributed to the fact that they aren't shit without Peyton Manning which is true; versus that we have a slew of Pro Bowl contenders and with out a doubt completely blow it out their butts. It's ridiculous and I'm pretty much done with it. Thank God that I'm a football fan overall, and yes true my alliance is with all sports Philly, it's just that like all hardcore Philly fans, when shit hits the fan, we make sure they know about it, HARD. Thank God the Flyers are doing well and hopefully the Phills can go for another 100+ win season next year.
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Showing posts with label fail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fail. Show all posts
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Not feeling up to par...
Eh, just not up to par right now. It's been kind of a busy week personally trying to get household affairs together. Mainly just some bonding that I want to do with my boys, and a long awaited family game night.
But among all the bonding and stuff, I did manage to find a fail to occupy the dozens and dozens of stumble-upon-ers that come over to this nook on the internet. Here's til the next time.
But among all the bonding and stuff, I did manage to find a fail to occupy the dozens and dozens of stumble-upon-ers that come over to this nook on the internet. Here's til the next time.
Yeah, I'm proud of this moment. Until next time.
BootLeG sampler.. signing out...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
The Power of the FAIL!!!
Fails, believe it or not, have been around since before the Internet.
(Yup, can't go wrong with the classics).
We've been using them for our own amusement for a long time now. It's just that with the Internet's inception (no I'm not going to pull in another movie joke here) we've been on a manhunt for the next biggest meme.
(Putting up the Fonz or Mike Haggar would be just too predictable).
What is so powerful about this phenomenon that we have to scour our days on our computers day in and day out looking at some stupid viral video or creating lolcats? Here's my opinion on the matter.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a post about bashing fails, not at all. I personally love going to Failblog every now and then. This is about how fails, memes, viral videos, and just about anything that I've forgot to mention capture us 24/7 being the most constantly used form of the Internet second to porn (I thought it might've been my blog, but I guess I failed in that assumption... Get it, failed on the assumption!?! *crickets* Ugh, why bother).
I supposed let's just get to the root of why we love to watch fails. It's kinda a two part thing. One of which is the "it's always funny unless it happens to you" we've been putting into fruition since the dawn of the practical joke. The other is that those whom do a regular 9-5 job with a computer in front of you and the whole world wide web at your fingertips. No matter how much you try to resist you either would give in to either that YouTube clip that your coworker or friend emailed you that link to or that gif with the guy falling right on his nuts on the railing going Mach 5 with his skateboard.
We watch to break the monotony of our day and get a good laugh. We all need it, and it's good on occasion. But it has became like all drugs, an addiction that once you're hooked, you're on it forever. Seriously, there should be a rehab center for people to ween them off fails. Isn't it enough that we have Attack of the Show providing us with fresh fails for the first 15 minutes of it's show? Or the fact that the show is roughly 90% fail in itself? (There goes my AOTS endorsement). They've done the busy work for us already, all we have to do is pay our cable or satellite bill to watch it on DVR and laugh.
We watch to break the monotony of our day and get a good laugh. We all need it, and it's good on occasion. But it has became like all drugs, an addiction that once you're hooked, you're on it forever. Seriously, there should be a rehab center for people to ween them off fails. Isn't it enough that we have Attack of the Show providing us with fresh fails for the first 15 minutes of it's show? Or the fact that the show is roughly 90% fail in itself? (There goes my AOTS endorsement). They've done the busy work for us already, all we have to do is pay our cable or satellite bill to watch it on DVR and laugh.
I mean, I see in what I do a decent amount of fails, not enough to compete with the likes of the cheezeburger network, but enough to give me a chuckle every now and then. I don't go out of my way for the next big fail and hope that it put me on the map. Sure I might put something stupid and random up on YouTube everyone to see, but for me to become the next meme is not in my intent. I did my time doing/imitating Jackass stunts even before Jackass was a grindhouse of dick-and-fart-jokes personified. I don't need that. Also if I find something funny or failish, it's most likely gonna appeal to those I'm immediately with. We'll get it, the moment will pass, and that'll be that. Most of my stuff is more observational and standup-ish type of material. It works for me but not everyone's cup of tea.
The reasoning is that it doesn't need to be a constant thing for everyone. The Internet is 24/7, you don't have to be. It'll be there when you get back. I just think that fails, as addicting as they are, don't have to run all of your Internet presence (seemingly).
BootLeG sampler.. signing out...
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Drive-by Humor
I was out with the wifie and kids earlier in the week and I noticed something that was a little odd on a particular object of my affection. A pool table (or billiard table for those that want to be snobby) at a local Goodwill. It would draw any normal red-blooded man to its attention. I wanted it but knew two things: 1) I didn't have $130 to spend and 2) I don't have the space for a pool table. I would still want to look at it. But something caught my eye about the table. It didn't make it a valuable table but it did make it one thing that I do love. It made it a fail. And I love fails. So I posted a video about it to my Youtube account. Worse case scenerio, it gave me practice on using the camcorder on my mobile to do it right next time. Here it is...
And trust me, this is just the first of many more videos to come.
BootLeG sampler.. signing out...
And trust me, this is just the first of many more videos to come.
BootLeG sampler.. signing out...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
WTF PEOPLE!?! Superbowl XLV
I know I'm a little late on the whole posting and stuff, lots of personal and professional stuff but that's not the reason for this. Hell, this posting is a little late on the fact that Superbowl was 3 days ago as well as I'm writing this. The thing is, this was probably the first Superbowl that I could remember that I wasn't able to watch due to other commitments (in this case, work: but it was well worth it.) I actually watched it over the past few days little by little to compose what my thoughts of this year's, um... how should I put this, DEBAUCHERY stood as far as my expectations and addressing my concerns with from my Superbowl memories. Oh, where do I begin,
First let me compare to what I normally analyze during a Superbowl. It's generally a trifecta of things that have to go right to make a Superbowl a Superbowl. There's the game itself, the commercials, and the halftime show; and in my opinion Superbowl XLV dropped the bomb for the most part on two if not all three of these factors. I'll try to analyze them all the best I can being that this is the day after for me watching it all, just be glad that I took some time to let it all simmer otherwise it would've been a no-holdsbarred bitchfest which wouldn't have been productive for anyone.
One of the factors that concerned me was the game itself. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE FOOTBALL!!! It's the pinnacle American sport. It shows off brute force with smart sly decision making and the occasion slight of hand that makes you go WTF!?! And for something like a performance of what happened this year just gets to me. I was pissed to hear that Green Bay won for two reasons. One of which that they manage to just barely get by my Eagles during the first round of the playoffs (I'm still po'ed about that one), and the second is of course the W over the Steelers (the wifie's team). I was all set for them to take a 7th title and the I try to support the wifie in her fanfare towards her team. There were calls that should've have been made, there were passes that should've have been intercepted, and most of all, the two minute drill that never-friggin-happened!!! That just urks me, it was supposed to be the turning point in the game to make it exciting to watch and then BAM stonewalled by an interception and the that's all for the record books. Another thing is that I personally didn't get a chance to see the game live for like the first time ever. No biggie but it's kind of a symbolism to be a man, watch the game with beer and chips in hand cussing out the refs on the TV if you couldn't make it to the game; and then those poor bastards that couldn't get into Cowboy Stadium because of the weather. Sure they're reimbursed 3x face value and have tickets to XLVI, but is it really worth it for them to shell out more money for room and board and travel among all the other crap to make up for what they burned from this years event?!? Ahh NFL, sometimes I wonder about you.
The other aspect that was a downer for me was the halftime show. It was just horrible for most people, hell it was for me too... First I like to say that the Black Eyed Peas are great on the radio, I never seen them live, and after watching the halftime show, I can honest say that I'm blessed that I haven't seen them live prior. It was bad, really bad. I mean when the highlight of the show was the extras dancing on the field beats out band themselves and even the most flametastic getup that I've seen Slash had the misfortune of wearing, that says a lot. It sucked, badly. Oh, and don't think that I've forgot the shittastic version of the National Anthem. Seriously, how friggin' dumb do you have to be to screw up the Star-Spangled Banner!?! So I say Christina Aguilera, how much bleach soaked threw your hair to your brain to possibly F this up so badly?!? It makes me sick. It almost makes me wish Roseanne sang it again... It was God-awful, but at least she didn't make it Sunday Night at the Improv.
But to a lighter note, the commercials were hit, and miss. The obvious heavy hitters who never let anyone down were GoDaddy.com and Doritos making me wanna go Cool Ranch all over registering a new .co domain. But some of the commercials were just a straight facepalm of disgrace. I'm talking about you Kia, WTF were you thinking with that?!? It was all over the place and just a big bottle of crap in my opinion. This also apply to the new Transformers movie (Michael Bay, please don't shit on this one like you did to Rise of the Fallen.) Some commercials were kinda kool, mainly the two spots featuring Eminem (The Sprite commercial left me in tears of hilarity and the Chrysler 200 commercial left me in tears of joy for the love someone could have for a town that have been to hell and back.) Also some of the movie trailers left me wanting to hit the theaters in 2011 such as Kung Fu Panda 2, Thor, and Captain America. Those to me so wreaked of awesome. Let me tell you, I'll be definitely watching them and giving my thoughts later in the year on them. So I leave you with just as I said, a hit and miss. Maybe next year.
But all in all, the only thing that I can take from missing this years Superbowl was the first hand experience of such. It's kinda like second-hand smoke, it kills me more waiting for the wins and the fails than making fun of it the first time around. Ah, the hell with it, now it's time to focus on the 2011 Draft picks and rooting for my Eagles in Superbowl XLVI.
BootLeG sampler.. signing out...
First let me compare to what I normally analyze during a Superbowl. It's generally a trifecta of things that have to go right to make a Superbowl a Superbowl. There's the game itself, the commercials, and the halftime show; and in my opinion Superbowl XLV dropped the bomb for the most part on two if not all three of these factors. I'll try to analyze them all the best I can being that this is the day after for me watching it all, just be glad that I took some time to let it all simmer otherwise it would've been a no-holdsbarred bitchfest which wouldn't have been productive for anyone.
One of the factors that concerned me was the game itself. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE FOOTBALL!!! It's the pinnacle American sport. It shows off brute force with smart sly decision making and the occasion slight of hand that makes you go WTF!?! And for something like a performance of what happened this year just gets to me. I was pissed to hear that Green Bay won for two reasons. One of which that they manage to just barely get by my Eagles during the first round of the playoffs (I'm still po'ed about that one), and the second is of course the W over the Steelers (the wifie's team). I was all set for them to take a 7th title and the I try to support the wifie in her fanfare towards her team. There were calls that should've have been made, there were passes that should've have been intercepted, and most of all, the two minute drill that never-friggin-happened!!! That just urks me, it was supposed to be the turning point in the game to make it exciting to watch and then BAM stonewalled by an interception and the that's all for the record books. Another thing is that I personally didn't get a chance to see the game live for like the first time ever. No biggie but it's kind of a symbolism to be a man, watch the game with beer and chips in hand cussing out the refs on the TV if you couldn't make it to the game; and then those poor bastards that couldn't get into Cowboy Stadium because of the weather. Sure they're reimbursed 3x face value and have tickets to XLVI, but is it really worth it for them to shell out more money for room and board and travel among all the other crap to make up for what they burned from this years event?!? Ahh NFL, sometimes I wonder about you.
The other aspect that was a downer for me was the halftime show. It was just horrible for most people, hell it was for me too... First I like to say that the Black Eyed Peas are great on the radio, I never seen them live, and after watching the halftime show, I can honest say that I'm blessed that I haven't seen them live prior. It was bad, really bad. I mean when the highlight of the show was the extras dancing on the field beats out band themselves and even the most flametastic getup that I've seen Slash had the misfortune of wearing, that says a lot. It sucked, badly. Oh, and don't think that I've forgot the shittastic version of the National Anthem. Seriously, how friggin' dumb do you have to be to screw up the Star-Spangled Banner!?! So I say Christina Aguilera, how much bleach soaked threw your hair to your brain to possibly F this up so badly?!? It makes me sick. It almost makes me wish Roseanne sang it again... It was God-awful, but at least she didn't make it Sunday Night at the Improv.
But to a lighter note, the commercials were hit, and miss. The obvious heavy hitters who never let anyone down were GoDaddy.com and Doritos making me wanna go Cool Ranch all over registering a new .co domain. But some of the commercials were just a straight facepalm of disgrace. I'm talking about you Kia, WTF were you thinking with that?!? It was all over the place and just a big bottle of crap in my opinion. This also apply to the new Transformers movie (Michael Bay, please don't shit on this one like you did to Rise of the Fallen.) Some commercials were kinda kool, mainly the two spots featuring Eminem (The Sprite commercial left me in tears of hilarity and the Chrysler 200 commercial left me in tears of joy for the love someone could have for a town that have been to hell and back.) Also some of the movie trailers left me wanting to hit the theaters in 2011 such as Kung Fu Panda 2, Thor, and Captain America. Those to me so wreaked of awesome. Let me tell you, I'll be definitely watching them and giving my thoughts later in the year on them. So I leave you with just as I said, a hit and miss. Maybe next year.
But all in all, the only thing that I can take from missing this years Superbowl was the first hand experience of such. It's kinda like second-hand smoke, it kills me more waiting for the wins and the fails than making fun of it the first time around. Ah, the hell with it, now it's time to focus on the 2011 Draft picks and rooting for my Eagles in Superbowl XLVI.
BootLeG sampler.. signing out...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Death to Radio Disney (and others like it)
Just a heads up for those whom stumble upon this...
I started writing this post a little over a year or so ago (around September of '09) due to all of the bubblegum pop crap I was cursed to hear while babysitting a friend of mine's daughter. (Wow, September of '09, that was a long time passed.) She was an excellent play date companion for my two older boys, but since the kid moved on and my angst for aural injustice was quenched. But I started to think how come I never posted it until now. I still dislike it (the music not the kid.) And in fact since I began writing the bulk of the post; I've seem to have found more offenders to add on. I'll try not to amend most of my feelings but I do want to add on to my argument to us parents (yes, believe it or not as immature as I act, I do have parental duties to my boys) we shouldn't be dumbed down to subject ourselves to this. We should demand respect back to our ears and put on something more structured; like the sound of a live lobster squealing as you drop it into a vat of boiling water. Hell, that sounds a whole lot better that the stuff I'm going to report on. (Which reminds me, why did I put myself through all this torture?!?)
One more thing, I tried not to edit my original thoughts on this too much to keep to my emotions which I still stand on in this matter the same as when I first scripted it.
I like music, 'nuff said. Actually let me rephrase to say that I like GOOD MUSIC. The kind of stuff that either moves you to be with your girl (or guy depending on your preference), start a riot, or just vent over the BS that is well, anything. Music has to be in my opinion raw and to the grit of the subject matter that it's trying to impose. But there's some that fall so far from that bar that it's nowhere to be found. That music in my opinion is the bubblegum-pop tripe that is outfitted by Radio Disney and all other imitators of the sort. (More on the imitators later.)
I started writing this post a little over a year or so ago (around September of '09) due to all of the bubblegum pop crap I was cursed to hear while babysitting a friend of mine's daughter. (Wow, September of '09, that was a long time passed.) She was an excellent play date companion for my two older boys, but since the kid moved on and my angst for aural injustice was quenched. But I started to think how come I never posted it until now. I still dislike it (the music not the kid.) And in fact since I began writing the bulk of the post; I've seem to have found more offenders to add on. I'll try not to amend most of my feelings but I do want to add on to my argument to us parents (yes, believe it or not as immature as I act, I do have parental duties to my boys) we shouldn't be dumbed down to subject ourselves to this. We should demand respect back to our ears and put on something more structured; like the sound of a live lobster squealing as you drop it into a vat of boiling water. Hell, that sounds a whole lot better that the stuff I'm going to report on. (Which reminds me, why did I put myself through all this torture?!?)
One more thing, I tried not to edit my original thoughts on this too much to keep to my emotions which I still stand on in this matter the same as when I first scripted it.
I like music, 'nuff said. Actually let me rephrase to say that I like GOOD MUSIC. The kind of stuff that either moves you to be with your girl (or guy depending on your preference), start a riot, or just vent over the BS that is well, anything. Music has to be in my opinion raw and to the grit of the subject matter that it's trying to impose. But there's some that fall so far from that bar that it's nowhere to be found. That music in my opinion is the bubblegum-pop tripe that is outfitted by Radio Disney and all other imitators of the sort. (More on the imitators later.)
Why do I hate on Radio Disney, why the hell not. It's crap. It's crap beyond crap. It's the type of crap that if dog crap was able to walk, that it would be the crap that dog crap would step on by accident. Oh yes, that bad; and it's not to say that I'm closed minded. I like all kinds of music from rock to country to rap (especially old school rap) to oldies to classical to even some bluegrass. But the vile act of ear rape that is Radio Disney is beyond help. It's that bad, and I would stand for it. I despise Radio Disney and it's clones with the fiery passion of a thousand George Foreman grills. It should be banished from all existence, and here are some reasons why.
I like to draw your attention to public radio menace number 1: Miley Cyrus. This, has to be the worst solo offender of aural carnage since Roseanne sang the National Anthem back in the 90's. This death siren which is the offspring of country star of the late 80's/early 90's Billy Ray Cyrus leads us to the belief that talent really does skip a generation. It's bland Mickey Mouse (no pun intended) messages of the trials of being a tween and being hip to the standards of a John Hughes movie of what cool kids are presented in an ear splitting yelp that we can only wish that dogs could hear. I rather put a Skil Saw to my inner ear than listen to the crap that is being sung by what could possibly be the fourth Chippette from Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Public radio menace number 2: The Jonas Brothers. They say that celebrity deaths always come in threes. Apparently this trio killed all of our perceptions of what good music and celebrity stardom can provide. It's like if they dressed a bunch of whiny little tarts in oxford dress shirts and pleated khakis, gave them a couple of Les Pauls and told them to pretend to play while the producer dubbed over their PA system with people that can actually play their instruments. Essentially it's this generations Milli Vanilli but crappier. And trust me, I tried to find something nice to say about them, but there's nothing and I mean nothing but pure unadulterated lame that is emitted from these prepubescent dorks.
Pubilc radio menace number 3: ANYTHING FROM THE KIDZ BOP KIDS!!! What in the record producers right mind would think that this was a good idea. Don't they know that just because they can attempt to sing already ear-splitting pop songs in an even more annoying vocal concession is just like putting the Chipmunks balls (if they had any) into a blender on frappe. And I know that this is the second Chipmunk reference in this post but they were the kids crap of the eighties and this is the kids crap of this decade. (Heck, while we're at it, outside of The Christmas Song from the 60's, we'll throw in the original old school Chipmunks as well.) Why must we suffer from this form of inhumane cruelty by having our kids blast this from their Hello Kitty boomboxes in their room and tyrade in what they call dancing is beyond my realm of understanding. Why is this being put up with, who the hell knows. But I know that I'm done with that.
And this is just the top three offenders. I haven't even cashed into the High School Musical songs or Kelly Clarkson music or any of that crap. I tread not to because I would like to keep my sanity after writing this post. And that's just Disney I'm talking about here. Hell, Nickelodeon is doing this now too since I started writing this post and forgotten about it about a year back. They have Miranda Cosgrove (who doesn't really sound that bad but it's the content matter that counts on this one), Big Time Rush (their N'Sync's to Disney's Jonas Bros. being their Backstreet Boys), and any other child actor they have in their arsenal that could remotely carry a melodic tune if I so dare would call it that. This is just the peak of the iceberg of buffalo dung that is Radio Disney (and others like it), and I want out. It's mind-numbing, brain-draining, sub par manufactured crap that is being forced fed to our youth because we use it as a babysitter instead of teaching them some good music, or hell, even spending time with our kids. Now there's a novel concept. Doubt that's gonna happen to our youth anytime soon, but hey, it's just a thought...
BootLeG sampler.. signing out...
p.s. If you didn't realize it by now, my afterthoughts were written in this font style outside of the couple of sentences about Nickelodeon's bandwagon of a fail they could (and would) call vocalists. I kept those as is because that was indeed a continuation of my original thought.
p.s. If you didn't realize it by now, my afterthoughts were written in this font style outside of the couple of sentences about Nickelodeon's bandwagon of a fail they could (and would) call vocalists. I kept those as is because that was indeed a continuation of my original thought.
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