So after putting my blog on hiatus for a month and a half while I moved from Bloomington to Williamsburg, Indiana and waited on the lengthy process of attaining high speed internet I feel as though I have left my faithful readers in a cloud of darkness and bewilderment of what is going on with my life and how I feel about different subject matters.
Well with the birth of our high speed internet here in Amishville I did what many of you would expect me to do this weekend, catch up on all the Pacer, IU and WWE news that I've been missing the past 6 weeks. Well while I was combing through the salaries of my Pacers for this year and the upcoming years I was kind of surprised to see that we had the 14th highest payroll in the league. I mean we're terrible so what are we playing for. Then I thought about for a second and thought that a lot of bad teams have high payrolls so we're just sitting low for contracts to expire. Wrong. This year the Pacers have a payroll of over 70 million. Next Year it's going to be almost 58 Million in garanteed deals. For the 2010-2011 season its over 56 million. Now 56 Million dollars seems like an excessive payroll for a team currently last place in its division so I decided to do some investigative work. Out of the top 14 teams in Payroll this year the Pacers will rank 10 next year and number 2 in the 2010-2011 season. The only team that will be ahead of the Pacers? The Lakers who have the big 3 of Kobe, Gasol and Bynum wrapped up in big contracts. Not to be outdone however the Pacers have their big 3 of Murphy, Dunleavy and Granger wrapped up also. So in the Big free agent extravaganza of 2010 that features Lebron, Wade, Bosh, LL Cool J and Snoop-a-Loop the Pacers will be wondering what to do with their 13th Draft selection where they will undoubtedly take Matt Roth from IU. Larry Bird = Idiot. I did put a picture up of him with Reggie Miller to help make me feel better about the whole situation though and I wont lie to you, it's working.
I'm running (out) on Dunkin' Take 2
Ok Dunkin'. You win. After leaving you for greener grass I am once again looking for more work because apparantly 2 so called jobs are not enough for this guy. So for anyone who has a job opening in the Richmond area note this. I am a skilled baker, a medicore student and am very lacklusterly motivated so please hire me.
In Sean We Trust
Well since most of this blog was for you I suggest you re-read the Larry Bird Section and then fact check it Bill Simmons style and send me a 3 page email pointing out my errors.
Something for Sara
This section is designed for myself to give out different top 5's. This week's topic: My top 5 concerts:
Off this List: This was one hard list to put together but noteworthy and interesting concerts I've been to that did not crack the top 5 are as follows, metallica in columbus, redman in bloomington, dierks bentley in muncie, lynyrd skynryd/kid rock in noblesville, gwar in indy, megadeath in indy, summer slaughter tour in louisville, among others.
5. Metallica in Chicago. 2 Metallica concerts on 2 nights. The first night in the upperdeck, the 2nd night front row. Follow that with a weekend being beside next to Wrigley Field at an excollege buddies place then you got all the makings of a good time.
4. Aerosmith in Noblesville. You can never forget your first concert and I know I never will. Aerosmith, Run DMC and CheapTrick. If you would have asked me at the time I would of never told you that Aerosmith would be lucky just to crack the top 5 on my concert list.
3. Ozzfest 2007 in Indy. This had all the makings of a good time. I was single. My roommate tank was single. Steve0 who I hardly seen at that time was single. Free Concert. lost of Friends. Ozzy. Things got rough. And then cam the afternoon. I still owe Tank my life for getting me home that night but it was one of those days that I sorely needed at the time and glad I got it.
2. Motorhead in Columbus, Ohio. Maybe it was because it was my first road trip with my little brother. Maybe it was because Steveos leg was still broken. Maybe it was because baby Cox came or maybe it was because a hurricane hit Columbus and the concert got postponed that stranded us in Columbus another night but being front row for Motorhead was phenominal. So many side stories came with this trip I dont even know where to begin but nothing really beats Scotty just saying "I'm Leaving" then walk out into the Columbus darkness.
1. Ozzfest in Dallas. Steve broke his leg the day before we left. We had to fly to get there. Metallica headlined it. I dropped almost a 1000 bucks for the event so it better be a number one thriller and it did not dissapoint. There's just something about being at a 14 hour concert in during the heat of the Texas summer that makes you happy that the Margaritas are only 12 bucks a pop.
A Love Story
Im going to be honest with you here, I'm just glad that Elliot and JD are back together.
Inspiration for Tom
From the ever so popular Surfing Instructor Kunu in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall
"When life gives you lemons, just say 'Fuck the lemons,' and bail."
