WTF is up with the Grammy's?!

I don't have anything against the Grammy awards.  It's not personal.  They just suck.  They're boring, and apparently their format is to just create live "mash-ups".  Some genius thought, "Let's see who we can play with Taylor Swift?!"  Then some other idiot said, "Why not Stevie Nicks!  I think she's free!"

Awesome.  Let's take a night of music awards and make it about anything BUT the music.  I don't know who is singing what, who's song they are singing, or why they're singing it.  Right now Stevie Nicks is so out of her mind on percocet's she thinks she's looking at herself back in time, I almost feel bad for the Amazon (Taylor Swift).

How 'Bout Somethin' Like Tha Matrix?!

Right now on AMC (which, oddly enough has become one of the better television channels out there - odd because it used to be all black and white movies, now the "Modern Classics" rock the shit) is The Matrix Reloaded.  The Matrix is one of my favorite movies.  It's got everything I want in a movie.  Keeps me guessing, just enough action, and I think it's a very excellent story.  To go from that movie, to the dance/sex scene in Reloaded is possibly one of the worst transitions ever.

I'm not prude, but 12+ minutes of dancing and simulated sex was retarded, and nothing that us Matrix fans want to see.  The whole "gathering" was retarded too.  I was watching both The Soprano's, and the beginning of Reloaded until the gathering began, and Morpheus yelling to the crowd is one of the worst things ever.

Sorry About All The Sports...

...But this needs to be said.  The moment it happened I knew it should have been a penalty, and I said so in a previous BuDa-BLoG entry, see here:

"Oh, real quick – the Favre hit where he got pummeled from the top and submarined from the back, that would have been a penalty if it was Tom Brady."

Now the NFL is stating what the BuDaMan already told you!  See here:

REVIEW: The Lost Symbol

I have been slow to put my reviews for things I've seen/read/played, so I'm going to try to work in somewhat a reverse order.

A few weeks ago I finished Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol.  If you don't know, Dan Brown is the author of Angels & Demons, and The DaVinci Code.  Because his last two books were bestsellers and converted into some of Tom Hanks worst work on the silver screen, there was a lot of hype about this book.  9 times out of 10 things get over-hyped by the media and fans that there is no way it can stand up to the expectations.  Did The Lost Symbol?

NFL Playoffs: Brett Favre Addendum

In a follow up to my previous email referencing Brett Favre ending his seasons in 2008 and 2010 with interceptions, I didn't want to speak out of turn and say he ended last year with an interception against Miami without the proof.  Here it is.  Thanks Deadspin!

NFL Playoffs: Vikings Lose, Colts-Saints Preview

So I get into work today and my buddy DaMayo sends me an email that says the following:

Where is my Monday Morning BudAnalysis?!!!

If you want to see my response, you are going to have to make the jump!

Nerd/Coffee Addict? This is for you!

This link was sent to me earlier this week by one of my friends, Richie Rich.  9 times out of 10 his links are little too much, but this one kept me VERY entertained for a very long time - probably because (like I said) I'm a dork and addicted to coffee.  Enjoy!

It's a Frap!

Team Conan, Get Your Fix

One thing I've been doing the past two weeks, and probably more, has been monitoring up to the minute news on the Conan O'Brien-Jay Leno-NBC shenanigans.  Thanks to my daily coverage of Deadspin.com, I was exposed to a link to a Gawker media site that was all about the recent shenanigans, a separate section of their Gawker.tv site labled "The Late Night Wars" with it's own special image.

Jimmy Fallon has Nothing to do with CoCo

Although I am an affirmed member of "Team Conan", I have to admit a few things:

1. I was not always able to watch Conan, because I have a job and was asleep, or was watching other BuDaChick-like shows such as HGTV's House Hunter's or Sex and the City.  Siick.
2. I thought that when Jimmy Fallon took over Late Night that he would suck.  I don't always watch, but every time I've watched I've found it very funny.

Check out this video and skip ahead to about 9:43 into it.  This was on earlier this week and highlights the new iPhone App "White Noise: Axl Rose Edition".  I found it hilarious.  Enjoy, and don't hate on Jimmy like I initially did if you haven't tried him.

Knicks Make Bid to Sign LeBron

Everyone knows what the Knicks want.  They want LeBron at the end of this season.  If they can't get LeBron, they'll settle for Dwayne Wade.  If they can't get DWade, they'll settle for Chris Bosh.  At this rate, they'll be lucky to resign the great white hype David Lee...

International Disasters Give Americans a Self-Esteem Boost

I'm a little confused about all of this nonsense on the news and the blogs and websites about American pride because we help everyone else out when they run into problems.  Our economy is depressed, but you can be happy about the fact that instead of helping you, we're helping them.  See here.

Like, I get it.  We do a lot for other nations, and the world in general, but when we can't even keep our own issues in check, I have a small problem with the media reporting about how awesome we are because we give more to other countries.  Something is wrong with this picture.

Cheating Doesn't Get You Far...

Well, that's not entirely true.  According to this article [See Here, AND HERE], the Chinese are once again up to their old antics.  Cheating is entirely acceptable (apparently) if you are backed by a cheap, volatile and communist nation.  The Chinese are notorious for sending out 12 year olds for the Summer Olympic Gymnastic teams.

NFL Playoffs: Colts Advance, Jets Lose

Real quick, I thought the first half was a great game.  Both teams were playing a very tight game, and few mistakes were made.  In the second half the Jets just seemed to be completely outmatched.  The Colts offense made the top rated defense of the Jets look foolish.  Darelle Revis can't be everywhere - Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon proved that.  Reggie Wayne wasn't much of a factor, and Dallas Clark wasn't as dangerous as he could have been.  We will see who wins the late game (I still say Vikes), but there ARE some question marks about the Colts chances.  The Jets offense isn't the best in the world, and there were a few blown coverages early on by the Colts.  You can make those kinds of mistakes against the Saints or Vikings.  We will see what happens.

Shakira Shakira!

Enjoy.

Oh Em Eff'in Gee - Legion Opens Today

I don't know what it is, but I have been absurdly intrigued by the trailers for this movie since I first saw them.  I'm 99.9% sure it was the little old lady that crawls up the wall and attacks people in a diner.  Like, what the fuck is this movie, and exactly how bad can it be.

Today is January 22, 2010, the movie Legion has opened across the nation, and the reviews and plot synopses have been released.  As expected, the reviews are terrible.  At the current moment, Rotten Tomatoes is rating this movie at a whopping 19%, and even the good reviews aren't very good at all.

Wall Posts, Literally

So, kind of a long story.  Yesterday I ran into some car troubles in the morning.  On the way to work I received a death threat from my car's dashboard to stop the car, turn off the engine, without any prior warning.  Never received this before, so I oblige.  I drive a Volkswagon P.O.S., and like the car loaned to Arnold by the priest in the movie Eraser, it burns almost as much oil as it does gas.

ANYWAY, I finally got my car to the mechanic, and was getting to the train station to get to work (finally).  Lo and behold an image catches my eye while passing through the tunnel to catch my train.  At first I am a little worried.  I know this person.  Is this a fucking "Missing Person"?  Double-U, Tee Eff, brah.  I went to school with this chick.  It's fucking Kerrissa "Tree".

Jerkoff Training

For those of you guys out there who don't know how to masturbate, or those women out there who are unsure of how to give that cute guy you like a hand job, boy, does Television have the training tool for you!



Enjoy?  Oh wait, this is a WORKOUT device?  Bullshit to that.  This has sex tool/toy/training unit written all over it.

[Shake Weight]

Jersey Shore: From the A.C. Episode

"He doesn't even have the audacity to go after her and talk to her!" -Sammi "Sweetheart"

For those of you familiar with the English language, that is not the correct usage of the word audacity.  You can have audacity to do something.  For example, if Sammi the Sweetheart had said "I can't believe he had the audacity to say that and then not follow her to even apologize", that would be an accurate usage of the word audacity.

NFL Divisional Playoffs Review

BuDa-Right:
Colts OVER Ravens
Vikings OVER Cowboys
Saints OVER Cardinals

BuDa-Wrong:
Jets OVER Chargers

In my defense, I had a whole section in last weeks article about why the Jets could beat the Chargers.  And they did.  They sucked in the first half, but they made up for it.  Personally, I'm glad.  I like the Jets and I hate the Chargers.  Siick.

Sweet Jesus (and Former Alaskan Governor)!

That's right.  Madame Palin just had her first appearance on the FOX News Network.  See here.

Now, if only I can set my DVR to automatically save O'Reilly Factor to a special "Late Night Spank Bank" folder on my cable box...

Sex Offenders Stay Locked Up!

That's the most terrifying thing I could ever possibly think about.  See here.  I'm totally banking that the next time I sexually offend someone I'll be back out in a few weeks.  This will totally cut into my already lacking blogging.

Was that in bad taste?  Yeah, probably.

Big Mac Land To Be Taken Down

In the wake of Big Mac coming out that he took steroids, the Cardinals are removing the Big Mac Land area in their stadium for fear that the Big Mac's acquired from the left field McDonald's stand are also "juiced".

In lieu of Big Mac Land, McDonald's is considering one of the following "land's" to take it's place: Crispy McPujols'Zone or the Filet-O-Whupass Tier.

2006 Leprechaun

Love the Amateur Sketch.  If you haven't seen this already.  Enjoy.

[Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama]

Reciprocation

Reciprocation.  It's a basic principal of every aspect of life.  You Libra's out there know what I'm talking about.  In the relationships of life it's a matter of evening things out.  We all have friends who do too much for us, and we all have friends who do too little, all compared to what we do for them.

It's all about being okay with the relationship and exchange of goods and sexual favors.  One may do more in one aspect, but the other may make up for it in one way or another.

I'm Going To Have My Wedding Party Do This

Totally going to film it on November 05, 2010 and post it on this blog.  Bam.

[When LT Meets Tim and Eric]

BuDaMan is Awesome

Apparently Derek Jeter copied me.  November 5th?!  Seriously brah?!  How are we going to attend each other's wedding's you asshole.  Good one.  Good one.  Now you're going to take all the steam away from my wedding.  Ya big jerk...

[Derek Jeter, Minka Kelly set to become Mr. and Mrs. 'November']

*NOTE* This is probably not true, and might just be a rumor.  I'm forwarding it anyway.  "I didn't create it, I just forwarded it.  You wouldn't arrest a guy forwarding drugs from one guy to another" -Michael Scott

NFL Wildcard Weekend Review

BuDa-Right:
Dallas OVER Eagles
Ravens OVER Patriots

BuDa-Wrong:
Cardinals OVER Packers
Jets OVER Bengals

Let's see what adjustments I'll need to make for next week:

There's Always That Guy

According to Michael Scott (see below) the best part about the office is "the people".  Not true.  I submit that this is the worst part of the office.

Every job has work, and for the most part the work is the same, or has similar parameters by which you need to complete this work.  It's the personnel that changes from job to job, and man do those personnel's suck.

W & Jones Reconnect From The 'Hood

I'm watching this Eagles-Cowboys game, and the Cowboys seem assured victory as Felix Jones takes the Cowboys up 34-7.  We KNOW Jerry Jones, the Cowboys owner, is going to be happy about it.  I just never thought in a million years that a former president of the United States of America would give him a pound.

Couldn't Care Less About The Team Strugg-el-ing

You've seen them.  Here they are again for ya.



[Top 10 Sports Most Awkward Interviews]

I'm The Best Man, I Did It

In case you've never seen it, here it is - The Worst Rap Battle Ever.



My favorite moments are Eli's rap about Rosie O'Donnell at a Bi-Sexual Bridal Shower, and when he states that Envy should already come out because he was in a gay parade.  Other than his minute and a half hiatus from his rap, it's obvious that Eli was the far superior candidate.  Love the production quality.

[Worst Rap Battle Ever]

Casino - Bert & Ernie

Enjoy this.



[Bert & Ernie Casino Style]

NFL Postseason Preview & Picks

You've probably already read my Wildcard Weekend breakdown, but it's time to expand the field of thought for a few moments.  Who wins this week, who wins next week, and who wins it all?  BuDaMan's got you covered.

Top 10 Coaching Rants

"Well, we didn't block.  But... we made up for it by not tackling." - John McKay

Enjoy.



[Top 10 Memorable NFL Coaching Rants]

BCS Championship

Currently Alabama is beating a McCoy Colt-less Longhorn team 24-6 with about 3:00 left in the 3rd Quarter.

This reaffirms my feeling that Florida should have played Alabama for the National Championship, and I know, it would have been a rematch of the SEC Championship, but it would have been the right matchup.

I think a playoff is a great idea, I just don't know how it works practically.  Conference play ends about the end of November, and Bowls occur at about the end of December to the beginning of January.  Roughly a month or four weeks to prepare for one game.  Even if you had a four team playoff, when would you play those games?  All three games (the semi-finals and the national championship)[I suppose they should play four games, one for third place as well, right?] would WANT to be featured games, which are reserved for the end of December and beginning of January.

Jersey Shore Is The Best Show Ever

Seriously, this show is awesome.  I love it.  There are fights every single episode.  Tonights episode (Thurs. Jan 07, 2010) had a few fights, some amazing quotes, not to mention commercials throughout the episode of the cast giving Michael Cera a blowout (they were advertisements for Youth in Revolt, but they were hilarious).

I could seriously watch this show all day long.  Right now Ronnie got into a fight with a guy on the boardwalk, and let me just say, that guy totally asked for it.  He got fucked up and he should have.

NFL Playoff Preview: Wild Card Weekend

Four games, two days.  It can't get better until Championship Weekend.  Then after that, it gets worse with the Pro Bowl, and then, boom, Super Bowl.  Break-it-down!

In The Year 2000...

In the year 2000 I needed to call for rides from a pay phone by dialing...

Grinding Follow-Up

Because I'm now slightly embarrassed of my "Public Displays of Horniness", I thought a quick list of things you'd be unfortunate to see someone else do.  It might scar you.  Here goes, my...

Disgusting (Sexual) Displays You'd Be Unfortunate to Witness

Two Thousand Ten Minus Ten

That's right - THE MILLENIUM.  Y2K.  The "Kegs-illenium".  It goes by a bunch of names, but it reminds me of a specific period of my life.  High School.

Not really into thinking too much about the past, or boring stories of glory days, but it's an interesting time nonetheless.

Remember back in the day when you went to a high school dance?  It was like the hour and a half between the final bell letting you out of school and after school sports practice times ten.  Unabashed displays of hormones, the boys strategically unbuttoning their shirts, the girls weeding out which dudes they'd make out with.  The result: Grinding.

...More Fucking Giants...

As I type the Giants are getting beat @ Minnesota 31-0 with 14:13 left in the 3rd quarter.
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ANYHOO...

Justin Tuck is supposed to have shoulder surgery.  See here.  Not a great year for the GMeN.  In other news, relating to my last post about the Giants, Eli Manning currently has a QB rating of 49.7 (9-14, 80, 0-1).  Still a lot of football to play, but I hope he destroys all of his career bests.  What a MANning.