Saturday, May 15, 2004
TONS of stuff to cover, and oh-so-little time. So:
- I'M ON HOLIDAY! Yes, I've actually officially taken the next week off, so as of right now I'm on vacation. I'll be going to Tokyo on Tuesday, coming back on Saturday, and I can't wait to go. It'll be the first time I'm going anywhere on my own, so it should be great. And yes, I WILL be blogging from Tokyo!
- THE INCREDIBLES TRAILER IS OUT: See it at Apple here. The Incredibles is the new Pixar film directed by Brad Bird of The Iron Giant and Simpsons fame. It looks awesome, and will likely sweep all before it when it comes out on November 5th. SAVE THE DAY!
- The Lakers pulled off an insane victory. It's hard to state how important this is. LA tied the series at 2-2 going into last night's Game 5 in San Antonio, in a building they've never won in, knowing that whoever grabs a 3-2 lead will have an incredible opportunity to win the series. Kobe hit a great shot with 11 seconds left to put the Lakers up 72-71. Then Tim Duncan, being smothered so effectively by Shaquille O'Neal that he couldn't even SEE the hoop, tossed up a prayer... and incredibly, made it to put the Spurs up 73-72 with 0.04 seconds left (that's FOUR TENTHS of a second). They ran off in celebration like they'd won the game -- and 99% of the time, that shot WOULD have won the game. The Lakers had one last shot, and Phil Jackson drew up a play for Kobe to be the winner. Except Kobe was being double-teamed. Shaq was Plan B. He was being double-teamed. Then Gary Payton continued on his path to redemption by instead giving it to Derek Fisher ("the fifth Laker"), who managed to catch, swivel, jump and fire a shot away in less than 0.04 seconds, hear the buzzer sound, and watch the ball drop into the hoop. Lakers win, 74-73. LA can now knock the Spurs out with a win at home on Saturday. You'd think they would, because this is an awful way to lose a game... but the way the Lakers are, you can see them thinking they've won it and thus relax a little too much, allowing the Spurs to take control. It shouldn't come to that, but this season's been so wild it could so easily happen.
- In other sports news, Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been trying to buy into Liverpool. I can't stand Thaksin in general (I REALLY think he's totally full of himself), but his behaviour in this has just been appalling. For a start, not only is he considering using Thailand's public funds to buy a 30% stake in Liverpool (yes, PUBLIC MONEY from a poverty-stricken nation), but he hasn't actually revealed what money he's using. Believe it or not, he actually said that he'll say where he got the money AFTER he buys Liverpool. How ridiculous is that?
- Lastly, tons of happenings at E3. I'll give you my take on that some other time. Possibly tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow.
- Oh, and one more thing... my new camera (pictures taken by the old one, naturally):
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