Oh, hello there! You must be looking for something to read, right? What? My absence and lack of other-consciousness was not sufficient for you. I do apologize, but things got a little real over the weekend and I just had to keep my head down and hands up until it passed. It hasn't yet passed, but I'm a professional, not some mid-level band stuck at an airport in Glasgow waiting for the ash to pass.
So, good news: Continental Airlines still does meals on their flights. It was a turkey-dog, but so be it. They also have Directv on board. Unlike Jet Blue you have to pay for it, but if you're tele-slob like myself, then it's more than worth it. Granted, you will only get service for half the flight, but 57 minutes of basketball action and ESPNews was apparently worth the worry. At the time, I was hoping to see some hockey, but basketball was an acceptable substitute. At least in the short term, because if I can't watch hockey, then I should at least receive some highlights. Hence, the flipping back and forth between TNT and ESPN.
But take a grand ol' guess which sport ESPN feels the need to cover obsessively? Hockey? Noooo. How could they?!? Mike Brown is about talk about game 2 of the forgone conclusion that is Cavs-Bulls round one! Ooo, I hope he talks about Lebron.
Everyone remember the Olympics, right? The US beating Canada, then losing in a heartbreaker, but still winning Silver? Remember how they would have all the Oylmpians on for interviews, and they would all wear their medals. Stupid, right? But they did it anyway. We all saw at that very moment how exciting hockey is. Not how exciting hockey can be. But how exciting hockey is. Whether rampant nationalism is a part of the equation or not, what occurs on the ice is worth watching and worth discussing.
You know what isn't? A dunk. It's something to marvel at. It's something to be impressed by. It's two points. So imagine my amazement when top plays determines that Bron Bron's posterization of James Johnson (who?), which occurred in the game that everyone knew was going to end with the Cavs pulling away in the forth. Anyone think the Bulls were gonna win that game? Anyone not seen Lebron dunk before?
Anyone ever see a 42 year-old man dumptruck a 23 year-old onto the ice to recover the puck, turn, make a brilliant pass to his centerman, who then delivers a hot and hard one-timer that eventually wins the game for the underdog against the former Olympic "hero" that was, Ryan Miller?
You decide which is the better "play"
This aggression will not stand, man. Lebron will be dunking on people for years to come. Earlier in the highlight reel, Nene dunked on the Mehmet Okur part II and it was just as cool (even if it was an offensive foul) as Lebron's diggity. But, I guess that's why we here at FSD exist: to continuously correct the overwhelming whorishness of the WWL. We're the Satellite radio station that just plays Phish over and over again to the terrestrial station that only play Sex On Fire. Ultimately they're both useless, but one is definitely having a lot more fun.
Coachella Blog and more hockey coverage to come... Once the opiates have finally run their course.
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