After reading this article why does it not surprise me that it took Mase all of a couple months to really get back in the game? Is there a light after the lime?

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I’ve always wanted to come up with a list of my favorite Michael Jackson songs. That would seem impossible if you counted anything before 1979 since he’s probably been the lead singer on several hundred songs. I decided to only count songs from his adult solo albums starting with Off The Wall and all the way through his last album Number Ones. I also decided to do a top 17, since that’s the average number of songs you can burn onto a CD. What made me finally put the list together? Well, the Speeddemon decided to post a special review for MJ’s birthday, which is August 29th. I decided that if I could do so, I’d try to post my list on the same day.

I listened to each of MJ’s albums (recently as opposed to the numerous times before) and jotted down every song that I liked. Since this was a “favorite” list, rather than a MJ’s Best list, I didn’t have to include good songs that I am tired of like In The Closet, Scream, Beat It, and Black Or White. Well, I’m not sure if Black Or White is all that good, but it was fairly popular. After that, I went through each song on my “favorite” list and just started eliminating songs. Underrated songs like Morphine, Why You Wanna Trip On Me, Break Of Dawn, Stranger In Moscow, Liberian Girl (which my wife thought was about a librarian), and the unreleased If You Don’t Love Me were considered, but not selected. Mainstays like Off The Wall, Remember The Time, Thriller, You Rock My World, and Earth Song were also kicked off the island. There were more that were considered, but we’d be here all day.

Let’s do the countdown.

From 17-11:

While much of the public hated Invincible (and I’m sure it was simply their hate for MJ than just the album), I thought it was a solid album. Much of the last half of the album wasn’t that good, but the first half was really good. It was heavy on ballads and Heaven Can Wait was one of the best. It’s not a well known MJ song to non MJ fans, but is a song that needs to be heard. MJ sings about loving a girl so much that if the angels came down to take him, he’d ask them to wait because he wants to go back to his love. She’s Out Of My Life is one of the most expressive songs MJ has ever recorded. It’s also famous for being the butt of one of Eddie Murphy’s jokes on Delirious. While many people think it’s sappy, I see it as genuine emotion. It cuts like a knife, she’s out of his life. Another sappy ballad (and that’s three in a row), You Are Not Alone was his last real big hit. Penned by R. Kelly, and memorable for the video which depicted MJ and then wife Lisa Marie Presley butt naked, it’s not as beautiful as some of his other ballads, but is still a really good song and one of the last few that touched the pop music masses. I’m a sucker for Will You Be There. Even though it was featured in Free Willy, even though the first lyrics include the words, “hold me like the river jordan”, and even though it includes a long and annoying spoken outro, there’s still something special about the way he blends with the choir. And yes, I know I’m a big fan of the sap. Butterflies or the remix with Eve needed a video. It really needed a video. The most popular song from Invincible could’ve done some serious damage on the charts had it been released properly with a video. A vulnerable ballad that showed MJ still has some powerful pipes. Lady In My Life is possibly MJ’s most adult sounding ballad. The slowed down heavy strings just moan lustful fun.

From 10-6:

Whatever Happens not being released as a single might’ve been the biggest mistake on the Invincible album. Teaming with Carlos Santana, MJ creates a better record than most of what was on Santana’s Grammy winning record, Supernatural. It was the perfect match and is that mystery type MJ record that just works for him almost every time. Whatever happens, just don’t let go of dude’s hand. The first of the shady lady MJ records on this list, Who Is It is my favorite track from Dangerous. MJ sings of a girl who promised him forever and then made that promise so untrue. He also wondered who she was so untrue to him with. Was it a friend of his? Or his brother? And he can’t take it no more. I’m going to say that it was Tito. This isn’t a broken record, but yet another song about a mysterious woman, Dirty Diana is the ultimate groupie song. If you just read the lyrics, they are dynamite. It’s almost as if he’s singing about a drug rather than a woman. And listening to him scream, “Dirty Diana, nah!” pretty much tells you the feeling. I’m not only into MJ’s ballads and crazy woman/relationship songs. Man In The Mirror written by Glen Ballard is one of the more touching songs in MJ’s discography. MJ’s asking you to look at the man (or woman) in the mirror, and he’s asking you to make a change. Though at times it can seem that MJ’s problems will mask all the good that he has done, you can’t take away from a great song. Probably MJ’s most inspirational song, On The Line has been unreleased probably until later this year when a boxed set is released. The song was originally supposed to be on Spike Lee’s Get On The Bus Soundtrack. It’s all about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and is everything that Keep The Faith from Dangerous was supposed to be. When you think of Michael Jackson videos, Beat It, Billie Jean, and Thriller automatically come to your mind. But after that, it has to be Smooth Criminal. The song is really simple. It’s about Annie who is shot down and killed, with her killer leaving blood stains on the carpet. You get all that in the first verse. And the rest of the song is MJ continuing to ask Annie if she’s ok. It’s almost as if MJ can’t let her go. She’s definitely dead. But MJ continues to ask her if she’s ok. He asks her if she’s ok some 42 times. Rather than go after this smooth criminal, he continues to ask her if she’s ok. But, it hits you hard and it created one of the greatest choreographed videos of all time. I don’t think Annie was ok, but MJ really wanted her to be.

The Top 5:

5: Human Nature is just damn magical. There’s not anyway else I can explain it. Everytime I hear it, it’s special. I’m really not sure why it’s so special, but it just is. MJ told me to tell you that it’s just Human Nature. Why does he do me that way?

4: They Don’t Care About Us is an explosive song. MJ expresses his hate for how some people are treated in the world. He uses the phrases, “jew me” and “k*ke me” to compare the struggle of African Americans with that of the Jewish people. It was a dangerous way to make a point because it would be taken wrongly, which is exactly what happened. But it was MJ’s most powerful song and it was a ballsy way to prove a point.

3: Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough is a karaoke singer’s worst nightmare. Can you think of anyone besides Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 2 who has covered this song? Nope. Not one. And why? Because they would hurt themselves if they tried. MJ sings in a falsetto the entire way. Justin Timberlake and Usher want to take his crown? Try covering this song. I dare you.

2: Rock With You is the jam from Off The Wall that everyone from that time remembers. If I go out with some of my aunts and uncles and Rock With You comes on, they get up and dance. It doesn’t matter if we’re out dancing, or simply at a barbeque, they get up and dance. Not too many other songs like that.

1: Billie Jean is the quintessential Michael Jackson jam for me. It’s the one song that makes me wish I was some sort of entertainer who could get up on stage and sing and dance. It’s the one song that makes me wish that for one day in my life (and only one day) I could be Michael Jackson. If Dirty Diana was the ultimate groupie song, this is the ultimate baby mama drama song. She told him her name was Billie Jean and told him that he was the one, and that the kid was his son. Imagine that. The girl says that you’re the one. You know you’re not the one. Hell, you’re not even sure if you did the deed with her. But she won’t let it go. She’s so sure that you’re the one. Baby mama drama.

This list may change in the future as it’s changed in the past, and I’m sure MJ fans all around will have their favorite song that I didn’t mention, or one of the songs that I love is probably on their most hated list, but it’s just my list for the moment.

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Now this is a little different. Being in Miami, the awards show looks like a huge party. And I’m guessing that’s what they were trying to get at. This year, without a host, they tried to make it all about the partying and the party music. But the real truth is that Dave Chapelle said no. So this is plan B. And plan B wasn’t all that bad. The show was live as usual and although I would’ve probably cut off one of my fingers to see Chapelle host this show, it worked fine. Yes, it lacked the usual great comedy moments that Chris Rock brought to the table, but it was still a very fun show. And where else can you see Eva Mendez and that little dude from B2K try to be funny? That was unintentionally hilarious. Let’s goeth to the random thoughts.

• Do you think Michael Jackson balls up his fist everytime Usher and Justin Timberlake go on stage and copy his every dance move?
• Even though, if anyone gets a chance to take MJ’s crown, Usher is not a bad choice.
• You know, singing little bits of songs from the nominees is kind of cool. But please do it with someone who can sing. That little dude from B2K sounds a little Immature.
• Even though Kanye put on a great show, if you were to see what Jay-Z was thinking, wouldn’t it be something like, “Ok dude, you’re hot now, but let’s see you do this for 8 years,”?
• Poor Queen Latifah: I know that she is proud to be big and beautiful, but does she have to get bigger? And how bad was it to see her mis-mouth the words to Kanye’s All Falls Down?
• Chaka Khan, hot off her guest role on Method And Red decided to let people know that she was the one who Kanye took the chorus from on Through The Wire.
• Are Christina Aguilera’s boobs getting Britney on us? They seem to change in size everytime I see her.
• At least the Kerry sisters had enough guts to get booed live on stage. Jenna and Barbara were Bush.
• Damn Alicia Keys is fine.
• Chapelle’s telemundo line was hilarious. !Que! !Si!
• Was that Vivica A. Fox dancing on stage with Lil’ John? And isn’t she a little too old to be doing that?
• Was that Bruce Willis leanin’ back?
• Did Fat Joe create Lean Back just so fat dudes with no rhythm could get on the dance floor?
• The only reason I know that Jet song is because it’s featured on Madden 2004 for my PS2.
• If you’re Mary Kate or Ashley (I’m not really sure who was the one with the drug/eating problems) and you’re just out of rehab looking as sickly as ever, why would you go on television?
• Damn that Jessica for not at least having Nick peak his head, smiling and waving, over her shoulder for her performance. She can’t be a single newlywed for God sakes.
  
  

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• If you went to a concert that D12 was headlining and Eminem didn’t show up, wouldn’t you just ask for your money back because you didn’t pay to see D4 1/2?
• Damn Alicia Keys is talented.
• I get why Big Boi gets up on stage to accept the award with Andre for Hey Ya!, but Killer Mike? How many “hey ya’s” did he scream?
• Since when did the X to tha Z cross over enough to not only be a guest host on the MTV awards, but to get his own Right Guard commercial?
• Christina and Nelly?
  
• P. Diddy and Mase back together once again. Can’t nobody hold them back. And did P. Diddy say hottier? And is Mase dancing or having a coniption fit?
• If you’re nominated for Best Dance Video shouldn’t you be dancing in the video? I’m not sure I saw Missy Elliot shaking her big ass in her video. And would you rather see Usher dance, or Missy lean back?
• When was Jackie Wilson ever on MTV?
• LL will always pimp his albums when they come near release date. Always.
• Damn Alicia Keys is beautiful and talented, even with her Elvis Presley circa early 70’s/Bruce Lee sun glasses.
• The holy shit moment of the night: Stevie Wonder playing harmonica next to Alicia.
• The holy shit moment of the night part two: Stevie Wonder singing Higher Ground (whoops) with Alicia Keys. I know there was a reason someone wanted me to watch this show. That might be number two on my all time favorite VMA moments behind only MJ’s 1995 medley and in front of MJ dancing with N’Sync and Luke Perry introducing Howard Stern as Fart Man.
• Like a lady, Alicia didn’t leave Steve on the stage like Will Smith did several years ago.
• Nick Lachey is too handsome for Paris Hilton. Did I just type that?
• Even though it’s been years since Clueless, and now she has to do cameo appearences in cheap videos for rap artists, Stacy Dash is still hot.
• JoJo is only 13?
• Look at Kerri Walsh from Mitty High School showing off her gold. And look at Misty May showing off her ghetto booty.
• I wonder if it’s odd at all for Big Boi to except what is essentially Andre’s award for Hey Ya! as best video.
• Should Mr. Bentley just be accepted as the third member of Outkast? From P. Diddy’s man-servant to the new Kato Kalin.
• I guess they really wanted us to vote. Vote or Die.

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This guy makes a ton of sense about the MVP race in the National League. I’ve been telling anyone and everyone that if Bonds doesn’t win the MVP again, they should retire the award. Maybe they’ll name it after him.

Check out Eric Neel’s column.

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Yes, I woke up at 5AM PDT this morning to watch this game. And Stephon Marbury sure proved me wrong. That man had a game today. He hit outside shot after outside shot and then when they expected him to shoot, he went to the bucket. Damn, it was beautiful basketball. The rest of the team played solidly enough, though the game was a bit sloppy and that had to do with the way the refs were calling the game. They were letting almost everything go, which was a definite advantage for Team USA. Allen Iverson can play brilliantly at times, and though it’s funny to say this, he’s probably their best decision maker on the court. Iverson? Best decision maker? But he is. I think more than anyone on this team, this trip to Greece is going to help him the most. Until he gets some pieces in Philly to help him, he’s the man. Even if he gets some pieces, he’ll be the man. But he’s going to be not only a better basketball player because of these games; he’s going to be a better teammate.

The end of the game was a little rough. Spain was getting away with just as much rough play as Team USA was, and they were flopping all over the place trying to get calls. You think Vlade flops? This was a team full of Vlades. They were also going at the refs after every non call. In the last minute of the game, Team USA called a timeout with a big lead. Spain’s coach had a fit thinking Team USA was showing his team up by taking a time out with such a big lead. But in International play, you actually have to “check in” your timeouts from what I understand and Brown had done that before the time out was actually called. Rather than shake Brown’s hand at the end of the game, Spain’s coach was pointing his finger at Brown until Brown told him to, “get your finger out of my face”. Spain’s coach acted like a sore loser after the game, but I’m not sure I completely understand the International game enough to know if he had a valid point.

We’ll see if Team USA can go forward and win the gold. I saw a quote by Lebron James that surprised me. He said that they were going to win the gold, but they wouldn’t be disappointed if they didn’t win it. What? Interesting statement. But I don’t think the rest of the team has the same sentiment. At least not AI and Starbury. They played like it was win or bust today.

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This is written before the quarterfinal match-up with Spain which is Thursday, August 26th, at 7:30AM EDT.

Saturday morning:
I woke up and worked out early so I could watch Team USA (men’s basketball if you didn’t know) and see what was wrong with them. Actually, I knew what was wrong with them as a team, but losing to Puerto Rico? That was simply uncalled for. We know the team is badly in need of shooters. And they are badly in need of a point guard who can get other guys the ball, and also, hit an open outside shot. And it would help having one more big man and a defensive force on the open floor. But, that’s not reality. What’s reality is that we have four really young players and a bunch of other players who have similar strengths and weaknesses. But I still felt that with Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson on the floor at the same time, they’d have enough to win games. But as I watched the game against Lithuania, I was wrong.

Saturday afternoon:
The TV guide said that NBC would show the Team USA game live, but when I turned it on, all I saw were pasty guys in tight shorts jumping off trampolines. This is an Olympic sport? Sadly, I went to the store to buy a few things and accidently had the radio on the sports station and “heard” that Team USA was winning at half time. Damn NBC and their unlive coverage.

Saturday afternoon (a little bit later):
After being tired of waiting and tired of watching guys jump off trampolines, I turned the TV off for a little bit, and when I turned it back on, the Team USA game was already in the second quarter. Immediately, I wondered where Lebron was. It was of my opinion that Lebron was probably their second best option at the point guard position after Dwayne Wade because he is probably the best passer on the team and he’s so big and strong that he’d be able to get inside of the zone much easier than Stephon or even Wade. But for some reason, it doesn’t seem like Coach Larry Brown likes to play him all that much, probably since he can be careless with the ball at times. But this is Lebron. He’s a phenomenal player already and actually makes his teammates better. Who else does that except Tim Duncan on this team? The second thing that I wondered was why Stephon Marbury was in the game for so long. Sarunas Jacikevicius was begging Marbury to shoot from the outside. Marbury had looks that NBA players dream of. And he missed damn near every shot. Dwayne Wade was better when he was in the game, but was injured and we were stuck with the bricklaying Starbury.

Saturday afternoon (3rd quarter):
It was very noticeable that the Lithuanian team knew they were in the game because of their outside shooting. The already mentioned Jacikevicius was starting to heat up. Carmello Anthony finally got the chance to play and he hit two shots, showing me that he’s probably the second or third best shooter on the team. And then he doesn’t play. I really don’t get it. He’s a shooter on a team with zero shooters and he can’t get back in the lineup. Amazing. I know Brown loves Richard Jefferson’s defense and Jefferson played well, but let’s face facts. Jefferson doesn’t have half the offensive game that Carmello does.

Saturday afternoon (4th quarter):
I thought Iverson would’ve had a field day on offense against this type of defense. He’s a decent mid range shooter and he’s quick as lightning and I expected him to penetrate and get someone an open shot. But this is not his forte at all. He’s struggling to even get a decent look, and when he gets other guys a decent look, they can’t hit anything. Shawn Marion just looks obscene with the head band on. And more obscene taking an outside shot with the head band on. I know I said before that it was reality that we were dealing with, but I’m dying to make some after the fact suggestions for this roster. Take out Amare Stoudamire, Emeka Okafor, Stephon Marbury, and Shawn Marion and replace them with Ron Artest, Brent Barry, Brad Miller, and Chauncey Billips (this is only if Rip Hamilton and Ben Wallace really didn’t want to play). You take Artest and if you’re playing man to man defense, he takes the best player out of the game everytime. Brent Barry can not only shoot over the zone because he’s tall, but he can pass the ball better than most of the guys on the team. And Brad Miller would be perfect for everytime Tim Duncan gets quadruple teamed. He can hit a 12 footer with the best of them. And even though Chauncey isn’t as talented as say Starbury, the way he played against the Lakers deserved him a spot on this team.

Saturday afternoon (late in the 4th quarter):
The aforementioned Jacikevicius got off. He was on fire. And even 6’10 Lamar Odom couldn’t block his shot and actually fouled him on a three pointer. Come on Lamar, either block the shot or not. You’re 6 freaking 10. Even though Rich Jeff kept us in the game, it was an ugly end. Here you had Lithuania who looked like the most clutch team in the field and they acted like the game was theirs the entire time. It was almost as if they knew they were going to win and it wasn’t going to be an issue. Wait, wasn’t that how Team USA was supposed to be? Not anymore. I really think that the 1992 Dream Team slaughtering tour helped out the International Game more than it helped our own. They created this mythical team and made a point to beat everyone by 40. This was the best USA basketball would ever get. The International teams simply had to get better as Team USA could only go down. And they knew this. They knew that Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson were already getting up there in age and probably wouldn’t play in the Olympics again. In 1996 we had a great team, but it still paled in comparrison to 1992. And in 2000, it wasn’t even close. But the International teams kept improving and they were no longer scared. They were built to beat Team USA. And that’s exactly what they’ve done.

A Damn Good Team

The Aftermath:
I’m upset that Carmello, Lebron, and Dwayne don’t get to show what they can do. They are more athletic than anyone else in the entire tournament and I know they are green. But can it get any worse than Stephon Marbury, Shawn Marion, and Lamar Odom throwing up bricks? Put scorers on the court. Guys who are depended on to carry their teams. Guys who are used to shooting the ball in the 4th quarter. If anything, the young threesome probably has great chemistry on the court because they play on the second team. Chemistry is what the women’s team has. I was able to watch them play the very next day and they were breaking the zone with ease. They knew where each other were. Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird played so well together. It was almost like they were back at UConn. What about the women’s softball team? Just destruction. Like a 1992 Dream Team. They gave up one run the entire Olympics. One run.

Team USA has a chance, but I don’t see them winning the gold, especially with Brown’s rotation. Duncan gets quadruple teamed and his options to pass to are Rich Jeff, Lamar Odom, Stephon Marbury, and AI. Not the best options to spot up. Give me Carmello, Lebron, Wade, and AI. Carmello can spot up with the best of them. Lebron has the “I will not lose” attitude that you need. Wade can create his own shot, and finally, AI will have some help. Will it happen? Doubt it. Brown believes in his rotation and Carmello probably won’t even play much. I don’t understand.

Let’s talk about Miss Britney Lynne Spears for a moment. After watching her shoot up the charts and claim the crown of Pop Princess, her career has taken sort of a down turn. You can blame it on Christina or Justin, or even the fickle pop audience themselves, but much of the blame is that of her own. She’s young and dumb and eventually she’ll learn, but here are the things I can remember that have caused this down turn.

• Cheated on Justin Timberlake and gave him ammo to jump start his solo career as he lambasted her in Cry Me A River
• Made a crappy movie (always helps start a down turn)
• Started smoking cigarettes and doing drugs (Pop Princesses just don’t do this)
• Got the Paula Abdul syndrome (put on weight, take off weight, put on weight …)
• Got drunk and married in Vegas to a childhood friend, then rescinded the marriage and left him with nothing but memories (though not bad memories)
• Dated someone who was involved in another relationship
• Dated someone who was involved in another relationship and already had a kid
• Dated someone who was involved in another relationship and already had a kid and had one on the way
• Dated someone who was involved in another relationship and already had a kid and one on the way and is now engaged to him (this is the same guy if you don’t already know)

Now if that’s not enough karma to last a lifetime, I’m not sure what is. Well, I just want to say that the down turn is not getting any better. It gets worse. You see, all of those things are instances in which Miss Spears can say she was just young and dumb. She can say that she was immature and was living her life the way she wanted to. But what I am about to say next shouldn’t happen. There’s no way this thought should’ve gotten past the “I have a good idea” stage. She should know better. And she might even go to hell because of it. Miss Spears is releasing a Greatest Hits album and is recording a reworking of the Bobby Brown hit, My Prerogative. Unbelievable. Are we all on the same page here? You can cheat on your boyfriend, do drugs, do a bad movie, and even get engaged to someone who has two kids out of wedlock. But you can’t rework that song! She’s done. The career is poof, pow, be gone.

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What to make of the Terrell Owens versus Jeff Garcia feud? It seems pretty one sided. It’s as if Terrell Owens has a vendetta against Garcia for something that we’re not sure about. Did Jeff dent Terrell’s car one day after practice? Did he insult Owens’ grandmother’s cooking? Why all the hatred for Jeff? It seems like a one sided feud. Jeff is Arnold from Different Strokes while Terrell is the Gooch. We didn’t know why the Gooch didn’t like Arnold. We just knew he didn’t like him.

It’s really a wonder how these guys don’t get along. While they may be as different as ebony and ivory off the field, on the field, they each made each other better, and probably helped each other earn the fat free agent contract each guy signed this off season. Take a look at Owens’ stats. When Steve Young was throwing a young Terrell the ball, he went over 1,000 yards just once. When Jeff took over full time in 2000, Terrell had back to back 1,400 yard seasons with at least 9 TD’s each year. But just this week, it was reported that Owens yet again took his chance to take a shot at Jeff. In an interview with Playboy, the interviewer asked Terrell about those Jeff Garcia homosexual rumors. Owens said:

He took a step back on the comment later by saying it was a loose interview and he really didn’t know if Jeff was gay or not. Yet, he could’ve said that to answer the question in the first place, but didn’t. Being from the Bay Area, I hear about the Jeff Garcia rumors all the time. However, I haven’t there’s no proof that he’s homosexual as he’s always claimed to be heterosexual. Jeff pretty much played it off like he always does. He didn’t give the Owens comment the time of day. He said:

That’s typical Jeff. But how do you answer those gay rumors? Do you vehemently deny them, as if they were an insult? You can’t really do that because you’ll offend an entire population of people, some of them who probably pay to see you play. Do you pretend like it’s no big deal? You can do that, but the rumors will never go away. Just ask Mike Piazza.

In the end, Owens will always the bad guy, and Garcia will always be the bigger person. The young kids will say that Owens is the superstar and that Garcia is a punk because he doesn’t respond, while the fans who are over 12 years old will think exactly the opposite. But there’s a wildcard in this feud now. It’s been reported that Garcia is now dating 2004 Playboy Playmate of the Year Carmella DeCesare. She decided to throw her two cents and said this:

Ok, I don’t really remember what she said, but when you look like that, do you really have to say much? Or do you just point to yourself and say, “score one for Jeff”? And maybe that’s why they don’t get along. Jeff might’ve stolen one of TO’s girls? Well, if that’s the case, advantage Jeff.

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I finally got cable again and now my wireless connection works, so I can write again. I haven’t watched each and every episode of BB5, but I’ve watched enough. This is the most gimmicked reality TV show of all time, but at the same time it’s still entertaining. I’ve watched every Big Brother show from the first one where Eddie, who wasn’t going to win an ass kicking contest won the whole thing. And it was possibly the most boring reality show I’ve ever watched. I almost didn’t watch the second season, but there were enough personalities to make it exciting so I stuck with it. And the last couple seasons have had enough twists and turns to keep my interest. But this season, I think they’ve gone too far. A way to understand the strength in these shows is to see how much is the same from it’s inaugural idea. American Idol works mostly because it’s a great concept and they understand how to use cliff hangers with the audience voting. Survivor was fine, but there’s always a twist or a change in the rules now. And Big Brother 5 is so different from Big Brother 1 that I’m not sure it’s the same show. However, in this instance, the show is better today than it’s original concept.

Random thoughts:

• Is Holly the dumbest person on the history of TV? She makes Jessica Simpson look like a Harvard graduate. We’re talking dumber than Chrissy Snow.
• Jennifer (Nakomis) has a bigger set than her own brother, the Cowboy.
• Speaking of the Cowboy, even though Holly is the dumbest person ever on the history of TV, he’s a close second.
• And Nakomis’ plan to not put up Jase until after the Veto competition was simply brilliant. Hook, line, and sinker.
• Isn’t the Veto competition actually useful this year?
• The Natalie and Adria twin twist wasn’t all that interesting, that is until you saw the look on Jase’s face. That was worth the boring twist alone.
• Big Bootylicious may be the most sexist, though best nickname of all time.
• Lori sealed her own fate when she took the money, but the odds were stacked against her anyway, so good for her.
• Marvin thinks he’s cool, I think the house thinks he’s cool, but most of the time he comes off as a bumbling fool on TV.
• Karen is just weird.
• Calling themselves the Four Horsemen meant immediate break-up. You can’t be put a bulls eye on your chest and win at this game. Well, unless you are Will from BB2, but that guy was just on a roll the entire time.
• Who wins this game? My guess right now is Will, and that’s because he has zero enemies right now. Under the radar.

Agree or disagree? You can leave a comment below.

Lastly, as far as the vote was concerned from the post below, Randall won the Mas Handsome vote unanimously. JT from San Jose said, “I’ve always been a sucker (not literally) for a man in uniform.  Handsome Randall gets my vote.” Handsome Randall it is.

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You’re ready, at least you think. You spent a couple hours searching for inspirations, as if you really needed any. And you decided to watch Michael Jordan win game 5 of the 1997 finals. Why that game? Maybe the fact that he was dog sick the morning of the game. Maybe the fact that he went to work when you or me would’ve called in sick. Maybe the fact that he went to work when you or me would’ve went to the emergency room. That’s why. MJ steals the game from the Utah Jazz in the last moments of the game after not having the lead for almost the entire game. MJ hits a big three to take the lead and then goes to the bench only standing because Scottie Pippen is holding him up. Inspiration. Your kids will be there today. So will the wife. You tell yourself you’re ready. You have to believe it. You’re ready. You’re ready. You’re ready.

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