I never know (do I really care) when ash wednesday comes around. but when it does it always freaks me out.

so allie g didn’t show up tonight. I was afraid something like this would happen, seeing how none of the previews for tonight’s episode had allie sitting in the studio. fuck.

and susan in the studio was the same susan we saw in paris… so basically I came away having learned nothing new from tonight’s episode. wait, I did learn that jenny from boston has a very bitchy hatred for every girl who stayed on longer than she did.

next week: the two hour finale! based on what I gathered from travis talking about the finalists, here’s how I break it down in very simple terms: if he picks sarah it would be because he feels she deserves him. if he picks moana it would be because he feels he deserves her.

moana wins.

thank you and good night.

if you aren’t familiar with the randolph morris situation on the univ of kentucky basketball team, read up here.

for those of you who are familiar, here’s my rant. everybody (and I mean everybody) is too certain that we’ll (yes, we) be a significantly better team once morris is off his suspension and I have to disagree. he was hardly a factor last year (he did only average a scant 8 points and 4 boards as a STARTING CENTER afterall) and he would have to double his averages to be the kind of player everyone expects him to be. and not many people are capable of doing that.

mind you we have absolutely no one at center right now (our 3 7-footers aren’t very serviceable, maybe except for one) so this may be a slight upgrade but morris is not going to lead this team to the championship.

my prediction: morris will be so-so and rondo (our point guard) will continue to lead our team in very stat category including rebounds.

everyone has little inadvertent milestones along the way in life that reminds them they are getting older. here are some of mine in chronological order:

1. first time I saw kids with “00″ graduation year patches on their varsity jackets
2. same-age friends getting married
3. younger friends getting married
4. realizing I’m older than the average professional athlete
5. all of my friends from high school or college are married
6. the few friends I kept in touch with from high school all have kids

and the kicker:

7. going to a doctor who is probably younger than me

so cnn is reporting martha stewart’s home confinement’s been extended until the end of august. the article states:

…those conditions include staying inside her home north of New York City except for 48 hours a week of employment, food shopping, doctor appointments and church.

uh, it’s no secret that she’s (at least) been seen at restaurants in my neighborhood. so who’s lying, the media or martha?

did I just blow her cover? oops.

remember that post I made about the twins named JAMES and SEMAJ?

well you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. get your eyeballs ready to roll for Couple Names Baby after Three Spurs (that would be the nba’s san antonio spurs).

so there was this mega-deal that went down last night, involving 5 teams and 13 players. if you care you can read about the details in that link above, but here’s my boiled down version:

the nba allowed this deal to help next year’s ratings in the nba finals.

you see, the nba must approve of every deal before it can happen. the teams put together a proposal and the nba looks it over and if it’s in any way one-sided (ie: a team trading away a disgruntled star player for much less in return) they’ll step in and overrule it. it doesn’t happen often but it does happen.

this time around, however, the nba allowed a mega-deal that clearly tipped the scales in the miami heat’s favor. and why would they do that? because shaq’s team in the finals mean more advertising revenue.

for you miami heat fans: let’s hope jason williams’s elbow bounce-pass to antoine walker on the wing will NOT result in an air-ball. on national tv.

they really list everything, don’t they?

List of films: U.S. box office bombs

I just got a call from phone number “001-819″. and there actually was someone on the other end (not like, getting a prank call from a robot or something).

man that was weird.

so there’s this thing called the nba draft that happens every year in late june.

see, what happens is these nba teams select unproven teenagers and offer them millions to sit on the bench for a few years, at which time they’ll either:

1. get cut
2. get more money

the teams generally select college players, but lately they’ve been on this kick of picking high school kids or european beanpoles who can’t make the starting lineup on their own team.

this year the race is on for the top spot between these two guys andrew bogut and marvin williams. bogut (19) is a sophomore out of univ of utah, who’s 7′ tall and played for the australian olympic team last summer. williams (18) came off the bench for 2005 ncaa champs — univ of north carolina. yeah, that’s right, HE WASN’T EVEN A STARTER and the teams are drooling over his potential.

based on those two profile tidbits you’d think bogut’s a surefire pick to be #1 right? turns out the rumors are batting around williams going #1.

say what? yeah.

you have a legit 7-foot olympian, and an “athletic” 6′9″ kid who didn’t start for his college team.

I just don’t see why there’s any question.