Living For The City: American Idol Top 24 Power Rankings

It’s Friday night approaching to midnight and I have nothing much to do. Solution: Write a new blog entry. But I have no topic to discuss. Hmmm… I think I will just continue the power rankings I made last week.

NBA Power Rankings

I do not know what is the matter with Cleveland. Every time I rank them first, they end up getting bad (I projected them as the NBA champs last year). Last week, I ranked the Cavaliers first and they ended up having one of their longest losing streaks (at three) recently. Losing three in a week shows that the team has lost a bit of its luster. It is quite ironic after they had a big trade which has no effin’ way of making them worse. Losing three, however, does not warrant them the first place. Does this mean that the Lakers get it? But they just lost to the Butler-less Mavs! They also have a worse record in their last ten (6-4) as compared to Cleveland (7-3). Hmmm… this is difficult.

NBA and American Idol Power Rankings – February 2010

It is mid February. Valentine’s Day won’t be around the corner for 350 days. Super Bowl ended two weeks ago. The NBA All-Star Weekend and Trade Deadline have passed as well. Heck, the same even goes with the Chinese New Year and Ash Wednesday. Events have passed and I have not blogged anything these past days. Cold streak? Probably. But is there something to look forward to? Of course, there is.

Actually, I want to write about the major sports events that occurred at the first half of February but the dozen articles in ESPN have pretty much stamped ‘you will be redundant’ on my blogs. OK, I am not a popular blogger to think of such stuff but it feels terrible to write about something that articles and columns that you have read have discussed for multiple times. OK, maybe I have skimmed on most since I do not have the time but that’s beside the point… it still has influenced me in some way or the other.

The Indelible Mark

Late 90’s to early 2000’s. What do you remember most about those years? For me, those were the peak of my teenage years. Those were the times when I first got exposed with the harsher realities of life. These could heavily influence a teenager’s outlook of this world. I got my first taste of liquor – it was not as pleasant tasting despite how grand it appeared to be. I can still remember my first disgusting puke on a resort room during a school org overnight. A decade ago, I began to understand politics better as I watched the courtroom drama of Erap’s impeachment. It was then when I realized how depressing our country’s political situation was – any ideals that we learn about society and politics in school are not followed in reality. The late 90’s and early 2000’s also featured media radically shaping our lives with more explicit matter. WWF has shunned from its child-friendly image and showcased rebellious badass protagonists such as D-Generation X and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Rock bands evolved from Kurt Cobain’s depressing lyrics to a more hostile, violent or rebellious sound as screaming nu metal bands took the spotlight. ‘Sex’ and ‘Violence’ were the most used words in MTV. Those years were my high school years. All of the eye openers that I mentioned have influenced me some way or the other. (Please do note that I am not making an exception for the late 90s as the only times these things happen. We all know wild stuff happened in the 70s and 80s as well)

Amidst all of the teenager life-changing events that I encountered, there was still one influence that was as remarkable as the others that I mentioned.