Stuff I am excited about

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

OH MY GOD THAT TITLE IS SO SCARY! WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?! WILL HARRY DIE!? OH MY GOD I DO NOT THINK I CAN HANDLE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS! AND YES, I AM SCREAMING THIS IN MY HEAD! AND ALSO OUT LOUD!

THE ALLEN IVERSON TRADE

I am not a Philadelphia fan, but I follow their teams because my teams are usually in the same conference, and I'm pretty sad that Allen Iverson left. Not just because he's one of the best and most entertaining players in the NBA, but also because he takes talking trash to another level. My favorite moment of his NBA Finals run in 2001 wasn't that famous clip when he crossed over Tyronn Lue, nailed a jumper, and then stepped over him. It was moments before that during a break in play. Lue had been guarding Iverson tough all night, literally hanging on him every time the Sixers were on offense. Finally, Iverson had enough, and went up to Lue and said something along the lines of "If you don't back up off me, I'm gonna kill you" and the refs had to separate the two before Iverson went nuts. That, and the practice interview, made Iverson one of my favorite players ever.

Speaking of the practice interview, this mashup with A.I. and Jim Mora is the best sports related thing I've seen all month that didn't involve Carmelo Anthony punching Mardy Collins then running away.



People in Denver are in for a treat.


THE MISS USA SCANDAL

The thing is, I know about 50 people from college who did or are still doing things as bad or worse than getting drunk and doing drugs and lesbian kissing in clubs. And none of them looked like Tara Conner. Every 18-25 year old woman in the New York City area pretty much does this stuff, and if they don't, then they should.

Forget the second chance, I think she deserves a medal.


THE SOPRANOS ON A&E

A lot of people don't think a censored version of The Sopranos will work well, and it probably won't, but this doesn't mean I'm not going to watch. I'm planning on watching the censored versions on January 10 (the 8 year anniversary of the series premiere on HBO) and the unedited versions on DVD immediately after. This will be four hours well spent.

I'm not insane, I swear.

CHRISTMAS