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Tags: sports humor tennis video music US Open Newbie Primer & the Sunscreen Song
Reading this week's Jon Wertheim tennis mailbag warming up to the upcoming US Open, a fan was asking for his advice on how to make the most of her first time pilgrimage to Flushing Meadows. His response was both equally informative and humorous.
For some strange reason that even I myself find unable to articulate, it brought up a little memory flashback on a popular song that came out few years back: the Sunscreen Song. At the least, Jon's response was poignant from the angle that he was giving some great valuable advice. Anyhow, as you enjoy reading his column, hope you will be entertained viewing this youtube video as well, especially for people unfamiliar with this gem. Cheers!
Tags: tennis sports humor video All Hail Novak Djokovic
Last time a player beat the top three players in the world en route to winning a tournament was Boris Becker back in 1994 Stockholm Open (Sampras, Ivanesivic & Stich) and now let's welcome the next big contender, Novak Djokovic, who managed such a great feat winning the Montreal Open Master's Series Tournament beating Roddick (predictable), Nadal (impressive) & Federer (wow!!).
The upcoming US Open will definitely have a lot more suspense to offer. I thought men's tennis would primarily headline the burgeoning rivalry between Rafa and Roger for the months to come. This got a lot more interesting as Novak starts to live up to the hype all tennis fans were predicting the past year. This is absolutely terrific for tennis! Not only does this Serbian possess an incredible all-court game, he is a funny impressionist as well! This video clip is relatively old, but it is priceless if you follow the nuances of some of the popular players in the tour. Enjoy!
Tags: movies Indie Flick » Mutual Appreciation
Was watching this indie flick, "Mutual Appreciation", this weekend. The movie was shot in black & white which in a sense makes you focus more on the dialogue being spoken in the film than the surroundings. The story line goes as this: an aspiring rocker, Alan, heads to New York after college and meets up with this old buddy, Lawrence, who from I could gather from the very little that is mentioned about his line of work, a graduate assistant at some school in NYC. Lawrence has a girlfriend, Ellie, a vegetarian might I add, and the couple is very much into each other.
However, with Alan coming into the picture, Ellie goes off into slight tangent with her commitment to the relationship and starts to like Alan for all his Dylanesque character, he even looks like the great man himself to a certain extent. The two strike a mutual appreciation for each other and it was really sweet to see how this developed throughout the course of the film. What I loved even more is how despite their natural attraction towards each other, both know what the moral high ground is and what is the right thing to do: friendship is more important than diving into some thoughtless lustful moment that would have a longevity in milliseconds of life years and regretful consequence that would perhaps bleed into eternity. What was even more cool is that, honesty really does pay off in the end as Ellie saw this appropriate to express Lawrence about her deviation and exposing the natural fallibility of human morality while the iron was still hot.
I swear, the character of Alan, seems like it has been taken off a page of my life experience with a very close friend of mine who is a musician as well. Playing the appearance of a carefully careless (or could very well be simply careless) getup, messed up hairdo and a preppy boy garb. The music played in the film resembles a lot to the venerable White Stripes. It's incredible how one can churn out beautiful music with just a set of drums and a guitar. Highly recommend to check this flick out if you expect to get some thought provoking moments while you take a journey through it.
Tags: sports soccer Is this kid incredible or what?!
Tags: humor Get Your Nerd On!
During one of my random excursions on the web, I came across a cool site: nerdtests.com.
Ended up taking one of their tests, "How NERDY Are You?" to gauge exactly how nerdy I am. I've always considered myself a wannabe nerd and never quite attaining that elusive goal 
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Well after taking the test, I didn't fare that bad after all:
Give yourself a try and see how you fare 
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