OK, I seriously think that the Dallas Mavericks are taking this one from the Spurs.  It’s been an exciting playoffs series between these two Texas teams, and I really don’t see it ending tomorrow.

The way I figure it, George Hill got hot.  Manu Ginobili got hot.  They had once in a lifetime games.  I don’t expect them to be replicating those performances anytime soon.  Dirk Nowitzki on the other hand can kill it every night, so a 30 point outing from him tomorrow wouldn’t surprise me at all.  At the same time, Caron Butler is a big time scorer.  He can light it up any given night.  He’s just got to let the game come to him.

The thing that scares me most is Tim Duncan.  That guy is the most boring player in the league, but also one of the most consisten.  I never thought I’d see the day I’d be worried about a slow, unathletic center.  Unbelievable.

I’m pretty psyched about tomorrow night’s basketball game.  Actually, I’m pretty psyched about our team.  We’re not the best players (although sometimes I think I am), but I really believe that this team together can be great.  I know we’ll never be the Lakers with their Lakers girls, celebrity fans and custom koozies, but I’d like to at least have jerseys made to commemorate our awesome play on the pick-up level.

Ah well.  The team only has 4 members, so maybe jerseys aren’t the best idea.  Maybe if we had at least seven guys.  Four guys don’t make a real team.  Can make for a winning one, though!

For some reason, I have been getting pimples a lot this past month.  I mean sure, maybe I didn’t wash my face as often as I should have (every day), but still.  Pimples and acne have never been a problem for me.  I guess maybe age is catching up with me?

It hasn’t gotten to the point where I feel like pouring some acne wash on my face, though, and I don’t plan to let it get to that point.  Maybe a good scrubbing will do the trick?  I hate looking unclean, and nothing is more unclean than a face full of acne.

I was pretty ugly yesterday.  And I mean that in the most matter-of-fact way possible.  I was ugly like you wouldn’t believe.  Even my GF said so.  She was looking at me like I needed a vat of face wrinkle cream all over me.

It’s weird how radically different I can look from day to day.  I’m guessing it’s the lack of sleep, or maybe the hair.  I have totally no control over how my hair looks.  I hate usings styling products and all that stuff, so I’m pretty much at the mercy of my raven locks.

In any case, I’m not so ugly today.  And after tonight’s work out session, maybe I won’t be so fat either.

I plan to get a lot of work done these next few days, even if I have to burn the midnight candle to do it.  More work means more money, so even though I might complain from time to time, I’m actually happy to be swamped with work.  There are things to plan for, and these things cost money.

So yes, I’m willing to get pimples and dark circles around eyes if it means I’ll be rolling in the money after.  And no, when I say there are things I’m planning for, I don’t mean getting myself an iPhone 4G.  All I need to get that is a set of abs.

If you all don’t know yet, the Playoffs are here!  In fact, they’ve been here for almost two weeks now.  It’s been a pretty crazy postseason.  My homer teams are doing pretty well, except for my Dallas Mavericks.  Man, I did NOT see the Spurs giving us problems.

Routed them in Game 5 though, so there’s hope yet.  The Lakers also destroyed Durant’s Thunder today.  I wonder how it’s going to be back in OKC?  I get the feeling the Lakers are going to be closing this one out in 6.

Utah-Denver matchup is pretty tough to call.  Nuggets don’t seem to have an answer for Deron Williams, and even Carmelo scoring 39 doesn’t seem to help.  I’m leaning towards the Jazz closing it out tomorrow.  Let’s roll the dice.

I haven’t been working out as intensely as I have in the past, and the diet is pretty much just all in moderation.  I figure it would be a lot kinder to my joints and my body if I just go moderate when lifting weights.  It’s a lot more sustainable, too.

Gone are the days when I felt like I was invincible, like I could keep doing Olympic lifts forever.  I’m just an old man now, lifting 8lb dumbbells and looking at term life insurance quotes.

I’ve ever started to like the taste of tuna.  Man.  What is up with that?

I called it.  Won all three games last night.  It was a pretty good showing from everybody on my team, and I’m very happy with how we played.  Let’s run through the players:

Center whose name I don’t know:

• Terrible hands
• Could not score
• Did not defend well
• WAS a factor defensively (a body is a body)

L:

• Played very good help D inside
• Was not very effective playing D outside
• Did not close out very well
• Shot wasn’t there
• …But made em when it counted

K:

• Shot wasn’t there
• Took too many bad shots
• EXCELLENT full-court pressure D
• Excellent wing D

ND:

• Shot wasn’t there, but didn’t force it
• ACTIVE THE WHOLE TIME
• Put a body on the bigs
• Dedicated himself to D
• Mr. Energy
• Too much useless pressuring of ball
• Great at keeping ball alive

The KING

• Took a lot of bad shots
• Still shot a really high FG%, scored the most points
• Adequate D
• Did not box out/board very well
• Passed late 80% of the time

As a team, we dominated.  The common factor?  Everyone helped out on D.

You know what I don’t get?  I don’t really see why being a fireman is considered a sexy job in the United States.  I mean, sure they save lives, but so do EMTs.  You don’t hear EMTs being tossed around as sexy.  And I get that they flirt with danger, not only from the fire but from risk of asbestos cancer, but hey.  Being a policeman is just as dangerous.

At the end of the day though, it doesn’t really matter what I think.  I’m a dude.  The only profession I find sexy is being a lawyer.

People have different methods for losing fat, but personally, my favorite weight loss product is a good old chicken breast.  It’s filling, it’s low in fat, it’s high in protein; what more does anybody need?  It’s also really tasty.

You disagree?  Well, it’s been working for me.  Replaced around half my meals with chicken breasts, marinated in my special marinade of course, and I’ve lost around 5lbs doing so.  Of course I’ve been lifting weights like Arnold in Pumping Iron and balling a few times a week at home, so that might have had something to do with it.

But hey, I look at chicken breasts as a DELICIOUS alternative to fat-burning supplements.  Cheaper, too.