Sports Update

Wimbledon

Venus Williams moved to the quarterfinals after Ana Ivanovic retired in the 2nd set of their 4th round match due to an inner thigh injury. Ivanovic was leading the 2nd set 1-0 after losing the 1st set 1-6.

Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, and Lleyton Hewitt are the notable Gentlemen winners from Monday's matches.

Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, and Victoria Azarenka are the notable Ladies winners from Monday's matches.

Confederations Cup

The 3d place match was played early yesterday morning between Spain and South Africa. Spain won 3-2 in overtime to claim the 3rd place at the Confederations Cup.

The Final was also played yesterday between the US and Brazil. The US jumped up to a 2-0 lead in the 1st half, but in the 2nd half Brazil came back with a vengeance to score 3 unanswered goals and claim the 2009 Confederations Cup Title.

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Martina McBride - I Just Call You Mine

Wimbledon (Days 2 & 3), Confederations Cup

It still looks like it's Roger Federer's tournament to lose. From what I've seen so far, not even Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic can come close to the level of play Federer has shown. He definitely seems hungry for his 15th Major and 6th Wimbledon title and I think he might get it.

Biggest upset so far? Argentinian Gisela Dulko beating (24) Maria Sharapova 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round earlier today. Yes, Sharapova hadn't played tennis in around 10 months. Yes, it was only like her 15th match since coming back from shoulder surgery. She doesn't look like a champion, though. Her movement is horrendous. Her service game is not good at all. She might've lost some power behind her forehand. BUT she still shrieks as loud as ever. Not sure whether or not that's a plus.
Today, the 1st Semifinal of the Confederations Cup was played between the #1 team in the world in Spain against the US. I don't think there was anyone that gave the US a chance against Spain. Spain is stacked with players such as Fernando Torres, David Villa, Carles Puyol, Iker Casillas, Cesc Fabregas - I mean, they just couldn't lose. Right?

Wrong.

The US pulled off the 2-0 win and now is headed to the Confederations Cup final against either Brazil or South Africa.
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Blink 182 - Dammit

2009 Wimbledon (Day 1)

So, today was the first day of The Championships at Wimbledon. As you all know, defending Champion, Rafael Nadal withdrew from this year's tournament due to tendinitis in both of his knees. Which means it's Roger Federer's tournament to lose. Why? Because there is no Rafa to stop him, he could win his record-breaking 15th major and 6th Wimbledon title. There's no one (besides Andy Murray ... maybe) that could beat Federer at his favorite tournament.

Notable winners from day 1 are: Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic, Mardi Fish, Robin Soderling, and Elena Dementieva.

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I don't usually follow Golf, but the 2009 U.S. Open was won by 71st ranked Lucas Glover (-4) who beat out the likes of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
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Theory Of A Dead Man - Not Meant To Be

Summer!

Wow, I can't believe I had totally forgotten that today is the first day of Summer '09. I believe I may be an idiot for forgetting that.

I feel like going to the beach ... or eating a hot dog or something.

Ahh how I miss the salty smell of the ocean.
That looks pretty much like heaven, don't it.

It's also Father's Day today ... so Happy Father's Day to all the daddy's out there!

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Kenny Chesney - Summertime

Catching Up On Sports ...

TENNIS
So, the last time I posted the Women's Final at the '09 Roland Garros had ended and Svetlana Kuznetsova had beaten Dinara Safina to claim the second major in her career.

I totally forgot to post about the Men's Final.

As expected, Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling to claim his 14th major and his first Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy.
Also, Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to tendinitis in both of his knees. Nadal is the first Champion since Goran Ivanisevic in 2002 not to defend his title.

BASKETBALL
The Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th NBA Championship by beating the Orlando Magic in 5 games. Kobe Bryant won his 4th NBA Championship (his first without Shaquille O'Neal) and his 1st NBA Final's MVP.
SOCCER
Cristiano Ronaldo transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid where he'll team up with Kaká who transferred from AC Milan.

At the Confederations Cup in South Africa, the #1 squad in the World, Spain, has moved on to the Semifinal stage along with South Africa, Brazil, and the United States.

The matches are as follows: Spain will face the United States in the first Semifinal on June 24th while South Africa will face Brazil in the second Semifinal on June 25th. The Final will take place on June 28th.

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Brad Paisley - Ticks

Okay, I Was Wrong ...

... I said Dinara Safina would win the French Open Women's Final in 3 sets.

She lost in straight sets to Svetlana Kuznetsova.
I seriously felt that Dinara Safina had learned from her previous experience in the "big stage." She had already been in two previous Grand Slam finals in which she lost in straight sets. I never thought that would happen for a third time.

There was a point when I knew she would lose because she looked at her coach and asked "Why am I such a chicken?" (well, at least that's what the announcers said she had asked). She looked defeated. She lost the Championship in the worst way - she double faulted her way to runner-up.

I felt for her because she is one of the women in the WTA Tour that work the hardest, but there are no results for all her hard work. Yes, she has made it to 3 Grand Slam Finals in the last 12 months, but she doesn't have the hardware that she really wants. I feel that she is the one woman in the WTA Tour that wants a Slam the most, and she just isn't getting it.

Well, congratulations to Svetlana Kuznetsova for winning the second major of her career (2004 U.S. Open was the first).
Tomorrow is the Men's Finals between Roger Federer and Robin Soderling. Who is going to win? Hmmm ... I think Federer is finally going to win his first French Open title. Why? Because Soderling beat Nadal. That's why. If Soderling hadn't beaten Nadal, it would be Rafa winning in straight sets (again.)

Sooo ... Federer in 4 sets.

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The All-American Rejects - I Wanna

'09 Roland Garros, NBA Finals

I realized I haven't talked Tennis all this year. Well ... here goes.

The Women's Final for the 2009 French Open is set. It will be Dinara Safina & Svetlana Kuznetsova (both from Russia) battling it out for the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen.

Who do I see winning the whole thing? Well, since Justin Henin retired before last year's French Open, and Ana Ivanovic lost in the 4th round to Victoria Azarenka ... I think Dinara Safina will finally get her 1st Grand Slam win. She definitely deserves it. On her two previous finals, she has been absolutely slaughtered, losing in 2 sets to Ana Ivanovic in the 2008 French Open (6-4, 6-3) and losing to Serena Williams in the 2009 Australian Open (6-0, 6-3). It's her time to shine.

Safina in 3.

The NBA Finals start tonight. The Los Angeles Lakers against the Orlando Magic. Superman vs. Kobe. This should be interesting.

I gotta take the Magic in either 6 or 7. Regardless of how many games this series goes to ... I think the Magic are more well-rounded and if they get hot behind the arc, it's over. I know Shaq tweeted yesterday that he wanted Kobe to get #4 - I don't. I hate the Lakers and I really want Superman to get his 1st ring.

Go Orlando!

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Daughtry - No Surprise

Boreddd. American Idol?

Sooo ... I just spend quite some time checking out old American Idol performances on YouTube ... YouTube is love.

Anywho ... I decided that these have been the 5 best performances from all 8 seasons of this awesome show.

#5 - Kelly Clarkson - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)


#4 - Kris Allen - Heartless (Kanye West)


#3 - Katharine McPhee - Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Judy Garland)


#2 - David Cook - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)


#1 - Carrie Underwood - Alone (Heart)


Funny how only Katharine McPhee didn't win her season of Idol ... she definitely should have, by the way.

Season 5 (Katharine McPhee, Taylor Hicks, Kellie Pickler, Chris Daughtry, Elliott Yamin) has been the only season whose winner I chose incorrectly. Ughhh. I definitely thought McPhee had it in the bag after her rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow ... I guess America thought differently.

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Keith Urban - Kiss A Girl

CMU

This blog entry is dedicated to the awesomeness that is Carrie (Marie) Underwood.

So ... I was talking yesterday about what had happened since April 16th ... and I totally forgot one thing. Carrie Underwood won Entertainer of the Year at the 2009 ACM's. That is a huge deal because that category had been dominated by males since Shania Twain won that prestigious award in 1999. She made history in becoming only the 7th female to win Entertainer of the Year ... she also stopped Kenny Chesney's streak of 4 EotY wins in a row.
She's the shiznit. She definitely deserved the award. I'm proud to be her fan ... and I'm extremely glad I was one of the many fans that voted for her in this category.

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Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis - I Told You So

I Always Forget About This Blog ...

... I have no idea why. I'm always online and sometimes I get bored and I don't know what to do ... yet I can never remember about this thing.

Sooo ... what has happened since April 16th? Hmmm ... a new American Idol has been crowned, right? Yessss. Mr. Kris Allen won! I was so excited when he won ... I was rooting for him over freakin' Adam Lambert. Adam Lambert's screeching pissed me off all the time. It made my ears bleed. Hehe.

Well, first things first ... I loved the fact that one of my favorite artists - Keith Urban - sang with Kris Allen at the Idol Finale. There was so much sexiness up on that stage, I almost couldn't handle it. Almost. I did, though ... I pulled through.

Damn ... they're sexy beasts.

Anywho ... Kris won.

He's so cute. He's definitely my American Idol.

Also ... this happened at the Idol Finale:

Team Kara - Bikini Girl sucks.
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Kris Allen - No Boundaries

Today, We're All Hokies

I really can't believe it. Seriously can't believe it.

It's been two years since the shootings at Virginia Tech.

Nothing much to say. Noting I can say.

NEVER FORGET.

No song today. Just ... memories.

Damn ... It's Been Too Long, Huh?

So, I totally forgot I had this little blog thing going. Totally. I mean, I've had so much stuff going on in my life, y'know? It's been ... like 4 months since I last posted anything, right? Meh. IDK anymore.

Okay ... so I'm back to my Buffy the Vampire Slayer obsession.

Hehe. Love that show.

After watching all 7 seasons (multiple times) I've come to realize exactly how much I loathe the character of Angel. Loathe, spite, abhor - all good words to describe my feelings towards Emo-Vamp.

Oh, and I also kinda hate Buffy because of the way she treated my favorite character: Faith. She always thought she was better than her just because she was the "original" slayer, and she actually had friends. Bitch.

I hate the fact that Faith was always the "bad guy" for trying to kill everyone else. Hello? Willow tried to kill everyone at the end of Season 6. Most importantly: Dawn ... your sister, Buffy? Oh, and Buffy ain't little miss perfect either, she also tried to kill everyone in Season 6. Everyone's forgiven, but not Faith. Not Faith who actually went to jail for killing someone. Something that I didn't see Willow have to go through. Not Faith. Noooo ... never Faith.

Bitches.

All of them are bitches.

Faith - you're still five by five in my book.

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Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

It's Been A While ... Pt. 2 ... Rant

I cannot believe it's been over a month since I last posted ... so what has happened since then?

Senator Barack Obama was elected president.
Speidi got hitched.
One of those Jonas fags broke up with Taylor Swift over the phone (in 27 seconds, no less.)
The new Britney Spears album came out.
Denny came back (as a ghost?) on Grey's Anatomy.
Blair and Chuck are on (and off-and back on again) on Gossip Girl.
David Cook is still pretty fucking hot.

I do wanna talk about that Jonas/Swift split. This just assures me that the Jonas Brothers are gay - I mean, seriously?!?!? You're gonna break up with your girlfriend over the phone?!?! You're an idiot! You don't break up with someone you're involved with over the phone, texting, e-mailing, or changing your relationship status on Facebook. What kind of guy does that?!?! And dude, you're an idiot - you broke up with Taylor Swift who EVERYONE knows write songs about what she's going through (i.e. boys) ... so she wrote a song about you, you douchebag. Is that what you wanted? More fame?

Okay ...

Rant over.

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Taylor Swift - White Horse

Congrats To The Phillies

So, the Philadelphia Phillies ended the Tampa Bay Rays' magical season last night with their 4-3 win during game 5. Game 5 had been suspended in the bottom of the 6th inning Monday night due to inclement weather. The game was supposed to resume Tuesday night but was postponed to Wednesday night due to, once again, inclement weather. Finally, last night Philadelphia got the major sports title they had been waiting for and I could not be any happier for all Phillies fans. Also, I'm happy the Phillies won because those same Rays had ended my Red Sox season.

Congrats to the Phillies!

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T.I. feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life

Two To Go

So, the Red Sox are still alive in the MLB postseason! What a game last night! The Sox were down 7-0 going to the bottom of the 7th inning and pretty much everyone had given up on them. If you were watching the game on TBS they kept showing how the Red Sox faithfull was leaving Fenway Park. I gotta admit, I thought they were gonna rally but I seriously didn't think that they would come back from 7 runs down to score 8 unanswered and take game 5.If this were football I would give the game ball to: the Red Sox bullpen and JD Drew both. JD Drew, thank you so much! He had 3 RBI in the game - they were the most important RBI in the game, nonetheless. He hit a 2-run shot to get the Sox only down 1 run and then he hit the game-winner RBI ground-rule double to bring Kevin Youkilis in.Josh Beckett pitches during game 6 at Tampa against "Big Game" James Shields. Red Sox nation needs for Beckett to go back to the 2007 postseason and bring all that amazingness back to the nation. PLEASE!

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Christina Aguilera - Keeps Getting Better