Thursday, February 19, 2009

Follow Your Dreams!


Everyday you come across things in life that impact you. There are people out there who have gone through so much and want those to know their story in order to educate and prevent the same from happening. Today a former WWF/WWE superstar by the name of Mark Mero came to my school with his presentation. Mero is a WCW, WWF Intercontinental and New York Golden Glove winner. Before this presentation I never heard of him honestly, and before he was introduced they showed highlights of his wreslting career. The clips went from matches against The Rock, Stone Cold, and Undertaker. Being a big wreslting fan, he was before my wreslting fandom so I figured how I could miss him. Now Mero is a guy who resides here in Orlando, Florida and after retiring and the Chris Beniot tragedy he pledged to go around Central Florida schools and talk to kids about drug abuse, thus how he ended up at my school today.

One thing, or moral that I did get from his presentation is that never to give up on your dreams. It is a common phrase and one that I like to promote as well. People today give up too quick or feel like they can't succeed, which is the wrong mindset. The other thing was writing down what you want to accomplish. Today we have the computer, the internet, and this very own blog site as well, and just like Mark we can write down things wherever we want, so I take this time to write down something that I want to accomplish....

I always have a positive mindset whenever I do something, preparing yourself for success is not just physically but mentally. Things do happen and will throw you off course however be prepared for that in all causes because like I believe, prevention is better than cure. What Mark Mero has done is taken his personal life experiences and his ego/persona to promote his message. Why I value this is because it is something that I secretly would like to do with myself in the near future. Now of course I have never been through the things Mero has been through and I hope that I never have to experience the multiple tragedies that he went through but I'd like to have some kind of impact on the youth in showing them the right way. I feel this can't be done with me just being a regular person, so my mission is to set out and become well known, but become well known for a good reason and I have written this down on physical paper, but I'd like to become a legend.

So my concluding message to all of you, I know these are rough times during the economy and things in your everyday life from your family, hobbies, and school may all be looking bad but I'd like to assure you to believe that there will be a brighter side because there is.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Post All-Star Thoughts 2009


So its finally over, the highly NBA fanfare 2009 All-Star weekend. I have to say that as a fan and critic that this weekend's events and games weren't really all that great...however congrats to the winners of this weekend and it was still enjoyable seeing the NBA's best together for a weekend. Also Congrats to Bill Russell as the Finals MVP Trophy is now dubbed as the "Bill Russell Trophy"

Well I'll start off with Friday night. I thought that the Celeb game was some what entertaining because of the fact some defense and scoring was done. My prediction was right though, Terrell Owens' team not only won but he repeated as MVP! Right after was the Rookie vs Sophomores, and I have to say that it is one of the only competitive game that I've seen from this event. The Rookies played a great first half and even lead by 13 at point but like I said, Durant made sure the Sophomore streak lived on. He simply took over in the 2nd half and got some good play out of the rest of the guys like Jeff Green and Rodney Stuckey. Pouring a new event high 46 pts is the MVP Kevin Durant! So after one night of All-Star weekend I'm sitting at 2-0 and then things get worse...

Saturday's events were a real bummer for me, I was highly disappointed. I tuned in right as H.O.R.S.E. was about to start and I must say that it was pretty decent. I picked Joe Johnson but he was the first one out! So there I was 2-1 now and already looking forward to the next events, however I watched the rest as Durant caught fire and all hell broke loose. When the trophy presentation came around...that trophy was hilarious, it looked like something you'd see in the girls toy section at Toys 'R Us. Overall Kevin Durant had a great All-Star weekend, he represented for the Thunder well and I'm sure they have something to cheer for when he returns back to OKC.

So now we move on to the prime time events. First off was the Shooting Stars contest and I was expecting Team SA to repeat. I was way off, because I thought it would be between Team LA and SA in the finals. Instead we got Phoenix vs Detroit. Really this contest is all about making the shots on the first attempts from reasonable range then the half court shot you pray that one of the first 3 shots go down. Well Detroit was the one to beat everyone to it so congrats to them! That set me at 2-2 for the weekend.

The Skills Challenge was pretty decent to me, I enjoyed it overall. I was close on getting Harris correct however Rose was the man of the night! His passing for the most part is what impressed me and he got out and make the course look easy. That free throw line jumper was one that killed Harris but he still is a good shooter.

On to the 3-Point Shootout where I had my bid on the hometown Rashard Lewis. Really this was a decent contest seeing how close it came between Rashard and Cook. I honestly didn't expect Shard to do that well but I'm glad he got that far at least. It sucks to have your team's player lose no doubt but hey I'll take a final 2 overtime period from him. Just get back to the O and come out with a strong 2nd half of the season!

Finally the epic contest of the night, the Slam Dunk Contest. Before I start out I'd like to say that this is a huge disappointment to me, not because Dwight didn't win but because I felt like the whole contest was geared towards a Dwight-Nate or should I say Lex-Superman show-down. Rudy Fernandez had some good dunks no doubt and the one with Gasol could of beaten one of Nate's first round dunks easily. Dwight bringing out the phone booth with the 12 foot rim was pretty epic however the dunk was a bit too simple regardless if it was from 12 feet high. I felt like Dwight just wanted to hang up on the the Dunk Contest for good this year so he did that by letting Nate dunk on him. Then he finishes with a weak dunk! Ironically in the middle of the contest Lebron announces his bid for spot in the 2010 Dunk Contest, which has me thinking that the NBA All-Star is becoming more and more of scripted occasion than what players can really do. Overall Congrats to Nate Robinson now a 2-time Slam Dunk Champion. So now I am 2-5 on this weekend heading into the big Sunday night showdown...

The 58th All-Star game in Arizona Phoenix so here we go...The intros were great, Shaq was hilarious all night. The East got a quick start as they ran the floor and out did the West. Hold the phone, the West came back and dominated the game throughout the night after. Dwight got in and had some nice highlights including a jumper, not to mention getting owned by Shaq! Rashard had to take on guarding Shaq which really made no sense, he was basically playing center and you can blame that one on Coach Mike Brown. THe Co-MVPs is really amazing to see, not in a good way but seriously CP3'S 14 points-14 assists doesnt count? Eh...so I finished 2-6 this weekend, and passing the torch we are head to Dallas for 2010! I hope to see the same Magic players back and this time Jameer playing in the games and events, and Dwight at least do his usual gimmicks even if it isnt in a Slam Dunk contest.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

NBA All-Star Weekend Predictions

Its a weekend that all NBA fans mark their calenders for and one weekend that the celebs party with the NBA...All-Star Weekend! This weekend (February 13-15) will be the 58th All-Star game in NBA history. Hosted in Phoenix this year with a stud line-up from each NBA Conference, I'm excited and ready for a few reasons. First off the Magic have three All-Stars in Rashard Lewis, Dwight Howard and Jameer Nelson. Now of course its a bummer that Nelson won't be able to participate in the game itself or the Skills Challenge, he still gets his credit! Also Dwight will be participating in all three days as he coaches the Spohomores on Friday night, takes flight in the Slam Dunk Contest Saturday night and the Sunday night game. Rashard Lewis will be featured in the 3 point Contest. This is the first All-Star in a few years where more than Magic player has been featured in more than just the game, so I'm going to enjoy it as much as possible.

Anyways, I will get to the blog title and show off my predictions/who I'll be rooting for this weekend.

Friday Night:
Celeb Game: Terrell Owens' Team!


Rookie-Spohomore Game: Going with this guy's squad the Sophomores!
Saturday Night:

H.O.R.S.E.: Joe Johnson

Shooting Skills Challenge: Team San Antonio (maybe Team SA can finally repeat at something)

Skills Challenge: Devin Harris

Three-Point Contest: Homer but, my boy Rashard Lewis!

Slam Dunk Contest: DWIGHT "SUPERMAN" HOWARD!
Sunday Night's 58th NBA All-Star Game: EASTERN CONFERENCE!


All-Star MVP: Dwayne Wade or maybe Lebron

Monday, February 9, 2009

Post-Grammy Thoughts

I didn't really watch all of the Grammy awards last night, I was mostly interested in seeing the "Swagga Like Us" performance (which maybe the only one for who knows how long). I thought it was decent enough and M.I.A. (pictured above) doing it pregnant was enough but her dress...wow, she even messed up on the lyrics as it switched into "Swagga Like Us" but no worries played off well.

I'm really a hip-hop listener more than anything so I won't get into every single Grammy award handed out. Lil Wayne can finally stop complaining about being left off the Grammy list because he finally has one (or a few). "Lollipop" however was a horrible song to win "Best Rap Song"

For "Best Rap Album", I disagree again. T.I.'s "Paper Trail" was way better than "Tha Carter III" and again the Lil Wayne hype is ridiculous. Lupe Fiasco, a personal favorite of mine, has a great album in "The Cool" as well. Overall I guess the rap game was weak this year and Nas' "Untitled" gets an honorable mention up in here as well, I enjoyed that CD.

I was glad to see Alicia Keys get another one, but when will she marry me :D

Katy Perry's performance was like watching a Fruit-Rollups commercial...

T.I. and JT's performance was good, Lil Wayne's was ok, nice New Orleans blend

So until next year...The Grammy awards are out!

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I am Chevall aka Chevy from the Orlando, Florida. I enjoy sports, music, technology, and many other things in life. I DJ and currently a high school senior (Class of 2009!). I write mostly about life, music, NBA basketball, and current events

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