DAY 32

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 15, 2009
Fri 1:11 AM

almost forgot to blog tonite... this morning, technically this morning. well, here i am, typing away. i feel like there was something i wanted to talk about... nope, nothing. i got a job interview next week, so that's cool. one day removed from college and i've already set up a job interview... not bad for this economy, or rather, this job market. getting psyched for california, thinking of all the stuff i want to do. i have a feeling that when i get there i won't want to leave... one day, soon, one day i'll be moving to california.

i just hope i can hop on an earlier flight, i don't see why not. if anything, from the flights i've checked out nwa... as i type that i'm thinking of the hip-hop group and not the airline... i mean, northwest airlines has more flights from minneapolis to san diego than detroit to san diego... so why my layover is in detroit i don't know. for some reason it was cheaper that way. whatever, i'll try to get out there earlier. if anything, maybe i'm doing them a favor, less flights increases the chance that they've overbooked. i really hate when airlines do that. can you imagine if other situations or events had the same policy? "I'm sorry sir, yes, you bought a ticket to the Super Bowl, but you see, the stadium is full. If someone leaves, then you can go in." What a scam. If I buy a seat on that flight, then I want to be seated on that flight. I will never fly United again... but that's a different story altogether (I had to beat them to death with their own shoes). ok, that in the parenthesis there, that's a quote from Wayne's World 2, i just couldn't end my sentence without it.

ugh, work work work, that's all i do until my vacation. i guess it's a tradeoff. the other morning on the radio, they were talking about the fixed 1985 NBA draft. Now, i really don't care at all about the nba, but now that i know this, wow, i really don't care for that league. have you heard about this? I didn't until recently, but apparently in 1985 (the first year the league implemented the 'lottery system'- where they picked out of a few teams to see who got the first pick) it was rigged in favor of the knicks. seven envelopes were placed in a spinning basket thing, and one envelope was banged against the side of the basket while the others were tossed in gently. of course, stern grabbed the one with the bent corner- the one jammed against the side. and that envelope contained the picture of the new york knicks- the largest market out of all the teams. of course the nba wanted the knicks to get the first pick, which of course was patrick ewing. here's the video, check it out for yourself





notice how the guy jammed the fourth envelope in there? now, pause it at exactly 5:28 and you can see the bent edge on the envelope that stern is about to grab... he does a good job of flipping it though. and when he holds it up you can see the bottom right corner is bent. and the way stern explains the rules... he sounds nervous, and sounds like he's explaining too much to cover his ass. i think it was completely fixed, rigged, whatever you want to call it. the nba only had to gain from the top pick going to the largest media market. stupid new york, stupid nba.

fascinating stuff though, right? i can't believe i wasn't aware of this before. that's all, got to get some sleep.

salbrent