If you're having difficulty getting fired up for tomorrow's World Cup match against Ghana (e.g. you're a zombie; you're Glenn Beck), check out this video immediately.
(Question: Anyone else a huge sucker for the Rudy soundtrack? I swear, every time I hear those strings and brass in combination - with any type of sports footage (even croquet) - I start balling like Vadaduring Thomas J.'s funeralat the end of My Girl.)
If you're in NYC and need a place to watch, come to O'Reilly's on 35th St., between 5th and 6th. In addition to hordes of patriotic and passionate US soccer fans going absolutely bonkers, there will be a $30 All You Can Drink special from 1pm to 5pm (as well as tons of hot chicks looking to hook up*). Hope to see you there.
I know, I know. Last "Photo of the Day" was a shot of the city, but I just couldn't resist. We've had a couple monster storms come through Chicago over the past week, and the last one really provided some amazing scenes. As crazy as this photo is, you really had to be there. Imagine hearing a tornado siren (think off-tune nuclear siren - really spooky), watching a full double-rainbow appear, and seeing the sky light up with multiple lightening bolts - all at once! *UPDATE: Insane HD video of this storm... must see!
Bonus picture and photo description after the break:
Readers, please note that there is nothing "live" about this liveblog. In fact, everything that I'm writing about took place yesterday (except for the third item), which begs the question: what exactly is a liveblog? My answer is the same answer that I give to the questions "What is the point of AMDAL?", "Why do you still let Apple Symbol write for the blog?" and "What happened to Block and Makens?" - I don't know. If I had to come up with something, however, I'd say a liveblog is a post comprising a poorly taken digital photo of people or things that few know or care about, with little or no context whatsoever, to make the author of said post feel important about his or her life. So here I go.
Unless you were living under a rock, you probably heard about or saw one of the most epic days in sports history yesterday. Three major things happened that rocked the sports world. I'd like to chronicle them here, in descending order of importance.
Epic Sports Moment #1 - The Atlanta Dream beat the Tulsa Shock 96-90 in a WNBA game that no one watched.
According to ESPN, "[Angel] McCoughtry, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 WNBA draft, has scored 20 or more points in nine of Atlanta's 14 games. She had three steals and her strong play in the final minutes helped the first-place Dream recover after losing an 18-point first half lead."
Although she had 7 turnovers, McCoughtry scored 29 points with 10 rebounds and scored six straight in the final two minutes. Like much of the AMDAL community, she too was surprised that the WNBA still exists and that both Atlanta and Tulsa are home to professional female teams.
In 2004, I had almost no concept of what investment banking was, except for the horror stories Scos and others reported back to me while on their 48 hour drunken escape from New York during Homecoming. In 2005, I heard the same stories from my classmates, fresh off their internships. The stories were basically the same, but with a few little tidbits, like "It's not that bad" and "I made over $10K in one summer." In 2006, I was interviewing. Why the hell not?
In 2007, the market crashed, with my social and sex life following shortly behind it. After a few 130 hour weeks and at least half a dozen burnt out shirts, my soul was suffering. I had managed to figure out how to turn off the blinking red light on my blackberry and rarely dreamed about excel or pitch decks. But subconsciously, the lifestyle was getting to me.
In 2008, I had 4 pairs of Cole Haan shoes (2 black, 1 brown, 1 burgundy), about 20 Brook's Brothers shirts, and was eyeing a Ferragamo tie. I didn't particularly need $25 worth of Seamless Web delivery food, but I'd use it all just the same (you can buy a lot of Dentyne Ice - I was up to a pack a day at that point). And after all that hard work analyzing the financials of multi-million dollar companies, I deserved that black-car ride home, no? Fuck, I was living the dream.
Clowns told me “ain’t you roc [nation]? well where the fuck yo chain at?” Guess it’s somethin like your girl, it aint came yet. The man make the chain, chain dont make the man How many n[inja]s do we know with hella ice but yet they lame?
J. Cole, you're exactly right. Granted, it's easy to get caught up in the lifestyle - and as much as I pride myself on having my own idea of what's "cool," I was clearly indoctrinated in the New York / finance culture. But how far off is the hip hop world from banking in New York anyway? Both have a culture of wealth and opulence. Both harshly criticize those who challenge the status quo. Both place a high value on things that really shouldn't be impressive (jail stints, Princeton degrees). But here stands J. Cole, one of the most hyped rappers out today, with Jay Z at his back, turning his own back to convention. Take note and keep watching him.
About the video: BBGUN directed the first Cole Jam I showcased on AMDAL, and the two have teamed up again to put an upgraded spin on that video. Check them both out.
Hit the jump for OK Go's latest awesomeness, Pharrell, and the latest BOTW.
MLR and I spent a while trying to figure out how we could use his engineering skillz and my idiocy to create a campus celebrity. I think our winning idea was to create a giant fanny pack that fit my computer and books. I'd wear it around campus and earnestly explain to people how it was better for my back. I always imagined this look would go really well with purple sweatpants. Anyway, we clearly never got to it because if we had, I wouldn't be so lonely.
I wish I had thought more like this guy. This guy is an instant campus celebrity.
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"Jerry decided to pitch the tent a little early."
The only thing gayer than this picture, I think, is a Josh Pence photo shoot.
See?
The only thing gayer than this picture, I think, is a Josh Pence photo shoot.
See?
