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It's going to look almost exactly like this.
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Anna Kournikova will be on the upcoming October 5 th episode of the NBC’s The Biggest Loser. So many jokes could be made in light of such a name and such a woman, but I will refrain. Instead, I will discuss the positivity that comes from one’s ability to manufacture fame and continue a career without really doing anything anymore.
These days, it seems like Anna Kournikova really only models (sometimes in 3D) and is the source for computer virus names. At one point, the Russian was one of the most searched-for terms in the entire world. Granted, this was in part for her looks, the internet littering itself with near-nudes of the tennis star. But still, she was at one point (10 years ago) the number 8 is the world. That’s like Francesca Schiavone right now. But between me and you, I haven’t been looking at pictures of Francesca in bikinis recently. Though upon writing that previous sentence, I did find a striking picture of her in what looks to be a rather striking purple velvet jumpsuit. And now I can’t find any where whether she is a lesbian or not.
Another instance of such a tennis player pulling such a stunt is Serena Williams. Upon giving Oprah a pedicure on national television, one should really question her devotion to tennis. Armed with a leg cast and some nail files, the tennis star spoke her new product lines and other thing non tennis related. She has begun to look increasingly similar to her Miami neighbor and apparent role model, Kim Kardashian. Much like this woman, Serena has begun to famous for nothing and doesn’t even have a sex tape yet. I have written on this at length previously, but the desire for wealth and fame is something even the most demented thinkers haven't thought through yet. The search for such things erases the sensitivity of society and embraces the culture of greed that permeates so deeply through the layers of understanding and humanity that we no longer exist has fellow human beings, but as warriors in a race to conquer one another in trivial battle.
At any rate, Anna Kournikova will be a guest trainer on the show, teaching obese people on television how to lose the most weight.
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A.Yen on 10/1/2010 10:51:03 AM | with 0 comments
I recently went skydiving. And while that was exciting and everything, all I could think about was how to make it better. There were obvious choices involving silly string and diet cola, but I wanted to think of something that wasn’t already to trite and old. I said, “Hey, what about a food fight?” Been done. I thought, “What if I brought up a kiddie pool filled with Jello?” Both impractical and unoriginal. I think Roger Federer and his wife did that on their honeymoon. What about playing golf, like Alan Shepard on the moon in 1971? I don’t like golf – I find it tiresome and the ball to be too small. But I guess I kinda, sorta like tennis. So…yes, of course – skydive tennis.
So I tried this. I went up into an airplane and dove out and hit the specially-weighted ball, but it just flew to my diving partner. To tell you the truth, I fell asleep for a few moments during the descent, only awaking to release my parachute and lazily bounce back a ball. I fell to Earth thinking, “This is okay.” Nothing more than an okay. I went home and juggled chainsaws and breathed fire while watching Rafael Nadal reruns on TV. I continued to think about that floating ball, like the quarter I used to hold on those drop rides at the fair. It had potential, but tapping into it at the right place was the challenge. Needless to say, I couldn’t stop thinking about my tennis skydiving.
But how boring it was. How could it be any more extreme? I could, perhaps, learn to fly a small bi-wing plane, fly up over a rural area with a friend, and climb onto the top wing, specially filled with a net and painted tennis lines. Yes, that is the solution to my problems.
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A.Yen on 10/4/2010 3:40:31 PM | with 1 comments
Robby Ginepri was taken out. After a pack of squirrels intentionally ran past his bike path and destructively caused him to flip his bike, Ginepri broke his elbow.
I have two suspicions here. One – someone sabotaged Robby’s ride by coaxing squirrels to cross the bike path, knowing full well that a kindly young professional tennis player was making his way down the path. Was that person Rafael Nadal or perhaps Roger Federer? I can’t venture to make such accusations. (But probably.) Or two – Robby Ginepri actually broke his elbow while chicken fighting on the shoulders of a prostitute, under the influence of serious narcotics. Again, I can’t venture to make such absurd (you know they’re not) claims.
So really, what’s going on here? Should we believe that this 113-th ranked tennis player casually fell off his bike in an attempt to save the tail of a squirrel? Of course not!
Let me tell you a tale that describes that nature of humans. My grandfather, carrying a car full of his spawn and the love of his life are traveling across the country for a new job. On their way to California, the car is straddled between a ditch and a big rig. There are several children (including my father) in the back, my grandmother riding shotgun and my grandfather behind the steering while. Suddenly, a pack of dogs runs across the highway. Without flinching, my grandfather runs them all over and kills them. Had he swerved left, he would have killed the entire family (myself included, once removed). Had he swerved right, he would have not only murdered myself and my family, but the driver of the big rig and potentially an entire highway of people behind them.
While Ginepri saved the squirrel, he injured not only himself, but potentially those who could have been behind him. Sure, there was no one in rear, but there could have been. And when it comes down to it, isn’t it all about the couldas, not the didas?
Hope it gets better, Robby.
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A.Yen on 10/5/2010 5:17:47 PM | with 0 comments
I want a cigar guy for tennis. Sure, there was that guy fighting at the US Open, but a cigar guy personifies both the words suave and distingue, not like the fight guy, who I would more likely describe with the words meth-addict and idiot.
For those of you not in the know about The Cigar Guy, look at this photograph right here.
 Photographer Mark Pain snapped a photo a Tiger Woods ball coming directly at him. Right in the center – that white orb right there – that’s the ball, and everyone is looking at Mark, about to have his camera broken. But really, the star of the photograph is no longer the ball, or even Tiger Woods, but rather that guy standing off to the right, wearing a turbin and porno mustache, chomping down on a cigar. Informally known as The Cigar Guy, this man has quickly become a legend in the golf world.
I recommend one thing for tennis right now – start selling cigars at all events. I don’t care if Roger Federer doesn’t like the smell – he’s from Switzerland and doesn’t like anything. I know Rafael Nadal will like it. And besides, I’m tired of the ladies wearing white with bonnets and high heels. How 19th century. Instead, tennis should adopt the idea of a slightly more 21st century sports fan; one that, while classy and sophisticated, is allowed to cheer and support in any manner they see fit. Certainly, that shouldn’t include air horns or those damn balloons that you clap together, but something quieter and more subtle. Something like The Cigar Guy.
Tennis – I’ve given you some direction before, and I’d love it if you did what I said this time – put a little of yourself out there. Don’t be afraid to put on that black lipstick and those Doc Martens or that elephant-hunting hat and some white gloves. Err, maybe not the white gloves.
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A.Yen on 10/6/2010 11:12:42 AM | with 0 comments
Caroline Wozniacki has taken over Serena Williams’ spot as the number one player in the entire WTA.
This means that it is the first time a person, woman or man, from Denmark has ever claimed the top spot. And really, that seems sort of surprising. For several years in a row, Denmark was ranked as the “happiest country in the world”, based on a number of factors including social welfare, health, wealth, and education.Hans Christian Andersen is (was) Danish. They have nice pastries. The band Hatesphere is from Denmark. 777-percent of the businesses in Denmark are run by 50 or less people and the entire country has an average tax rate of 49-percent.
To some of you nay-sayers out there, that may sound like socialism or ever communism (it’s not), but the system they currently have working is sure to produce a girth of well-rounded competitive tennis players. Wozniacki is, after all, only 20 years old.
So, the question becomes, is it communism that will produce the next great tennis star? Or rather, since the answer to that question is obvious (YES), the question then becomes will this difference is political status be the source for the next Cold or potentially Great war? I can’t see it not happening. Imagine America has a great tennis player ( Serena Williams) and Denmark has a great tennis player ( Caroline Wozniacki). Who will win? Will it matter? We already think that the communists (they’re not) are trying to convert our entire country into giving money to our government.
So let the great battle begin. Capitalists versus communists. Money or welfare? You decide.
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A.Yen on 10/7/2010 10:30:46 AM | with 4 comments
The ladies of tennis are pretty good looking, generally, so it came as a no-brainer that there should be a top ten list. I strayed away from those ones you've seen a million times (the short skirt, the bending over etc.) - this is dignified and altogether respectable.
So enjoy the hottest babes of tennis.
#10. Flavia Pennetta
She's Italian and 28. And covered in mud. You don't need to know anything else.
#9. Ashley Harkleroad
Yeah, you heard it right: she posed in Playboy (and is the only tennis player to do so). She's 25 and from Georgia.
#8. Venus Williams
You already know who this is. She's 30 and from Detroit.
...wait, she's 30?
#7. Andrea Petkovic
She is a 23 year old Yugoslavian (living in Germany) player. She does a cute dance when she wins.
#6. Ana Ivanovic
She is a 22 year old Serbian. She once dated Fernando Verdasco and is good childhood friends with Novak Djokovic. I don't really care about any of that.
#5. Simona Halep
She is a 19 year old Romanian who is aggressive. Also, she just made some severe changes.
#4. Maria Sharapova
She's 23 and Russian. Also, she's incredibly rich - she just signed a contract with Nike for $70 million.
#3. Anna Kournikova
Another Russian. Kournikova is 29 years old and seems to love wearing a bikini.
#2. Serena Williams
This is the younger sister of Number Eight (only by one year). However, she wears a lot of...nothing.
#1. Jennifer Love Hewitt
Who knew this lovely movie star played tennis? I didn't, but I don't care. SHE WAS IN I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (PARTS ONE AND TWO)!!!
Who did I miss??
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A.Yen on 10/8/2010 3:32:02 PM | with 6 comments
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This guy wants to prove Andy Roddick wrong.
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Somebody is about to lose $10,000. Andy Roddick and Justin Gimelstob have bet one another $10,000 that Gimelstob cannot/can (respectively) complete the New York City Marathon in under 4 hours and 45 minutes. In 2005, the average time to complete a marathon was 4 hours and 32 minutes, giving Gimelstob just under a quarter-hour handicap.
And what could be more exciting than two rich white men betting one another large amounts of money to benefit one another’s philanthropic organizations? Not too much in the world of marathon betting, probably.
Naturally, I could talk about the organizations and Gimelstob’s struggle, giving motivational quotes like, “Even if I have to sacrifice my left arm and drag my fettered carcass across the finish line, by Gob, it will be done! My honor, my valiance, my pride – they are on the line! Complete the task or forever hold onto this torture in my heart of hearts!” But I won’t. Instead, I’ll say, “Well, it doesn’t really matter – someone’s charity is going to make a fair amount of money, someone will get a fair amount of exercise and both parties are going to get a ton of publicity.”
Reading further into the story, Gimelstob has a serious back issue (thus his not playing tennis) and really, the matter at hand is: Why is Andy Roddick trying to ruin Justin Gimelstob’s life and health? There needn’t be any marathon, rather a healthy bet about something or another. Like whether or not one of them could complete the gallon challenge or not. This, which if you don’t know, involves drinking an entire gallon of milk in a single sitting, nearly almost forcing the person to throw up, is far more humane (and quick) than forcing an injured man to severely put himself in a place where he may or may not get a herniated disc, paralysis, or even have to go in for a backiotomy.
So Justin, just take the $20,000 that you’re Dad offered you to not do it and you can each make your charity that much better. Thanks, Dad!
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A.Yen on 10/11/2010 4:37:49 PM | with 0 comments
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George Lucas, meet your new star.
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Venus Williams is the official sponsor of the new EA Sports Active 2 video game. Of course.
The cover of the new video game features Williams in a decently sheer black and white-laced dress, outfitted with a controller in her hand, some apparatus on her forearm, something else on her wrist and finally something resembling a black garter with a white pod on her upper thigh. Really, without knowing exactly what the Active 2 game is all about, I am totally confused and intrigued.
If this were what I think it is, it would be something involving droid robots on an interstellar ship, with Venus as the captain of her own droid army to destroy the rebel droids. Perhaps each of these apparati would in turn change into light sabers or laser grenades of some sort and massacre droids with sweeping cartwheels and front flips. Or perhaps I’ve been watching too much Star Wars.
But really, I’m quite sure that this fantastical idea of a galactic tennis war is leaps and bounds more exciting than what this small videogame promises. So let’s talk about it actually is. EA Sports Active 2 is, as you may have guessed, the sequel to EA Sports Active 1. The entire Active franchise is based around the ability to track your work out progress. Active 2 is especially promoting its ability on the XBOX Kinect, which comes to the United States on November 4th and gives users the ability to work out, have their heart rates monitored and track (and share, obviously) their compiled data.
As placed in the parentheses, the real gem of the game is the potential to share your data with your online friends, letting them see how that extra small bag of Cheetos has treated you much better than the extra large bag. The future is scary. Thanks, Venus.
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A.Yen on 10/12/2010 5:11:01 PM | with 0 comments
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This woman seems fashionable enough.
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Another celebrity has endorsed another brand and yet again I find myself in a world wholly dominated by corporate culture and embracing the very things that we as a collective society should stand against. Is it really worth sacrificing our sensibilities and letting our common sense become usurped as a means to receive something free? I’m not alone when I utter, “No.”
The fact that we are willing to sit through powerful propagandistic adverting campaigns creating by marketer/psychologists designed to get us to do exactly what they want (make their bosses richer) is more than a little scary to this meek blogger.
Perhaps this is in response to getting free products in exchange for subjecting myself to a sensory overloading several hour long advertisement last night, or perhaps it’s because an at-one-time celebrity (Amy Winehouse) is trying to sell me tennis clothes ( Fred Perry). I actually like Fred Perry, but did you know that instead of the regal British ownership and attitude it attempts to absolutely exude, it’s actually owned by a Japanese clothing conglomerate? Probably, you smart cookie. But I don’t wear Fred Perry because I think it’s classically English or because my tennis hero, Andy Murray, once wore it. I wear it because I like how it looks and feels. Though perhaps I’ve been brainwashed to like it just as much as the next guy.
To get the facts straight (this is an informational article, didn’t you know?) the British singer, Amy Winehouse will be designing a 17-piece women’s collection to be released soon.
While we’re at it, who else could design clothes for tennis clothiers? Let us explore headlines here:
Rob Zombie To Design Lacoste’s Spring Line Of Polos.
Jersey Shore’s JWOWW To Design Fresh Line of K-Swiss Garter Belts and Platform Heels.
The ShamWow Guy Designs New Model of Wilson Tennis Racquets.
The Chilean Miners Sponsor Odor-Resisting Nike Underwear.
Will I still be buying Fred Perry gear in order to complete my Andy Murray Halloween costume? But of course. Will I be buying it because a “I-thought-she-was-still-in-rehab” celebrity says she likes it too and wants to OK the designs that a poor, credit-less Fred Perry intern/designer came up with? But of course not.
Clothes!!
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A.Yen on 10/14/2010 2:53:13 PM | with 2 comments
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Roger Federer - Pros and Cons.
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The first in a series entitled "Faults and Aces", where I explore the great negative and positive aspects of your and my favorite players. The first victim (or winner, as you should find it) is Roger Federer. Have an idea for the next one? Let me know!
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A.Yen on 10/15/2010 5:28:22 PM | with 4 comments
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What's he doing wrong? Don't be mean!!
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Thanks for all the comments, everybody! I've taken some hints from all the great feedback and have updated things a little bit. If you notice, the sides are switched, the fonts have changed and everything is that much funnier! Tell me how you like this newest Novak Djokovic breakdown!
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A.Yen on 10/18/2010 12:46:22 PM | with 1 comments
Roger Federer has done it again! Federer, the man who at one point was known for winning Slams and effortlessly defeating opponents is now known for his ability to swing a racquet between his legs and hit a ball. Yes, a tweener. It’s a bit of a party trick, really, but everyone loves it.
To break it down for those not in the know (why are you reading this, again?), Roger Federer has done a trick several times in a row now where, after he chases a shallow drop shot at the net, the opponent faces with a lob in the backcourt. Federer then runs after it and, using the only method he seems to know, whacks a between the leg shot to the competitor. This doesn’t really seem all that impressing, I know. The amazing part (and I sense there is some sort of conspiracy going on here – there can’t not be!) is that he wins the point every single time.
Granted there have only been three instances of it thus far – once against Novak Djokovic in the 2009 US Open, once against Brian Dabul in the 2010 US Open and finally against John Isner in this year’s Shanghai ATP Master’s Tournament. The fishy part is that this last tweener against Isner is the only ball that was actually hit by the opponent, though Isner flubbed and hit it too short.
But in all seriousness, these people are professional tennis players and can’t seem to return even the simplest of shots. Yes, they must be mesmerized by the glory that is another Federer tweener, but hit the ball and break the spell.
Most of all though, I hope that he stops doing it. Yes, it’s amusing and yes, it’s pretty cool looking, but it’s too spectacular and seems to be creating a mockery of the good sport of tennis. When ESPN is flooded with reports of the lastest footage of Federer’s tweener, I turn my television off and so should you.
Say no to chauvinism! Say no to crazy tennis! Say no to exuberant trickery! Say no to Roger Federer’s Tweener!
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A.Yen on 10/19/2010 4:59:45 PM | with 0 comments
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But see, I can do it too.
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Well, it seems as though Andy Murray has jumped on the “tennis stars being artists” bandwagon and did one of those things that Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer did where they bounced painted balls against a black and white silhouette of themselves doing something heroic looking.
Andy’s really isn’t all that heroic, really. It looks like, well, it looks like this:  It’s sort of a picture of a fluffy-haired person with giant hands holding an oversized racquet.
The actual video is quite poor and only shows him strapping into the gear and hitting the ball for a few seconds. And really, Murray looks thoroughly unexcited to be involved in such an act. And that really makes a lot of sense because when you don’t put your heart into your art, you’re not going to get a single positive thing out of it. An art teacher once taught this important to a young, impressionable talent (ME) and I’d like to pass that beautiful message of inspiration on to you, kind reader. You’re welcome.
I know this is for charity and stuff, but couldn’t Andy Murray at least muster a smile for the camera as he paints? Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, in their previous incarnations as artists showed a little affection to great art of…art. But this Scottish guy, I tell you what.
C’mon Andy, let’s see a little excitement out there next time. Let’s see some enthusiasm. Because, you know, life isn’t all about tennis – sometimes you’ve just gotta paint!!
See the video here.
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A.Yen on 10/20/2010 4:12:52 PM | with 1 comments
I know you’ve already seen this before because you’re cool and hip and read Reddit everyday and know about everything traveling those space portals we call in the internets. So watch this video AGAIN.
In case you’ve been living in a hole or have been obsessing about playing Lil Wayne’s The Carter III in reverse to decipher its hidden message (Tupac is on it – oops, did I say that out loud? Sorry!) or if you’ve been tracking down those UFOs over China for the past few years, this is a video of your favorite tennis player, Novak Djokovic, doing karaoke to I Will Survive with some of his East European friends.
It’s not exactly super funny, but he has his shirt is doing karaoke for the internet! Also, I think he’s being a bit pompous about his skill level. Yes, he’s a good tennis player and he probably will survive…whatever it is that he’s supposedly surviving, but there’s no need to gloat about it.
And yes, I realize he probably didn’t even choose the song and realize that a bunch of others people ( Ana Ivanovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, etc.) did this too, but hey! you weren’t supposed to know about anything and are obsessing over backwards rap lyrics.
You, too, will survive, fair reader.
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A.Yen on 10/21/2010 3:28:14 PM | with 0 comments
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Latest installment with the young Scotsman.
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Do you like him too? I think he's a cool dude. Bonus: Super hot gal pal!!
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A.Yen on 10/25/2010 5:00:43 PM | with 0 comments
Lleyton Hewitt and his actress/singer wife, Rebecca Hewitt, had a baby last Tuesday, October 19 th, but are refusing to tell the public the name of the child. However, the couple is not not releasing the name due privacy issues, but are instead trying to make bank on it, charging fans $2 for a text message with the name from a service called “Text a Star.” The service counts several celebrities as clients and maintains that each celebrity (none of whom I’ve ever heard of) send 2 text messages per week about their various training and workout routines, each to the tune of $2 a pop.
I seriously can’t even believe I’m writing about this right now. I certainly understand the sensibility of not disclosing your daughter’s (it was a girl!!!) name to the public so that crazy people didn’t start sending you odd pieces of parcel with her name cut out of fashion magazine ads and filled with ominous powder. I also understand just wanting to not talk about – this is obviously a special time for a husband, wife and family, as they welcome a new member and work on growing and bonding. But this isn’t about that. This is about selling your daughter’s name through text messages. Ever person who finds out gets pays $2 to a company that pays some (undisclosed) sum to the Hewitt family. It’s a totally messed up practice.
But even worse than the fact that the Hewitt family decided to do this is the fact that fans are willing to pay money to find out. Who cares?!? And if you really did care, why don’t you just ask them or (if you’re feeling creepy), find the birth certificate.
Also, isn’t this the same guy that sold the rights to publish his magazine to highest bidder? Yes, as a matter of fact, it was.
I don’t think the act of selling/buying a largely unimportant factoid is a great way to celebrate a birth. Go have a party of something.
UPDATE: The name of the child is Ava Sydney Hewitt. Now, that'll be $2.
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Sean Bradley on 10/26/2010 1:22:32 PM | with 0 comments
You know what I could use more of? More hot chicks on tennis. It seems like every time I turn on the television to watch a match or am doing some internet surfing about my favorite sport in the world, I keep running across morbidly obese women with awful bouts of not only acne, but baldness.
And really, it seems quite odd. Tennis is fairly athletic sport, so wouldn’t you expect the women to be fit? And tennis is an international, upper-class sport, so you’d think that these women could have some sort of medical treatments for all of their ailments. But no, all the women are horribly deformed, growing full beards, with massive cankles and alopecia.
So maybe some of you all reading this can tell attractive women that you know to go out and play tennis, because right now I’m pretty grossed out with the WTA and have to watch the ATP. I really used to like women’s tennis – watching Steffi Graf and Billie Jean King and all those greats. Now, though, tennis is just filled with behemoth monsters with snaggle teeth and hunch backs and extra toes and no eyebrows and ears dripping with wax and crusty eyes and all sorts of undiagnosed giant moles.
Needless to say, I can’t watch this stuff anymore! It’s like watching two asylumed brutes, two completely deplorable and vile things, grunting and sweating out who knows what, nearly killing themselves with tight fitting clothing and embarrassing not only themselves, but every single decent human being who lies an eye on such filth.
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A.Yen on 10/27/2010 4:31:09 PM | with 7 comments
Andy Murray’s brother just got married. I’ve never heard of his brother, but I’m sure that Andy Murray likes him a lot and might have been at the wedding and therefore this is news. Even more exciting though is the idea that Andy Murray dressed up in something fancy that might have been made by a designer I read about on the internet. And even more exciting than that is the idea that he might have brought his girlfriend along with him and there might be a picture of them together (though I’m not making any promises, okay?)
Oh. I just found a picture of them. I turns out that his brother, Jamie (at least that’s what the picture says) married some Columbian woman named Alejandra Gutierrez. I’m not sure if she’s adopting his family name, or if he is adopting her family name or perhaps they are hyphenating their names in some manner. As soon as I learn that information, I’ll be sure to update you.
The wedding took place at a venue named Cromlix House in their hometown (which must be packed with things that Andy Murray touched) of Dunblane, Scotland, which sounds like something out of Harry Potter and some place that Andy Murray would call home. He’s so cool.
Also, it appears as though the two brothers are wearing kilts.
Finally, this blogger’s dream has come true. The sight of Andy Murray wearing a kilt is something I’ve dreamed of for many years now, but have yet to see it. Until now.
Thanks for making this happen, brother of Andy Murray!!
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A.Yen on 10/28/2010 5:00:40 PM | with 2 comments
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I literally feel like I'm being embraced by a cloud of warmth right now.
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When did Rolex become such a huge player in tennis? It seems like every other player, even ones who might not even be all that great, are sponsored by the giant Swiss watch makers.
Rolex is currently the sponsor of two slam events: the Australian Open and Wimbeldon. And I realize that tennis is an upper crust sport, but I’ve never once seen a tennis player wearing a watch while playing tennis. Rolex builds watches first and foremost to show your wealth and secondly as diving watches. They are submersible and really accurate and you can spin that thing on the outside of them that lets you keep track of how much oxygen you still have in your tank. But I don’t think they really inform you very much about where you ball is going or how fast your serve was or how many more points you need to win.
No doubt Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic wear the watches because they, first and foremost get paid to do so, but also because it looks classy. Wearing one immediately transforms your reputation from plebian to bourgeoisie, just like that. (Though I do admit the curiosity that is Che Guevara’s wearing of a Rolex during his time in Cuba. I understand that it tells time quite well, but is a symbol of upper-class luxury something that you really want to wear on your wrist? Quite antithetical to me, but…)
At any rate, what I’m trying to say is…Tennis? Let’s start wearing nice stuff while we play! I’ve been wearing my $4,999 Rolex GMT Master II while playing casual games with friends. I’ve also been wearing my original Air Jordan XIs and a pair of Steve McQueen Persol 714s.
So seriously Tennis, step up to my level and get some class. I’m decked out in like, probably a couple thou of stuff right now. Quite shopping at the Gap and get real!
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Sean Bradley on 10/29/2010 12:24:06 PM | with 5 comments
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