Basketball in London

I was going to write a well researched piece on how Obama's answer to Joe the Plumber and plans to redistribute the wealth will turn us into a socialist state, effectively killing the American Dream. BUT don't want to piss off the entire world, so....... new topic. Basketball.

How about the Atlantic Division. Unanimously, people know that the Boston Celtics are going to win the Division champion. That's pretty annoying if you ask me. What's the point of even watching the games when we know the Celtics are going to win... again. Basically put together some superstars and just watch they win all the games. It reminds me of using the cheat code "Power Overwhelming" in Starcraft when I used to play. Essentially, you can't be stopped but your competitors, but what is the point of the game?

Too bad people in England aren't into basketball. They hardly know what it is and call it netball. And they have the nerve to make fun of me when I don't know what cricket and polo is. I found some guys who play at work every Wednesday, but unfortunately, I forgot to bring my Jordans to work so that means I need to trek on the lovely underground taking the DLR at Canary Wharf, transfer at Bank for Northern to King's Cross for an hour. Go home, get my basketball gear, take the Northern, transfer at Bank, and get off at Island Gardens. I don't know.... I really miss basketball but not sure if it's worth it for all that.

I miss Chelsea Piers Sports Center... I miss everything about New York.

I joked with my roommate that London is like a third-world country because of the lack of dry cleaners. I'm just not sure how people get by here. There's a lack of certain luxuries that are so available and amble in New York, that I thought should be present in all metropolitan cities. London and England in general just seems so vulgar, lacking in civilization?

Ok this is a totally rant / boring blog entry. Not very proud of it, no provocative thought or things that people might actually care about. I guess it is better than getting shitted on for bashing Obama tho.....