Raja Bell is my hero

I should be sleeping right now but I need to write about this. I've just witnessed what might possibly be one of the greatest basketball games I've ever seen. A double overtime - 2OT! - thriller between the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers, with Phoenix coming out on top 125-118. There were big leads, there were ties. There were stupid plays, there were amazing plays. There were laughs, there were scares. It had everything you could ever ask for and it was great basketball. Thanks to my hero - saviour! - Raja Bell, the Western Conference Finals will now be Dallas vs. Phoenix. ;) Awesome!

NO! The customer isn't always right.

For most of my working life, I've been involved with some aspect of customer service. Whether it's been selling electronics, providing answers to general inquiries, whatever. I've been there and done that.

One thing that most people (and by people, I mean customers) do not understand is that it's not necessary to raise your voice and whine like a little bitch to get a problem resolved or express your displeasure. There are other ways to get your point across without creating a scene in front of a restaurant full of young professionals. It's embarassing when someone from your party wanders off to different stores in the mall, out of range of the electronic pager and out of range from the hostess, and starts cussing out the hostess for failing to do everything in their power to notify them a table is available when they realize their spot on the waiting list is gone. Chill. Explain your situation calmly. Make a compromise. When you scream and shout like a maniac, people don't understand what on earth you're saying and it makes you look like a fool.

Take a chill pill. Whatever. It's okay to complain, but it's better to look classy than to look like a fool over something so petty. Always take the high road. Do you really want saliva in your food?

/end rant

Move b*tch, get out the way!

One of the first rules when learning how to drive is always yield to pedestrians. That's a fair rule to follow when you're at a stop sign or at a traffic light. I've got no complaints.

But when you're driving around in a parking lot looking for a place to park and people are walking in the center of the lane taking their motherF-ing time, this rule is a major irritant. People don't have any courtesy these days when it comes to getting out of the way, or even walking along the side of the lane in the parking lot. Sometimes I feel like driving right through. If people need to learn how to drive, people should also learn how to walk becuase people definitely do not know how to do that properly these days.

NBA Playoffs

The NBA playoffs are here.

I don't recall games being so entertaining in a long time.

Kobe is being Kobe. A game saving jumper followed by a game winning jumper to send the Suns on the brink of elimination. That just sucks. Phoenix had the game won...twice! Although seeing a match-up between the Clippers and the Lakers in the 2nd round would be awesome, Phoenix has been one of my favourite teams to watch all season. So watching them lose the way they did just hurts. I guess it's time to jump on some bandwagons now: Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Clippers.

Sacramento. Artest is my man. Through all the suspensions, trade demands, and other silliness, I've stuck by him by drafting him to my fantasy teams. The guy is a basketball player period. Both offensively and defensively. He can post up. He can shoot the three. He can knock you around and he can start the fast break through his defence. Now he's single-handedly (well, almost) helping the Kings give the Spurs a major scare. If they keep playing how they're playing right now, they're going to cause a major upset by knocking off the Spurs.

LA Clippers. Such talent up and down their line-up. Cassell. Mobley. Brand. Kaman. Livingston. Maggette. Radmanovic. Denver has no chance to beat them. They have no passion and they look like they're just going through the motions of getting eliminated. Carmelo has been disappointing. He's been so clutch in the regular season, but now he's a bust. The playoffs I guess show off the best and worst in players, and right now for 'Melo it's the latter.

The playoffs are just beginning...