Paterno

So last night I noticed tons and tons of status updates regarding the firing of Joe Pa. Some against the firing, like myself, but most for it. And while a Facebook is a quick opinion, I got tons of shit for it so I thought I would post my opinion in a blog with a little more in depth look of where I am coming from.

First thing first, I am not saying I think Joe Paterno should have kept his job. I agree that everyone in that organization should go, all of them. They all knew something, and did barely anything/nothing at all about it. What Sandusky did is absolutely disgusting, and that man will burn in hell/jail for the rest of his life. He is a piece of garbage and I hope he gets raped in prison.

With that said, let me explain myself as to why I think the board should have done 1 of 2 things with Joe Paterno:

1)Let him retire at the end of the year like he planned.
or
2) Force him to resign right then and there.

Yes, Paterno did know about accusations, and he heard about it at the age of 76/77. I really don't think then and especially now at 86 he has the mental capacity to understand what was/is happening; I am pretty sure we can agree that this man really knows nothing other than football. I mean he told kids "Oook well we have lots to do, make sure you study" last night after all of this, he is not all there. Anyhow, that is besides the point.

He did tell his superior about the claim made by the grad assistant, and that was that for him. Should he have done more? Yeah probably, but was he the one raping children? No. Bottom line, NO. The man gave 46 years of his life to that school, to that program, and to the NCAA. He helped POSITIVELY shape the lives of thousands of kids. That's not just something you forget about because a man did what he pretty much was supposed to do, tell his superior about shady shit going on with Sandusky.

I feel like everyone is just going with the mentality of "Well Sandusky is cooked, let's go after everyone else." Which in most cases is the way to go, Athletic Director, President of PSU, should be fired. They were the ones who really should have done more. I can't say that I blame Paterno for any of this. I agree he could have done more, but so could a lot of us everyday. We're not here to judge people for what they could of, should of, would of done. If we are, then we are all fucked. All of us witness some sort of injustice or wrong-doing almost daily and do we do anything about it? No. Should we all lose our jobs? No. Let's not forget, we live in America. In this country, you don't have to do jack shit if you don't want to. I agree that from a moral look of things, Paterno could have done more, but I hate to break to all of you, morals don't count for shit homies. Next time you're in court, see how well your morals stand up against laws. That's the thing that gets me about all of this, alllllllll of a sudden, everyone is an angel. Look, I agree, messing with kids is fucked up and is always, ALWAYS uncalled for. It pisses me off more than anything in the world when kids are fucked with. They are innocent and have no chance of defending themselves, but it WAS NOT PATERNO. Stop blaming him for another man's crimes. Just because he didn't "do enough" in your eyes, does not make him the man who committed the crime. Let's not all forget about how Michael Jackson was accused MULTIPLE TIMES of touching kids, did he lose his job as a millionaire pop superstar? No, he went out and made more records, and everyone ate that shit up because he was found not guilty, but lets be honest; who sleeps in a bed with kids and does not touch them?? And you know what, even if he didn't touch them, who cares, I still find it morally wrong for a grown ass man to have sleep overs with teenage boys, but legally, he was good. That's the world we live in.

Yes, kids were wronged, GREATLY WRONGED, but again it was not Paterno doing the diddling. The man gave 46 years of greatness to that program, the least they could have done is give him 6 weeks to finish the season, or at the very least, just have him resign rather than fire him. Everyone should get off their high horse and remember where we live, America, home of the free, land of the brave....and the land where you are not legally obligated to say anything about anything if you don't want to and NOT be persecuted for it.

Your kid can walk.

More and more I am noticing grown ass kids in a stroller. What the hell is up with that? I know damn well once I was able to walk and walk well on my own, that stroller business was out the door. My mom push me around when I could damn well walk? I don't think so. I mean seriously, why are these parents pushing their kids around in strollers at age 6? I mean I have seen it everywhere! When I was in LA, I was standing in a line at the Getty museum and sure enough there was like a 7 year kid in a stroller. My girlfriend said, "Maybe he's got a handicap or he's hurt or something." Ok, maybe, until he got out of that damn stroller and started running around like a little asshole. Then the other day, I was in the Prudential and I see a kid who was at least 5, not only in his stroller, BUT WITH A PACIFIER IN HIS MOUTH! I mean come on moms and dads, stop babying your damn kid. All it will lead to is an ass-whoopin, and/or mockery, and 100% it will lead to therapy later on down the road. I am pretty sure when I was a kid, and people my age were kids, our parents were striving to teach independence, not laziness.

Here is the thing, first of all, I don't even understand why you want to push your lazy ass kid around? Because you don't want to worry about him/her running off or getting snatched? Ok, then be a better parent and keep an eye on your kid. If your kid decides to be dumb and wander off, do what my mom did and go about your business.(She always kept an eye on me, she just didn't let her kid run her life) Your kid will get scared that he/she's been left alone so fast they won't leave your side again. I sure as hell didn't. Or if you're really that worried, just put your kid on a leash. (I also find this lazy and another sign of bad parenting, but it's a step up from pushing around a grown ass child) Yes it's demoralizing and redic, but at least it's less terrible than your kid being well above the age of needing a stroller.

Obviously by no means am I a parent or pretend to understand what it is like to be a parent, but I do know if and when I have children, when they are old enough to walk, they will goddamn walk. I'm not gonna push some lazy ass kid around when it's 8 years old in a stroller. Kids need to learn how to do things for themselves, I would imagine walking is probably on the top of that list considering we video tape our baby's first steps. Just imagine, if you're pushing your kid around at 7, you will probably end up with a 43 year old who lives in your basement. Just sayin.

I before E except after C...How about Shit after Bull?

Remember when you were a kid and you were taught "I before E except after C."? Well, let me tell you that is bullshit. There are a lot of words where there is no C involved at all and E is before I. Here is a short list of some of those words:

WEIRD - As in what a weird way to remember a rule that only apply's some of time.
FREIGHT
REIGN
WEIGHT
VEIN

I mean that's just a couple of the words, there are more. My point is, why the hell are we teaching kids this stupid phrase when it's clearly not always the case? I mean there are no C's in any of those words!!! I spelled weird and weight wrong for so long because of this. It got to the point where somebody made me look like an asshole and prove me wrong. All because of the stupid childhood phrase. Jerks.

Why not make the phrase "I before E except after C and then this whole list of words too" or "Just remember kids, shit comes after bull, just like that stupid rule about the I before the E and some C is in there too...or maybe it's bull before shit like E before I...?I don't really know, I just go with whatever rule was created a berjillion years ago by some other dumbass and I am too lazy to really teach you proper English."? At least then kids would know whats up. Just sayin.

Playing God can be fun, but also sad.

The inspiration for this post came from a very supportive person.

It also came from me responding with this:


       "It's ok, it's the risk of small tanks and the byproduct of being God haha. I created a world, and like God I took a risk, and then all my pet dinosaurs started dying, but unlike the original God, Amir God will fix his world." 


Anyhow, as I'm sure many of you know, I started the hobby of reefing about 7 months ago. No, not reefering, I started that hobby...oh about 12-13 years ago now? No, reef keeping a.k.a keeping a saltwater fish tank. I've always wanted a salt tank because the fish and coral are just incredible in colors, and it's quite relaxing, and it's just fun to have a hobby and just always work on something that you see results in. It's like the ultimate payoff to work on something hard and see physical results right in front of you. That's why I like working in construction. So I decided to start keeping a saltwater tank...

That tank started off as a fresh new 12 gallon tank with nothing but rock, sand, and water. It sat like that for a good 4 weeks before I added any fish. 4 weeks later, I added 2 small clown fish. And over the course of 7 months, fish have come and gone, things have died and vanished. It's all part of being God. You create a world and then shit always goes wrong no matter how much you try to keep it perfect.

But no, it's not perfect. It never will be because asshole humans, well in this case, fish, just keep fucking with shit, and you're all like, "No you goddamn fish/crab/shrimp/snail, don't eat that shit!" But they don't listen and the chaos theory proves true, and something goes wrong. (Not specifically because in my tank the animal ate anything, but that's just an example.) The point is, all the fun of being God suddenly turns into anger.

Now, I have not been a spiteful God, I don't kill my pets, but I still get pissed when something goes wrong. Granted there was a bit of tragedy while I was gone on vacation, but such is the life of God. Even Amir God needs vacation time. But what this tragedy showed me is that, I need a bigger tank so that's going to happen, but really it shows me that being God is awesome, and you should probably try it somehow. I mean why else would doctors decide who to let live and who to kill/take organs from/give disease because the government told them to. (Government by the way, the ultimate God.)







Here are a few pictures from day one to now of the world I created:

Day 1:

Day 3:

Some time like 4-6 weeks ago:

Since this picture, that purple fish was taken back to the store, the red/white fish vanished, and there was a bit of a meltdown that lead to 3 coral frags dying, one of which is not pictured in here.

And he will be the pride of the new 55 gallon I build over the course of the next month:

And hopefully, these poor Zoa's will recover, look how awesome they can be:

Damn you Frank Miller. Damn you to hell.

I warn you now, this will end up being about that god awful movie, 300.

Before we get to that however, let's just start with the fact that Sin City is a terrible film and nothing but a more expensive knock off of Spy Vs Spy.

Exhibit A)

Clearly its just a glorified rip off. Also, the guy is a one trick pony. All his movies are in weird colors that look like comic books. (Yes I know he was a comic book writer. He wrote awful comics such as Daredevil, and the "graphic novel" 300). Now look, I know 300 has come and gone and it's been years since it came out, but recently since I have moved to a new city and more and more people ask where I am from and what not and what my ethnic background is, this godforsaken flick, (I refuse to call it a film) comes back into discussion.

I say, "I'm Persian." I get, "Oh like in 300." No assclown, not like goddamn 300. Persians look like this:

 HAHA, no. L.A. Persians look like that, we will tackle that issue soon too. We look like this: 

This is a great drawing of what we look like as a people. Now, I know 300 was "ancient" times, so we will do a comparison of what actual Iranians depicted their great soldiers as, versus what Frank Miller sees. Also, Xerxes? Not the real name of the King. However, I bid you:

Why does our King look like Dahaslim from Street Fighter 2 and when did Goro from MK1 become a Persian freak show of a monster that killed 65 out of 300 Greeks? Are Persians video game characters? I guess we are to this dick-butt of an "author".

Ok, now that we see this, I won't divulge into too much of the reality of the battle but here is a few fact v fiction about this actual battle.

1) Fiction: Spartans numbered 300 troops.
Fact: Well, even the title of movie is wrong and stupid. During Battle of Thermopylae, there were about 8000 Greeks, not 300. According to historian Diodorus Siculus, here is the list of Greek forces:
2200 Spartans (1300 hoplites and 900 healots)
3000 other Peloponnesians (including Mantineans, Tegeans, Arcadians, Corinthians, Phlians and Mycenaeans)
3100 other Greeks (including Thespians, Melians, Thebans, Phocians and Opuntian Locrians)

2) Fiction: Persian soldiers were slaves.
Fact: Iran was never a slave country, and slavery was forbidden in all Persian lands. Simultaneously, slavery was practiced in all Greek city-states, even in so-called "democracies".

3) Fiction: Spartans held Persians for 10 days.
Fact: Spartans actually held Persians for 5 days, but not with spears or swords, it's because "Xerxes" gave the Greeks a 5 day ultimatum to retreat. After ultimatum was over - Persians defeated the Greeks..

Ok enough of a history lesson. The point is, that goddamn movie has led Americans today to believe, "Persian, oh like that movie 300." and goddamnit, that is not ok! Unfortunately, I realize that we as Americans just do whatever we can for a buck, especially shit on people including our own, but where do we draw the line? Now we're gonna end up having a show Shah's of Sunset that is a Persian version of Jersey Shore. Now instead of ancient monsters, we are going to have greased up, over-rich, asshole false FOB, DOUCHE LA Persian as the "Persian, oh like that stupid TV show!" God I hope that show does not get picked up.

Anyways, the point of all this is, Damn you Frank Miller. Damn you to hell.

C.R.E.A.M

I grew up on the crime side, the NY Times side....no not really at all, I grew up in the stix, but that is still a sick WU-Tang song. Anyways, I've been noticing more and more people walking around with a cell phone and an iPod. I think to myself, "Doesn't this donkey know that their phone will also play music?" I am sure that they know the phone is very capable of playing music. I mean let's be real here, it's 2011; all phones can at the very least play music. Then I make the mistake of giving them the benefit of the doubt and think "Well maybe they just don't know how to get the music off of iTunes and on to their phone." That thought is quickly nixed with "No, fuck that. This jabroni, instead of spending 12 minutes on the internet, to figure out how to take music from iTunes and transfer it to his blackberry/droid/flip phone that still can hold at least 50 songs that nobody has but if they do they can still put music on it, has gone out and spent 150 on some stupid iPod touch and now is carrying a phone AND an iPod!"

 Here's the thing, if you want to spend money on stupid shit because you are too lazy, I get it. I pay for convenience quite often, but this is just too much. I mean seriously, it's just pure garbage to not just put music on your phone and buy an iPod to carry around. A) Apple does not need more people in its monster-claw grip. B) When I grew up, I grew up listening to music that only spoke about GETTING money, not spending. Of course after you got it it was about spending it on hoes and ounces, but we'll ignore that. But today, music/music videos are nothing but product placement telling subliminally to go out and buy stuff we don't need.  C) What does it say about our nation where all it takes is some stupid commercial and iPods are everywhere. I know this sounds crazy, but I swear to you, I have seen people with an iPhone, and...wait for it....yes, and iPod. We're just a bunch of chumps who see an ad and go buy it. I'm not saying I am any different, lord knows I spend my fair amount of cash on some stupid things, but while our nation is at its debt ceiling, everyone in America is broke, somehow we're out at best buy buying iPods at a rapid rate.

Cash does not rule anything around us, the power of advertising rules everyone of us.

Ice Cube, what happened to you?

I know that we've all seen this picture before, and if not, here you go:

Here's the thing, I know that Cube was never a real deal gangbanger, but seriously....now a days with a show on TBS and these godawful Coors Light commercials where he talks about being 'Cold' how am I ever supposed to take anything he does seriously again. Not that I ever listened to Ghetto Bird or Lethal Injection and thought this was the life for me, but at least I could think to myself, "Here is a black guy with some legit issues and he is pissed off about it, and now I am pissed off that he is being treated this way. Fuck the police and the man. Sonsabitches".

I would listen to Gangstas Make the World Go Round and see Cube, W.C., and Mack 10, all bad ass and think to myself, "Goddamn right we do." and now I see this:

 Family comedy? Really O'Shea Jackson? This is what you became? I don't care if it's for money or not. You were already rich, you did not need money this bad to do a stupid and terrible family movie, and 3 months later make some shitty rap album about how you're still hardcore, to be followed by some awful commercial where you intimidate a beer can by claiming you're colder than said beer can.

Ice Cube died in 2007 when this movie came out, let's remember him for his good stuff. Shit that made you nod your head and roll in the car with a little gangsta lean.