My Pending Blogposts Folder + Cameron Diaz
Jul 28, 2008 Magazines
I have this “Pending Blogposts” folder on my desktop. When I see something I’d want to share my thoughts on, I just dump it in the thing. Man, I’ve sure got a lot of catching up to do. Because of work and my FHM sports blog, I’ve mildly neglected JustAnotherGame. Hopefully, my post frequency can go back to about 2-3 posts per week. Hopefully.
Anyway, one thing I loved doing when I was still working in Summit was to comment on magazine covers. You’d be surprised at the number of tweaks/innovations/changes (or whatever you want to call them) magazines do in order to “stand out”.
So here goes. I’ll be following no specific formula. You’ll be seeing much more of posts like this in the future.
The reason why I took special attention to this cover is quite simple — the concept of the shoot itself.
Guy 1: Oh, let’s get Cameron to pose in a 2-piece bikini on top of some building in Los Angeles.
Guy 2: Er, why are we going to do that?
Guy 1: Because it’ll sell no matter what.
Guy 2: Rrrriiitteee.
The magazine has no cover lines, and yet, you know the magazine is enough to warrant a pick up. Though Cameron’s picture isn’t as engaging as let’s say, a shot with her looking straight into the lens, the pose exudes a “I’m hot and I know it. Now, down on your knees” type of sexiness. Her lines are all well accentuated against the backdrop of the city.
They still used sex as a draw-in, but execution was done in a very, very classy way.
Joining the Plurk Bandwagon
Jul 27, 2008 Internet Marketing
Literally. Here’s hoping I get to update my “Plurk” as often as my co-workers do. Add me up people! The handle is Alvinj.
A Weekend of Batman
Jul 23, 2008 Flicks
Now that the dust from the weekend that belonged to The Dark Knight has finally hardly settled, we can all go back to our cozy little workstations and ponder on this masterpiece. Sure makes you feel glad any memory of George Clooney’s one-liners has now been erased from your mind doesn’t it?
There are enough reviews on the web, so I won’t waste your time with mine (Besides, you all know the film is perfect anyway). My movie experience was perfect. I saw Batman Begins on my laptop during my lunch break. I had a good dinner at Taco Bell. Went inside Trinoma’s THX theater a good ten minutes before the movie started — grape soda in one hand, and a large tumbler of popcorn in the other. There was just this one guy that ruined it for me.
I honestly did not know that Two Face was part of this film. Not until someone from a few seats back uttered, “Oo si Two Face yan.” Ang masasabi ko lang, lahat ng mga taong ganun, kakarmahin din kayo. If you’re that type of person, please don’t ruin the movie for everyone else.
And of course, rest in peace Heath. You can rest knowing that any memory of the man love in Brokeback Mountain has been erased by your disappearing pencil trick exceptional performance.
Also, I’ll be seeing the movie for the third time this weekend. Rofl.
Men’s Health Miracle Run 2008
Jul 15, 2008 Self Improvement
A 10km marathon where you get more attention if you’re coming in last? Sounds good to me!
On August 17, lace up those running shoes and go on over to The Fort on August 17 for Men’s Health Magazine’s first ever Miracle Run! Though I haven’t talked with Neil (my former boss), and the magazine’s current publisher, proceeds of the event will be going to the GMA Kapuso Foundation. I’m guessing that the P200,000 bucks will go to the victims of Typhoon Frank.
If you’re not the hardcore All-Terrain Race type (don’t get me wrong, I love my knees so I don’t think I’ll be doing that race again), this is one run you can definitely be a part of. Just visit the Men’s Health Miracle Run microsite to download the registration form.
Back to the Future with Nike Air Mc Fly Hyperdunks
Jul 11, 2008 Kicks
If there is any movie franchise out there that has gone all out to paint a realistic picture of what we may see in the next fifty or so years, it would have to be Back to the Future. 3D movies. Multi-screen televisions. Video conference calls. This is stuff we’re already taking advantage of now. It’s sometimes hard to believe that more than two decades ago, these were merely ideas. I bought the 3-disc set when it first came out in 2003, and I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of watching all three over and over again. Well, maybe not the 3rd. 
Aside from the self drying jackets and flying skateboards in the 2nd installment, no invention is as iconic as those Nike Air Mc Fly’s. They were so popular, that some guy actually started a petition about it in 2006. Two years hence, and Nike has finally heeded the public’s call.
Let me get this out of the way and say that I have never wanted a pair of sneaks as much as I want this pair right now.
If I had the money to buy these babies, I will not wear them. Hell no I will not use them on the basketball court. I will sleep beside them like I did with my first Reebok Pumps. I would put them in a case, never to be used ever.
Not surprisingly, some vultures have already started reselling their pairs on Ebay. If you’ve got the cash (a lot of it), then go on over to Nike Park at The Fort on July 15, 8:15pm. I don’t have any information on pricing or how many pairs they’ll be selling, but I’m guessing it won’t be a lot.
Since I surely won’t be buying, my only wish is for all pairs to be bought by people who won’t end up reselling them. *Sigh*
On Agent Zero and Free Agency
Jul 4, 2008 Encounters
Who said all the big name stars would only be available in 2010? One look at the current crop of players available, and you know adding any of them will be more than enough to bump up the numbers on your win column.
Restricted or unrestricted, we have Elton Brand, Baron Davis, Josh Smith, Emeka Okafor, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, Andris Biedrins, Monta Ellis, Corey Maggette, and Ron Artest out there. While they’re not considered max contract stars, they’re not there just to hand out Gatorades either.
And then there’s Gilbert Arenas.
“Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas has informed Wizards team president Ernie Grunfeld he will agree to a six-year deal worth $111 million, in his words, giving back roughly $16 million of the max, $127 million deal the team offered him Tuesday morning. “This is in line with what I’ve been saying the whole time,” Arenas said Thursday evening in a telephone conversation from China. “You see players take max deals and they financially bind their teams. I don’t wanna be one of those players and three years down the road your team is strapped and can’t do anything about it.”
Link to full story here
Although I’m reserved to the fact that I won’t be seeing that much money in this lifetime, I think Agent Zero is giving himself too much credit here. He “gave back” $16M spread over 6 years? Based on the 06-07 salaries of NBA players, you won’t even be able to sign an aging Brian Scalabrine with that amount. Pffft.
Even if the guy is a bonafide superstar, no one coming from a career threatening injury should be given a contract of that magnitude. If he had played an injury free 07-08 season, his intentions would have been much more believable.
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