"...I've got nothing left to give..."

Any change is good...

Do it up in England, I'll see you there, my muse

Guess who was eliminated in the first round of Wimbledon...again?


Stick to Maxim.
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R.I.P. to Darryl Kile.

But I'm gonna be honest, you know baseball collectively held it's breath when they were waiting for the autopsy report...if the word "steroids" came up, it would have been over.
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**The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers trailer**
**Daredevil teaser**
(requires Quicktime)

I was sitting on the subway train trying to finish my new issue of "Batman: Gotham Knights" before I got back to work and stepped into reality again and I began to reflect (which really screws you up when you are trying to finish something)...

Kids don't read comic books anymore.

When did that happen? How did I get hooked into like this when I was a kid and children today only know about Pokemon comic books?

Also, on that note, kids don't collect any type of sports cards. I remember when we would blow our 50 cents (then 745 cents and then a dollar) on a pack of baseball cards hoping you would get a Mark McGwire rookie card and instead you would get the card of a guy who rode the bench so much, there wasn't even an action shot on the card (playing the field, at bat), just that corny "Bat on the shoulder because I only take batting practice or carry a bat to a real player" pose.

But I digress.

Kids don't read comic books anymore.

I remember going to the comic shop with my boy Dru or Eric and looking for that 18th cover of X-Men #1 or waiting to see ho long it would be before which X-Men had recently died would magically return. That was my childhood.

Out of all of my friends, I am the only one who still hits up the comic shop every week for the latest releases but they will ask me what's up with X-Men and what is Wolverine's origin this month (which has been sorta settled now).

Sorry, still digressing...

Kids don't read comic books anymore.

It can't be the cost of the comic because while they have gone up considerably (your average comic book goes for $2.50), they are comparable to the price of Pokemon, Digimon or Ripmyparentsoffmon cards.

Maybe it's that kids these can't read.

Because what a lot of people who knock the art form (it is an art form damnit) don't understand is that it is written by adults for a semi-intelligent constituency. I mean, reading comic books when I was nine years old and going to the dictionary trying to figure out what Magneto or Reed Richards was babbling on about helped my vocabulary greatly. Most of the malapropisms I made in grammar school, I got from Frank Miller, Jim Stalin, Chris Claremont, John Byrne and George Perez.

I would let my kids read a comic book over playing Pokemon any day of the week.

Now Spider-Man is on it�s way to be the fifth highest-grossing movie of ALL-TIME. X-Men 2 is in production. Wesley Snipes took a crap comic book and made it into a dope movie. A movie is being made for The Hulk, Daredevil, Namor, Punisher and damn near every comic book character that infiltrated my imagination�

But I go into the comic book shop and all I see are grown adults...adults who 15 years ago were getting yelled at by the Comic Book Guy to not read the comics in the store.

But not a kid in site...except when they want a Pokemon card.

Why don�t kids read comic books anymore?

You know why despite the fact that the USA team is actually making a good run in his year's World Cup, no one really cares...

Because we aren't the BEST.

Think about the sports we love and more importantly get covergae on a major channel for non-playoff games: Basketball, Baseball, Football, NASCAR

With the exception of baseball (which we THOUGHT we were the best in), we know that if we sent a team of our best players against any country, we'd whip their ass.

That's why we love them so much.

Shit, the Metrostars couldn't beat your worst team from any third world nation.

Imagaine that.

I'm excited though

But the first person who says they are doing it for the peolpe who died on 9/11

*click*
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MELANISM'S MP3 OF THE MONTH

Floetry's "Mr Messed Up"

If this isn't saturating U.S. radios by the end of the summer, we need to take a hard look at the mirror and ask ourselves what is wrong with this country...
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If you don't have this album, shoot your pet. You don't deserve him or her:



I'm not kidding...

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You know what I totally forgot...which doesn't bode well for them

Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones


Was the script bad? Yes
Was the acting bad? Yes, but not as bad as The Phantom Menace
Was Jar-Jar there? Yes, but only for a few minutes
Was the action badass? Yes, so much that I forgot about the previous three points

Yoda and Mace Windu. Woooooooooooooo

Anakin was a crybaby the whole movie. i can't wait for Episode III when Obi-Wan slaughters the lad.

But the rest of the movie was like watching intergalatic C-SPAN

I don't know what it is.

There is so much stuff I need to be doing like saving money so I can move out and stop eating all these fatting foods so I can lose some weight (working in the city adds like 10 pounds...well to someone like me who only likes the heavy shit)

I keep telling myself "Sean, you should write a list and post it on your wall"

Do I? Nooooooo

What is it about not having it written down that allows me to not do what I need to be doing?
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If you are single and have your own place, you know where you need to be?

IKEA

F'real, I went there a couple of times with my girlfriend and noticed that there are a gang of attractive womne in here. After a few times, I realized they were getting DRESSED UP to go to IKEA. That's so sad.

But fellas don't let this sale pass you by.

It's very tricky because you have to guesstimate if the person is single or not. I think observing their purchases makes it easy. There are certain things you buy if you are part of a unit.

Anyway, look at things that you would not necessarily want but you could imagine a woman liking in your place...if you are in IKEA it's a good start...

"Oh I was looking at the (Insert funny swedish/german name) too. Hahaha. that's funny. I hope there's enough for both of us or we'll have to share."

I kow that was corny but what can I do, I'm not single. They don't COME to me anymore.

I'm just trying to help.

John Gotti finally died...Rappers all over can't cope.

Will he be buried next The Notorious B.I.G.?

Will Jigga give up MCing because his hero has passed?

How many artists will refer to themselves as "The Last Don" now?

I'm not playing about the last one.

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He-Man is back!!! (requires Real Player)

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To continue my Mike Tyson was on medication theory, these are some quotes taken from mike after the fight. Tell me if this sounds like any version of Mike Tyson to you:

"There's no way I could ever beat him. He's just too big and too strong.''

"He's a magnificent, a prolific fighter, and he should continue fighting. I love him and respect him too much to do something to him.''

"He's a magnificent, prolific fighter. "I'm just happy someone gave me a chance.''

"In competition, the best man always wins. I've known Lennox for 15 years. We've always been friends. He knows I love him and his mother. He knows who I am."

C'mon y'all
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Jessica Garner as Elektra in the upcoming Daredevilmovie



Next season, i promise I'll watch Alias

"I can't...I can't"

Those are the words me and Dru heard out of Mike Tyson's mouth.

It was the round right before he got knocked out. His corner said you have to put your hands down and fight. And he said...

"I can't...I can't"

I was crushed.

It was like watching my childhood getting beat up and wouldn't defend itself.

For all the horrible things Mike Tyson has done through out his life, he was the heavyweight champion when i was a kid so he is the guy I associate with heavyweight boxing and champion. And to watch him go out like that was horrific to say the least. It was like watching Old Yeller get shot.

There is no reason why Mike Tyson of old, Mike Tyson that Holyfield beat twice or even the Mike Tyson that clocked that ref shoudn't have beaten Lennox Lewis withing an inch of his life. From the first punch lennox caught in the first round, Lennox was scared of Mike. Even though Mike stopped fighting in the after the second round, Lennox was scared Mike was gonna give that one punch. He jabbed him and kept his distance for five rounds before he realized Mike wasn't fighting back at all...

Before the fight, i kept going back and forth about who was gonna win...but after the first round, I was convinced Mike was gonna drop him...even though he came into the ring looking terrifed like he was making his first public speech in first grade...but Lennox was shook and Mike--at least the Mike I thought was coming to the ring-would smell that fear and charge him.

It never happened.

But it got sadder...

When Jim "The Asshole" Grey was interviewing Tyson and Lewis after the fight. I knew something was funny. Mike tyson said he loved Lennox Lewis, that they were friends, that he respectyed his mother, and thanked him for fighting him and, more importantly, for the payday. Then he did something I will never forget...

He wiped the sweat from Lennox's face as he spoke to Jim Grey....

It was more like a stroke.

Then it hit me...

He was on his meds.

That's the only thing I can think of.

Mike's a manic-depressive and it is well-documented that he can't take his medicine when he trains henceforth his pre-fight behavior.

He was more than gracious after defeat...he was docile and happy...too happy.

Either that or he just didn't care.

Everyone is gonna say that Lennox outboxed Tyson.

How can that be if he never really fought back?

Except for the first round, Mike was never normal.

Goodbye, Mike. See you on Fox's Celebrity Boxing 3.
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Regarding The NBA Finals...

The Nets could have beat Sacramento but they choked on a big chicken bone from Roscoe's.

And ladies, I know you love Chris Webber because he's cute but I want you all to understand something.

He CHOKED too.

Sure Peja and Doug missed those wide open threes but Webber disappeared in the last three quarters of a 5 quarter matchup (2 points in each of those quarters). he is the star of the team and he didn't want to touch the ball. Webber kept going up to Bibby like "I'll screen and you shoot".

Punk.

Now it's a shitty finals because the Lakers are running the Nets into the swamps of Jersey.

The Nets could have beaten the Lakers the same way Philly could have. Byron Scott was right. Let Shaq and Kobe have their points and stop the other guys.

He forgot one thing.

Our guys have to score.

Paging Kerry Kittles and Bits.

Paging Keith Van Growth Hornome.

Paging Kanyon Martin.

If Jason Kidd doesn't get 10 assists, it's not for lack of trying.

Damn...

Shaq can't be guarded. Only delayed.

What's the point? At least with Michael, there were moments when you thought you could take him (Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing), but by the time you complete that thought, he's stripped you. With Shaq, every time he gets the ball in the post, I'm like "shit"