According to Fox Sports, the illustrious career of Bruce Bowen has ended. He announced his retirement from professional basketball. "The Gnat" has called it quits. Even though very few players outside of his Spurs team likes him, I'm sure they respect him.
He will go down as one of the best, albiet most pesky, perimeter defenders in NBA history. He would usually guard the best player on the opposing team, anywhere from a 1 to a 3. This means, on many a night, he has frustrated the McGradys and Kobes of the world. On offense, he'd set the occasional illegal screen or perform some other dirty play... oh, and he had that corner 3 from both sides. As vexatious as Bruce Bowen was, he got the job done, by any means necessary. My brother would terrorize me in NBA Live not lame ass 2K with the Bruce.
Here is a montage of Bruce at his best. The guy has more rings than most Rod readers
Love him or hate him, you have to repect Bruce Bowen.
Yeah you guys read that correctly. 3 months ago, a dream over two years in the making was realized. The goal to establish a medium through which two remarkably brilliant college kids can express whatever the hell they wanted was accomplished. And while Rod is obviously still a pretty small operation, I honestly did not think that we would have this many unique visits from such a spectrum of countries…even if it’s just one person a piece. To this day, I will always remember logging in and seeing that someone from THE Islamic Republic of Iran managed to find The Rod....shit blew my mind, yo. But seriously, I was pretty excited about it (and now we have 2 unique visits from Iran!). Since then, we’ve received an ever-increasingly diverse group of visitors. Great Britain is currently our second biggest source of visitors (you Canucks gotta step your game up!), and neither I nor Sid have any English friends…so yeah. Good stuff. The next step is to get at least 5 of the 300 million Chinese internet users out there to visit us. Statistically, we should already have like 80 right?
So what are my plans for the future of Rod? Well, first, I would like to continue posting and actually have this thing make it to one whole year. If Sid and I can keep this up even while we’re going through the exuberant adventure that is college senior year, then we’ll be in alright shape. I’m also going to try to actually take photos in real-life and post some cool stuff here. I’m not the artsy type, but I think it would be cool to mix it up a bit.
Just watched Ip Man yesterday. It stars Hong Kong action superstar 甄子丹 (Donnie Yen) as Ip Man, the man responsible for the current popularity of Wing Chun and for training some young guy named 李小龙 (Li Xiaolong) back in the day (you may have heard of him before). If you enjoyed Fearless, you would love this film too as they both feature pissed-off Chinese guys beating the mess out of people for the pride of their nation and our viewing pleasure.
Oh yeah, the film also features one of the most brutally awesome fight scenes I've seen in a while. Once I saw what Mr. Yen did to the first sucka I knew I was in for a treat. Check it:
Below is a dope video from the apparently brave and incredibly laid back Matt and Kim. I was introduced to this Brooklyn duo by way of a RCRD LBL mixtape with their song Daylight, which you may recognize from a recent Bacardi ad. Anyway, check out this fantastic clip.
A couple of days ago, I visited the MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art), only I didn’t get to see any exhibits. I had forgotten it was Thursday, so the museum itself closed at 5:30, as opposed to 8ish—I arrived at 4:45. Opting to not spend twelve hard earned dollars for just 45 minutes (I’d need a little more time), I ventured across the street to the Design Store. It was undoubtedly one of the highlights of my week. The store’s skillful, minimalistic interior design drew me in (huge glass windows helped), as well as the allure of air conditioning. Inside, my amiga Janday and I saw piece after piece that caught our attention. After about 15 minutes in the store, I noticed Muji has its own wing. Muji is a popular Japanese home goods/ wares store which arrived stateside just last year. The two stores combined were a match made in heaven. Honestly, I’m not too big on home goods, as I live in a dorm and I feel it’s pointless (maybe next year), but “everything just looked so cool.” Because of my home wares aversion, I ended up buying a pack of fun socks from the Muji end. But it was so simple for me. This is one of those stores where little-to-no purchases feel forced. Stuff just jumps out at you, then you’re sold. MoMA Design Store 44 West 53rd St, NYC momastore.org
I'm not entirely sure I'd let Jay, Rihanna, and Kanye lead me into battle, but they sure do make good music together. That's what really counts, no matter how hard they try to convince you to join them in the trenches.
In the hypothetical situation that God and Deebo ask me to create a soocer team of highly attractive, scintillating women, this is the team I'd assemble. Each one has a different role, as you will see below. My XI will gladly defeat anyone's squad.It's on!
Megan Fox: Def (US)
This actress simply exudes sex. If I saw her in public, I’d probably pounce on her, just as she’d do to oxen.
The eclectic Brazilian songstress’s inclusion in the team appears to be misguided upon first inspection, but it’s her bravery which sets her apart from most women. At most of the shows with her band CSS, she wears these wild outfits. She seems to favor the one-piece, colorful mind-fucks.
She does EVERYTHING. She writes the treatment for AND directs music videos. She’s fashion-forward with her clothing line, Violette, in addition to 1992 parties, which she co-hosts with Q-tip usually. She appears to be everywhere in the LES (Lower East Side). No wonder she’s downtown’s sweetheart. And any girl who can seamlessly transition from Jordans to heels and kill both outfits deserves to be on my team.
This actress is universally beautiful. She could go anywhere in the world and guys would think she’s hot. Oh, and that accent is enough to make me sweat even if butt ass naked in Antarctica.
Denyce Lawton: Fw (US/ South Korea) She’s just hot...seriously. Sure, she does a lot of stuff, but she’s here because she’s hot. Period. Apparently she has a great sense of humor. We’ll take that, too, I suppose.
Rihanna: Fw (Barbados)
This once good girl gone bad has evolved into quite the hot commodity. From the tattoos to the hair to the overall style, she appears to be in top form. Of course she has a stylist, but who cares, really? She wears it with conviction, unlike most.
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