Well, I called it... but hey, this isn't about me being cocky, this about something bigger. It's finally time for my homeboys to make some noise in the biggest sports game the world has ever known. So, who am I predicting to win? Are you KIDDING me? We all know the answer to that.

In some side news, my brother Benjamin was at a concert and non other than Tommy Maddox himself sat right in front of him. Granted, that would have been a lot cooler a few years ago, but that one comeback year from Maddox was a real exciting year. While I'd never replace Roethlisberger for Maddox, I really do feel bad for the guy. He gets injured, begins playing pretty poorly (which wasn't all his fault), and the city of Pittsburgh seemed to turn on him. Who was once Pittsburgh's lovechild (which now, of course, belongs to someone else), was now over-the-hill and past his prime... and maybe he was.

I still like the guy though.

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Yeah, so my blog is a little different.

But now it's REALLY easy to leave a comment. Make sure you do that. Tell me how you like this.

Actually, this new template has a lot of glitches that I'm trying to work out... but it looks really cool, and what's on the outside is all that really matters anyway, right?... and it's REALLY EASY TO LEAVE COMMENTS.

Okay, I'll leave you with that.


All my love,

JB

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With the recent Garfield and Scooby Doo movies being so AWESOME, this is a film just begging to be made. Why hasn't it been thought up yet? Well, it's obvious that it has been, but it's such hot property that it must be tangled up in a thousand different lawsuits from people trying to get the rights to make it. The stars pretty much pick themselves and it's obvious who should be directing this. So, folks, right here is my idea for:

Captain Planet: The Motion Picture
Directed, Written and Presented by Quentin Tarantino

Plot
Twenty year have passed since Captain Planet's mysterious kidnapping. The Planeteers all grow up and move on and have their normal lives -- as their powers have all been taken from them... But when a rebellious teenager throws his McDonald's wrapper out his car window in a small, rural town, it's up to the Planeteers to track down their old friend Captain Planet, and bring that filthy teenager to justice.







Let's just hope some high end Hollywood executive happens to stumble across this page. I don't want any money for these ideas, just a "Special Thanks."

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Sometimes I wish I lived in Japan. Why? Well, two reasons.

Reason Number One: I would obviously be the greatest samurai the country has even known. I don't think I have to elaborate on that.

Reason Number Two: The Pizza Huts are much more interesting than ours.

Right here is the link to the Japanese Pizza Hut menu. Check it out. The pizzas that look the most interesting? Well, there is the Gorgeous Salmon pizza -- or if you're feeling especially seafoody why not the Queen of Crab & Shrimp pizza? Oh, you're not looking for seafood and want something more American... well, how about the Idaho Special? Yes, I can't read Japanese, but I do believe those are potato chunks on that pizza. Why not combine Bacon and Mushroom for one?

I can't even begin to describe the rest of those. You just need to see them for yourself. Look at the pictures and read the little English they have on the site.


Speaking of pizza, I went to a McDonald's once that had pizza on it's value meal. Does anyone know where I can locate one of these??

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I don't mean to brag, but if you look a few posts back, I predicted four out of four games correctly. That said, how about that Steelers game? Single craziest football game I've watched in my life. Take out the interception that wasn't, the Bettis fumble, the Big Ben tackle, a game-tying field goal miss by one of the best kickers in the NFL, and you still have yourself an awesome, action packed playoff game. Who would have thought the play of the game would be a tackle by none other than Ben Roethlisberger? It's already being dubbed "the Tackle" and may forever be remembered as that. Did you know this was the first time a number six seed beat a number one seed in the playoffs? This was NFL drama at it's best this past weekend.

Well, let's look past that game and into the future. Two games this weekend. The winners are off to the Superbowl. It's nice to see Pittsburgh playing someone other than New England in the AFC Championship for once, although I was rooting for them to get there -- not for revenge so much as... well, okay, pretty much just to get them back for all the heartache they've caused Steelers fans over the years.


AFC Championship
Pittsburgh versus Denver
Sunday, January 22. 3:00 PM.

This game is going to come down to Plummer. There is no way Denver can run on Pittsburgh, and it's up to Pittsburgh to keep the pressure on Plummer the way they kept it on Manning. Pittsburgh is out to win this, and they're going to be ferocious. Unless Plummer can have himself one heck of a game, Pittsburgh will score quickly and then control the tempo of the rest of the game with their running. The Steelers don't mind playing on the road (i.e. see last game... plus their 15-3 road record the past two seasons). Pittsburgh will win.


NFC Championship
Carolina versus Seattle
Sunday, January 22. 6:30 PM.
This is a particularly interesting match up. Two quarterbacks in Delhomme and Hasselbeck that are great quarterbacks (moreso Hasselbeck), yet you hear little about them. The press is too busy talking about the Manning's or Favre or Vick or Cleveland's quarterback. What's his name again? Anyway, while Steve Smith will give Carolina a boost -- and he sure is coming off a hot game, this guy can play -- they're without a running game due to injuries and in the end, that WILL be the end. The Seahawks are too dangerous, and I'm picking them for the win.

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Do I even need to say anything?

Labels: Pop Culture

Well, I received this survey from Kelli -- a friend of mine from Gettysburg, PA -- and after overlooking it, and seeing it'd take me around 20 minutes to fill the whole thing out, I reckoned I might as well share it with the world, so everyone can not read it... because nobody ever reads these anyway.

What is your name?: Jonathan James Burdick

Are you named after anyone?: I don't think.

What's your screename?: I can't be putting that out in the open. Forgive me.

Would you name a child of yours after you?: Nah, I'm only going to give them cool names like Blaze, Viper or Hawk.

If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name be?: Rosie

If you could switch names with a friend who would it be?: Jonathan (Beardsley)

Are there any mispronunciations/typos that ppl do w/ your name constantly?: Of course, I get the "H" thrown in there all the time.

Would you drop your last name if you became famous?: No, but I'd completely change my name like Tom Cruise (Thomas Mapother) or Vin Diesel (Mark Vincent) did. I think I'd change mine to Trix Treat. That sounds hard.

Your gender: Boy

Straight/Gay/Bi: Have you seen Sara? She could turn any gay man straight.

Single?: No ma'am.

If not, do you want to be?: Yes, Sara, if you're reading this, I think we should break up.

Birthdate: I was kidding Sara, I don't want to end this. Oh, I hope you're still reading and not off celebrating that you finally got rid of me! Oh no!!

Your age: 19

Age you act: 67

Age you wish you were: 20...

Your height: 5'9"

Eye color: Blue

Happy with it?: I reckon.

Hair color: Brown.

Happy with it?: I reckon.

Lefty/righty/ambidextrous: Righty, although I often eat with my left hand.

Your living arrangement: A dormitory. I'm pretty sure these used to be prison cells though.

Your siblings: are nice.

Have any pets?: A boxer dog, 2 cats, and if you count Luka... that's another dog... but he's really fat, so he doesn't matter.

Whats your job?: Entrepreneur

Piercings?: My grandma always told me that if God intended for me to have holes in my body, he would have given them to me himself.

Tattoos?: I'm not a tattoo kind of guy.

Obsessions?: Sara. Chicken wings.

Addictions?: Sara. Chicken wings.

Do you speak another language?: Me llamo Jon. Y tu? De donde eres? Je t'aime.

Have a favorite quote?: "It's not the years, it's the mileage." -Indiana Jones

Do you have a webpage?: You're on it, IDIOT. Oh yeah, and here's my other one.

Deep Thoughts About Life and You in it: You see, the key to eating a black and white cookie is that you wanna get some black and some white in each bite. Nothing mixes better than vanilla and chocolate. And yet still somehow racial harmony eludes us. If people would only look to the cookie, all our problems would be solved.
-Jerry Seinfeld

Do you live in the moment?: Which moment, is the question.

Do you have any secrets?: Yes, I do.

Do you hate yourself?: I love myself.

Do you like your handwriting?: On it's good days.

Do you have any bad habits?: Severe procrastination. I'm talking extremely severe.

What is the compliment you get from most people?: That I'm ugly and nobody likes me.

If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Years 1986-2011

What's your biggest fear?: Having Will Smith play my character in the movie played about my life.

Can you sing?: Can't everyone?

Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool?: Sometimes I put on sunglasses and a big hat and walk around pretending I'm Tom Cruise. Then I will go to the pharmacy and tell everyone that is picking up a prescription that Xenu is not pleased with them.

Are you a loner?: When I'm really tired, I don't like talking to people too much.

If you were another person, would you be friends with you?: Pssh, are you kidding me? Freak yeah.

Are you a daredevil?: In my younger days, climbing trees, smashing my nuts on my bike, jumping from high places -- now staying up past midnight is a daredevilish feat for me.

Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself?: Wasn't this already asked earlier?

Are you passive or aggressive?: Aggressively passive.

Do you have a journal?: I have a blog. Same thing, no?

What is your greatest strength and weakness?: My greatest strength is my strength. I can crush a skull with a simple squeeze of my hand. My weakness is my inability to fly.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?: See "My weakness" above.

Do you think you are emotionally strong?: Not until I can crush a skull with my sadness.

Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life?: The Electric Slide.

Do you think life has been good so far?: The last 8 or so months, I have zero complaints!

What is the most important lesson you've learned from life?: Don't be an idiot.

What do you like the most about your body? My girly hands.

And least?: My inability to grow a ZZ Top-style beard.

Do you think you are good looking?: My mom always tells me how handsome I look.

Are you confident?: About what exactly?

What is the fictional character you are most like?: Like Kelli, I also took a quiz that told me I was like Han Solo. I think I am a mix of Han Solo, Indiana Jones and the Man With No Name. Because I'm totally like that. Really. I am.

Are you perceived wrongly?: Probably!

Do You...
Smoke?: No sir.

Do drugs?: Only for my headaches.

Read the newspaper?: I read the CNN website.

Pray?: Not as much as I should.

Go to church?: When I can.

Talk to strangers who IM you?: Of course, they could be millionaires, just looking for a real, true friend in the world, and then they will be like, "You know, you're a real, true friend. Take this five million dollars. You complete me."

Sleep with stuffed animals?: Is that legal?

Take walks in the rain?: :-)

Talk to people even though you hate them?: It's a part of life.

Drive?: When I can.

Like to drive fast?: I like to drive at all.

Would or Have You Ever?
Hurt yourself?: I sprained my left ankle three times and my right one once. If I keep this up, I'm not going to be able to walk when I'm thirty.

Been out of the country?: CANADA, eh? I love milk in a bag... and Tim Horton's. I stayed in an igloo with some lumberjacks.

Eaten something that made other people sick?: Huh? Wouldn't I be the one getting sick?

Been in love?: Mmhmm. :-)

Gone skinny dipping?: Every morning.

Had a medical emergency?: After a car wreck, sure.

Had surgery?: Nah. The most I've had medically was 7 or so staples to put my head back together.

Ran away from home?: A few times, but then I got hungry and cold in the woods out back.

Played strip poker?: I went all in and lost.

Gotten beaten up?: Puh-lease. I crush skulls with my emotions.

Beaten someone up?: WHY DO YOU MAKE ME HURT YOU?

Been picked on?: I may have been the picker. *sad face*

Been on stage?: Quite a few times.

Slept outdoors?: *shudders at the thought of FTX*

Thought about suicide?: Everybody thinks about it. Otherwise, how would you know you wouldn't do it?

Pulled an all nighter?: Way too many.

If yes, what is your record?: 51 hours straight. Then I started seeing things that weren't really there.

Gone one day without food?: Yep.

Talked on the phone all night?: I doubt it.

Slept together with the opposite sex w/o actually having sex?: Haha... yes.

Slept all day?: Sleeping in until 2 PM is one of the worst feelings in the world. It's happened on occasion.

Killed someone?: Only when they really made me angry.

Made out with a stranger?: They told me they had candy for me in the van.....

Had sex with a stranger?: 6 or 7 hookers, but they're not real people anyway, so no.

Thought you're going crazy?: I get crazier and crazier every day.

Kissed the same sex?: Besides my grandpa on the cheek? I don't think so.

Done anything sexual with the same sex?: Does watching late night HBO together when we're in junior high count?

Been betrayed?: YOU WERE MY BROTHER! You were the chosen one!

Had a dream that came true?: I had a dream that it was Christmas, and almost three months later it came true. It was so freaky.

Broken the law?: In my younger days.

Met a famous person?: Rain Man!

Have you ever killed an animal by accident?: If you consider men animals.

On purpose?: No. I actually did hit a dog once though, but he got up and ran off.

Told a secret you swore you wouldn't tell?: Nah.

Stolen anything?: Your heart.

Been on radio/tv?: I stood right beside the weather guy at the Crawford County Fair while he was talking. I'm pretty much famous because of it.

Been in a mosh-pit?: Once. It was raining and completely muddy. I never found my shirt. True story.

Had a nervous breakdown?: Nope.

Bungee jumped?: Well, a huge swing like thing, which is a variation of the bungee jump.

Had a dream that kept coming back?: Yes.

Love and All That
Do you consider love a mistake?: Haha what? This is so emo.

What do you find romantic?: The way Sara looks at me.

Turn-on?: Smothering chicken wing sauce on my body. Wait, just kidding... heh... heh..................................

Turn-off?: the car please.

First kiss?: Mr. Curry's 3rd grade class in the timeout corner.

If someone u had no interest in had interest in dating u how would u feel?: Haha... umm... flattered?

Have you ever wished it was more socially acceptable for a girl to ask a guy
out: I don't care, I'm out of the dating game. And Sara asks me to go out all the time.

Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive:
Probably, I have no idea.

Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking?: I answered this. My mom (a woman) tells me I'm handsome.

What is best about the opposite sex?: They're not as hairy as guys (generally).

What is the worst thing about the opposite sex?: They can control men's brains!

What's the last present someone gave you?: Too many from Sara! She knows me too well.

Do you consider your significant other hot?: Haha, are you KIDDING me? She's absolutely the most beautiful human being in the history of beautiful human beings.

Right This Moment...
Are you going out?: No, I'm filling out this retarded, really super long, survey. My head is starting to hurt.

Will it be with your significant other?: No, she is not filling out this survey with me. Plus, we live 1200 miles apart at the moment.

Or some random person?: NO NO NO NO! Rub it in already.

What are you wearing right now?: My Roethlisberger jersey.

Body part you're touching right now: This is begging for a dirty answer, and I'm not going to fall for it.

What are you worried about right now?: I really don't want to think about it right now.

What book are you reading?: Dune.

What's on your mousepad?: Blackness.

Use 5 words to describe how you're feeling: Happy, tired, hungry, thristy, nervous.

Are you bored?: Would I be doing this if I wasn't?

Are you tired?: See "5 words to describe how you're feeling."

Are you talking to anyone online?: Yes.

Are you talking to anyone on the phone?: No, I am not.

Are you lonely or content?: Content.

Are you listening to music?: Listening to the TV.



Wow, I can't believe I did that. Who is actually going to read through that whole thing? I feel so dirty after doing that. That took like twenty minutes of my life that I can't have back............

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I remember back in the eight grade when I was at the young, innocent age of 14. I was the biggest kid in my grade. I feared nobody, and everybody feared me. I was 5'8" and 135 of pure steel. Then a few years passed, and a few more, and I molded from a center in basketball to an off-guard, and then went to college. At age 19 years and 3 and a half months, I am 5'9" and 145 pounds. Now, the child that was once a giant, is a man best suited for the Lollipop Guild.

Occasionally, taller people tend to look down on me and laugh at me, causing me to go home and cry myself to sleep asking God, "Why, oh why have you cursed me with this disease?" But then I found this site, proving to me that even short people of the male gender -- halfmen if you will -- can be successful in life.

Entering my gender and my height in feet and inches, I eagerly clicked on "Compare" button. My results exploded to the screen, and the amount of results caught me off-guard, sending me tumbling out of my chair onto the floor. A few of the notables who were the same height as me: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Carlos Santana, Ed Harris, Fred Astaire, Fred Savage, Jean Claude Van Damme, Michael Bolton, Mike Myers, Ray Charles, Ron Howard, Nelly... oh, and there are plenty more.

I find it sort of odd that two of my favorite actors (Newman and Redford) and two of my favorite musical artists (Petty and Springsteen) are all the same height as me.

People that I am taller than?
Charlie Chaplin (5'4")
Dustin Hoffman (5'5")
Al Pacino, Cheech Marin(5'6")
Tom Cruise, Bob Dylan (5'7")
Adolf Hitler, Anthony Hopkins (5'8")




Now, go check out this if you have a fast internet connection. It's one of the dumbest -- yet funniest -- things I've seen all day.

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I think I finally understand why after the brilliance of the Matrix, the two sequels sucked -- and not just sucked a little bit, they sucked hard. Why?

Larry Wachowski went insane.

What you are about to see and read is perfectly 100% true -- and I guess it's old knowledge in Hollywood, but it was news to me. You can't make this stuff up, folks.

Yes, Larry enjoys dressing up as a woman. Why? Well, nobody really knows. He refuses interviews of any kind, and has become a recluse of sorts (although he and his brother are producing V for Vendetta, a film coming out in March). Basically, it comes down to this: Larry married his high school sweetheart after his success with the Matrix. Larry was upset that his wife did not appreciate his new habit of dressing up like woman, so he went to a local BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism... yeah, I know) club full of dominatrixes and slaves where he met Ilsa Strix. Ilsa was involved with her co-owner of the club, Buck Angel, who happened to be a transvestite who was once a woman, and decided she wanted to be a man. You don't even want to know her nickname.

Eventually, it ended up in divorce on both sides and Ilsa and Larry were together at last -- and he spent most of his time with her dressed as a woman, although on set for the last two Matrix movies he filmed he had to dress as a man, which many said was the reason he was so cranky all of the time. According to a Rolling Stone article, "At the Cannes Film Festival [the] year [Reloaded was released], when Larry and Ilsa appeared together on the red carpet, Ilsa looked stunning, like a movie star -- perfect skin, blond hair falling to her shoulders, white teeth gleaming. Larry Wachowski did not look like Larry Wachowski. His face looked feminized; his eyebrows were plucked, he wore large teardrop earrings, and a knit cap covered his head. His fingernails were manicured. Both Larry and Ilsa seemed ecstatic. The press, including columnist Liz Smith, reported that Larry might be taking female hormones, in anticipation of sex-change surgery." If you want to be disturbed, read the entire article.

Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that if Larry hadn't been so distracted flying his stripping-whipping girlfriend out to the movie set for weeks at a time and dressing himself up as a girl and playing with his Barbies, the last two Matrix flicks may not have been the huge disasters that they were. This guy is a freak -- a super fuh-reak -- and he single handedly ruined what could have been up there with Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings as an elite trilogy of films.

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This weekend's divisional playoffs are going to be insane. I wiggle with joy and anticipation just thinking about sitting around all night Saturday and all afternoon Sunday watching football, especially with the matchups and the teams that are left.

Divisional Playoffs
New England at Denver
Let me say this, first of all: Denver is a highly underrated team. Let me say this, second of all: Denver is going to win.

Pittsburgh at Indianapolis
Every guy in the business is predicting Indianapolis to win this (I don't even think I'm kidding either). Yet, I believe Pittsburgh will pull out the W. They were blown out earlier this year playing at Indy, and rightfully so, but Pittsburgh is a different team now than it was then. Ben isn't right out of surgery, the running/passing ratio is back where it should be, and here's a neat little statistic: the Steelers have averaged 29.5 points in the last six games while the seemingly unstoppable Colts and Peyton have averaged 22.3 (okay... yeah, I know why). What it comes down to: Pittsburgh needs to get ahead early, so they can lean on Willie Parker and Bettis to run out the clock. If this turns into a shootout, Pittsburgh is more than likely going to lose. Peyton is the best quarterback in football (sorry Brady) and the Colts are the best team in football. Should be a great game. Pittsburgh over Indianapolis.

Washington at Seattle
The only way I see Washington winning is by getting up early, and letting Portis pound the ball the rest of the game to run out the clock and prevent Seattle from getting on offense, because when those Seahawks get on offense, they are going to score. They have too many weapons, and Washington is going to have a tough time shutting down both Hasselbeck and Alexander. Seattle for the win!

Carolina at Chicago
Yeah, Chicago has Thomas Jones, who is putting up some awesome numbers, but it'll take more than Jones to get past Carolina's defense, who will probably try and force the inexperienced Rex Grossman to win the game for them. If Grossman can get the ball to his receivers (namely Muhammad) and can open up the running game, they should win this, but I believe Carolina's defense will be too much for him. I'm rooting for Chicago, but my money is on Carolina.



According to my predictions:
AFC Championship
Denver vs. Pittsburgh

NFC Championship
Chicago vs. Seattle

In other news: Reggie Bush has announced he will indeed cop out on his final year at USC and declare himself eligible for the NFL Draft. Carr and Bush? I like the sounds of that.

Labels: Sports

You read that right, folks, Fred Savage (who should really think about legally changing his name to Kevin Arnold) is back to acting after taking somewhere around 13-years off to direct and make a cameo in an Austin Powers movie.

Savage, 29 (I figured he was in his mid-40's by now), is back on ABC at 9:30 in "Crumbs", a sitcom in which he plays Mitch, a gay son who recently returned home from having no luck in Hollywood. It is also not a sitcom in the traditional sense. There may be up to a few pages of script at a time without laughs and could be quite touching... or else the guys writing it just aren't that funny. There have been problems with the live audience laughing at the wrong parts or not laughing at all -- which the crew finds as a good sign. It means they're doing something different... or just really bad.

Personally, I think they should bring back Kevin Arnold, Winnie (who I guess is doing a lot of nudity of movies nowadays to get parts, I hear), and Paul and have the show called "The Worst Years." Kevin could be married and end up running into Winnie who he finds out is now married to Chuck Norris (because what's a post on my blog without Chuck?) and they then meet up with Paul who is working on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Then Kevin and Winnie could have an affair which leads to a showdown between Kevin and Chuck, but Kevin gets a zit the day of the fight and is really embarassed and it won't pop, so he tries to cover it up with makeup, but he can't, so he goes to the fight anyway and sees that Chuck actually had a zit on his face too, so they both have a good laugh about it and realize that they really aren't so different after all.

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Dearest people,

After what has become the greatest Christmas known to man, I was shipped back to Florida to begin my second semester at college.

Anyway, I'm too tired to make this post interesting, just thought I'd let ya know I'm back and better than ever.

In other words, I'll start posting semi-regularly soon.

Sincerely,
Jonafin

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