MorningStar Manifesto

There are a certain number of things I believe and believe in. What follows is a sampling of these beliefs in no particular order.

• Pittsburgh—born and raised there. I love my Steelers. If I have to pick a hockey team, it’s the Pens. Otherwise, the ice is too cold for me.
• I like football, but I love Basketball.
• NBA over NCAA—this is a recent thing for me. It’s a convergence of circumstances. It seems that somehow sending these ‘one and dones’ to the halls of academia has diluted the talent pool. And right now the L is just too good to overlook.
• Knicks—in spite of everything right now, I’m rolling with the Knicks. I grew up idolizing the Garden and NYC as the mecca of hoops.
• My first NBA game was the Kemp-era Cavs. I think LBJ is the best in the L right now and I also think he will sign with Jay Z’s Nets in 2010.
• I will be a Nets fan in 2010.
• On February 16, 2008, I saw a man fly.
• Dwyane Wade’s career peaked as the Finals MVP.
• Melo’s career peaked at Syracuse.
• Yankees—no I’m not a front runner. My pops loved the 70’s Bronx Bombers and Billy Martin. My big brother wants to fellate Don Mattingly.
• Will the Buccos ever contend? I just want an 80-game winner. I wanna see a meaningful game in August at The Most Beautiful Park in the majors.
• The AL is superior because there’s no fucking reason a pitcher should ever hit.
• Hip hop—Big, OutKast, Nas, Jay, Lox, Wu, Pac, Em, Dre. I’m sure I could go on. Point is I like that good shit. The onliest new shit I like is Kanye and Lupe, and I still can’t cosign to all their shit.
• Biggie over Pac—‘my slow flow remarkable’. Game over.
• It took me until age 21 to understand Nas. He never crossed over, brought the suburbs to the hood. I had to listen to that shit a couple times to understand
• Nas killed Jay with Ether.
• Classic Rock—Allmans, Stones, Zep. Just about anything from the 70’s. If I wasn’t born in 83, I’d like to have been a teenager in the mid 70’s.
• Martin Scorcese. ‘Nuff said.
• I love movies in general. I think I could watch anything if it’s well made. Don’t ask mi amor though, she’ll tell you I only like stupid comedies and gangster films.
• Will Ferrell isn’t that funny.
• Both teams played hard.
• If I’m not drinking Miller Lite, I got Gin , Vodka or Tequila in my cup.
• I’m smarter than everyone I know except Morty and Twe. But those two are fucking ridiculously smart.
• Chappelle, Williams, Carlin, Pryor, Rock, Hedberg, Miller. In that order.
  RIP Rich & Mitch.
• I have a nickname for my penis.
• By the way, I have no shame.
• The best concerts I’ve ever seen, in chronological order:
• Blues Traveler, Rosebud ‘94
• Grateful Dead, Three Rivers ‘96
• Metallica, Star Lake ‘99
• Busta Rhymes, tiny club in Boston ’03?
• Jay Z, MSG, ‘05
• I am the top five rappers of all time.

That’s what you’re getting for now. I’m sure the rest will reveal itself over the next however long you read this. ONE.