February 7, 2007
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Sometimes, YouTube is awful what with no talent hacks doing covers of U2 songs or stupid lame teenagers using their camera phones to video themselves getting drunk for the first time. But, the site was intended for talented and funny people to have an outlet. Therefore, I have decided to put video of me washes my dishes while in drag. Now, I know what you are saying “Mike, you mean to tell me you actually wash your dishes?”. Of course I do, I consider spraying them with the hose washing them. But anywho, where was I? Oh, I was about to tell you that I was full of shit about myself on YouTube. What I do want to show you is a link to a kid I found who is brilliant and someday will be a comic genius. He has 3 videos on there, one of them is kind of long, but very funny. I swear, this kid should be on the Daily Show, he would be perfect. Anywho, check him out and let me know what you think:
http://youtube.com/profile?user=boburnham
You people are in for a real treat today, TWO links in one post. That 2 represents the number of people that actually read this! WOOOHOOO!!! Read this first if you want before reading my pointless drabblings.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-amaechiout&prov=ap&type=lgns
A former NBA player that I actually never heard of has come out of the closet. Just to set the record straight (no pun intended………….or was there? We will never know), I am a HUGE Bulls fan, have been for almost 20 years. Anywho, I was encouraged by what some of the players said about him coming out. I mean, simple math says that with over 450 players in the NBA, a few of them are going to be gay. Maybe this means some of them will start to come out. Sure, they will have to go through a lot. This is an obvious and cliched comparison, but I feel its very accurate, but it would be much like what Jackie Robinson went through. Only, it might actually be worse. When you are talking about guys being naked and sharing a locker room and the contact that comes with basketball, there are bound to be players accusing the gay player of checking them out or feeling them while they play just because they are gay. There is probably more trash talk in the NBA than any other sport. The gay player opens himself up to a lot of abuse, not only from opposing players, but also from fans, both at home and on the road. This would have to be a thick skinned, rock strong player to be able to handle that sort of abuse. Also, his teammates would have to not only be accepting, but also be able to handle the abuse that they would have to deal with. Sometimes, teammates are like brothers, and how would some of them handle opposing players saying degrading things to a teammate. I feel that its about time for a current player of any major team sport to come out. However, I wonder if we as a society will be ready for such a thing?
