Cheer and Loathing in the Free World Jan 25th, 2012

Hey everyone it’s another edition of Cheer and Loathing in the Free World. I would like to take this time to say thank you for those who check out my blogs especially last week. Apparently when you put in the term naked girls in your blog you get lots of attention.  Who knew? Anyway I decided to start this week off a little different by showing you a few pics by famous street artist named Bansky. Whos says we isn’t cultard and junk.

Cheer-Jalen Rose-Jalen Rose for those who don’t know helped change the college game as a member of the Fab 5 at Michigan and played 13 years in the NBA.  That not the reason I like Jalen. I like him because he give the most honest answers about being a pro athlete. Everything from game preparations, the locker room dynamic and what players actually think about on and off the court. His podcast on the Grantland.com is always interesting to listen to as Jalen and David Jacoby jabber on about sports, sprinkling in behind the scenes info and hip hop references. As he likes to croon, “got to give the people, the people what they want”.

Plus he decided to wear this on his draft night. Takes a set of balls to wear a suit like that. That what we call stylin.

Loath– McDonalds-Yes. I know it is easy to beat up on McDonalds. Yes there portion sizes have shrunk, (like most foods may I add. Remember 3 liter bottles of pop) there cost have gone up and there always in your face with there over 247 billion burgers sold. Awesome, you sold a lot of burgers, but we as consumers stick with them. They changed how there fries taste, they tease us with weird regional only foods (McSpagetti, McLobster, and fresh corn and yes this crap existed) and I think they shoved Grimace in a trunk of a Lincoln and rolled him in the river. Even some of the less then tempting imagery of how their food is processed does not turn us off. Yet we still show up with our hard earned money and just handed over to Ronald. We walk in and think about nostalgic childhood memories and how things USE to taste.  But I came to an epiphany. I don’t really like McDonald’s food. Know what I like?  I like there McChicken sauce and Big Mac sauce, not that actual food. It is like saying do you like BBQ hamburgers and replying well no there just a ketchup or BBQ sauce delivery device. It’s sad when your claim to fame is not your food but the shit you put on top of your food.  Congrats.

Here are some Menu items you wont every day

 

Loath: Liking Facebook statuses when it’s not like/not like situation-First of all what happened to the not like button? Why does everything have to be likable?  Anyway, if for example you wrote “got into college” and someone clicked liked that makes sense. But if you ask “has anyone seen my red hat?” and they click like what the hell does that mean. They like hats?  They like losing things? They stole your hat? Maybe there just evil bastards and they revel in the fact that you lost shit and it makes you sad inside.  I don’t know. Just read shit first before you like.

Cheer-George Takei-Who is that you may ask? It’s Sulu from Star Trek (The original series). No I am not some Trekkie (or Trekker) gushing over his hero.  George Takei was one of the first prominent Japanese-Americans on film (you know before they existed in Hollywood), Gay rights activist, Star Trek and Star Wars diplomat (Star Alliance as he calls it), Twilight stupidity enlightener(major points there ) and he just has a very dry sense of humor.

by Josh Meisner