I could ask for a better start to Sunday but it would be tough and...well let's just leave it at that.

In any event Liverpool was playing Aston Villa this morning and I also got NCAA Tourney B-Ball on CBS. Liverpool was up 3-0 at Halftime. As of this writing the score is 5-0 Liverpool and the American Aston Villa Goalkeeper Brad Friedel got Red Carded in a tough call (he actually got an ovation from the Anfield crowd). Then his replacement, fellow American and former University of South Carolina Goalkeeper Brad Guzan came into replace Friedel. Of course Guzan's debut in the English Premier was a tough one. He had to try to stop a penalty shot from "Captain Fantastic" Steven Gerrard who of course made his 3rd goal.

So mixed feelings, especially when I didn't have Gerrard on my Fantasy squad but did have Friedel.

Not mention the fact that it's windy and rainy outside just adds to the reasons why I should sit on my couch and watch sporting events.

So after the DVR proceded not to work and record the 1st MLS game of the season and the 1st MLS game in the history of the Seattle Sounders I was forced to watch highlights on MLSNET.com and ESPN.COM.

Friday night, while playing one of the many games that the folks at THQ gave me, I found out that the Seattle Sounders and MLS made an even bigger than expected coup when they signed XBOX 360 LIVE to a sponsorship deal with the club.

XBOX 360 LIVE is on the front of the jersey of the Seattle Sounders. Prime real estate in the Soccer World. But to have XBOX's goofy personality Major Nelson and crew showcasing the game and talking with team is just huge. Think of the audience!

There were multiple segements and multiple slides to support, not only the Sounders, but also MLS First Kick (the opening weekend).

Being someone who helps supply XBOX 360 with content it's cool but also a challenge. How do I get my content featured over something that XBOX 360 is a direct sponsor of? On the other hand, I want to MLS succeed in the US and can't hlep but think of the possibilities. Live games on XBOX 360 anyone?

recently everytime i fly back to vegas i always pop on filter's song only you and can stop this which right after only you.
don't know why. i guess its because it's night and i'm tired when i arrive home

I'm trying to wrap my head around why people are freaking out over the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stopping it's daily paper service and moving entirely online.

Yes they're laying off like 145 people but they're keeping 20 and turning themselves into, what's been called, "a local Huffington Post."

I for one welcome the change. Apparently most people don't. I heard multiple stories today from NPR to the NY Times about this shift to an all online platform. They all reported it as is but there was defiantly this tone of "oh boy are we next?"I guess people thought that the inevitable would never come.

Newspapers have been fighting a losing battle for years. This is no secret. But this is not the end, it is a begriming. This online only version will more than likely be successful. I don't go to the Huffington Post but the model that the SeattlePI.com will follow doesn't seem too terrible.

Personally, I would have kept on a few of the journalists and made sure that some of the in depth stories that a newspaper (and I assume the Seattle Post-Intelligencer) are know for would continue on. Not to link back to the "good ole days" but because there is still room for that kind of reporting online.

I would also argue that "newspapers" need to become more multi-media and fast. The papers in the UK are already doing this by doing much more video and the papers in the US need to start ASAP or else the local TV stations are going to wake up and they will beat the papers in that space.

And yes local TV, the wave won't stop with newspapers.

I was listening to an old podcast from some C-SPAN show with Michael Rosenblum.

Rosenblum is the evangelist for the videojournalist or as we use to call it one man band. 

I am a fan however I believe there are some flaws in his practices and theories. In any event he said something on this show that really resonated with me. He said in short:

If you want to be an artist you pick up a brush and start painting on a canvas. Who know you could be the next Rembrandt. If you want to be a musician you pick up a guitar or piano and start playing and who knows you could be the Beethoven. If you want to be in TV you get a job as a PA and work your way up.

His point being that TV is actually a creative process. Video can be very compelling if done right but nowhere in the current structure of things is the creative process taken into account.

I'm saying right but you get the idea.

You can see or hear or read the full interview here

I had 3 days off. Nothing apparently broke at work. I was able to normal human things such as:

-Go to the Movies (Saw watchmen. Pretty good. too long)

-Go hiking at Red Rock (fun. going again soon)

-Go to Costco (still costco)

-Meet new people (dude name Dan who make candles. cool guy)

-Watch Tennessee lose (shocking I know)

-Play around on my PC and make really bad videos using Microsoft products

While in Columbus I heard on the news that some 700+ people applied for A janitor job at a local high school.

Just 1 job. 700+ applicants to be a janitor.

The best line I heard in the last few days was "that was a diversified ass whoopin" which I thought was a pretty good line. I don't but apparently I'm strange. If you ever visit Columbus, OH I do recommend going to a bar/ restaurant called Ringside. It's a hole in the wall where the bartender also cooks your burger.And a gut bomb burger it is. Watch out for the drunk CCAD students. I kept telling them not to tell me that becasue it made them sound like they had a disease.