Whale Watching

The picture above is NOT what happened when I went whale watching today. Simply put, NEVER go whale watching.

Well,at least if you get motion sickness like I do. It was like a neverending version of a roller-coaster ride: feeling nauseated, dizzy, and ready for the ride to be over, except the ride took 3 hours, not 3 minutes. UGH. This was one of those experiences that you can't even sugarcoat (You know, like some of this trips or dinners that were just so-so but you make it seem better because you want to justify why you went?) This one was just no-doubt, 100%, totally, purely, unequivocally bad. PLUS, it was COLD out there, a good 15 degrees colder than the temperature on land, I'd say. And the "wildlife" wasn't even that impressive. Sure, a few dolphins, sea lions taking naps on buoys. And sperm whales, except you could only see glimpses, a fin there, and a tail here. Sorry, whale-watching-tourism industry, I got to thumbs down your entire operation. But that's just me.

Amazing Race: (SPOILER alert)- Ron and Christina got eliminated tonight. As tough as it was for my sister (Yes, my sister watches the show now because I wanted her to upgrade her viewing interests from Pokemon and other cartoons) to see, I saw that coming. Never a terrific team in Season 12, Ron and Christina seemed like minor leaguers being called up to pitch in the big leagues in this "Unfinished Business" season, routinely finishing in the back of the pack and botching challenges, even failing to do well in the 2 legs filmed in China, where they SPOKE THE NATIVE LANGUAGE. Tough break, though, today, as Ron must have spent HOURS at the "find the shaman" challenge.
The 2 teams best suited to win this race? Globetrotters + Cowboys. Easily 2 of the best teams to run the Race, except each has fatal flaws (mental challenges and modern technology, respectively). Most hated team in the race? Kynt and Vixin, just alarmingly crazy, nasty, and cutthroat as the race goes on. Who will probably win? Someone like Jen and Kisha or Gary and Mallory, solid teams that get a puncher's chance in the Final 3 (Is it even gonna be Final 3 this year? Maybe TAR will spice it up for its "All-Star" season and go to 4 teams? Or 2 teams? (Doubtful)

Survivor just not as intense as Heroes v. Villains last spring, which will possibly go down as THE best Survivor season ever. Start to finish, there was backstabbing, manipulation, immunity idols, strong alliances, blindsides, fierce competitors. Wolves fighting other wolves. This season is like watching one wolf (Boston Rob) among the sheep that are the new Survivors: you know what's gonna happen, and it's fun for awhile to watch the wolf mow down all the sheep, but it's not nearly as exciting.

Starting new work at an immigration law firm.......The start of a long, propserous career? Let's do some solid work there before going crazy.

As my 3L year and law school wind down, I'm thinking about compiling a list of great and a list of not-so-great things about law school, for all those contemplating law school. Stay tuned.

For anyone in the championship week of their fantasy basketball season like I am, it's been frustrating, hasn't it??? Most of the stars that carried us throughout the regular season are either injured or ailing, and most of them are shut-down risks due to their teams having nothing to play for. (Just a brief list of names are Kevin Love, Jason Kidd, Andrea Bargnani, Steve Nash, All San Antonio Spurs, Josh Smith, Deron Williams, Amare Stoudemire, etc., etc., etc.) As our regular seasons' stars' fates are cut short at the whim of the league standings, we've had to rely on players we knew nothing about at the beginning of the season but now have to put our hopes on for the most important week of the season: Jerrod Bayless, Rodney Stuckey, Jose Juan Barea, Ed Davis, Dante Cunningham, Kwame Brown, Goran Dragic, George Hill, etc., etc. Not exactly your who's who of top fantasy players. But that's fantasy hoops: injuries are a part of the game, and if you're a manager who's gotten this far in the season chances are you've done your due diligence of picking up guys, scouring the waiver wire, and this is nothing new. Let the best teams win, and may you (and I) have a successful end to our fantasy basketball seasons.

Fantasize on,

Robert Yan