SB Nation User Blog: Rishi

DBD 6.19.09 - How Do You Like Your Fridays?

Rishi — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:31:21 -0000

So, no DBD up at this point - figure I may as well post something here.

So, an open-ended discussion here, mostly applicable for those of us that either work or those that are in school and actuall study (anyone?). After a long week of hard work, what do you like to do on Fridays to unwind? We all know my answer (Drink O'Clock in less than ten hours!), but answers vary across the board.

Do you like happy hour? Gym time? Sleep? Spoon with the girlfriend/boyfriend/dog?

And what does the rest of the weekend look like? Catch up on tv/movies? Hang out with family? Friends? Read and learn? Work more? Do whatever the wife says (Twist only)?

Links? We don't need no stinkin' links!

Oh, but Apple is launching a new iPhone today. Stay tuned!

Poll

What do you like to do on Fridays after work/school?

Drink O'Clock!

8 votes

Sleep

5 votes

Cuddle with a good book and a warm fire

2 votes

Hang out with the girl/guy

9 votes

Work more

3 votes

My lips like sugar

5 votes

32 votes | Poll has closed

Singletary said he had Crabtree in tears

Rishi — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:47:23 -0000

Singletary said he had Crabtree in tears

Useless news, but also kinda funny.

DBD 6.2.09 What Pop Culture / Literary Character Are You Most Like?

Rishi — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:12:01 -0000

Sure, it's not even close to June 2nd, but damnit, it's almost time to go to bed and posting here doesn't happen anymore. Notice me, damnit!

Actually, I've wanted to post this for a while. You always have those friends that remind you of a character from a book / movie / tv show. What characters do you think you tend to remind people of? It can be from any source, however obscure. It can be based off manner of talking, personality, sense of humour, looks, ridiculous situations, how well you relate to that character, etc.

Not to be content with just one name, I'm going to answer this question for myself this way: I'm a blend of three characters, all from pop culture.

via z.about.com

Barney: I wear suits everywhere, think everything is "awesome", fear relationships and commitment, look down on marriage, and am all about living it up. I don't womanise like he does (not my thing, as I will discuss later), but one quote really made me realise how similar to Barney I can be at times:

Barney: I'm delightful.

Robin: To us? Sure. In very small infrequent doses.

via i.tbs.com

Chandler: My sense of humour is quite similar to Chandler's (cue Avinash: lol so ur not funny!) - constantly sarcastic and mocking. No one ever takes me seriously since I'm always joking. I've found myself in many a similar situation to him in my life.

via img403.imageshack.us

Jughead:

A strongly misunderstood character, Jughead doesn't hate girls; he simply enjoys food more. Replace food with alcohol and you have yet another component of this complex caricature we call Rishi.

So there you have it - more useless information about me than you ever wanted to know.

But, more importantly, I'm really interested to see what people here say and how they see themselves. So let's do it!

Oh, and apparently Cal has some sort of forward-passing rugby team with some kid named Jahvid Best.

Niners Nation sports bar?

Rishi — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:47:10 -0000

FOOCH'S NOTE 4/24 3:30PM: During the season we had this thread set up for people to find sports bars in San Francisco, and also anywhere you might be. I know that a lot of folks like to watch the draft at a sports bar so let's fire this back up. I'll be setting up my draft headquarters at my apartment but don't let that stop the rest of you from joining wjackalope in getting a bit sloppy for the draft! I'll link to this as well in the open threads tomorrow.

EDITOR'S NOTE 9/4 10:25AM: This was originally posted a week and a half ago. As we're a community of 49ers fans, it'd be pretty cool to get people together at specific locations for 49ers action. I've posted a link to this FanPost on the left side of the front page so people will always be able to check it for updates on bars to visit. I'll make srue and keep the comments open so people can keep posting. And every so often I'll promote it back to the top of the front page to keep it fresh in people's minds.

As I said before, consider it the classifieds for finding a good 49ers bar in your area of the Bay Area or anywhere else in the country or world.

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So I figure since there's a good collection of die-hard Niners fans here, there should be an official sports bar that the fans go to watch games at. I remember there was one before and maybe it's still the official NN bar, but some updates on that would be great.

All I know is it'd be great to hang out at a sports bar with Niners fans since most of my friends are lame and like other teams, don't watch the NFL, or root for whatever team is doing well.

ATTN: All sportswriters - we do not want Sanchez

Rishi — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:42:04 -0000

So stop putting it in your damn mock drafts.

Normally, this wouldn't warrent its own post, but mock draft after mock draft say a couple things:

1) Mark Sanchez is a top ten talent (he's not)

2) If he isn't picked up by the Lions or the Chiefs, the Niners will take him (they won't)

3) Shaun Hill is a non-factor (he's awesome)

4) The Niners can't win big with Hill (they can and will)

Singletary loves Shaun Hill. He showed tremendous faith in him, especially during the Rams game when he had a JTO-esque performance before bouncing back in epic fashion. The team has a thousand more important needs than another fourteen-game starter who is more a product of the talent around him than anything else.

Plus, if Alex Smith is resigned to a different deal, he'll push Shaun Hill, but that's it.

Stick with the guy who's winning games. Say no to Sanchez.

Kennard to USC :(

Rishi — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:26:22 -0000

Kennard to USC :(

Ugh.

Caption Contest (Entries in bold) What is Archie saying to Jughead?

Rishi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:13:34 -0000

Caption Contest (Entries in bold)

What is Archie saying to Jughead?

Long Weekend DBD 1.17.09, 1.18.09, 1.19.09 I Declare You Sanchez!

Rishi — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:36:20 -0000

In celebration of our new entirely worthless meme on CGB, I declare all of you Sanchez!

But not to despair! Like being fired by Al Davis, being declared Sanchez is a mark that would ordinarily be seen as shameful but it is also a mark that can turn into a measure of pride.

Here is a short list of people who have been declared Sanchez who went on to lead successful lives anyway:

Nate Longshore after his victory against Oregon in 2007
Matt Leinart at the beginning of his preseason game against Oakland
Jake Delhomme before playing his first playoff game this year
Dick Fuld on September 14th, 2008
TwistNHook before every court case

As you can see, all these men currently lead successful lives and are satisfied with all the success they are currently achieving.

Now, onto the links...

Wait, college football season is over, rivals is down, and I have no access to recruiting information. Maybe someone else shoulda posted this?

Well, apparently there's some sort of Cal basketball game against Stanford and a couple NFL playoff games between some avian teams (and one team involving metal) tomorrow.

Post on!

Desean Jackson on Iggle's win over Giants

Rishi — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:25:33 -0000

Desean Jackson on Iggle's win over Giants

Desean Yackson.

DBD 12.30.08 - Twist, please don't delete this. Thanks.

Rishi — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:37:48 -0000

I'm sure this morning, you, like most of us here, woke up in denial. You pretended like the Cal football season wasn't over. You watched the Alamo Bowl last night just because Missouri's uniforms somewhat resemble ours and because Chase Daniel's performance last night reminded you of vintage Longshore.

I'm here to break an unfortunate truth to you - it's over. Cal football is over. Sure, there will be news articles, preseason rankings, Nate Longshore's draft prospects (pick which training camp he'll end up in!), a spring game... but none of it matters since there won't be any Cal football for another nine months, which is a long, long time. You could have a baby in the time it takes for Cal football to officially start up again.

But not to despair! This is why you're at California Golden Blogs, even though most of you are lucky enough to be on vacation and not at school/work. You want to satisfy that appetite for more Cal football. So on we go!

Jahvid Best is Good [Jahvid Good? - Ed]

This much we knew -- speedy Cal tailback Jahvid Best rushed for over 500 yards in his last two games. So, too, did Miami. So, too, did his coaches. Among the two parties, only his coaches were able to hold him back at any point Saturday evening in a 24-17 close-fought Cal victory over Miami.

Best strung together a series of highlights runs among his 20 carries totaling an Emerald Bowl record 186 yards and two touchdowns. Cal's offense and oft-booed quarterback Nate Longshore was helpless without him, but Cal's coaches seemed reluctant to ride their star. The game's announcers got a gem of a quote from Miami's defensive coordinator basically calling Best Cal's entire offense. He also said backup quarterback Kevin Riley outperformed declared starter Nate Longshore this year, but that's for another time.

Wait, did you read that last sentence?

The Best Hope [How many more "Best" puns are there going to be? - Ed], but this time, it's Heisman Pundit.

It’s not too often that a player from a school without a whole lot of Heisman tradition can make a real, legitimate run at the trophy.

Cal’s Jahvid Best has a chance to do just that in 2009.

The true sophomore finished with 1,580 yards and 15 touchdowns this year while averaging a nation-best 8.1 yards per carry. Since Reggie Bush came along, there’s been a lot of talk about this or that guy being the ‘next’ Bush, but Best is, I think, the closest thing to it.

Cal football thinking BIG

"We are looking for a national championship," sophomore tailback Jahvid Best said in the post-Emerald Bowl excitement.

Best's quote is similar to that of DeSean Jackson after a Holiday Bowl win in 2006 and Brandon Mebane after a Las Vegas Bowl victory in 2005, but Best may have a more valid argument.

Tonight is the Holiday Bowl (ie where we would be if Oregon State wasn't a team of chokers)

Cal's Women Basketball team (#9/#13) downs Saint Mary's 85-44

California came out pressing in the second half, forced turnovers and completely took over. Junior guard Alexis Gray-Lawson led the charge.

"I think we felt like ourselves," she said. "We just committed to what we wanted to do. When we do that we're very dangerous."

Breaking news: Priyanka Chopra is really hot [Note: Excuse the writing - Some Indian writers try way too hard. Oh, also NWS]