FIrst Junk Drawer I've ever made, so take it easy on me.

This past week, I've slept at 2:30 AM and woke up around 6:50 AM everday. Sadly, I can't live on four hours of sleep, so I hibernated yesterday and slept at around 9:30 or whenever the Blazers ended the first half against the Warriors; as a result, I woke up at 5:45 AM, grabbed a jacket, got on facebook, and then checked Yahoo nba scores. WHAT THE ****. Blazers lose to the Warriors?! You've gotta be kidding me.

But I'll make it an off topic to talk about instead of mourning over the loss. I went shopping with some friends at Streets of Tanasbourne to get my mom a birthday present. I got her a red scarf from Macy's, but I realized that Christmas is already drawing near. I guess this is a winter holiday special! What are you guys going to give and receive?

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I just wanted to see some of the songs that can go with some of the Blazers. Here are some of my choices,

Steve Blake

Metallica - St. Anger

Brandon Roy

Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal

Nicolas Batum

Hans Zimmer's Dark Knight theme song cuz it's like Batum = Batman? Get it? haha...hahahhaahaha..ha..ha..ha?

LaMarcus Aldridge

Queen - Don't Stop me Now

Joel Przybilla

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Travis Outlaw

Katy Perry - Hot n Cold

Rudy Fernandez

Nas - Hero

Greg Oden

Mase - Welcome Back This is kinda more for the beginning of the season

Cuz I like Greg...

The Zimmers - My Generation Because he's SO OLD! ha.ha..ha...ha....hahahahahhaha

Jerryd Bayless

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Sergio Rodriguez

One Semester of Spanish - Love Song Kinda ran out of ideas at this point

Channing Frye

Sugar Hill Gang - Jump On It

Michael Ruffin

MC Hammer - Too Legit to Quit

Shav Randolph

Riff - White Men Can't Jump

Martell Webster

Mase - Welcome Back Hopefully...

I understand that a lot of these songs aren't the best choices. I only gave songs that I could think of right now for each player. Hopefully they give somewhat of a representation. I tried to base the song off a nickname, reputation, personality trait, etc. If anyone has already done this, I apologize. Anyways, have fun picking more songs for individual players. You can tell I was running out of ideas with some of the choices...

There's no point in moping around and hoping that Oden magically heals by Friday. The team is already moving on and getting focused for their 2nd game; the fans should too. There's going to be 81 more games this season to look forward to, and we faced one of the toughest games of all season. Our schedule is already tough, so we have to grow tolerant of some games where NBA championship hungry teams simply want it more and are better prepared.

Don't make any conclusions from one game. That was no average game. You won't see Roy shooting 5-15 again, starting 0-9 and Oden will come back. I don't want to hear any fire Nate, go Durant, Oden sucks, etc. We're Blazer fans. We're not your typical NBA fanbase that will judge a team from one game and immediately come up with conclusions that "Roy isn't athletic." We must perserve and look from the bigger picture.

Next game will be another challenege, but a more accurate representation of the kind of team that Portland will have to face in the playoffs and in the regular season. San Antonio won't have Ginobli, but Duncan and Parker will be a problem.

Look on the bright side and be optimistic. Fernandez and Outlaw were terrific. Fernandez ESPECIALLY. He hit 2 quick shots in the 1st quarter and provided the spark off the bench while the Black Unit struggled. A lot of his shots were also really tough with a hand in his face or at a full pace. Plus, Outlaw is finally out of his early season funk.

Przybilla was also REALLY promising in that game. There was not a single moment when Bynum was bullying Przybilla. He was definitely struggling and hit only one shot against Przybilla (a turnaround jump shot). The other times, he had to pass it out, on single coverage by the way, or toss up an ugly hook shot in desperation.

Blake, Roy, and Aldridge were off, and that was the reason really. Blake wasn't abloe to get any set shots and were bricking 3's like Rodriguez was last season. Roy was missing easy layups, and Aldridge was taking tough, off balance fadeways with the taller defender. They were just disorganized and playing too much one on one offense. Like I said, when will you see Frye, Blake, Roy, Aldridge, and Bayless all shooting that badly. It's not gonna happen again.

This was my first blog post. I've always had a problem with grammar, and I can't spend time editting aka I'm too lazy.\

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Watch the video and get inspired.

"For it is together, together that we prevail!"