Thursday, 22 March 2007

• A brief break.

  Update:  Wow.  Just wow.  Check his blog again.
  
  
  Too much angsty-ness on my mind so let me just introduce you more fully to one of my favorite celebrities, Mr. Gilbert Arenas.

  It doesn't take a sports fan to recognize the humor in Agent Zero's blog.

  But to truly understand him, you've got to breakdown his pathology.

  More importantly, let's take a look behind the bluster to see the brightness.

  Yet - and this is why I like him - he's so real.  like me.  he's insecure.  he psyches himself out (see recent games against Kobe, Suns, Blazers).  he's uber-competitive.  he doesn't sleep on his bed.  he gets happy.  he gets sad.  I've been explaining this to my friends over the last few weeks, but today, Chuck Klosterman decides to concur in a NY Times piece.

  P.S. I also wanted to highlight some really well-written sports journalism.  Those articles above are all reminiscent of an amazing David Foster Wallace piece last year on Roger Federer.  Comforting to know that good writing exists in all different spheres.

  Gilbert's also been featured recently in Time Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.

  Currently Listening Dreamgirls (1982 Original Broadway Cast) By Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going see related

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