Spingsteen Inspiration

For years the man known as "The Boss" has been electrifying man ever to stroke the strings of a eletrical guitar , cleanse the vocals into a microphone , and rally the crowd at sold out show acrosss America and over seas . Bruce Springsteen speaks about the working man , the rebels , the regulars of the world striving to achieve in life. He has the world's eyes glued to him and continues to show who numero uno really is.

There was a time that when I thought Springsteen was a joke and that it was all about fresh cuts , ballin , and everything else the hip-hop and rap world have to offer, but not now ... because to me its about being an individual and standing up for what you believe in ... having a voice and giving it all you got . Springsteen helps the world understand it.

His "The River" song was used in Adam Sandler's "Reign Over Me". The movie was about a man who became isolated in a world of regret and blame , he could not find any way to go in life after losing his wife and children in 911. He used Springsteen's words to stay sane and believe he could live somehow. There is always a story told in the word's of Springsteen's songs, and they give one the will to win ... walk tall ... release the negative vibe because the words are inspiring and impact what most look to achieve ... finding out what is out there and how to live with it.

Everyone lived through the badlands where they worked underneath the wheels and they got back burn , as they tried to their facts learned. There is also finding the promise land where you take you one moment into your hands ... get up every morning and go to work each ... Mr. I am not a boy ... I am a man and I believe in the "Promise Land". You must understand you can take one moment in your hands and believe in the promise land.

Linus !!!

He was like a draft pick that gets picked in the final round ... then he just shocks you once he gets his big break!!

Linus is the new kid on the block , and he continues to open eyes. First off he is the first male dog to climb onto the couch. He is a loving dog with a rowdy side to him ... he wants all eyes on him or he will express himself through one annoying cry for attention.

He'll sleep but once he wakes up , Linus is a ball of energy that keeps on rolling. The vocal cords of my mom and dad are probably shot !! Linus No has become the norm in our house. He just gives you a look like ... What did I do ? Then he just goes on with his day thinking .... Should I bother my sister .... drive my parents nuts ... when is Carl coming home because I'll just give him sad eyes when he yells at me. Linus is one weird dog sometimes because its like he has no time for barking at other dogs or barking , he just loves seeing how much he can get away with.

There was the time I took Linus for a walk ... well attempted to !! He kept sitting down like saying , " Come on !! Give me a break ... shouldn't I be home or in yard . Who walks anymore?" Then he takes out all of his toys and puts them on display around the house... "These are some nice toys we have here. I'll just walk around... this is boring maybe I'll take a nap. Someone will pick them up for me ... Who wouldn't take time out to pick up my toys ... I'm entertaining , cute , and have this look ... you see this face its one of a kind ," Linus would say.

Then there is that little grin he gives when he is planning his next move. He sits down and looks around , and then you turn your head ... he's gone !! He'll run back and go to sleep or look at you like " Pay attention to me !" He looks at his sister Lily and thinks ... should I drive her nuts , steal her sleeping spot ... why not just use her as a pillow ... I'll go to sleep , make my mom go awww aren't they cute ... my dad will pick me up and let me lay with him ... come on I need to score some points I've been hearing ... bad boy ! bad boy ! most of the day !

Linus always seems to know how to win at the end of the day. He is living a puppy life and knows he can get away with alot... We wouldn't have it any other way!!!

Whitney Houston returns
with chart-topping album
BY CARL WAXMONSKY
Centurion Staff
On August 31 , Whitney Houston
returned to the music world as
her first album debuted at no. 1 on
the U.S. pop album charts. “I
Look To You” is Houston’s first
album in seven years.
The album became Houston’s
fourth no. 1 album on the Billboard
200 charts, as 304,801
copies were sold in the week of
Sept. 6, according to Neilson
SoundScan (a music data corporation).
“I Look to You” is Houston’s
first chart-topping album since the
“The Body Guard” soundtrack,
which spent 20 weeks at no. 1 in
1992 - 1993. These two albums
are joined by her self -titled set in
1986, and her 1987 set, “ Whitney.”
Early chart data shows that “I
Look To You” did not just top the
U.S. music charts. The album
also debuted at no. 1 in Canada ,
Germany , Italy and Switzerland ,
according to Houston’s Arista
Record label.
Before the release of “ I Look
To You,” Arista Records told
MSNBC that this could lead to a
comeback by Houston.
Arista records decided to release
the album in time for
Grammy contention. They also
made a point of trying to attract a
younger audience by brining in
Akon,Alicia Keys and R Kelly as
collaborators on the album.
Music media predicts Houston’s
comeback success will be based
on how she performs in the coming
months leading up to
Grammy night on Jan. 31,
2010.
In Houston’s
song titled
“Salute” she
sings, “ I don’t
call it a comeback,
no I been
here for years.”
Houston has
not released a
record since her
C h r i s t m a s
album six years
ago, which was labeled
“unremarkable”
by the
Billboard 100.
Many music
critics say Houston
needs to
shake off the
t r o u b l e d ,
bizarre image
she acquired in
recent years,
the result of
admitted drug
use and her
rocky marriage
to Bobby Brown.
For instance, Houston told
Diane Sawyer in a 2002 interview
she didn’t do crack because it was
cheap. “I make too much money
to ever smoke crack,” Houston
said .
In a recent interview with
OprahWinfrey, Houston admitted
she had been addicted to marijuana
laced with rock cocaine
and emotionally battered by
Brown until she gathered
the strength to leave him
in 2006 following stints
in rehab. She said her
mother had to call the
authorities in order
to get her into
rehab.
"Now looking
at it, I see the love
and passion that
my mother had
for me and she
has for me,"
Houston told
Winfrey. She
said, “I have a
court [injunction]
here. Either you do
it my way, or
we're just not
going to do this
at all. We are
both going to
go on TV, and
you're going to
retire.'"
H o u s t o n ’ s
mother also made
sure Brown stayed
away.
Houston said her mother coaxed
her to get help, saying, “ It’s not
worth it. I'm not losing you to the
world. I'm not losing you to Satan.
I'm not doing this. I want my
daughter. I want you back. I want
to see that glow in your eyes. That
light in your eye.' "
“We did want to go the route of
any-press-is-good-press way of
thinking here,” said one Houston
handler, speaking of Houston’s interviews.
“We wanted her (Houston) to
have the chance to answer questions,
but be comfortable. Sometimes
we used pre-taped
interviews
bring out the best results.”

NBA 2K10 Delivers Slam Dunk

Basketball video gamers always expect a high-quality performance when they play titles such as NBA 2K , and once again the famed title did not disappoint. NBA 2K10 was voted the #1 selling basketball game , as it beat out its rival NBA Live 10 . The game was also rated # 1 for its realistic simulation of the NBA. A limited edition NBA 2K10 Anniversary Edition is available for the PS3 and XBOX consoles, which is packaged in a specially designed 2K sports locker designed for game storage. The game features 2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant of the Los Angels Lakers , and cover athlete for 2K10. This season the game delivers the most realistic, stylistic , and uses new graphic designs in order to enhance the presentation and online gaming.

"I take great pride in aligning myself with NBA 2K10 as it is simply the most authentic basketball game out there, bar none," said 11-time NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant in an interview with NBA TV. "I was fortunate enough to win a world championship when I was announced to be on the cover. I have learned, in my time working with the 2K Sports team that they, too, strive to be the absolute best."

NBA 2K10 offers gamers some new features. There is the NBA Today feature which offers real world NBA games ,news ,and stats that automatically load right into the game. Commentary and overlays are up-to-date , as it is based on what is happening in the NBA that day.

The new My Player feature allows fans to create their own marquee NBA player and guide him through every moment of his NBA career. The player begins as an un-drafted rookie in the Summer circuit of the NBA. Gamers must advance the skill of their created player in order to participate in an NBA team’s training camp or will have to settle playing in the NBA’s Development League.

The Association feature strives to be the best franchise mode in sports video games. There is incorporation of the NBA Development League and the ability to control all 30 NBA teams at once, including restricted free agency, real-time practice, an all-new player progression system, and a host of other enhancements gives NBA 2K10 gamers the tools needed to rule the court and lead their team to victory.

Crews, is a new online feature, which allows dedicated online gamers to round up their friends and build the ultimate fantasy basketball team using either created players from My Player or an actual NBA team. Gamers can go online and challenge other Crews for bragging rights and progression points as they try to climb their way to the top of the Crew leader board rankings.

Signature Play offers gamers all signature styles and adds in all-new signature tendencies and facial expressions, creating NBA 2K10 teams that play and react like the real life NBA for an unbelievably realistic NBA experience. Improved easy-to-use offensive controls for dribbling and post up plays lets gamers pull off ankle- breaking Isolation moves and execute marquee plays from the perimeter to the paint. Gamers can shut down their opponents like never before with newly-designed defensive controls that allow you to shadow your opponent's every move, deny position off-ball, and even select different approaches to contest shots.

"NBA 2K10 is the dream package for any diehard basketball fan and will be available on more platforms than ever before," said Greg Thomas, senior vice president of sports development for 2K. "It's the 10th anniversary of the NBA 2K franchise and we're celebrating in a huge way with Kobe Bryant on our cover and the NBA 2K10: Anniversary Edition that includes many awesome collectables. NBA 2K10 challenges basketball fans of all ages - How will you take over?"

The Search Is Over ... I Found Love

I have always believed she was out there ... I just had to find her. The one I look forward to spending time with and cherishing life with. I don't believe in the macho bs , as I think it is a front and cover-up of who one really is. I am a male version of a hopless romantic ... take it for what is . Call me any name in the book of negative and try to put me down ... It won't work because I am running on a new outlook on life and it's the little things I take in and live life everyday.

Its one unpredictable world we are living in , so why go at it alone? If you don't have to. I am one that believes that you must look inside yourself and stay focused even when it feels your back is to the wall and only the negative thoughts flow through the mind. Continue to dream and believe you are going somewhere... it can't be all about the paper , it must be about the dream. Think reaching the climax of your life ... hitting the peak successfully , and think about being successful. One can't go on if you don't have an signifcant other alongside you.

I never knew where I was going and sometimes thought the worst. There was a notion that nothing would go in my favor , but for some reason I kept believing that there would be light at the end of the tunnel. One day I woke up and I said to myself I already hit the bottom. I had my emotions played with and closed my eyes tightly , but then I opened my mind and said there is still a positive vibe flowing through my heart. I have always been one to comeback and take on another challenge. I thought positive and looked forward even when there were clitches that set me back.

Now I was never alone ... I always had people that cared , but I held myself in isolation because I did not have someone to call my signifcant other ... one I could love and think about even when she is not there. For awhile I lived believing I had such a thing , but it just wasn't the case. I suddenly found myself digging deep inside myself and taking on the role of rebel more than this sweet guy who was going to believe that all would work out. This is the conscience saying , " Yo wake the hell up !!" Every vibe is your done being open-minded and your ready to turn the tables. Its not that you want to be a complete asshole , but let's call it what it is ... Don't play someone so many times and expect not get a taste of reality.

I found love because I willing to take the past and failure ... I threw it all out the window. I decided to just take sometime to see life for what it really is... I didn't hold myself to anything and found out that alot of positive comes with letting it ride. The biggest critic in your life has to be you because you hold what happens with every breath you take and every move you make... there are second chances but your gambling pretty much... think it through and let something unfold ... don't hold on too long because a real good thing could be right in front of you.