Let's fucking goooooo!!!! The job isn't done, but as the late great Bill Walton would tell you, you have to enjoy the ride.
Credit to the Pacers. What a run for the 6-seed. That was one of the most competitive sweeps in Big Four history. There's no shame in this loss. It's not that crazy to think of universe where Indy's up 3-1 rn, but alas, the superior Celtics proved themselves, bringing out the brooms to get back to the NBA Finals: Presented by YoutubeTV for the second time in three seasons (who knows what would've happened if Jayson didn't fuck up his ankle in the open seconds of Game 7 last year).
I'm so fucking happy for JB. He's gotten so much shit about having no left hand and terrible braids (they're much improved as of late!!) and absolutely balled out this series. Take that, haters! The Renaissance man averaged nearly 30 ppg in the sweep. You can tell how much this team loves and respects him. Pure joy!
Indiana didn't score for the final 3:33 of the game. During the same timeframe, Jaylen Brown showed why he's just the third winner of the Larry Bird Trophy.
I'm so excited and proud of this team; they're doing exactly what's expected of them. The media is acting like they're the first #1 seed in NBA history. Some years the route is "easier," but they earned that by being the best team all season, by a large margin. The C's are taking care of business, 12-2 in the playoffs. Winners of seven straight. Undefeated on the road in the playoffs, but fair or not, the Jays will be judged on rings. I want Al to win a ring so fucking bad. But Dallas scares me. It's not gonna be easy. Luka can take over games, and there's the obvious Kyrie factor and narratives. That flat-earther can't beat us.
The Boston Celtics don't put up Eastern Conference Championship banners. Four more wins. There will be much more to come on DOL in the lead up to the NBA Finals: Presented by YoutubeTV, but ya boi is exhausted from a long weekend live betting the C's and crushing #everydaydoz.
Ain't that The Truth!
P.S. Rest in Peace Bill Walton. This phrase is gonna get run into the ground, but it's true...He was a true trailblazer.
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Song: Colin Zeal (1993) Artist: Blur Album: Modern Life is Rubbish No exaggeration, I've listened to this song 80 times this weekend. LET'S FUCKING GO CELTICS!!!!!! 
Eddie Vedder is a fighter. He's the only frontman of a Big 4 Grunge band that is stiiiill allllllllliiiiivvvvive. He's fought for climate justice, gun control, and human rights and in the clip this entire blog is about, he's fighting for what's right by bashing alt-right placekicker Harrison Butker, calling him a pussy (which you could argue is ironic, but that word has taken on a life of its own) for his sexist and ignorant comments.
ICYMI: The Kansas City Chiefs Kicker (who may or may not have been on my fantasy team last season) gave a 20-minute commencement speech at a Catholic university where he essentially told women their role is in the kitchen, as well as many other fascist/theocracy talking points like how IVF is somehow the biggest threat to society. This is a direct quote of the first thing he said that wasn't a greeting or thanking the university:
"While COVID might have played a large role throughout your formative years, it is not unique. Bad policies and poor leadership have negatively impacted major life issues, things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media, all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder."
Not surprisingly, the far-right is eating it up; Butker's jersey sales are through the roof, but plenty of people and organizations have criticized his speech, where he told a bunch of women who just graduated college that they're basically better off making babies and sandwiches.
While this is just an allegation...look at this guy...would it really shock you? The biggest homophobes are always deeeeeep in the closet.
I've loved Pearl Jam for 20+ years, and Eddie's lyrics have meant so much to millions of others and me. However, his closing line in this clip might be my favorite thing he's ever said.
"People of quality don't fear equality."
There's nothing wrong with wanting to have a family or putting off a career to be a parent. I'd hope most people can agree there, but that's not what this KICKER [the last guy (tied with the punter) on a football team who should be talking about masculinity] said. At a college graduation, which is probably the biggest day of most of these students' lives to that point...Butker spewed some 1950s bullshit about how women's dreams don't matter. Who the fuck is this guy? I didn't even dive into all the homophobia and lies (TBH, I'm rusty from not blogging a lot lately due to apathy in a crumbling world...which is precisely why I need to write). This guy said Congress passed a bill where people can go to jail for saying who killed Jesus. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?!? That's not even close to accurate. I didn't know kickers could get CTE.
Perhaps the craziest part of this whole story is that Butker's mother is an accomplished scientist! Weirdly, he may have a point because she couldn't have done that good of a job raising him if he thinks so poorly of women and has no issue saying so publicly. People of quality don't fear equality. Butker literally called diversity, equality, and inclusion TYRANNY in his diatribe. Tyranny is oppression, like forcing your beliefs on others. The right wants to rewrite history, but this country (while v flawed) was founded on FREEDOM OF RELIGION, which also means freedom FROM religion. Fuck Harrison Butker. I only drafted him last year cause I had Mahomes as my QB! Song: Wreckage (2024) Artist: Pearl Jam Album: Dark Matter Gotta give PJ some love before my upcoming blog. Everybody knows how much I love and respect Eddie---well his recent actions only amplified that love and respect. Sidenote: I'm currently watched a docuseries on the Challenge Disaster (shame on NASA for not doing more when they knew there were issues!) and it feels a tiny bit in bad taste to use this song but DOL is all about tying everything together! (and stopping fascism) 
It's a team game, but have a night, Al!!! How fucking sick was that out-of-bounds blast?!
After starting the series like 0-39 from behind the arc, the math was mathing (I hate myself for using that phrase---and a million other reasons!) as Horford hit six threes, grabbed 15 boards, AND blocked three shots----IN HIS 17th SEASON.
I'll tell ya how I'm feeling, loyal DOL Reader (my baaaaad for not blogging for two weeks).
Regarding our Boston Celtics, I'm feeling confident. I don't love the two home losses, but we're hitting this from a positive angle. Miami & Cleveland shot the lights out in their Game 2s, and more importantly, the 2008 Celtics went seven in the first two rounds in identical fashion: 4-0 at home, 0-3 on the road. These 2023-24 Celtics have followed suit: Win game 1, lose 2, win 3 & 4 on the road, come back home, and close it out in five. It's easy to be like, "Wtf, C's...the Cavs were playing with like 7.5 guys, and you didn't look that great," but your opponents are pros, too. They'll give you all the cliches you could ever want about playing with their backs against the wall. That being said, Max Strus is a fucking bitch, and his trolling is weaker than Phil Rivers' pull-out game. Have a nice summer.
In the postgame, Draymond Green was talking shit about how nobody cares about the C's making it to the conference finals again...that they need to win a ring. While I don't disagree, this is the Celtics year and stfu guy. We don't need that energy. We do need Porzingis back, but this team has some serious '76 Raiders to them in the sense that they dominated for nearly a decade but had no championship to show for it..until '76.
Here's a little history for ya: The OAKLAND Raiders went to Super Bowl II while they were still in the AFL, then lost SIX AFL/AFC Championship Games in eight seasons. The C's are 1-4 in the ECF (even though the first two should not be held against them) during this run, but Tatum is 26, and Jaylen is 27. They're still not even in their prime.
This team needs to win a championship to get the respect they deserve, but we've gotta enjoy the ride!!! As someone who's won a dozen championships, I cannot stress that enough. You gotta enjoy the ride. We're gonna all be dead forever some day. Fascism is here. Enjoy this. The C's are 8-2 in the playoffs and very much alive for the Larry OB. I watched 80% of the game on my phone while at the gym (#everydaydoz), and it's tough to remember all the specifics, but what a fucking night for Mr. Alfred Joel Horford. He was the MVP of Game 5. I fucking love Al and can't wait to fit back into his shirsey I bought at the 2018 ECF.
Song: Move Along (2006) Artist: The All-American Rejects Album: Move Along TBH, I'm more of a "Swing, Swing" guy, but the C's have gentlemen-swept their second straight series. We're moving along that playoff bracket! Hopefully, Knicks-Pacers goes seven. Have a night, Al!!!!! 
Previous Dozie's Brain Dumps:
April 24th, 2023 July 10th, 2023 August 9th, 2023 October 10th, 2023 February 29th, 2024 March 11th, 2024 April 10th, 2024
I don't know if it's a case of the blogging yips, the aftershocks of a broken heart, or living through the fall of Rome 2.0, but I haven't really wanted to write lately. To quote Blur, "I'm a professional cynic, but my heart's not in. I'm paying the price of living life at the limit." In this case, I've been on the brink of a breakdown, and my priorities drastically changed, so my passions sort of faded away. Don't get me wrong; there's been a few things I've wanted to write about...like how about this fucking qunt?
But I've struggled to find the motivation, which is low-key ironic because tonight's Dozie's Brain Dump will mainly focus on #everydaydoz and a potential Celtics series-clinching win (they're up 30 as I type this). Not to suck my own dick, but this month has been a clinic in motivation for the Doz man!
It all started on April 4th. While recording my pre-gym video diary, I realized it was my fourth straight day going to the gym. This coincided with April 2024 being four days old at the time, so I threw out the idea of going every day for the entire month (as a bit). 
From there on out, I posted a "progress" selfie and my cardio numbies from said session. Part of me was like bro, this is kind of annoying, but a much larger part of me was like this will help me hold myself accountable. I didn't want to let anybody who believed in me down or give the h8r fuel by missing a day after holding myself to this bit to help me shed this COVID-depression weight. Knowing that people were gonna see how long I rode the bike for made me keep going.
Day 15 update (this was like a blog in itself).
I've been pretty open about my mental health throughout the life of DOL, but if you're new here, like most millennials...my brain is fuuuuucked up from all the fun catastrophic events we've lived through and from growing up with very divorced parents (like 60% of my friends). I eat my feelings, and ya boi feels a lot. (I'm almost jealous of people who don't care. Like how are you not freaking out about the threat of authoritarianism???) That's what happens when you're a hashtag good guy. It's no secret ya boi's been going through it this decade, and for far too long, I didn't care enough about myself to want to try. I was so fucking defeated. I put on all the weight I had just lost in 2019, which caused my mentals to plummet like Kristi Noem's chances of being Shitler's veep.
Talk your shit, official Celtics twitter account!
Fuck the Miami Heat! You're going HOME. This series win is step one towards 18---major 2022 vibes when we beat the last three teams to knock us out of the playoffs en route to The NBA Finals: Presented by YoutubeTV. If JT didn't get hurt in Game 7 last year, I genuinely believe the C's would've pulled off the 0-3 comeback. Still, it's nice to send these fuckers back to South Beach.
I've actually been going to the gym consistently since November of 2022 (except for Sept-Dec 2023, which caused me to backslide with my progression). If I went to the gym 3-4 times in a week--- that was a win.
This past month's been the beginning of a lifestyle change.
Can't lie I've been getting super distracted by the C's game and now in the Mike Gorman tributes and am not loving the quality of this blog, so sorry. We love you Mike! You're a legend and a true New England icon.
But yeah, I've gone to the gym for 31 straight days, and while I am proud of that, it doesn't mean much without legitimate progress. Actually, I'm gonna be nicer to myself. It does mean something because I'm doing this the right way. I've lost significant amounts of weight like five times in my life, and most were with some sort of gimmick (HCG, the shakes, etc.). No Ozempic for Dozie; I'm just exercising and trying to eat better. That's always been my most formidable mountain to climb. I'm starting to enjoy exercising, but I have a child's pallet. I wish I could tolerate vegetables and wasn't so texture sensitive (I'm so on the spectrum, idc what some Dr. said 25 years ago). Hopefully, I'll find some stuff I can stomach because once I start eating cleaner, the pounds will melt off!
It's also not healthy to never give yourself a break. I will eventually take some days off from working out to let my body rest, but I've got so much weight to lose and so much fucking fuel in me that I want to keep going. I love that I can lift heavier weights and ride the bike for an hour without stopping. In November 2022, I couldn't do 10 minutes. I'm so excited to keep going and getting my swag back. It's now 10:15, and I want to relax for a little before passing out, so like the Miami Heat's 2023-24 NBA season, this scatter-brain breakdown (like the sports analyst definition) of #everydaydoz is OVER!
P.S.
10 years ago today, I went to the first game of a Red Sox-Rays double header and Game 1 of a Bruins-Canadiens playoff series. My teams went 0-2, but it was still a super cool experience. 
Song: The End (2024) Artist: Justice & Thundercat Album: Hyperdrama When Thundercat drops a new song...it goes on DOL. Those are the rules. Hopefully the C's hold on and send Mike Gorman into retirement at home so he can get a nice send off by the Green Bleeders! |
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