MOBY does it.

The New York Yankees Do NOT open in Baltimore today. You gotta love an opening day rain out.

Regardless... I can’t wait to go see the new stadium. I miss New York.

The North Carolina Tarheels are HOT. They play Michigan State in the National Championship tonight and they just look unstoppable. I seriously don’t think I’ve ever seen a Carolina team play this well.

When people ask me why I’m a Carolina fan, I say “I was BORN in North Carolina. Almost everyone is my entire FAMILY went to Carolina… except for me… er… and my Mom… she went to Wake Forest… and… ok my cousin went to Western Carolina… you know what I just like the Tarheels ok.”

I watched Jamie Kennedy’s documentary HECKLER yesterday. WOW… what an experience. It affected me for sure. It’s funny, honest… sometimes shocking. In all honesty, I, myself have posted writings on this site that were critical of another artists work. I’ve been rather harsh fro time to time. Granted, I’m always willing and more inclined to write positive stuff about films or TV shows or music that I really LIKE… but I have taken the time to sit here and trash a couple of stage productions as well as a film or two… and I don’t think I will ever do that again. In fact, I wrote a scathing review of Clint Eastwood’s GRAN TORINO a couple of months ago and have since removed it.

I’m an artist… not a critic. I'm one of the good guys. I know how much of yourself you give to offer up a project to the Gods. I know how painful it is to hear or read ANY type of criticism… after you’ve slaved and sacrificed to help make a project come to fruition. And what exactly am I contributing by unleashing my critique? What possible positive effect would my negative opinion have…on anyone?

From now I will praise work that I find intriguing, exciting… or simply great. I want to share positive and uplifting things with those I care about… and that’s it. Harsh criticism does nothing more than hurt… and that’s not why I do this.

I’ve been reverting to this LIST style of blogging lately. Is it a cop-out? It doesn’t feel like TRUE writing… it’s easier… I’ll say that… it allows me to share a series of experiences, thoughts and opinions without spending too much time on structure… If I find structure…great… if I don’t…whatever…it’s just a “list.”

The LIST format comes from that damn Facebook “25 things about me” thing that was bouncing around for a while. I enjoyed writing that… and I got great feedback… I thought to myself “I should do this more often… and hey… MOBY does it.”