Friday 5/23 Commencement Millings

Millting Points: Brown University Class of 2008 Thoughts:

• Four years already? That was fast...I can't even remember Joses's junior year.
• 135 Lloyd: How long before the MillBoard Charts Song of the Day is Flo Rida?
  
• Who's the baccalaureate speaker? Was Claire Huxtable booked this weekend?
• Famous parents tracking: Chris Berman and Dustin Hoffman return!
  
• The two-time Couple of the Year, Herman Hsu and Ling Phoun, are moving on. Which pair will take the title next year?
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to my landlord Phil McMaster, who drove Nick to the airport yesterday. Besides that, Phil always tells it like it is and even wishes you luck when you go to parties (...whatever that means).

Daily MillDud: This Commencement MillDud goes to Brown Women (meaning females at Brown and not the hot latinas out there that didn't go to Brown). How in the world are you gonna let Jimmy and Joses go home single?

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: In honor of the Class of 2008, the song of the day is "Leave the Memories Alone" by Fuel. Even though the repetition of the words "You'll Never Change" is contrary to the spirit of graduating, the song is just too catchy to not be the anthem of this year's graduating classes. This song also served as the retirement anthem for famed professional wrestler Ric Flair.

Milligan: When I was in Kindergarten, I cheated on a test for the very first time. And can you believe that I actually got caught?!? It turns out that I cheated off of some one who would eventually stay back in Kindergarten...bad move. (Disclaimer for the kids out there: Not only is cheating morally wrong...it's also not a fool-proof system...especially if you cheat off fools.)

MillBox:
Question: I know I let you down in Game 1, so I scored 25 points last night. Do you forgive me? ~Walter Ray Allen, Waltham, MA
Miller: Well, RayRay...you didn't win, but I forgive you. I was finally warming up to the idea of never winning on the road to prove everyone wrong, but I'm gonna agree with some of the NBA analysts who say "Maybe losing one at home will finally motivate them to win on the road."

Joses Lucas Ho's HoBag:
Question: Lucas, it must be tough being Joses's identical twin. What do you think of his topless photos on facebook? Do you ever get upset that he's not only flaunting his own body but also an exact replica of your body?
Lucas: What makes you think that my body is as flabby as his?

Jimmy Tull's TuleBag:
Question: What's the stupidest thing you've done in college?
Jimmy: I mean...realistically...it's probably the patented Jimmy Tull "Oh you thought we were dating for the past couple of weeks...not anymore...cuz I'm just gonna ignore you." It's been done three times. Remember 2004?

Millage People Shout-out: I want to give a quick shout out to my Grandpa, who as of Monday morning, is in heaven. Though he had many hopes for me, my only hope for him was that he would indeed go to heaven one day. Of his 89 years on Earth, it took him about 82 before he smartened up and reconciled with God. Since eternal life, by definition, is "knowing the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom He sent," my Grandpa is already moving on to his 8th year of eternal life...but now the suffering is gone.

Thursday 5/22 Musical Millings

Millting Points: American Idol thoughts:

• Amanda Overmyer really scares me. How scary???...think Roseanne scary.
  
• Once Carly Smithson got voted off...the show became harder to watch.
• How did Chikezie not make it big?!? I mean, his full name is Chikezie Eze!!!
• Instead of giving cars both Davids, they should have given both cars to David Cook.
• Seeing David Cook win it makes me genuinely happy...like Red Sox 2004 happy.
• Seeing David Archuleta lose it makes me wonder if his dad will ground him for life.
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to Jimmy Tull for filling in for Joses. Because Joses is in New York picking his family up at the airport, we here at the Daily Millings have a new question and answer segment called Jimmy Tull's Tulebag (see below).

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to David Archuleta. No explanations needed.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: Since last night marked the finale of American Idol Season 7, the song of the day goes to my favorite performance of the season: "Always Be My Baby" by David Cook. The original by Mariah Carey reminds of when I first started following music (see the Milligan). This version, though, is so creepy that I like it. For some reason, a girl singing "don't you know you can't escape me" is a lot different from a guy singing it. Write THAT down as a gender difference.

Milligan: When I was in 5th grade I knew absolutely nothing about music, but for some reason all the other kids at school did. I remember one time being asked if I liked the Beatles. Because I knew for a fact that my "uncool" Dad loves the Beatles, I thought they would surely be deemed as "uncool." I told my friends that the Beatles were awful and got criticized. Boy, was I wrong.

MillBox:
Question: What do you think of the "There can only be one" commercials for the NBA playoffs?
Miller: I think someone needs to make a spoof where they match up half of Sam Cassell's face with half of Mike Bibby's face. The ugliest man in basketball...there can only be one.

Jimmy Tull's TuleBag:
Question: Jimmy, how do you know if a girl is interested in you? ~M.F. Thingy, Providence, RI
Jimmy: Unfortunately for me, it has to be obvious. It has to be obvious in terms of gratuitous affection, her treating you differently than her other guy friends, and sometimes you can just see it in her eyes...however, sometimes you can be wrong about the signs and you're so far into the "friend zone" that you didn't even know what hit you. That pretty much sums up my life.

Millage People Shout-out: Mad props to the family of Joses Ho. They're coming today for commencement weekend. Should I make Joses look bad by talking to them in Cantonese?

Wednesday 5/21 Very NBA Heavy Millings

Millting Points: Assorted NBA stuff:

• Celtics won it fairly easily...maybe I should have picked them to win in 5.
• The Allens: Ray didn't score 20, but Tony did get some playing time.
  
• Western Conference Finals Prediction: Lakers in 7.
• How in the world did the Bulls win the Draft Lottery! I think they should take hometown boy Derrick Rose and propose a Hinrich, Deng, Gooden, Noah trade for Carmelo and Camby.
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to Jeff Van Gundy. I love his commentary...he's the anti-Doris Burke. He has the best idea for an NBA rule change I've ever heard: a made half court shot immediately ties the game.

Daily MillDud: Today's MillDud goes to Mike D'Antoni for choosing the Knicks over the Bulls. Sure, the money was better...but think about having the Derrick Rose instead of Stephon Marbury as your team's best point guard. A second MillDud goes to Kirk Hinrich, who all of sudden, lost his job to a ping pong ball.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: The song of the day is "Jamie Smiles" from the movie Just Friends. This movie is a must-see if you've ever been caught in the friend zone...it could be painful to watch, though, if you can relate to the main character's plight.

Milligan: If I could go back in time, I would be sure to go to a Celtics game in the old Boston Garden. I've been to the new Garden/Fleetcenter many a time; however, I've only been to the original Boston Garden for Disney on Ice's production of Peter Pan. I did wear a green hat that day...but I was a little embarrassed that it had a feather in it.

MillBox:
Question: How do you come up with all of these "Mill" words?
Miller: One day, I looked up the letter M in the Encyclopedia and looked for all the Mill words I could use for a future blog project. You'd be surprised what other words are just waiting to be unleashed such as Mill-itant, Milldew, Millshake, Mill-imeter, Milliteracy, Millnourished, Millegitamate, Mill-asia (like Malaysia), Millanoma, Millody, Millodrama, and Millegal Aliens.

Joses Ho's HoBag:
Question: Joses, imagine being on your dream date...what are you wearing?
Joses: Nothing.

Millage People Shout-out: Mad props to ESPN360.com for allowing me to enjoy the Celtics Game.

Tuesday 5/20 Millings

Millting Points: My Predictions for the NBA Eastern Conference Finals:

• Celtics in 7. They will be the first NBA champs to never win a road playoff game.
  
• Ray Allen will score 20 points in Game 1.
• Tony Allen will get some playing time and make a bonehead play.
• If Violet Palmer refs a game in this series, the Celtics will lose that game.
  

Daily MillStar: The first MillCredit goes to the return of the Daily Millings. We're Back!!! The new format is very quick and witty without giant text blocks...it's much more conducive for putting the "daily" into the Daily Millings.

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to the college minister at Citylife Presbyterian Church because it took him a whole semester to talk to Joses and me even though we always sit a row behind him in service. Coincidentally, he noticed us the only week in which there wasn't a Korean guy sitting directly behind him giving him backrubs.

Millustration (A Simile to Scratch your Skull): David Archuletta is like Clay Aiken. Archie will ALSO finish as American Idol runner-up because the girls ALSO think he's really cute..but when his moment of glory fades, people will ALSO wonder if he's gay. The only difference? ...one of them is Mormon and one of them is Invisible.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: In honor of Simon Cowell, I've decided to choose "Bleeding Love" as the Song of the Day. HOWEVER, I'm going to choose the Jesse McCartney version over the much more popular (and better) Leona Lewis version! Jesse co-wrote this song with OneRepublic frontman and missionary kid Ryan Tedder. Sure, Jesse sings the song like a wimpy hemophiliac, but still, let's give the man some props.

Milligan (Something I would do over): In 7th grade, I got a detention for doing a series of X-Pac kicks on a kid in gym class. I haven't seen the kid since 8th grade, but boy would I love to apologize to him.

MillBox:
Question: What do you think of my no-hitter last night? ~Jonathan Lester, Boston MA
Miller: It was incredible. You may walk an awful lot of guys, but last night you showed the world that chemotherapy might be a better performance-enhancer than steroids. Kids everywhere should be standing in front of the microwave hoping to put a little bit more zip on their fastball.

Joses Ho's HoBag:
Question: Joses, since you're an expert in romance...how would you approach a beauty queen? ~Pathetic in Providence
Joses: This one's easy. I would go on youtube and watch clips of her pageants...get to know her a bit. That should be enough to get you through a date.

Millage People Shout-out: Mad props to Didier for almost making dreams come true. (See previous item).