I have a dream.....

Boys,

I remember a time when "half-sies" wasn't just another word, but a commitment to split a Little Caeser's Pizza....

I remember a time when sharing toothpaste and trimming each others' necks wasn't just a nice thing to do but a true sign of a gentleman....

I remember a time when winning at RBI meant everything even if you had to awake the sleeping giant (Matty boy) to do it....

I remember a time when all truth and girl gossip could be discussed openly and freely at an event known as "Man Talk"....

and I remember a time when the only thing we really had to worry about was whether we were watching Jurassic Park or the Office on a Friday night....

On that note, Bater and I had a chance to visit Provo last month and we thought it was about time to have an official DickSix Reunion in Provo this upcoming summer. We were thinking like a weekend trip where 6 grown men share a hotel room and spend a few days roaming our old stomping grounds, re-telling stories, watching Office episodes, swimming, etc.

Anyways, I know its hard to find a time that works for everyone so I wanted to send this out soon so we can hopefully get a date on the boards and make this happen!
Let me know!

Dickman

Marty's Nikes

http://gear.ign.com/articles/119/1193264p1.html

I knew it would happen!

How to be a Gentleman!?!

Have any of you seen a preview for this new show??? I was bustin' up when I saw a preview for this on TV last night. I hope it's good.



Here's another video:

http://youtu.be/3Zw6Od0FwRs

That's rich. You're gonna make me rich.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/118/1188497p1.html

I wish I got to work for ELB!

What do I have to do to get my hands on your 3DS?

Dude, your guys' tid bits were cracking me up. I loved it.

Matt I loved the Dick Six shirt comment. I still wear mine all the time. We should make some new ones sometime. I'm afraid mine is going to die of someday. I'm sure its way too hot in AZ now, but its really nice here in San Jose, I keep telling everyone "its dunkball weather" outside. PS: me need dunkball and Betos.

Dickman, your story about the new shirts was hilarious... Classic I must say. Also, just to let everyone know the truth here, Aaron has not been killing me in Dr. Mario and RBI. I'm pretty sure I won overall when we were playing Dr. Mario. Also, you did beat me in RBI last Sunday, but you forgot to mention how I wasted you the last time we played... thanks to my man Roger! (Roger Clemens). Matt you still need to join us. And JR, you need to fix your computer ASAP!

I don't really have much of an update. But I've been playing church ball once a week as well. It's no dunkball but it's still fun. Also, my Xbox died on me a couple weeks ago. It keeps freezing now after I start it up. I think I'm going to get a new tomorrow actually. There is a deal at Target right now for a new Xbox Slim with Kinect for $300 and you get a $100 Target gift card (It's only today and tomorrow though). Then I'll have to save up for the Wii U!!!! Me and a bunch of guys in my ward have been getting together once a month for a man night. We just eat and then play video games for 5 hours or so. We mostly play Bond or Halo, but I could totally go for some Smash or even some Mario Striker!

I thought I'd finish things off by sharing this picture I found on my old phone a little while ago. I'm pretty sure we had this pinned on our wall for a while... HC!!!!

I don't give a ratts butt..I'm watching Jurrasic Park!!

Thanks for keeping the DickSix alive Matty Boy! I loved the little "tid bits" into your daily life so I thought I'd add my own:

1. I finally broke down and bought some new work clothes since I've worn the exact same shirts/shows/pants since my intership in 2008 and people were starting to make fun of me. Unfortunately, all the shirts turned out to be 100% cotton and shrunk in the dryer so when I wore them to work, they all laughed at my "muscle shirts." At least I'm not wearing just my garment top!
2. I've been playing basketball a few nights a week and its been fun but it's just not the same without my dad yelling from the sidelines and trying to beat people up for me.
3. Just a random thought: I've been totally kicking bater's butt in Dr.Mario and RBI for the past few months and i've loved every minute of it.

I'm not feeling very social tonight

Remember this DickSix blog?

Dickman was telling me I should post on here so here are a few things:

1. I wore my DickSix shirt yesterday to workout. Ask Nate he saw it! I know this is gross but I think I might wear it to dunkball today (We play every Thursday at 6PM at Field Elementary, wish all of you guys could play (Me Need Dunkball)).

2. On my way to work today, Last Kiss by Pearl Jam came on the radio! It's been too long since we've had Dick and friends.

3. I bought a Nintendo 3DS! It's pretty radical, I also bought The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (A 3D remake of my favorite game of all time!) You may have seen this dorky commercial with Robin Williams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINUfbLV_0M

Sunday School Notes

Hey what's up guys. So I was trying to find someone's phone number I wrote down in this mini notepad I have in my scriptures... and going through it, I found this little gem:

Nate S: "It's sunday school time, I like your new Tommy Tie, it's tied up all nice, it looks pretty awesome..."

Matt: "Well thank you my friend, you're so kind to say so, your Reese's Pieces are so yellow, orange, and brown, I think that Dick likes them!"

Nate S: Aaron says you should put your head on Timberal's shoulder and say "mi mi mi mi"


Happy Sunday!... "The GovErnor!..."
- Nate

BTTF Viedo Game

I can't remember who had posted something about that BTTF video game that's coming out, but I saw this trailer for the game this morning and had to share. It looks pretty sweet. And whoever does the voice of Marty sounds a lot like Michael J.

Anyone Else Nervous?

As a result of the awful pre-season and that ridiculous 18-1 run Portland made in the 4th quarter on Tuesday, a lot of loyal Suns fans are extremely nervous. I don't blame them. I'm sure everyone has heard the quote from Steve Nash from the other day: "To be honest, if I was outside this picture and a betting man, I would probably pick us to be outside of the playoffs considering all the changes and the new guys."

While I am a little nervous, I don't think Nash really meant it saying he had no confidence in his team. I think he was saying he can understand why an outsider would doubt them. I mean what ESPN's John Hollinger had to say was much more troubling:

"(Steve Nash) loves the desert and certainly benefits from the Suns' world-class training staff, but how much longer does he endure the penny-pinching ownership and the fact that the final years of his prime will be spent scratching and clawing to get the No. 8 seed in the West? All his interviews sound like he's trying to talk himself into optimism through gritted teeth, but the reality is that his owner nuked a team (and front office) that was two wins from the Finals and, if he stays put, Nash and Co. are probably going to the lottery.

Even if Nash doesn't push for a trade, what sense does it make for the Suns to hang on to him (and Grant Hill, for that matter) if they're bumbling along toward 32-50? Wouldn't it be more prudent at that point to trade their four 30-something starters and rebuild?"

Pretty heavy stuff right? I don't know how I feel about this. Part of me thinks it'd be good to trade Nash and start over. Don't get me wrong, I love Nash, I'd want him to go somewhere he'd have a chance to win it all. That being said, I'd rather see us pull of a trade where we could get a young, strong, mobile power forward that rebounds (Like Sacramento's Jason Thompson, who averaged 12.5 points and 8.5 rebounds last season). I also love Grant Hill, he drinks Sprite after all, but salary wise we could trade him straight up for Thompson (and maybe get a 1st round pick too?). Sacramento has a strong young core and lots of big guys but they could definitely use veteran leadership. With someone like Hill they could gain a lot of maturity. The Suns could get Thompson and then move Turk (who I'd rather trade than Hill but his contract is a mess and it's not likely happening) to his natural SF position. That would make a lineup of Nash, Richardson, Turkoglu, Thompson, and Lopez with Dragic, Childress, Dudley, Warrick and Frye off the bench. That could be a mean lineup! I have a mancrush on Josh Smith, so he is who I want the most (he is a premier defender AND dunks like a mad man). I think he'd be great on the pick and roll with Nash but I don't see how we could pull that off. while I am a bit troubled with how this season could turn out, I am just going to enjoy this season a game at a time.

New subject: BTTF!

It was awesome in the theater! I was texting Bater the whole time in line and ran into/sat by Jordan and Bryce! The atmosphere was fantastic and it was awesome to see it with such clarity and such great sound. People were laughing throughout and one guy gasped in disbelief when Marty couldn't get the DeLorean to start. Jordan and I laughed pretty hard, it was like that guy had never seen it or something! I had to hold back laughter at some of the parts that were in the "Brokeback to the Future" video (Nate told me he did laugh and was the only one in the theater laughing). Well done, Bob Zemeckis and team.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwuLxrv8jY

Interesting BTTF Fact

Hey Boys!

Long time no post eh? Hope everyone is doing good I'll give a quick update on what's going on. First, Matt had his birthday a few days ago and had a rockin party at Laser Quest (did it end up still being there Matt?) And second, Bater and I started playing RBI online (aka Press Start you A!!!) and so far I am happy to report the series is 2-0 in Dickman's favor...but don't give Nate a hard time, it's a sensitive subject for him.

Anyways, the real reason I'm posting is this article on BTTF I saw on Yahoo today...check it out if you haven't already read it...it's pretty interesting. And yes, we need a Back to the Back to the Back ASAP!
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/thr-eric-stoltz-as-the-original-marty-mcfly.html

OK...that's about it. Matt, I'm expecting to see a Pre-Season Suns report on the new team any day now.
Peace

Diz -Z Died!!

Hey everyone, sad times for everyone from Mesa. I just found out that our beloved friend Diz - Z just past away, his real name is Robert Disbrow if you didn't already know. I haven't heard much about what happened but I think he had some health issues like cancer or something.

There are going to have a memorial service this weekend. I totally wish I could go, that would be so cool. You guys in Mesa should definitely go. I think there going to do some kind of service at Pioneer park and then dance like Diz-Z down to Main and Stapley to walk the wall of Jericho (Isn't that awesome!!)

Here's a link with details about the service if anyone's interested. http://www.livingtimes.com/event.php?event_id=25

Also, I here's a bunch Diz-Z videos if you're interested: http://www.livingtimes.com/video.php?user=RobertDisbrow&video_id=823

Madelyn is here!!

Hey Dicksix Groupies!

Jenna and I are pleased to announce Madelyn's arrival! She was born early Saturday morning. The labor and delivery went great and I even watched the whole thing without getting nauseous (Trust me..its a trip!) Also, when we drove her home last night, there were fireworks going off the whole way home so it was like everyone was celebrating with us (OK...a little corny)
Anyways, here are some pics....I will post an additional one later with her decked out in her brand new "SUNS" outfit too!
Peace Chicken

-A&J

Push Start You "A"

I found this a while ago, and it seriously blew me away... It's a Super Mario Crossover! I don't know who was the genius that came up with this idea but I thought it was so cool, they should make all games like this! It's got all the classics (Even Castlevania for Matt!! Hey remember when you played that game over and over and over and it'd make you so mad! haha that was awesome) I just wish I could play it on my real Nintendo with an old school controller. You'll have to go to this website to play...

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416

Hubba Hubba Who Do You Trust?!

This girl I'm friends with on facebook posted a B Money video so I went back and watched them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGh4S1LqDnI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECGoAycR3mM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uosg8WsAPu4&feature=related

I think my new favorite part is in "Absofetchinglutely" at 1:08. Bater, we've totally hung with B Money in there! I also love when he climbs in through the window at the end.

Thanks for a great season guys!

Favorite Suns team of all time? I think it just might be. It's either this team (Nash, Amare, Hill, Richardson, Lopez, Dragic, Frye, Dudley, Amundson and Barbosa) or the '93 squad (Barkley, KJ, Majerle, Ceballos, Ainge, Chambers, Miller, West, Dumas, and of course Tim Kempton). The '94 team was roughly the same minus Dumas and Kempton plus A.C. Green and Elliot Perry so maybe I will go with that one. Nah, I'm going with the 2010 squad. Barkley was/is hilarious but these guys are just classy.

What's your favorite team?

Depressing Fact Matt

Aaron just sent me an e-mail with the subject "Depressing Fact Matt". His e-mail reads:

Matt,

I had to share this depressing stat with you that my co-worker found today:

Phil Jackson teams are 45-0 in game five when they have won game one. The Lakers are 18-0 in game five when the series is tied.

Please write an article on DICKSIX refuting it. Thanks

-Dickman

Well Dickman, the numbers get worse. We haven't beat the Lakers in Los Angeles since January 2008. That means since the Grizzlies gave the Lakers Pau Gasol just weeks later, the Lakers are undefeated against us at home. History and statistics are a funny thing. A couple weeks ago the pundits said the Spurs were going to beat us, citing history as their best argument against us. We were down 2-0 against this Lakers team and reporters began asking what their game plan was going to be against Boston. Last I checked you have to win four to advance to the Finals (something that Boston is finding out). The fact of the matter is (oh Accounting 200) the Phoenix Suns have momentum. Since when does Steve Nash care about statistics? He doesn't. He cares about his team and they have an entire TEAM that is finding a way to win.

We are going to win tonight. I am looking forward to seeing ORNG tarnish Phil Jackson's perfect record. Beat LA!

Team Basketball

Last night after the game (which you all know was a win much in part thanks to this guy who had 8 points and 8 assists) I went to go play some basketball at the church. While playing, I missed a call from Dickman and he left me a message; he was laughing as he said him and Bater noticed there haven't been any blog posts since before the series started! I wonder why!

I'll be honest, after game two last Wednesday I was not excited about Suns basketball. I was very disappointed with the way our boys played (mostly by Stoudemire and Nash that had 5 turnovers each that game, although Channing Frye going 0-5 didn't help). It seemed like we hardly put up any fight! For the next few days I didn't want to talk about the Suns but wanted to get some time away and figure out what was wrong with the team (you know you're obsessed when you take a loss like you are actually the one playing or coaching haha). Suns fans were rewarded in games 3 and 4, but this series is far from over.

Seth Pollack from Bright Side of the Sun wrote a great article about our team win last night:

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2010/5/26/1487899/team-suns-vs-team-kobe

17 years between 1976-1993. 17 years between 1993-2010. Beat LA!

Thinking Beastly

First of all, please read this article:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke-lakers-20100511,0,1540646.column

“The Lakers swept this doubter completely off his feet, reduced me to a pillar of salt, knocked me directly into a setting Suns.” Are you kidding me? This guy Plaschke gets paid to write for a newspaper? This is all I am going to say about his horrible grammar. I daresay his basketball analysis is even worse:

“The Suns probably walked away from Monday's game thinking beastly,” he says. What in world does “thinking beastly” mean?! I have a pretty good feeling that the Suns were not surprised when the Lakers dismantled the Jazz on Monday. I mean, everyone knew the Lakers were going to win the series after they went up 3-0. The Suns are well aware that the Lakers are going to be a lot to handle. I sense that they have been “thinking beastly” about the Lakers for a while now.

I love how he quotes Artest not knowing about our team. "It's Stoudemire and Frye ... is it Frye?" asked Artest. I guess Artest hasn’t heard about how Frye has fit in with our team so well this year? I find this hilarious. Reminds of me of when Kobe didn’t know who Raja Bell was…

Plaschke goes on to say: “yeah, not much strength there, it will basically be Stoudemire matched against Gasol, Odom and the rested knee of Bynum, and it won't even be close.” Two things here: Number one, if you know anything about the Phoenix Suns, you know a huge reason their season turned around was because of the 7’ center Robin Lopez. This guy is not soft. Number two, if they think they don’t have to guard Channing Frye outside, they are in for a rude awakening. I am quite certain that they will know to guard Frye outside and when they do, Frye will bring defenders such as Gasol, Odom, and the rested knee of Bynum out of the paint to allow Amar’e to have more room.

“The Suns don't have the kind of power that can overcome a defense that held the Jazz to three baskets in 19 attempts in a first-half stretching, the Lakers outscoring the Jazz by 21 points during that time, stealing it early.” If there is one thing that the Suns have, it is offensive power. They have one of the best offensive teams in NBA history and they have been an offensive juggernaut since 2004. That is all I am going to say about this.

His last line reads, “Oklahoma City reminded them what it was like to play desperate. Utah reminded what it was like to play strong. Phoenix can do little to make them forget.” He must not know that the Suns thrive when they’re counted out.

Let’s play ball Phoenix.

Grant Hill - Joe Dumars NBA Sportsmanship Award

I didn't see this till now, but Grant Hill was awarded the Joe Dumars NBA Sportsmanship Award for the 2009-2010 NBA season. This is now his third time winning this award. Man I love this guy. Here is another great article on how awesome Grant HIll is.
http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/fran_blinebury/05/06/grant.hill/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1

In the article they also had a video on Grant Hill's NBA career. I thought I'd put it on for all to see.



Grant Hill drinks sprite... what more can we say.