Like I wrote Tuesday, if I win this week, I'm in the playoffs.
My opponent is league-worst The King of Jellies, which doesn't mean anything as he is capable of putting up big numbers and making me look bad. Part of me would like to lose this week while my nemesis ROFLsberger wins, making our final regular season game (against each other) for all the marbles. However, more of me wants to end the season on a high note, and wants to crush everyone.
The contest actually began yesterday, with an NFL game between Dallas and Green Bay. I had Dallas's kicker Nick Folk, who put up a very nice 14.2 point. Jellies didn't have anyone playing. They are playing Rex Grossman at QB and Mushin Muhammad at WR. Both teams play for the Bears, which means any TD that Rex throws to Mushin doubly hurts me. The Jellies also is playing Chester Taylor, who they snagged out from under my nose as a replacement for my Adrian Peterson (both RBs from Minnesota). Peterson may actually play this week, which means we could see the first game ever featuring two RBs from the same team going against each other on the same week.
As always, my team pretty much comes down to Tom Brady and Joseph Addai. If they do well I'm pretty much unstoppable. What worries me is that both Brady's Patriots and Addai's Colts play stellar defenses (The Ravens and the Jaguars respectively), but fingers crossed.
Both of us have significant players in the Monday night game, so I won't know for sure until Tuesday morning, but Monday Morning I should have some idea what it will take to win.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Monica Bellucci is the most sexual person on the planet
Carlos came back down to visit last night. We watched INSIDE MAN and then went for Chinese Food, and then came back and watched BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF and TALK TO ME. I had never seen TALK TO ME before; great movie. I have seen BROTHERHOOD, but I don't think I have reviewed it. I will have to rectify that situation.
Anyway, I was thinking about this: is there a more sexual person in movies than Monica Bellucci? I'm not saying she's the most beautiful or the hottest (although she gets in on both discussions), but simply the most sexual. I have never seen more effortless sexuality on screen.
Below I have a picture of Monica Bellucci to help refresh your memory. And because I don't want the Monkey Barn Mavins to bitch like they're on 16 rags, I have gone out of my way to find a full clothed picture of her (more or less), but know that my heart wasn't in it.
Anyway, I was thinking about this: is there a more sexual person in movies than Monica Bellucci? I'm not saying she's the most beautiful or the hottest (although she gets in on both discussions), but simply the most sexual. I have never seen more effortless sexuality on screen.
Below I have a picture of Monica Bellucci to help refresh your memory. And because I don't want the Monkey Barn Mavins to bitch like they're on 16 rags, I have gone out of my way to find a full clothed picture of her (more or less), but know that my heart wasn't in it.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Fantasy Football - Playoff Bound! (I think)
My team won! My team won! My team won!
It was a tad closer than I'd have liked (and my Shadow Championship score sucked), but Gothic Lolita - The Black Dwarf beat A Mavin Lepton Sleuth 103.3 - 87.4. Brady threw in an underwhelming but still team-high leading 19.6 points, and Antonio Gates added 19 as my squad did just enough to win. I would lament I didn't do better, especially as 6 different teams in the league would have beaten me, but I can't get too mad, because I think I am virtually assured of being in the playoffs.
My record is 10 - 2. There is only one team at 9 - 3, and the rest are at least 7 - 5 or worse. Unfortunately, the 9 - 3 team is in my division, and I play him in the last week! However, even if I lose this game and then to him, that would make me 10 - 4, and while I'd lose the division, I think I'd get the wild card because no one else is currently better than 7 - 5, which means they can't get to 10 wins. (There may be something I haven't thought of, but I don't think so.)
If I win this week, I win the division and ensure the #1 seed in the playoffs. I have to win both week to ensure the sole #1 record, but if I win this week I'll be one game up and no matter what happens next week I own all tie - breakers. Plus, I'm still like 173 points ahead of the next highest team, and I'd like to end the regular season 200+ points ahead, to show how truly dominating I am. Still, I'd like to win both games and finish 12-2. I' not sure anyone has done that. (Of course, it won't matter if I don't win the playoffs, but one step at a time.)
Below is the box score. I rock!
It was a tad closer than I'd have liked (and my Shadow Championship score sucked), but Gothic Lolita - The Black Dwarf beat A Mavin Lepton Sleuth 103.3 - 87.4. Brady threw in an underwhelming but still team-high leading 19.6 points, and Antonio Gates added 19 as my squad did just enough to win. I would lament I didn't do better, especially as 6 different teams in the league would have beaten me, but I can't get too mad, because I think I am virtually assured of being in the playoffs.
My record is 10 - 2. There is only one team at 9 - 3, and the rest are at least 7 - 5 or worse. Unfortunately, the 9 - 3 team is in my division, and I play him in the last week! However, even if I lose this game and then to him, that would make me 10 - 4, and while I'd lose the division, I think I'd get the wild card because no one else is currently better than 7 - 5, which means they can't get to 10 wins. (There may be something I haven't thought of, but I don't think so.)
If I win this week, I win the division and ensure the #1 seed in the playoffs. I have to win both week to ensure the sole #1 record, but if I win this week I'll be one game up and no matter what happens next week I own all tie - breakers. Plus, I'm still like 173 points ahead of the next highest team, and I'd like to end the regular season 200+ points ahead, to show how truly dominating I am. Still, I'd like to win both games and finish 12-2. I' not sure anyone has done that. (Of course, it won't matter if I don't win the playoffs, but one step at a time.)
Below is the box score. I rock!
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
Surviving Thanksviging, Part 5
It's early Saturday morning. We saw BEOWULF. I'm going to try to do a review for Monday, but can I just say it's awesome, and you MUST see it in 3-D, if at all. Also, THERE IS NO WAY THIS SHOULD BE PG-13!!!! Beowulf is a bloody gory sexy nudity tale, and IS NOT IS NOT for kids. Think 300. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they got the PG-13. I guess because of the animation process they were able to pull it off, but that is ridiculous.
As for the Graitch: it was as good as advertised. Everyone loved it. Other than eating the Graitch, I think my favorite parts are when I'm preparing it; smelling the raw graitch in liquid form. I know I've said this before, but why can't they put that smell in with the chorline in pools? Many more people would become aquatic.
The second thing I love is the color of gratich in the light. It is this reddishpurple, but transluscently so. I am in love with the color, and I think I want to make my angels that color in my movie. (The good angels. The bad ones already have their color set). I just can't get over how awesome the color is.
I am tired of writing these, and as such am going to talk about buying the graitch another time. Basically I used a motorized cart for the first time, and I wanted to recount my experience, but this Thanksgiving update thing hasn't been as good as I'd hoped, so I'm going to quit writing them.
As for the Graitch: it was as good as advertised. Everyone loved it. Other than eating the Graitch, I think my favorite parts are when I'm preparing it; smelling the raw graitch in liquid form. I know I've said this before, but why can't they put that smell in with the chorline in pools? Many more people would become aquatic.
The second thing I love is the color of gratich in the light. It is this reddishpurple, but transluscently so. I am in love with the color, and I think I want to make my angels that color in my movie. (The good angels. The bad ones already have their color set). I just can't get over how awesome the color is.
I am tired of writing these, and as such am going to talk about buying the graitch another time. Basically I used a motorized cart for the first time, and I wanted to recount my experience, but this Thanksgiving update thing hasn't been as good as I'd hoped, so I'm going to quit writing them.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Surviving Thanksgiving, Part 4
Friday, November 23, 6:36 am
I survived Thanksgiving night, and I don't really want to talk about what happened. So, instead, I'll talk about the Graitch and buying the ingredients for Graitch.
As you should know, I have elevated Graitch to an artform. Gone are the days where I mixed a grape with a peach jello, through in a cup of ginger ale and a mango. Now I have refined the desert to an artform, equal to or greater than creme brulee and Tira misu.
To start with, I take two grape and two peach jellos as my base. I then add two others. This time I did blackberry fusion (blackberry and raspberry together), and wild strawberry. It should be noted that those last two flavors are only available from Jello, while the rest should be generics.
If you can count, that means six packages of jello, which should be 6 cups of boiling water and six cups of flavoring liquid But of course I have to push the envelope.
I have found that if you stir like a man possessed, you can dissolve 6 packages of jello in only 3 cups of boiling water. You just have to put the jellos in slowly, and stir like a crazy person.
After that is done you will then have 9 cups of flavoring liquid. BUT WATCH OUT!! Just because the hard part is over does not mean you are not in danger. Adding carbonated beverages adds all sorts of risks.
For thanksgiving I sent with:
3 cups grape soda
3 cups ginger ale
3 cups cranberry juice
The advantage of the cranberry was an extra tartness. The disadvatage was a lack of fizz. However, if you want my truly secret ingredient: Pop rocks. I didn't put it in this time, but I have before, and Wow!
As for the fruit, I convinced my sister we should go with quite a bit less than usual, because our guests were basically Rooks (Rookies, in Carlos-speak), and would not be able to handle the complex flavors of Graitch, let alone 700 pounds of fruit. Still, we ended up with two mangos, 2 pints of strawberries, and a half-pint of blackberries. I'm not sure I thought that the blackberries are a good fit, but we'll see.
One other prep note: it takes close to 18 hours for this to set (instead of the usual 4), which I chalk up to not having as much boiling water. Make sure you make it the day before you'll want it.
Anyway, the Graitch will be ready this afternoon, although we may go see BEOWULF, so maybe we won't have it until tonight. That would be pretty sweet.
I survived Thanksgiving night, and I don't really want to talk about what happened. So, instead, I'll talk about the Graitch and buying the ingredients for Graitch.
As you should know, I have elevated Graitch to an artform. Gone are the days where I mixed a grape with a peach jello, through in a cup of ginger ale and a mango. Now I have refined the desert to an artform, equal to or greater than creme brulee and Tira misu.
To start with, I take two grape and two peach jellos as my base. I then add two others. This time I did blackberry fusion (blackberry and raspberry together), and wild strawberry. It should be noted that those last two flavors are only available from Jello, while the rest should be generics.
If you can count, that means six packages of jello, which should be 6 cups of boiling water and six cups of flavoring liquid But of course I have to push the envelope.
I have found that if you stir like a man possessed, you can dissolve 6 packages of jello in only 3 cups of boiling water. You just have to put the jellos in slowly, and stir like a crazy person.
After that is done you will then have 9 cups of flavoring liquid. BUT WATCH OUT!! Just because the hard part is over does not mean you are not in danger. Adding carbonated beverages adds all sorts of risks.
For thanksgiving I sent with:
3 cups grape soda
3 cups ginger ale
3 cups cranberry juice
The advantage of the cranberry was an extra tartness. The disadvatage was a lack of fizz. However, if you want my truly secret ingredient: Pop rocks. I didn't put it in this time, but I have before, and Wow!
As for the fruit, I convinced my sister we should go with quite a bit less than usual, because our guests were basically Rooks (Rookies, in Carlos-speak), and would not be able to handle the complex flavors of Graitch, let alone 700 pounds of fruit. Still, we ended up with two mangos, 2 pints of strawberries, and a half-pint of blackberries. I'm not sure I thought that the blackberries are a good fit, but we'll see.
One other prep note: it takes close to 18 hours for this to set (instead of the usual 4), which I chalk up to not having as much boiling water. Make sure you make it the day before you'll want it.
Anyway, the Graitch will be ready this afternoon, although we may go see BEOWULF, so maybe we won't have it until tonight. That would be pretty sweet.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Surviving Thanksgiving, Part 3
It's 5:21 and we're just now sitting down to eat. I'm about half starved, eating virtually nothing all day. I haven't killed anyone yet, but ask me again after the meal.
Surviving Thanksgiving, Part 2
Back to Thanksgiving:
I should be asleep, but I still have to clean my room and (if I can even stand at that point) take a shower. Energy drinks are the only way I will make it.
At this point I have reduced my goals for the day from "have a good time with family I rarely see and Carlos who's driving down from ATL, enjoy the best meal of the year, watch some football, play some games and maybe see a movie" to "try not to kill anyone, and try to avoid crying, at least in the presence of others."
Oh, and maybe I should add "stay awake."
I wanted to write about carts, but maybe I should put that off for later.
Also, I spent three hours this morning chopping ingredients. I should write about that, but I'm actually going to be smart and clean the room so at least that's done. I plan to jump back on here as often as possible with updates.
I should be asleep, but I still have to clean my room and (if I can even stand at that point) take a shower. Energy drinks are the only way I will make it.
At this point I have reduced my goals for the day from "have a good time with family I rarely see and Carlos who's driving down from ATL, enjoy the best meal of the year, watch some football, play some games and maybe see a movie" to "try not to kill anyone, and try to avoid crying, at least in the presence of others."
Oh, and maybe I should add "stay awake."
I wanted to write about carts, but maybe I should put that off for later.
Also, I spent three hours this morning chopping ingredients. I should write about that, but I'm actually going to be smart and clean the room so at least that's done. I plan to jump back on here as often as possible with updates.
Fantasy Football Week 12
I forgot to mention this, but I won last week! My team (currently called Gothic Lolita - the Black Dwarf, although I mean to change that) defeated the Milkshake-Powered Psychonaut Bears 131.5 - 105.4. Adrian Peterson was out, which hurt, but Brady scored over 40, and several of my other key guys threw in decent to good games, and I ended up with another good score. (It was the second highest score of the week, by 5 points, putting 10-1 in the Shadow Championship for the week. I don't have data for the Shadow Championship for the year, but I plan to soon.)
Also this last weekend I won the very first Eliminator SFL Pool. This was where we pick who will win in our league each week, and see who can be right the longest. I was facing one other guy and his pick lost narrowly, giving me the victory. I had predicted my team would win, hoping for the karmic boost for my guys.
This week I play a team that USED to be called Up in Hot llamas, but now is called A Mavin Lepton Sleuth. I'm not 100% sure what that name means, but I know the team owner (Pablo Neruda) works at the Smithsonian at Harvard doing some sort of Physics thing, so he may be describing his job. As you can tell, this is the third team to have a "space" flavored name, copying me. (Remember: my original name was Baryon the MACHO Black Dwarf.) I should be flattered, but am instead enraged. Oh well.
Obviously you should be rooting for Tom Brady, Joseph Addai, Wes Welker, Antonio Gates and Dwayne Bowe, and if you have the time, say a few curses for Kurt Warner, Maurice Morris and Anquan Boldin.
I should know by Sunday night if I'm going to win.
Also this last weekend I won the very first Eliminator SFL Pool. This was where we pick who will win in our league each week, and see who can be right the longest. I was facing one other guy and his pick lost narrowly, giving me the victory. I had predicted my team would win, hoping for the karmic boost for my guys.
This week I play a team that USED to be called Up in Hot llamas, but now is called A Mavin Lepton Sleuth. I'm not 100% sure what that name means, but I know the team owner (Pablo Neruda) works at the Smithsonian at Harvard doing some sort of Physics thing, so he may be describing his job. As you can tell, this is the third team to have a "space" flavored name, copying me. (Remember: my original name was Baryon the MACHO Black Dwarf.) I should be flattered, but am instead enraged. Oh well.
Obviously you should be rooting for Tom Brady, Joseph Addai, Wes Welker, Antonio Gates and Dwayne Bowe, and if you have the time, say a few curses for Kurt Warner, Maurice Morris and Anquan Boldin.
I should know by Sunday night if I'm going to win.
Suriving Thanksgiving Part 1
I feel like I have a great freedom to write about my feelings on Thanksgiving, and the people I'm going to spend the time with. I guess I should go put that on my Thankyou list over on International Day. You see, the odds are virtually nil that any of them will read this. My sister does sometimes read my site, but if I don't have a link on the home page she will never think to come here. It's like hiding in plain site!
Speaking of International Day, I really called out my audience Monday and Wednesday about leaving comments of things they were thankful for. I'm kind of disgusted with myself. What am I trying to prove? On the other hand, I'm more disgusted with the audience. Even if--like a girl--I asked them all to say something they were thankful for about me, that wouldn't be too much to ask. But all I asked for was that they recorded SOMETHING they were thankful for. So far, as of Thursday morning, two comments, the two people closest to me. I don't know that says more about me or the audience. And what I will have to do about it if nothing changes by Monday.
I'm depressed now. I think I will go write about my Fantasy Football Team. In Light's name why am I not trying to catch a couple hours of sleep? It's 10:53 in the morning, and the guests arrive at 12:00. Oh well. I suck.
Speaking of International Day, I really called out my audience Monday and Wednesday about leaving comments of things they were thankful for. I'm kind of disgusted with myself. What am I trying to prove? On the other hand, I'm more disgusted with the audience. Even if--like a girl--I asked them all to say something they were thankful for about me, that wouldn't be too much to ask. But all I asked for was that they recorded SOMETHING they were thankful for. So far, as of Thursday morning, two comments, the two people closest to me. I don't know that says more about me or the audience. And what I will have to do about it if nothing changes by Monday.
I'm depressed now. I think I will go write about my Fantasy Football Team. In Light's name why am I not trying to catch a couple hours of sleep? It's 10:53 in the morning, and the guests arrive at 12:00. Oh well. I suck.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Sara Side--FINALLY!--says goodbye to C.S.I.
I watched the last episode of Sara Sidle last night on C.S.I. I will admit upfront: I always hated Sara's character from moment one. I didn't start watching the show until it was in it's 3rd season, but I started at the beginning (when Spike got the syndication rights), and Sara was such a bitch to Warrick. She thought she was so much better than everyone else, and I just hated her.
I probably thawed a little when it was revealed that Sara's dad had molested her and Sara's mom had killed Sara's dad, but the character still rubs me the wrong way. If I made a list of TV characters over the last 20 years that annoy me, Sara would be in the top 3 easily. I just never liked her.
And her romance to Grissom....what could he see in that girl? Sofia would be have been a much better choice. Catherine and he had chemistry. Hell, Lady Heather and Grissom lit the box up!
Sara's departure had been previously announced, but if you haven't seen the episode yet skip to the end. I didn't watch the last few episodes of last year or the beginning of this year, so I didn't see the whole kidnapped thing. I have a hard time believing it could have been as good as the Tarantino episode where they buried Nick alive, but I'll have to see it and judge for myself. I'm not sure why they decided to focus more on Sara, but I'm just as glad she's going, although the manner was totally weird. Grissom asks her to marry him, and so she has to just run away? So Sara. No wonder she drinks.
I'm really hoping that Warrick's marriage breaks up and he and Catherine can get together, but probably Sara's departure means that the creators felt there was nowhere left to go, which means we won't see a "ship" again out in the open. Fair enough.
The straw that broke the camel's back was another case involving that genius girl from two seasons ago, who made it seem like she killed someone her brother did. I thought that was one of the best regular season episodes ever, and it was great to see Juliette Goglia back. Pay attention to her, kids: I think she will be a star one day.
All in all the episode was very good, and all in all Jorja Fox plays it well. I want it said I have nothing against her as an actress, but somehow the character never worked for me. Maybe she can work out those demons, and in the meantime, Grissom is desloated again. This is how it should be. As I wrote back in 2003 in Column #165:
And that's it in a nutshell. You can't have happiness and successful drama. You especially can't have it with Grissom, who is so melancholic. Maybe now he'll develop a drinking problem. But whatever he does, you know it will be interesting.
I probably thawed a little when it was revealed that Sara's dad had molested her and Sara's mom had killed Sara's dad, but the character still rubs me the wrong way. If I made a list of TV characters over the last 20 years that annoy me, Sara would be in the top 3 easily. I just never liked her.
And her romance to Grissom....what could he see in that girl? Sofia would be have been a much better choice. Catherine and he had chemistry. Hell, Lady Heather and Grissom lit the box up!
Sara's departure had been previously announced, but if you haven't seen the episode yet skip to the end. I didn't watch the last few episodes of last year or the beginning of this year, so I didn't see the whole kidnapped thing. I have a hard time believing it could have been as good as the Tarantino episode where they buried Nick alive, but I'll have to see it and judge for myself. I'm not sure why they decided to focus more on Sara, but I'm just as glad she's going, although the manner was totally weird. Grissom asks her to marry him, and so she has to just run away? So Sara. No wonder she drinks.
I'm really hoping that Warrick's marriage breaks up and he and Catherine can get together, but probably Sara's departure means that the creators felt there was nowhere left to go, which means we won't see a "ship" again out in the open. Fair enough.
The straw that broke the camel's back was another case involving that genius girl from two seasons ago, who made it seem like she killed someone her brother did. I thought that was one of the best regular season episodes ever, and it was great to see Juliette Goglia back. Pay attention to her, kids: I think she will be a star one day.
All in all the episode was very good, and all in all Jorja Fox plays it well. I want it said I have nothing against her as an actress, but somehow the character never worked for me. Maybe she can work out those demons, and in the meantime, Grissom is desloated again. This is how it should be. As I wrote back in 2003 in Column #165:
The best monster movies wait as long as possible to show you their creature; knowing that whatever you come up with in your imagination is worse than anything they can film. The same works with TV, in a different way. Based on the earlier Conflict Theory, it is almost always better for characters not to get together romantically. Sometimes the whole show is based on love, but even then, it’s better if the love stories don’t work out, at least not for very long. I hear so many people (read: women) wish for certain characters to have relationships (in the business these people are called “shippers”). They want the happy ending. Everyone does. But in an ongoing TV show, this is death. Like I wrote, all drama is based on conflict, and once the conflict is resolved, there goes the tension of the drama. As much as you might hate this, you know it to be true. The best shows are where it doesn’t work out for the characters, and you’re so frustrated at his/her inability to get the girl or keep the guy that you could scream. That’s what makes serialized TV so great, and that’s what keeps us watching.
And that's it in a nutshell. You can't have happiness and successful drama. You especially can't have it with Grissom, who is so melancholic. Maybe now he'll develop a drinking problem. But whatever he does, you know it will be interesting.
Fantasy Fears
My team is completely falling apart. It never occurred to me to get Adrian Peterson's backup, and now that Peterson is likely out for the season, I am totally screwed. I just got humiliated with one of the worst scores I've ever had (if not the worst), and while I still have the best record in the league, and while I've still scored 150 more points than the NEXT BEST TEAM (and almost 400 above 12th place), I still can feel the wheels almost coming off.
To make matters worse, I play my good friend Bear and his cagey Milkshake-Powered Psychnaut Bears this weekend. If you love me at all, you'll pray that Tom Brady has a monster game, but throws no touchdowns to Benjamin Watson, that Joseph Addai atones for last week and runs for 400 yards (but that Adam Vinatieri misses all the extra points), that Brian Westbrook is indicted for Perjury, and that Cleveland's Derek Anderson completes 10 passes--all to Pittsburgh Steeler players!
Gothic Lolit - The Black Dwarf is counting on you!
To make matters worse, I play my good friend Bear and his cagey Milkshake-Powered Psychnaut Bears this weekend. If you love me at all, you'll pray that Tom Brady has a monster game, but throws no touchdowns to Benjamin Watson, that Joseph Addai atones for last week and runs for 400 yards (but that Adam Vinatieri misses all the extra points), that Brian Westbrook is indicted for Perjury, and that Cleveland's Derek Anderson completes 10 passes--all to Pittsburgh Steeler players!
Gothic Lolit - The Black Dwarf is counting on you!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Red Dwarf Meltdown
So, my team could not have done any worse this week. My opponents the Ferret Freedom Alliance has two players left to play tonight (which means they will score more points), and already I'm down 85.5 to 58.3.
I expected to lose the game, as Tom Brady is on bye, as well as Wes Welker, but my entire team didn't show up! Joseph Addai had a bad game, as did Adrian Peterson. Peterson got hurt, and may be out for some time! That'd be my championship right there.
Sigh.
And that's not the worst part of the weekend.
My team is called "Gothic Lolita - The Black Dwarf." The Black Dwarf refers to the dark matter celestial body. Anyway, last week's highest scoring team, who is in my division, is called ROFLsberger.
As the high scorer, he was allowed to change his team name. He changed it to ROFLsberger, the HILARIOUS Red Dwarf.
He was mocking me!
I pointed this out, told him to change his team name forthwith, or I would bust a cap in his ass (on the field, that is). I even put up a picture of a Red Dwarf.
He then changed his team name to ROFLsberger the AMUSED Quasar. And he had a picture of his own.
I'm torn, because on the one hand, it's on like Donkey Kong. I'm going f**k him the f**k up on the field. I'm going to run up the score. On the other hand, that was really funny.
I came up with a horrible name to call my new "Nemesis," but I need some help. I'm normally too polite to talk trash. What are some things I can make fun of him for?
(By the way, even with the horrible weekend, I still have the best record in the league. For now.)
I expected to lose the game, as Tom Brady is on bye, as well as Wes Welker, but my entire team didn't show up! Joseph Addai had a bad game, as did Adrian Peterson. Peterson got hurt, and may be out for some time! That'd be my championship right there.
Sigh.
And that's not the worst part of the weekend.
My team is called "Gothic Lolita - The Black Dwarf." The Black Dwarf refers to the dark matter celestial body. Anyway, last week's highest scoring team, who is in my division, is called ROFLsberger.
As the high scorer, he was allowed to change his team name. He changed it to ROFLsberger, the HILARIOUS Red Dwarf.
He was mocking me!
I pointed this out, told him to change his team name forthwith, or I would bust a cap in his ass (on the field, that is). I even put up a picture of a Red Dwarf.
He then changed his team name to ROFLsberger the AMUSED Quasar. And he had a picture of his own.
I'm torn, because on the one hand, it's on like Donkey Kong. I'm going f**k him the f**k up on the field. I'm going to run up the score. On the other hand, that was really funny.
I came up with a horrible name to call my new "Nemesis," but I need some help. I'm normally too polite to talk trash. What are some things I can make fun of him for?
(By the way, even with the horrible weekend, I still have the best record in the league. For now.)
Perhaps I'm just an Idiot.
Okay, so maybe this has already occurred to you, and heck: maybe it has already occurred to me and I just forgot it, but I thought of something yesterday that sort of floored me.
We were talking (for some reason) about apples. My brother Achmed was telling the story about how Christian Bale became an apple fanatic when he was losing weight for his role in THE MACHINIST. (Bale was a big fan of Pink Lady apples.) It turns out there are over 7500 different kinds of apples, (Which raises the question: why are we always stuck with Red Delicious at the store? But that's another question.)
Anyhoo, I was thinking about apple types, and one of them is Macintosh. Then I was thinking about how Macintosh is a type of computer. More than that, Macintosh is a type of Apple computer.
And the two thoughts converged in this weird way, and in my head the thought rang out, "Apple called their new computers (well, new in 1984) Macintosh because Macintosh is a type of apple!"
This is one of those bits of knowledge that comprises two bits of data that I previously knew, but somehow never thought of.
My family started laughing at me for how obvious that thought was, but as the conversation went on, they admitted they had never really thought about it either.
The only thing that has ever come close to this situation is when it suddenly occurred to me one day that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" was the same tune as "A-B-C-D-E-F-G." It's just one of those things. I have known both songs since I was a kid, and I guess I knew the tunes were the same, but somehow I never made the connection.
Maybe this happens to a lot of people, and maybe I (usually) make connections faster, so this is significant because these are two of the only times this has happened to me, but I still felt, well, struck.
What about you? Had you made the Macintosh/Apple connection? Am I just an idiot? And what other examples can you think of?
We were talking (for some reason) about apples. My brother Achmed was telling the story about how Christian Bale became an apple fanatic when he was losing weight for his role in THE MACHINIST. (Bale was a big fan of Pink Lady apples.) It turns out there are over 7500 different kinds of apples, (Which raises the question: why are we always stuck with Red Delicious at the store? But that's another question.)
Anyhoo, I was thinking about apple types, and one of them is Macintosh. Then I was thinking about how Macintosh is a type of computer. More than that, Macintosh is a type of Apple computer.
And the two thoughts converged in this weird way, and in my head the thought rang out, "Apple called their new computers (well, new in 1984) Macintosh because Macintosh is a type of apple!"
This is one of those bits of knowledge that comprises two bits of data that I previously knew, but somehow never thought of.
My family started laughing at me for how obvious that thought was, but as the conversation went on, they admitted they had never really thought about it either.
The only thing that has ever come close to this situation is when it suddenly occurred to me one day that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" was the same tune as "A-B-C-D-E-F-G." It's just one of those things. I have known both songs since I was a kid, and I guess I knew the tunes were the same, but somehow I never made the connection.
Maybe this happens to a lot of people, and maybe I (usually) make connections faster, so this is significant because these are two of the only times this has happened to me, but I still felt, well, struck.
What about you? Had you made the Macintosh/Apple connection? Am I just an idiot? And what other examples can you think of?
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Fantasy Football - Week 9 results
I won. Big deal. The artists formerly known as Black Dwarf Juggernauts defeated River Tam Beats Up Everyone 111.3 - 81.1. For once Brady wasn't the star of my show, as Adrian Peterson and Joseph Addai proved I am the best talent scout our league has.
I changed my team name right before game time to Gothic Lolita - the Black Dwarf. I got the term "Gothic Lolita" from an article I read on Straight Dope. I tentatively plan on writing about it later this month, but if you can't wait to find out what it is, look it up on Wikipedia. Fascinating stuff. I will not be able to change my team name for at least a week because, for the first time in five weeks, I was not the high scorer. I was close to the high score, but ended up with only the 4th most points for the week. It's almost like losing.
I guess I shouldn't complain, as next week Brady is on bye and I will almost certainly lose. Oh well. At least I'm 8-1. No one else in the league has fewer than 3 losses, which means even after next week I'll have the best record in the league.
Anyway, here's the box score of my ho-hum victory.
I changed my team name right before game time to Gothic Lolita - the Black Dwarf. I got the term "Gothic Lolita" from an article I read on Straight Dope. I tentatively plan on writing about it later this month, but if you can't wait to find out what it is, look it up on Wikipedia. Fascinating stuff. I will not be able to change my team name for at least a week because, for the first time in five weeks, I was not the high scorer. I was close to the high score, but ended up with only the 4th most points for the week. It's almost like losing.
I guess I shouldn't complain, as next week Brady is on bye and I will almost certainly lose. Oh well. At least I'm 8-1. No one else in the league has fewer than 3 losses, which means even after next week I'll have the best record in the league.
Anyway, here's the box score of my ho-hum victory.
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