Borrowed from Bex who mooched from Manda
[1] What is your middle name? Jay
[2] What color is your mailbox: Standard cluster box of silver persuasion.
[3] Last time you kissed someone: Wow. I can't remember.
[4] Have you ever hit a deer? No, those bastards are pretty agile.
[5] Do you have to drive over a bridge to get home? Yes across the mighty Middle Emma creek.
[6] Who checks the mail in your house? Whoever goes to the box, i guess
[7] How many TVs are in your house? Three
[8] Do you know anyone with the same ring tone as you? Nope. Mine's pretty plain and simple.
[9] What do you do first in the morning? Groan and wish I could sleep later.
[10] What brand is your printer? HP
[11] Do you enjoy fighting with people? no, unless it's Mortal Kombat or something along those lines
[12] Is your hair naturally straight or curly? Supposedly if it were to be long, it would have a bit of curl.
[13] Who was your kindergarten teacher? Mrs. Epp and Mr. Graber.
[14] Are you taller than your mother? Yes I am.
[15] Do you have a favorite word? Are you kidding me? I've got favorite phrases.
[16] Are you good? Contrary to popular belief, I'm an angel.
[17] What do you do to get over a broken heart? It's been so long since I've had a broken heart, that I'd probably do voodoo.
[18] Do you have a deep dark secret? You can't be a whole person without having some deep secrets.
[19] Drink of choice: Water
[20] Do you enjoy writing in colored pens? Why yes I do.
[21] Does anything on your body hurt? My hammy is healing quite nicely, so I'll say my brain.
[22] Do you often cry during movies?No
[23] Do you hate your life? No way. I'm having fun.
[24] Number of pets: None. R.I.P. Joey
[25] Are there any animals that scare you? Maybe the lions from "The Ghost and The Darkness."
[26] Do you get mad easily? No I don't. But if I do, look out.
[27] Can't wait for? Nov. 4
[28] What is your biggest pet peeve? People who don't use turn signals.
[29] Favorite song: I don't know, too many to list.
[31] Weather outside: 77 no wind and just utterly goregous.
[32] Most attractive quality about you: uh..nothing.
[33] You're in the mood for? Softball, but i'm still on the DL
[34] Do any of your friends have kids? Yep
[35] If you could have a threesome with any 2 celebrities, who? Hmm..Charlize Theron and Brooke Burns
[36] Do you have any friends? I hope so..and real ones at that.
[37] Do you have any mean friends? Sometimes, i wouldn't need any enemies with friends like mine
[38] What is the ugliest color in your opinion? sea green
[39] Have you ever liked someone who all your friends couldn’t stand? I think so.
[40] Have you ever felt like driving off a cliff? Hell no, i'm scared of heights
[41] Have you ever been fired from a job? No, I quit.
[42] What year was your house built? Sometime before i was born.
[43] When was the last time you slept in someone else’s bed? Wow. its been a long time.
[44] What brand are the pant/jeans you’re wearing? Starter shorts.
[45] How tall are you? 6'0"
[46] What is the closest green object? My eyes.
[47] What is on your feet? socks and cross trainers
[48] Do you always wear underwear? yes i do.
[49] Do you want to have kids? I'm pretty sure my kids would be doomed and I'm not sure i can condemn people to that fate.
[50] Who is the last person who you would expect to be gay? my married friends.
[51] Do you know how to draw? Actually, I do.
[52] What’s your mother’s middle name? Diane
[53] Stupidest movie you ever saw: Doom.
[54] Do you collect comic books? I do not.
[55] Do you look like your dad? Most of the time.
[56] Do you have any TV shows on DVD? No I don't. But I do have a DVD player.
[57] Are you wearing make up? I don't wear makeup.
[58] Do you have a tattoo? I do not.
[59] You win the lottery and you: would have to play it first.
[60] How many pairs of underwear do you have? heck if i know.
[61] Are you hungry at the moment? Not a bit hungry.
[62] Favorite movie of all time: I have no idea.
Oh the joy of issues.
Yes, in response to some comments I do have issues.
For people who know me, I have a tendency to hurt myself. Most of the time, it's just minor scrapes, scratches and cuts but every once in a while, I pull a doozy.
This time, I pulled a doozy.
For the first time in my life, I pulled my hamstring. Let me tell you, there's nothing fun about it. I noticed something was very wrong on Saturday, when I had plenty of discomfort. Sunday was much the same. Monday, however, things took a turn. I woke up and tried to get out of bed. Next thing I knew, I was on the floor. Showering was a pain in the butt as I had to drag my leg up and over. Finally at about 1, I called my friend Clay who is an ATC at HC. He said he'd take a look and so he did.
Fortunately after an examination, he said all my ligaments were still there. That was good news because I was actually worried that I finally tore something. After sitting me up on the table, he told me that it was in fact a pulled hamstring, somewhere between Grade 1 and Grade 2. I'm pretty sure the pain has been hovering somewhere between Grade 755 and Grade 9000. I've actually been responsible and have been icing, resting and elevating it.
I'm hoping things get better soon. I'm afraid that I won't be able to play our arch rivals on Sunday and after as bad as today was, I'm not going to push it.
Yes, that's a record for me.
Fantasy Football is ruining the NFL for me
It is.
At times, I think fantasy football is the greatest concept next to duct tape and the beer bottle. I'm usually able to pick a solid team with a little research.
This year, I'm only in one league. Last year it was three, the year before it was three. I'm all about downsizing this year or something.
Anyways, now that I've only got one "team" to follow, it's killing me. I find myself rooting for players rather than teams, save for my Cowboys. It's almost enough for me to subscribe to the NFL network to catch as many stats as I can. I'm halfway tempted to spend the 10 dollars to buy the StatTracker that gives live updates on scoring. I find myself online, flipping between ESPN.com and yahoo.com, comparing stats to the players I'm playing or playing against like a rabid dog foaming at the mouth. I find myself rooting for teams playing each other.
Ugh.
At least I've stuck to my policy of not having any Redskins on my fantasy team. Being a Cowboys fan, I'm not allowed to ever root for the Redksins.
The name should change.
From Alltell to All Hell.
Tonight was a perfect example of why I'm a fan of Sprint when it comes to cell phone coverage. Sometimes I see the commercials that advertise all the minutes/text messages you want for 29.95 or something and I begin to wonder if that would be better.
Then a night like tonight comes along.
I traversed the countryside to Nickerson, a quite little borough approx. 40 miles away from my hometown, to broadcast a football game between Nickerson and my hometown Swathers. Nickerson does not have the luxury of a land phone line, so I had to carry with me a celluar telephone setup. The setup consists of a power supply, a cell phone, a mixer box, a microphone and a headset. It's slightly cumbersome as it seems I have more cords coming and going than a whole LAN network for computer games. The concept is relatively easy; call the station and talk to the board engineer who cues me when it's time to talk in my announcer voice. Sounds simple?
Not tonight. Apparently, All Hell's network doesn't like Nickerson. Period. I called the station at 6:35 to get set up to go and All Hell dropped the call. Honestly, being somewhat technologically ignorant, I thought I had bumped something that disconnected me. I called right back and hooked up with Heath (my board op) I didn't think any thing of it.
Until it happened again. Nickerson's second play, it disconnected again. I tried dialing back only to get a "redial" on the cell phone screen. Five times I kept trying, only to never work. I had Heath on my actuall cell as I was trying to get things figured out. Finally I connected. I managed to cover a couple of plays, before All Hell struck again. Both times the setup cut out, I heard a guy's voice that I didn't recognize, then silence. White Noise anyone? Fortunately I didn't hear "DIE" or that would have been bad.
Things finally got straightened out, because I'm guessing the EMP stuff bored whatever spirits were interferring with things. Then he struck.
Even though I was wearing headphones, I couldn't help but hear the PA announcer who thought he was oh, so clever. It was atrocious. They've always said the mark of a good PA guy is that you don't notice him. Tubby was trying to be noticed. He actually was announcing things that were going on DURING the play over the loudspeaker. It was all I could do not to say "DUDE, that's my job. Shut the F up."
I didn't think the 9000 people in that tiny little press box would have appreciated it.
But we did win 17-0.
Where the heck?
Are all the doves?
My father and I saw some, but not the numbers we're used to seeing. Usually, my shoulder has a bruise from the recoil of my gun, but not so far. On Opening Day, I fired my gun six times and dropped one dove. Yesterday, I fired my gun at one dove and I got it. We're not sure if this recent little cool spell has driven off the doves. It's a bit frustrating right now.
In fact, it was so frustrating, I started shooting at barn swallows and two pigeons.
