Yesterday was the big draft for the fantasy football league that I am in. Too bad I suck at fantasy football. I am not sure how many years this league has been around, but this is the third year that I have participated.
The fantasy football league was started quite a long time ago by some friends from high school. I originally was to be part of the founding group. Unfortunately, before the league even started I had withdrew from the league. My reason for backing out at the time was because there was a lack of compromise between members during the initial start up. Although I knew getting a group of people to agree on one thing is generally difficult, I did not anticipate that there would be that much discord between a group of friends. So rather than partake in the league, I opted out.
The league has since become more agreeable probably because we have all matured in some ways. Sure, there are still some hot topics of debate. All in all, it has been a pretty enjoyable experience since I started participating.
I am still debating on whether or not I will continue to use the team name I selected. (Currently, I decided to go with Team Edward for lack of a better team name. I suppose I could go with Team Jacob as well.) Either way, I'm not sold on the name (in part because I dislike the Twilight books so much). I'm still trying to find a name that will work for me. In previous years, I used a team name after one of my friends (Anna), and a team name after the most electrifying man in sports entertainment (the Rock). So this year, I'm still looking for some inspiration.
Anyway, I had the unfortunate predicament of drafting next to last in this year's draft. I am not a big fan of drafting near the bottom, preferring instead to be somewhere in the middle. In a 12 team league, by the time it reaches the eleventh spot in the round to draft, all of the top tier players are gone.
So rather than draft like I normally would, I figured I would try to shake things up. I figured I would try to make a run at the quarterback and tight end positions. In fact, I think my first four picks were for those positions. My line of thinking happened to be that the quarterback position in this league accounts for much of the scoring. So by taking two quality quarterbacks, that would leave less chances for the other teams to potentially outscore me. We'll see how that draft plan pans out during the football season.
Needless to say, my team does not look so good on paper... outside of the quarterback and tight end positions. Since I had no opportunity at a premium running back anyway due to the draft order, I figured it was okay. So we'll see.
Anyway, that was probably the highlight of my day. The rest of the day involved going to Staples to pick up a dry erase board while my in-laws watched our baby daughter (Briana). My in-laws have started visiting once a week in an attempt to try to break Briana from her separation anxiety. In other words, they have been trying to get her used to hanging out with people other than her parents. So far, I'm not sure it's working.
And in case anyone is curious, the dry erase board was for me to make a list of chores or whatnot to accomplish during any given day. I was thinking that it would give me a sense of accomplishment to be able to cross off or erase things from the list. We'll see how that goes too.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, December 27, 2009
I Suck At Celebrating My Friend's Birthday
My friends (Cass and Ellen) organized a little get-together for today. The reason for the get-together: to hang out, have fun, celebrate birthdays and have our silly holiday present swap.
Ellen's birthday is the day before my birthday. Unfortunately, I suck at celebrating my friend's birthday. Of course, with the added bonus of the holidays, celebrating a birthday in the month of December is always difficult to do. Thus, Cass and Ellen organized a gathering for after Christmas/Annamas.
Needless to say, today was a blast. We got to hang out, eat great food, and just have fun. I suppose a special thanks should go out to Cass's employer as they apparently provided a lot of the food that was there today. Most notable was the apple crisp (with cranberries) from the Milk Street Cafe. (Cue Rachael Ray's "Yum-O" sound.) The apple crisp was delicious. I could have eaten the whole tray... and almost did.
Anyway, joining in on the festivities today (besides Cass, Ellen, Karen and myself) were my friends (Marc, Kelley, Garv, and Leeann). And to everyone, thank you again for your generous presents. I was pleasantly surprised with everything. I am also looking forward now to March 12th, which is the date the Boston Celtics will be playing against the Indiana Pacers. I can't wait to attend.
Amid the birthday celebrations was talk about the fantasy football season. After all, today was Sunday... the day of professional football. It was a little comical because Cass and Ellen were in the playoff hunt. So they were checking the status of their respective teams. As of right now, things weren't looking too good for Ellen's fantasy team.
During halftime of the New England Patriots football game, we decided to have our "silly swap". In years past, all of us used to do a Secret Santa swap whereby we would each draw the name of someone in our group and purchase a present for them. For the most part, the Secret Santa was fun. There were, however, a couple of years where things weren't so fun... through no fault of our own of course.
A few years ago, we decided to switch things up and just have what has become known as a "silly swap", which is basically a Yankee swap of silly gifts and items (whether the items were gifts that were received and unused, things lying around the house, or whatever). In my opinion, I think the "silly swap" has been very enjoyable. I actually think we should have silly types of swaps with our other circles of friends.
From a purely green point of view, having a silly swap with our friends cuts down on waste because things are being reused. Plus, having the swap would also remove the need to remember if a specific present needs to be given to so-and-so. And realistically, after a certain point, there really aren't any secular "things" that I would personally want to receive. As you can probably tell, I am very much into pushing the idea of a "silly swap" to everyone.
I think last year, we had skipped the "silly swap". Last year, neither Karen nor I were much into the holiday spirit with the passing of our son (Braden). This year, however, the swap was brought back and I'm glad it was. The swap just made celebrating the holidays that much more enjoyable this year.
For me, I enjoyed watching Leeann open her present. She had unwrapped her gift and then pulled out the contents of the box. She then immediately burst out laughing because the contents of the box was a black and white shirtless Ryan Reynolds photo... in a South Shore YMCA picture frame. Just watching her crack up had me laughing. (Of course, it helped that Karen and I brought that silly present.)
The other silly present that Karen and I brought also had everyone laughing pretty hard. The present was also another picture frame, with a little heart on it. Within the frame itself was the following:
(The picture below is of Garv and his infatuation: Taylor Swift.)
Needless to say, Garv enjoyed the picture. Garv ended up with the picture after trading with Cass. (Although... it would have been more comical had someone else kept the picture for themselves.) All in all, the silly swap was just pure and simple fun. I am, however, curious as to where Garv will place the picture. We recommended that he put the picture at Blue-22, but he wasn't too keen on that idea.
Following the silly swap and some more football, we then decided to play a game. In fact, the game was the same game that we had played on Black Friday: "The Game of Things". The premise of the game is to determine who responded to a certain "thing" (like "Things you shouldn't do at a..."). Of course, with our group of friends, the responses degenerated to sharts, Ryan Reynolds, and a combination of both the last time around.
This time around, things were still pretty comical. In fact, sharts were a recurring theme... as was Ryan Reynolds... and Taylor Swift... and the combination of all three. Needless to say, the responses were absolutely brilliant. The game was quite enjoyable. Of course, I was pretty inept at the game... due to my horrid memory of responses. The game was fun nonetheless.
Anyway, I had an absolute blast today. Just hanging out with everyone and laughing our butts off was pure genius.
Ellen's birthday is the day before my birthday. Unfortunately, I suck at celebrating my friend's birthday. Of course, with the added bonus of the holidays, celebrating a birthday in the month of December is always difficult to do. Thus, Cass and Ellen organized a gathering for after Christmas/Annamas.
Needless to say, today was a blast. We got to hang out, eat great food, and just have fun. I suppose a special thanks should go out to Cass's employer as they apparently provided a lot of the food that was there today. Most notable was the apple crisp (with cranberries) from the Milk Street Cafe. (Cue Rachael Ray's "Yum-O" sound.) The apple crisp was delicious. I could have eaten the whole tray... and almost did.
Anyway, joining in on the festivities today (besides Cass, Ellen, Karen and myself) were my friends (Marc, Kelley, Garv, and Leeann). And to everyone, thank you again for your generous presents. I was pleasantly surprised with everything. I am also looking forward now to March 12th, which is the date the Boston Celtics will be playing against the Indiana Pacers. I can't wait to attend.
Amid the birthday celebrations was talk about the fantasy football season. After all, today was Sunday... the day of professional football. It was a little comical because Cass and Ellen were in the playoff hunt. So they were checking the status of their respective teams. As of right now, things weren't looking too good for Ellen's fantasy team.
During halftime of the New England Patriots football game, we decided to have our "silly swap". In years past, all of us used to do a Secret Santa swap whereby we would each draw the name of someone in our group and purchase a present for them. For the most part, the Secret Santa was fun. There were, however, a couple of years where things weren't so fun... through no fault of our own of course.
A few years ago, we decided to switch things up and just have what has become known as a "silly swap", which is basically a Yankee swap of silly gifts and items (whether the items were gifts that were received and unused, things lying around the house, or whatever). In my opinion, I think the "silly swap" has been very enjoyable. I actually think we should have silly types of swaps with our other circles of friends.
From a purely green point of view, having a silly swap with our friends cuts down on waste because things are being reused. Plus, having the swap would also remove the need to remember if a specific present needs to be given to so-and-so. And realistically, after a certain point, there really aren't any secular "things" that I would personally want to receive. As you can probably tell, I am very much into pushing the idea of a "silly swap" to everyone.
I think last year, we had skipped the "silly swap". Last year, neither Karen nor I were much into the holiday spirit with the passing of our son (Braden). This year, however, the swap was brought back and I'm glad it was. The swap just made celebrating the holidays that much more enjoyable this year.
For me, I enjoyed watching Leeann open her present. She had unwrapped her gift and then pulled out the contents of the box. She then immediately burst out laughing because the contents of the box was a black and white shirtless Ryan Reynolds photo... in a South Shore YMCA picture frame. Just watching her crack up had me laughing. (Of course, it helped that Karen and I brought that silly present.)
The other silly present that Karen and I brought also had everyone laughing pretty hard. The present was also another picture frame, with a little heart on it. Within the frame itself was the following:
(The picture below is of Garv and his infatuation: Taylor Swift.)
Needless to say, Garv enjoyed the picture. Garv ended up with the picture after trading with Cass. (Although... it would have been more comical had someone else kept the picture for themselves.) All in all, the silly swap was just pure and simple fun. I am, however, curious as to where Garv will place the picture. We recommended that he put the picture at Blue-22, but he wasn't too keen on that idea.
Following the silly swap and some more football, we then decided to play a game. In fact, the game was the same game that we had played on Black Friday: "The Game of Things". The premise of the game is to determine who responded to a certain "thing" (like "Things you shouldn't do at a..."). Of course, with our group of friends, the responses degenerated to sharts, Ryan Reynolds, and a combination of both the last time around.
This time around, things were still pretty comical. In fact, sharts were a recurring theme... as was Ryan Reynolds... and Taylor Swift... and the combination of all three. Needless to say, the responses were absolutely brilliant. The game was quite enjoyable. Of course, I was pretty inept at the game... due to my horrid memory of responses. The game was fun nonetheless.
Anyway, I had an absolute blast today. Just hanging out with everyone and laughing our butts off was pure genius.
Monday, November 9, 2009
I Suck At Fantasy Football
With the ability to form coherent thoughts again, I began my Sunday at my parents' in Quincy. My visit was very much to the delight of my mother and father, particularly my mother who has been contacting me every day of the week to see if Karen and I were available for dinner as a way to celebrate Karen's birthday.
Apparently, my parents go through withdrawal whenever I am not around. If enough time has elapsed, my mother will eventually start to use the famous tactic known as the guilt trip to make sure that I am available on certain days. It's not like I don't want to see my parents. I love my parents.
It's just that sometimes when I see my parents, I get asked to do certain important tasks for them... from financial tasks to insurance tasks to health care related tasks. Normally, that's not a bad thing. I'm glad they trust me enough to do these things for them. Unfortunately, I have no idea what some of these things are that they are asking me to explain to them. After all, I don't know anything about the topic of Medicare or Medicaid, or insurance policies that my parents started years and years ago when I was a kid. To me, the situation is like the blind leading the blind... with unfortunate dire real world consequences. So it's the not knowing what I am going to get factor that stresses me out with my parents. And truth be told, I know there are worse things than having parents who love you.
Luckily, yesterday did not really produce any parental tasks. The main topic was estate planning, or more importantly... how to sign over one's assets while still alive. As usual, I have no idea. I am not sure anyone I know even has an idea. I could be wrong, of course. It's nice that my parents are planning ahead for the future. At the same time, the thought is a little sad for me because it makes me think about the finite amount of time that my parents have left in this world.
One of the other reasons that I sometimes stress when visiting my parental units is the fact that they inevitably try to give me stuff. Yesterday, of course, was no different. A majority of the time, my parents try to give Karen and I food. That is usually not a bad thing because I think my mom is a great cook when it comes to Chinese cuisine.
In addition to receiving food yesterday, my parents also gave me: my old Rollerblades; an index card from the hospital with my birth information; a post-it note with my name in Chinese; my old mouth retainer; and one of those fancy schmancy types of fountain pens which was apparently given to me when I was a child. (For anyone curious, I was 7 pounds 12 ounces... and 22 1/2 inches.) I have no idea what I am going to do with all of this stuff yet. All in all, it really was nice seeing my parents yesterday.
Following my parents, Karen and I headed over to our friends' (Marc and Kelley) place. Marc and Kelley invited us and a couple of other friends (Cass and Ellen) over to watch the New England Patriots football game.
It was good to see Cass again, even though he did not win the mayoral election in Quincy. Next time! Perhaps next time, he will even be on the ballot. Just kidding.
Anyway, it was good to see Cass because my fantasy football team is playing his fantasy football team this week. And as it turns out, we both like to give each other a little ribbing when it comes to our fantasy football match-up. Unfortunately, I suck at fantasy football.
Unlike the situation where I can legitimately talk smack about a competitor... like for instance in the case of my friend (Hot Amy), talking smack is a little harder when it comes to fantasy football. For anyone curious, Hot Amy is genetically predisposed to losing. She will never beat me in any challenge... ever... The only reason why Hot Amy has not broken down and cried a river about her woeful abilities is because she only has one working tear duct. Just kidding.
Fantasy football, however, is different. I actually have no physical influence on the way my fantasy team will perform from week to week. As much as I hope, I can't will my team to score points. I guess that explains why my team is a mediocre team at best... and why Cass's team is actually one of the upper echelon teams. Of course, part of the reason why my team is mediocre is because I do things like leave a player on the bench... a player who apparently scored a lot of points for the week. Oh well.
Regardless, it was fun to be silly with Cass. Whether I win or lose this week, it was fun to give Cass a little ribbing about his team. (As of right now, Cass's team is losing... chalk up another victory to my great coaching. So now Hot Amy and Cass have something in common... they both lose... Just kidding.)
Fantasy football aside, hanging out with everyone was great. We just hung out, laughed, and watched football. Marc and Kelley made pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw. It was delicious. There were also wings... which Cass enjoyed... and bread pudding. All in all, it was a good day. I enjoyed it.
Apparently, my parents go through withdrawal whenever I am not around. If enough time has elapsed, my mother will eventually start to use the famous tactic known as the guilt trip to make sure that I am available on certain days. It's not like I don't want to see my parents. I love my parents.
It's just that sometimes when I see my parents, I get asked to do certain important tasks for them... from financial tasks to insurance tasks to health care related tasks. Normally, that's not a bad thing. I'm glad they trust me enough to do these things for them. Unfortunately, I have no idea what some of these things are that they are asking me to explain to them. After all, I don't know anything about the topic of Medicare or Medicaid, or insurance policies that my parents started years and years ago when I was a kid. To me, the situation is like the blind leading the blind... with unfortunate dire real world consequences. So it's the not knowing what I am going to get factor that stresses me out with my parents. And truth be told, I know there are worse things than having parents who love you.
Luckily, yesterday did not really produce any parental tasks. The main topic was estate planning, or more importantly... how to sign over one's assets while still alive. As usual, I have no idea. I am not sure anyone I know even has an idea. I could be wrong, of course. It's nice that my parents are planning ahead for the future. At the same time, the thought is a little sad for me because it makes me think about the finite amount of time that my parents have left in this world.
One of the other reasons that I sometimes stress when visiting my parental units is the fact that they inevitably try to give me stuff. Yesterday, of course, was no different. A majority of the time, my parents try to give Karen and I food. That is usually not a bad thing because I think my mom is a great cook when it comes to Chinese cuisine.
In addition to receiving food yesterday, my parents also gave me: my old Rollerblades; an index card from the hospital with my birth information; a post-it note with my name in Chinese; my old mouth retainer; and one of those fancy schmancy types of fountain pens which was apparently given to me when I was a child. (For anyone curious, I was 7 pounds 12 ounces... and 22 1/2 inches.) I have no idea what I am going to do with all of this stuff yet. All in all, it really was nice seeing my parents yesterday.
Following my parents, Karen and I headed over to our friends' (Marc and Kelley) place. Marc and Kelley invited us and a couple of other friends (Cass and Ellen) over to watch the New England Patriots football game.
It was good to see Cass again, even though he did not win the mayoral election in Quincy. Next time! Perhaps next time, he will even be on the ballot. Just kidding.
Anyway, it was good to see Cass because my fantasy football team is playing his fantasy football team this week. And as it turns out, we both like to give each other a little ribbing when it comes to our fantasy football match-up. Unfortunately, I suck at fantasy football.
Unlike the situation where I can legitimately talk smack about a competitor... like for instance in the case of my friend (Hot Amy), talking smack is a little harder when it comes to fantasy football. For anyone curious, Hot Amy is genetically predisposed to losing. She will never beat me in any challenge... ever... The only reason why Hot Amy has not broken down and cried a river about her woeful abilities is because she only has one working tear duct. Just kidding.
Fantasy football, however, is different. I actually have no physical influence on the way my fantasy team will perform from week to week. As much as I hope, I can't will my team to score points. I guess that explains why my team is a mediocre team at best... and why Cass's team is actually one of the upper echelon teams. Of course, part of the reason why my team is mediocre is because I do things like leave a player on the bench... a player who apparently scored a lot of points for the week. Oh well.
Regardless, it was fun to be silly with Cass. Whether I win or lose this week, it was fun to give Cass a little ribbing about his team. (As of right now, Cass's team is losing... chalk up another victory to my great coaching. So now Hot Amy and Cass have something in common... they both lose... Just kidding.)
Fantasy football aside, hanging out with everyone was great. We just hung out, laughed, and watched football. Marc and Kelley made pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw. It was delicious. There were also wings... which Cass enjoyed... and bread pudding. All in all, it was a good day. I enjoyed it.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
I Suck At Fantasy Football
Today, in between my break of working/organizing the garage, I took part in this year's fantasy football draft with my friends. Unfortunately, I suck at fantasy football.
My friends have an annual fantasy football league. It's been several years now that the league has been going on. Having joined last year, I was a relative newcomer to the league. For anyone curious, prior to last year I had been afraid of joining their league. I had heard nothing but complaints and whatnot amongst the league participants. From what I am told, things seem better now.
Anyway, last year my team did not do so well. Of course, it did not help that I was preoccupied and could not attend the fantasy football draft last year. I even tried changing the name of my team after my friend (Anna) in hopes that she would bring my team some luck. Anna was born on Christmas. Sadly... no luck. (Proof that Anna is not our savior.)
This year's draft went okay. Sure, I may have goofed up a couple of times by clicking the wrong thing and drafting a player that I did not want (which is a lesson in multi-tasking: watch what you click) but it was fun. Karen was even around to see me draft her favorite football player: Matt Cassel. She seemed pretty excited that I drafted him. Unfortunately, my team will live and die by Matt Cassel because I currently do not have another quarterback. So he better do well in Kansas City.
And if anyone is curious, this year my team is named after the most electrifying man in sports entertainment (wrestling): Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Sure, he may have been in my head... having recently watched "Race to Witch Mountain". Technically, my team is named after one of his wrestling moves... no, not the "People's Elbow"... "Rock Bottom". I figured it was an appropriate name for my team.
All in all, the fantasy football draft was a fun way to avoid organizing the garage. My latest project within the garage is the removal of a drain pipe. There is a plastic drain pipe which sticks out of the garage floor. Normally, a drain pipe leads to... a drain. For some reason, this drain pipe simply leads to the crawlspace. I have no idea why it was done that way. The drain design just came with the house. So I'm just going to cut the drain pipe so that it no longer sticks out above the cement floor. (We'll be laying a floor over the drain pipe soon.)
My friends have an annual fantasy football league. It's been several years now that the league has been going on. Having joined last year, I was a relative newcomer to the league. For anyone curious, prior to last year I had been afraid of joining their league. I had heard nothing but complaints and whatnot amongst the league participants. From what I am told, things seem better now.
Anyway, last year my team did not do so well. Of course, it did not help that I was preoccupied and could not attend the fantasy football draft last year. I even tried changing the name of my team after my friend (Anna) in hopes that she would bring my team some luck. Anna was born on Christmas. Sadly... no luck. (Proof that Anna is not our savior.)
This year's draft went okay. Sure, I may have goofed up a couple of times by clicking the wrong thing and drafting a player that I did not want (which is a lesson in multi-tasking: watch what you click) but it was fun. Karen was even around to see me draft her favorite football player: Matt Cassel. She seemed pretty excited that I drafted him. Unfortunately, my team will live and die by Matt Cassel because I currently do not have another quarterback. So he better do well in Kansas City.
And if anyone is curious, this year my team is named after the most electrifying man in sports entertainment (wrestling): Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Sure, he may have been in my head... having recently watched "Race to Witch Mountain". Technically, my team is named after one of his wrestling moves... no, not the "People's Elbow"... "Rock Bottom". I figured it was an appropriate name for my team.
All in all, the fantasy football draft was a fun way to avoid organizing the garage. My latest project within the garage is the removal of a drain pipe. There is a plastic drain pipe which sticks out of the garage floor. Normally, a drain pipe leads to... a drain. For some reason, this drain pipe simply leads to the crawlspace. I have no idea why it was done that way. The drain design just came with the house. So I'm just going to cut the drain pipe so that it no longer sticks out above the cement floor. (We'll be laying a floor over the drain pipe soon.)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
I Suck At Fantasy Football
as of monday, my fantasy football season is mercifully over. my fantasy team unfortunately did not make the playoffs. yes, i suck at fantasy football.
this was my inaugural year in the fantasy football league that my friends are a part of. i was not really expecting much from the football league because in the past, i heard about the constant bickering and discord that took place. i was, however, pleasantly surprised that there were no incidents this year, perhaps because my friends knew about my hesitation in joining the league for those reasons.
needless to say, the fantasy football league was fun. my team finished a mediocre 7-7 (7 wins and 7 losses), which is not that bad with all things considered. as a special bonus, i achieved my goal of not finishing dead last... although i was pretty close to the bottom in the standings (9th place). sadly, my good luck charm... that being my friend (anna)... could not help my fantasy team this year. (i named my team after anna... for no reason other than the name seemed to fit. plus, her birthday is on christmas, so i figured there had to be some luck in that, right?... apparently not.)
anyway, hopefully next year... if i participate in the league again... i will fare better. now that i have one season under my belt, i will know what to expect for next season.
this was my inaugural year in the fantasy football league that my friends are a part of. i was not really expecting much from the football league because in the past, i heard about the constant bickering and discord that took place. i was, however, pleasantly surprised that there were no incidents this year, perhaps because my friends knew about my hesitation in joining the league for those reasons.
needless to say, the fantasy football league was fun. my team finished a mediocre 7-7 (7 wins and 7 losses), which is not that bad with all things considered. as a special bonus, i achieved my goal of not finishing dead last... although i was pretty close to the bottom in the standings (9th place). sadly, my good luck charm... that being my friend (anna)... could not help my fantasy team this year. (i named my team after anna... for no reason other than the name seemed to fit. plus, her birthday is on christmas, so i figured there had to be some luck in that, right?... apparently not.)
anyway, hopefully next year... if i participate in the league again... i will fare better. now that i have one season under my belt, i will know what to expect for next season.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
I Suck At Going To The Patriots Game
today is sunday... and as any typical sports fan can tell you... it's the day of football... and massachusetts is home to the new england patriots. too bad i suck at going to the patriots game.
the last professional football game i went to was a preseason game last year. that game was against the new york giants... the eventual winners of the superbowl last year. (stupid giants!)
anyway, as luck would have it, my friend (ron) contacted me about going to the football game. ron splits season tickets with one of his other friends. it so happens that the tickets he had were for today's game. interestingly enough, he was having trouble finding two people to go to the game. he could only find one: his brother-in-law.
naturally, i agreed to go. karen, however, wanted me to go without her and have fun with ron. with all the recent events like my son's (braden) passing, she thought it would be nice if i had time away from her. with the other ticket still open, i asked ron if my friend (carlos) could go. my original thought was asking my bff (kerry) to go because she also has never been to a professional football game. as kerry was just down yesterday, i did not want to ask her to travel down again at the spur of the moment. sorry kerry.
needless to say, the four of us had a great time tailgating... watching the game... and tailgating some more.
(the video below is of the patriots game.)
making the day even better... the patriots won the game.
i'm lucky to have ron as friend... not just because he invited me to the patriots game... or had the whole tailgating setup ready within his truck... or likes to drink himself silly playing "flip cup" with a bunch of college kids who looked like they were teenagers. he genuinely cares and wants people to have fun.
i admire that about him. i know i keep saying i should hang out with ron more... i really should.
the last professional football game i went to was a preseason game last year. that game was against the new york giants... the eventual winners of the superbowl last year. (stupid giants!)
anyway, as luck would have it, my friend (ron) contacted me about going to the football game. ron splits season tickets with one of his other friends. it so happens that the tickets he had were for today's game. interestingly enough, he was having trouble finding two people to go to the game. he could only find one: his brother-in-law.
naturally, i agreed to go. karen, however, wanted me to go without her and have fun with ron. with all the recent events like my son's (braden) passing, she thought it would be nice if i had time away from her. with the other ticket still open, i asked ron if my friend (carlos) could go. my original thought was asking my bff (kerry) to go because she also has never been to a professional football game. as kerry was just down yesterday, i did not want to ask her to travel down again at the spur of the moment. sorry kerry.
needless to say, the four of us had a great time tailgating... watching the game... and tailgating some more.
(the video below is of the patriots game.)
making the day even better... the patriots won the game.
i'm lucky to have ron as friend... not just because he invited me to the patriots game... or had the whole tailgating setup ready within his truck... or likes to drink himself silly playing "flip cup" with a bunch of college kids who looked like they were teenagers. he genuinely cares and wants people to have fun.
i admire that about him. i know i keep saying i should hang out with ron more... i really should.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
I Suck At Fantasy Football
it's official... i suck at fantasy football.
this year, my friends had finally gotten me to participate in their fantasy football league. up until this year, i had vowed against joining their league. for the most part, i was correct in adamantly refusing to partake in the league because i had heard many complaints and whatnot from friends who were in the league. the league was supposed to bring friends together... and from what i had heard, the fantasy football league was not exactly doing a particularly good job of it.
this year, however, has been a pleasant surprise. it has only been one month into the league and i have yet to hear any complaints. everything actually is going well in the fantasy football league. the only problem is... my fantasy football team absolutely sucks. i am second to last in the standings... and i basically scored the lowest point total this week.
granted, i was not really around to draft any players for my team. plus, if you think about it, all expansion teams suck the first year. so maybe it's normal.
i am wondering if my friend (anna) is simply a jinx. i had named my fantasy team in honor of anna for no reason other than her name, mixed with some other words, sounded cool. plus, anna's birthday is on christmas. you would think that someone being born on arguably one of the best days of the year would make her somewhat lucky, right? well... apparently not so much this year.
perhaps i should name my team after someone else... like: hot amy's young'uns... angela's new kids... aimee's cure (although that sounds more like a drug than a team)... kerry's nothing-good-comes-out-of-rhode-island team... i don't know. the possibilities for names are endless. it's a good thing i have a lot of names to go through.
i think i'm just looking for my luck to turn around. for anyone curious, things haven't exactly been the greatest of late... and i'm not just referring to fantasy football. so hopefully, some luck will come my way soon. i can only hope.
this year, my friends had finally gotten me to participate in their fantasy football league. up until this year, i had vowed against joining their league. for the most part, i was correct in adamantly refusing to partake in the league because i had heard many complaints and whatnot from friends who were in the league. the league was supposed to bring friends together... and from what i had heard, the fantasy football league was not exactly doing a particularly good job of it.
this year, however, has been a pleasant surprise. it has only been one month into the league and i have yet to hear any complaints. everything actually is going well in the fantasy football league. the only problem is... my fantasy football team absolutely sucks. i am second to last in the standings... and i basically scored the lowest point total this week.
granted, i was not really around to draft any players for my team. plus, if you think about it, all expansion teams suck the first year. so maybe it's normal.
i am wondering if my friend (anna) is simply a jinx. i had named my fantasy team in honor of anna for no reason other than her name, mixed with some other words, sounded cool. plus, anna's birthday is on christmas. you would think that someone being born on arguably one of the best days of the year would make her somewhat lucky, right? well... apparently not so much this year.
perhaps i should name my team after someone else... like: hot amy's young'uns... angela's new kids... aimee's cure (although that sounds more like a drug than a team)... kerry's nothing-good-comes-out-of-rhode-island team... i don't know. the possibilities for names are endless. it's a good thing i have a lot of names to go through.
i think i'm just looking for my luck to turn around. for anyone curious, things haven't exactly been the greatest of late... and i'm not just referring to fantasy football. so hopefully, some luck will come my way soon. i can only hope.
Monday, August 18, 2008
I Suck At Fantasy Football
yesterday, i did something i vowed that i would never do... i took part in a fantasy football draft. too bad i suck at fantasy football.
a long while back, my friends wanted to start a fantasy football league. the idea was a brainchild of my friend (garv), who is the "intellectual" type according to my other friend (hot amy). garv's intentions were good... to get friends from high school to remain in contact with one another via something we all liked... football. naturally, all of my friends were on board. at the time, i thought it was a great idea as well because there were some friends who i don't keep in regular contact with (as some of you are aware of with this blog).
sadly, one of the things garv is not so good at... implementing his ideas. he once had this cockamanie idea of importing only germans to work at a bakery that he was going to create. (at the time, he was dating someone with german ties.) anyway, that's a story for another day. like i said... garv has the right intentions... just not the right means of implementation at times.
of course, making matters worse... garv... very stubborn. if all of us told him how ridiculous his german baker plan was (which we did), he would have vehemently told us it was a great plan (which he did).
anyway, all of us were going to participate in setting up the fantasy football league. needless to say, there were too many cooks in the kitchen. rather than deal with the headache and chaos known as the fantasy football league, i vowed to forget the league altogether and never to participate in it. it wasn't worth it, to me, to partake in something that was supposed to bring friends together only to have everyone bickering about things. it is... after all... fantasy football. the name says it all... fantasy.
well, throughout the years, i had the pleasure of hearing my friends complain and bicker about the fantasy football league. i simply grinned and shrugged my shoulders because i had no vested interest in the league... until this year.
my friend (marc) was asked to run the league for the first time this year. as they were adding a new player to the league, there would be an odd number of teams. thus, marc asked if i would partake in the league as a favor to him. and so, i did.
i joined the league and the league held it's fantasy draft yesterday. as i was meeting some of karen's friends at the derby shoppes in hingham, i really didn't do much for the draft. i drafted a few nfl players complements of panera's free wi-fi and then let the computer draft the rest of my team. i couldn't be bothered.
so, we'll see how this year goes...
a long while back, my friends wanted to start a fantasy football league. the idea was a brainchild of my friend (garv), who is the "intellectual" type according to my other friend (hot amy). garv's intentions were good... to get friends from high school to remain in contact with one another via something we all liked... football. naturally, all of my friends were on board. at the time, i thought it was a great idea as well because there were some friends who i don't keep in regular contact with (as some of you are aware of with this blog).
sadly, one of the things garv is not so good at... implementing his ideas. he once had this cockamanie idea of importing only germans to work at a bakery that he was going to create. (at the time, he was dating someone with german ties.) anyway, that's a story for another day. like i said... garv has the right intentions... just not the right means of implementation at times.
of course, making matters worse... garv... very stubborn. if all of us told him how ridiculous his german baker plan was (which we did), he would have vehemently told us it was a great plan (which he did).
anyway, all of us were going to participate in setting up the fantasy football league. needless to say, there were too many cooks in the kitchen. rather than deal with the headache and chaos known as the fantasy football league, i vowed to forget the league altogether and never to participate in it. it wasn't worth it, to me, to partake in something that was supposed to bring friends together only to have everyone bickering about things. it is... after all... fantasy football. the name says it all... fantasy.
well, throughout the years, i had the pleasure of hearing my friends complain and bicker about the fantasy football league. i simply grinned and shrugged my shoulders because i had no vested interest in the league... until this year.
my friend (marc) was asked to run the league for the first time this year. as they were adding a new player to the league, there would be an odd number of teams. thus, marc asked if i would partake in the league as a favor to him. and so, i did.
i joined the league and the league held it's fantasy draft yesterday. as i was meeting some of karen's friends at the derby shoppes in hingham, i really didn't do much for the draft. i drafted a few nfl players complements of panera's free wi-fi and then let the computer draft the rest of my team. i couldn't be bothered.
so, we'll see how this year goes...
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