Not a terrible Monday by any stretch of the imagination. I got a bunch of stuff done at work, including some requests for other people to do some things for me. They don't take too much effort so hopefully I can get them back tomorrow and file some documents.
Julio took Meriam and I out to lunch today. We tried to go to a Portuguese place in Roselle Park, but when we got there, they were closed. LOL places other than salons being closed on Mondays. We ended up at Theresa's in Westfield (after walking by a bunch of other places that were closed). The sauce for the calamari was phenomenal and the pasta special was really good too. Pasta with chicken, spinach, bacon, and a parmesan sauce.
Sunday ended up being a pretty blah day as I spent most of it dozing on the couch. I did see the Jets win after giving up 3 INTs and a 91 yard return. I don't remember how long Favre's contract is, but please don't bring him back next year.
Penn State beat Ohio State in Columbus to take the lead in the Big Ten and keep their #3 BCS ranking. Oh yeah, party at Alyssa's! We had a great time on Saturday night. Costumes and beer pong and the name game. I have to bother Ilya since he didn't make it, but I saw some people from the last party and the Avalon house when I was down there a couple summers ago. I don't see why it's so hard to get a picture to show up where I want it here, but I think I got it right. Here's me with some pirate booty...er, the hostess. :)
Niiice. The boys are in Columbus for Penn State-Ohio State tonight. People have been talking about Texas-OK State this week, but the majority of the conversation has been about the matchup at the Horseshoe. I'll be on the road for the first half and then at Alyssa's, but hopefully we can check in on the game at the party. I'm sure we'll keep tabs on the World Series game too since we'll be right outside Philly.
I know it's going to rain today, but my car was filthy from all the dirt and stone dust from construction so I had to wash it this morning. It got a wax too and it's nice and shiny..for probably about two hours. It'll still look black after the rain though as opposed to the brown tint it had earlier this morning.
Could you please just pick a station to broadcast the playoffs? It's really annoying trying to remember if the game is on TBS or Fox. If you do choose one, here's a hint: not TBS. I bet Craig Sager's wardrobe knocked out the cameras tonight.
Love,
Baseball sucks, but I still watch the playoffs anyway
Thank you, Dr. Dungy.
I have a bunch of probable/questionable/unpredictables on my fantasy team this week. Marques Colston will play, but likely with a splint on his thumb. Clinton Portis and his hip flexor practiced today; we'll see more news on Sunday. Darren Sproles has an injured ankle and is predicted to see limited action. Will that be limited backup for LDT or limited return opportunities, which is the main reason I picked him up? Joseph Addai did something to his hamstring, but nobody knows the extent of his injury, including his coach so he's probably staying on my bench.
I have Lance Moore, whose value will nosedive once Colston is totally healthy again, and Michael Bush (RB vs. NYJ), to possibly replace Sproles, except that the Jets have the #3 run defense in the league. Arizona has a bye, which eliminates Steve Breaston from accepting a role this week.
It looks like I'll be leaving the majority in from last week, giving me a lineup of:
- QB - Jason Campbell (vs. Cleveland; #11 pass defense, #17 total defense)
- WR - Marques Colston (@ Carolina; #2 pass defense, #3 total)
- WR - Anthony Gonzalez (@ Green Bay; #7 pass defense, #20 total)
- RB - Clinton Portis (vs. Cleveland; #22 run defense, #17 total)
- RB - Matt Forte (vs. Minnesota; #4 run defense, #7 total)
- TE - Dustin Keller (@ Oakland; #25 pass defense, #24 total)
- WR/RB - Darren Sproles (@ Buffalo; #18 run defense, #9 total)
- K - Nate Kaeding (@ Buffalo; 12-15 FG, 18-18 PAT)
- DEF - Chicago (vs. Minnesota; #15 total offense)
Why can't the American public/marketmakers just have a slow decline instead of the up-down-up-down nonsense? Everyone knows we're in a recession and we didn't need any PPI or formal consumer spending numbers to tell us that. So settle down! You're just making everyone crazy, including me who has to listen to people at work note every uptick and downtick during the day. OMG the Dow's up 50 points..now it's 52..come on you can do it!!
Ugh.
- 900+ points to the good for Wall Street
- the Giants are letting the Browns march up and down the field (maybe that's just a MNF 2008 thing)
- most of my day at work
I'm not even going to try to explain points #1 or 2 since I haven't been paying complete attention to the game. I don't even know what made work so bad, except just a combination of everything. Marketing made a mess of a bunch of artworks that need approved by tomorrow, I have to give a presentation on the seminar I went to where I didn't enjoy or learn anything, and people kept talking about our group lunch tomorrow. That's not going to be a good time.
Like I said to LP earlier, I hope I can get uncranky in time to kick some butt at volleyball tomorrow night. We're playing the team that is tied with us for first place (13-5). She's bringing her videocamera to tape the games so I had better get my blocking in order before it gets on film! This could be a really good learning tool for some of the people who don't have as much of an organized volleyball background.
Work, what? No no no, Spread HD with Daryll Clark, Evan Royster, and Derrick Williams! I was trying really hard to make this a mature blog, but Penn State just turned Wisconsin over and is up 41-7 in the 4th quarter at Camp Randall, so Bielema...suck it. Payback for being an unsportsmanlike piece of trash in 2006.
