Why do guys get a hard-on for fantasy football?

This time of the year I field numerous requests to be the "Vanna White" of fantasy football drafts. What is my pay you ask? ...... Why Guinness of course....why, what were you thinking?

The guys in my life (bf's, fb's, co-workers, work husbands, what have you) get sooooo pumped up/slightly psycho/definitely feverish around this time of year. It has become apparent that their draft picks for their fantasy league are more important and precious to them than [fill in the blank]. Goobers, they are.

I participated in ONE fantasy football league ONE time, 2006. I was called one sultry Floridian August afternoon and asked by my co-worker if I wanted to play. I protested out of lack of knowledge of the rules, operation and protocol of such an entity but he assured me, "no experience necessary." I'm thinking he's underestimating me :) After having a half hour to be prepare for the dumpy draft and being ridiculed for picking Eli Manning and a defense in early rounds, I ended up winning that year--how thsuper/funny/good times that is. There were numerous reasons I liked playing the oddly addicting beast that is fantasy football but there was one BIG reason I didn't like it that outshone everything else.....it ruined the game for me in a way. It took the fun out of watching on the weekends, rooting for the players and teams I truly liked. Instead I was only cheering for the players I put into my lineup that week. I was wishing physical harm on the players included on my opponent's roster. Worst of all I would be physically ill if I started a player that was doing awful and benched the replacement who was having the best Sunday of his career. I got really into and couldn't take it....I realized that watching football and participating in the season's various festivities had lost its charm and playfulness. It wasn't the same gloriousness and I haven't played since. Besides, I want to keep my record of 1-0.

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My New Hat in 5 days or so...

....will it be a Bills hat? Arizona? Rams maybe?

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Heads or Tails

I have been on both sides of the girlfriend / mistress coin....as a girlfriend, I don't think I was ever cheated on technically but there were times when a beau would start spending more and more time with another member of the female sex and less time with me....it takes alot of self-realization and self-actualization to come to the conclusion collectively that you are just not a match with someone. The last guy I dated, I was with for four months and it took one of those months to break up with him. The guy I was with for 2 years, it took three months to separate from him....I get the whole "tipping over the Coke machine" thing.

I have knowingly been a mistress several times throughout the course of my life but never like this. I knowingly kissed a married man--twice--and then told him I could not do that anymore. I allowed myself to be naked in front of a guy who not only lived with his baby mama but whom I worked with as well. I tried my hardest to stay his friend but ultimately could not overcome my hurt. I hooked up with a guy who I thought maybe had a girlfriend but I went through with it anyway because I really liked him and I wanted to do it. He is getting married to the girl he cheated on this weekend.

Finally, we come to the current situation...this guy totally and completely pursued me and we have shared some amazing experiences over the course of three weeks....I have recently found out that he has had a girlfriend for two years....my heart broke....I didn't know what to do, I was so confused. I still am a little bit but I decided to play the game, play his game....the reason? Because I know this asshole likes me and I haven't connected both mentally and physically to a guy this much in many, many years....perhaps I am being selfish in wanting to keep that feeling around....I hope that I fall out of love with him before he can hurt me I guess....I don't care, I want to play....

Monsoon = no D.U.I.

Here in AZ, they call rain storms monsoons....I think technically the monsoons are rain storms that occur during the summer months but peeps still refer to them as monsoons regardless of what month it is.

Last night was an awesome one....it made me realize how much easier it is to evade Scottsdale PD when it's storming outside....loves it!

The Second Wife

For some reason, I have always had the feeling that I am going to be someone's second wife someday....I do not know why this is....

I also have the feeling that I am someday going to marry my first love....we shall see....

Sir Charles et al

Everyone who has lived in the Phoenix area has a Charles Barkley and a Dan Majerle story, kinda like those who have lived in Atlanta have a Tom Glavine or [insert name of NBA player here] story. The settings of these stories is usually a strip club, but not always....

Guinness Gallery - Santa Barbara

Guinness Gallery - Tempe

Guinness Gallery - Redding

Guinness Gallery - Minneapolis

Saturday Night Impromptu Car Show

Van Ness

I want to go around and take a picture of every Van Ness Avenue in the United States and show how they are all different....for instance, Van Ness in SF is vastly different from the Van Ness here in Scottsdale....I like this idea.

Nebraska Devil is Gettin' Hitched

Congrats on the nuptials.....

I give it four years......

Catching up with Smut....

I am reading a back issue of my beloved US Weekly and am shaking my head at the frivolous lives some (most) of these people lead....I am also noting the fragility of the human life and the incessant whims these people indulge in....

The issue I am reading is dated December 21st, 2009 which means I received it in my tiny mailbox here in Phoenix on December 12th. Since the publication of this issue, there are two changes that have occurred swiftly, one meaningless and the other heartbreaking:

1. On page 31 there is a photo of Brittany Murphy at an event in Beverly Hills on December 1st. When she posed for that photo, did she know she was going to die of still unknown causes in 19 days? So sad....

2. On page 51 there is a photo of Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez strolling in Notting Hill, London December 1st. Their breakup was officially confirmed a week later.

That's all, I just wanted to point that out....

TebowMania

I had this thought the other night while watching Game 5 of the Cleveland-Orlando series--as much as Dwight Howard does for his team and as well as his team has been doing, the player that gets all of the media attention still remains to be LeBron....which is cool, he's a cool guy, he's marketable, etc.  It got me to thinking about who's marketable and who's not--in sports especially.  Which led me to think about Tim Tebow (although it doesn't take much prodding to get me to think about Tebow) and what he's going to accomplish this football season, his senior season, his last foray into the college game.  With all the pressure lying on his hefty shoulders, he will still manage to field the media expertly, be the second athlete to ever win the Heisman twice and repeat his victorious national title run.  So to all the college football fans out there, prepare yourselves for the up and coming media storm this season that will be TebowMania....it's going to be quite a ride :)