Happy Turkey Day

I have been off since Monday, so that is why there have been a lack of posts. I just wanted to take a sec and wish everyone a lovely holiday. I LOVE Thanksgiving dinner food. It is one of the best meals ever. Still, it takes all day to make everything, so that must be why it is a one year deal. Still, YUM!

I must be a teen girl

Jessica is a big fan of vampire books and movies. She has read all of those Ann Rice books and has seen the movies. We have been watching True Blood, a vampire show on HBO, and she has also read these 'teen' books that have come out recently. I don't know the author, but the first book was made into a movie and is called Twilight. Jessica has read all of the books in the series that are out and she dragged me to the movie that came out this past week. I was a little sceptical at first, since it was basically being promoted as a teen flick. Still, I kind of like the vampire movies too. All in all, I really liked this film. Yes, it a teen type movie, and there were a few things that we a little lame, but it was entertaining. I liked Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight was pretty much on the same level. It had funny stuff, pretty people, action, drama, good vs. bad......not a bad movie. I don't think it is for everyone, but I think I may start reading the books after all. Jessica said the books are on the same level as the Harry Potter line, so I may enjoy them.

I need help

When I bought Fable 2, it came with a $15 ITunes gift card. Nice, huh? Well, I usually don't download my music, since I decided that I like buying the CD so that I have something tangible to hold on to, so I need to find 15 songs to download. I think I want to make an 80's play list. I like hair bands, nut not enough to really buy a whole CD. Anyway, what are some good 80's songs? I checked a VH1 list of the top 80's songs and was pretty disappointed. Not too much I would consider downloading. I guess there are some OK songs, but I want those songs that you can't help but sing along to. "Tainted Love", for example. So, what do you all think? What are those songs from the 80's that make your foot tap and booty shake? Keep in mind, I have most of the good hard rock songs from the 80's like Rush, GnR, AC/DC, and things like that.

Will there ever be a play offs?

Well, today closes up Ohio State's regular football season. The Buckeyes have had a pretty good season. I see it as only a one loss season, since the loss at USC is really the only true defeat of the season. Yes, Penn State was ahead of the Buckeyes when time expired, but the buckeyes beat themselves that game. No fumble and the Bucks have one loss. Oh well. The Buckeyes will probably go to a good bowl game, possibly BCS, so I will have one more game after todays match up against the Wolverweenies.

I hope that the NCAA will pull its head out of its ass and allow the BCS to die and finally set up a play offs. Granted, OSU would probably miss the cut off this year, but there always seems to be someone on the outside feeling that they should be playing for that crystal football. Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is. They could still have all of the money making bowl games, and even incorporate the bowls into the playoff system (8 teams go to 4 BCS bowls, the four winners advance, and so on). If anything, they would be able to make more money with the extra games. I just don't get it.

Well, as previously mentioned, Ohio State plays M*ch*g*n this week. I think the Buckeyes are a 20+ point favorite. This game always worries me because records really don't mean much. The favored teams have lost a plenty of times in the past. I feel confident that Ohio State will win, but I won't start celebrating until the clock reached double zero.

GO BUCKS!!

Blah-ging

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I guess not too much interesting going on. Kind of a 'blah' week. Sure, the OSU vs M*ch*g*n game is tomorrow, but I am having a hard time getting up for the game. I'm sure I've mentioned that already. I am even skipping out on the day long OSU Alumni gig today, Hyper-Friday. Basically, the TBDBITL alum get on busses, get drunk, and play pep bands around Columbus. Fun times. Getting drunk is optional.

Question: is it weird to have a dream about a girl that you dated double digit years ago? I had a weird dream last night about a girl I used to date way back in the college years. Nothing dirty, just hanging out. She had a little girl with her, which was the weird part. I guess after all this time, children would be a possibility. Still, it was weird because she had errands to run and left her kid with me. Other than my kids, I do not see myself as the guy people would trust their children with.

I bowled OK last night. I had a 580 series. I keep hovering right at my 190 average. That is not bad, but I still am pretty frustrated with myself. I am nailing strikes, but missing probably 80% of my spares. That really irritates me. If I leave a split or a hard spare, I am OK, but easy one pin spares should be automatic. I may go to the bowling alley some time soon to just practice spares. I think a large part of it is that I have been throwing my first ball a little differently the past few weeks (slower). Since I roll the ball slower, it breaks more. When I throw a spare ball, I try to roll is straighter, but if it rolls slower, it breaks more.

A so-so poker week. I won $140+ Wednesday and lost $40 last night. Wednesday was a good luck night, last night was bad luck. I started winning early lst night, but lost my mojo when I flopped a flush and lost the hand to a full house on the river. It was about a $80 hand. Still, I played OK and made some good reads. I made my first $20 last several hours and only lost the second $20 because I was irritated and made too many dumb calls.

Stuff

Ohio State won this weekend and moved up into the top ten of the BCS poll. I do not forsee them getting into the National Title game, but a BCS Bowl game would be nice. I just would not be thrilled about a USC rematch. True, the offense is better with Wells back in the game a Pryor running the offense. They are certainly a hot and cold team. They kicked the crap out of Michigan State and Northwestern, but looked flat and weak against Penn State and USC. It is the 'big game' this weekend against M*ch*g*n. The Wolverweenies are having their worst season EVER with 8 losses already, but rivalry games always have a way of bringing the best out of a squad. Ohio State should be OK though. I don't think 'Rich-Rod' gets the rivalry enough to get the motivate the Maize and Spiew.

I bought Gears of War 2 last week. I think I have an Xbox addiction. I finished Fable 2 again. I wanted to take a break from it before starting over again as a bad guy. I was able to find and shoot all of the gargoyles and I bought all of the big properties I wanted to buy. I will play again as an evil person in a while. Anyway, Gears of War 2 is pretty fun so far. It is a shooter, but from the third person point of view. It is a little weird to get used to at first, but is a neat change of pace. The game really makes you feel like you are in it as the main character of a movie. Fun stuff. As with all shooters though, the button schemes are different from every other game, so it makes it hard to play Call of Duty 4. You expect to throw a grenade and reload instead.

Oh Yeah. There's a Game Today

Well, the OSU season has lost some of it's excitement now that the National Title and the Big Ten Title are both pretty much out of the picture. Sure, every team above OSU could lose the rest of their games like last season, but that is highly unlikely. In case you care, my prediction for the title game is Penn State against Texas Tech. Ohio State should go to the Rose Bowl if they can win out, but they would likely play USC again. Yikes. Anyway, today Ohio State plays at Northwestern. Northwestern is a much better team this year than they have been in the past and this game is not a sure win for the Buckeyes. They SHOULD win, with the better talent, but their execution has been weak. Still, I am not a fair weather fan, so I will be watching and cheering on my Buckeyes. GO BUCKS!!

Fun night....mostly

I had a pretty fun night last night. As you may know, Thursdays are made for bowling and poker. It was actually a 'hot and cold' night. First the hot part of bowling. I was hitting my mark from the word go. My first game was a 241. I started out with five strikes and then missed. My second game was better at a 258. Then, (I think it was the beer) I started screwing up. I threw a few splits, missed a few easy spares, and rolled a 165. Nice 90+ pin drop off, eh? I hit my 650 goal I mentioned yesterday, but could have rolled a 700+. It upset me a bit. On top of that, the team we bowled against was HOT. They kicked our asses. They had a new guy on the team and he rolled a 220 average. Yikes. The other guys did really well too and my team was a little off.

Poker went the same way. At first, our usual game was called off because no one had shown. So, My bowling buddies started a little game at the bowling ally. It turned into a decent sized game of 8 players until the bowling ally management asked us to stop. I won $30 there. I then got a call from our usual poker site saying game was on. I went over there and dropped $20. I got terrible cards. Still, all in all I had a fun night. I stayed up too late. I am dead tired now.

good things

Barack won. I think this is cool for us little people. Maybe not so much for huge corporations though. Hopefully he and the new Democrats will make our country what it should be and help out us poor folk. This is the first time ever I was excited about an election.

I really can't say enough about Fable 2. It is like video game crack to me. I thought I was addicted to Halo 3, but this is something bigger. I get lost in the world of Fable 2 sometimes. I crave it other times. It may actually start becoming a problem for me if I can't get it under control. Just kidding. I am getting excited though. There are 50 gargoyles around the Fable 2 world that, if you shoot them all, will give you the 'ultimate reward'. Three of the gargoyles require that you buy pricey buildings in order to find them. So, I would find items on sale in one region and sell them for a gain in another region. It is best to do this with weapons. One blacksmith gave me such a huge discount that I was able to double my money a few times. So far, I have bought two of the buildings and shot 49 of 50 gargoyles. The last one requires that I finish the main game, go back into the world, and buy one last building for $1 mil. I have a half mil in gold now, but am not too sure if I can top the 1 mil mark. Still, I will be excited if I get it. I am not too sure what the 'ultimate prize' will be and how fun it would be to get it after the game is pretty much over. I am playing as a female now. A lesbian though, because I thought it would be weird to flirt with the male characters in the game. I have my girl dressed in a goth outfit with black makeup. I don't know why. This game is crazy fun.

I am still holding my bowling average in the 190s. I has a rough go the first week of rolling my new ball, but the last few weeks I have done well. Currently, my team is in second place and we bowl the #1 team tonight. I am hoping for a big night. I am happy with myself when I hit my average, which means a 576 series. I am shooting for a 650 series this week though. If I get on track early, I should be able to hit it. My new ball is working exactly the way I hoped.

Go Vote

Thank goodness that all of these obnoxious political ads are about to come to an end. Only a few ore days of hearing about the evils of Barack Obama. Sorry John. I'm not buying it. I have heard far too many things coming out of Obama's mouth to believe all the nasty half truths coming out of McCain's camp. I haven't heard anything about how McCain is going to help me other than letting the rich keep getting richer off of the goods and services that my family needs to survive. I don't mean I want small businesses to be overly taxed so that I can save on health care, gas, and food. I mean that the companies that are making billions selling the products I need should be put into check a bit. For example, the financial companies that we are bailing out are still paying out millions of dollars in bonuses to the people that fucked up the economy. That should not be happening. Medical companies ignore some deadly diseases because they are not profitable enough to cure. That is bullshit. Gas companies are posting record earnings while I can only put a half tank of gas into my car. I'm just glad I don't need to drive to work anymore. My meager money would become even more meager. Well, in that nut shell, I am planning on voting for Obama.

I am also voting to pass the Hilliard school levy, and probably voting for the casino in Ohio. The ads of the casino are confusing because they contradict each other. One side say that the casino owner could pay no taxes, the other side say that plenty of money will go to Ohio. My friend Jesse put it into perspective for me though. Honda has a factory in Ohio. Those profits go to Japanese companies. Why would it be so bad for a casino, creating thousands of Ohio jobs, to send its earnings out of state? Ohio is still going to get its $20mil out of the deal. Plus I doubt that law makers would propose a law that would screw the state. There has to be some checks and balances put in so that Ohio doesn't get screwed. Besides, the main sponsor for the ads against the casino are Indiana casinos. They don't want all that Ohio money they earn staying in Ohio. I know that, if the Ohio casino has poker, I probably won't go to the Indiana casinos at all.