And she said...

Take me now... for what I'm worth, anyhow.

It's been a minute since my last post, so I figured I'd list it out for you. You know? Keep it short and sweet.

Here's where I'm at right now, in no particular order:

10. Writing really is a process. To do it well is a lot harder than it may appear, and I think it definitely requires feedback from those around you.

9. The Caribbean is an amazingly beautiful, lush, and soul rejuvenating place to be. This is a broad generalization, but in my experience, it remains entirely true.

8. Along the same lines, I tend to believe that there is nothing else on earth like Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago

7. Gold earrings are my shit right now.

6. Long distance relationships are underrated.

5. Justin Timberlake needs to come out with a new album... I'm ready.

4. Why is Michael Jackson going on tour? It might be the most exciting/horrifying/anticipated/disasterous event of my lifetime thus far...

3. It feels good to read for pleasure again. Currently reading the Dexter series, next up is Colbert's I am America, and So can you. I recently joined a book club and slacked on the first book, but have every intention to be on top of it for the second one. Also, The Complete Reprint of John Willie's Bizarre is a good "pick up and open" read for a lazy afternoon. There's much to be said for vintage fetish lit.

2. I'm not so secretly excited about ABBA Singstar with my aunt in the very near future. I call dibs on Knowing Me, Knowing You.

1. I'm really--REALLY--excited for football season to start again. Yes, this includes draft weekend. Anything to do with it really...count me in!

Who let the dogs out

It's no secret that I'm a Michael Vick fan. The man is talented, and great to watch. I held my stance through the dog fighting scandal, maintaining that as a dog lover, yes it was cruel and unusual, but the facts have to be just that. His poor decisions regarding gambling and animal cruelty have nothing to do with his ability as a football player.

Vick is due for release from prison in July of this year. That said, I don't know any football fans who aren't at least a little bit interested to see what happens at that point. Where does he go? Is continued suspension looming? Will he join the Lions and lead them to Superbowl victory. Okay... that one is a stretch.

I'm just going to take my fan hat off, and put on my PR chapeau for a minute. Yesterday I read a short article about a potentially missed opportunity for Vick to work with PETA. Essentially, in exchange for a PSA opp. with PETA, Vick would have to undergo testing for his mental stability. It seems though, that this effort is stalled with Vick's representatives.

Sure, it might be a lofty request from PETA, and sure it may be humiliating for Vick. But sometimes you have to play the game. In a situation like this where Vick's popularity has waned, it might actually do him some good to show that he's just a man who made a mistake, and wants to help correct it.

PETA is a large and influential organization, and Vick is a man with a tarnished rep. I can't see the cons outweighing the pros at present moment, and I would strongly urge Vick, as a PR girl and as a fan who wants to see much more of him, to take full advantage of the opportunity.

If good PR is priceless, then I would think this is a small price to pay.

I don't want a lot this Christmas...

True story, folks. I didn't ask for much this Christmas, but it was still a good one!

I've been in Baltimore for most of it, and have had the great joy of spending it with my little cousins. And let's be honest... the best part of Christmas is spending it with happy and excited (and really cute) little kids.

And yeah, I got my camera and am about to order my brand, shining, new Matt Ryan jersey, so it's nothing to scoff at... it's bee a good Christmas for me!

And did I mention the Falcons made it to the playoffs?

Santa really does exist!

I know I can... be what I wanna be!

For example, a playoff contender... or even, dare I say it:

A Superbowl XLIII contender?

Both are possibilities for my dearly beloved Atlanta Falcons this season.

Here's to Matt Ryan and Michael Turner... the dream duo we've been awaiting for many-a-season! To all the others: just keep on doin' what you're doin' - it's working.

NFC South in the house!

I can't, can't stand your mother...

Or maybe it's your father I can't stand.

Or your brother? Oh wait... maybe it's your other brother.

Either way kids, the moral of the story is that if you're a Manning, Tom Brady is tired of telling you about yourself. Game, after game, after game.

But then there was that whole Superbowl thing... the two Superbowl things, actually, where both pro Mannings actually whooped Brady and the Patriots. lol.

Are you not entertained?

If not, maybe the following will spark your humor plug as much as it did mine. I have no idea whether or not these are real quotes, or just the brilliant love child of a writer and his liquor, but this is the good-good. Keep in mind too, because it actually adds to the funny factor: the following weekend, little Eli took Tommy boy to school at Superbowl XLII, live from Glendale, AZ.

It's old, but I just found it so it's new to me. Pure gold people!

King Midas styles... enjoy: http://www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.com/2008/02/brady-tired-of-beating-mannings.html

You're so vain... I bet you think this blog is about you...

Where's the line between just enough, and T.O.o much?

Yes, yes... I'm back on the football tip, but it’s not to talk about fantasy.

Unless you count that one with me, and T.O. and the shower.... but I digress.

Today's topic at hand is Terrell Owens a.k.a. T.O. You may have recently seen him wearing number 81 for America's Team, The Dallas Cowboys. And if you did, you probably thought "dammmmmn... that's hot." I did. Actually, I still do... every Sunday, and once in a while even on Mondays.

The man is a modern day God.

But then pretty Mr. O opens up wide and says something for the cameras, and like The Hulk, he's transformed from T.O. into Eg-O.

To bring you up to speed, I'd like to take a moment here to run off a few of my personal favourites. And I quote:

"Get your popcorn ready, 'cause I'm gonna put on a show."

"That's right. That's what I bring to the table, in case you somehow forgot."

"I would say no. I'm a competitor, and I want the ball. "

"Everybody recognized that I wasn't really getting the ball in the first half...I'm pretty sure everybody watching the game recognized it, people in the stands recognized it, I think my team recognized it. I didn't quit. I kept fighting and running my routes and trying to get open... There wasn't much more I could do."

So again I ask, where is that line? I mean let's face it - the man is sexy, talented and published (kid-lit and stuff for us grown folks). There's no denying that. But as a fan of both football and T.O. on a personal level, I have to question if all that is worth constantly taking an ego-full? I can't help but imagine that any conversation with him would be stunted with his utterance, "blah blah blah... I love me some T.O... blah blah blah."

No wait… that’s not my imagination. I’m just watching yet another media op…

He may be just enough sexy to get in there (ahem... the end zone that is...), but is he just T.O.o much mouth for my own good?

But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy baby...

It's the end of week four of the 2008 football season and we've secured our first win in our fantasy league, The Battle of Gotham City.

Yay!

I'm not gonna lie... I don't like losing - who does, really?

But I'm certainly still on a learning curve with this whole fantasy thing. I enjoy playing - especially because we're in a league with old friends form high school. So even though it can get a little heated and competitive sometimes, in the end it's all love.

And money.

Annnnnd of course, bragging rights.

So I'm learning.

This week I learned that I could drop players from the roster and pick up free agents! I know - it's ridiculous how obvious it seems, and even more ridiculous that I didn't know that. To be quite honest, last time we played fantasy (two seasons ago) we ended up with a kickass team and placed second in the league.

Didn't need too much adjustment to that team. So I didn't bother learning what to do in case of injury. Or suspension.

But as I mentioned in a previous post, the luck of the draw (or rather, the draft) wasn't working for us this time, and we found ourselves in a sorry situation with our players.

Brady. Plax. TO. Shockey. Doesn't seem too bad on paper, but the reality of the season proves that real games aren't won or lost on a single player, and generally, neither are fantasy match-ups. So when you factor in Brady's ACL injury, or Plax's attitude... TO's slippery fingers or Shockey's hernia... you realise that we've got some work to do!

And thanks to Isaac's advice, I continue to learn and hopefully build our team for the remainder of the season.

And for the record, Favre - originally our backup QB - had a career high game this week, throwing six (6? who does that?) touchdowns against the Cardinals. Wow! If he can keep that up for the rest of the season it'll be smooth sailing from here on in...

Realistically speaking though, we probably have a couple more adjustments to make to the team and I'm looking forward to an exciting and chair-gripping football season.. especially if my Falcs (God help them) can develop a winning streak ;)