Random Ramblings

I'm in a mood today.  A really, really foul mood. My dear friend, Christina, just had to listen (erm, read via gchat) to my no nonsense rant with my foul mood. So, since a lot of it is sports related...I am copy/pasting it for all of you to need to deal with too. Because well, Christina can't be the only one dealing with my ridiculous ramblings. So, Enjoy...and please, feel free to comment because I'm in the mood to get riled up.

Me:  While I was doing this project which is the part of my job I hate the most all I could think of was "Is Indy or is Indy NOT going to keep Peyton Manning?"

And I said I would stay an Indy fan even if they don't keep him....because I don't want to follow a player, I want to follow a team. But the more I sat there thinking about it. The more angry I was getting.

And I was like "I dont want to support a team that doesn't support their future hall of fame QB."

And I got so angry. To add to my already there anger

Christina:  HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 Me:  And then I realized - it would be stupid to stay an Indy fan if they replaced Peyton since the reason I stopped liking the Pats was because they replaced Drew Bledsoe with Tom Brady.

Christina:  LOLOLOLOLOL

Me:  And you better believe, if the Celtics get rid of Paul Pierce like the rumors are saying??? OMG.

You dont even understand the anger I'll have in me

Christina:  LOL - i can't handle you and being hungry right now

 Me:  However - I can't see myself no longer rooting for the Celtics. BUT - I will be a super angry Celtics fan

And I'm starving

Christina:  me too!

Me:  But I have left over pizza.

Christina:  haha food time

 Me:  and I'm not in the mood for pizza

So there you have it - a nice edition of #jsabeworldproblems.  And - since My world problem's have become Christina's world problems - please help me apologize to her by checking out her blog: PLUG.

Tebow (and Brady) Revisited

Happy New Year! It's been a while. The holidays killed me. But I'm finally back. I figured why not come back and talk about the same ridiculousness that I touched upon in my last entry?

I know I mentioned in my last entry that I'm not religious. I'm not, I swear. But seriously. Can we cut the ish about Tebow v. Brady = Jesus v. God?!?! I don't get offended easily, but I find it offensive.

I'm not sure what the rest of the world is like as far as sports go...but in Boston, we're hard core. Ever since the Broncos knocked out the Pittsburger Steelers the only thing we've heard about is the upcoming game in Foxboro.

Today is Wednesday. The game is on Saturday night at 8pm. So, can someone PLEASE explain to me why their was a newscaster live at Foxboro this morning at 5:30, standing outside in the freezing cold to talk about the same thing we all know. The Patriots are playing the Broncos this weekend. I mean, I am all about Bostonians being psychotic sports fans. I actually take great pride in it. But a news story outside Foxboro at 5:30am 4 days before the game? That's beyond crazy.

But back to the God v. Jesus rant. The subtitles (I was at the gym, PS, I don't typically have subtitles on my screen) kept refering to this game as the Holy War.  Who will win this war? God or Jesus?  I just don't understand it....It grinds my freaking gears. If it's God versus Jesus than I'd really love to see Brady walk across water and Tebow sacrifice himself for our sins.  That's when I'll believe it's God v. Jesus.

On another rant about the same topic. Most people know, the biggest part of my lack of love for my hometown football team stems from me despising Brady. However, when he's asked how he felt about playing against Tebow this weekend, his response was "Tim is a great Quarterback. I have a lot of respect for him. However, I personally don't play against him, I play against the Broncos defense." Don't ask me where I heard that quote. I don't remember. But, I respect Brady for it. Because, it's the truth - it's something I scratched my head about during my entire fantasy football season when an opponent would say "Hmmm...I don't know if I should play Matt Ryan or Michael Vick. Ryan is playing against Cam Newton and Vick is playing against *insert other QB here*" But whatevs...if you're playing against me and you're not going to compare the 2 QB's opposing defenses, then who am I to give you advice? Well, actually, here's my advice "Oh, Ryan is playing against Newton? Totally put inVick. Newton's freaking Superman!!" (No offense Carolina D, much love!).

So, there you have it. The blog is back in action. This is also one of those instances where I just write whatever and it probably doesn't make much sense. It's tough to focus on a blog entry when the Celtics are playing the Mavs, but, I had to get my rant out. 

Last Stop on the Tebow Train

As most people know - I am a New Englander that doesn't typically root for the Patriots. I know, blasphemy - I get it. In all honesty, I'm just not a Brady fan. I give the guy major props for being a great quarterback - but there's just something about him that irks me. Maybe it's because I hold grudges like it's my job and I was a huge Bledsoe fan. Who knows? Regardless....when Brady took the starting QB position about a decade ago (give or take a few years), I lost all interest in the Patriots.

With the threat of there being no NBA this season, I needed something to entertain me this winter - so, I decided to give Fantasy Football a go. It's been freaking amazing. I've learned so much about the sport and a lot more about most of the players in the league that I never really acknowledge before. Including, Patriots players. And I must say, little by little, I've been feeling my Patriots Pride returning. Most people will probably say it's because my beloved Colts are having a craptastic season (totally pumped they pulled off a win today!!). But, I still love my Colts through and through. And Cam Newton has me rooting on the Panthers. But I can't help but root for Welker, Hernandez, Gronkowski, Arrington and Wilfork (just to name a few). I really am trying to hate the team. But I can't.

So, as I watched the Pats play in Denver today I was having a war with myself. I wanted so badly to see Brady fail, because I take ridiculous joy in seeing it. But, I just couldn't cheer against the rest of the team. It was a weird experience.

What irritated me even more than cheering for the Patriots, was signing onto facebook after the game and my facebook being blown up by anti-Tebow statuses.

Now, I'm the first to admit - I don't understand the Tebow hype. I get the amazing comebacks he's had and the fact that going into the game against the Patriots he was 6-1 since he became the starting QB. But I just don't get the pop culture phenomenon he's created. I'm not the most religious person but it's like all of America has been mocking the poor dude for God being his BFF. Not cool, America.

Week after week, I've been reading facebook statuses from my (New England) facebook friends praising Tebow and celebrating Tebow Time and uploading their very own photos of them Tebowing.  And now, that the New England Patriots beat the Broncos those same people have jumped off the Tebow Train and are gloating about the win.

Pick a side people. If you want to be a fan of "God's nephew" and the Patriots - all the power to you. There is no reason not to be. If you want to be a fan of Jesus' Homeboy and the Broncos - that's also your prerogative. Tebow is an exciting player to watch.  But for the love of God, do not act like the Patriots own the world and make it seem like hell has frozen over and Tebow now sucks because the Patriots won. Newsflash - I'm no psychic but I would have put money on a Patriots win today. Brady did not part the Red Sea with this win. Although, he did kind of part a blue and orange sea with that rushing TD, but that's beside the point.

I should add, to the one Patriots fan that noted he's never been this sad after a Patriots win. Thank you for keeping it real. At least someone didn't jump off the Tebow Train Bandwagon with the loss.

PS - If anyone can explain the Tebow phenomenon to me or the reason the Pats beating the Broncos is such a huge deal (besides the obvious clinching of the AFC East) I'd love to hear it.