Notre Dame is 6-0

I've not posted much about football this year, which is weird, since ND is doing fucking awesome and last year I was constantly posting about heartbreak.

The Irish are 6-0 mostly because of their amazing defense that is lead by Manti Te'o. 

It will all probably end next week in Norman against Oklahoma, but right now, its perfect.

And Manti is hot too.

I Remember Love

I was incredibly bored at work, since now I’m training someone to take my job, so she does everything and I play on my phone. I wanted something to read, so why not blogs. I remember when I first found blogs, I would sit and read them before class or well even during class on my fucking T-mobile Sidekick. It was mid 00’s, when I think I found some golden ones that I’ve never really been able to replace. I think its because I related to these two blogs specifically for a few key reasons. I had body image issues, a dry sense of humor, found only purpose in going to the gym, and similar world views. Vividblurry is gone for good, the blog is now a place holder for ads, which sucks, I would have liked to go back and read it. London Preppy is dead, well not really, but now he writes really good books like Exit Through the Wound. LP definitely helped shape some of my interests like prep style and Bret Easton Ellis, and his blog/story was really enjoyable to follow. And with my aversion to try anything new, I somewhat lived through his stories about going out and his far more interesting experiences. He had a boyfriend after all.

I’ve been second guessing this choice to join the Navy lately, like….should I’ve really given up being a trainer for this? Granted, I wasn’t happy in Middletown, OH but will I be happy here in Monterrey, CA either? I had it pretty good back home, had a job I liked and a man, well sorta considering he was bisexual closeted case. I just felt like nothing was happening, but maybe I should have tried more to change that than just up and run away. I was talking to a friend earlier that the issues I had seemed to follow me here, so really what was gained?

I went for a ride with a guy from the Army earlier this week, met off an online site. We drove around, and talked, so I got a feel for him and then we fooled around, so I got more of a feel for him. I was trying to get some idea about what he liked…and it quickly made me realize that this was not going anywhere. He was closeted and bi, and not nearly hot or interesting enough for me to keep that up, and was apparently only into blow jobs. I started feeling sick, mostly because I rushed out of the gym after a workout to meet up with me and I needed to eat. My body saved me again.

My shoulder is back to normal, though I never stopped working out, so go healing factor.

I really want out of that admin job, going to have to hope they let me go on Friday and not wait right until the day I class up.

Chris hasn’t returned a text in a few weeks, probably will stop sending them for good. I didn’t expect things to go on anyway, but he was one asking about connecting again…

I really have an issue with being passive aggressive or being honest, one of those two things.

I’m not looking forward to this linguist training fucking up my gym routine…but failing out isn’t an option either.

I miss my training clients.

I got a Tumblr

And thats why this died, I'm sorry.

darkeyedresolve.tumblr.com

The Brand New Big Ten!

So this week the Big Ten unveiled is new logo and its new divisions, since it started off this last around of college alignment by poaching Nebraska from the Big 12. And even though there is now 12 members, the conference will always be known as the Big Ten. I really doubt the conference would ever change its name, which is basically a brand and not so much just a conference. The logo isn't as creative as the old one, which had the 11 number put in the negative space, but its not bad. Its big, bold, retro, like the Big Ten.

So we have the divisions, Leaders and Legends. Right, which is basically pretentious and not that well thought out. Ohio St and Penn St are in the Leaders, even though they more known for their legendary traditions. It probably looked really good and sounded great in the flashy power point presentation but seems kinda stupid to the outsiders. The Leaders division will include, Ohio St, Penn St, Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The Legends will be Iowa, Michigan St, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Northwestern.

The entire conference is set towards honoring the history of the Big Ten. The championship trophy is named after two great Big Ten coaches, Stagg-Paterno, and then the Big Ten Coach of yea will get the Hayes-Schembechler trophy. Basically, it is all self love for the conference and what it has done for the last hundred years.

Too bad Notre Dame missed out on joining in, they love beating off to their own history.

College Football Week 14

Christian Ponder in warm ups, if only he got to finish his year.

We Cam, We Saw, We Conquered: The SEC championship was a rematched of an exciting game earlier in the year, Auburn and South Carolina. The last time they met Auburn had to rally from behind to win and SC had to self destruct to give the Tigers a big enough opening. This time, it wasn't such a good game with Auburn winning 56-17. Cam Newton, who seems to be in the clear, played well and his hail mary TD at the end of the first half helped to push SC to the brink. SC pretty much fell apart in the second half and Garcia was eventually pulled by Spurrier, though it was pointless at that point. Auburn looked as good as they did all year, no comebacks needed and their defense was stout. I definitely think Auburn goes in as the favorite to win the championship and Cam is a likely lock to win the Heisman.

Blowouts to finish it off: Oregon played Oregon St, in what they call the Civil War, and these in state rivals can be very tricky. Oregon was slow to start bu eventually began to roll and ended up winning the game over a spunky but ultimately outclassed Oregon St. Not there was a Pac-10 championship on the line, but it was the final huddle for Oregon to get into the National Championship song. In the other blowout of the day, Virgina Tech and Florida St played another for the ACC championship. Florida St was without its attractive QB Christian Ponder, but his replacement did a rather good job of filling in by VT's offense was just too much and Seminoles couldn't keep up in the scoring match.

Big East ends with a....whatever the opposite of a bang is: The Big East has had a rough season, which it basically becoming a whipping boy for everything thats wrong with the BCS system of automatic bids. I'm pretty sure most of the Big East and BCS supporters were hoping that at least 24 ranked West Virgina would get in which would probably be less embarrassing than an unranked Connecticut getting the bid. Connecticut was in a close struggle with South Florida and it all came down to a field goal, a field goal to win the terrible, terrible Big East conference. 19-16 sends the Huskies to their first ever BCS bowl game and might give us the worst BCS game of the year, or ever.

Big 12 ends with a Big 8 rematch: Oklahoma and Nebraska meet up for what might be the last time in a few years, as Nebraska leaves its long time companion for the Big Ten. Nebraska and Oklahoma have a long historic rivalry that was often the center piece of the college football world in the 80s and 90s. They were meet up often in the old Big 8 conference before it was became the Big 12 and Texas took over. Most people thought it was going to be a rematch of last year's close, controversial game of Texas v Nebraska. And then Texas went from great to terrible, and we have Oklahoma from the south division. And it was probably the best game of the day, with leads going back and forth and it all coming down to the end. With 23-20, Oklahoma keeps the Big 12 championship in the conference and out of the hands of the departing Corn-huskers.

TNF: Texans at the Eagles

Thursday Night Football is a good time, provided you have access to the NFL network. I have yet to buy it for my house, well I can't anyway cause Time Warner doesn't offer it...Time Warner sucks.

Anyway, I get to see my favorite linebacker, Brian Cushing of USC and steroid fame, get to rough house and manhandled offenses. Cushing is really the only reason I root for the Texans, beyond the fact I like to root for underdog teams. And living in Ohio, the games I get to see of them are limited so going out to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch them was enjoyable.

Well it would be if the Texans had been able win, and their defense once again gave up on critical plays to let the Eagles in 34-24. I won't put it all on the defense though as the offense had several miscues. Schaub throws an interception at the end of the first half, and for once, the defense held the Eagles offense to just 3 points.

Texans actually took the lead of 24-20 in the third quarter but that wouldn't last, Vick does what he has been doing all year. He made big plays and ended up rallying the team, fly eagles fly.

Texans were expected to finally have a break out year and get to the play offs, and with the weakness of the AFC south its not totally impossible. But with a 5-7 record, they would need to win out to manage that feat and hope the other AFC south teams struggle on

Well Cushing, still hot and still enjoy watching you.

College Football Week 12-13

Plenty has happened in the past couple of weeks, shame on me for being lazy....just a lot easier to watch football than find time to write about it. And I love Nathan Williams, a beast for OSU defense.

Notre Dame Finishes Strong...for once: It is all about how you finish. 7-5 looks a lot better when its due to a 3 game win streak than a 3 game losing streak. ND has not had a strong November in quite a few years, Weiss' run was notorious for having his team fall apart as the season came to a close. Kelly has had a rough year, that looked like it was about to fall apart when October turned nasty, but they held together. They found a defense and managed to play tough, old school ND football. And not to be forgotten, but that 8 year losing streak to USC was finally broken with a 20-16 win in LA. They will get some eh bowl, or maybe something decent cause ND brings money, and hopefully another win. It is all about how you finish.

I wonder what Urban Meyer is thinking: Last season, Florida was an offensive juggernaut that was poised to win a 3rd National Championship. Meyer and Tebow was an unstoppable team, well not totally, Bama rolled them over but then they came back to utterly destroy Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl. It is jarring to see, this season, how incredibly inept and ineffective the Gator's offense is. Florida St is better but looked like they were in another class in the rival game and finally broke the 6 game winning streak of the Gators over Seminoles. When you see Florida's trio of QBs all doing badly, inceptions and fumbles, Urban Meyer must be thinking, "I wish Tebow was here." I think it is a rare thing for a coach and player to seem to be fundamentally link in all phases of the game. Meyer has been able to adjust and tweak his offense when it moved from Leak to Tebow but there was no answer to Brantley, Burton, or Reed. It will be interesting to see what happens in the off season and into next year, Meyer has things to change.

The Fallen Lone Star: It has to be a historic fall. Texas was really one bad throw away from winning the BCS National Championship and now they are not even ranked. They are 5-7, not going anyway to any bowl this year for the first time since the late 90s. Mac Brown is going to really look through his staff and heads will roll for whats happened. Texas has no issue with gaining talent so they will rise again but it might be harder than it was. The Big 12, or soon to be 10, has much more depth now with rising powers in Oklahoma St, Missouri, Texas A&M and possibly Texas Tech. I wouldn't be surprised if Texas reigns supreme next season over the diminished conference but its hold will be more tenuous than in past years.

The Big Ten's Big Three: Wisconsin, Ohio St, and Michigan St will all share the title of Big Ten Champions this year. Each of the teams will end with a one loss record in the conference and showed varying degrees of dominance throughout the year. Wisconsin put on another show of force and seemed to be on a totally other level than Northwestern. Ohio St and Michigan went at it again in "The Game" but its definitely not the same game. Ohio St has owned Michigan the last couple of years and the only real game of national consequence was in 2006 when the teams were ranked 1 and 2. And like last year, it wasn't competitive and Ohio St extends its winning streak. The only close game was Michigan St and Penn St where Joe Pa created a rally in the 4th quarter that ultimately failed. Wisconsin has the highest BCS rank and will then go out to the Rose Bowl and Ohio St will likely go to the Sugar Bowl.

BCS Busting Bronco's Busted: The Boise St Broncos have been always knocking on the door to get into the BCS championship game, they are the constant outsider. They had played perfect through 11 games, sometimes being challenged and sometimes just walking through weak teams. They got one final test against a ranked Neveda team but even that wasn't expected to be a loss. This is why we play the game, cause Neveda pulled off the upset mostly thanks to Boise St missing two field goals. They missed one to win the game and then missed one to win the OT, so Neveda comes out with the big win. TCU is now the only non-automatic qualifier school that can possible get into the Championship game is Oregon or Auburn loses.

Newton rolls back the Tide: I honestly thought that Alabama would beat Auburn and for the first half of the game if seemed like I was right. Alabama was rolling with offense and Auburn had no answers, so yea everything was going right. Of course there are two halves in Football and Auburn turned the game around. Cam Newton seems to have cemented himself as this year's Heisman winner, barring any real evidence coming out about a pay for play issue. I think its ironic that Alabama's starting qb gets knocked out of the game, and that ultimately is what causes them to lose. Alabama knocked out Texas' Colt McCoy in the Championship game and made that game much easier to win.

MNF: Eagles at the Redskins

I think there might not be any truer statement than: "Everyone loves a winner." I really think that might be the only way to understand the transformation of Michael Vick. Vick was once universally reviled for his dog fighting activities that landed him in jail and out the NFL. There was controversy and protests when he was released from prison and signed to the Eagles. You wouldn't have thought he would be considered the league MVP and generally turn around public opinion about him.

And then he began to win, and put on a dazzling performance on Monday Night Football. He put on a historic performance of 333 passing yrds, 4 tds, and then rushed for 2 tds. The game was over in the first 15 seconds when in the first play of the game, Vick gets an 88 yard touchdown pass. Redskins never had a shot, 59-28 win for the Eagles. Vick has had an amazing season with no interceptions throw yet and has the league's highest passer rating. They are now the hottest team in the NFL, which might last for a week or they ride it on to Dallas.

I personally have ambivalent feelings about Vick. I am disgusted by what he did but he did go to prison, serve his time, and has been a productive member of society ever since. I think he gains more friends with every win he accumulates but there are definitely people who will never look beyond the dog fighting episode. It is easier to love a winner, its easier to look over the flaws when there is scoring going on.

And here is an unintentionally funny/unfortunate thing to say: "We were like pitbulls, ready to get out of the cage." DeSean Jackson said that, not the best thing to say as a teammate of Michael Vick.

College Football Week 11

I already gave Notre Dame is own special post, so now its just time to clean up some loose ends from the weekend. We are coming down to the end of the season, with many teams only have 2 games left on their schedule. It is pretty amazing at how fast the season has gone this year and not to mention how disappointing...

SEC Championship Battle: For the first time in a few years, the SEC Championship game won't have Alabama, Florida or LSU. South Carolina got the big win over a struggling Florida team, which doesn't surprise me. I had my doubts that the 3-headed quarterback system would end up working out in the long run for the Gators. Auburn took the west with its win over Georgia, and as long as Cam Newton can play, they should be able to repeat another victory over South Carolina. I won't say its a lock but Auburn plays much better on a weekly basis than South Carolina.

Northwestern's upset of Iowa: For whatever reason, Iowa just can't beat Northwestern. In what had to be the best game in the Big Ten, the Wildcats score a late TD drive to once again knock off the Hawkeyes. The QB for Northwestern, Persa, injured his Achilles with his winning touchdown throw and is most likely out for the rest of the season. So it has to be a bitter sweet win for the Wildcats, but that is how it goes in sports some times.

Wisconsin's Big Blowout: A score of 83 to 20 is eye popping, especially when its one FBS school against another one.Wisconsin rolled and rolled and rolled some more over Indiana, and has started a controversy about running up scores and gamesmanship. Its very weird to see the that kind of score in the Big Ten which is noted more for its slow, physical style than offensive shoot outs. Between this game and last weeks shoot out with Michigan and Illinois, there might be a steady change to one of the oldest conferences in sports. The conference is definitely scoring up more points than it used too, but so are all the other conferences. It has a lot to do with style points argument in the BCS while a win is a win, a 30 point win is better than a 10 point win.

Escape: Many of the top ranked teams had to escape their lesser opponents to keep their BCS hopes a live. Oregon got back an unranked Cal by two points, TCU won just by 5 over San Deigo ST, Stanford over Arizona St by 4. I have my doubts that Oregon will be able to beat Auburn in a BCS championship, since they have their most problems with physical and aggressive teams.

Big East is the Big Least: The Big East is having a terrible season. Cincinnati, the champion of the past two years, has fallen into the bottom of the conference's rankings. The two teams, Pitt and UConn, thought to be big break outs have both under performed. I wouldn't want to just beat on the conference for no reason but one of its teams will go to a BCS bowl game. You could have an unranked team playing in a national bowl game while much better teams like Boise St, TCU, Standford, etc, will go to lesser bowl games. This is actually unfair but its not uncommon either, it happens in the NFL. The terrible NFC West will get a team into the play offs that might not be better than 8 and 8 while better record teams in better conferences won't get in at all. So yes while the BCS sucks to some people, nothing is perfect.

Golden Moment

Notre Dame hasn't had many Golden Moments in the past few years, and this year has definitely been up and down. Utah came in as the 14th ranked team, after getting punched in the face by TCU, and Notre Dame just lost to an FCS school with a last drive interception. Utah was at least a two touchdown favorite with its average scoring offense of 44 points and ND's defense is porous at best. Notre Dame needed two wins to get to a bowl game, though it looked like more that 6-6 would be the best they could muster. They had tons of injuries, almost all of their star players, which totaled about 400 yards of offense a game. The death of the young student due to unsafe wind conditions has only added another heavy cloud on Kelly. And of course, it was a raining and dark day over the stadium.

I considered this the game of their season, and they rose to the challenge. ND put on a dominating performance with a 28-3 win over the Utes. They played like the old school Irish, the physical line play, strong running game, and great special teams play. They played like Kelly had been pushing for them to play, and it finally paid off. They looked impressive, they looked like they were finally realizing expectations.

Now I'm not stupid, this was probably more a colossal failure on the part of Utah. They were flat and lifeless, they had no energy. The blowout loss at home to TCU still broke the spirit of the team. You basically had one team playing for its season and one team still holding on to the loss of its biggest game.

I am trying not to read too much into what the win might mean for the rest of the year. They need one more win for bowl eligibility, which seems possible against Army. It would be a nice change of pace over the past couple of seasons if they can finish strong, and not finish falling apart. If they can keep up their new identity, then they could win out the rest of the year and give USC all it can handle.

Fight Irish Fight

Food Hangover

You can get a food hangover, a term my client coined this morning. I have felt like totally crap today with stomach pains, nausea and all kinds of other nasty elements. I don't think I have a flu or anything, but I do believe it has to do with the food on Sunday. Like most Americans, I went out to a sports bar to indulge in football and food. I had the staples: nachos, wings, fries. I felt fine yesterday but today has been an awful hell.

I will know if its food or not if it passes tomorrow...

NFL Week 9

On the sexy back of Peyton Hillis, pictured above, the Browns stun the Patriots in a big win. Hillis had an amazing day where he just ran all over New England and kept the Brady offense from ever getting on the field to catch up. I'm very hopeful, perhaps too much, that if the Browns can get the win against the Jets; this could be the start of an epic play off run. They would obviously need help from Baltimore and Steelers but its not impossible. I need something to believe in! Patriots, I hope, will rebound and beat on the Steelers next week.

Texans lose another game, this time to the surging Chargers, and drops them to 4 and 4. The game against the Jaguars is really important, its basically a must win game if they want to have some control over their destiny. They did get a really awful call that cost them a touchdown, which would have turned the game in their favor. I'm not real optimistic right now, the defense is not performing well enough for them to win.

Wade Phillips gets fired, finally, after the Cowboys get utterly ruined by the Packers at home. I'm kinda sad about it, as I've enjoyed this era of the Cowboys constantly under performing. They will now get a good coach and turn things around, well maybe, Jerry Jones is still there...meddling around.

College Football Week 10

Florida has found out how to win, they unleash the Legendary Monster King Ghidorah on other teams! Every play sends Japanese spectators into flees of terror at the reminder of how much damage their little prop cities took in all of those Godzilla movies at the sight of Urban's offense. The offense woes of Florida seem to be worked out with their 55 points against Vanderbilt but thats hardly a quality win. Urban's use of three different quarterbacks seems to have worked the past two games but it will definitely be tested by their last, best opponent in South Carolina.

Texas continues to slide lower and lower when it got tromped on by Kansas St, and now it seems unlikely they will even get to a bowl game. The other teams of Texas had better weekends, Texas A&M upset Oklahoma and Texas Tech took out Missouri. If you had just started watching college football this year, you would find it hard to believe that Texas Longhorns were considered big dogs of the state. Oh Mack Brown, save the season with a win over the Aggies.

Joe Paterno wins his 400th game in a rally win over North Western. He has been coaching at Penn St for over 40 years, and seems to have saved the Lions season which looked really in doubt. Well what seems to have save the Lions is changing quarterbacks, but its still shows Jo Pa is adjusting and aware of his team. I can hope they upset the Buckeyes, but doesn't seem likely.

Michigan and Illinois go into triple over time with the Wolverines winding up the winner, though its almost as close as you can get to losing while being the winner. The final score was 67 to 65, so really both teams ditched their defenses at the start. Illinois had been a quite potent defensive team which is probably why the ended up losing. Its too bad, I was hoping for the Wolverines to whither into nothing by the end of the year.

I think TCU should be number 1 in the BCS this week for their utter and complete domination of number 5 ranked Utah on the road. Unless Oregon or Auburn loses, it doesn't seem like there is any chance for TCU or Boise to climb into the championship game. Auburn's schedule makes it seem more likely it will lose with Alabama left to play and then the SEC championship game.

MNF: Texans at the Colts

I meant to post this last week but got sidetracked by work. So yea, we all know the outcome of that game was a Colts win mostly due to some bad play calling by the Texans. I'm not sure why you would decide not to run the ball when its what help you beat the Colts the first time...but I'm not paid millions to coach a football team. To add insult to injury, I have to listen to announcers practically blow Manning while he is playing the game.

Replace Yvette with Colts and or Manning, its the same feeling.

College Football Week 9

Well its become rather apparent this is not my season, though it really didn't take the 9th week of the season to figure it out. And well aware this cover is a season old, but its still enjoyable to look at.

I'm not sure where the luck of the Irish is but its not with Notre Dame this year. They lose a home game to Tulsa and lose their starting QB for 6 months. With a 4-5 record, the most likely outcome of the season will be 5-7, so Kelly's hopeful year has turned into a disaster.

Texas lost to Baylor, which isn't so bad considering Baylor is ranked and Texas isn't, but it does speak to the mighty big fall the team has taken. The only saving parts of this season is the big win over Nebraska at home and if they can beat A&M this year. They seem likely to make it to a bowl game at 7-5 but its definitely a far cry from last year's championship team.

Florida stopped it losing streak when an overtime win over Georgia. They are not the powerhouse of offense of the Tebow era and I'm doubtful this rotating QBs will work for the long haul. At 5-3, they still have a chance to win the SEC east and play in the Championship game at the end of the year. They have two major games with South Carolina and Florida St, but both of those teams have trouble playing well every game. If the Gators can beat SC, then they should be able to handle Fl St and end the season well.

The Big Ten Conference has become very murky with Iowa absolutely demolishing undefeated Michigan St. Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan St, and OSU all have one loss in the conference and it all come down to tie breakers. OSU and Iowa do play one another, so that will weed out one team out of the tie. And as we know, every week there is an upset so I wouldn't be surprised if another team drops. In the second tier of teams, Penn St takes care of Michigan, so Michigan's slide continues on. Michigan has only one sure win left on their schedule, Purdue, so its possible after their 4 and 0 start they end up 6-6. Penn St seems like 7-5, unless they can pull an upset over OSU, unlikely, or Michigan St, more likely.

The BCS standings, at least the most important positions 1 and 2, won't be changing. Auburn and Oregon put on great performances and truly look elite. Auburn has a harder schedule to finish, especially with defending champions, Alabama, waiting for them. Then Auburn would have to play in the SEC championship game, while Oregon just has Oregon State at the end.

Captain America Movie....I'm somewhat excited

When they cast Chris Evans as Steve Rogers in the new Captain America movie, I wasn't really thrilled about it. I personally was hoping Kellan Lutz would get it, since he had more of the look. Chris Evans was already a Marvel Hero, and even if no one saw Fantastic Four, he had his shot with Johnny Storm. Not that he was bad, just the films were kinda eh...especially that second one.

But...some of the new images have come out, and I'm pretty happy about whats coming together. Chris Evans actually does a better job of channeling Steve Rogers than I thought he would. The costume looks really cool also, like the realistic military style.

And wow those arms, pretty beast. So yea, Captain America I'm all for.

Comic Book Queers

Jean Grey, how I love thee, let me count the ways...

I've not talked about comic books much on this blog, even if they are a rather big interest of mine. I guess because even though I consider myself a fan, I don't consider myself well versed to make commentary. Not that you have to be studied to make commentary, we have plenty of talking heads on tv...about everything. My interest in comics also cycles, I will read a lot at one point and then slow off: repeat.

My interest in comics was based a lot on the 90's comic cartoon boom. I loved the X-men, loved Spider-man, and also was really into the Batman: Animated series. I was a pretty big Marvel/Spider-man fan in my younger years and then I fell out of it and got into anime. I didn't really back into comic books until a few years ago, around the time Jason Todd was brought back to life. I've been more in the DC camp since then with more of a focus on Batman and Superman families.

Anyway, so Comic Book Queers is a website/podcasts that focus on comics with fabulous queer sensibility. They do various episodes, or issues, on differing comic, comic characters, story arches, and news. This basically allows me to know whats going in the ever repeating world of comics, cause there is never a new story in comics. DC's universe is always going through crisis and Marvel is always changing Spider-man's costume. Jean Grey dying, coming back, dying, and hopefully coming back again soon. I think she did actually, or it was just a very heavy handed hint.

I've actually looked into various titles thanks to things they have brought up, whether its new comics or even old ones. I have become a bigger fan of Dazzler thanks to their comments, and those radio skits. Though they do focus a lot on the major titles of the DC house and Marvel House, but they do bring a lot indie creators and comics. Gail Simone features a good amount, which she is like the favored of all queer comic boy fans. Even though some times I get a bit lost with the generational references, but it happens when you have decades of story lines like you do in comic book. Or I'm a terrible fan, could be that too.

It isn't all just comics, but a lot of pop culture issues: like films. Though usually its films or series that have a bent towards sci-fi or fantastic, much like comic books. Well they also talk about Lost, which I skipped over as I'm not much a thinking man. Though I did like Inception, which I didn't get what was so confusing about it.

The other, and sometimes I love it best, is when the group of pod casters do their amazing scripted shows. Most the regular people are men so its pretty hilarious when they auto tune? the voices to sound like Storm, Emma Frost, and Dazzler. I have come to appreciate those characters a lot more through those episodes, well and the X-men in general. I could listen to those issues/episodes over and over again.

The blog is amazing, the guys who run it are great, and its almost always funny and informative. If you like comics at all, it is a definitive place to visit.

It is on my read list but here is the link otherwise: www.comicbookqueers.com.

Everything is Bigger in Texas, even the loses

Jason Witten, here with his son, is the only thing I actually like about the Cowboys. I only really feel bad about their 1-5 season because he is a good guy, not to mention handsome.

So Monday Night Football has come and gone, but it had a major impact. Superbowl hopes were already on the ropes with their terrible start but NFC east rivals, Giants, k.o.ed them. The NY Giants sacked and broke their starting QB, Tony Romo, and thus broke their team. It doesn't take a lot for Cowboy fans to hate Giants fans but I would have to think that rivalry has gone from hate to flat out death wish on your family. The Giants not only kill your Superbowl dreams, but they also have the first official win your new billion dollar stadium from last year.

Its probably not smart to totally write them off, they are very talented or so I'm told. I just don't see Kitna being able to rally that team, which doesn't seem to have any leadership and Wade Phillips doesn't strike me as someone who inspires his team to greatness.

Oh well, Witten is still attractive.

Z and G Wedding

My two good friends, Z and G, got married over the weekend. It was the second wedding I got to be in, though it was mostly being an usher and running around doing things behind the scenes. The wedding was held at the Dayton Art Institute and was probably the most expensive wedding I've been involved with. G looked really amazing, probably the prettiest bride I've seen in person.

The wedding was full of personal touches which is nice. They displayed puzzles they had completed together all around the reception area, which was in the Gothic Cloister. G actually sung a song as part of her personal vows, personal vows are always nice if done well. It was definitely G's wedding, but Z's touch was on it too. They are a lot like though different enough that they don't clash too much, basically Z knows how to handle her.

I did have a lot of thoughts during the wedding though, like wow I really want to get married. It just reminded me of how lonely I can get without having someone to share with. I just deal with constant dead ends and jerk around, probably because I deal with the same people all the time. I need to go meet people, which is hard with basically working all week and my weekend is just hanging out with my friends. And another against my friends, but its not getting me to meet anyone.

And it also made me think about straight marriages versus gay marriages, like in how people view them. I'm pretty aware that if I'm able to marry, one day God willing, that it won't stir the same feelings in my family. I doubt most of my family would even go, but sure my friends would be there at least. Well maybe in some families its nothing different, but I think it will take a lot of time for that to happen. Like Generations, and so on....time heals all wounds or something.

G does have real Italian cousins though, one woman seemed to be straight out of my Cousin Vinny or the Jersey Shore.

In the World of Sports

Its been a rather dark day in the world of Sports, or well, it has been in the world of Tommy Sports.

All of my teams are doing rather badly...

Florida is on a losing streak that has been going on for three games now...

Texas got dropped out of the 25, then sparked to upset Nebraska, and then got beaten by Iowa State...

Notre Dame had a nice win streak and then got smashed by Navy, so at best, we are looking at a 6-6 season.

Ohio State was ranked number 1 in the nation, and then got punched by Wisconsin...

The NFL isn't going so bad, but I get more emotional about college games. The passion is higher cause every game matters and you have these kids' futures on the line.

Browns are underwhelming as always but scored a massively awesome upset in New Orleans on Sunday. This continues the streak of the Browns beating the Super Bowl Champion, somehow they always do it...Giants, Steelers, and now the Saints. Go Brownies! McCoy definitely seems to be doing well, which is a nice change from his pre-season play.

Denver has continued to slide and hit rock bottom on Sunday with a 59-17 loss at home to the Raiders. The very idea of a team losing by that margin in pro football is astounding, let alone it being the home team. I only really root for the team cause of Tebow but even I felt embarrassed. Tebow did get his first NFL regular season touchdown against the Jets, thats really cool.

Patriots keep rolling along, and managed to hold on for a road win in San Diego that was mostly due to the Charger's turn overs.

Texans were on a bye and are gearing up for their MNF with Indy, in Indy. A win there would give us fans some confidence in the team. Even if they are 4-2, they could easily be 2-4.

On a side not, I'm really tired of hearing about Big Ben, "alleged rapist", coming back to the NFL. I don't like them turning his return in some kind of redemption story, he fucked up. Can we move on and not go on about it like it some morality play?