Choked January 23, 2008

I think the days & weeks leading up to the Sugar Bowl this year were tough on most Georgia fans for a variety of reasons. First, we got shafted out of the MNC, no question. We dropped several spots in both polls for No F%cking Reason. The media hype for this match-up with Hawaii was so biased and Georgia became the guinea pig of the BCS. We knew there wasn’t much of an upside to playing the rainbows unless we dominated & drop kicked their “Haka” back to Pearl Harbor. Add to that, the gimmicky offense of June Jones wasn’t something we’d faced before - even the our most loyal fans, myself included ashamedly, were worried about a possible repeat of the Sugar in ‘06.

But like so many times this year, especially in the last 7 games of the season….Georgia had the last word. We came out guns blazing. And Hawaii?

Well, THEY CHOKED!

  

“You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow this opportunity comes once in a lifetime…”

I’ve said it many times and I will say it again. No one does highlight videos like the Bulldawg Blawg. Nobody. And just an fyi, this one was just of Colt Brennan getting mauled. The full highlight video of the Sugar is coming soon.

“He’s choking, how everybody’s joking now, the clock’s run out, time’s up, over…”

I know watching this kid (another Heisman finalist, btw) getting his head knocked off repeatedly can be a little hard to watch. It was for me towards the end. Then I just remember all the shit he talked to our D at the line of scrimmage and remind myself this isn’t Ring Around The Rosies.

“But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water…”

This was their one shot. Their chance to prove they were as good as they claimed to be. Their chance to show us what the Haka really means, slitting of the throats and all. It was Colt’s chance to prove he deserved to be there with Tebow, McFadden, and Daniels at the New York Downtown Athletic Club.

They Choked.  Btw Colt, Marcus Howard says hello

It was UGA’s shot too. To prove we deserved to play in the MNC game. To prove we deserved to be ranked higher than 4th or 5th in the polls. To prove we could destroy the dreams of Div I’s only undefeated team. To prove we deserve to go into next season with at least a top 3 preseason ranking. To prove we’ve earned a spot in that upper echelon of college football’s elite teams.

The Dawgs proved all of that and more….and they didn’t choke.

Go Dawgs!

 

Feel The Force January 22, 2008

Since there is so much controversy surrounding American interrogation techniques of terror suspects, I think it’s time we comprimise and drop the whole waterboarding thing for this method:

 

Sweet Jesus, that was hideous! Forcing captured al qaeda militants to listen to this crap is surely tormenting and painful enough to coerce a confession.

Eddie Murphy Predicts The Future January 22, 2008

  

Wonder if he had some money down on this game?

  

I still cannot believe Eli Manning is going to play in the Super Bowl. You’d have to be psychic to have correctly predicted that. My money’s on the Pats by 12. Ugh. Dammit Favre!

  

Best part of the Pats game January 21, 2008

I was home again this weekend still trying to finalize some of my Dad’s business. Its so confusing and enormous, my head is swimming and I’m exhausted all the time lately. So any moment of falling-off-the-couch laughter is an awesome reprieve!

Late yesterday after some family meetings my brother and I went back to his house to watch the first playoff game. Now we’re huge Falcons fans, and we despise the Patriots. I mean come on, who isn’t sick of Bill Belichick’s reign of arrogance, the lying cheating bastard? Clearly I’m not a fan of the “win at any cost” attitude to sports. Color me crazy, but I think you should compete & win via hard work, determination, talent, grit, and respect for the game. Guess I’m just old school like that.

But I digress, realizing quickly I didn’t have a dog in this hunt, besides half-heartedly cheering on Ben Watson & Richard Seymour (DGD’s for sure!), I got bored by the half when it was obvious the Pats were gonna advance to the Super Bowl….again. Ugh.

Then we saw the funniest commercial I’ve seen in a long time. Leave it to Bud Light, and I hate their beer btw, to make one of the best commercials for the playoffs. This should’ve been a Super Bowl ad - its the one with the talking dog saying “sausages” over and over.  Hillarious! I’m telling you I cannot remember laughing this hard in a loooooooong time.

I started looking for it last night and just now found it on youtube. The best part is the squirrel at the end - I’m gonna be saying “Mind your own business Chump!” all week long.

Without the Packers (dammit Favre!) the Super Bowl is gonna suck this year. But if this is any indication of the commercials, I’ll watch it just to get some funny back into my life! ;-) 

Classic City Part Deux January 15, 2008

Okay, so I think I’ve officially qualified for the bad blogger of the month award. Not that it matters, I don’t have that many readers. I have the pathetic blog stats to prove it But seriously, I can’t believe its been a month since my last post. I guess time flies and all that…

Since my last visit here, a lot has transpired in my life. Some good, some bad. I closed up shop in Greenville, moved to Athens, lost my Dad after Christmas, transferred to ATC and started Winter Quarter. In that order. I can honestly say it’s been one of the toughest months of my life.

I won’t be writing about my Dad, because I don’t wanna go there, accept to say thank you to everyone who loved & prayed me through it. Correction, I’m nowhere near through it, so please keep praying. I covet them & appreciate the grace more than you know. Certainly more than I can adequately expressed.

One bright spot of many though, the Dawgs beat the shit out of Hawaii in the Sugar. Is Colt Brennan still alive? Damn. Go Dawgs! I hate that Munson missed calling this one. But, I really hate like hell that my Dad missed it - he would’ve LOVED that game.

Anyways, about the move… So, I love my new apartment. It’s in a great new community inside the perimeter. It’s new, elegant, chic, comfortable, and has really felt like home to me this week, rather than a place I visited to grab clothes to dash back to the upstate. I’ve only met one person in my complex so far though. It’s mostly just grad students & young professionals, which is nice. I’m not here to relive my college days, so the relative quietness is cool. I’m still getting settled in, my washer & dryer finally arrived today (Yea!), but all of the boxes are unpacked and pictures are making their way onto the walls. I hung a wreath on my door yesterday and baked some cookies earlier today. Silly maybe, but that’s how I know I’m home.

I guess it’ll take a little bit of time to really feel like an Athenian (sp?) again though. It’s so strange driving by campus everyday and not being a student! I’m sure I’ll love ATC, but I’d much rather be on Science Row.  Too bad UGA doesn’t offer my degree track yet

I decided that in order to truly regain my Classic City citizenship card again I need to do a few things in the next couple of weeks:

1. Join a gym - I miss ballet booty & need to get back into a regular routine.
2. Visit Churches - I have a few in mind & intend on visiting services soon. 
3. Get my license & tag updated - I got pulled last week by one of ACC’s finest (more blogging on that later) and got the lecture…even though I technically have 2 more weeks to get to the DMV, but whatever.

To that end, if anyone has any reccommendations on Athens gyms & churches, leave it in the comments section s’il vous plait. Merci!!

As far as my classes go, I’ve transitioned into ATC with relative ease…..so far. Getting used to the quarter system again is odd. My freshman year at UGA was their last on quarters. Winter quarter is a bitch, to say the least. Long lecture hours, long labs, same classes everyday, and everything is at warp speed to cram the term into 2 months. I’m taking Medical Microbiology and Applied Micro- & Biotechnology. The latter course is guaranteed to kick my ass much like Organic Chem last term. Ugh. C’est la vie je suppose.

But the good news is I may get a break from classes this week if the weather cooperates. Al Gore be dammed! Here’s hoping for a snow-day on Thursday!!

Anyways, it’s good to be back in the city I love so much; my own little version of copacetic. Thanks to everyone who’s wished me & my family well over the last few weeks.

PS - congratulations to Christina & Brian for finally gettin’ hitched on Sunday. Here’s a little Irish blessing that toasts you better than I could: 

May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace.
May your troubles grow few as your blessings increase.
May the saddest days of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.