August 6, 2009
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Resolve
First things first:
It is the FIFTEENTH year of the picks. 15! That’s a long way from writing things down in class on a newspaper clipping. In case you don’t know, the picks is and NFL pick’em league where you pick all the games in a season (with confidence points) and the winner at the end wins lots of respect. In 15 years, I have won twice, and never picked against the Dolphins (yes, even in the 1-15 season). I hope those facts are not related….
The ID is 2878 and the password is “sylmar”. Click here to join!
You can also join my Survival Pick’em league, (three strikes) ID=1131 or College Pick’em league (no spread) ID=1453. The password for those is also “sylmar.” Please sign up, it’ll be fun!
In some sad news, my ex has decided that I can never see Lulu again. I am not satisfied with this, and I not happy with this. I will not let the threats of her current boyfriend toward my safety deter me. I don’t know what to do about this, so I will continue to do the only thing I have been doing: missing her dearly.
In some good news, I am planning some great fall trips. For my birthday weekend, I am going to LA with my girlfriend Shawn to see her grandma and see UCLA play SDSU on Sept 5th. The only thing we are trying to decide is flying vs. driving. Either way, the travel days are my birthday (the third) and my birthday observed (Labor Day), which is unfortunate but.
Oh, Shawn and I are doing great! The pic above is the dog and cat we housesat in July… The dog loved to playfully nibble on the cat, and the cat was kinda OK with it. If you wanna meet her, the best chance is at the UCLA game in LA… she co-owns a business, so travel is always complicated. I’ll have pics of her eventually, but we haven’t done photogenic things yet, so no real opportunities yet.
The weekend after LA, I’ll be traveling to Tennessee to see UCLA play UT at good ol’ Rocky Top. We are planning a quick trip to Great Smokey NP too, so stay tuned for pics of that!
So, life is good. Lulu is a bummer, but other than that, life is very good, and I am quite happy.
Comments (7)
hey matt.
sorry about lulu! i know how much you love her.
good to hear that you are doing well, you sound so happy these days!
have a good one!
liz
@musings2008 -
Thanks for the thoughts… Sorry we haven’t been able to get together lately, we’ll have to do something fun soon!
RYC on my site… well first of all I’m excited to read that you know a thing or two about baseball, I haven’t found too many on Xanga who do… and I think you’re right, we need to focus on catching current cheaters and move forward. Hall of Fame voters should not consider potential PED use when evaluating a career, but simply concede that the whole era is tainted. Vote the players in if the numbers merit it, and you simply insert a display case that explains the context of “The Steroid Era.” I was trying to make a greater point about our society in general in that post, how we’ve come to tolerate and endorse cheating to various degrees in all walks of life, but I didn’t quite get there rhetorically, as I wrote it late on Sunday night as I was nodding on and off.
I will join at least one of your leagues. If you want to interact with other sports fans in a somewhat Xanga-like environment, I recommend you checkout FanIQ, if you don’t know of it already.
As for your ex, that decision is up to the court. She can’t make it unilaterally. Don’t go down without a fight.
Have fun with your travels!
hey… I have several geology friends at UT if you are in need of advice on things to do on game day. Sounds like fun! I am SO ready for football season!
@jasonwrites -
Oh yeah, I agree that cheating is a big issue, I just don’t like people using the evidence in their own minds to determine who is clean and who is not. Oh yeah, the thing with the ex is not legal (we were only engaged), so it’s complicated. But don’t worry, I am gonna do anything I can to see her again.
That’s some f*cked up shit Matt. And threats on your safety…*smh*…you need to remind people where you come from…SYLMAR BITCH! LOL. Sorry dude, I hope you find a way to get Lulu back.
@BruinOtwo -
Yeah… some fake cowboy from Cali is no match from a hood champ from Sylmar… Thanks for the support!