Where Im most comfortable, football

With this years NFL season coming to a close,  I get to talk about the fun part of the season... THE PLAYOFFS.

Part of my heart goes out to the New England Patriots, who lose all world quarterback Tom Brady, go 11-5, and still didn't make the playoffs? So sad, but enough about them b/c they didn't make it lol. 

So many faces we didn't see here last year? Miami (1-15 last year), Atlanta proved they still had fight in them (no dog fighting jokes please), Baltimore is back this year and their defense is ridiculous, the Eagles ended up being the other team from the NFC East after being written off after their tie, but that's why they play the game... San Diego was also left for dead with 4 weeks left in the season but ran off a 4 game winning streak to take the AFC West crown, and somehow the Arizona Cardinals are in the playoffs, but someone had to win the NFC West right? Its gonna be a fun ride on Wild Card weekend, that's for sure

First lets start with the AFC. You 12-4 Indy traveling to San Diego to take on the 8-8 Chargers who are two of the hottest teams in the league right now. Phillip Rivers should be in the pro bowl after the second half of the season and all he has done putting the Chargers on their back after Landanian Tomlinson battled injuries most of the season and seems to be now @ near 100%. After battling back and all that hard work, now you have Indy coming to town, sucks for you. I dunno if the Chargers can battle it out for four quarters with Peyton Manning and the Colts offense, he simply has too many weapons. You shut down Reggie Wayne, Marvin Harrison kills you, or Anthony Gonzalez, or Joseph Addai, or Dallas (not the Cowboys) Clark, etc. I really don't know if that can be stopped when its clicking on all cylinders.

And in the other match up, you have the Ravens and the Dolphins, two 11-5 teams and a really intriguing match up. You have the resurgent Dolphins who won 10 more games than last year which is the biggest one season swing in NFL history. Then you got the Ravens, who has two of the best defensive players in the league in Ed Reed and Ray Lewis coming back to their old stomping grounds to battle. If the Dolphins can stop the Ravens run game, they have a chance, because then its up to shaky rookie quarterback Joel Flacco. Then again, this Ravens team won the Super Bowl 8 years ago with a shaky-ish quarterback right?

In the NFC, you have the Cardinals and the Falcons in "The Battle of the Birds" LOL lame i know huh? This game is simple, If the Cardinals show up like they did in the previous 2 games before the season finale, the Falcons will murder the Cardinals. IF the Cards can get Kurt Warner Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald going, it could be exciting. But I gotta feeling this one will go to the Falcons with Michael Turner and Matt Ryan leading the way.

And last but not least I have the Minnesota Vikings hosting The Philadelphia Eagles, which makes me wonder, how did the Eagles get here? Oh wait nevermind, they didn't buckle under pressure like NOmo and the Cowgirls... Ridiculous... Can they stop Adrian Peterson? No. Can they contain him? That's their shot. Contain him early and score early makes the Vikings have to beat you with Tavaris Jackson and their receiving core which I don't know if i can name you any of them off the top of my head (Cris Carter maybe??? lol). Don't see it happening, which could lead to some interesting picks for the second round, but enough with all that here's my picks

Indy over the Chargers

Baltimore over Miami- most shaky pick

Atlanta over the Cardinals- 75% sure of it

The Eagles over Minnesota- 100% sure, sorry AD

What do you think???

Merry Christmas... Riiiight

Oh to be young again...

Why can't I go back to the days where Christmas was fun again? I wake up @ 5 am and open presents, play with them, go to one grannys house for Christmas Breakfast, go to the others for Christmas dinner, go home and play with more presents from the family... Good times, but as you get older, you get less and less presents and notice more and more drama, funny thing is, i dunno which one i would change. Im sure everyone loves presents, but come on, isnt this supposed to be a time where we get together and have a good time and celebrated Jesus' birthday? I thought so...

1st stop.

My mothers' mom was drama because my cousin has two kids and his baby mother was having drama, and her Jewish boyfriend wouldnt let their kids celebrate Christmas, what they had celebrated for the past 7 & 4 years... And then my other cousin has his 4th kid on the way,  which is insane...

Ok 2nd stop.

I walk into my grandmother's house, my dads mom and i walk in just in time for the prayer.. perfect timing. I walk in and brace hands with my uncles and then the prayer begins, perfect. And then my uncle decided that that my grandmother disrepected him and went outside and began to curse liek no body's business about it, talking about his own mama it was terrible...

but then he kinda came back to normal which was frickin weird... 

& then theres my dad...

For those that dont know, he was in a really bad motorcycle wreck and almost died and he thinks he can be normal but the reality is, he can't @ all. his motor skills and social skills have deteriated tremendously but he thinks he can do like he used to do. Its really sad but he gets mad @ me b/c i wont allow him to do this or that, its really rough around the holidays because hes just a shell of what he used to be...

But enough about that lets hit up a life update...

I decided, after some advice from my boo, to go try out for my college football team. After over 3 years of dormancy, the fire has been restored and im ready to do it again, break some NECKS!!!! LOL I got wind of a tryout on the 21st and I have been in the gym everyday since i heard about it, and i have lost 6 pounds this week (before todays food consumption that is) so@ least I'll be in shape, wish me luck on that...

Speaking of boo, i mss her dearly and cant wait to see her on the 31st. It's gonna be a fun week and cant wait to ring in the new year with her by my side.

Well thats all I got for now so stay tuned, I'll be back soon...

Today

Today's a good day so far. Come to work today and realize my boss isn't here, so what am I doing??? NOTHING, i mean if someone comes in I will help them out or help em lease an apartment, but really besides answering the phone, thats about it.

Me and my co-worker/homeboy El Rey are kinda chillin and talkin about the youth today. (I know I know, I'm only 23 but I'm way smarter than I used to.) These kids are so silly, they need to realize that there is another way of life besides the streets. Robbin, killin, stealin, runnin the streets, dope dealing, etc., just isn't where it is. It's a sad state for us if they think that's all the world has to offer.

I hate the fact that people blame it on the music, Hip Hop in particular. If parents want to blame Hip Hop for it, they aren't doing anything their jobs as parents. Plain and simple. It's your job to teach them right from wrong in life, not music. Music, once again is ENTERTAINMENT. I listen to more rap than the average dude im sure, but you dont see me runnin the streets gun in my waistband do you? Just not my style.

I try to set an example for the youth by doing the exact opposite of what the music I listen to. It's like a reminder in a way not to do those things. Objectfying women- no way, being a playa- not me, Drug dealer- no sir, not me. Dropped out high school (T.I.) - i dont think i could have done that since im in college right?

I dunno what I'm getting at, I guess I just wanted to get stuff off my chest that's what this thing is for right??? LOL

Umm...

So I decide to start blogging because I was told i leave a very interesting life... So I said what the heck right? I guess I'll let people delve into my life, I can't let such an exciting life go unnoticed right? Ok well it's fun to me so here goes nothing...

Well for Starters we can get a lil background...

I'm in school and I guess I enjoy that, since i should've graduated this semester but i have a lil bit of a commitment to a major problem... It's major number five for me as of now which i believe this will do for now. Im set to graduate in 2010 and then god knows what from there. 

I'm in a bit of a transitional phase right now in a lot of different ways and its gonna be quite a ride. For starters, I quit drinking and all my friends drink. I quit partying and all my friends love to party. So in that aspect its really different right now with staying friends with my friends while not goin out with them and what not. Like i said, its goin to be interesting. Also, I used to be a college athlete and i have put on a few pounds since my football playing days and trying to get down in pounds, so its gonna be interesting, I keep putting it off, starting to eat healthy and workout regularly... Its all in the air right now...

Also, I just started having a girlfriend, we've only been official for a couple weeks and it all seems amazing right now but it always is in the beginning. But seriously, this one seems different and i love it so far, hopefully it stays amazing, Im praying it does... As I'm writing about her she calls... odd. LOL

I'm in a fraternity, the fraternity they call Kappa Sigma, if you don't like that, that's your decision and that's that. And please don't judge about fraternities and fraternity brothers and greek life in general, its much more than you think, if it was all about partying and drinking do you think i would have joined it (refer back to about what i previously said upwards from here lol).

I'm a sports nut, i love Texas Longhorn football, TarHeel Basketball, The Boston Red Sox, The Houston Texans, Atlanta Falcons, gotta lil love for the Cowboys, and the Cleveland Cavaliers (Lebron is my guy)...

Music is key-Kanye and T.I. and some Lil Wayne... but I can listen to a lil bit of everything...