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Great minds think alike!

05 Sunday Apr 2009

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So all my plans this weekend consisted of me laying low and licking my wounds after having purchased a laptop using my Amex.  I try to be very disciplined when it comes to that kind of stuff so I have to pay off the Amex at the end of the month…thus forcing me to really, really be aware of my spending habits.  The week at work was insanity and its only going to get worse over the coming months so don’t be surprised when y’all see me and I look like a deflated balloon.  So on my way home from work on Friday, I went to Smyrna World of Beverage (where I promptly ran into M of M&T and felt very self conscious – what if he didn’t approve of my wine purchase?!  He winked and told me he wouldn’t "tell on me" – This is foreshadowing…)  Oh Spring, how I love thee!  Just a nice glass of decent Rose (Muga from Spain or Cline from Cali, trust!) and I’m a happy girl.  Then the phone rings and its Walkin’ Girl.  She’s had a very similar work week and wants to meet up for a drink.  Twist my arm!  So my guilt kicks in and I suggest M&T.  Off I go to meet up with Walkin’ Girl and I’m not even there for 5 minutes and SURPRISE – Girlyfriend and Mr. UGA are there too!  Its like one big M&T reunion!  I love it when I can be at my favorite restaurant with my favorite people.

:::Minor moment of "Heeee!" – I’ve got the tv on in the background and "The Parent Trap" (the remake) is on.  They just showed the scene where they sabotage each others cabins and memories of the prank wars I participated in at Auburn ring so many bells.  Particularly the ones where I wasn’t supposed to be encouraging "those kinds of things"…  Hehehehe.   One word, feathers.:::

My condolences to Alex P. Cheatin.  Villanova’s run for the tourney ended last night.  Although I did end up with UNC in my brackets winning it all, I don’t know if I would particularly mind Michigan State winning it all after seeing all the inspirational Detroit / State of Michigan tales of woe.  I got all teary eyed watching the pre-game shows yesterday (till they showed Kid Rock – that will sober me right up…).  Schmaltz gets me EVERY time.  (Case in point, I am watching "THE PARENT TRAP" right now, hello!)  The human interest angle definitely overrides the one jerk from Michigan State I dated years ago.  :)

Ok, off to finish some work and get some zzzzz’s. 

 

The Elite oops…

29 Sunday Mar 2009

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So here’s the deal…I have a bracket printed out on my computer desk at the house.  I have a bracket in my purse.  Yet it didn’t even occur to me that the Elite 8 would be played the very next day after the Sweet 16.  So…no point in posting my picks for that series because its already over.  I gleefully admit that I was WRONG WRONG WRONG and that my Final Four may as well be Final FAIL.  Honestly, I couldn’t be happier to be wrong because Mr. Alex P. Cheatin’s joy during the last 24 hours has become contagious.  I’m now on the Villanova bandwagon and although I pretty much know nothing about their basketball program other than my friend LOVES them, went to school there, and they must be super cool because he is…well, thats it.  But hell, I’m on the bandwagon.  GO NOVA.  My only real pick left in the tourney is UNC.  Oh well…  Thankfully I have a few days to address the Final FAIL.

So if you didn’t notice, I’ve also signed up for Twitter.  Its really convenient because when I see something hilarrible or just a little funny something I can Tweet it rather than having to post a Schizo blog post with 18 topics (which I cannot promise I won’t do…but hopefully this will lessen the number of tangents I leap off into…).

So here I am on TWITTER:  http://twitter.com/SassySouthBlog

Welcome to the blog:  The Pink Lady.  :::waves, you’re officially dubbed!:::  Hey girl!  The Pink Lady is a friend from Auburn who I have been blessed to be able to keep up with over the years.  We had a great time hanging out last night and catching up.  Welcome to the bloggy-verse, Pinky!

Thats all I’ve got today.  Little Sassy wore me out today. 

Hump Day!

25 Wednesday Mar 2009

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Happy Hump Day! 

I’m feeling rather quixotic today so I’m not going to stick to one topic-ish…oh who the hell am I kidding?  Do I ever?  Maybe?  Often?  I keep it unpredictable round here…

Anyway…

Cleolinda posted some funny stuff today about Twilight DVD extras, including the EW Director’s Commentary I posted yesterday (I saw this first?  How is that possible?).  One of the things she linked to was the potential filming of the "New Moon" scenes from Italy in…brace yourself Girlyfriend…Montepulciano.  :::Was that tires screeching outside?  Who is that banging on my door?  Oh, HI Girlyfriend.  You want to borrow my copy of NEW MOON right now??  Ok…fine.  Here.  Be kind.  Its a hardback.  Only my besties get to borrow the hardbacks.:::  Sorry about that, I knew she’d freak out.  She loves herself some Montepulciano.  And the OTHER Bella in my life, that’s Bella the VW Passat, is having to go into the shop this weekend.  She’s due for an oil change, her brakes are squealing, and there’s this burning oil smell which CANNOT be good.  :(  

In sporting news…shocking…brace yourselves…Auburn’s Men’s and Women’s teams are out of the NIT and the NCAA Women’s tournaments.  I know, you are SO used to us being SO great at basketball and all.  Auburn’s Men lost to Baylor last night.  I know, right?  Baylor?!  Meanwhile, Don Imus’ version of Kryptonite, Rutgers, opened up a can of whoop ass on Auburn’s women.  I mean it wasn’t even close.  I kept checking the score on my blackberry thinking it had to be a network error.  Nope, true ass whoopin’, Jerz style.  You do NOT want to piss off girls from Jerz.  Trust.  Those girls have big mall hair for a reason.  They can hide all sorts of stuff in them bangs.  Why do you think nasty redneck girls have big hair too?  Same reason.  I mean for real…when I lived in South Florida back in the late 80′s and early 90′s, we had big hair for protection.  I could hide an entire set of brass knuckles in my bangs.  True story.  :::smirk:::  

Alrighty then…its going to be an early night.  Lots to do…

Now Reading:  Ok, ok…I caved.  After all the "Twilight" movie madness I gave in and I’m re reading BREAKING DAWN.  I can’t help myself.  I HATE myself for loving these books.  They are SO bad they are good.  Its like loving Europe’s "The Final Countdown".  I mean what other song (other than "Take On Me" by Aha!) can you do an air keyboard solo to?  The song is so deliciously AWFUL its awesome. That’s how I feel about the entire TWILIGHT series.  The story is great, the writing is meh…sometimes you just sit up in your chair and shriek.  Years later we’ll look back on this like we do these 80′s songs and say, "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!  WHY DID I LIKE THIS?!"

Ok…who am I kidding.  I friggin’ LOVED Aha.  Still do.  Man that lead singer was hawt.

Oh holy SHIZ y’all, he sorta looks like RRPatz as Edward.  Dude, he even has the bouffant hairdo!! 

EVIDENCE:
 
TWINS!

And then this happened…

There.  Are.  No.  Words. 

I swoon.  I die.

Schweet Sixteen!

24 Tuesday Mar 2009

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So its been a good day.   I had so much going on at work that I looked up and realized I’d worked a 9.5 hour day and it was time to go HOME.  Had a lovely walk with Girlyfriend, did some shoppin’, read some friends blogs (seriously…Miss YankeeSouth is fast becoming the cupcake DIVA), and laughed my ass off at the "Twilight" DVD Director’s commentary last night.  Robert Pattinson (Edward), Catherine Hardwicke (Director), and Kristen Bell (Bella) are all commenting.  I was going to post my comments and then the brilliant people at Entertainment Weekly got paid to do it.  I couldn’t have said it better myself!

Edward says, "GRRRRRR!!!"

Onto the tourney!! 

Its the SUPER SWEET SIXTEEN!  Yey!  In the spirit of last year’s erratic over the top picks I sent out via email, I will now make my picks based on who would throw a better MY SUPER SWEET 16 party.  (Since I already picked my brackets…this should be interesting…)  And I’m humming songs from "The Sound of Music"…"You are sixteen going on seventeen…" 

Midwest:

  • Louisville vs. Arizona:  Well this one is a no brainer.  Arizona wasn’t even supposed to BE here.  According to my brackets, the Wake Forest kids were supposed to tap the trust fund and throw the best super sweet sixteen partay EVARRRR.  And then their rich granddad finally realized what a total shit his son had raised and disinherited the celebutante.  Since Arizona wasn’t supposed to be hosting this party their version of a party is chips and salsa, served by little mexican dudes with sombreros on their heads.  Louisville, meanwhile, has had the Papa John’s guy write the whole thing off as a "charity event", sold tickets, and is having an MTV film crew document the entire thing.  The Cards win.
  • Kansas vs. Michigan State:  I wouldn’t go to a party thrown by Michigan State because some jackass who is way too fat to dress like the dude from "300" will dress like a Spartan and run around yelling, "THIS.  IS.  SPARTA!!"  Meanwhile, Kansas is just thanking God that one of their state line’s isn’t completely straight, thus eliminating them from the category of "One of them square states…"  Their hoe down Sweet 16 party gets a wee bit crazy (due to the influence of the errant border on the Missouri side) but other than a few cows getting tipped, some dirty square dancing, a preacher’s daughter finding God in a hay loft, and some tractors ending up in a random field…no harm, no foul.  Kansas wins. 

West:

  • UConn vs. Purdue:  (Ok ok ok…I freely admit I had Mississippi State making it this far in the tourney.  :::peeks through her fingers:::  I KNOW!  Shame!  Stupid!  Stupid!  Stupid!)  So what about the University of Connecticut vs. Purdue.  Is this really a contest?  Y’all KNOW the UConn folks will bring in their home state heroine, Martha Stewart, to throw the party.  Not only will the event be spectacular, only have organic food, and be the envy of all their neighbors…but she’s done time and the girl knows how to carve a shiv.  Purdue doesn’t stand a chance.  
  • Missouri vs. Memphis:  Whoot!  The first one I got 100% right in the Sweet 16!  Missouri will be worn the hell out because not only will they throw a RAGING party featuring Nelly (who is the only person from St. Louis I can think of off the top of my head) as the top performer, but they also attended Kansas’ big party since they are the bad influence neighbor.  Their heads will still be spinning from all the square dancing and such.  Meanwhile, the Memphis guys have an amazing blues festival inspired party.  Barbeque, chill people, Elvis impersonators jumping out of cakes, and the bourbon is flowing.  The Memphis boys arrive relaxed, chill, and ready to kick some Mizzou Tiger ass.  Memphis wins.  

East (I’m on a roll now!)

  • Pitt vs. Xavier:  Uhhh oohhh…the Xmen finally have met their match.  The Xavier team’s mutant party is disrupted by the Pittsburgh STEELER fans, controlled by Magneto!  After an epic battle to the death, the Xavier X-men are no match for the Pitt team, who were all at a local bar having a kegger because apparently there is nothing to do in Pittsburgh but get drunk?  I dunno, is there?  Everyone I know from there leaves?  Anyway, Pitt wins.
  • Villanova vs. Duke:  Coach K. won’t let his team have a Sweet 16 party because they are DUKE and they shouldn’t need a party because they are DUKE.  So one of the kids on the team calls Daddy, Daddy arranges for strippers to be sent to the hotel…and well, the rest is history…  Meanwhile, Alex P. Cheatin’ arranges for an outrageous over the top event for the NOVA kids but also secretly ensures that all of their beverages are spiked with Gatorade and pretty much nothing else.  So they go home, disappointed yet sober.  NOVA wins!!

South (Again, 100%!)

  • UNC vs. Gonzaga:  The Gonzaga team rents out the American Girl cafe and bistro for their pretty pretty Cinderella Princess themed Sweet 16 party, complete with pony rides and face painting.  Meanwhile, the UNC kids have secret service personnel arrive at their door and are informed that since the President chose them to win it all, their Sweet 16 birthday party has officially been changed by the social security administration.  They are still legally 15 for another month and will party AFTER the NCAA tournament is over…  A lovely note is provided on Presidential letter head, "Thank you very much…sincerely, Barack.  P.S.  Can’t wait to see you at the White House!  Did you know we have a bowling alley!?"  Sasha and Malia have enclosed little finger painted pictures of themselves dressed in J Crew style UNC colored outfits on the White House lawn with their new puppy.  Michelle Obama sends cookies.  UNC wins.
  • Syracuse vs. Oklahoma:  The Oklahoma boys throw themselves a huge barn burner of a party, complete with picnic basket auction, horse races, surreys with fringe on top, and conestoga wagons galore.  Boomer Sooner, however, does not account for the boys from Syracuse having a few Uncles from Jerz.  The boys from Jerz arrange for a few players to mysteriously come down with a case of minor head trauma, induced by ruphinol, and the Oklahoma team wakes the next morning bleary eyed, not able to remember why they are all in a field and how the heck they got there…and where are their pants??  Meanwhile, the Syracuse boys all go over to Uncle Gino’s strip club and whoop it up.  A fine time is had by all and Uncle Gino has it all under control.  The Syracuse boys win.  Uncle Gino is also a bookie, ya know…

So there ya have it.  My Sweet 16 choices…overall, I only had a few wrong in my brackets.  God love me, but I seriously had Wake, Mississippi State, and Boston College all making it this far in the tourney.  I was right about all the rest so 13 out of 16 aint bad!!

Y’all have a good night.  Enjoy your sparkly vampire DVDs.  I know I did!!

March Madness – 2nd Round

21 Saturday Mar 2009

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So before my errand running begins (hello people watching at Walmart!) I shall now post my hits and misses for round 2:

Midwest

  • Louisville vs. Siena:  WTF, Ohio State!?  I finally picked you to win something and you let me down!  I feel like a pre season football pollster.  Yep, thats exactly how they feel.  Every year.  So anyway, Siena makes it further into the tournament.  ESPN is currently playing an extremely cheesy highlight video to the tune "One Shining Moment" and the velveeta is oozing off the screen.  Siena had their one shining moment already.  I have Louisville going to the Finals so this one is a no brainer.  Go Cards.
  • Arizona vs. Cleveland State:  Not only did Cleveland beat Wake Forest, they trounced them.  The WASPs were too busy making sure their argyle and cashmere sweater sets didn’t get mussed.  So Cleveland State is playing Arizona.  Wow.  I now have the Drew Carey show song playing in my head (don’t ask me why I even know this since I hated that show) "Cleveland Rocks!"  It should be "Cleveland Rocked" because they have the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame there and its all about people who were great.  Cleveland WAS great.  Arizona will kill them.  It doesn’t matter for me because I had Wake Forest playing in this game and moving into the Sweet 16.  Damnit.
  • Dayton vs. Kansas:  Apparently the Dayton boys were not intimidated by the West Virginny Hillbillies as I predicted.  They must have seen "Deliverance" and decided to come packin’ heat.  So now Dayton gets to play Kansas.  I’ve gotta tell ya, I didn’t see this one coming either.  The little schools from Ohio win and the BIG school from Ohio is already on the bus home?!  Its the Buckeye version of David vs. Goliath on the hardwoods.  Anyway, David runs into a big ass giant here and gets squashed.  No need to pontificate or get further into it.  Kansas wins.  I have them in the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8!
  • USC vs. Michigan State:  #@$%^&*~!!!  This is the one Second Round game I didn’t get a team right in.  What the hell, BC?!  You were supposed to beat USC!  I am so tired of them winning at everything!  ARGH!  And Bob Morris?!  Come on.  You were my big upset pick!  I hate Michigan State.  For some reason that school just gets on my last damn nerve.  That and I dated a jerk from there…but anyway!  To add insult to injury I had BC winning this game and moving onto the Sweet 16 to play Kansas.  THEN losing to Kansas.  So Its USC vs. Michigan State.  Not that it matters but I’ll have to cheer for the Trojans in this one.  Maybe Mark Sanchez will be on the sidelines?  That will motivate me!

West

  • UConn vs. Texas A&M:  Whoot!  I got this one right!  :::chair dancing:::  The Aggies didn’t let me down and took out the Mormons.  No offense to my Mormon friends out there, but not a single Utah school made it into the 2nd round.  Whats up with that??  Utah, Utah State, and BYU all got beat.  Damn.  Those bubble schools that didn’t make it into the tournament are pointing out a flaw in the entry process.  Methinks someone on the selection committee enjoys "Big Love" a little too much?  Anyway, back to the real game!  The Aggies will play well in this game, but the Utah State Aggies have already passed the curse.  UConn wins!  I also have the Huskies going to the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8…  Don’t let me down, you Martha Stewart loving preppies!  
  • Purdue vs. Washington:  Well crap, Mississippi State did NOT represent.  The SEC has one team left in the tourney after the first round.  Its up to LSU and our teams in the NIT this year.  And the LADIES!  Don’t forget our ladies are kickin’ ASS over on the women’s side of things and if Auburn makes it to the finals, Miss YankeeSouth and Alex P. Cheatin’ are planning to go see them in MSG!  NYC Bro, you’re on notice to represent the SEC if any of our ladies make it.  UGA is in the tourney right now too (and losing to Arizona State, ouch…come on Lady Bulldogs!).  Anyway, back to the mens.  Purdue vs. Washington.  Frankly, I didn’t have either team winning this game…I had Mississippi State going to the Sweet 16.  This teaches me to choose the ugly redheaded stepchild of the SEC to make it this far in the tournament, but I would have lost my SEC fan card had I not picked the SEC champion.  Anyway, I think Washington will probably win this one.  If Miss State had to lose, I’m at least going to cheer for the team that beat them.  
  • Marquette vs. Mizzou:  Well, lookie who won the holy war!  How you doin’ Marquette?  I had picked Utah State in the upset so whats up?  Where’s the holy underwear love?  :::my Mormon friends are literally throwing things at me through the computer monitors, I’m expecting a lecture.  Sorry y’all, its too funny NOT to bring it up.:::  Anyway, the Missouri TIGERS will win this one since Marquette is good but not THAT good.  The Pope is watching, which makes the Western Catholics VERY nervous…thus they lose.  Anway, the Mizzou Tigers seem like fun party people, even though Pequena Hermana swears Missouri should be pronounced Misery.  I have Mizzou in the Sweet 16, so don’t let me down Tigers!!
  • Maryland vs. Memphis:  Ok, ok…Dirty Girl is vindicated.  Maryland won, even though I didn’t pick them.  Now go put some Old Bay on something.  :::Auburn Sis just threw up a little in her mouth, she HATES Old Bay.  She used to complain about it all the time when she and Mr. ECU lived in Baltimore.  She said they even had Old Bay BAGELS.  LOL!:::  Anyway, Maryland is going to get pwnd in this game by Memphis.  Do y’all know Memphis has a 23 year old SOPHOMORE on their team?  Apparently the dude got rejected for grades and other such nonsense… One Junior College, 2 prep schools, and 3 attempts to play for Division 1 schools.  Boys and girls, here’s the poster child for get your shit together in high school so you can get INTO the schools you actually want to play for.  Ironic this is coming from the SEC girl, where our schools constantly recruit JUCO transfers…  Hehehe.  Anyway, this isn’t about me, its about Memphis…who I have making it all the way to the Final 4!

East

  • Pitt vs. Oklahoma State:  Way to go Tennessee.  I knew I should have known better but I was hoping the magic of Pat Summit and her Lady Vols would rub off a little.  I will always cheer for the SEC but man.  No love for UT.  Anyway, Pitt is going to kick the Cowboys ass.  They should be used to this since Oklahoma State is really good about getting to almost there but never QUITE good enough.  I’ve got Pitt in the Final 4 so there ya go.
  • Wisconsin vs. Xavier:  Yey me!  This is where my picks started going well.  Of course…in the East and the South.  Where my peeps are!  Anyway, Wisconsin’s bear claw loving beer drinking hard partying ways will go DOWN against Professor Xavier and his amazing X-Men.  Seriously, I don’t know why they let mutants play in the tournament.  Its just not fair.
  • UCLA vs. Villanova:  NOVA!  NOVA!  Yey!  I know what Alex P. Cheatin’ and Miss YankeeSouth are doing right now!  They are watching this game, just like I am!  Of course I’ve got NOVA winning this game, and the next one too!  They are kicking ass right now.  And really, why is it that UCLA wears baby blue and I think they look girlie but I have no issues with the shade of blue that the Tarheels wear?  I think its just their uniform design.  My inner fashionista is curious about my mental bias here…
  • TexASS and Duke:  You know, I might have swapped my picks before this game had I heard about Coach K’s douche bag comments about President Obama not choosing Duke to win.  I know you’re competitive and all, but your school hasn’t exactly been winning the tournament lately.  Are ya more pissed that he picked UNC to win or that he didn’t pick you to make it to the Final 4?  Anyway, Duke is going to win this game because now they have something to PROVE.  The school around the corner (literally) is being picked by many (including me, The Prez, Nerds, and Mr. UGA) to win it all…even with a bad big toe.  TexASS will have a good run but will be back on the plane to Texas, just like the Aggies will.  Texas is a football state, not a basketball state.  

South

  • UNC vs. LSU:  Yey!  ONE SEC team made it to the 2nd round.  Too bad they now have to play the eventual champion so they won’t make it to the Sweet 16.  Sucks to be you, LSU!  Hey, at least  you’re going to lose to the eventual champions…who I have picked to win it all.  So really, its sort of a win, win situation right now.  If the Tarheels win, yey for my brackets.  If the LSU Tigahs win, YEY for the SEC.  
  • Western Kentucky vs. Gonzaga:  YEY upset!  I picked this one and I was right!  Holy?!  Did anyone really think the Akron Zips (formerly the Zippers…no really.  Zippers.  As in the devices that keep your pants from falling down.  WHY did I not research this before the other night?  Oh yeah, because its AKRON and no one really cares.  There was a sign at this game that said, "I’d rather be a Zip than a Zag."  FAIL.)  Yey big red blobby mascot thingamabobs.  WKU will be so excited they made it to the 2nd round and will start referring to themselves as the Cinderella team.  Cleveland State, also declaring themselves the Cinderella team, will be offended and challenge them to a dance off on YouTube.  Gonzaga, who has been the Cinderella team so many times already they have the pretty pretty pink princess dresses and matching tiaras, will march out on the to court in their glittery chiffon and crenolines and whoop some Kentucky tail.  Sorry Mermaid Girl.
  • Arizona State vs. Syracuse:  So we have the upstate New York Orangemen vs. the Arizona State Sun Devils.  Anyone honestly think that some boys from Tempe, Arizona are going to be able to go up against some true bad boys from New Yawk?  Yeah, me neither.  Chexican, I love you girl (and enjoy the new job, I hope you love kimchee!) but I’m going with the Yankees on this one.  And in the next one.  All the way to the Elite 8! 
  • Michigan vs. Oklahoma:  Woops, sorry Clemson!  Looks like referring to you as "Auburn with a Lake" also shared our curse.  Apologies to the ugly version of our colors.  I didn’t watch this one because their colors offend my eyes.  Purple and Orange don’t even look good on Halloween, when some people try to throw them together.  Its just wrong.  Anway, Michigan is playing Oklahoma and the only thing Michigan has going for it is that its effing cold up there right now in Ann Arbor.  However, the Sooners can give two shits about the cold because they are from Oklahoma and there isn’t much to do there but play basketball in the winter.  So Oklahoma wins and their cheerleaders sing, "I’m just a girl who can’t say noooo!" loudly. 

So there’s my picks, misses, and disses from the previous round and this one.  Hope y’all have had fun reading.  I’ve had fun keeping up with it.  I’m also very proud of my Tigers in the NIT and especially our Lady Tigers who are kicking ASS and taking names in the Womens NCAA tourney. The Lady Tigers ANNIHILATED Lehigh 85-49.  Go Ladies!!!!!!  WAR DAMN EAGLE!

March Madness – The Dirrrty South

18 Wednesday Mar 2009

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South – Memphis, TN

  • UNC vs. Radford:  Ok, I did my research.  Radford is in Virginia…so they are Southern.  Two Southern schools duking it out in Memphis.  Too bad Radford is not going to be the Cinderella team because UNC is gonna win it ALL this year, baby! 
  • LSU vs. Butler:  Cajuns vs. Bulldogs.  The only thing I can think of when I think of Butler is Rhett Butler and frankly, he wouldn’t give a damn about this game either.  LSU wins.
  • Illinois vs. Western Kentucky:  Its a directional school with a funny mascot but Mermaid Girl did go to graduate school there.  For no other reason than that I will vote for WKU.  Wacky, crazy!  Hold me back!
  • Gonzaga vs. Akron:  Remember a few years ago when no one had ever heard of Gonzaga?  We didn’t even know how to pronounce it.  Can they really be the Cinderella team AGAIN when they wear the same glass slipper and break it every year???  Meanwhile, we have yet another little school from Ohio (so if my non scientific hey I just noticed something here method is accurate we’ve got quite a few teams from Tennessee, Ohio, and Utah).  We SHOULD have a few more from Kentucky but a certain school in Louisville didn’t make it to the tournament…Ahem.  Gonzaga wins.
  • Arizona State vs. Temple:  Another Arizona school!  I just talked to Chexican tonight and I’m feeling all nostalgic… I already made my picks earlier and what do ya know?  I picked Arizona State to win this one!  Besides, Temple’s mascot is an owl, which doesn’t scare anyone unless you’re a mouse from "The Secret of Nimh".  The Great Owl scared the bejesus out of me as a kid.  Still sort of creeps me out.
  • Syracuse vs. Stephen F. Austin:  Ok, yet another school that sounds like some dude is playing by himself in the tournament.  Unless this is Stone Cold Steve Austin this school doesn’t have a frickin’ prayer.  Syracuse wins. 
  • Clemson vs. Michigan:  Say it with me now…Auburn with a lake!  Yey Clemson!  I’m still over Michigan and all their shenanigans last fall so this was an easy pick.  What?  You actually think this is about BASKETBALL??
  • Oklahoma vs. Morgan State:  "O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A, OklahooooMAH!!"  :::dances over to the surrey with the fringe on top:::  Where’s Curly?  Morgan State is another Maryland school (Baltimore too, look at y’all!) but unless they are bringing boys who starred in "The Wire" with them to this game, the Sooners are going to win this one.

So those are my picks for the first round.  I’m now going to try to convert this damn PDF image to a JPG so I can post it.  Live Journal doesn’t like PDFs…  Argh! 

On a very sad note, Natasha Richardson died today.  Many of you will not know who she was but I always enjoyed her in every movie I ever saw her in.  She earned a very special place in my heart as the Mom from the remake of "The Parent Trap" a few years ago (its a cheesy Disney chick flick, of course I loved it!) and I was very sad to hear she passed today after major head trauma.  My thoughts and prayers go out to her family today.  Such a tragic loss.  I had just watched her in "Evening" a few weeks ago.  Her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, was in the movie with her.  They had a special magic when they were on screen together.  So sad.

March Madness – East

18 Wednesday Mar 2009

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East – Boston, MA

  • Pittsburgh vs. East Tennessee State:  Awww, its too predictable.  Another State with a direction?  Do I even need to go into this?  Meanwhile you’ve got PITT…who is pretty much going to make it to the Final 4 (yes, they are in my final 4).  But hey, you GO Tennessee with all these schools in the tournament.  Y’all are doing something right up there in the foothills!  Keep up that inbreeding!  Just don’t turn blue like those creepy people from Kentucky…  Be from Appalachia but not too Appalacian, know what I mean??
  • Oklahoma State vs. Tennessee:  This one is a no brainer.  I pick the SEC school.  I don’t even know who their Men’s coach is.  But I’ve been to Knoxville too many times and I’ve driven past the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame countless times (and yes, I do know who the women’s coach is, she rocks).
  • Wisconsin vs. Florida State:  "I said its great to hate Florida State!"  I sang that cheer when I was 3.  Got in trouble with Gator Momma over it too.  Gator Dad paid me a $1 later…  I have genuinely liked almost everyone I’ve ever met from Wisconsin, and they aren’t obnoxious about their athletic program, unlike some other schools who shall not be named…Go Badgers!
  • Xavier vs. Portland State:  Oh goodie, a geek pick!  I’m totally picking Xavier because it reminds me of "X-Men" (the movie, I don’t do comic books) and because it also sort of reminds me of Xander from "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" which is still my favorite television show of all time. 
  • UCLA vs. VCU:  Its getting late and this is a battle of the acronyms.  Frankly, I don’t care enough to know what VCU stands for.  I know who UCLA is.  I picked them.  Ok FINE, I looked up VCU and its Virginia Commonwealth University.  Mr. ECU just perked up because he’s from Virginia and DAMN proud of it.  I still think UCLA is going to win…
  • Villanova vs. American:  Well here we are.  Alex P. Cheatin’ just scrolled through all my picks for this one.  You know I love you, man.  Of COURSE I’m pickin’ NOVA.  Besides, American reminds me of that damn Lee Greenwood song they play at the Stone Mountain Laser Light Show right before the redneck montage when someone always screams, "The South will rise again!"  Its always a given. 
  • Texass vs. Minnesota:  Ya know, basketball is an indoor sport so you’d think that they’d spend a lot of time indoors in Minnesota and they’d be good at it.  Good enough to get to the tournament, yes.  Good enough to make it past the first round?  Not so much.  The good news is, they will have enough time to get back to Minnesota to get some good ice fishing done before the spring thaw!  Meanwhile, Texass will win this one. :::Thus proving to themselves that they are better than Ohio State and will everyone please stop comparing them to Ohio State, they have NOTHING in common what that school!  Just because they are always ranked highly in the pre season and tank at the end of almost every football season and have a coach who is awesome and they should be grateful but they are constantly hinting about firing him and now they have some random (angry) coach in waiting to keep the assistants from leaving…  Wait, was that my inside voice?  Sorry.:::
  • Duke vs. Binghamton:  Did we let the British play in the NCAA tournament?  Doesn’t this sound like a lovely little village in England?  "Oi yes, I’m from Binghamton.  Cheerio!"  Well their reaction to being up against Duke in the first round will more than likely be, "Bloody hell…we’re about to get our nethers thrashed!  Best pop over to the pub for a pint to numb the pain!"

March Madness Picks – West

18 Wednesday Mar 2009

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West – Glendale, AZ

  • Connecticut vs. Chattanooga:  As much as I love me some people from "The Noog" as we lovingly call our neighbors 2 hours to the north, U Conn is going to whoop some tail in this game.  Congrats to the Chatanooga whatever you ares because you made it to the tournament when many bigger schools didn’t.  And besides, we’ve got people there.  I should have chosen The Noog for sentimental reasons but hey…I do like winning some of the time!
  • BYU vs. Texas A&M:  LOL…its too easy.  The mormons vs. the guys who party so hard they build bonfires that are so big that they require structural engineers to certify them?  Yeah, I’m going with the hard partying Texans in this game.  Go Aggies!
  • Purdue vs. Northern Iowa:  I always mock directional schools and this one just sort of ices that cake.  Really?  NORTHERN Iowa.   Is it really populous enough to merit a directional school?  Is there a Southern Iowa?  Inquiring minds want to know.  Meanwhile, Purdue is a pretty major university with some damn smart people as alums.  I know quite a few of them.  They can’t quite explain what a Boilermaker is or why it scares small children.  Purdue wins. 
  • Washington vs. Mississippi State:  I could go into this long drawn out story about why I’m picking Mississippi State over Washington but the truth is that I’m picking them because they are the SEC champion and no other reason.  Lord knows they need someone to cheer for them.  Remember, they are in Starkville. 
  • Marquette vs. Utah State:  Well hell, I’ve already picked the Aggies once, I might as well do it again.  No, really.  The Utah State mascot is also an Aggie.  As for Marquette…its a Jesuit school.  The Power of Anal Retentive Catholic Christ compels them.  These are NO JOKE Catholics, y’all.  They do NOT play.  I think I picked them to win last year picturing a priest and a nun sitting on the side of the court with rulers in their hands threatening to thrash the players knuckles if they didn’t win.  What the heck, I’m rooting for the underdog…got UTAH STATE!  Are y’all noticing the Utah trend here?  Those Mormons can play some basketball!  Holy!?  Its a HOLY WAR.  New Testament vs. The Book of Mormon.  Holy Rites vs. Holy Underwear!    Mitt Romney vs. John Kerry…
  • Missouri vs. Cornell:  Oh look, its the token Ivy League school.  Hold on, I must use the preppy name calculator to figure out what the Cornell players names would be…  Dude, this is hard…Cornell doesn’t even have a link to Athletics on their home page.  Its like they actually emphasize academics.  They are so going to get their asses kicked by Missouri.  The preppy name calculator spit out the Cornell player names (which were already preppy to begin with!) Lauder Meigs Rhodes the 4th, known to his friends as Van, and Wharton Stone Maximillian the 4th, known to his friends as Jock :::I seriously didn’t make that up!:::  Well, two Quatros and only one jock…that pretty much just says it all doesn’t it??  Mizzou wins. 
  • California vs. Maryland:  I love me some crab cakes.  I love me some people from Maryland.  :::waves at Dirty Girl, Biker Boy, future Biker Baby, etc.:::  But I’m going with Cal in this one.  I dunno why, just am.  Its been a gloomy winter and I need some sunshine? 
  • Memphis vs. Cal. State Northridge:  Not just a directional school, a state school IN a location!  Meanwhile, we’ve got some mean Southern boys from Meh-yum-phis.  Yeah, this one is a no brainer.  Barbeque vs. organic garden greens?  BBQ and blues any day. 

March Madness – Intro and MidWest

18 Wednesday Mar 2009

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Its that time of year again! Time for me to finally give two bits of shiz about College Basketball. I’ve made my picks, checked ‘em twice, was informed by Gator Dad that I made a bad choice for National Champion because the point guard of my pick has a bad toe (these are things that I do not watch the news for…because its not football season – DAMNIT).  :::My inside voice, honest to GOD, was to want to quote Kate Mosley from "The Cutting Edge" and singingly say, "TOE PICK!".  Lord I used to love that movie.  I think I still have it on VHS?:::  More importantly…if I made crappy picks, I am in good company! Because apparently President Obama (they are calling it Barack-etology…LOL – there’s video!) AND Mr. UGA, myself, and some nerd at Georgia Tech all picked the same Final 4. I have faith in nerds, Mr. President, and hell half the time I agree with Mr. UGA so there ya go!

Here’s the brackets, bitches. Lets get going!

Midwest – Indianapolis

  • Alabama State vs. Morehead State:  Does anyone care?  My pick is Alabama State (who already lost!) over Morehead State. 
  • Louisville vs. Morehead State:  Louisville is gonna bring the pain in this one.  Why?  Because they finally remembered they are a basketball school and decided to leave football to the big boys.  Yes, the Auburn fan is talking shit.  Hey look, we’re not in this tournament either.  We were on the bubble and didn’t make it.  Shocker.   I’m picking them, ok?  Besides, I like the mascot.  
  • Ohio State vs. Siena:  Look, pretty much the only thing I know about Siena is that its a color, and Sienna Miller is an actress.  I know Ohio State is big, pretty good at sports, and pretty good at losing big games.  Fortunately this is just the first round of the tournament so they’ll come out strong.  They’ll lose later, don’t you worry! 
  • Utah vs. Arizona:  Well I have a definite bias here.  Chexican is from Arizona and well, I really don’t know anyone from Utah.  If this was football I’d pick the Utes in a heartbeat but its basketball, which I freely admit I know very little about but I think I remember Arizona winning this tournament a few years ago so yeah, I’m going with the Wildcats.  Go Cats!!
  • Wake Forest vs. Cleveland:  REALLY?  I mean seriously.  The Wake fans are going to arrive in their argyle and cashmere sweater sets, cheering madly while gripping their martini in one hand and their repressed WASPY shakers in the other.  What is a better expression of WASP repression than a shaker that basically hardly makes any noise?  :::shake shake shake:::  Meanwhile, Cleveland has the dubious honor of being the city Drew Carey is from and they have the Rock and Roll hall of fame…  Other than that, its pretty much a place people move away from…  So I’m thinking the WASPs win this one. 
  • West Virginia vs. Dayton:  Whoo, its the hillbillies vs. the nobodies!  At least the hillbillies have a personality.  Dayton?  I think Dayton is in Ohio.  Yep.  Pretty much the good kids went to Ohio State.  Can you imagine this locker room conversation?  Hillbilly, "Where you from, boy?"  Dayton player, "Dayton.  In Ohio."  Hillbilly, "Well y’all sure grow ‘em big in Ohio.  You’ve got a pretty mouth…"  :::end scene:::  WVU wins, because the Dayton kids are horrified and won’t get off the raft while paddling down the river in the NCAA tourney version of "Deliverance"…
  • Kansas vs. North Dakota:  Well, Dorothy isn’t in Kansas anymore…but North Dakota?  Isn’t their claim to fame that they claim Canada as "America’s Hat"?  Kansas wins.  Hey, even the President picked Kansas because his Momma is from there.  Thats good enough for me. 
  • Boston College vs. USC:  Ok Goddangit…I am tired of USC being good at everything.  They even have funny comedians like Will Ferrell as alumni!  No fair.  For the love of God, someone snobbier and more blue blood should beat them.  I chose BC!  They have a HUGE chip on their shoulders and you would too…being surrounded by Ivy League schools in Boston and being referred to as "that other school".  They ALMOST win everything.  Well not this time!  Come on BC!  Lets kick some Trojan ass!!  
  • Michigan State vs. Robert Morris:  Wait, wait…Robert Morris?  Who let this guy in?  I actually KNOW a guy named Robert Morris and he is sure as hell not in this tournament.  Didn’t I have too Google search this last year?  Isn’t this guy some historical figure that no one has ever heard of?  Anyway, some dude is playing Michigan State and I don’t like Michigan State so yey for the underdogs.  :::OHMIGOD the stupid audio from Robert Morris’ website just scare the shit out of me.  It came on SO loud.::: 

I think I have a point here? Nope…just lost it.

16 Monday Mar 2009

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Its days like today that I remember the old adage about March…"In like a Lion, out like a Lamb." Where is the freakin’ Lamb? I am seeing NO signs of Lamb. I hear no "Baaahs" just "Blaaahs!" I don’t think we have had a sunny St. Patrick’s Day in years. Its days like today…and yesterday…and Saturday…that drive the point home that I would NEVER want to live in Seattle. Or Forks. :::raises eyebrows as more of her girlfriends just perked up at that little joke…you Closeted Geeky Girls. Embrace your inner Geek. You know I love ya.::: Cold. Rainy. Wet. Miserable. Makes our beautiful spring days seem so much more shiny and pretty. We had a few days of having our windows open followed by misery. I just want to plant some damn flowers!

So today was fun. About 1:00 p.m. I started to feel dizzy, light headed, and then felt like I was going to faint. So I wrapped things up at the office and came home. Laid down…and couldn’t sleep! WTF? My jaw hurts and I feel like my ears are under pressure. Its definitely sinus / lymph node related. I just want to sleep! After laying there desperately trying to sleep and failing miserably I finally got up and started planning for the real reason we all enjoy March…that doesn’t involve Leprechauns, of course.

St. Patrick’s Day Rant: I’m Irish. I love me some St. Patrick’s Day…but some of the stupid excuses people make to drink is just plain silly. Its MISERABLE outside…but people just have to go to an outdoor festival and drink over priced cheap green beer and be in a crowd full of other miserable asshats who just want to hit on one another? I’ll celebrate being Irish (and German…yes, I’ve got both good drinking holidays and frankly the Germans have it WAY better with Oktoberfest. Its a MONTH. Well played, my kindred.) whenever I go to a pub. Order up a Smithwicks and ahhh..I’m happy. Some of my friends love going to Fado on St. Pat’s and standing in line for hours to get beer and listen to a U2 cover band. After a few years of this type of activity I have decided I’m over it. However, Fado is a step up from the ridiculous St. Patrick’s Day event I went to in Smyrna a few years ago. The square was just roped off and it was a giant block party with crappy beer and a long line to get in. Thanks, but no thanks. I’ll go to Savannah for St. Patrick’s Day eventually and enjoy the hell out of myself but on a random Tuesday in the middle of the week in a closed off parking lot for spillover crowds and port o’ potty’s? Nah. Y’all can keep your questionable hygiene to yourselves. If I do go out for a beverage tomorrow night it will be at a small local Pub, not some festival where people confuse St. Patrick’s Day with Mardis Gras and have decided that beads are necessary. I know a lot of true Irish folks and none of them wear frickin’ beads. One Irish guy got really really drunk and put on the silly Leprechaun hat and made fun of the stupid Americans pretending to be Irish…now THAT was a great memory. He also decided to say hi to me while I was standing in line INSIDE the women’s restroom at Fado. I don’t know what was funnier…him literally shrieking my name while wearing the stupid hat and making fun of the "Stupid bloody Americans" while slurring or doing it WHILE charging into the Ladies room at Fado. I laughed, gave him a hug…and then pointed out where we were standing. The stupid bloody American women were laughing AT him. He laughed it off and offered to buy them all a pint. God I miss that guy.

What I’m really planning on? Its time for me to finally give a crap about college basketball! The March Madness has BEGUN!!

So…keeping with tradition I will not be making my picks based on rankings, statistics, or even logic. I will be making my pics for each round based on bias, innuendo, politics, friendships, mascots, geography, and rivalries. Let the fun begin!

So for my friends out there who are NOT sports fans…64 teams battle to make it to the tournament. Its an honor to be nominated and all that crap. The real shizzle hits the fizzle around the end of the month…March 26th and 27th when the Sweet 16 play. So, here is a blank version of the brackets so you can see what all the fuss is about. I’ll publish my overall picks and then blog about each round. Alex P. Cheatin’ must be getting so pumped this time of year! Neighbor Girl actually cares about sports right about now.


Off to bed to take some nyquil and try to get some sleep! 

Just Read:  AURALIA’S COLORS by Jeffrey Overstreet.  I really didn’t enjoy this one.  The plot was choppy, you didn’t get to know any of the characters, I had trouble keeping up with who was the narrator in each chapter…no one was really likeable…and to top it off the entire plot was about a crazy king who decided to take COLORS away from his kingdom (and all other fun, shiny objects and art) because his wife was a lunatic.  There are other kingdoms somewhere that have no real purpose other than to be bad guys and one kingdom is run by Beast People (so help me God I had images from Beast Master in my head).  So the entire plot centers around a little girl who is, of course, MAGIC…and she creates art from the colors she finds in nature and weaves a magical technicolor dreamcoat…  As a matter of fact, I would have enjoyed it more if there had been an Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice soundtrack to go with this book.  I just really didn’t enjoy it.  I will not be getting the sequel.  

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