In the Heezy For the Wizzeekizzend

So Katie has been gone all weekend, she left for Wake on Friday early ass in the morning. I dropped her off, came home and slept until like noon. So I spent the rest of the afternoon goofing off for the most part. I did some work, I did some excercization, as I am now want to do, but for the most part I laid on the couch and watched crappy TV for a while. At least Friday nights have Reba and Miss Match now, I mean, Friday night TV is still subpar, but I can't even remember how awful it was last year. At least last year I was having buffalo wings every Friday night, I didn't even have the money for them this week.

Regardless, that was Friday. I went to sleep pretty late sinec I didn't get up until like noon, so I woke up just before noon on Saturday again. I went to work on my papers and actually got a fair amount written, I was proud of myself. I even managed to do it while watching some solid Big 10 football. Well, at least one of the two games was solid. The fucking gophs were getting killed, which has convinced me that I am bad luck for the squad. I have seen the Michigan game (disappointing loss) the Iowa game (disappointing loss) and the Wisconsin game (closer than it should have been but still a good win). I mean, that team should have beaten the badgers by two touchdowns, whenever they are on national or semi-national tv and I watch, they play way under their ability. On the bright side Wisconsin beat the pants off Jeff "Cock" Smoker and his Spartans, so it wasn't all bad. Purdue came up short in an incredible contest with THE Ohio State University that I was praying they would win. I will be so pissed when OSU plays for another national title, even though it will be fun to watch J. White stick it in them at the Rose Bowl.

On a final and more important sports note, the Packers looked pretty good today, excluding of course the passing game. The important part was that they made up for the passing game with a surprisingly solid defensive performane and incredible running. Ahman Green is such a fucking stud I can't even descibe it. Favre was not at the top of his game, but it is hard to be that way when your thumb is broken and your recievers can't catch anyway. Driver dropped two easy balls and so did Bill Henderson. When it mattered though, and this is the difference from the last couple of weeks, Favre got it done. They executed a pouding and intense 98 yard drive spanning 9:30 minutes of the third into fourth quarters that, while featuring three-quarters back Najeh Davenport for like 50 yards on the ground, was also continued by two big third down conversions in the capable hands of Brett Favre. He may only have like 100 yards and a touchdown, but he gives you a chance to win, thumb or not.

I'm quite certain there was something I intended to comment on before I got on this thingamabobber, but I can't remember it for the life of me at this point. I have begun my Thanksgiving plans, but I need Katie's help to go much further. There are some potential issues that we hadn't considered until very recently that we now need to address. For instance, we don't really have all the necessary equipment. Roasting pan, nope. Digital probe thermometer, nope. I mean, you can cook a turkey without them, but you are running too many risks. If necessary we make do with a normal thermometer and a cheap aluminum roaster, but if we are gonna need them anyway. Step one though is selecting the recipes. I have, utilizing mi amigos at foodtv.com, narrowed it down to some of my favorites, but I have to make sure Katie approves. I am also not sure which of the side dishes we are going to select. I mean, I know potatoes stuffing and corn, but we always had green bean casserole and I don't think Katie's fam does. I don't really care about green bean casserole, but if we need more vegetables I think its the way to go.

This whole being alone for Thanksgiving thing still strikes me as a little odd, but I am also sort of looking forward to it. I like the idea of enjoying a nice Thursday off, some beer, some wine, and a whole fucking hella lotta t-bird. Oh my friend triptaphen!! It has been a long time since we got down and dirty together. The bright side of my not being in Minneapolis for the holiday is postponing the potentially awkward situation with my parents being together in the hiz-ouse. As of a couple days ago they had still not sold and while they have been told that they shouldn't be worried about it doing so, it seems unlikely that they will have gotten rid of it by December. I don't know what their plan is for the season to be jolly and I guess it doesn't much matter as long as Katie and I have somewhere to stay, but my thinking is that my brother would likely be home longer if things were not as weird. Hopefully there will be some development in that process, otherwise there is a distinct chance the first time I would encounter them as truly seperated would be at the wedding (or when we come home for the wedding) which sucks what we in the bidniz tend to refer to as the nut.

Peace,

MB-K