Holiday weekend...end scene.

Thanksgiving was great. The shopping was fantastic. Being with family, good food, etc, etc... but the BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY was clearly the highlight of my weekend. It was exciting, emotional, triumphant... and all of the things that college football should be. Now we should be Miami bound for the Orange bowl which unfortunately because of forces beyond my control, I am not able to go which bums me out like you couldn't even believe.

Still, we'll have a big BCS party and it will be great for those who stayed behind. Oh and Ohio State is also going to a BCS bowl. Ick. I really wanted to be Ohio's ONLY BCS team this year. And it looks like Notre Dame might be getting rid of Weis because Let's face it Notre Dame looks TERRIBLE... and word is that Brian Kelly is numero uno on their list. I know that he's Number 1 for the fans at least that what the boards/blogs seem to indicate. I've always hated ND but I think Kelly did a great job here and who can blame a guy for taking a 50% increase in pay? I can't. Plus ND is his dream job so it would be such a let down for Cincinnati, but understandable in reality. Plus, UC would then become a GREAT looking prospect for other coaches. I think Mike Thomas would make the right decision too.

Lauren went to the game and because of some internal turmoil that she's dealing with was very quiet. It's hard to see your best friend make a decision that you know will hurt her time and time again. Of course, after I finally put my foot down, she felt it necessary to repeat all of my (many, many) mistakes I've made and how she never put me down or told me I was making bad decisions.

All I could say was, 'You should have. A good friend does. You should have shaken me out of the funk and said 'listen dude, you're screwing up your life!' So that's what I'm trying to do for her. I know that with Love you have to let people make the mistakes and learn. But there comes a turning point when you say to yourself, 'this may be the mistake that ruins her life! That makes her cry again and again! And there's nothing I can do but watch her as it happens?!' I'm not good at consoling people after breakups. I suck at it. So I cant' really know what to say but I just... Im hurting to see her hurt so much. I want it to stop.

Anyway enough of my babble. After the game, I went to Shanna's and we put up her Christmas tree and George made a great dinner. I really got to spend a lot of time with my friends this weekend which is awesome.

I have a million projects I need to work on and all I really want to do is blog. Maybe I'll be back later after I dive into this pile of stuff to do.

Officially starting this blog...

Okay, I'm just going to jump into this blog right now. I need a new outlet and LJ isn't cutting it. I'm at work right now and Thanksgiving is tomorrow and Friday...well Friday... is the most wonderful day of the year. BLACK FRIDAY! I will be camping out in front of walmart to get a $97.00 GPS from GARMIN. I know a lot of people don't understand this shopping insanity but it is actually calculated into my DNA. Plus, I have the worst sense of direction (unfortunately not calculated into my DNA) and so actually knowing where to go every time I get into the car will be nothing short of amazing. Once, I drove around Cincinnati for hours trying to find my way home and really Cincinnati is not that big... I'm just that... directionally challenged.

The second HUGE thing that happens this weekend is the UC/Syracuse game where WHEN we win the game, we will clench the BIG EAST TITLE AND AND AND ...an automatic bid into a BCS bowl for the first time in history. It's like having a tiny little orgasm to even think about it. Orange or Sugar? I don't know, I don't know but either is beautiful. Fucking Beautiful.

Let me explain to you what being there on Saturday was like. It was one of the best moments ever. I will look back on the game for the rest of my life and remember what it felt like to beat Pitt for the first time ever. I will remember how it felt to rush the field to 'Another one bites the dust' while seeing the players hoisting up the River City Rivalry Trophy in front of me. The stadium alive with people jumping up and down and crying and screaming. Best. Day. Ever.

I'm trying to push past the really sad part of me that notices basketball coming into play to remind me that football season is ending. Okay, I can get excited about basketball especially with UC's 4-0 start to the season, but can I just say that when football season ends - it's like a grieving period every year. It's sad and it doesn't seem like there's anything to look forward to for months. April is kind of exciting when we purchase our season tickets and we have that spring scrimmage game. But then we really wait until August. And this year we're losing 11 seniors on Defense. It's a dark unknown out there right now- I'm just trying to have faith.

I have the funniest guys in my section too at the games. Chris, Brian, Amish/who I lovingly refer to as AJ. They have made games this year really fun. I say UC fans are the best. Lauren and Chris are going with us Saturday and it's going to be fantastic. Two of my favorite things in one place: Lauren and Football. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Okay some I'm done lamenting about the season ending and I'll focus on the good things in life and how much turkey I can eat tomorrow.