Long Over Due

So.

I haven't been very adamant about keeping up with my blog. But hey, I've been busy! I'm an engaged man now, off the market, no longer available to date, unattainable, no longer a bachelor, intimately involved, taken, getting hitched, and whatever other descriptive words there are out there that I can use to describe myself as no longer "single".

Scared? No.

Worried? No.

Ready? Hell yes!

Here's a glimpse of where I'm currently spending my nights:

It's not the prettiest place on the planet...but it's my dad's house and it's "home". The rent is free and I get the downstairs to myself. Also: this is an older picture, the outside has been vinyl sided (grayish) and I've done a lot of landscaping. Also- that antennae is no longer on the top of the roof...hello 1960s....

And here's a look see at the new place Jillian and I are renting together as our first home after we exchange vows:

Okay- we didn't actually rent this place, but it's a damn nice picture, no? (Just Google: "Irish Castles") The point is- I can't wait to get out of my dad's place and start my life with my new wife!

Of course, that's not the only reason I'm excited for marriage- there are plenty of others to!!

SPORTS GAB:

QUESTION: What has two thumbs and is still excited about the New England Patriots?ANSWER: This guy (points to myself).

The Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets are not the greatest two teams in the Country but let's face it: once Tom Brady went down I heard that fans were actually leaving Gillette Stadium!!! Maybe this is a good thing for everybody. Maybe the media will stop hating on the Pats and return them to underdog status. Maybe the pink hat fans will jump off the (band) wagon and give us real fans some breathing room.

The fact of the matter is we haven't faced a season like this since before the Superbowl win in 2001. Tom Brady is not the quarterback, and let's face it he won't be the quarterback forever- and who knows? Maybe even not that much longer. It's Matt Cassel's time to shine right now, and so far? 2-1. The shellacking from Miami aside- the Patriots haven't look half bad so far this year, even minus their veteran QB. With this bye week- expect coach Bill B. to make the necessary adjustments both offensively and defensively. If we lose next week, I might be singing a different tune.

And let's give a hoot to those Red Sox too. I know that we're used to them winning too- but come on, NOBODY expected the Tampa Bay Rays to make it this far. Can I be the first to admit that this match up has started to actually excite me? AHHHHHHHHHH!

Stare into the new face of evil!!!!

Don't worry Sox fans I still despise those pitiful Yankees, that won't end soon- but it's not too bad to have a new villain in town. Even the X-Men had Magneto, and Apocalypse!!! We need to give the Rays their due- they're still hanging in there, no matter how many times we're tying them for first place in these last few weeks, they keep beating us again and getting back on top.

Not since the late 90s have I been this excited to see where the Sox end up in the standings, this late into the season. Usually I stop watching in August and wait for the playoffs in October...

MOVIE RANTS:

I don't think a good movie has been released since Tropic Thunder which came out a month ago and Burn After Reading did not quench my new movie thirst. For those of you thinking of seeing this movie because you really liked Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men, think again please.

Remember that the Coen brothers got famous with films like The Big Lebowski and Fargo, and that No Country for Old Men was not one of their original works. NCfOM was from a book by Cormac McCarthy, the author of Viggo Mortenssen's next movie, The Road.

The Coen bros return to their roots with Burn and I shake my head to think that it is a welcome back. True, both George Clooney and Brad Pitt satisfied me enough to keep me watching and laughing, and true they were the primary reasons that I went to see the movie, but in the end I just didn't think the movie was that great.

It is an average tale about John Malkovich being fired from his job from the CIA and staying home to write a memoir which his cheating wife accidentally saves onto a CD as she tries to download his financial information so she can give it to her divorce lawyer. Her lawyer in turn hands the disc over to his secretary who lets it fall out of her bag at the gym. Brad Pitt works at gym, finds the disc, uploads onto his computer and the hilarity ensues as the flaky personal trainer played by Pitt tries to blackmail Malkovich into giving him money for the disc's return.

Funny characters show up throughout, including J K Simmons (J J Jameson from the Spider-Man series) as the clueless director of the CIA. George Clooney plays a private detective who's only real story-line is that he's the one Malcovich's wife is cheating on him with. Clooney does play a pivotal role in how the story-line eventually plays out, but I can't help but wonder if the movie would've been better or any funnier if what he does to Brad Pitt towards the middle of the movie never happened.

I say wait for video on this. It's worth seeing if you're at least a Coen brothers fan- but think more Ladykillers than Big Lebowski.

I myself happen to be eagerly awaiting Eagle Eye.

That's all for now- it took me 10 days to finalize this post and get it out.

Hopefully I can start keeping up with this thing....my fans yearn!