When Bad Things Happen to Good Fans

This is some fucked up ass shit! No other way to put it. Please, walk with me...

As anyone reading this knows (both of you), I'm a huge sports fan. My NFL team is the Bills. Now, I don't know how this happened; I think when you grow up in a state with no teams (we need a constitutional amendment to address this occurrence) you end up loving teams for all sorts of crazy reason. Regardless, the Bills are my squad.

On March 7th 2009, the Bills signed one Terrell Owens, that's him up there with that dumb ass disingenuous grin that seems stuck on his fuckin face. You all know this jack ass. He's the one that has been moving from team to team throughout his career because his need to be the center of attention is so great that his presence creates a black hole through which nothing positive can escape. I'm serious.

He throws temper tantrums on the side line when he doesn't get the ball enough. He openly blames his team mates and coaches when his teams lose. His favorite thing to do, the thing that has ended his tenure at every team he's been on, is throwing quarterbacks under the bus. It's always someone elses fault. He even cries in post game interviews! (you must watch at least the first 30 seconds or so of this clip if you haven't seen it, one of the three greatest sports press conference moments; and pay no attention to what he says, it's all bullshit)

The worst thing about him isn't even that he does all of this with that fuckin smile. The worst part is that he does it all on TV. I watch Sportscenter every day, at least three times. So now, every time I see my teams logo, I have to hear about the latest T.O. "Look at me now" drama:

"Owens says he won't show up for voluntary workouts", "Owens says he knows the owner wanted him to stay in Dallas and others were conspiring against him", "Owens is staring in a reality show". I didn't make any of that up. Those have all been headlines since we signed him. T.O. loves reporters, and reporters love his dumb ass.

Here's a picture of him doing sit-ups in his driveway, surrounded by reports:

Do you see what I'm dealing with here people!!!

This is my fucking team. I'm not going to hear about our offensive line play, about the development of our young receivers or the play of what we hope will be our franchise QB. No, for a full season, I get Mr. Sit Ups In My Driveway and his stock market like psyche.

This is a horrible thing to do to a fan. I'm seriously considering taking this year off (we only signed him for a year). I really may just temporarily renounce my fanship and hitch myself to some band wagon for a season. Maybe I'll be a Giants or Jets fan, hell; I live here. Or maybe I pick a team out of a fucking hat, who fucking knows man. It's going to be a long fall.

It's Real

We're Getting Married! So, since we got engaged. I have been having frequent "I can't believe this is really happening" moments. Here's a picture of the latest, and maybe most powerful so far.

Those are our hands (obviously) with ring sizers on for our Wedding Rings.  This will be the only ring I have ever worn and the only one I ever will. I'm overcome with happiness everytime I think about it (about every 8 seconds). I Can't believe this is happening.  

This Is A Test

If this works, I will... Well I don't know what I will do but, I'm writing this on my iPhone. That's right. Not only can this thing find me the nearest clean bathroom, I can post to my blog from it.

The Greatest Month of All, But First....

Last night, Jon Stewart redefined Doing it For The People. I didn't get to fully digest what I had seen immediately because right after the show we turned to the Syracuse v. UConn game (more on that in a minute, wow); but I immediately realized I had just witnessed a historic, great moment in the history of television. He said what we all feel and he said it with force, never backing down, never conceding any thing. I wanted to stand up an cheer, more than once.

But thinking about it now, it's possible Jon Stewart is in the wrong place. He may not have a big enough audience. He needs to be able to do what he did to more important people than Jim Cramer (not that that ass hole didn't deserve every glorious second of it). Lets line up every asshole responsible for the mess we are in and make them sit in front of Jon Stewart for an hour or two. Hell, establish a Jon Stewart Court and let him be judge and jury for all of these mothafuckas. He can speak for all of us on this one, because he said it like no one else could last night.

I won't post it because it's a full episode, but watch it, if you haven't already.

And Now, The Madness...

As I mentioned earlier, after The Daily Show, I turned to ESPN and the Big East Tournament Second Round. Syracuse v. UConn. UConn was up two with under 4 minutes left when we joined the game. Six Overtimes later the Cuse pulled off the huge upset. Beating the 3rd ranked team in the conference, and 3rd in the nation, Huskies. It was a marathon. The numbers are staggering: 4 players on each team fouled out, the teams combined for 102 points in over time alone (211 for the game). Syracuse Guard and by far most valuable player of the night, Jonny Flinn played 67 minutes of a 70 minute game. But the numbers don't tell the story, it was exausting just to watch. By the fourth OT, the players could hardly run up and down the court; much less battle for a rebound. On missed shots, the ball would routinely come off the rim and hit the floor before anyone could get to it. The kids were spent. But they fought, and they dove on the floor, and they got in eachothers faces and no one gave up. It was amazing.

Do yourself a favor. Watch some college basketball this month. NCAA Basketball in March is quite simply, The Greates Event in Sports.

What Comes First? The Asshole or the Cop?

Well, time for some more outrage...

Have you seen the footage of the cop in Seattle savagely beating a 15 year old girl. If you haven't, be warned. It is brutal and hard to watch.

Here it is. The first pic you see is just a still, scroll down a bit for the video.

I don't think I need to explain every fucked up detail of the situation, the video speaks for itself. What did strike me though, is the force with which he attacked her. She looked so fragile. He could have killed her. 

So I've asked myself this question a million times, maybe someone else can figure it out: Does being a cop turn you in to a fucked up lunatic asshole? Or do fucked up lunatic assholes become cops? I suppose I have to make the obligatory not all cops statement. But lets not pretend that shit like this doesn't happen far to fucking often. 

This motherfucker who assaulted (no word I tried to use there seemed strong enough) this little girl had to be crazy before being a cop. But I don't want to waste to much thought analyzing him, they should charge him with anything they can come up with and put his fuckin ass in a cell for as long as possible. 

I hope he doesn't get off but, we know they usually do (Sean Bell). Fuckin cops man...