Nov 26, 2007
Nov 25, 2007
the newest turtle picture
coloring pictures of ninja turtles seems to have usurped online scrabble and Daily Evergreen crosswords as my hobby du semaine (gender?). here's the latest:
Nov 24, 2007
dueling shitty quarterbacks
who both turned out to not be so shitty in the niners' regular season closer against the packers. in the last few years, the packers have sort of replaced the rams as my arch-nemesis, on account of the fact that they generally like to beat me and knock me out of the playoffs and make my life miserable. today was no exception. their defense held us to 3 points in the first half, and it would have been a really nice 3-0 defensive battle were it not for the fact that shortly before the end of the half the packers scored on a 40 yard pass, then got the ball back on an interception 2 plays later and scored on another 40 yard pass to make it 14-3, then tacked on a field goal in the final seconds of the half to make it 17-3. the niners got inside the red zone three times, but due to the always-infuriating packers defense, they only came away with three field goals, so it was 17-9 early in the fourth when finally smith connected with scholl for a touchdown. the 2 point conversion went to hell though and so it was 17-15. things seemed to be done for when the packers scored again on (what else?) a 40 yard pass play with six minutes left to make it 24-15. smith managed to get the niners to midfield with a few shaky passes before throwing an interception and the packers kicked another field goal with four minutes left to make it 27-15. at this point i actually hit myself in the face with the keyboard. unfortunately, this seems to have made the "m" key sort of sticky. anyway, the niners scored almost immediately once, and kicked off with 2 minutes left, and used 2 of their timeouts to force the packers to punt with under 1:30 on the clock. crazily enough, with one timeout and 80 yards to go, the niners converted four times on third down, once on fourth down, and then once again on fourth and goal with three seconds left to win 30-27. this season has been a series of absolutely ridiculous games...i suppose it's only fair that it ended this way. we finished 14-2 and advanced to the second round (bypassing the wild card) where we'll be playing the panthers, whom we beat earlier in the season 45-41. bowes got his 100 yards and ended the regular season with 2065 yards and the MVP trophy (for the second time). and here's a random picture of julian peterson intercepting a packers pass:
Nov 23, 2007
blast from the past
i typed "blast from the pants" at first. i guess that would have been a more interesting blog entry. too bad for you, huh?
every once in awhile i like to look back at blog entries from previous years just to see what was going on back then at this particular day. well, there's no entry for the 23rd of november from last year, but by reading the surrounding entries it sounds like things were pretty hectic but amusing. i was finishing up "Not California" over thanksgiving break (ironically, i had planned to record all this week too, but various things ruined my plans), and by the end of the week the Rocktopus had emerged. there was also the infamous "OH SHIT JIGGLYPUFF!" Picture Contest.
2 years ago i had just recently moved into the westview in pull-man. i was having my first thanksgiving here (with real food and people and stuff). i had just invented the phrase "bitch rockets", soon to become one of my favorites. i also had a blog post titled "the tampa bay fuccaneers", which is pretty freaking immature.
the niners won their first super bowl in november of 2005, and here's a random hilarious comment from 2 years ago, regarding madden football and the posting of screenshots: "i think when you get to the point of hanging a fantasy football plaque on the wall or posting 10 photos a night of your fake video football team on your livejournal, you don't need a life anymore, because you've created an entirely different and bizarre entity that doesn't even really classify as a "life" in any way, but is completely incompatible with it."
there was also this awesome quote about thanksgiving: "i'd like to thank my local manifestation of god for life and i'd like to thank our culture for once again memorializing and celebrating bigotry and genocide, and providing me with a humungous legacy of guilt and misunderstanding to carry around just because of my skin color and speaking accent." such a cynical young boy i was.
there was also the infamous "googling the carnivorous erection" incident, which i won't get into here again. you can figure it out on your own if you really need to.
every once in awhile i like to look back at blog entries from previous years just to see what was going on back then at this particular day. well, there's no entry for the 23rd of november from last year, but by reading the surrounding entries it sounds like things were pretty hectic but amusing. i was finishing up "Not California" over thanksgiving break (ironically, i had planned to record all this week too, but various things ruined my plans), and by the end of the week the Rocktopus had emerged. there was also the infamous "OH SHIT JIGGLYPUFF!" Picture Contest.
2 years ago i had just recently moved into the westview in pull-man. i was having my first thanksgiving here (with real food and people and stuff). i had just invented the phrase "bitch rockets", soon to become one of my favorites. i also had a blog post titled "the tampa bay fuccaneers", which is pretty freaking immature.
the niners won their first super bowl in november of 2005, and here's a random hilarious comment from 2 years ago, regarding madden football and the posting of screenshots: "i think when you get to the point of hanging a fantasy football plaque on the wall or posting 10 photos a night of your fake video football team on your livejournal, you don't need a life anymore, because you've created an entirely different and bizarre entity that doesn't even really classify as a "life" in any way, but is completely incompatible with it."
there was also this awesome quote about thanksgiving: "i'd like to thank my local manifestation of god for life and i'd like to thank our culture for once again memorializing and celebrating bigotry and genocide, and providing me with a humungous legacy of guilt and misunderstanding to carry around just because of my skin color and speaking accent." such a cynical young boy i was.
there was also the infamous "googling the carnivorous erection" incident, which i won't get into here again. you can figure it out on your own if you really need to.
two ugly games, two purty outcomes
i played two games today on account of my day being something like 36 hours long.
the first one (way back when it was dark the first time) was a strange game in that there was only one offensive touchdown per team all the way through, and one defensive touchdown, something like six turnovers, one safety, and 8 field goals (between the two teams). smith seems to have come down to earth as quarterback...he still has the highest rating in the league since coming in to replace bunting, but it's mostly because he's riding the wave of those first two crazy games. we ended up winning 22-19, but since i don't really remember anything from yesterday/today, i have no pictures or anecdotes. it was a really weird, highly offensive game, but nobody could get in the end zone. the deciding factor was really a rashan holman touchdown on a punt that bounced off the punt returner's head as he was running under it and rolled into rashan's arms for a 20 yard run and touchdown late in the game.
the second game took place in a crushing FOG an RAIN and was even WEIRDER.
on the very first drive, the giants took the lead 3-0 when a field goal landed on the crossbar and actually balanced there for a split second before rolling over the edge for the three points.
the niners countered immediately with a drive featuring three 20-yard bowes runs, and things seemed to be well in hand. for a minute. then smith fumbled on the sideline during a quarterback sneak and strahan recovered in what was obviously one of the game's fake "error" calls, as the ball was clearly out of bounds. the very next play however, the giants running back got absolutely karate chopped in half and fumbled back, leading to a niner touchdown.
there was even an altercation after the play on account of the sheer brutality involved.
then it was 7-3. a few seconds later, jeremy shockey went 78 yards for a touchdown and made it 10-7. for a game that was being played in mud and fog, the usual no-offense-in-adverse-conditions condition didn't seem to be applying. things went back and forth around midfield for the rest of the half, including a giants punt that was turned into a first down due a roughing the kicker call and a giants interception that was given back to the niners due to a pass interference call.
at halftime it was 20-7 giants, and they had amassed 311 yards to the niners' 101. something changed significantly (apparently) in the second half because the giants ended with 390 yards and 20 points to the niners' 28. it didn't help the giants that akili smith led the team to a 12 for 16 third down conversion rate, including two touchdowns on third and long, including this toss to bunting on third and goal from the 21:
the giants were outscored 21-0 in the second half and put up 2 more fumbles and an interception...
last game of the season probably tomorrow against the packers. brett favre is already injured so i can't break his face this year like we did last year. pity.
bowes is 48 yards shy of 2000 on the season and 85 shy of his personal all-time rushing record of 2036. he also taught the giants an important lesson tonight, which was "GET OFF THE TRACKS WHEN THE TRAIN'S COMIN' THROUGH!!"
the first one (way back when it was dark the first time) was a strange game in that there was only one offensive touchdown per team all the way through, and one defensive touchdown, something like six turnovers, one safety, and 8 field goals (between the two teams). smith seems to have come down to earth as quarterback...he still has the highest rating in the league since coming in to replace bunting, but it's mostly because he's riding the wave of those first two crazy games. we ended up winning 22-19, but since i don't really remember anything from yesterday/today, i have no pictures or anecdotes. it was a really weird, highly offensive game, but nobody could get in the end zone. the deciding factor was really a rashan holman touchdown on a punt that bounced off the punt returner's head as he was running under it and rolled into rashan's arms for a 20 yard run and touchdown late in the game.
the second game took place in a crushing FOG an RAIN and was even WEIRDER.
on the very first drive, the giants took the lead 3-0 when a field goal landed on the crossbar and actually balanced there for a split second before rolling over the edge for the three points.
the niners countered immediately with a drive featuring three 20-yard bowes runs, and things seemed to be well in hand. for a minute. then smith fumbled on the sideline during a quarterback sneak and strahan recovered in what was obviously one of the game's fake "error" calls, as the ball was clearly out of bounds. the very next play however, the giants running back got absolutely karate chopped in half and fumbled back, leading to a niner touchdown.
there was even an altercation after the play on account of the sheer brutality involved.
then it was 7-3. a few seconds later, jeremy shockey went 78 yards for a touchdown and made it 10-7. for a game that was being played in mud and fog, the usual no-offense-in-adverse-conditions condition didn't seem to be applying. things went back and forth around midfield for the rest of the half, including a giants punt that was turned into a first down due a roughing the kicker call and a giants interception that was given back to the niners due to a pass interference call.
at halftime it was 20-7 giants, and they had amassed 311 yards to the niners' 101. something changed significantly (apparently) in the second half because the giants ended with 390 yards and 20 points to the niners' 28. it didn't help the giants that akili smith led the team to a 12 for 16 third down conversion rate, including two touchdowns on third and long, including this toss to bunting on third and goal from the 21:
the giants were outscored 21-0 in the second half and put up 2 more fumbles and an interception...
last game of the season probably tomorrow against the packers. brett favre is already injured so i can't break his face this year like we did last year. pity.
bowes is 48 yards shy of 2000 on the season and 85 shy of his personal all-time rushing record of 2036. he also taught the giants an important lesson tonight, which was "GET OFF THE TRACKS WHEN THE TRAIN'S COMIN' THROUGH!!"
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