BRETT FAVRE... BRETT FAVRE... BRETT FAVRE... the man that carried my fantasy team to the championship last year is saving my season again. The Matt Leinart experiment is all but over in both of my leagues after he was replaced by Kurt Warner in the second half of the Cardinals game and Warner was a lot more successful. Now all I need is for the Cardinals to name Warner their starter and then I'll be able to pick up a bonafided number two starter (or in the case of Bri's league a number one). This week I pulled off wins in both leagues as I took on the managers of both of my leagues Bri and TJ.
In Bri's "Pardon the Interception IV" league, I dodged the below-par performances of Matt Leinart, Reggie Wayne, Calvin Johnson, and Shaun Alexander to beat Bri's team 108-94 thanks to huge games by Donald Driver and RONNIE BROWN... YES YES the Ronnie Brown pick of the second round of the draft final paid off with a 35 fantasy point performance. Luckily, Bri's running back combination of Steven Jackson and Deuce McAllister popped a squat so I was able to overcome the performances of Jon Kitna and Housh on his team. This week I'm taking on a team that according to the predicted scores, I'm evenly matched against but I'm feeling a loss coming on because half of my team is on the Probable / Questionable list (which means at least one player I start probably won't play) and I've resorted to starting Chad Pennington because he's the only viable QB left on the Waiver Wire.
In TJ's "Definately Ditka" league, I handily took down TJ's team with monster performances from Brett Favre, Roy Williams, Joseph Addai, and Dallas' defense. And here's the best part: BRETT FAVRE outscored TJ's Peyton Manning this week. Obviously, I was orignially scared shitless to have to play against Peyton but BRETT FAVRE beat him. YES YES. So of course TJ had no chance after that. So with my QB position finally stable with Favre at the helms, I've now got to work on moving Willis McGahee because Adrian Peterson has been tearing it up on my bench and I don't know how much longer I can keep doing this. I'm heavily favored to win this week coming up but looks can be deceiving and I'm not going to get too full of myself like a certain Dusty who enjoys bragging about his goddamn Patriots players.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Aerosmith & Joan Jett
I don't know if I can stress it enough that my job at the radio station is AWESOME. Saturday night I worked the Aerosmith and Joan Jett concert down at the Borgata in Atlantic City. Normally, it can suck having to drive down to AC and be stuck right outside the concert venue without access to the show. NOT THIS NIGHT.
As soon as we had our table set up and ready for the crowd, I had some down time to wander around the casino a little bit and play some slots. I've previously had great success with the Wheel of Fortune slot machines (total winnings all time are around $1500) so I found my machines and in two minutes time, I was up $100. Normally, I'd want to press my luck a little bit, but after realizing I had just doubled what I'd be making for working that night, I decided to walk away on top. And the night would just get better.
So apparently Aerosmith concerts bring out some of the hottest women in the tri-state area. Luckily I was working with Feldman, a ladies man on crew in his 40's, who has some of the cheesiest lines, but the women eat it all up. The theme of our event this night was "COUGARS". They were crawling all over the table and us and most of them were drunk as skunks which makes it even more entertaining. It was like shooting fish in barrel (is that the saying?). I'd just point out hott women from across the way and Feldman would just reel them in. One of the games we were playing that night amongst ourselves was keeping track of how many hookers we saw and how many transvestites we saw. Surprisingly, we only saw two hookers, but we definitely saw four trannys. HILARIOUS. And the best part was that Feldman reeled in two of the trannys and definitely got a kiss from both of them. So we got to make fun of him for that the whole night.
As the night wore on, it was still apparent that we really didn't have a way to actually get into the concert. We were set up right outside the venue and could hear the concert pretty loud and clear but it's more of an experience to see the band as well as hear them. Luckily, Larry Mullin, the manager of the Borgata made an appearance at our table and hooked us up with VIP access which got us into the concert and also entitled us to the open bar at the side of the stage. So I was able to watch about 45 minutes of the show and I was also able to have a few beers on the house. I must say, Aerosmith can still put on an awesome show. It sounded like I was just listening to a CD, it was that flawless. And I'm nominating Joe Perry as his generation's Keith Richards. He looks the corpse of someone who died five years ago.
The night almost ended with a bang as a fight almost broke out in front of our table as everyone was exiting the venue but cooler heads prevailed as one of our listeners bitched out an ex-boyfriend who was starting trouble with her current boyfriend. Classic.
Probably one of the best concerts I've worked and should continue to be interesting next Saturday as I work the Heart concert down at the Trump Marina.
As soon as we had our table set up and ready for the crowd, I had some down time to wander around the casino a little bit and play some slots. I've previously had great success with the Wheel of Fortune slot machines (total winnings all time are around $1500) so I found my machines and in two minutes time, I was up $100. Normally, I'd want to press my luck a little bit, but after realizing I had just doubled what I'd be making for working that night, I decided to walk away on top. And the night would just get better.
So apparently Aerosmith concerts bring out some of the hottest women in the tri-state area. Luckily I was working with Feldman, a ladies man on crew in his 40's, who has some of the cheesiest lines, but the women eat it all up. The theme of our event this night was "COUGARS". They were crawling all over the table and us and most of them were drunk as skunks which makes it even more entertaining. It was like shooting fish in barrel (is that the saying?). I'd just point out hott women from across the way and Feldman would just reel them in. One of the games we were playing that night amongst ourselves was keeping track of how many hookers we saw and how many transvestites we saw. Surprisingly, we only saw two hookers, but we definitely saw four trannys. HILARIOUS. And the best part was that Feldman reeled in two of the trannys and definitely got a kiss from both of them. So we got to make fun of him for that the whole night.
As the night wore on, it was still apparent that we really didn't have a way to actually get into the concert. We were set up right outside the venue and could hear the concert pretty loud and clear but it's more of an experience to see the band as well as hear them. Luckily, Larry Mullin, the manager of the Borgata made an appearance at our table and hooked us up with VIP access which got us into the concert and also entitled us to the open bar at the side of the stage. So I was able to watch about 45 minutes of the show and I was also able to have a few beers on the house. I must say, Aerosmith can still put on an awesome show. It sounded like I was just listening to a CD, it was that flawless. And I'm nominating Joe Perry as his generation's Keith Richards. He looks the corpse of someone who died five years ago.
The night almost ended with a bang as a fight almost broke out in front of our table as everyone was exiting the venue but cooler heads prevailed as one of our listeners bitched out an ex-boyfriend who was starting trouble with her current boyfriend. Classic.
Probably one of the best concerts I've worked and should continue to be interesting next Saturday as I work the Heart concert down at the Trump Marina.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
GENESIS concert...
Wednesday night, I had the pleasure of working the Genesis concert down at the Wachovia Center. Once I got over my hatred of the dreaded MGK prize wheel, I was able to take in some of the show and I learned a couple of things.
1) I'm definitely not a fan of prog-rock.
2) Genesis has more songs I don't know than I do know
3) Some of Genesis' songs seem to drag on forever
4) Dueling drums solos are definitely uncalled for and a waste of time
5) I think I enjoy Phil Collins' solo work better than the music of Genesis
So it may seem that I hated seeing Genesis from the comments I had about the show, but in reality it was actually entertaining. We were actually able to take in about 45 minutes of the show, in seats on the side of the stage and it sounded pretty good. But, other than that, the night just seemed to drag on.
1) I'm definitely not a fan of prog-rock.
2) Genesis has more songs I don't know than I do know
3) Some of Genesis' songs seem to drag on forever
4) Dueling drums solos are definitely uncalled for and a waste of time
5) I think I enjoy Phil Collins' solo work better than the music of Genesis
So it may seem that I hated seeing Genesis from the comments I had about the show, but in reality it was actually entertaining. We were actually able to take in about 45 minutes of the show, in seats on the side of the stage and it sounded pretty good. But, other than that, the night just seemed to drag on.
Fantasy Football Week 2 Analysis
So maybe I jumped to some conclusions after my teams' poor performances in Week One. Week Two gave me the opposite results of Week One with both of my teams fucking dominating. But we'll see if it can hold up throughout the season.
In Bri's "Pardon the Interception IV" league, I got a huge scare from Clavin's team because he got huge games from Carson Palmer, Dallas Clark, and Chicago's defense. Luckily his running backs were Leon Washington, Chris Brown and his flex was Laurence Maroney who combined for a total of 5 fantasy points. In regards to Maroney, I might be looking like a bit of genius for picking up his backup, Sammy Morris who scored a touchdown and had 51 rushing yards with limited reps. We'll see how that pans out. Anyway, I got some strong performances from Donald Driver, Calvin Johnson, Todd Heap, and Neil Rackers, and was just able to fend off Clavin's late second surge from David Akers and Santana Moss. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get crushed this week, with my quarterback situation still pretty crappy and to make matters worse, Leinart is taking on Baltimore this week so I'm looking at negative points from him (my back up is JP Losman who's taking on New England, FUCK). I'm taking on Bri's team this week and he's looking primed to give me an ass whoopin'.
In TJ's "Definately Ditka" league, I scored the league's highest point total this season while destroying my opponent. I got a huge boost from the ageless wonder, BRETT FAVRE who seems primed to save my team once again this year. Keep in mind, Brett was the QB of my team last year that made it to the championship. My experiment with Matt Leinart once again blew up in my face in this league as well. But yeah my whole team dominated with the big problem coming out of this week is the injury to Andre Johnson. I've got Santonio Holmes waiting in the wings and I think he's due for a big game this week against San Francisco. My problem this week going against TJ's team will be the fact that he has Peyton Manning and I'm going to be playing Brett Favre who has to oppose a San Diego defense that will probably be trying to redeem itself after getting their asses handed to them by New England. But there is hope. Houston usually matches up well with Indy and their defense has improved this year so they could give Peyton a run for his money.
Optimism is high right now.
In Bri's "Pardon the Interception IV" league, I got a huge scare from Clavin's team because he got huge games from Carson Palmer, Dallas Clark, and Chicago's defense. Luckily his running backs were Leon Washington, Chris Brown and his flex was Laurence Maroney who combined for a total of 5 fantasy points. In regards to Maroney, I might be looking like a bit of genius for picking up his backup, Sammy Morris who scored a touchdown and had 51 rushing yards with limited reps. We'll see how that pans out. Anyway, I got some strong performances from Donald Driver, Calvin Johnson, Todd Heap, and Neil Rackers, and was just able to fend off Clavin's late second surge from David Akers and Santana Moss. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get crushed this week, with my quarterback situation still pretty crappy and to make matters worse, Leinart is taking on Baltimore this week so I'm looking at negative points from him (my back up is JP Losman who's taking on New England, FUCK). I'm taking on Bri's team this week and he's looking primed to give me an ass whoopin'.
In TJ's "Definately Ditka" league, I scored the league's highest point total this season while destroying my opponent. I got a huge boost from the ageless wonder, BRETT FAVRE who seems primed to save my team once again this year. Keep in mind, Brett was the QB of my team last year that made it to the championship. My experiment with Matt Leinart once again blew up in my face in this league as well. But yeah my whole team dominated with the big problem coming out of this week is the injury to Andre Johnson. I've got Santonio Holmes waiting in the wings and I think he's due for a big game this week against San Francisco. My problem this week going against TJ's team will be the fact that he has Peyton Manning and I'm going to be playing Brett Favre who has to oppose a San Diego defense that will probably be trying to redeem itself after getting their asses handed to them by New England. But there is hope. Houston usually matches up well with Indy and their defense has improved this year so they could give Peyton a run for his money.
Optimism is high right now.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Fantasy Football Week 1 Analysis
After a first week of turbulent NFL action, all three of my fantasy football teams are 0-1 and things aren't looking very optimistic. To put it in the simplest terms possible... I'M FUCKED. I'm not going to bother talking about my Yahoo public league because who gives a shit about that.
In Bri's "Pardon the Interception IV" league, I got my ass handed to me by Plaxico Burress (3 touchdowns), Peyton Manning (3 touchdowns), and Jason Witten (1 touchdown, 116 yds). That's basically the team I had last year in Bri's league so here's hoping Plexiglass bombs like he did last year. My team had no shows from Matt Leinart, Ronnie Brown, and Dallas' defense. I think I even managed to get negative points from the defense. So I quickly tried to clean up my defensive act by picking up Indy's speedy defense in the hope that they're not just a one week fluke.
In TJ's "Definately Ditka" league, my team is hindered by a faulty scoring system in the league. I failed to take a look at the scoring system prior to the draft and failed to notice that this is a QB-favored league. You get 4 points per touchdown thrown and a point per completion among other things. I'm fucked in that I drafted as if it were a RB-favored league, failing to notice that there isn't even a flex position on the starting roster. So right now, I've got Joseph Addai and Willis McGahee starting, with Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch wasting away on the bench. And because TJ is a fuck, it's going to cost me $5 per trade. I've now got to figure out how to wrangle away one of the top QBs from someone and also which RB will be expendable. Back to the scoring of my Week 1 matchup with Dusty. Dusty is going to ride the Patriots for everything they're worth this year, with Tom Brady as his QB and Randy Moss as one of his WRs. He lucked out big time this week. So Brady and Moss basically singlehandedly destroyed my team which was once again sunk by Leinart and Dallas's defense. So Dusty can gloat all he wants, but I should be able to come up with some kind of trade with my overstock of RBs in my war chest.
In Bri's "Pardon the Interception IV" league, I got my ass handed to me by Plaxico Burress (3 touchdowns), Peyton Manning (3 touchdowns), and Jason Witten (1 touchdown, 116 yds). That's basically the team I had last year in Bri's league so here's hoping Plexiglass bombs like he did last year. My team had no shows from Matt Leinart, Ronnie Brown, and Dallas' defense. I think I even managed to get negative points from the defense. So I quickly tried to clean up my defensive act by picking up Indy's speedy defense in the hope that they're not just a one week fluke.
In TJ's "Definately Ditka" league, my team is hindered by a faulty scoring system in the league. I failed to take a look at the scoring system prior to the draft and failed to notice that this is a QB-favored league. You get 4 points per touchdown thrown and a point per completion among other things. I'm fucked in that I drafted as if it were a RB-favored league, failing to notice that there isn't even a flex position on the starting roster. So right now, I've got Joseph Addai and Willis McGahee starting, with Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch wasting away on the bench. And because TJ is a fuck, it's going to cost me $5 per trade. I've now got to figure out how to wrangle away one of the top QBs from someone and also which RB will be expendable. Back to the scoring of my Week 1 matchup with Dusty. Dusty is going to ride the Patriots for everything they're worth this year, with Tom Brady as his QB and Randy Moss as one of his WRs. He lucked out big time this week. So Brady and Moss basically singlehandedly destroyed my team which was once again sunk by Leinart and Dallas's defense. So Dusty can gloat all he wants, but I should be able to come up with some kind of trade with my overstock of RBs in my war chest.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Final Fantasy Football Roster...
Alright here's the fantasy football team I selected last week at an in-person draft at Marty's. I'm not really happy about my roster at this point. I think the turning point of the draft was in the second round when I drafted Ronnie Brown over Edge... you be the judge.
Brian's "Pardon the Interruption IV" league
Team Name: DAS BOOT
QBs: Matt Leinart (ARI), JP Losman (BUF)
RBs: Sean Alexander (SEA), Ronnie Brown (MIA), Dominic Rhodes (OAK), Mike Bell (DEN)
WRs: Reggie Wayne (IND), Donald Driver (GB), Calvin Johnson (DET), Jericho Cotchery (NYJ), Brandon Jones (TEN), Ted Ginn Jr (MIA)
TEs: Todd Heap (BAL), Owen Daniels (HOU)
K: Neil Rackers (ARI)
DEF: Dallas
Brian's "Pardon the Interruption IV" league
Team Name: DAS BOOT
QBs: Matt Leinart (ARI), JP Losman (BUF)
RBs: Sean Alexander (SEA), Ronnie Brown (MIA), Dominic Rhodes (OAK), Mike Bell (DEN)
WRs: Reggie Wayne (IND), Donald Driver (GB), Calvin Johnson (DET), Jericho Cotchery (NYJ), Brandon Jones (TEN), Ted Ginn Jr (MIA)
TEs: Todd Heap (BAL), Owen Daniels (HOU)
K: Neil Rackers (ARI)
DEF: Dallas
Monday, September 3, 2007
EWE TOO ROCKS ME's final show???
I'm about a week late in posting this but I just wanted to chronicle EWE TOO ROCKS ME's latest show, rumored to be the last. If you've been living under a rock, then you've missed the band threatening to break up after each and every performance so there might not be that much substance to the breaking up statement. Last I heard, there's a possibility that we're playing a benefit for one of Adam's mom's friends, but who knows? Anyway back to the show which occurred Saturday, August 25th at Steph's house over in Gibbstown, NJ. Yes, EWE TOO ROCKS ME has now played in two states so we've now achieved national success.
To sum up this show in one word, it would be CRAP. It has become very predictable of us to follow up an awesome performance with a dud and sure enough we delivered. The day started off pretty badly with it being the hottest day of the summer so our spirits were already dampened (no pun intended). But yeah, our guest singer Bill, who had sung a couple of songs for us at our last gig was unable to make the show because he was down the shore, so the singing duties fell exclusively to me and Rhys (Joe was in a bad mood so he decided he didn't want to sing any of his songs). Luckily, our boy Rich was in the crowd and had offered to help us out where needed, and God knows we needed it. What made matters even worse was that Rhys had switched up our Set list the night before and we were starting off the show, with "Twist and Shout", for which we didn't have a singer. BAD WAY TO START A SHOW. So we brought Kelly Scott and Maggie out of the crowd to sing and it was awkwardly completed because A) we had barely practiced the song and B) the girls hadn't practiced at all with us so it was a bit tough. We then struggled on through the first half of our set, having abandoned the set list Rhys created and adlibing along the way. First half of the show ended up being one of our worst showings.
Fortunately, we had left all of our crowd favorites for the second half and with the crowd participating the second half went pretty smoothly and was a success. Highlights of the show had to be Rhys and Gooch jumping in the pool following Rhys's rendition of "Eruption" and the band successfully pulling off "Don't Go Away" by Oasis as requested by Steph. From what I heard, the song brought Steph and her mom to tears, not because it was a horrible rendition but because of the emotions stirred up by the song and Steph's eventual move to San Francisco. So that was pretty cool, our music actually held some meaning. But yeah, I'd say the show was a success to a certain extent, but definitely nowhere near as good as the show we put on at my house. Enjoy these pics:
EWE TOO ROCKS ME as a whole
At times, it was as if we were just playing to one person...
I decided to join the crowd and sit and act bored like everyone else...
Pointing at Rhys' male cameltoe
To sum up this show in one word, it would be CRAP. It has become very predictable of us to follow up an awesome performance with a dud and sure enough we delivered. The day started off pretty badly with it being the hottest day of the summer so our spirits were already dampened (no pun intended). But yeah, our guest singer Bill, who had sung a couple of songs for us at our last gig was unable to make the show because he was down the shore, so the singing duties fell exclusively to me and Rhys (Joe was in a bad mood so he decided he didn't want to sing any of his songs). Luckily, our boy Rich was in the crowd and had offered to help us out where needed, and God knows we needed it. What made matters even worse was that Rhys had switched up our Set list the night before and we were starting off the show, with "Twist and Shout", for which we didn't have a singer. BAD WAY TO START A SHOW. So we brought Kelly Scott and Maggie out of the crowd to sing and it was awkwardly completed because A) we had barely practiced the song and B) the girls hadn't practiced at all with us so it was a bit tough. We then struggled on through the first half of our set, having abandoned the set list Rhys created and adlibing along the way. First half of the show ended up being one of our worst showings.
Fortunately, we had left all of our crowd favorites for the second half and with the crowd participating the second half went pretty smoothly and was a success. Highlights of the show had to be Rhys and Gooch jumping in the pool following Rhys's rendition of "Eruption" and the band successfully pulling off "Don't Go Away" by Oasis as requested by Steph. From what I heard, the song brought Steph and her mom to tears, not because it was a horrible rendition but because of the emotions stirred up by the song and Steph's eventual move to San Francisco. So that was pretty cool, our music actually held some meaning. But yeah, I'd say the show was a success to a certain extent, but definitely nowhere near as good as the show we put on at my house. Enjoy these pics:
EWE TOO ROCKS ME as a whole
At times, it was as if we were just playing to one person...
I decided to join the crowd and sit and act bored like everyone else...
Pointing at Rhys' male cameltoe
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Fantasy Football Rosters
It's my favorite time of year once again, the beginnings of the NFL season. And what's an NFL season without that addiction known as Fantasy Football. So this year I'm going to be in 3 fantasy football leagues: TJ's ($50 entry fee), Bri's ($20 entry fee), and then I just did one public league so I could sharpen up my drafting skills. I've already drafted for the public league and TJ's and I've got Bri's draft coming up later tonight. So here are the two rosters that I've got so far let me know what everyone thinks:
TJ's "Definitely Ditka" League
Team Name: THE CHICKEN CUTLET
QBs: Matt Leinert (ARI), Brett Favre (GB)
RBs: Joseph Addai (IND), Willis McGahee (BAL), Marshawn Lynch (BUF), Adrian Peterson (MIN)
WRs: Torry Holt (STL), Roy Williams (DET), Andre Johnson (HOU), Santonio Holmes (PIT), D.J. Hackett (SEA)
TEs: Kellen Winslow (CLE), Eric Johnson (NO)
K: Stephen Gostkowski (NE)
DEF: Dallas
YAHOO! Public League
Team Name: Monkey Knife Fight
QBs: Donovan McNabb (PHI), Matt Leinert (ARI)
RBs: Stephen Jackson (STL), Edgerrin James (ARI), Marshawn Lynch (BUF), DeAngelo Williams (CAR)
WRs: Chad Johnson (CIN), Javon Walker (DEN), Braylon Edwards (CLE), Devery Henderson (NO), Jerry Porter (OAK)
TEs: Vernon Davis (SF), Owen Daniels (HOU)
K: Josh Brown (SEA)
DEF: Denver
TJ's "Definitely Ditka" League
Team Name: THE CHICKEN CUTLET
QBs: Matt Leinert (ARI), Brett Favre (GB)
RBs: Joseph Addai (IND), Willis McGahee (BAL), Marshawn Lynch (BUF), Adrian Peterson (MIN)
WRs: Torry Holt (STL), Roy Williams (DET), Andre Johnson (HOU), Santonio Holmes (PIT), D.J. Hackett (SEA)
TEs: Kellen Winslow (CLE), Eric Johnson (NO)
K: Stephen Gostkowski (NE)
DEF: Dallas
YAHOO! Public League
Team Name: Monkey Knife Fight
QBs: Donovan McNabb (PHI), Matt Leinert (ARI)
RBs: Stephen Jackson (STL), Edgerrin James (ARI), Marshawn Lynch (BUF), DeAngelo Williams (CAR)
WRs: Chad Johnson (CIN), Javon Walker (DEN), Braylon Edwards (CLE), Devery Henderson (NO), Jerry Porter (OAK)
TEs: Vernon Davis (SF), Owen Daniels (HOU)
K: Josh Brown (SEA)
DEF: Denver
WORST BAND NAME EVER...
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
I had been hearing about this band for a while now and was putting off listening to them because of their gay ass name. But I gave them a listen at the Hot Topic listening station and decided to buy their new album in part because apparently both Best Buy and Hot Topic don't properly stock their stores when new releases come out. So instead of listening to the anticipated new Scary Kids Scaring Kids album, I settled for The Devil Wears Prada and I was more than impressed. Their music is pretty viscious - a mix of The Chariot, newer Underoath, and Chiodos. So despite one of the worst band names ever, I still highly recommend giving a listen to The Devil Wears Prada.
I had been hearing about this band for a while now and was putting off listening to them because of their gay ass name. But I gave them a listen at the Hot Topic listening station and decided to buy their new album in part because apparently both Best Buy and Hot Topic don't properly stock their stores when new releases come out. So instead of listening to the anticipated new Scary Kids Scaring Kids album, I settled for The Devil Wears Prada and I was more than impressed. Their music is pretty viscious - a mix of The Chariot, newer Underoath, and Chiodos. So despite one of the worst band names ever, I still highly recommend giving a listen to The Devil Wears Prada.
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