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I forgot my phone at home this morning. I realized I'd forgotten my jacket and had considered going back for that (fall has set upon us with a vengeance. It's like a flip was switched), but didn't realize I didn't have my phone until I got to the stop. >< Ughghgh. If I'd known that, I would have gone back for them both. My first thought was for my farm in Township, which not will not be updated alllll day. :( My second thought was for the fact that I wouldn't be able to answer email or dial in to meetings while on the bus. Bah.

You know what I did on the bus though? Read more of Andy Weir's The Martian. The first time I heard about this book was seeing a movie poster for it with Matt Damon's face. Now I see I'm the last to the party, as usual. It has over 13,000 reviews on Amazon and 4.5 stars. O.o I am LOVING it so far.

I finally read a story I think can serve as my "ending" for Gilmore Girls. It's short, and doesn't wrap up the Luke/Lorelai stuff, but all I really care about is Rory/Logan, so here it is: The Things You Must Remember. I don't know why it repeats itself, center spaced, halfway through... Just ignore that. There aren't a whole lot of fics on AO3 to be had for the ship, but that isn't surprising. While GG was on I don't think AO3 even existed, so all that's available are the stories that active authors have proactively posted there. I'm sure there were some really good ones back in the day that I've now missed out on, but I'm not sure I can make myself wade into the cesspool that is fanfiction.net on the off chance that they might be there.

In Seahawks news, they might sign Fred Jackson? What? I mean, I seriously like the guy, but do you really want someone else's iconic franchise player on your team? What can a 34-year-old running back actually have to offer? The scariest thing is what this says about our RB depth. Ouch.

My fantasy football league is doing its draft on Sept. 3, and I am determined not to miss it this year.

Meanwhile, Mad Max: Fury Road has been delivered by Amazon and is waiting for me at home. :D

I leave you with another cute image of Rory and Logan!

sarea: (earl thomas)
It was a good football day. I got 2 of the 3 things I wanted, and it was the most important 2, so I'm satisfied with that. Seahawks won, 49ers lost, and unfortunately I lost my fantasy football matchup because Carolina decided to forget that they play great defense.

Can anyone tell me why the Carolina Panthers were so terrible tonight? Not their offense, but their defense. Seriously? Letting the Steelers score that much on them? They cost me 7 points!!! Actually, 17 points, because they were supposed to give me POSITIVE 10 points, not negative 7! Argh!! Had they played more like their usual selves, I would have beaten this undefeated guy in my fantasy football matchup. :( I SHOULD HAVE WON. STUPID CAROLINA.

Except for Luke Kuechly. Hot, hot Luke Kuechly. Gratuitous photos. )

Especially after playing Marshawn Lynch and having him tear it up after being "questionable" all week as to whether or not he was even going to play! That man is seriously a beast. I can't believe we considered letting him go in the offseason. He clearly IS the offense.

More on the Seahawks vs Broncos game today... )

Watching that game was exhausting. The emotional ups and downs! The pure adrenaline! My hands were shaking after it was over.

According to my mom, however, there was never anything to worry about. She's become a fan of watching the Seahawks play, which, if you knew my mother, you would understand how utterly bizarre the idea is of her liking any kind of professional sport at all, much less something like gridiron football. Anyway, she watched the game on her own while I was out, and I had the following exchange with her when I got home. )

Finally, a word about the NFC West. Felt bad about the Rams losing, since they overcame their quarterback woes to play well and get a 21-0 lead over the Cowboys, only to squander it in an eventual loss. If they were still the same dangerous team as earlier in the year I might've been glad about them losing, but I don't see them as much of a threat anymore, so I would have liked to see them win for the NFC West. As for the Cardinals beating the 49ers, well... naturally I was rooting for that to happen, even though the Cardinals are also a dangerous team and are now one of very few teams to remain unbeaten after week 3. But they should also be weaker than they were last year... maybe. Hopefully. So I hope that says more about how much the 49ers suck than it does that the Cardinals are now the team to beat in our division. They were playing with backups, for god's sake.
sarea: (stiles faceplant)
I'm sorry to say that I'm in a general state of blah. I shall go through why that is, one by one.

1) The Seahawks losing. :( )

2) Plumbing issues. Why does my house hate me? )

3) Problems with my right thumb. Woe. )
sarea: (earl thomas)
So, last night's game against the Green Bay Packers. I was so nervous at the start of the game that I felt like throwing up (this is why I could never play sports; I get waaaaay too invested). I mean, it is no joke playing against Aaron Rodgers. He's like the new Peyton Manning as far as the media is concerned; he's the best QB in the league. (I wonder if they get together to decide these things as a group.) Almost all preseason rankings had the Packers in the top 5 of teams. I cursed the NFL for making the Seahawks' home opener after winning the Super Bowl such a tough matchup -- it's supposed to be an honor to open the season, and after a dream season they wanted us to have a good chance of losing our first game?! Right after unfurling our championship banner for the first time?! Jerks!

Cut for football commentary. It's even somewhat measured. )

Meanwhile in college football... apparently my UCLA Bruins are actually ranked in the top 10 this year (which I don't think they have been since I went to school there, when we dominated USC at just about every sport, including football)! Which is super exciting, but I'm thinking I might just have to do them the favor of not paying attention or watching any games. It seems like whenever I do, that's when they fail. It always happens. And then they're heartbroken, and I'm heartbroken. Ugh. /flashbacks

To leave you with stuff that might bring a smile to your face, here's some fun graphics: If every NFL team had an emoji for this season's kickoff and NFL players read mean tweets

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