March 17th

Where the fuck have you been? Honestly.

OK, that was some misplaced anger and I apologize for it. I didnt feel like blogging so basically, I didnt do it. Hold your applause until the end of the comebcak tour (March 17th-April 1, 2008. Will be immediately followed by the normal tour.)

• Today I wore a green T-Shirt and an orange fleece. The irony of this did not escape me although it was not my original itnention when I got dressed to do it. I feel like I am bombing myself. My fleece is actually out at my car making sure that when I start it, I explode. In the interim, my T-Shirt is shotgunning cans of Guiness, Bailey's, and Whiskey. The irony there, that drink is called an Irish Car Bomb. Perfect.

• So my diet went to the shitter over Spring Break in North Myrtle. I drank a lot, ate too much, laid around and had a good time. Really, the most active thing I did was climb the stairs at the multi-level putt-putt place we went to. That and throw the football around the beach and try to hit shit with it. Good times.

• That's about all for now. More to come soon. Promise.

Donnage

November 26th

Turns out that I took like...14 days off. A fortnight if you will. Back to it.

• My computer is on the 30 day DL retroactive to the 16th. Three weeks basically. Some bullshit about a piece of solder and the motherboard. Turns out I might lose everything too. Which is only mildly depressing. It isn't depressing because I have a lot of important stuff. Everything that I had on there I was done with and had been turned in. It is depressing because I am in season two of a Madden Franchise that I am 7-5 in and fighting for a playoff spot. Again, not a big deal, just a little irritating.

• I am not in the Christmas Spirit and refuse to be until something important happens. Like December first, that would work. Plus, Christmas commercials blow. Really, let's do something creative. And as soon as I see one of those wackass Kleenex commercials with the claymation-esque noseblowers, I'm going to blow a gasket.
  

• If Ohio State goes to the National Championship game, I am going to watch the game with Geoff. Drunk. That's the only way to watch OSU football, or any other Big 10 team for that matter. Plus, we will have a bet if they play West Virginia. For each point that WV wins by, I get one dollar. For every point OSU wins by (not bloody likely) I he gets a dollar. I have complete faith I will win at least $14 in this scenario.

• How good is home? I mean honestly. I like it here at school but home is where it is at. Watching the Cavaliers at the Q or at home with my Dad, talking literature with my mother, hanging out with my brother when he is around and not at work...it's fantastic. I just had a week at home. Good Lord, how hard is it to come back to school after that? Damn near impossible. And the thing is, I know people who miss school when they are at home. How? I miss home when I am at school and I am counting the days until I get to go home for winter break.
  

• Turns out that my knee is OK. I know that you were worried. No big deal. Just a little twisty, that's all.
  

• If Anderson Varejao doesn't want to play in Cleveland anymore, that makes two of us. He isn't going to get his money regardless. I'm just irritated that we didn't trade him last season to get Mike Bibby like I was saying we should have...on my other blog. I called all of this. Once I figure out how to link, I'm going to link to that. Fuck him. And fuck his brother and his agent. They can all go to Brazil and hang out and wait for nobody to want to pay them.
  

• Today I began a diet. Workout and or racquetball four days a week, Slimfast for at least one meal a day, cut down on fat, increase proteins and fruits and veggies. I will let you know how it works. This came about because I'm bigger than I ought to be and need to drop about 15 or 20 pounds. It can be done. I just have to make it happen. One thing is for certain, around Christmastime and New Years, fuck the diet. I am pulling out all the stops. As my friend J-Cro would say "To hell with health right now. Eat. Drink. And for God's sake, be merry. It's a celebration bitches". Amen to that. And by the way, if over break you see me eating leftover beans, ham, cookies, and potato salad and drinking a beer or a glass of wine...don't you dare say anything, if I respond, you will be sad about yourself.

Donnage out.

Turns Out I'm Not Quitting. Nov 12th.

Hey, been a while. I would love to give you some long drawn out story about why but frankly, it seems boring. Here goes.

• Reports of my quitting have been greatly exaggerated.

• I.H: While your comment about quitting easily and the rest of my life being sucky is noted, it is not the reason for the comeback. Life is sucky sometimes, I know this and everyone else does, but here is to perseverance. PRESS ON INDEED MY FRIEND!

• How cool was the football video? There are more but I don't feel like waiting 40 minutes for them to upload. They are available upon request.

• I would like to thank The Fighting Illini for making the BCS Title Game worth watching. OSU losing made my weekend and my college football season. Now Oregon and LSU can play each other and it will be a great game. Oregon by 7. Plus, how annoying is OSU? I mean, I know you guys whooped up on Akron, Youngstown State, and the crappy Big 10 Conference and all. Please. O-H......N-O!

• I sort of twisted up my knee in a botched piggy-back attempt this weekend at OSU. I requested the ride, my friend obliged. I jumped to get on his back...and he...ducked. I went over the top and twisted it a bit. This was Friday, I am still a little swollen and stiff and definitely sore. I can put weight on it though and it hasn't caused me poor sleep so I am not too worried. Someone pass the Ibuprofen.

Peace, Love, Hoops. The Donnage.

I quit

I am quitting blogging. The video, which took a half hour to upload, does not work. In addition to this greivance, my blogger flung itself into a different language once, and twice would not let me upload the video until today when it let me...but now it does not work.

Peace, Love, Hoops

October 30th.

Ok, so yesterday I took the day off so that I could post the following videos.

Quick, what can you do with an NFL sized football, a BG Falcons blanket, some duct tape, and a study break? THIS:

Why you ask? I in turn challange you to answer the question "why not?". But, for those of you who still want to know why. This is why:

• It was ridiculously fun. Seriously, we had guys from down the hall come try it out, I kicked (that is my roommate), I did comentary on the camera, and most importantly, nobody got hurt. "GREAT SUCCESS" (Borat 2007).

• It was something that fulfilled two basic needs: What to do during a study break. And how to fulfill my Roomie's innate desires to kick a football and to remain indoors. I had only the latter desire but did need the study break. Plus, it was a rough week and it turns out that sometimes, kicking things is a good way to get out some frustration.

• It was something that we could do that we knew would be fun and that we knew would probably get people in the hall at least interested in something other than the restroom, the water fountain, and dumping their recycling. Socially, the floor is a bit bereft saving my roommate and I and a couple other people. They call my building and the ajoining one "The Lonely Towers". Anything that I can do to garner some sort of social stiumlation I feel is my obligation to do.

• On a side note, I went to Wendy's the other night and...they were out of chicken all together. No nuggets, no breaded, no grilled, no "homestyle". Nothing. Now, I ask you, how does a fast food place on a campus of 21,000 students run out of chicken? The answer is simple. It doesn't. This is clearly a conspiracy while Wendy's brass figures out how to do one of the following things: 1. Make the sandwiches appear to be different. Or 2. actually makes an effort to not have the same chicken sandwich on the menu twice at two different prices, under two different names. For their sake, I hope it is the latter. I shall keep you abreast of developments as they come in.

• I would like to thank the unreasonably obnoxious Screaming Preacher who hollers at the top of his lungs outside the union for ruining my english class today. First of all, I don't care about anything he is saying. At all. Not even a little bit. Second of all, why the yelling? Third of all, what the fuck were people sitting 20 feet away from him listening for? Seriously, if I can hear the guy 200 yards away why do they need to be like...on top of him? All of you stop it or you are grounded. For being obnoxious.

Peace, Love, Hoops.

October 29th

Today I will be taking the day off. Suffice it to say, it will be well worth the wait. I am currently trying to figure out how to upload a small video clip (or several). It includes: NFL sized football, blanket, and running commentary. It will be worth it. That much is for sure.

October 28th

If you haven't noticed, I did just as my blog description says I would do from time to time and took days off. Seven of them to be exact. Let's get back into things.

• My roommate and my buddy sat in the cold to watch BGSU lose to Ohio U. It was terrible. The were out of it, in it, out of it, and finally, the gap was too wide to do anything about so we left. What a disappointment. Although I will say this: The team is talented but coached by a complete moron. Ineffective use of talent, poor gameplanning, bad special teams, stupid penalties, and putting guys in a position to lose instead of giving them a chance to win. Brutal.

• If you like chicken covered in delicious things, do yourself a favor and find a Jed's. Fireballs are what they are called. They are little balls of chicken spun in a sauce of your choice and you can get one of any number of topping combinations. I had Coney Balls. Chilli, cheese, onion, mustard, coney sauce, and I had it spun in a spicy sauce. It was fantastic. And reasonably priced. Check it out. Jed's. Tell 'em The Donnage sent you. It probably won't matter but if nothing else, it might be worth watching them flounder to act like they feel like they should know what that means even if they don't know, and probably shouldn't know.

• It's nice to finally have some good friends here to hang out with. It took a really long time but it turns out there are a lot of good people around and they are fun to hang out with. Good times.

• NBA basketball starts on Wednesday. People hate the league and say it's a joke. These are the same people that watch: College Basketball, Nascar, a lot of baseball, and shows like Jail Break. Get with it people. If you want to watch reality TV, throw on an NBA game. There is more drama than you can get anywhere else. Drama as far as the game goes, and drama with guys like Kobe Bryant. Drama with coaches, contracts, personality conflicts on teams, rivalries, you name it. And by the way, the NBA is the only professional sports organization where everyone on the floor is extremely athletic. "But Donnage, what about MLB?" Do a Google image search for Mo Vaughn, then talk to me. Football? Okay, if the 6-5 380 pound Ted Washington is an athlete, I'm in the mold of Dan and Dave of Olympic fame. I actually had someone say "Nascar drivers are athletes." Really? Look people, just because you turn left and hold your bladder doesn't make you an athlete. It makes you someone who stays away from water on race day and someone that would be awesome at driving on the turnpike. Get real.

Hopefully, I will have more for you tomorrow. I would like to do this daily but, as it says, "Sometimes, I will take days off".

Peace, Love, Hoops.