Cooler Ranch

Well, I'm back to naming my posts after flavors. SEX! was really a poor way to go in retrospect. I think using SEX! as a title qualifies as pandering to the audience, no? Geez, I thought I had more integrity than that. And then I remembered, I didn't.

Cooler Ranch, by the way, is because I went back up to my roommate's family's ranch over Labor Day weekend, and it was even cooler! Cooler Ranch totally is a flavor, by the way:

See.

Anyway, I got to help out at their family reunion, which is nice. I totally didn't fit into the family atmosphere, seeing as how over half of his family is Hispanic... but what are you going to do. It was like that movie, Wedding Crashers. No, not really. It was actually really fun.

I found out a cool new way to cook meat! Light a fire underground, then bury it! It was pretty sweet. i AM trying this on my own, once I get home and a hunting license. Details to follow.

So, I haven't really disclosed my awesome travel plans yet. Seeing as how I'll be leaving Roswell on September 12th, and not moving into our Dinkytown Happyhouse until October 1st, I'm going to use those 2 1/2 weeks to travel! I'm out west anyway... so eh. Yeah! I'll be in Denver [visiting a friend :-)] from 9/12-9/15, in Layton, Utah from 9/16-9/19 visiting my sister and soon-to-be brother [:-)], then to Oregon! Destiny has propelled me there. All you friends of mine (i.e. Laina, I know you're reading this), saying I'd fit in so well on the West Coast... I'll be there a week, to test it out. Woot. Oregon better put up or shut up.

I tried moving somewhere random, for sole purposes of having a job there. It didn't work. Time to go scouting, places where I could be happy...

Ah, what else. It's time for football! Even though I wasn't present for my fantast draft, my pre-determined rankings did me well.

Why doesn't Matt Hasselbeck get any love? Top 5 QB in the league, and has been for the past 5 years. Geez. My fantasy team is so solid. I'm stoked.

Bold, fearless predictions on the upcoming NFL season:

As predicted earlier, Randy Moss breaks his leg in October. Pats go 13-3, look great, lose in AFC Championship to the Steelers.

Biggest disappointments: New York Giants (7-9), Cincinnati Bengals (Cinco-Oncé, 5-11) and Indianapolis Colts (9-7, edged out of playoffs).

Biggest surprises: Oakland Raiders (9-7, make playoffs, beat Jacksonville in Wildcard round, lose to New England). Seattle, at 13-3. Matt Hasselback looks like the second coming of Christ. Loses at home to Minnesota in NFC Championship Game...

AFC Championship: Steelers 22, New England 20
NFC Championship: Vikings 24, Seahawks 20.

Super Bowl...
I haven't decided yet.