Crazy Daze, Silly Knights

Waiting patiently for things has never been my strong suits. As a child I peeked in Christmas gifts when they were wrapped, and those were just at the ones I didn't already find in the house. The first pages I read of my Nancy Drew novels were not in the beginning, but at the back of the book. Same thing for my Agatha Christie. If you ask my children, why will attest to my lack of patience. My favorite phrase is "Hurry up!" to them. In my world, nothing happens fast enough. It isn't all gloom and doom being impatient. I am rarely late for things...in fact most of the time I show up early. Sometimes earlier isn't better, as I've arrived at doctor appointments days early. Okay that only happened once, but I really wanted to know what was going on. I actually am jealous of people who are able to sit back and wait without constantly checking the time. People who can just accept that some things they can't get right away. Their inner child must be on lock d...

It is the day after the NFC Championship. Much to the dismay of Bears fans, Green Bay Packers won on Bears territory which now brings them to the Super Bowl. Chicago Bears were not the favored team so it wasn't a big surprise when they lost. It was disappointing, but really not surprising. I was hoping to the last turnover the Bears could pull a win out of the day. The biggest controversy of the game seems to be the Cutler factor. He injured his knee at some point during the game and was not allowed to return to the game. This made people sound off furiously all over the social medias questioning just how tough the man was if he was willing to sit on the sidelines and not play for the rest of the game injured. Now, let me start by saying, I'm not a football person. I watch the Bears...that's it. I am a Chicago fan and have no real interest in watching football other than the Bears. So I don't know all the ins and outs of what other players do. What I do know is Cutl...

Today is the NFC Championship game. Today the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers play at Soldier Field, and they have not been in a NFC Championship game in 70 years. Coupled with their intense rivalry, this is going to be a heck of a game today. I will make no apologies, I am a Bears fan. I was born in Chicago and raised in the suburbs, I almost had no choice but to be a Bears fan. When it comes to games against the Packers, if we win, I cheer a little extra hard too. But here is the thing...I don't hate the Packers, nor do I hate their fans. It is a football game to me. A game where athletes compete. Nothing more, nothing less. And it is fun to yell at the TV when things go wrong, or cheer when things go right. If the other team wins, then they deserved to win. Clearly they outplayed my team. I don't feel anger towards a team for beating my team. It makes no sense to me when people do get angry either. They are people just like them, cheering for their team. Someone...

When it comes to award shows, I usually am not part of their viewing audience. I have nothing against them, but I do find them a bit boring. Or so I did, until this year when Ricky Grevais hosted them. I woke the next morning, logged into my computer and there were intense reviews of his hosting duties that evening. Some people were applauding his roasting of the stars, others were appalled at his humor. I think the extreme emotional reactions to his performance at the 2011 Golden Globes is a little overblown. Both the attendees of the Golden Globes and Grevais knew what they were getting into...and yet both seem surprised at the results. Surely someone must have known Grevais was not going to put his style of humor on hold for an award events. My best way to explain it is this... If I have a dog which intensely dislikes cats and will attack them at will...I am not bringing him to a cat show. Nor would they invite me to bring my dog there. If for some crazy reason they decided to...

While I started this blog with the best of intentions...it has gone astray. I will not give an excuse as it will sound weak because it will be weak. I can, however, resolve to change or give it all up. I think I'll give it another whirl. So my New Year's Resolution is to finish what I started. For me that will involve a LOT of things. Which oddly enough might cut into my blogging time. Part of my blogging life will be a change of subject matter. As much material my friends and family give me, I can't in good conscious do that to them. Even if I change the names to protect the innocent, they will figure it out, and hunt me down. Since I am not a fast runner, I believe saying away from certain subject matters would be good for my physical and mental health. So here we are, at the end of January and I'm fulfilling one of my many New Year's Resolutions. Better late than never...or that is what I am going with.