Hello, Monday.

[shadorunr]

Monday - 27 September 2010

Another morning where the alarm goes off far too early…

Sunday was a good day. The day started with breakfast with SaraRules, Mary and Matt. Breakfast fare included items from Rich’s Bagels and Pin-Up Girl Espresso. After breakfast, we headed back to the house and chatted for a bit before Mary and Matt had to leave.

Then… came cleaning time. Yay. I intermittently distracted myself by checking the stats on the Bengals-Ravens game. The cleaning went well, as did the game. A little later, SaraRules and I went for a drive up Emigration Canyon - we wanted to see the fall colors. Unfortunately (for us), the leaves were still mostly green. There were hints and traces of other colors, but we’re at least a week out from full fall colors.

After dinner, we flipped back and forth between Sunday Night Football and The Amazing Race. Okay, okay, I flipped between them. It was the episode of TAR where a woman caught a watermelon… with her face:

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Yes, part of the reason was schadenfreude, but I also wanted to see what happened afterward. And, as it turned out, Claire - the victim of the watermelon assault - not only continued, but she completed that portion of the challenge on the second try after being hit. She also earned the respect of a number of the competitors for the way she got hit… and went on to complete the challenge. Additionally, Brook and Claire finished the challenge in fourth place. (I have to say that Brook came off as a little high-strung - bordering on “bitchy” -to me. I realize that it’s a game/contest, but your best friend just took a melon - fired from a ballista - IN THE FACE! What about cutting her a little slack?! ) I just finished watching the “Brook and Claire” video (above); Claire referred to Brook as “…a control freak.” Bingo. Nailed it. Explains much.

I wound down the night with a Spenser book, Now and Then. I’m going to miss the comfort of these books when Mr. Parker’s last novel hits stores.

Instant Replay: Football

Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens

17 - 24





The Ravens’ home opener against Browns 2.0…

…unfortunately, this game wasn’t televised here.

Sorry, zeeke, wherever you may be.

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Oakland Raiders at Arizona Cardinals

23 - 24





The Raiders dropped this one to the Cards… by one point.Congrats, Marr.

Sorry, SaraRules and  1silver_seraph.

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New York Jets at Miami Dolphins

31 - 23





Jets’ LB Jason Taylor returned to Miami to help lift his new team over his old one

This was a better match-up than I expected… even though I would have preferred that the ‘Fins take away the “W.”

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Cincinnati Bengals at Carolina Panthers

20 - 7





The Owens-Ochocinco Brigade rolled into B of A Stadium…

…and rolled out with a win. BAH!

Congrats carefreespirit and janietrain.

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