there are a few moments that are supposed to be "the biggest moments of your lives". i'm sure that my married friends would say that their biggest moment was when they said "i do" and i know that my friends with kids would say that their most memorable moment was when their child entered the world (side note: if you're married with kids, is the wedding or birth of your child more important?).
well, i'm not married and i'm not a father so the highlight film of my life doesn't include any umbilical cords or wedding cake.
the second-biggest moment of my life actually happened on Tuesday night. yes folks, The Nicki Minaj Appreciation Society won the Statesman's fantasy football league.
i've won a fantasy football league before but this was the ultimate win because it was in the Statesman league (i had finished as high as second in my three previous seasons) and a hefty $610 payout was on the line. i went into the 4th quarter of Philly's game against Minnesota on Tuesday night with a 17-point deficit but the trio of Michael Vick, LeSean McCoy and Adrian Peterson rallied and lifted me to a 11-point win. cha. ching.
yes, i have dog-killing Mike Vick on my fantasy team and, you know what, i'm alright with it. because while he murdered dogs, he also murdered my fantasy opponents this season. he paid his debt to society so i'm willing to hold off on the execution talk and besides, everyone knows that i'm more of a cat person anyways...
so i won $610 for the championship game conquest and i collected $760 in total winnings this fall. i spent $145 on my fantasy team. i'm no mathematician so Chastity or MK might have to help me out on this one but i think that i came out on top. Best Buy, here i come.
i have bragging rights in the newsroom for a year. i plan on abusing those rights.
i mentioned earlier that this was the second-biggest moment of my life. the biggest? Free North's victory over a team full of my residents in the University of Montana's 2006 intramural softball championship. that team was the greatest team to ever play intramural softball at the University of Montana. yea, i said it.
speaking of winning and intramural softball, the Ball Bustas also won something recently:
we went 5-1 during our fall season and were awarded this trophy for our efforts. not exactly sure what this bling is for (we finished in a tie atop our standings) but i'm just going to assume that we were awarded bonus points for our awesome jerseys.
the Ball Bustas probably won't play again until April but when we do, we'll be aiming for a city title. and if we win that, that will become the greatest moment of my life.
Queen, play us out.
i went on a mini-trip to New Mexico over the past few days as Chastity's best friend was getting hitched in Sante Fe to her longtime boyfriend.
now obviously, i wasn't going to drive to Sante Fe so that meant that i had to fly. and since i was flying, that meant that i had to fly through Denver. and since i had to fly through Denver in December, that meant that there were going to be issues.
i've whined before about my issues in Denver (my Christmas 2007 experience still gives me nightmares) so i shouldn't have been too shocked about what happened on Sunday. i got off my flight from Austin with a 90-minute layover awaiting me but i was greeted with news that my flight had been delayed for 60 minutes and, of course, that delay soon became a 90-minute delay.
so yea, i got to spend three hours in Denver. unfortunately this all happened at night so the restaurants were closing and i had no easy access to forks. so i nothing to gauge my eyes out with.
aside from the fork problem, having delays at night posed another interesting problem. we were staying in Albuquerque and driving to Sante Fe for the wedding and the place we were renting our car from closed at 1 a.m., which was an issue since we weren't leaving Denver until midnight. luckily, i was able to beg enough and the Alamo guy agreed not to close up shop until 1:30 and we barely made it.
so let's recap some memorable experiences at the Denver airport.
- memory #1: my trip from Missoula to San Diego in the summer of 2005 was delayed a day because my connecting flight was delayed long enough that my hostel wouldn't have been able to check me in. luckily, the nice airport people gave me food coupons and a hotel room.
- memory #2: Christmas 2007, Part I. i was stuck in Denver for something like seven or eight hours. for some reason Le still picked me up (she's a good friend) but i still didn't get inside the big blue house until after 4 a.m. oh yea, i tried to kill some of the delay at a bar in the airport and i forgot my wallet so i was wallet-less for the Christmas vacation.
- memory #3: Christmas 2007, part II. on my way back to Austin, my fright from Billings to Denver was delayed because of the weather in Denver. i missed my connecting flight to Austin. the fine folks at the airport did not give me food coupons or a hotel room.
- memory #4: the aforementioned trip to New Mexico.
honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that the Rockies play in Denver, i'd burn that city to the ground myself.
i have a few more observations about this week's trip:
- New Mexico has officially replaced Montana as the least black place in the world.
- the next time that Albuquerque builds an airport, they should put the rental car lot on campus. waiting for a shuttle at 1:15 a.m. is about as fun as chilling in the Denver airport.
- Chastity is in love with Sante Fe. scenery-wise, it reminded me of a poor man's Missoula. Albuquerque, while fun to spell, is a homeless man's Billings. these are not compliments.
- the church that Skylar and Sarah got married in was really cool.
- apparently, in New Mexico, "chili" means "sauce", not "that yummy goodness that you use to make hot dogs even more unhealthy." this guy was pretty surprised when he got his "chili"-covered eggs on Tuesday morning.
- i caught a cold over the weekend so while Chastity explored the city on Monday, i was stuck in bed. i will say this: The Old Adventures of New Christine is a somewhat funny show.
- cool things about New Mexico: snow, the sunrise and 75 mph speed limits on the highway.
that's all i've got. don't hate me Blair, you know that you miss Austin.
Lloyd, play us out.
about a year or so ago, i had a Facebook cleansing.
i looked at my profile and realized that i had become "That Guy." i was the guy who had a ridiculous amount of friends but could not remember who half of those people were. so i made some cuts and i went from 1,000-some friends down to 600.
as of today, i have 768 Facebook friends (including some people who were previously erased) so i guess i'm going backwards.
but i'm not here to brag about my online popularity. i'm here to complain about how i don't have 769 friends.
yes folks, i've the Defriender has been defriended. i don't know when it happened but it happened and i'm moderately rattled.
this story actually has a sad beginning. a kid that i went to church with back in Billings was killed last weekend in a car accident. he was about five years older than me so i wasn't saddened or anything but his mom has always been nice to my family (she was my dad's landlord for nearly two years) so i felt terrible for her.
the death got me thinking about RMCC, a church that i had attended since i was about 6. i decided to catch up (Facebook stalk) some of the people i grew up with.
i found out the Ben Holden is still playing some tennis. Marcus TenHarmsel seems to be traveling the world and he's got himself a cute girlfriend. and it appears that about 12 other people at my church are now married and pregnant.
oh and Anya Poirier? well, i wasn't able to catch up with Anya because we're no longer Facebook friends.
yes, i was defriended by someone from my church. i was defriended by someone who i've known since grade school. i was defriended by someone who i attended youth group with and someone who i just congratulated on her engagement about a month or so ago.
i don't know why i was erased but i'm annoyed. i don't even know why i'm annoyed but i am. i did some investigative reporting and i discovered that my sister isn't Facebook friends with her either so i will just let you fill in the blanks there (alright so she may not be racist but i'm still annoyed).
i guess my clever status updates about Ball Bustas softball and having respect for Justin Bieber aren't for everybody.
Bieber, play us out.
there are a few moments that are supposed to be "the biggest moments of your lives". i'm sure that my married friends would say that their biggest moment was when they said "i do" and i know that my friends with kids would say that their most memorable moment was when their child entered the world (side note: if you're married with kids, is the wedding or birth of your child more important?).
we went 5-1 during our fall season and were awarded this trophy for our efforts. not exactly sure what this bling is for (we finished in a tie atop our standings) but i'm just going to assume that we were awarded bonus points for our awesome jerseys.