"Will I be a bills fan again?" written by Fellyconnelly on estrip.org

08/15/07 01:07 - 77ºF - ID#40558

Will I be a bills fan again?

Okay so ten years ago I moved from the Thousand Islands in waaaay upstate NY to New Paltz, NY in order to go to college.
this move marks the time in which i severed all relations to the Buffalo Bills.

I went from knowing everything to knowing nothing. I came from the era of Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, Jim Kelly, Lofton, Reich, Tasker, Hull, etc... man... those were the days that i thought the world was ending on a byweek. I was left elated, and deflated every sunday and the occasional monday...

then... nothing... i didn't even watch football. i might have even forgotten how the whole thing worked... even if i wanted to watch football, i would have been surrounded by giants and jets fans. my heart wasn't in it.
well now here i am... in buffalo. what a perfect opportunity to regain my interest in football, right? relearn all the players? watch every game and maybe even GO to one? oh what a concept!

only problem is that lauren hates sports. Hates the competativeness of it all. (obviously this doesn't apply to when she plays frogger or scrabble)

so now i have to convince her that it is all in good fun. or i should just give up. she has already said she is more likely to get into hockey than football - but i don't care enough about hockey... so... only time will tell i guess...

fellyconnelly writes at 01:39:19 08/17/07 - Comment #22484: i know there was a coed frat - mostly was theater students and whatnot - lauren's bro was a member... but it did use greek letters so i'm not sure...

jenks writes at 08:16:33 08/15/07 - Comment #22373: totally off topic- but you do know anything about a coed fraternity in New Paltz? Apparently it doesn't have a greek name... I just know a friend was (is?) in this fraternity, and has a shirt that just says "new paltz alumni" which I thought was weird.

fellyconnelly writes at 05:48:09 08/15/07 - Comment #22360: and james - the Dungeon Masters rule may or may not have made more sense to me than I will ever let on.

fellyconnelly writes at 05:32:00 08/15/07 - Comment #22355: oooo this is gettin good!

but really lauren will be way too busy with school and books and whatnot... so - all the time in the world i get!

drew writes at 05:26:59 08/15/07 - Comment #22354: Hey, wait, Leetee totally slammed you, Drew, and you didn't get it.
And I have Gilmore Girls on DVD so I get Gilmore Girls time whenever, wherever...

janelle writes at 05:24:03 08/15/07 - Comment #22353: Oh, hell yeah, you're on the couch by yourself tonight, byatch!

jason writes at 03:46:16 08/15/07 - Comment #22352: Hahaha. Brilliant, Drew!

drew writes at 02:52:12 08/15/07 - Comment #22349: She agreed to the deal when we got married. It's not my fault she didn't realize the NFL would outlast some crappy-whiny-girl show.

Dang. Now I sleep alone tonight.

leetee writes at 02:49:39 08/15/07 - Comment #22348: psstt... (e:Drew), that deal you have with (e:Janelle) kinda bites. The Gilmore Girls had the final show in the spring. How fair is it you get to watch all new NOT re-run sports and all she gets is re-runs of the world's best show?!

drew writes at 02:37:12 08/15/07 - Comment #22347: Ditch lauren and watch football. (E:Janelle) and I have a deal--she gets to watch Gilmore Girls and I get to watch football. Maybe Lauren would like to watch some old gilmore girls DVD's with her, and we can watch football. (Although I like watching the Steelers more, I plan to keep up with the Bills since I am a Buffalo guy now.

james writes at 02:03:49 08/15/07 - Comment #22346: There has been a few changes to the game since you left. For your benefit I will list and describe them below:

The 40-yard rule: If the ball is within 40-yards of the opponents goal, it is considered off-sides and control of the ball is given to the other team.

Never too late for sandwiches rule: In the event that the highest paying endorsement by any member of the home team is exceeded by the guest team that member of the guest team will provide endorsement for a local eating establishment, free of charge.

Dungeon Master's rule: if referees cannot come to an agreement a single member of each time will do combat with a Dungeons & Dragons character each wearing banded armor and caring a 1D6 long sword. No saving throws for acid damage.

jason writes at 01:45:15 08/15/07 - Comment #22342: Both sports have their merits. Both force the athlete to make some very, very quick decisions. Both have hard hits. With football you have to deal with TV breaks every damn 30 seconds. With hockey that is not the case.

If you do go back to the Bills, I give you credit!

lauren writes at 01:40:20 08/15/07 - Comment #22340: Uhhhhhhh. Football sucks.

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08/14/07 06:50 - 76ºF - ID#40541

why lauren doesn't drive

(e:lauren) said i never let her drive.
so today i made her drive
and she gets flipped off by somebody....

i don't even know what happened - i was daydreaming with my feet on the dash looking out into the bidwell park and we passed a car and there was a big ol bird waving at us.

well i guess lauren is too crazy a driver...

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Location: New Paltz, NY

Category: randomo

08/13/07 08:50 - 75ºF - ID#40524

all i want for christmas

I want a 42" tall rectangular pub table.

due to the excessive height of our stools
we need a tall table.
it needs to be long and narrow to fit into the area that we need it to fit into.

if anyone has one of these laying around... well you just let me know.
thanks

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Location: New Paltz, NY

Category: good times

08/13/07 03:51 - 80ºF - ID#40516

jobby job job

i guess i have a job. she said she would email me the offer letter anyway. thats fun.
i guess i was nervous during the first interview - she said i didn't really relax till the last ten minutes or so. okay, i guess i did better this time around...

anyway

we ordered from Just Pizza last night. Can I tell you that a Chicken Club Pizza is the most amazing pizza ever? i can't stop eating it. i had some for breakfast. and then i had another slice for lunch. it needs to be gone soon because i can't think of anything other than how damn good that pizza is.

and now we venture off to NOT ELMWOOD PET SUPPLY to purchase some cat food that doesn't list sweet potatos, cranberries and apples in their ingredients. We are horrible parents, but i think science diet is a just fine food for my horribly fat and lazy cats.

(E:James) and (E:Jim) - you must think us heathens to feed our kitties such crappy food (hehe)

later on peeps!

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08/12/07 04:05 - 80ºF - ID#40494

lame ass

I'm lame and don't know what I want to do for my birthday.
Or where to eat. Maybe I'll just pick up some mighty taco and watch a movie. That sounds like fun.
god i'm lame.

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Location: New Paltz, NY

Category: evento

08/10/07 01:48 - 78ºF - ID#40476

Gallery Trip

Everyone who is interested!

Albright Knox Gallery

7:30

probably an old hat for many of you (e:strip)pers. but its my first time. i hope they are gentle.

It is free on Fridays!

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Location: New Paltz, NY

Category: randomo

08/09/07 04:24 - 76ºF - ID#40455

docu - nerdo

i found a website that is absolutely chock full o documentaries. it makes me as happy as a kitten in a milk puddle. boy that was a silly simile.

i watched a documentary about flouride that was absolutely disturbing. i mean i heard that flouride was apparently not so good, but then i watched the documentary (biased as they tend to be) and found that the flouride that they put in our drinking water is, in effect, industrial waste from the phosphate industry. also learned that europe (smart little europeans) rejected flourine additives to their drinking supply in like 98% of their communities. And somewhere around 65% of american communities have flourine additives. And there are a whole bunch of other disturbing facts. Apparently my Pur water filter on my faucet doesn't filter it either.

Then I watched a documentary on Hitler's search for the Holy Grail. And the Ahnenerbe society that Himmler created to aid in this search. Very fascinating.

On another note... Cultural Friday!
We are going to the Albright Knox tomorrow with (E:chico) and Amy! (amy doesn't have an E name i think)
anyone else up for it?

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Location: New Paltz, NY

Category: good times

08/08/07 01:24 - 85ºF - ID#40442

a gun rack for her daughter in law

my mother just bought lauren a gun rack at an auction.
because she is sooooo funny.

and then suggested that we put it in our stairwell with a note that says that the occupants' gun was too large to fit on the rack.

my mother is insane.

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Location: New Paltz, NY

08/07/07 12:22 - 79ºF - ID#40424

i cook?

I am not a cook. I don't know much about cooking, nor have I ever really had much interest.

that being said, I'm starting to experiment. Zucchini and squash stir fry; with spinache pasta

and salsa chicken... with roasted potatoes and corn on the cob!

yeah who knew i could cook?

lauren and i have also taken to eating our dinners outside on the balcony. Nobody else seems to use their balcony like we do... though the neighbors seem to be venturing out there more and more... are we starting a balcony revolution?

on another note...

any of you mac users know how to export video that has been saved into iphoto? it doesn't seem to have that function available...

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Location: New Paltz, NY

Category: hgtv

08/06/07 06:16 - 80ºF - ID#40413

apartment paint job

Okay so the painting is all done and I have photos where you can see some of it.... i don't have a super fancy smancy camera that takes wonderful photos but i did what i could...

That's my cat. On my bed. I have a new bed that is being shipped to me sometime at the end of the month, but the point of this photo is that you can see my pumpkin patch/misty evening paint job.

There is my desk by the door. And one of the fully packed bookcases. notice the misty evening as an accent wall.

oh yes and then there is lauren in the kitchen.