I may like Canadians after all.  This is how the Canadian women’s team celebrated their win:

Pretty legendary, eh?  Obviously, (and lamely) the IOC is “investigating.”  I wouldn’t trust the IOC’s gauge of appropriateness though–let’s not forget that they chose Rio over Chicago for the 2016 games.

So party on my neighbors to the north; you may have beat the U.S. for the gold, but you’re ok in my book. 

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Because I miss gridiron (and hate New York):

Things I Live For:Wheat Thins; my new Cricut machine

Quote of the Day: “Stop walking down my street; who do you expect to meet.”  –Tom Petty

A very special Super Bowl edition!

Trivia is just another form of random shit, so you know I love it.  Useless knowledge can help you impress people, or win shots at a bar.  It’s win-win all around.  So try your hand at these questions… NO GOOGLING!!!  I’ll post the answers in the comments section later today…

1) Who holds the record for most passing yards in Super Bowl history?

2) What team has made the most appearances in a Super Bowl?

3) What team scored the least amount of points in any Super Bowl game? How many points did they score?

4) Name the team that appeared in every Super Bowl from 1991 – 1994.

5) Who was the first black head coach to coach in a Super Bowl?

6) Who won the first Superbowl? When was it played?

7) The Moday after the Super Bowl is often referred to as what?

8 ) What team has won the most Super Bowls?

9) What active teams have never appeared in a Super Bowl?

10) How is a home versus an away team determined in the Super Bowl?

11) What stadium has hosted the most Super Bowls?

12) Bonus Question: What MVP from the Neighborhood Boy’s Club Bee’s has a birthday today??? (Hint: He is also the best brother in the world!)

Things I Live For: the Dollar Store; wearing glasses

Quote of the Day: “I’ve come to know the cold, I think of it as home – When there ain’t enough of me to go around, I’d rather be left alone – But if I call you out of habit, I’m out of love and I gotta have it – Would you give it to me
if I fit you needs – Like when we both knew we had it.” –Guns n’ Roses

As 2009 (and the decade!) comes to an end, I thought it would be nice  to reflect on the past year considering I’m a huge fan of “end-of-the-year” lists! I’m not a fan of personal info on my blog but I think the following is pretty benign. Also, 2008 was such a horrible year, that I was determined to make 2009 awesome. I think I succeeded… Here are some month-by-month highlights (consider this my supremely annoying Christmas card!):

January

• Quit my job
• Turned 26 (sayonara quarter century!)
• Went to Madrid with my BFF

February

• Enjoyed living the unemployed dream before it got boring and tedious

March

• Started my awesome blog!
• Went to Arizona for Cubs Spring Training, baked in the sun for what I would later find out would be the last time I could do that. Thanks for the tan Arizona!

April

• Another exciting Cubs season began…

May

• As quick as the Cubs season began… it was already over.
• I learned the value of couponing thanks to all the frugal blogs out there on the information super highway! Not sure how much I saved but if my CVS receipts are any indicator, my year-to-date savings there alone is over $800!

June

• Went to Las Vegas for the first and last time
• Went to my first Cubs-White Sox game on the scary southside

July

• Can’t remember much about this… I can only assume this means that I went on the traditional midyear/midsummer bender

August

• Started grad school!

September

• Reunited with my long lost lover and became engaged!
• Went to Seattle with my family for an awesome Bears-Seahawks game

October

• Formed a legendary karaoke band, “Annette”

November

• My long lost lover moved in and I said goodbye to my beloved single life forever

December

• This  month flew by, I have no idea what happened in December besides Christmas and going to Pittsburgh with my Dad for an awesome Steelers game!

So that, in a nutshell, has been my year. I look forward to making 2010 even more awesome, if that’s possible. Thank you also to all of you, my readers, for making my blog and my year worthwhile! Have a fabulous New Years, be safe, and I’ll see you again in 2010!

The Bears play the Cardinals today for the first time since the legendary game in 2005.  It’s been a few years, but this clip still gets me every time:

Ahhh the day has finally arrived.  The day I force myself to watch The Shining.  It is one of my all time favorite movies (in the top 5 along with Tommy Boy, Old School, Jackie Brown, and Field of Dreams) and I watch it every year around Halloween.  I absolutely HATE scary movies so it’s pretty crazy that this is one of my favorite movies.

Whenever I tell people I don’t like scary movies but I watch The Shining  and it is my fave, they’re like what that is the scariest movie ever.  I have never understood this.  It is psychologically scary, yes I will give you that.  But it is nothing like Texas Chainsaw Massacre (which I almost died watching I was so scared).  And, I think the Blair Witch Project is WAY scarier than The Shining, although actually a little less than I previously thought because I just discovered a few years ago that it wasn’t real and that those people are actors… 

Anyway, The Shining!  Shelley Duvall!  Legendary.  Scatman Crothers!  His name is SCATMAN!  And I need not mention the legend himself Jack Nicholson.  Oh I cannot wait to watch!   

This trailer is pretty clever/hilarious (please note: if you have not seen the movie do not see it based on this trailer.  You will be like WTF). 

Now compare that with this:

Oooooh gives me shivers!  I cannot wait to watch!!

Also check this link out: The Shining in 30-Seconds with Bunnies.

Pet Peeve of the Day: Brian Urlacher’s broken wrist

Quote of the Day: “How could you have such horrible instincts and survive this long.” –Black Sheep