Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Today has been brought to you by the words "Lazy fat dormouse". I have done NUFFINK today, absolutely nuffink. There has been surfing, watching of Numb3rs (very silly), cackling over Leverage web stuff, napping, watching football and now I'm coiled up with the cat, hot chocolate, a hot water bottle and the US Football playoffs :)

Have I mentioned I love Saturdays?

I don't have any huge preferences out of the four playoff teams playing tonight. Maybe the Cards, as the underdogs against the Panthers. In fact, the only thing I'm sure of is I'd really like the Ravens, conquerors of my beloved 'Fins, to lose but I have to say they're playing well atm so who knows? I'll settle for two good games tonight. The real games are tomorrow - Steelers v. Chargers (I'm torn!) and Giants v Eagles (go Eagles!).

Leeds lost today. *shakes head*

Now if you'll excuse me, all this nuffink won't get done by itself, y'know :D

We were well and truly spanked. Can't grumble about the result, we didn't even look close to catching them and we gave up 4 interceptions. You cannot do that in the NFL and win games, you just can't. So we didn't deserve to win. Bitterly disappointed but not terribly surprised, because they kicked our arse during the season and I didn't think we were good enough to beat them. But we're the Division Champs for the first time in an age and our record wasn't too shabby after a horrible 2007 season.

In other words, it could have been worse :)

Why oh why is it whenever I stay up to watch the late (American) football game, it always goes to overtime? *glares at the clock* On the plus side, I've seen some cracking games through the yawning! This time around it was the Indianapolis Colts v. San Diego Chargers. I have a soft spot for the Chargers so was rooting for them, even though I thought the Dolts would win. But the Chargers won in O/T thanks to a touchdown! Yayyy! :D Dolts 17 Chargers 23 :D

Hope this is a good omen for my Dolphins tomorrow! *crosses paws*

And now I sleep! *swishes cape, topples over into bed*

Dolphins 24 New York Jets 17

We're division champs and we're going to the playoffs! One season after going down 1-15! Phenomenal!!

Heee!!!!


New shiny icon courtess of 803am

Watching the Newcastle v. Liverpool game, which I tuned into late. Liverpool were a goal up when I started watching and just scored a second. The commentator rambles on about how Newcastle have held out but 2 goals in six minutes have broken their resistance blah blah and it's just a reflection of how dominant Liverpool have been. I'm about to write this off as usual commentator waffle when they run some match stats on the bottom of the screen and I see "Goal Attempts: NU 1 LIV 13".

I guess it HAS been a smidge one sided :P

In other sports related news, it's a big day for my American Football team, the Miami Dolphins. We were absolutely awful last season, finishing 1-15 (that's 1 win and 15 losses :P). This season, after a shaky start, we've come back to the point that if we beat the Jets today, we'll be division champions! *bites nails* Now, the Jets have been our bête noire before, so it's not a slam dunk by any means. And if the Jets win, THEY'RE the division champs and we'd only make the playoffs if the Ravens lost (I think). Argh! So it's all or nothing. Argh! I'm going to be a nervous wreck this evening :P

Clearly 'm gonna need booze and snacks *scampers to shops*

Well that's my Yuletide 2008 fic uploaded and I've successfully managed to resist signing up for a second pinch hit, so all is well. Hope the recipient likes the story :) I'll link to it here when it's made public.

Haven't done much else today - nipped out to the shops earlier for bread and milk but that's about it. I had a moment of insanity and went into WGC....on a Sunday. The LAST SUNDAY before Christmas. *shudderfits* I managed to get parked by sheer good fortune and nothing else. Remind me not to do that again.

I watched the football this afternoon and now I'm watching the American football. It's getting very tense, important things are being decided by this week's matches. If my beloved Dolphins win today, then we still have a chance at the division title. Next week's game against the Jets, the current division leaders, is going to be huge. I may watch it hiding behind the sofa, biting my nails. If we lose (and it's 31 all in our game atm) then we still have a faint chance of the playoffs but not likely. 'scuse me, I need to go bite my nails.

I was watching the New England Patriots play the Arizona Cardinals in a blizzard. However, given that the Pats are well used to the weather and the Arizona guys kinda aren't, it became a bit one sided. The score there is currently 47-0 to the Patriots :P So now I'm watching the Steelers v. the Titans and I'm cheering for the Steelers because they're e_musings team. However, it's not going well so far.....*sigh* Maybe I should cheer for the Titans and help the Steelers win that way? :P (Although the Steelers have made the playoffs so I guess it isn't as vital as it was?)

Work tomorrow, but not for long and then I'm off until the 5th. Hurrah!

ETA: YAY!! Dolphins won! 38-31 :) Now for the Jets!

I have been so lazy this weekend. I've slept til gone noon, loafed, ate the wrong foods, loafed some more, lather, rinse, repeat. And enjoyed every minute of it :) Got the week from hell at work next week so I view it as hoarding energy.

Watched two football matches, both decent enough background noise, with the Newcastle/Spurs game actually dragging me off the compy and making me watch. Newcastle came back from being 2-1 down to win 3-2 and Martins scored a goal that rivalled the beauty Thierry Henry scored against Blackburn yesterday.

Now I'm watching American Football, Bears v. Eagles (it's a good game) and really looking forward to the Chargers v. Patriots later. Thankfully that should finish at a reasonable time so I won't be up too late. Memo to self - investigate taking the Monday after Superbowl Sunday off work.....

I used to be addicted to American football, now I hardly seem to watch it but recently I've been getting back into it. I think if I could find a package like I have with www.mlb.com that would let me choose the games I wanted to watch, I'd get right back into it again. I think concentration is a factor too. I've only made on NY resolution and it's too improve my concentration levels. Honestly, I start getting twitchy if something's been going on for longer than 5 minutes. Like I don't often just watch a football game any more, I have to be online. I'm sure it's the reason I'm not reading as much these days so I want to do something about it. I need to prise myself off the computer a bit more, too.

Anyway, I'm all set for the big game tonight, I've got hot dogs and crisps :) I always have hot dogs for the big games and for the Superbowl, I'll load up with things like loaded potato skins, southern fried chicken, onion rings etc as well as the hot dogs. I try and be American for those occasions. (Mental note: wonder if I can convince jenni411 to have things like scones and clotted cream next F A Cup Final day?)