Tales of a Secret Rockstar
I'm so bored of little gods, while I'm standing on the edge of something large, while I'm standing here so close to You . . .Wednesday, September 03, 2008
My Head(line) Hurts
I was just thinking that part of my writing challenge seems to be the writing of titles. I think it will be an accomplishment in itself to write 365 different titles for the many (and often meaningless) posts I plan to write. Perhaps we'll have a week where I request headline suggestions and then write based on arbitrary titles. I feel like only Finneas would respond to my request. But I also feel like he might enjoy that. We'll see how things go.
Dan's Life Update: Today was freshman registration. Another fun but tiring day. I got to meet a million new people. And by million I mean, like, 80 or so. The students set up a slip 'n slide, which seemed like a lot of fun. I couldn't participate, since I'm wearing old man pants today, and I didn't bring a change of clothes.
Fantasy Football Update: I participated in a draft last night (while semi-watching the Apprentice with Tara). I found out that it's part of a tiered league system, so there's the potential of moving up. What fun! Anyways, just for fun, here were my top 5 picks. I was picking 8th out of 10 teams. The scoring is standard Yahoo league I think.
1. Marion Barber
2. Marshawn Lynch
3. Steve Smith
4. Michael Turner
5. Calvin Johnson
I took some flack for not taking Tom Brady (who was picked 9th), but I wanted to try the classic strategy of RB-RB in the first two rounds. I thought that I could get more value doing that when I was drafting so late. Instead of a top QB and a 2nd tier RB, I got two borderline #1 RB's. Steve Smith is suspended for the first two games for being stupider than any football player (or person) should be, but I'm hoping he and Delhomme renew their almost otherworldy connection when he returns. Turner fell to me in the 4th round, and I picked him thinking he'd be on the bench. Then I realized that this league has a flex position. Voila! Three quality RB's on my starting lineup. I targeted Calvin Johnson in a few drafts because I think he has a ton of upside.
This is fun. I think I'll feature rounds 6-10 tomorrow.
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