Hey guys, I know it has been forever since I posted on my favorite team and the trials and tribulations of the NFL, but unfortunately I’ve been too busy graduating and trying to make sense of this new world known as adulthood. Oh well!!! Graduation is over and my team managed to give me the best graduation present in the world. They beat an undefeated team! The same team a well-respected coach said the Cowboys had no chance of beating (yeah Tony Dungy, I’m looking at you). 

Dallas was able to dominate early on in the game by scoring touchdowns on its first two possessions, and then going up 24-3 on a short touchdown run by Barber in the third quarter. However, it was not all was fun and games when the Saints were able to score two touchdown runs in the fourth quarter. Prior to the two minute warning Folk missed a 24-yard field goal that would have put the Saints two possessions behind the Cowboys… it looked like the high powered Saints were about to once again pull an improbable win. I have to say I was bleeding silver and blue at this point. I could not believe what I had seen… the same Folk that once kicked back-to-back 52 yard field goals in 2007 now leads the league with 10 misses, going 18-of-28 and missing 7 of his past 11 (Update: Folk is out and Suisham is in). I thought the game was over….

But Demarcus Ware apparently did not get the memo. With less than 20-something seconds on the clock and the Saints marching all the way to midfield, Ware was able to strip Brees for the second time in the game and lineman Jay Ratliff recovered. The Superdome was silenced and the dreams of a perfect season were over!!!!!

The Cowboys outgained the Saints 439 to 336 yards, holding them 90 yards and nearly 19 points below their averages in these categories. New Orleans, who came in coverting nearly 48% of third downs this season, converted only one of seven. The Saint were torn down and lost!!! Hehehe…

Playoff Picture: Unfortunately, the damn Eagles clinched a playoff spot with there win over the 49ers, but that does not mean the Cowboys are out of the running for the top spot. If Dallas wins one more of their next two games and the Giants lose just one, then Dallas clinches a wildcard spot. If Dallas and New York have tied records in the end, which would be 10-6, then Dallas would be out due to the sweep by the Giants during the regular season. If Dallas is able to win their next two, which are Washington and Philly, then they win the NFC East division.  It will literally come down to the final game.

But as my ‘Boys were able to prove on Saturday, anything can happen in the crazy world of football. So lets keep watching and have our fingers crossed that both Eli Manning and Donovan McNabb get hit by buses sometime before next week!

Ciao for now! XOXO

Drew Brees, I’m sure you want someone to make sense of why the sky last night suddenly turned green and some large defensive player was panting on top of you. In football, we call that a sack and you without a ball in your hands is called a fumble. Watching the cowboys celebrate their victory in front of you, that feeling like something bad happened in the pit of your stomach, and the 1 on the losses side of your record; I know it seems like you haven’t really experienced this before, so I’ll tell you what its called. Loosing your perfect record.  This is why I love football. An undefeatable team is on top of the world one moment, and the next crushed by some team everyone lost faith in. It’s the classic David and Goliath story. Someone finally manages to understand if you want to stop the damn giant you have to knock it out with a stone. In order to stop Drew, you have to break through the line and shake him up: have a massive defensive player so close he can give Drew a kiss, a slap on the butt, and shove Drew Brees’ helmet in the stadium’s grass. Then once you have the ball run like hell and earn your TDs. Sure its tricky, sure that little black and gold qb can run, but if your persistent, if you’re the cowboys; then you can do it. Finally, a game when the Cowboys defense and Offense seemed to work towards the same goal.

What is a football post without me mentioning that sexy hunk of man flesh, who was spotted on the cover of a GQ magazine in Target and his team (my other favorite team) the New England Patriots? (I unfortunately couldn’t find the game on television) A little birdie ::cough::NFL.COM::cough:: told me the Pats defeated the Bills, and I’m betting T.O. is wishing he hadn’t screwed up his chance with America’s Favorite Team.

I’d talk a little smack about next week’s adversaries, but Dallas is playing the Redskins and my Pats are playing the jags. Why would I waste my valuable shit-talking on ,of all the teams in the NFL, the Redskins and the Jags (who managed to be blown out in week 5 (0-41) by the Seattle Seahawks! The Seahawks!)? So instead, I’ll leave you guys with some tasty photos of Tom in that GQ magazine I saw.

Sure, the New Orleans Saints have been undefeated and exemplified fancy playing, Drew Brees’ cannon like balls being unstoppably catapulted down the field and then magically caught by one amazing receiver or another. I mean its amazing Drew…really it is. Although, if you’re going to obnoxiously beat my Patriots, make me watch New England’s defense collapse like the Berlin Wall, and make the my Pats seem like a marginal team then you might as well do me a favor, and not go into overtime with the redskins. WTF? I’m not saying I was routing for you to win. No…I’m not saying that at all. Really, Drew ,I was praying (legitimately praying) you loose to the redskins because thats how much I don’t like you. I kind of want you to become ill with the swine flu, or trip on a rock and break both of your arms (for good measure). I also wouldn’t mind (hot and sexy as he is) reggie bush accidentally tripping or not paying attention and running into a field goal post. Really, I wouldn’t mind. Not that I’m wishing ill-will on you guys. I’m a sweet soul. I’m just saying any accidents you may want to accrue between now and the playoffs would be fine with me.

I really digressed. Last week was a weird week for football. Miami dared to intercept Tom’s ball and win the game WTF? (As my friend Christina would say “Fuck Miami”) I witnessed on my laptop the saints and redskins tie and then win in overtime. In fact, last weeks football was so full of unexplainable oddity (By the way Steeler’s fans its Cool if you want to cry. I know how hard football can be sometimes. Trust me…I was routing for Dallas last week) one of my papers was definitely neglected to the point I only wrote one sentence of such horrible grammar usage it was deleted as soon as I got home. My whole point in all of this is I wish I could have been a neuron in Drew’s brain when he realized he was going into overtime with the redskins. So, I’ve decided to compile a list of things that Drew was thinking during this.

Aside from the list of a curse words so bad even the patriots coach, Bill Belichick, would be surprised to hear. I wonder if any of these thoughts were going on in Drew’s head.

• When did the redskins get good? (fuck I was thinking that too)
• When did we get so bad
• How am I in overtime with the skins.
• Skins really is an offensive name. Its like all kinds of offensive. Its like having a team called the blacks and a picture of reggie on the jersey.
• Focus Drew…I mean really…you’re getting distracted today.
• I should really get someone to cancel those dinner plans I made.
• My perfect season will be ruined.
• Maybe I should consider putting some redskins players on fantasy team.
• Can’t let those colts have the perfect season. Damnit.

After a few pointless posts about my excitedness of the opening of New Moon last night, I think you guys deserve some kind of review of the movie.

What did I think of New Moon?

AMAZING.

I wasn’t the world’s biggest fan of the last Twilight movie. Honestly, the crappy 90’s directing,levels of saturation, and propensity to be a collection of montages rather than a movie annoyed the crap out of me. I’m a fan of the Twilight books, and was surprised when I had no wanting to buy the DVD along with my friends (I redboxed it a few times).

Luckily, Twilight, although a crappily made movie (he first time around, grossed a ton of money because of its fanbase. With a few more million and better directing, New Moon managed to be everything I wanted to see in the first Twilight Movie, and a little bit more. I didn’t think New Moon was going to suck because of the amount of money being invested in it.

I am tempted to review the excessively long line I had to wait in to see the movie, and why moviefone can be misleading. I’ll save that for another review. I’m sure you want to know about the movie, and not my personal experience.

The Review:

The movie opens with a quick montage of the things you’ll see in the end and Bella’s narration about aging and death in a strange dream format. Bella is afraid of aging….but we all know that. Chances are if you’re reading my blog then you’ve read the book.

I wish there was a way I could explain the power and emotion attached to every scene, or the way Taylor Lautner looked the way no underage man should be allowed to look. If you’d seen it then you know I could never describe it in a way that makes you think gorgeous enough.

Technically, the movie improved in many ways. The scenes weren’t a dark over saturated blue. New Moon embraced warm colors and better effects. Edward’s glitter man effect wasn’t limited to bath and body works glitter lotion. The vampires were pale, but they weren’t laughably pale. The things I’d complained about were gone.

My favorite scenes were the many fight scenes. Mirandatx21 and I were joking that in the last movie the entire budget was spent on the one fight. In this movie, the fight scenes were amazing with each one better than the next. They contrasted the fast nature of the speeding vampire with extremely slowed down movements. The script took the humor of twilight, cut out a little bit of the cheesiness, and kept the same emotion we were used to in the Twilight books. Let’s face it Twilight isn’t the best written book in the world. Stylistically, the series resembles fanfiction, but you don’t read Twilight for the writing style. We read twilight for the tension and romance associated with two people who really shouldn’t be together.

Now, its time to give my awards:

The  BEST Improvement Award:

 No longer can we make fun of your disgustingly pale paleness. The directors have embraced the color in your face, and managed to keep the sexy regalness we fans looove you for. Go make-up people and directing. You’ve managed to not make me die of laughter at the screen this time around.

Best Scene Awards:  

The first action scene. Which in the scheme of the movie happened to be one of the many great action scenes, but because it was the coolest first explosion of great fighting I’d scene in relation to Twilight it gets an extremely high ranking.  

                                                         Bella Depressed:

This is a great scene if you’ve read the Twilight books. If you haven’t read New Moon then you don’t know the excitement of what I’m talking about. When reading New Moon, there is the moment when Bella first looses Edward and the book has no words just a series of months. You feel lost, helpless, and totally depressed. THEY KEPT THE MONTH THING! I was feeling possibly more depressed and hopeless during this section of the movie then I ever felt during the book.

The Totally Over-Done Scene Award:

 Alice is standing in front of the Volturri. She shows Aro her vision  Bella as a vampire. I know a movie is supposed to show not tell, but during that section of the movie Mirandatx21, Christina, and I were sitting in our seats thinking the movie is totally amazing, but this scene is over-kill. Kind of like in Singing in the Rain where Gene Kelley shows what his musical is going to be like “Gotta Dance”

Hottest Piece of Underage Man-Flesh Award. (The Hottest Actor Award is Back):

 I must admit I was totally saddened when James wouldn’t be in New Moon. I knew that from the beginning. James was super sexy and super hot. He had the whole bad thing going for him. But then, Jacob took his shirt off, and I forgot about James.

If you’ve ever been talking to your friend about Team Jacob, and someone says they are Team Jacob it used to be “WTF? Why would you be Team Jacob?” Now, every girl and woman understands why Team Jacob is definitely a viable option.

Edward…its called well muscular and defined abs. We females tend to like that in a guy.  

Its time for me to go to class now. If you’ve seen New Moon tell me what your personal and favorite scene awards are , and if you haven’t then go see it and stop reading blogs! Only you can judge if you like something or not.

Yours,

Dar.

Here are links to my other Twilight posts:

Why Any Self Respecting Firl Should be Team Jacob
Top Reasons New Moon Won’t suck as Bas as the First Twilight Movie
Did the Twilight Movie Suck?

1 minute guys and gals until an unseen by masses new moon
becomes seen by both me christina,mirandatx21, and the masses….get excited. I know i am.

Im in the line for twilight…turns out to be a bitch. Single guys here are either watching for the multitude of women or enjoy. Mirandatx 21 says hello…happy day to u twilight fans across the world

Dear PeopleMagazine,
Sexiest man alive is a great invention for hordes of women to justify framing photos of Brad Pitt and putting them inside of
drawers to oggle hottness.It makes some of us feel less like whores when we look at men and think ‘that is a sexy ass’. Sexiest man alive bonds us as lovers and appreciaters of the super sexy male form. I’m not going to complain about this years pick. I mean I like Johnny just as much as any girl does,but I am disappointed in this years pick. For the past few years People you’ve been slacking! Picking “obvious” sexiness and repeating winners
like George Clooney and Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp!!! I don’t want repeats. (thats just laziness) I want new sexy men. The Toms (brady and jane). I WANT EXPANSION. New meat for me to oggle and say, I didn’t realize it but (fill in your hotness) is quite the drool srool sizzle. Thanks for considering,

Dar

Dear Taylor Swift,
I think its time we forgive Kanye for being a huge jackass (you probably already have) and thank him for being dumb and drunk enough to steal your spotlight. I think you’ve benefited from his faux pas because your star has risen, and this keeps you from breaking out with a totally ridiculous scandal. This keeps you from (for now) Drew Barrymoring and Lindsay Lohaning. Also this keeps you from becoming somewhat irrelevant and untalked about between albums
because whenever there is a lull in the media you’ll probably pop up in Kanye’s most dumb assed moments. I know you’ve got your own star Taylor….I’m just trying to help you keep that optimism America loves about you.

Okay, I know I just put up a post and encourage you to read it, but I had to upload this video as reminder to the haters and disbelievers of the Magic that is Tony Romo. Dallas has a big game coming up on Sunday night against the Eagles, and they need the full suport of all Dallas fans!

This is an old video, and unfortunately it ends in tragedy, but please watch and remember why it is that we all fell in love  with the cute, dimpled quarterback from Wisconsin.

38-17! Need I say more?

Romo was 21 of 36 for 256 yards, hitting 10 receivers, with the touchdowns going to Austin for 3 yards, Roy Williams for 7, and Sam Hurd (36, putting Dallas ahead for good at 7-3). Marion Barber added a 2-yard TD run and Crayton’s game-breaking return covered 82 yards, 9 more than his game-breaking score the previous week.

Tony also did something he has never done before, and that was go three straight games without an interception. It must feel good to be perfect!!!

Of course, not all the credit for the Dallas victory should go to the Dallas players… Seattle was a tremendous help with the number of penalties they cropped up. My Star Player of the Game would be Marcus Trufant, whose pass interference calls sure helped the Cowboys drive the wooden stake deeper and deeper into Seattle’s heart (sorry, I’m still on a Halloween buzz). Matt Hasselbeck made some pretty spectacular plays, but even he was left virtually powerless after 3 sacks and a fumble! Bye bye division!!! Not that they had much of  chance, but hey, it never hurts to wish upon a star!

And if that wasn’t great enough, in the “City of Brotherly Hate,” Donovan Mcnabb and Co. crucified the New York Giants 40-17!!! Dallas now shares the lead with the Eagles at 5-2, with the G-String Men falling to 3rd at 5-3. Oh, and did I mention that the Cowboys and Eagles meet next Sunday night? Last time the two met (and I still have nightmares from time to time) it was the 2008 regular season finale and Philly obliterated Dallas 44-6. They went on to play (and lose) the NFC Championship game while the Cowboys simply went home. I have not forgotten. Dallas has not forgotten. And don’t believe for one second that the Cowboys have forgotten.

  REVENGE!!! It will be sweet!!!  

In other NFL News, Brett Favre showed that he can still win in Lambeau! Amidst boos and signs depicting him as Judas, Fredo Corleone, and Benedict Arnold, Favre stuck it to Green Bay and the 71,213 in attendance, one touchdown at time. I’m sorry, but Packer fans had no right to boo Favre, even if he is now working for the ”enemy.” Favre was pushed out of Green Bay, he did not leave voluntarily. Packer fans need to remember that whenever they start trashing the new Golden Boy of Minnesota!!!

                                         Favre is probably thinking, “Oh yeah, I still got it!!!”

The Denver Broncos finally lost and the St. Louis Rams finally won!!! As of right now, only the Indiannapolis Colts and New Orlean Saints remain undefeated. I always find it hilarious when great teams end up losing to really shitty ones. I will be laughing my ass off if the Saints end up losing to the Rams or Bucs. Come on, that’s what makes football so much fun!

So keep watching and cheering on the ‘Boys!!! Ciao!