Never judge a relationship

I say this all the time, yet I see it happen all the time. I am not sure why people do this and it kills me when they do.

Everyone I know(ok, everyone except for 2 people) has been in a relationship. Some have turned out good, some have turned out bad. At the end of the day, one thing every person knows is that when it comes to your relationship, only you and your gf/bf really know what is going on. You may talk to your friends and family about the good times or the bad times etc, but in actuality they only know what you allow them to.

When people then start talking about your relationship to other people, it is either them just making up things based on what you told them, using things both people said as sort of a he said/she said thing, or just forming their own opinions. All of those things are unfair and shouldn't happen.

I have tried very hard not to talk about any person's relationship because I know how wrong it is. In my past, I have had some pretty bad thing happen, and the stories I would hear about my relationship from other people shocked me how out of control the stories I got.

If I were to talk about someone's relationship it would only be if something happened in public and there was no thought or opinion in it. Example would be if someone got in a huge fight in public, or if things were posted online et'c. In that case, it is out in the open and there is no opinion in saying, " did you see that" or "what was that about"

I am just so sick of people talking about other people's relationship when they really do not know the full story

Diet and Exercise

I am going to start tracking this stuff. My love of food will make it so I can never truly diet, since I will always eat what I want when I want, but I do need to lower some of my portions and maybe watch calories a little.
Also, I have gotten back into the gym and running and I can def. see a change physically but the weight change isn't that much. I think that has to do with a combo of gaining muscle that weighs more and just the fact that I do not have a ton of weight to lose.
I am going to track on here starting today, what I eat and how I work out and then I can look back and see for myself how awful my eating habits actuall are.

Monday, 8/29

- glass of OJ, breakfast
- pretzels and water all day, no lunch
- chips and salsa at home
- steamed veggies in cheese sauce- sort of an app at home
- Pasta for dinner( Rotini Recipe with ground turkey, peas, chedder cheese melted in and light afredo sauce
- Worked out during day, did all arms and stomach, no running

Tuesday, 8/30
- Iced Coffee
- Pretzels and Triscuits during the day, no lunch
- Worked out Chest and Stomach at gym
- wine and leftover pizza for dinner
Wed, 8/31
- no breakfast
- no lunch
- no working out
- grilled cheeseburger and a salad for dinner
Thur, 9/1
- glass of oj
- went running
- no lunch
- chicken pad thai for dinner
Fri, 9/2
- guiness
- small turkey wrap and small veggie wrap- drinkas and food were at this booth thing i stopped by at grand prix after picking up 5k packet
- ran 3 miles
- worked out arms and stomach
- no dinner
Sat, 9/3
- ran in morning
- chicken tenders and western fries for lunch
- 2 cheeseburgers, pigs in blanket, cheese pockets, chips and salsa, - all at a cookout/bday party
Sun, 9/4
- ran 2.9 miles
- worked out chest and stomach
- beers and a cheesesteak
- slice of pizza
Mon, 9/5
- small plate of pizza rolls for lunch
- ribs and baked beans(ribs made in crock pot all day)
Tue, 9/6
- no breakfast or lunch
- sun chips as a snack
- ran about 2.5 miles
- 3 slices of pizza for dinner
Wed, 9/7
- worked out chest
- no breakfast
- 2 slices of pizza for lunch
- bbq pulled chicken for dinner
Thur, 9/8
- ran 3 miles
- worked out
- bbq wings for lunch
- no breakfast or dinner
- cupcake and brownie for snack
Fri, 9/9
- no breakfast
- no lunch
- ran 3.2 miles
Sat, 9/10(I finally started eating real again it looks like this weekend)
- ran 3ish miles
- 1.5 pounds of pulled pork for late lunch/dinner
Sun, 9/11
- egg and cheese biscuit
- walked 2 miles
- Italian sausage
- veggies and dip
- chips and taco dip
- boneless buffalo bites and some meatballs from crock pot
Mon, 9/12
- ran for 30 minutes
- worked out arms and shoulder
- no break or lunch
- pork sandwhich with grilled pineapple and sauce and a side salad for dinner
Tue, 9/13
- no breakfast
- ran 1.2 miles
- worked out chest and tricepts
- ran 1.2 miles home from gym
- pork quesidilla for lunch

is single the new diet?

Recently two of my friends who were never out of shape, but were never in real great shape, have both gotten super jacked and super in shape. I was joking with one of them and asking if they were on steroids, and his exact response was
" Not on steroids, we are both recently single"

That made me realize that it is not being single for a long time that makes you get in shape, it is that initial break up and becoming single that pushes you and motivates you to get back into the gym. It makes sense since I know a lot of people that once they are happy in their relationship they slowly stop working out, stop caring about a diet etc, and they are just happy with their life and they do not feel the need to work out.

I view it differently, I always want to stay in shape( or at least try) not only for me but for who ever I am dating. If I run and work out when I am single and when I start dating someone, they probably like that about me. I do not want to get fat and lazy, I want to stay in shape etc so the person I am with is still attracted to me etc.

I do get that a lot of couples work out together or run together or diet, but for the most part, people that are single, esp. recently single tend to workout the hardest and diet the most etc.

Brad's Wedding Speech

I have known Brad for close to 20 years and even though it is the cliche' thing to say, I have never seen him this happy. I have known Kerri pretty much since I graduated college and started playing kickball with her, and as much I would like to pretend to be younger, we all know that, that was several years ago and in turn, I have known Kerri for a while also.

I will skip all the mushy stuff and just focus on one event. We were all in Boston for a vacation and we were out to lunch and Brad got a call on his cell phone from Kerri's father. He looked at his phone and looked at all of us, and none of us knew what was going on. Brad had this look of panic and being frightened and shocked all at the same time. He could only think that if Mr. Sullivan was calling him, nothing good could be coming from this call. He went outside and took the call. We were all sitting there coming up with all types of reasons( none of which were remotely possible) why he would be calling.

Brad came back in and his look had gone from frightened and nervous to happy and excited still with a little bit of shock to it. He then preceded to tell us the story of the call and about the diamond and what Mr. Sullivan's plan was for the engagement ring etc..From that moment on, it was on, as the kids like to say.

Every time you are around Brad and Kerri, you just smile, because you can look at them and see how happy they are and how not only are they truly in love, but how truly happy they are to just be around each other.

At the end of the day, all anyone is looking for is to be able to fall in love with their best friend and be able to spend the rest of their life with the person they love and care about the most, and it is obvious that they have found that. Brad and Kerri both have great loving families and great loving friends, and as part of that group of friends, I would just like to say that we are all so happy for both of you and deep down we are all jealous and we all hope to have the love and closeness that you two do in our own life....

new job, new start

I started this job back in July and I am now getting around to finally doing this write-up about it. I took this job mainly as a change in my life. It seems as if this job is not exactly what I want in my life and that makes me question why I took it.

The problem therein lies with am I not happy here because of the specific job or am I just not happy in general and it doesn't matter what job I am at. It is a stable job and good money etc, yet I find reasons not to be happy with it. I am not sure why I do this to myself, but that is another issue I am working on fixing. At the end of the day, I need to stop complaining about the negative aspects of this job and focus on the positive ones and continue to do well.

I wrote this and never published and as now, as of today, I no longer work for this company. it is for the better, I was not happy, and nothing in my life has gone well since I have been at this job. I needed to get out and I needed a change, and now is my time to start over and to truly start to be happy.

Little Ceasers Bowl

First, let me start off by saying, I am amazed that little ceasers is still in business and I think they have far and away the worst pizza.

Anyway, this game started with toledo -2 and now Toledo is +1. The MAC is 1-11 ATS the last 12 bowl games. I am not saying the sun belt is that much better( floriday international).

This game should only be bet because it will be the only game on tv, and people will want to bet it. I would lean towards the over of 55. I have fl. intl in 2, 4-team teases and that is enough action on the game for me.

Poinsetta Bowl and Hawaii Bowl

I will be away from a computer for both of these games. They both have interesting matchups.
The Poinsetta bowl has a triple option team navy against a team that has two nfl wr's on it in San Diego St. The game is played in San Diego where over 10k navy fans will be there due to the naval base next to it. The one condition that no one really knows about is the fact that the field has been under 3 inches of water the last two days and how will that affect the game.
You have to look at previous games this year. SDS stopped the option with AF and they played Utah in a monsoon and still had over 500 yards against them. I do think Navy runs the option way better then AF, but the problem is what happens if SDS goes up 2 td's. I dont think Navy can come back. I like SDS -3 in this game. The total I am scared of so I am laying off of it.

For the Hawaii bowl, you have two spread offenses that are allergic to defense. Hawaii is -10 and I am staying away from this line. Tulsa has the offense to win this game. Either way I will lay a large bet on the over of 73( up to 74 now at some places). If someone wins this game 35-31, then I will take the loss, but I see that being closer to the halftime score then the final score.

Las Vegas Bowl, bowl #6

Utah vs. Boise St. Boise st -16.5, 0u 57.5

On a quick side note favorites are 5-0 so far this bowl season( 4-0-1 depending when you got the line for lville).

On to this game...i can look at all the stats and numbers I want, and either way I see it Boise rolls in this game. The only things I see holding them back would be are they down and de-motivated since instead of being in a BCS game they are playing another non AQ school in a crap bowl game, the weather( it has been raining for 2 straight days and will be raining through most of the game), has partying in Vegas worn them out, and finally, how long will Peterson keep the starters in if it is a blowout( he is known to pull his whole team in the mid 3rd quarter).
For utah, they have won 9 straight bowl games, they have great coaching, but I just think they overall talent they have can not match Boise one bit. When Utah has faced anyone resembling a good defense lately they have scored 3 and 7( nd and TCU). They did put up 38 against San Diego St( this will be talked about more when I go huge on the nvay/SDS over). I know Utah will be motivated and I know they had the fight in the casino and the Utah kids are tweeting all types of trash talk, but at the end of the day Boise is just to good. If Utah finds a way to sneak in the back door at the end, that will be something I can live with.
As for the total, I am afraid of this a little, becasue Boise could shut them down 31-10 or they could totally blow them out and score 58 themselves. I will be going real small on the total, but I will play some props.

Plays for this game( this is also in my top 3 for Boise to win in my confidence pool).
Bets on this game are( and of course there will be a 2nd half bet:

All these for 1 unit:

STRAIGHT BET
[210] BOISE STATE -16-120 (B+½)

STRAIGHT BET( this is the alternate line paying +165)
[7006] ALT1-BOISE STATE -21½+165

STRAIGHT BET
[7157] TOTAL o21-110
(TOT PTS 1ST HALF-BOISE STATE vrs TOT PTS 1ST HALF-BOISE STATE)

STRAIGHT BET
[1210] 1H BOISE STATE -10-110

2 unit tease:
4T MONSTER TEAS Ties lose
[102] STEELERS (PIT) -1½-110 (B+13)
[210] BOISE STATE -3½-110 (B+13)
[211] TOTAL o47½-110 (B+13)
(NAVY vrs SAN DIEGO STATE)
[213] TOTAL o60-110 (B+13)
(TULSA vrs HAWAII)

2 unit tease:
3T SUPER TEASER Ties lose
[210] BOISE STATE -6½-110 (B+10)
[513] JAZZ (UTAH) +2-110 (B+8)
[517] ROCKETS (HOUS) +9-110 (B+8)

St. Petersburg Bowl

Louivilee vs So Miss, lville -2.5, o/u 57.5

This game doesnt stand out to me at all. So Miss has a good passing attack with 2 wr's over 1000 yards and a good RB. lville is a pretty one dimensional offense. I dont really have a lean to this game, but I think So. Miss wins this game outright. I am actually not betting on this game, but if I were to bet, I would lean towards the under and so miss.

After doing a little more research, I have come to the conclusion that I think So Miss is just a better team. I am taking them and also taking the team over. They have only not scored 30 points 1 time this year.

Got this from another blog, but it is great information...
S.Miss Offense: Souther Miss can score, flat out score.They scored 40+ 7 times this season. However this is against terrible defensive teams such as #118 E Carolina, #117 Memphis, #96 Houston, #83 Tulsa, etc. They were able to put 31 points on Central Florida #12, however they only scored 13 at La Tech.

They are #15 in total offense, #21 rushing, #31 passing and #15 in scoring. Led by Junior QB Austin Davis with 18 pass TDs and 10 rushing TDs. Strangely Tulane was able to hold him to only 102 yards but Tulane is ranked #29 against the pass.

Louisville Defense: #10 in total yards, #9 against the pass, #47 rushing yards and #15 in points allowed. They allowed 20 or less points in 7 of 12 games including shutting out UCONN, 13 to Rutgers, 17 to WVA, 0 to Memphis while SMiss gave Memphis 19points.

Louisville Offense: Froman and Burke have combined for 19tds and 7 INTS. Both are Seniors.

Senior Running Back Billal Powell has a 6.3 avg, 1330 yards, 10 rushing tds and 3 receiving tds.

#32 rushing yards, #66 total yards, and #71 in points scored.

Southern Miss Defense: #103 against the pass, #80 in points allowed, but #14 against the rush.

Angles and Tidbits: Southern Miss has a great offense and Louisville has a considerably better defense and probably much better than S.Miss has seen this year.

Louisville Defense hasn't allowed a 200+ passing yard game to an opponent in their last 6 games after getting tourched by Cincy.

A long layoff between games as both teams haven't played since 11/26.

Louisville will have to contain the passing game to win. Southern Miss has to out shoot Louisville.

Louisville #39 in turnover margin, Southern Miss #18

My pick:

Louisville lost to Cincy who played this exact same style of uptempo offense and although they got better defensively, they did not play this style the rest of the year.

They say defense wins championships, but in these bowl games alot of times offense is what wins and I don't see Louisville holding down S.Miss as they are very very fast and I beleive S.Miss can hold down Louisville's offense.

12/19 bets

Some of these have been pending with other games, but we are taking a lot of the bowl winnings and running it back today....

all these for 2 units..


STRAIGHT BET
[8155] TOTAL o28½-110
(TOTAL PTS BY PATRIOTS vrs TOTAL PTS BY PATRIOTS)

STRAIGHT BET
[8137] TOTAL o21-120
(TOTAL PTS BY SAINTS vrs TOTAL PTS BY SAINTS

STRAIGHT BET
[8109] TOTAL o21½-110
(TOTAL PTS BY JAGUARS vrs TOTAL PTS BY JAGUARS)


These are for 1 unit:
STRAIGHT BET
[320] BUCCANEERS (TB) -3-140 (B+1)

STRAIGHT BET
[318] COWBOYS (DAL) -8-140 (B+1½)

STRAIGHT BET
[305] TOTAL o47-130 (B+1)
(TEXANS (HOU) vrs TITANS (TEN))

STRAIGHT BET
[304] TOTAL u43-120 (B+½)
(CHIEFS (KC) vrs RAMS (SL))

These are all 3 unit plays:

3T SUPER TEASER Ties lose
[302] CHARGERS (SD) -½-110 (B+10)
[321] TOTAL o33½-110 (B+10)
(SAINTS (NO) vrs RAVENS (BAL))
[202] BYU -1½-110 (B+10)

4T MONSTER TEAS Ties lose
[302] CHARGERS (SD) +2½-110 (B+13)
[302] TOTAL u58½-110 (B+13)
(NINERS (SF) vrs CHARGERS (SD))
[321] SAINTS (NO) +15-110 (B+13)
[202] BYU +1½-110 (B+13)

4T MONSTER TEAS Ties lose
[302] CHARGERS (SD) +2½-110 (B+13)
[307] TOTAL o36-110 (B+13)
(JAGUARS (JAX) vrs COLTS (IND))
[321] SAINTS (NO) +15-110 (B+13)
[326] STEELERS (PIT) +7-110 (B+13)


4T MONSTER TEAS Ties lose
[301] TOTAL o32-110 (B+13)
(NINERS (SF) vrs CHARGERS (SD))
[302] CHARGERS (SD) +2½-110 (B+13)
[321] SAINTS (NO) +15-110 (B+13)
[326] STEELERS (PIT) +7-110 (B+13

4T MONSTER TEAS Ties lose
[307] JAGUARS (JAX) +17½-110 (B+13)
[316] GIANTS (NYG) +10-110 (B+13)
[318] COWBOYS (DAL) +3½-110 (B+13)
[321] TOTAL o32-110 (B+13)
(SAINTS (NO) vrs RAVENS (BAL))


NBA and other nfl parlays:

50 to win 100
PARLAY (4 TEAMS)
[302] CHARGERS (SD) -530
[326] STEELERS (PIT) -235
[328] RAIDERS (OAK) -285
[202] BYU -420

25 to win 135
PARLAY (4 TEAMS)
[307] JAGUARS (JAX) +185
[318] COWBOYS (DAL) -430
[320] BUCCANEERS (TB) -210
[328] RAIDERS (OAK) -400

20 to win 63
PARLAY (3 TEAMS)
[318] COWBOYS (DAL) -475
[319] LIONS (DET) +175
[328] RAIDERS (OAK) -400

this is 20 to win 378:
PARLAY (4 TEAMS)
[307] JAGUARS (JAX) +185
[318] COWBOYS (DAL) -475
[319] LIONS (DET) +175
[321] SAINTS (NO) +110


All nba bets are for 40 each:
STRAIGHT BET
[809] HORNETS (NO) -3-140 (B+1½)

STRAIGHT BET
[807] ROCKETS (HOU) -3-120 (B+½)

STRAIGHT BET
[805] LAKERS (LAL) -7-120 (B+½)

STRAIGHT BET
[804] TOTAL u184-130 (B+1)
(HAWKS (ATL) vrs NETS (NJ))

STRAIGHT BET
[802] TOTAL u195-130 (B+1)
(PACERS (IND) vrs CELTICS (BOS))