Wow

I haven't written anything here in a while. I guess that's because I don't have 21st century challenge anymore, but I don't see why that means I have to stop writing into the void.

So what's been going on with me? Well, I've been writing a lot and watching a lot of football. That's pretty much all. I've discovered recently that pro football can be almost as much fun to watch as college football is, at least to me, and this is very exciting. It means I get to watch football all weekend, now, and on Monday night to boot.

But I was raised an Alabama fan, and I don't think I'll ever grow out of that. I'll always love the Crimson Tide, no matter where I live. But it's nice to watch other games, too. Before this season I would never have watched a football game other than Alabama, but now I can't seem to control myself. And with this last weeks games, who can blame me? I mean, Washington, who went 0-12 last season, beat #3 ranked USC and booted them from the top five with a last second field goal. Meanwhile the Tide moves up to the number 3 spot and gets ready to face it's first SEC foe, Arkansas, who looked good but lost to #23 Georgia on Saturday night. Oregon beat Utah, who crushed Alabama in the bowl where they met at the end of last year, and #1 Florida kept Tennessee from singing "Rocky Top" after all, though they didn't crush them as badly as some might have thought. And Virginia Tech, which Alabama struggled with in the season opener came back from behind with some very impressive plays in the last 2 minutes. Overall this week has been very exciting, as even more games than these became close till the last minutes.

Meanwhile, in the pro football universe, the Jets and the Giants both won, so New York and George R. R. Martin are happy. The Steelers lost but the Colts beat out Miami in the last five minutes, having possession of the ball for less than fifteen minutes through the whole game. I'm liking the Manning Brothers a lot, as usual, and I'm glad the Jets with their rookie quarterback were able to beat the Patriots, who I hate.

I'm feeling good about Alabama's chances, too. We have a good group of returning players as well as some new names which are attracting attention, like Richardson and McElroy. We're 3-0, now, but that could change any time. I'll try to maintain my composure til next week.

Oh, and about my writing--I've started something new, something I hope will be good. Well, actually my focus these days is just on finishing the thing, rather than it being good, but we'll see. I'll let you know how it turns out, as well as update you on what it's actually about in another post.