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let's see if I can do better this week...


Week Three:

Ravens over Browns

Texans over Cowboys (after their dismal start, the cowboys'll really be fighting for a win. I'm still rooting for the texans though.)

Vikings over Lions (but I would not mind being proven wrong lions, just sayin'.)

Saints over Falcons

Steelers over Bucaneers (learned my lesson last week.)

Bengals over Panthers

Patriots over Bills (at least this is a game we can win.)

Chiefs over 49ers

Giants over Titans (waffled a lot on this one, but after the titans let me down last week, went with the giants on this one.)

Redskins over Rams (glad to see mcnabb doing well with the redskins.)

Eagles over Jaguars

Colts over Broncos (colts are too good right now to choose against them, but josh, if you wanna prove me wrong, I ain't gonna complain.)

Seahawks over Chargers (goin with my gut feeling on this one. we'll see how that works out for me.)

Cardinals over Raiders

Dolphins over Jets (just wishful thinking on my part? we'll see.)

Packers over Bears


come on sunday!

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oof.
not a good week, guys.


not.


a good.


week.


Week Two:

Falcons over Cardinals

Cowboys over Bears (once again, don't mind being wrong.)

Titans over Steelers (I am sorry Steelers, I will not doubt you again.)

Ravens over Bengals

Eagles over Lions

Vikings over Dolphins (hee hee! think farve should have really retired this time. course, I'd be happier if the fins weren't a division rival...)

Chiefs over Browns (tho I wish I could say matt cassell had something to do with that win.)

Panthers over Buccaneers

Packers over Bills

Seahawks over Broncos (josh. I won't doubt you again.)

Raiders over Rams

Texans over Redskins

Patriots over Jets (don't wanna talk about it)

Chargers over Jaguars

Giants over Colts (a manning lost. good enough for me.)

Saints over 49ers


Week Record: 8-8
Running Record: 19-13


not what I would call a good showing.
the pats and I had that in common last week.


but we both pledge to be better next week!


less "thought-out" picks, more "gut-feeling" picks.


things are gonna change for the better guys, I can feel it.


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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

not my Wenlock Arms!

http://savethewenlock.blogspot.com/

so many good memories.
so many good times.
and I'm not even going to get to go there one last time.
*sniff*

bastard developers.

first the Foundry, then this.

bastard bastard bastards.


*cue the sad ballad type music*

good friends gather outside the Wenlock Arms.

and good friends gather inside the Wenlock Arms.

such a great and friendly-type pub.

with an uber awesome old man band on fridays.

love these guys.

and one of my favourite (spelling in honor of the english subject manner of the post) photos of all time.

and for good measure, a photographic homily to the Foundry as well.

bestest dingy pub with unmatchable character in london.

that's right. people staged a sit-in. cause foundry people are good people.

just doin our part.

RESIST!

damn the man!

save the empire pubs!!

[images via myself and the ever-amazing dani]
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NFL predictions.
let's get at 'em.

Week Two:

Falcons over Cardinals

Cowboys over Bears (let's se if the cowboys can keep the penalty yardage down this time.)

Titans over Steelers (as much as I like rooting for the steelers, as I do, a girl's gotta do what's best for her stats.)

Ravens over Bengals

Eagles over Lions

Vikings over Dolphins (though with a healthy smattering of farve sacks thrown in, I hope.)

Chiefs over Browns

Panthers over Buccaneers

Packers over Bills

Seahawks over Broncos (sorry josh. see titans-steelers explanation.)

Raiders over Rams

Texans over Redskins

Patriots over Jets (boooooo jets! GO PATS!)

Chargers over Jaguars

Giants over Colts (manning-geddon. wish there was a way for both to loose.)

Saints over 49ers


hooray football!

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well now, that was one heck of an opening weekend!
and dear lord, how much I missed it.

ok, so let's see how I did.

WEEK ONE


Saints over Vikings take THAT brett farve!

Browns over Bucs

Patriots over Bengals  WOOHOO!!! welcome back wes welker!

Dolphins over Bills

Bears over Lions but I take back everything bad I said about the lions. they should have won that game. that rule should be changed.

Steelers over Falcons

Broncos over Jags ahh well. maybe next time josh.

Colts over Texans and I am a-okay with being wrong. manning needed a reality check.

Giants over Panthers

Titans over Raiders

Cardinals over Rams

Packers over Eagles though I really liked the eagles throwback uniforms. they should wear those all the time.

Seahawks over 49's

Cowboys over Redskins I am WAY okay with being wrong on this one too.

Ravens over Jets man, what a painful game to watch. and not only cause I was rooting for the ravens (boo jets!) for the only time in my life.

Chargers over Chiefs and I am okay with being wrong on this one as well.



Record: 11-5

not bad for the first week when you really don't know anything about any team, not bad.

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I have been making week by week NFL predictions for years, but usually kept it to myself, as sometimes my record was pretty dismal.

but this being the first year where I will most likely be all over the place during, at least the first part of, the season, I'm figuring this is the easiest place to keep all that organized and such.

so, without further ado, my predictions for week one.


WEEK ONE

Saints over Vikings

Browns over Bucs (though really, these are two bottom-feeding teams at the moment, who knows who's worse better)

Patriots over Bengals (go pats!)

Dolphins over Bills

Bears over Lions (or at least I hope so, for the bear's sake. the lions are baaaaad)

Steelers over Falcons (though, with Big Ben out for 4 games, that may be wishful thinking)

Broncos over Jags (I still am rooting for josh mcdaniels)

Colts over Texans

Giants over Panthers

Titans over Raiders

Cardinals over Rams

Packers over Eagles

Seahawks over 49's (though this is just a random guess. I don't know much about these two teams this year)

Cowboys over Redskins

Ravens over Jets (also wishful thinking. but not cause I like the ravens. I don't so much. but I hate the jets. boooooo jets!)

Chargers over Chiefs (as much as I would like to see matt cassell do well, I don't see them winning that game...)


so, check in tuesday to see how well, or poorly, I did!

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I have come to the conclusion that my pack rat-ness and my wander-lust are characteristics that do not necessarily compliment each other.

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dudes!

bestest acquisition EVER!

check it.

normal me. pretty neat, but just okay. until....

...I put on my NEW CAPE!!!

it compliments my vampire tendencies.

can't wait for it to actually be fall so I can wear it without almost dying of heat stroke.
as I am about to do in this photo.

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thank  GOD for bbc america.

I can watch top gear!!!!!

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can we talk about this?

what the hell is this??

got change at the shop this afternoon.
got one of the new 2010 pennies back.

where is lincoln??
huh??

THIS IS NOT A PENNY BACK!

it looks ridiculous.

and I refuse to participate.

all pennies that have disassoiated themselves with our 16th president are getting automatically deposited in the nearest charity recepticle.

shame on you pennies!

I call travisty.

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it's all coming back to me.

late summer in new england.

the heat.
the humidity.
the f%#!*@% damn mosquitos.

this requires both some adjustment and the breaking out of shorts I had with me in london for two years and never wore.

yup.
ben and I are back stateside for a year.

both exciting (yay family and friends!) and weird.
enter a building through the right (not left) door, what?

the one thing both ben and I agree on (if not the team who should, nay, is destined, to win it all...*cough*yankees*cough*...) is that god dammit, we missed watching baseball.

and the patriots play on monday.

american football, thank you very much.

life is good.

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I knew I loved smart and dorky Bostonians for a reason.

yup.
that's a TARDIS atop the Great Dome at MIT.

this was the second location of my favourite police box time traveling device.
the first being on the ledge of Building 7, where freshman orientation was taking place.

the banner makes this doubly awesome.


from bbcamericangirl's flickr:
For viewers not intimately familiar with MIT Culture, this is a "hack" (prank) for the start of the academic year at MIT. New student orientation begins this week. The MIT website has a gallery of hacks from over the years: hacks.mit.edu/ "The word hack at MIT usually refers to a clever, benign, and "ethical" prank or practical joke, which is both challenging for the perpetrators and amusing to the MIT community (and sometimes even the rest of the world!)."


the TARDIS appeared on Building 7 on the 26th of August, reappearing on the Great Dome (which, according to the Boston Globe, is uber impressive) on the 30th.


I really really want the next stop to be rose rowes wharf or faneuil hall or someplace similar, just to keep this going.


and if the doctor himself just happened to show up...well. let's just say my ass would be in boston quicker than you could say 'sonic screwdriver'.
[did I just broadcast my dorky side there? I think I did.]


[images via here]


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