Hawk 34

I think Umaga "likes" Maria.

I think they should just sign the guy. His rap career is going nowhere and he seems to have a natural knack for wrestling. Agreed. It's only matter of time before the money well dries up. Kfed signing a deal with WWE works for everyone. Let him teach those fucks in the back how to promo. I'm sure with a rough crash course, he can do the basics well enough.

We're gonna end up with DX as the tag champs as if the division wasn't already dead..... RAW actually has something resembling one. SD has 2 teams. ECW has two old timers slapped together.

I think Flair keeping his pants on has more cause for concern.

Piper is hot or miss with promos these days but that was vintage Roddy and love the subtle shill for his DVD.

At least Bischoff explained that Vince was happy he made money because of Eric. I'm shocked they bothered to explain why Bischoff is running things again.

Lita looks like she's auditioning for the role of The Judds.

I see either Orton/Edge taking the titles so the DX/Orton+Edge thing means something or they'll put it on Murdoch/Cade so they can transition it to Cryme Tyme. I think the fans went with the "I want the annoying heel to lose to Cena" thinking instead, even if they were basically demanding it'd be a WWE Title match. I just wish these fans that actually bother to vote would vote on something that'd screw up their plans. Like, do you think they would have reconsidered changing the tag titles had Slaughter won? Although, Slaughter can still go, I don't see WWE thinking he's that major compared to Piper.

The undefeated hype machine is really kicking now since Indy doesn't have a real threat aside from Cincinnati if it becomes a shoot-out and even that is a stretch at this point. Jacksonville stands probably the best chance and Indy took care of them once this year. Dallas and Philly aren't as good as their fanbases insist. The rest of the Colt's line-up is scrub teams in Buffalo, Tennessee and Houston leading up to the Miami finale.

I was expecting this to happen in the post-season instead of now. However, Tom Brady did it again. This will only push the Manning=THE GREATEST! hype machine into overdrive.

I was expecting Piper to win, but from all accounts, he clearly didn't belong in a wrestling ring tonight. Dusty is? Physically speaking, only Slaughter is in shape.

Assuming that Indy holds onto the lead, I'll finish with six wins today but sweep my head to head matches for the victory. I was worried Cleveland would screw it up but they saved me from worrying about tonight's game knowing that I lost the tie-breaker.

You've got to be shitting me. I shit you not. Who the fuck is left for them to wrestle? Shouldn't HHH be manuevering to get himself back into singles so he can be in the WM23 main event? I expect them to drag Orton/Edge out with DX until that time to bridge off for Edge/HHH for the title. At some point, Edge needs to get the title back. A guy like Cena has more options, when HHH is basically left with Edge and HBK (assuming one would turn by then). Shawn SHOULD be used in an attraction match against someone like Mysterio since either should be main eventing or buried in the mid-card.

I'm surprised that Raw suddenly has something resembling a tag team division especially since Smackdown's has collapsed to 2 teams.

While they deserve praise and it's an accurate comparison, I wish they would all drop the Marino/Montana stuff in regards to Manning/Brady.

I just need Cleveland to punch in one more FG to beat the spread. Edit: I'll take the TD.

Gabe explains the Cornette situation (kayfabe)

Grace is doing pretty good and has adjusted to being home again and back to her usual routine despite the hindrance of the cone/funnel contraption to prevent her from tending to the wound that is still pretty deep and probably won’t fully heal for awhile. Saturday afternoon/evening, I went with Allison to a birthday party for one of her cousins. Generally, she doesn’t care about any of her family members and wouldn’t make the effort to even attend a cousin’s 25th birthday party. However, it just so happened that this cousin is the only family member that is close with enough to actually care about their birthday. Because of my apparent requirements in my role, I had to attend this party. The dinner took place at this vineyard steak house that actually wasn’t too far from me but this was one of those places that charged $35(single) for a lousy steak and bottle of home-grown and supposedly great quality wine. What made it even more preposterous was that you grilled the steak yourself on an enclosed patio (which sounds nice in the summer, but not with 40 degree weather). The idea was that you prepare and cook the steak to your liking. Sorry, but I’m fine with trusting the allegedly trained chefs doing the hard-work. While I didn’t care for the price of the meal all that much and of course, I covered her as well. (I’m 95% certain, that I only landed this because I actually saved my money unlike most 20 year old college kids in addition to being handy in most situations. I figure this is what most marriages are founded on, so I imagine I have no choice but to just embrace this) I enjoyed the meal and we received a complimentary reservation from some girl (whom I believe was a friend of the guest of honor) who has a “cozy” bed and breakfast upstate and I got confirmation from others at the party that this isn’t a dump and is a rather pleasant B&B. Maybe I’m showing signs of being frugal again but I’m not getting the concept of driving 3-4 hours to spend the night in a glorified hotel with a cutesy breakfast diner. I mean, yeah, it’s just an romantic way of fucking but I don’t get the point of the effort. (The bed and breakfast, I mean). Anyways, I’m sure I’ll be dragged to this soon enough. Just shut my mouth and do what Im told. Here’s the problem with dating someone else when it’s still young, learning all these people’s names and bothering to care about their existence. According to my father, he dated my mother forever and even years into their marriage, he never bothered to really learn everyone in her family's name and I say kudos to him in this regard but everyone is so goddamn sensitive in her family that one wrong name will upset the balance of their lives. I had uncles that called me “Junior” or “Kid” for years because they never cared to learn my actual name and I’m cool with that. When we first started, I figured she was exaggerating how pretentious her family was but if anything, she undersold them as I’m learning along the way. I don’t like these people. Not in that “they make me nervous because I know they know that I’m banging their grand-child/niece/daughter” sense but rather a genuine dislike of them. My family, well, my parents at least (since she hasn’t met the extended family) really like her and that’s great because she adores my mother and they get along great together. I should be happy about this but if anything, I’m cautious now. After the dinner concluded and we all made our separate ways, I said goodbye to her as she headed to work, I went down to my office to pick up some stuff that I left there and I found one of the guys in the shop doing a side job. This wasn’t a big deal, side-jobs aren’t frowned upon as long as it doesn’t interfere with business hours. He was doing some custom work to this pick up and we started chatting around and such. The owner of the truck comes in and much to my surprise, it so happens to belong to the guy that knocked up my old best friend from high school (I’m fairly sure that I mentioned this awhile back). I kept up with her over the past few months with the occasional AIM convo but this was the first time I met the father and I only recognized him from pictures she had shown me. I introduced myself to him and he figured out who I was rather quickly. This was awkward to say the least. He was doing the right thing and was sticking with her and helping her with the pregnancy and will be an involved father although they have no intention of remaining together. However, the girl was my best friend for years and to be honest, I loved her more then anyone else for a very long time and I still care for her, which I supposed I always will. I wanted to hate this guy for what he did, even if I knew that she was as much to fault as anyone. I couldn’t, he was a good guy and I had some measure of respect for him to least be man enough to be there. I made the promise of going to see her soon before she has the kid but it seems the timing is never right but its something I need to do, especially since it’s due pretty soon. I finally had a duel good week in both the football pick'ems and thats good because I strive for being mediocre as possible.

I went to a vineyard last night but I never have liked wine/champagne the very few times I've had it.

I really want a sunglasses on a pole match with Shelton, Nitro and Helms.

I hate repeats.

What really sucks about Chicago laying down today is that if Indy gets past NE tonight, we got a repeat of last year's undefeated discussion and Manning love. If they get around 12-0, everyone will be buzzing about the fact Miami is the final game of the season. NE must win tonight to save us all. All Indy has ahead of them is Dallas where I'm sure Vanderjagt will have a repeat of today, a Philly team that has dropped and Jacksonville, whom they already took care of. They have Cincinnati in a shoot-out but the Bengals offense has been off-balance this season. The rest is Buffalo, Miami, Tennessee and Houston.

Oh, boy. ANOTHER last second win attempt for Cincinnati. It hasn't been good for them this year with this. Marv, they didn't go for the FG because a blocked FG is highly probable in that situation and the defense is more trusted to shut them down again as they did.

The refs really dicked Cincy today.

WOC Night 1 was the last real lackluster show but I think in terms of hype, it has to be Unscripted II but that had insane circumstances around it.