Virginia Breeze

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A couple of months ago I wrote a post asking my readers a few questions so that I could get to know them. And it was a great success. One person who is known as Helena answered all of the questions and did quite a nice job of it. Helena lives in England and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to know somebody from there.

Another person said that he would like to answer all of the questions but he had to pack because he was leaving the country. I would tell you his name but I’m not sure I should do that.

So the post was a great success and I think we should do it again. And here are some more questions.

One. What is the earliest memory you have at this late date?

Two. When you sleep do you ever have conversations that you remember?

Three. If you could date another blogger who would you choose?

Four. If one train leaves from Boston to LA going sixty miles per hour and another train leaves from LA going to Boston at eighty miles per hour which one would you like to take ? And do you ever take the train?

Five. If you knew Jordin Sparks and you also remembered that I would like to go to dinner with her what would you do?

Six. Did you ever try to swim across a lake?

Seven. Did you ever kiss a snake, a frog or some other reptile? And you should not do it again because you can get sick.

Eight. If you could remember the names of every person you ever kissed passionately on the lips would you send them a Christmas greeting every year?

Nine. Can you lift one hundred pounds and carry it one hundred feet?

Ten. Who do you think is the biggest idiot in the world and you can’t say me.

Eleven. If someone would give you a million dollars if you went to a high school football game and ran out and caught a pass naked would you do it? If you dropped the pass or were gang tackled by five guys before you could snag one you would still get 500K. And you could wear socks and football cleats. Would you do it?

Twelve. Have you ever seen someone who looked just like you and wondered if you were leading a separate life somewhere else?

When I was a teenager up in a little town in Central Massachusetts we always watched the Boston Patriots play on Sunday. Football was not the refined sport, science, art, industry, (fill in your own word) that it is today. It was more like what you would see on Saturday down at the local high school. The players were a lot bigger of course but they slogged around in the mud at times and they didn’t have all the fancy equipment.

Last night the New England Patriots reached a place where only one other team in the history of the NFL has gone. And they did it against a Giant team that exhibited a tremendous amount of spirit and was determined to keep them from reaching their goal.

As I said a couple of days ago that it is Spirit that wins football games. All of these guys are good. The coaches are good and any team can beat any other team on a given day if the stars are aligned in their favor. And if they are sky high with enthusiasm and motivation to play well it can move things in their favor.

And the Giants almost did beat one of the two best teams in the history of this sport because they didn’t rest their players or worry about getting hurt. They will take that knowledge into the playoffs and it will help them a great deal. How would they feel if they had lost 30-6? Also they knew that if they were going to do well in the playoffs they would have to play the Patriots again. So like a prize fighter they spent a few rounds trying to take them down a notch or two. And they did well. I expect they may play again this season.

If the Cowboys have any sense they will do the same thing when they play the Redskins today. I don’t expect that they will. And I hope they don’t because the Redskins are one of my two teams. Like the banner?

We will see shortly whether the Cowboys are ready for a team with a lot of spirit and willingness to leave it all on the field. The Redskins have been through a lot this year. And they are not going to be “resting” later today. You really can’t rest this time of year because the playoffs are on Baby!

They started last night.

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Number 10 never will follow along when I copy/paste this file into the post. It’s just another one of those mysteries. But being active in Blog Land is for me something that is full of mysteries. There are so many things going on that I do not understand. It truly is a miracle that this blog functions as well as it does.

There are basic things that go wrong all the time. I have been learning about Google Analytics and feeling pretty good about it. But now the calendars have disappeared. I was using them to track different lengths of time. Maybe they didn’t like that because they sure did go away.

We have a little person with us for a few days so The Wizard Of Oz is again going in the next room. It was on last night. And it will be on tonight, tomorrow and the next day. She is not interested in Jordin Sparks. Most five year olds don’t even know who she is and don’t care. But I care and I’m going to be supportive. Jordin sang at the Kennedy Center Awards Show the other night. She came out and sang for Diana Ross who was being honored. When she finished she looked up at Diana and said, “I love you” . Then she started walking out and crying at the same time. This girl cries a lot. She used to cry every week on American Idol when someone was kicked off. I used to wonder if she would cry when she was kicked off. But it never happened because she won.

And she cried plenty when that happened. I’m hoping that she wasn’t crying the other evening because she felt like she hadn’t done well. Because she was good. Her lower range doesn’t project like her upper range. But once she gets going up there in the loft it is amazing stuff. Scorsese was being honored and he just shook his head when she went through one amazing run near the end. Diana was sitting right next to him and probably filled him in on the fact that she is only 18 years old and she has all the talent in the world. Diana loves Jordin. She lit up the room with her smile when Jordin said she loved her. They have known each other for at least nine months now since Diana was on American Idol last year. I’m thinking Diana asked for her to be on the show.

Performing before the President and the rest of that crowd has got to be a bit intimidating for an eighteen year old who one year ago was standing in lines and being told she wasn’t good enough.

One of my goals before I am shipped off to Amateur Writer’s Paradise is to have dinner with Jordin Sparks. It can be a group affair but I need to have an opportunity to talk to her. Or listen to her. Either way is fine. Mostly it will just be a diversion so I can look at her. “This is Jordin Sparks! And she is exactly the way she seems on video. Except she is much closer!”

Would I rather have dinner with anyone else except my wife? No. Sorry. Actually it may be that this entire effort with the blog is just a platform for me to say “Jordin when you next are in Virginia let’s all go out and have a wonderful dinner! It’s on me and you can bring Mom, Dad, Bro and anybody else you like.”

If she ever reads this. Having dinner with Beth and Jordin together would just about make my life complete. I’m sure there is a lot of curiosity about Beth the former rock star who is so afraid of appearing on the internet. What does she look like? Jordin! You can see her in person and find out!! Believe me she is very beautiful too.

Well, I must get back to increasing my page rank with Google. Why? I bet you know the answer. I’m sorry. But when I get started with Jordin I need to write about it. She is such an amazing human being.

I asked a bunch of SU friends to look at my Thanksgiving post and consider reviewing it. And only one person did. So all I can do is think that everybody else did not like it and it is not very good. And I certainly don’t want anybody to review it or give it a thumbs up if it is not good.

It is easy enough for me to imagine that it is just a very poor essay. And I’m not going to lose any sleep about it. But I thought it made some good points and so I’m confused about it. I will continue to think about it and try to figure out why it got such a poor reception. But I may never figure it out. Sometimes it’s difficult to be objective about your own stuff.

It would be helpful if I got some feedback. But I don’t suppose anybody is going to stick their neck out and do that for me. In any case today was one of the best days ever in terms of traffic. The SU Manifesto post made a comeback for some reason and really took off. I thought it was through doing anything and the Thanksgiving post was going to take off. That’s the entertaining thing about SU and blogging in general. It will surprise you and ruin your predictions.

Jordin Sparks was on Regis and Kelly today. I wasn’t here but my beloved wife taped it for me. She is such a good person to do that for me. Jordin did a nice job singing Tatoo and then told everyone that she doesn’t have a date for her Senior Prom. Isn’t that amazing? No one has asked her to the big dance. What an opportunity wasted. My son Zachary will go with her. I will buy him a ticket to fly out there. And of course I will need to go with him so he will have some company before and after the dance. Just let me know Jordin how you feel about this. Zach’s photo is in here somewhere. He’s big and handsome. He won’t be intimidated at all by your fame. He’s the perfect date. And lets email a few times so I can do an interview with you here on the old weblog!

Missouri is playing Kansas on Saturday. It’s going to be a great college football game. I predict Missouri is going to win. Kansas is favored by two points.

I need to go on a diet and we haven’t even started the holidays yet. I’m afraid to think about what my waistline is going to look like after Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. They say you can easily eat five thousand calories on Thanksgiving Day. Maybe almost double that! That’s a lot of calories. I wish I could stop eating so much. Theoretically I could stop putting so much stuff in my mouth. It would be good if I slowed down on the eating and speeded up on the Christmas shopping. What are the chances of this happening? Not good I am afraid.

One of my favorite blogger guys at Probloggersmatrix recently wrote that you should give your blog a year or two to be successful. That’s the first time I ever heard anyone talk about two years to get up to speed! I bet a lot of folks throw in the towel before the two years is up. I believe him when he says stuff like this. Things always seem to happen to guys who write about blogging and are followed by me. Not really bad things. But things that cause them to no longer write their blogs. The blog is sold. Or the blogger becomes ill and doesn’t write for awhile. I’ve been waiting for Probloggersmatrix to go on an extended vacation but so far it hasn’t happened. Maybe my blogging curse has run its course.

Let’s hope so.

Update: Did I just see that there is a song on Jordin’s new CD called …Virginia Is For Lovers. That’s not possible is it? No. It’s not according to this list which seems to be authoritative. Where did I see that?

Tattoo
		2.	One Step At A Time
		3.	No Air - (with Chris Brown)
		4.	Freeze
		5.	Shy Boy
		6.	Now You Tell Me
		7.	Next To You
		8.	Just For The Record
		9.	Permanent Monday
		10.	Young And In Love
		11.	See My Side
		12.	God Loves Ugly
		13.	This Is My Now - (Bonus Track)