Dear Santa, I Want Ballz For Christmas

It's true. There's been a lack of blogging around the block lately. While some of you out there have proposed it's shiny, shiny Facebook that has taken over (even though FB is for hacks), others have admitted to being lazy, uninspired, unemployed, or hurt by blog confessions. Whatever the reasons, I confess it's been sad for me too.

So what's my excuse?

While the thought of being injured and having more time to blog was a nice one, the truth is that not playing hockey or volleyball has given me limited reasons to vent, have cathartic revelations, or otherwise babble on with y'all. Don't worry, the Doc (no, not that one) said today that my knee is "perfect" in its state of recovery and on the four month surgery mark (Dec 3rd), I'll be able to return to playing hockey if I personally feel like I'm ready. My doc believes in letting me make the final decision. Sure, I'd like to say, "Hell yeah, I can play tomorrow!" and just do it, but I can tell I'm not quite there yet. I do think I'll be ready in early December, which will make me so unbelievably happy that I'll just have to post about it.

Just to be sure that the reason I haven't posted much is the real reason, as told by EG over at his place, I googled it. I took his advice and typed in the image search, "why can't I write about anything but hockey and sexual innuendos" and this image is what came up. So just to cover all my bases, I'm going to continue rehabbing my knee AND ask Santa for Ballz for Christmas. I think then I will have all the fully-functioning equipment I need to return to regular blogdom.

Thriller

Well, somebody had to do it.

What Will It Be This Year?

You're absolutely dying to know, aren't you?

Too Much Time On My Hands

See what an injury has done to me - I've turned into a competition reality show couch-aholic.

America's Next Top Model
I really want Nicole to win because she's from Louisville, Colorado which is basically Boulder and she's sooooo "Boulder". I love the way she talks, all hippy-dippy monotone but of course the panel criticizes her for that. They'd rather have a fierce diva model or a perky one, so she'll probably get sent home if she fails to smize just even once.

But really, who can resist the poor, innocent, southern girl from Kentucky- Laura? She's remarkable. If Nicole gets sent home, she's my second pick. Or better yet, I hope they are the final two.

Dancing With The Stars
First of all, the show should be called, Dancing With The People You Don't Know Are Stars Until They Are On The Show. Mya who? Aaron who? Joanna who? Yeah, yeah, Mya is a great dancer. She's elegant and technically sound but she's so good, she's boring. I'm rooting for a dark horse... no, not Donny Osmond but I do like the fact that he's 1. a Star and 2. doing so well even though he's over 50. It's a little unfair since he's been dancing his whole life... if you can call what he did as a kid dancing.

Mark Dacascos from Iron Chef America is my pick. He's got potential, he's improving every week, and that's what the show is all about. I also like the edginess of his professional dance partner, Lacy Schwimmer. She's a rebel, and who doesn't like rooting for a bare-footed rebel?

The Next Iron Chef
This one is harder to pick a favorite because all the chefs have a lot of talent, just different styles. I think Iron Chef could use another woman like Chef Freitag or Crenn, but I do like Chef Mehta and the eastern flavors he brings to the table. I saw him compete against Iron Chef Morimoto in Battle Coconut and he has amazing creative talent. Plus, he just seems like a really nice guy.

Project Runway
Ah, my favorite! Which designer do we bash first? Of course everyone hates Irina because she's such a bitch, but she has turned out some of the most amazing things I've seen walk down the project runway. She has won three or four challenges but I think she could have easily won more if they didn't try to spread the wealth around so much. Personality-wise, I like Carol Hannah and Althea much better and they have a lot of talent too, so I'm rooting for an all-ladies Bryant Park.

None of the men impressed me all that much, plus most of them like Nicolas, Johnny and Mitchell were all so damned annoying that I was thrilled to see them go. I did like Jepperson, but he's been auf'd.

Top Chef
True, the much talked about Vottaggio brothers are very talented and the competition between them makes for good TV, but I've liked Kevin from the start. He always does something way out there on the creativity scale for his Quick Fire challenges and since no one has invented Wonkavision yet, we have to trust what the judges say as far as flavors go, and they seem to like what he does. Thee phrase "mad skills" comes to mind when I think of Kevin.

I think Jennifer is also very talented, she tends to keep it simpler, which we know Colicchio likes. I'm pulling for her too.

Guess Who's Birthday it is?!

If you guessed me, you're only half right.
Happy Birthday to the Monkey Mucker himself, Dr. Monkey!

People I Shouldn't Be Attracted To, But I Am

William Shatner, Michael Chiklis, Patrick Stewart, Bill Kurtis, Tom Green, Emmitt Smith, Edward James Olmos, My Hockey Coach, and Tom Colicchio.

Hubba, Hubba. I'm not sure if it's his bald head, or what. But this top chef can sharpen his knives in my kitchen anytime.

I promise to keep it simple.

I Should Have Named Her: Don't Bite

Teaching Tobiko not to use her claws was easy. Teaching a feral cat not to bite... well, that's been a bit more challenging. She's trying really hard though!