The day has finally arrived

It's September 3rd. Do you know what that means? I've had this day etched in my brain for the last nine months. Boise State football kicks off their season today. Hang on a sec, allow me to scream.

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

That feels better. This day couldn't come soon enough and now that it is here, I'm a nervous wreck. Boise State starts the season against the Oregon Ducks right here on the blue turf. This game has basically been billed as the biggest game in Bronco Stadium. If the Broncos lose, "the experts" say there's no shot at a BCS bowl for Boise State. No pressure right? So, I sit here in a sweaty panic. I doubt I'll be able to eat Becka's world famous buffalo wings tonight. I suggested eating them before the game starts but I think my stomach will be too knotted up still.

Let's forget the hype for a few minutes and bring focus to what's really going on here. Boise is a football town. I've been a Bronco fan for 10 years or so, but since we moved here six years ago, I exchanged my red blood for blue and orange blood. This is the majority of football fans in Boise, affectionately known as Bronco Nation. There's that buzz in the air around the city. Hundreds of cars proudly fly their Boise State flags in their car windows, businesses wish the Broncos luck on their marquees, and even a car dealership in Nampa created a message of their own with cash for clunkers cars.



Ahh yes. All is right in the world again between September and January. During that time food tastes better, the winter air is warmer, the blue turf is bluer, my kids are cuter, I even take less happy pills because I'm generally happier.

I'm taking it in. I'm excited for the rest of the season. September 3rd, I've been waiting for you for nine long months and you're finally here. I'm hungry for roasted duck.

I really suck at retiring

It's true, my blogging retirement didn't go over so well. I thought I somehow managed to burn myself out with my blogging. It turns out I was just PMSing. Only a few days after I announced my silly retirement, my blogging cloud had been lifted from my head. I also realized in hindsight, I could have made not blogging much less dramatic by doing what normal people do and just not blog for a few days. In my defense I was a bit stressed about our apartment complex being foreclosed and getting forced out. Then you know how moving goes and you get busy and the internet connection you've leeched onto isn't that fast, and on-and-on. The best part is the foreclosure turned out to be a blessing since we're back in Boise now.
Now things have settled back down, the stress has been lifted (thank you St. John's Wort) and I'm committed to blogging again. I have things to say, pictures to post, grammar errors to type and I'm happy to be doing it again.

I hope you like the remodeling I've done around Jeremy's Forum. Thousands of man hours and dozens of cans of Full Throttle were consumed before I finally settled on my template. And wouldn't you know it, I'm still not completely satisfied. Despite that, I think I'll keep the new look for a while. Feel free to look around.


When we moved back to Boise recently we moved into an apartment complex we've lived in before. One night we had our back door open while relaxing in the living room and then we were greeted by a friend. Noah walks into the kitchen, then frantically ran back into the living room exclaiming he saw a spider. Not thinking much of it (I'm sure I rolled my eyes) I walked into the kitchen to get a look.



That's nasty, not the spider, our dirty floor. Just kidding. When I first walked into the kitchen the light was off so I could only see the spider's silhouette. It looked huge. Of course I become intrigued and decide to catch it. I caught it in a glass, and after some research we discover it's a wolf spider that's carrying her young. What a nice welcome home gift!



We put the spider in a bigger container because I wanted to keep it for a while so I could study the babies growing. A quick two days later I became bored with that idea and decided I would release the ugly spider into a grassy area, but not by our house. I figured this was the right thing to do since wolf spiders were mostly harmless to humans and they contribute as a part of the ecosystem (thank you Wikipedia). Unfortunately I was becoming overwhelmed with the idea of packing this spider and it's young to a grassy field. Then my adolescent nature kicked in. I lit the spider and its spider babies on fire. I sort of enjoyed it. That story took an abrupt and horrific turn didn't it? I'm sure about five minutes after I publish this post, PETA will be banging on my door.


I'm starting up my picture of the week feature again. I try to post those pictures every Sunday night or Monday. So be on the lookout.

It's good to be writing and blogging again. It's good therapy. Thank you Brent and Justin for talking sense into me.

Laters on the menjay.

After while crocodile

Well, I knew this day would come. Honestly, I'm surprised I kept this blog as long as I did. I'm not gonna lie, I have consistency problems. For me staying on track with one thing for longer than a week is a big achievement. Maybe even medal worthy.

I've blogged on a regular basis for about 14 months. And although I get an enormous amount of pleasure out of blogging I'm going to put it on hold for a while. I'm cursed with this horrible disease of being easily discouraged. It's ridiculous. If you mount that on top of me being a person who analyzes every single situation to death it makes for a bad combination. The analyzing thing is also ridiculous. Sometimes it's beneficial for me, other times it just wreaks havoc on me mentally.

However, I'm not going to completely fade away from the blogosphere. I'll be checking on blogs that are part of my daily routine, leaving my ultra-witty comments. You know comments like, "great post!" And, "that was funny!" Besides that I can't completely shut the door on blogging. I did say I get a lot of pleasure from it. Even Michael Jordan had to retire from basketball three different times. I'm not saying I'm the Michael Jordan of blogging...the Kurt Rambis of blogging is probably a better fit for me. I may feel the need to write some drivel occasionally. Who knows? In the meantime, I encourage you to check Becka's blog regularly for our family updates. She officially takes the reigns as family spokesman in the blogger world.

Until next time....


I never understood how Kurt Rambis kept those glasses on his face while he played.

Moving

Our apartment complex in Nampa foreclosed, yada yada yada, we're moving to Boise.

Picture of the Week

This whole Picture of the Week theme has really caught fire. Jeremy's Forum is already receiving all sorts of accolades for being so freakin' awesome!

What's that? Oh...I'm dreaming again. Dang. Well, on with picture of the week.

Last Thursday, the Boise State Football team had their first scrimmage of fall camp. Even though our Jeep was broke down on Thursday, Becka and I showed our true dedication and support to Boise State by packing up our entire family, walking two and a half miles to the bus stop and riding the bus to Boise. Of course when we got back to Nampa, it was another two and a half mile walk home. A five mile walk is easy, but a five mile walk with a 35 pound kid on your shoulders in the summer heat is another story. No matter what, it was worth it and we all had fun.

Editors Note: We've upgraded to a Suburban since then. Many thanks to Becka's family.


While at the scrimmage I had my camera in hand with fully charged batteries ready to capture some action. I came away with some decent shots.

For best results, click on pictures to enlarge.




There's nothing really special about this picture other than, if you notice the tackler, his helmet is popping off. I didn't even see that in the picture until it was uploaded on the computer.



Wide Receiver, Aaron Burks broke away from the defense temporarily for a long play, until some defenders almost caught up to him causing Burks to make a leap into the end zone. You can see from this action shot, Burks crossed the plain with the football. Burks is one of those kids who graduated high school a semester early just so he could start college a semester early, thus joining the football team early. This helps give freshman a one up on the other freshman that don't join the team until several months later. This is becoming more of a regular trend in college football, including Boise State.


This picture of Titus Young running the football is my favorite. Young has crazy fast speed as you can see here as he blazes past other players including number 16, Cedric Febis, a local product (via the Netherlands) from Bishop Kelly High School in Boise. Titus Young missed most of last season. Us Bronco fans are straight giddy to have him back.


That's it for this week. Boise State scrimmages again this Friday, so prepare your retinas for the possibility of more blue turf pictures next week. But then again, who knows, maybe I'll get a picture of a rainbow, or maybe a person with an arm growing out their head.