OT: Offseason Time Sinks

Thank god it's the off season. Now I can find some shelter from crushing disappointment. Oh, wait, there's still recruiting and we find ourselves looking at a #4 ranked UW basketball. Oh well. Guess it never ends. Sports!

I'm happy that offseason is here.  After a season full of watching our quarterback get sacked 10,000 times, our defense massively underperform and have a crap record ending in a crap bowl game against a crap opponent where our guys played like crap.  Aside from the Notre Dame game, the happiest I was during the college football season was during Michigan's two bye weeks.  It's sad but true.  That's why I'm happy to welcome offseason with open arms. 

Ten years ago, I wouldn't dare say this but I'm happy to have a break from football for a while. 

I really liked the guitar response. All of the rest sound fairly boring. What do you do? Live life super hard. Get outside of the box you've built around yourself. Find new friends that question the way you think and challenge you. Quit your job and go on an adventure to a place you never thought you could go. Fall in love. Get your heart broken. Feel more than you've felt in the previous years of your life combined. Take part in a shamanic ritual with peyote or ayahuasca. Reach as far as you possible can and then reach even further. After all of that make your way back to the states at the end of August so you can once again take part in the greatness that is Michigan football. 

I fashioned a brew room in my basement utility room and jumped back in to brewing my own beer.  I've done renditions (clones) of Bell's 2 Hearted, Weihenstaphner, and New Castle Brown.  They aren't exact replicas because I need to hone my skills a little more.  I've also started making other types of alcohol that aren't exactly legal to make.

 

 

I hope to wake up to find that it is not -17 degrees. I would miss the restart of the Americans series (with a backwards K), though. How they can make you sympathize with a Soviet sleeper agent- or a meth cook for that matter- is beyond me, but I like it.

I actually like this time. I love the anticipation of a new team and a new season. Who will sign? What will happen at the spring game? Who will be the breakout star? Our record is clean and I can be excited again.

To fill my days I'll keep rooting for the Patriots and 49ers, cheer for Michigan basketball and hope the Red Wings find ways to win. Oh yeah, and take care of my two kids.

My new year resolution is to not drink beer for three months. This is going to be tough.

Love football season but there is so much to do when it's ten below zero.

Dude. World Cup.

Also, baseball is awesome.

 

Playing WoW, because I can afford $15 but not a PS4.

Out here in Oregon I am hoping for some cold weather and snow. It has been very dry and mid 40s all fall/ winter. Mt. Hood barely has any snow and my ski stuff is gather too much dust for my liking.

I am also looking forward to watching the Olympics. I have always enjoyed the Winter Olympics more than summer due to the unique sports that are showcased.

For me I am at a bit of a crossroads. When I got married 12 years ago we moved into an apartment. It took me all of two days to figure out that renting was the worst scam imaginable. We stayed the month and bought a house.

When I bought the house it was supposed to be a project ofr me and my father, something that we keep us close even though I no longer lived under the same roof. I loved the house and thought once I got it finished I would increase the value to about 4 times what I paid for it, but always figured I would live there until I retired.

7 years into the project my Dad passed away and I pretty much lost the will to complete it. I have wallowed in this state for the past 4 years and now I just want out of here so this off-season all my spare time will be spent finishing what I've started and hopefully selling this house. A house I always liked in my community is coming on the market in a short time so I want to complete it soon, but if it doesn't happen I guess a new build is up for the next off-season. 

As far as games go, I'm with most others in the CoD Ghost multiplayer feedback....it sucks! I wish you could play your PS3 games on the PS$, what a scam! I have to keep switching back and forth!

I'm halfway through my bowling league. We'll be done in early April. We are in ninth place but only 8 points out of first...... It's tight!!

Move back to the US, catch up with family and friends, finish up my instrument, grill meat, drink microbrews. Gonna be awesome.

I'll be going back to the gym more. And I'll be reading more books. Both of those things tail off during football season.