(Launchcast music break: Guns N' Roses Welcome to the Jungle {Live}) Yeah, I brought this back today, I didn't want to have to keep pressing "play" over and over. (Launchcast music break: My Chemical Romance I Don't Love You)

I guess I'll start off with Steelers' news first; they're 3-0, which is a great place to be. I'm a bit worried about tomorrow's game though, Hines will be out with a knee injury, lots of old Steelers personnel and players are now with the Cardinals' organization at the moment, plus all of my normal jitters that go along with a Steelers football game. Ben has 6 touchdowns to just the one interception, so that's still a good thing. One thing I don't like is that now the media has decided to take notice that they are among the five undefeated teams left in the NFL (the other four being the Pats (ugh), the Colts, the Packers, and the Cowboys). (Launchcast music break: Brandy Have You Ever?; LOVE the song, her, not so much) A couple "experts" have said that we could lose this game (and we could), but the thing I'm sick of hearing is that the Steelers have played a soft schedule. If these idiots would actually take the time to look something up, they would see that the Steelers' opponents wins and losses are combined at 3-6. I know, that's not awesome, but that team that EVERYONE just loves and adores so much, New England, their opponents are 2-7. I know it's just one game difference, but just because it's New England, that little factoid gets swept right under the rug. Tch. It's disgusting.

I know I didn't elaborate on New England's "spy-gate" earlier, but yesterday, I got hit with a brilliant-beyond-brilliant theory behind it. (Launchcast music break: Aerosmith Amazing) Now, their head coach is considered to be a bona fide genius, like he invented the game of football (where was this genius when he was in Cleveland, hm?). But, if he was so smart, why did he get caught, and ADMIT it? Because he wanted that to come out. I know this sounds just about as insane as the "New England won the 2001-2002 Super Bowl because their name is the 'Patriots'" (which I find to be very plausible). Hear me out: this past off-season, EVERYONE was all on New England's nuts (they still are), nobody could find fault with the team. They slobbered even more when it came to New England quarterback because of the acquisition of Randy Moss (and Donte Stallworth and some other receivers, but mostly Moss), just saying how unstoppable they looked; Chargers' fans weren't happy, they must not understand the "Norv Turner Effect." (Launchcast music break: Bon Jovi Bad Medicine) What do you do when no one underestimates you, when you are the clear favorite, nobody is picking against you? You get scandalous. So, this whole "they totally cheat" thing came out, and it had some (very few) doubting all of their achievements: Were they cheating during their Super Bowl runs? etc. Then they came out this season and have just been dominating, so that made most say, "no, they're just that good, they WILL GO 16-0!" Oh, it has been said, more than once, on more than one channel! Not "might", but "will." I just hope they falter down the stretch, because it is just so disgusting how much love they get from the "unbiased" media.

(Launchcast music break: Maroon 5 Sweetest Goodbye; I don't like any of their new songs at all, so I don't want their latest album, which sucks because this one was really good) Now, there is some sad news to attend to: Ashley lost her baby. I feel so bad about her, but I still stand by what I said. Remember how I said she was just giving too much information about the whole thing? I know why, when you're pregnant, there's a certain time where you're not out of the woods to have a miscarriage. When you pass that time (I think it's about like 16 weeks or 4 months, it could be a little less), then you can tell everyone, she told us (and I mean US, she keeps sending out mass e-mails) very early on, like around 6-8 weeks along. I mean, she told lots of people all but what colors she had planned for the nursery. Maybe it's just me, but I just can't tell everybody ALL my business, and "I'm pregnant" is one statement I do not want to have to publicly retract. (Launchcast music break: Boyz II Men End of the Road) I feel a little terrible, just at my selfishness and that she had started to become attached so much, and of course I'm not stupid or insensitive enough to say anything when she comes home (which I think is in a few days, I don't know if she's still coming back at Christmas), I'll just play it by ear.

I got my memory stick, but of course, not paying attention, I bought the wrong antenna. Sure, it fits with the phone, but it's only one ear and not two earbuds. The one I needed is like $15 with $4.99 s&h. *Sigh*, there's another $20, but I need it. I plan on making my phone the ultimate mp3 player since my portable CD player just quit on me last month, still it lasted 6 years and has been through some things, I'll miss it, and this way I won't be going through AA batteries so much, I just have to charge the phone.

Well, that's about it for me, I just have to find a pic of Ben.

(Launchcast music break: Elton John Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word) Okay, it's from the Atlanta game last year (oh how I loathe everything about that game), but it's something about this picture that I can't look away from it. I know exactly what it is, I'm just not ready to admit it out loud, or even to this blog where no one I know (or anyone at all) is reading this. And from something I said in this entry, I shouldn't say it, maybe one day, probably never, but I know what it is, I just don't want to admit it. It will show a side of me I'm not ready to acknowledge yet.

I'm phasing.