I keep having dreams about Tony Reali! What does this mean? I dreamt this one on Friday night/Saturday morning. This time he was my boyfriend and I was in the refrigerator looking for the grease from the turkey (that I made after Thanksgiving) so I could make gravy (look, most dreams don't make sense anyway) and he kept asking me what I was looking for. I don't really remember much after that because then the dream kind of turned into a poor man's Harry Potter rip-off. I was with a bunch of people in a corridor, and it was tinted blue and we were trying to read some map and there was a watch group looking out for us. I remember when I tried to turn a corner, some woman in a viking helmet on a white horse rode past us (me and some guy, it could have been Tony, but I'm not sure, but whoever it was did play the part my boyfriend in this part of the dream). Then we were in a sweet shop, I'm guessing it was supposed to be like Honeydukes or something, but it was really like a convenient store. The worst part was that I didn't buy anything because they didn't have ANY chocolate. I'm not sure what's bugging me more: the fact that the dream was so weird or that it was the second dream I've had about Tony in about three weeks. I've only had THREE dreams about Ben in all (and it's been a couple of years since) and it wasn't until the third when something interesting happened, we held hands while walking through a parking lot. In the first one I was in a stadium (it was supposed to be Heinz Field) watching him play, the seats weren't even as good as the one I actually went to, and in the second one we passed each other in a hallway. He didn't even give me a second look. I just don't understand, but it has made my nights much more interesting.

Sunday night's game started out with all of the Steelers fans calling for Bruce Arians head when the offense just couldn't seem to do anything in the first quarter, especially since the Bungles scored on their first possession, I believe. In the second quarter, Ben ran for a score, which looked to be the exact same controversial touchdown he had from the Super Bowl, it was upheld just the same, and things went downhill for the Bungles from there! Especially when the offense turned it over FOUR TIMES (Willie fumbled twice, would have been a third, but they ruled his knee was down, and Ben threw two interceptions), but the Bungles just couldn't do anything with them; chalk that up to Pittsburgh's more than awesome defense who just kept forcing 3-and-outs. Hines had a great game, catching two touchdowns to break John Stallworth's franchise TD reception record (new record is 68). I was so happy for Hines, and the ovation the stadium gave him after the tie-breaking TD was unbelievable.   The quarterback stats for this game were- Carson Palmer: 17/44, 183 yards, 0 TDs/0 INTs; Ben Roethlisberger- 21/32, 184 yards, 3 TDs (1 rushing)/2 INTs. TD/INT ratio for the season, to date- Palmer: 21/15; Ben: 25/11.  Finally, since Ben's rookie season, the Steelers have swept the Bungles and are now 5-0 in the AFC North, 9-3 overall; not too shabby.
I know most Steelers fans, myself included, hate the ex-Bungle, Cris Collinsworth, but during the halftime show, they did the funniest thing: Jerome Bettis (I miss The Bus) went to a Steelers bar and was greeted by a throng of Black and Gold faithful (and one Bungles fan), they were all just so excited to see him and he stayed to watch the game with them. Meanwhile, Collinsworthless (as he is called by most of Pittsburgh's fans) showed up in a practically deserted bar and no one seemed to even know who he was. It was hilarious. I'm sure they did that bit on purpose, but I know that Bus showing up to the Steelers bar was a complete surprise. I would have died if I had been there.

Now the Steelers have to face my most hated team in the league. Oy, vey. I am so not looking forward to this game. I'm going to be absolutely ill. Plus, I'll be able to see the game as well; another 3-game viewing streak for me. Oh, I am going to be rolling on the floor, if I couldn't watch the Bungles game, I know there is no way I'll be able to handle this one. This is how I'll be watching this game: Hopefully, Baltimore softens them up a bit. I don't think the Ravens will beat New England, but maybe they can take some more air out of that balloon. The Colts and the Eagles already laid some of the game plans to defeat that team, but neither finished the job. Like I said, I doubt Baltimore will beat them, but maybe they can help expose their weaknesses a bit more, and Pittsburgh can stick the final nail in the coffin. A girl can dream. If it came down to it, I'd much rather the Steelers beat New England in the playoffs than in the regular season, but I hate New England so much and now their fans are pissing me off, I just want them to lose, to ANYBODY. I mean, I had issues with New England before I decided to get into football, but their ignorant fans, who don't even take the time to learn the game, make me sick; most of them said the best thing Pittsburgh could do to win is to not show up. You can't even try to get into an intelligent conversation with them, anytime you bring up something that isn't in their favor they just scream about how they're best team ever and they have already won the Super Bowl and there is no need to even play out the rest of the season. I loathe everything about that organization; top to bottom.

I have yet to get into the Christmas spirit. I mean, I haven't even put out the lights outside yet. The worst part is that on the days I should have, like when it was 60° or better, then when I want to do it the next day, it's like 38° and/or raining. Like today might be nice, but it's extremely windy out. Who knows? I might be able to recapture it soon, tonight, ABC Family is showing The Year Without a Santa Claus (my favorite), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and ABC is showing A Charlie Brown Christmas. All very awesome Christmas viewing selections. Hopefully they show The Polar Express again, because I started watching it on Friday, but I kept getting interrupted, but it was WAY better than I thought it would be; I actually teared up towards the end.

I still have yet to find a way out of New Year's Eve, I know I've got a little time, and I believe that I'm just going to lie about it. Let me start by saying what the problem is: I misread and thought it just said New Year's, but it said New YORK and I don't have anyone to take. See, the way Ashley first worded it was just "Who is interested in doing the New York thing?" I said, "yes", just thinking we'd all go to some club or something. The date problem comes in when I said that since she invited Lisa, you know Mike would come along. Then she said she was thinking about lying and saying it was a girls night only, but in reality she was in the process of looking for a date and her friend Jen was/is bringing her boyfriend. Since I just looked at the old e-mail and saw the word "New York", I have a feeling that this trip could fall apart. Besides, I doubt my parents would let me go, especially since all the drama that has happened in the last couple of weeks and I don't like my friends anyway. Why should I set myself up for a craptastic time?

HERE WE GO, STEELERS! BEAT THOSE STUPID, CHEATING PASTERISKS SO THEIR CRAPPY BANDWAGONNING FANS CAN CLIMB BACK INTO THEIR HOLES AND THEIR UGLY QUARTERBACK CAN WIPE THAT STUPID LOOK OFF OF HIS FACE!!!!!

I had to bring out the arsenal.

Go get 'em baby!!!

I'm phasing.