I have been soooo busy lately it’s crazy. Between work, sports, campaigning and trying to find time to sleep, shower, run and eat, I have been really neglecting my blogging duties. Lots of fun stuff this week though, so while I have a minute, here is a quick recap.

College football has been pretty exciting. The Alabama-Georgia game this Saturday is going to be huge. Georgia Bulldogs are planning a black-out, with the players and fans all wearing black. NHL pre-season also opens this week, meaning hockey season is about to blossom and NHL rumors are running rampant as to the last-minute trades and signings. In NFL news, lots of upsets in Week 3, Miami beating the Pats?!? Yeah, big WTF there. Matt Millen is finally out of Detroit, Brian Westbrook is hurt and Plaxico Burress was suspended, but plans to appeal.

In other news, Halloween is coming up, thats always fun. Baked pumpkin seeds, caramel apples and beyond entertaining costumes. It also means that Starbucks will have my favorite seasonal treat, pumpkin spice, bug yum!

Crap, literally as in my puppy had an accident on the floor. Ugh, back to the grind.

I am not a morning person at all. If I am out of bed before 10 a.m. something big must be going on. This morning I was up at 7:30. I was not to happy about it but after a quick shower and a cup of strong coffee I was functional.

I decided to attend a local rally where Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden was speaking. I had to park like a mile away and wait in line for about an hour, but once I got through all that it was a good time. Biden was introduced by a local woman, who just a few years ago, faced breast cancer. She explained that her and her husband, who is self employed like me, didn’t have health insurance and was forced to pay for surgery, chemo, radiation and everything else out of pocket. She was fortunate to beat the cancer and has been healthy for two years now. Although you could tell she was nervous, she gave a good speech, told her touching story.

Biden spoke for about 45 minutes. Yes he is a bit long winded, I will agree to that, but he brought up a lot of good points. He talked about out how McCain has been twisting quotes in his television ads and making political, not policy, flip-flops here lately. He talked about his and Obama’s plan to create jobs, so people like us can actually afford to fill our gas tanks up all the way, by creating green energy jobs. He talked a lot about transparency, which was really refreshing. He talked about taking the 10 billion that Bush spends in Iraq each month and spending it here. What he didn’t do was fluff us with talk of change, but no policy. He also didn’t make any personal attacks on McCain, Palin or even Bush. It was all business, none of the catty BS. It was well worth the 7:30 wake-up call and I can only hope to see him and/or Obama here again soon!

Ok so continuing my rant about things that piss me off, I have decided to write a list of deal breakers when it comes to my men. I have had a bad stretch here lately. Sure they have been good in the sack, but far from keepers.

1. No drunk dialing or texting. Don’t get all wasted and call me. I will follow the same rule. This also applies to if you are with me and we are both drunk and you call another bitch. Completely unacceptable.

2. No military. Don’t romance me, then a month later go off to war for two years. I have complete support for our military, just have no desire to date them. Been there, done that.

3. I am not your mother. I will not clean up after you, do your laundry or pay your bills.

4. Don’t fuck with my dogs or my car, both are off limits and include taking my dogs anywhere without my permission and driving my car.

5. If I am busy, back off. If I say I am busy, I am. Don’t call me every five minutes or tell me it can’t wait. Unless you are missing a limb or something else along those lines, wait, I will get to you when I am good and ready.

6. My house is not your house. You don’t live here, I do. That means no getting up in the middle of the night to cook, leave the stove on and pass out in the plate of half eaten food on my couch.

7. Don’t bring drugs to my house. This includes showing up under the influence or buying and selling on my property. Short story: addicts need not apply.

8. No name tattoos. Do not tattoo my name, picture, likeness on your skin becuase i have no intention to tattoo you on me. Any other tattoos, excluding those discriminatory or idiotic, are encouraged.

9. Must like sports. Ok, I know this seems like an easy one, but there are actually grown men out there that do not follow or play any type of sport whatsoever. If anything, a man should know about sports than I do, come on I am a girl.

10. (I am leaving this one open as I am sure I will discover something I have forgotten soon.)

Additional notes:

Do not even try if you are unemployed, married, in prison, smell bad, homeless, a liar, a cheater, a thief, an ex of one of my friends, missing teeth, terminally ill, like to touch feet, screw animals or touch little boys (or girls for that matter).

Ok, I need an attitude adjustment.  Way too many things pissing me off here recently.  Stupid people I have to deal with everyday, people who refuse to take a hint (even when it is in big bold letters in their face) and just other random stuff to rain on my parade.  I have been thinking of how to deal with this rage.  Drinking?  Nah, only makes me feel better for the day and can alternately leave me with strange bruises and strangers in my bed.  Focus my anger into something constructive? Nah, no time for that.  I am beyond busy now between work, doing stuff around my house and watching sports.  I am thinking I need another tattoo.  Nothing spiteful, but a good painful tattoo session is always good to take my mind off stuff.  Haven’t completely decided what I want to get, but I do have a few ideas.  Thinking to stay with the black and white I have already, maybe a bit of color for shading.  I am thinking of going Friday, since Saturday and Sunday are consumed with football now.  I will keep you posted on the decision.