*blue balls not included.
Sure, I’ve been skating with SCDD since April… but there’s just something “official” about having the league track jacket with your skater name embroidered on it. I’m also officially a rookie now, rather than Fresh Meat.
My fellow skaters nominated me for the Grade A Fresh Meat award this year, to which I am SO proud (I was one of three amazing newbie skaters, but did not take home the prize). But seriously, I am so honored to be a part of an immensely talented class this year.
I cannot wait for the 2012 season to start.
…but boy, do I feel like poop today!
I’M GOING TO THE GAME TONIGHT! I’M GOING TO THE GAME TONIGHT!
*sigh* This will probably get me hate mail or put a scowl on your Thursday Face.
Bear with me.
I live in Pittsburgh; I am from Cleveland. These are two things that cannot be changed — unless I move away from Pittsburgh. Two more things that cannot be changed?
That I was raised half-Steelers, half-Browns fan.
*boom* I know, your head exploded.
This is how it works: my mom’s side (from nearby Altoona, PA) were my Steelers fans; dad’s side (from nearby Youngstown, OH) were my Browns fans. My mom and dad met, had a baby, and raised me to… JUST CHOOSE ONE TEAM ALREADY, WOULD YOU?!
But if you’re a parent, you cannot choose a favorite child (or in my case, a favorite side of the family). Just as I refuse to choose a favorite team. So, I’ll repeat: I am BOTH a Steelers fan AND a Browns fan. And that one time, in Band Camp, I was even a Raiders fan. DO WHAT NOW?!
Look guys, I get it. And I’ve rolled my eyes EVERY SINGLE TIME you made a “shit-stain” comment. If football were something all I ate/shit/slept, I might be a little less apathetic about the issue. I have home-town pride, which includes embracing my brown-and-orange side (which I do in hiding with several others in this city as part of the Pittsburgh Browns Backers) because it’s WHERE I’M FROM. But I’m now living in Pittsburgh, and geek out over all-things-local. Bonus WTF: when I was in Cleveland, I had a secret bar location on Sundays that would also embrace us Steelers fans. They had a fireplace; it was nice.
I HAVE CHEERED AND WILL CHEER FOR BOTH. And honestly, I’m tired/annoyed/perturbed of everyone having an opinion about it (everyone, including my cab driver). Oh wait, I was supposed to be apathetic…
Being so opinionated about which team I choose to cheer is not going to make me start hating on the Browns — their offense does that on its own. Just the same, it’s not going to make me into a one-person Steelers cheer section — if anything, the rabid fans have turned me a little off from acknowledging that side of me. Not all of you… just the annoying ones.
Anyways, I’m going to my first game at Heinz Field tonight, and I couldn’t be more excited. JUST DON’T ASK ME WHAT I’M WEARING UNDER MY BROWN AND ORANGE AND BLACK AND GOLD COAT.
But you could go get me some hot chocolate… because in both cities we freeze our balls off for football.
I chuckled at this holiday gift guide: Gifts For Someone You’re Planning to Dump (aka: What to Buy Your Soon-to-be-Ex) – {Jezebel}. Passive-aggressive never worked for anyone.
I never intentionally sought out gift ideas for people I didn’t want to be with (I suppose I should have taken my own hint when I didn’t get 10SB something for Valentine’s Day)… and most of my former break-ups took place on/around New Year’s or Fourth of July (for SERIOUS).
Have you ever been in this situation (on either side)? What was the worst “I’m Going to Dump You Soon” gift you received?
The only one that comes to mind is when dating HG Shady McShadester. That asshole took me all the way to Phoenix for my Christmas “gift” to celebrate New Year’s and the Buckeyes Fiesta Bowl. So what: he made me sit in coach, while he stretched out in first class; and let’s not forget that time he was hitting on another girl while his friend occupied me at the other side of the bar; or that time his friend claimed it his attempt at having a three-way; or his general, skeevey-boyfriend tendencies — those are all a WHOLE OTHER ISSUE OF DATING — I got to visit my sister and niece at no dollar sign off my bank account. Although I did slip in the bathtub pretty hard during that trip; that was borderline disastrous.
Gah, just thinking of that loser makes me FULL ON regret not asking for AB’s number eight months prior. I need to take off my Grinch hat, like, now…
End note: if you receive something this Christmas that you’d rather unload than have remind you of his stupid, ill-timed ass, might I suggest Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry?
My blog started as a “single-something” platform to write about my dating life… and its subsequent disasters. In an online world, where seemingly ALL my history (and its humors) has been captured for ALL TIME, I’ve treaded the line of TMI and called a lot of assholes out for being, well, assholes. Now, I can call my partner out for being one. LOVE YOU!
I’ve been blogging since 2002, with this site coming around to what it is/was around 2003. I suppose that more recently I fall somewhere between relationship blogger and lifestyle blogger (and oftentimes, bitchy complainer), but I mostly identify with the niche of single blogging. Or I could have become a cat blogger.
Be that as it may, a few years ago I found Single Edition Media — a network that was committed to single, dating and relationship bloggers like me. And just as this blog has grown with me and my various relationships, the network has grown with me. I quickly realized how unique Single Edition was, especially so when researching the different ad networks out there. While I never intended to quit my day job and make a yearly salary solely off this platform, it is nice to make back some of what I put into it (my time, notwithstanding).
Surprisingly, advertisers and brands are only JUST NOW starting to realize the impact that single bloggers have when it comes to buying power — single female marketing is especially huge. Singles spend $2.2 TRILLION annually, are more inclined to spend money on themselves, AND purchase more “big ticket” items or luxury items for wardrobe, home and leisure — 62% of us travel annually too.
Joining Single Edition blog network is FREE, and is the FIRST network targeted to the single lifestyle. There is growing potential for brand awareness and sponsorships via your blog, and you might even make a little money in the process. It’s a place where single-somethings, dating coaches, entrepreneurs and like-minded individuals seek out similar personalities for a sense of community, networking and connections, educational and learning opportunities, and fun events. And hey, I’m part of it! If you’re a sex, love or dating blogger (or even a cooks-for-one writer or life coach targeting suddenly singles or brand wanting to connect with all of them), check out SingleEdition.com.
And now here’s a video:
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This blog is about pursuit: a transplanted Clevelander (me) in a new city (that's you, Pittsburgh!), pursuing the role of a self-employed copywriter, becoming a roller derby badass and somehow merging all my to-do items into one ever-growing Bucket List.
And of MY boyfriend. His blue balls started this mess.
