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Brett Farve jersey

jjones — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:37:22 +0000

Brett Farve’s jersey is poised to take over as the highest priced item in the NFL’s Crucial Catch auction. Drew Brees’ jersey is still listed for more at $4,000, but there’s only six days left in that auction. Currently at $3,500, the Farve jersey only took one day to achieve the same numbers that it took the Brees jersey a week to reach, and there’s still 20 days left.

I predict the Farve jersey will sell for a stupid amount of money to some large corporation and wind up mounted and framed in their corporate headquarters. I’d rather it end up in some guy’s basement game room where he and his buddies will stand by it drinking beer and going, “Yup, Farve’s jersey. Yup.” But that’s just sentimental me.

Drew Brees jersey

jjones — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:18:11 +0000

The current highest bid for Drew Brees’ signed and game-worn jersey is $3,540! The next highest item right this minute is $1,500 behind that, Maurice Jones-Drew’s helmet (also signed and game-worn). I wonder why the bids are so high for the jersey, is it because of the pink captain’s patch? Or perhaps because the Saints are doing so well this year? It’s easy to like the Saints, even if you’re really the fan of another team, they’ve never been a serious threat and so don’t have any serious rivalries. Or maybe it’s because everyone likes Drew Brees? I can’t help but like Drew Brees myself. Even though he played for Westlake in high school—he was young and impetuous, and probably just didn’t know any better. Anyway, his sweaty jersey is raising some big bucks to fight cancer, so that’s a good thing.

Team 140 For The Cure

jjones — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:10:43 +0000

The Race For The Cure went great! I managed to raise a whopping $25, but I guess that’s $25 they didn’t have before, so cool. I was part of a group I met on Twitter, Team 140 (because you can only use 140 characters in a tweet, get it? I didn’t, either, someone had to explain it to me).

The team (by their Twitter handles):

You should go follow them, for they are all the personification of awesomeness.

Team 140 just after the start.

The weather was near perfect.

Groups of people, including several teams of cheerleaders, cheered on the racers.

The crowd of racers stretched into the distance in front of us and behind us.

Team 140 tweeted, chatted, and wheeled a small child simultaneously.

Rats, I forgot to go get my free ice cream after the race.

At the Mile 1 marker!

And the Mile 2 marker!

Unfortunately, Aaron had to cut out between miles 1 and 2, as his daughter, Audrey, was tired. Aw, he’s a good dad.

Woof! This doggie group cheered us on, too. (Hmm, would have been more interesting if I'd gotten some dogs in the shot.)

More cheerleaders!

There was something really cool about the people who came out just to cheer everyone else on. It really made the whole atmosphere festive and fun.

Couldn't resist getting a shot of this lovely scene as we passed by it.

Simon with one of the group offering free hugs and high-fives to the racers (aw!).

I took a picture of Ileene taking a picture of Andrea tweeting.

This group serenading us made me happy.

This was the peak highest moment of the race for me – something about the music made me so perfectly happy, the whole experience was too wonderful for words.

The Mile 3 marker, almost to the finish!

Hmm, I managed to not get a shot of any of Team 140 at the mile 3 marker—anyway, those kids were kind enough to take a photo of all of us with the marker using Wesley’s iphone.

Victory, we cross the finish line!

And furious tweeting ensues.

Andrea and Ileene stretch out after the race.

We all had to walk a whole lot more than the 3.1 miles of the race, due to how far away the parking was (I think I win the prize for Parked Farthest Away From The Event). I’m completely exhausted, but I’m hopeful that all this exertion is a good thing and the fact that I could do it means I’m really okay again physically. That’s actually so incredible it’s making me cry a little. I’m so happy that I found this awesome group of people and was able to participate in this with them. Someday I’m going to look back on this year as the best year of my life, it’s when hardship forced everything to ultimately change for the better.

Buy Mario’s used gloves!

jjones — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:28:21 +0000

The top bid for Mario Williams’ game-worn gloves is currently $200 as I write this. And there’s five days left, so I expect the price will go up significantly. Which is good, more money raised, but aw, I can’t possibly afford to bid. Just as well, I really don’t know what I’d do with them, past putting them in a case in the game room and point them out to people when they come over – Look, Mario Williams sweated in these! Nah, it’s just as well.

Humph, the Making Strides logo on that page is all fuzzy, *I* would have done a better job with that (ahem).

Pink Is a Manly Color

jjones — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:30:10 +0000

At least it is when you put it on football players. I’m loving the pink accents the NFL is using for the A Crucial Catch campaign to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink coordinates surprisingly well with the team colors, I’m really going to miss it after October ends. I wonder if there’s any chance some of the players or coaches will keep it up? Eh, I guess not, since everything is supposed to be auctioned after the campaign ends. But it’d be cool if they did. All the proceeds for items in the auction will go to breast cancer research funding – I would so love to buy something, but I bet it’ll all go for way more than I can afford. Which, actually, is a good thing, better that research funding makes more money than I have some more NFL crap around my house.

While I’m talking football – hey, the Texans defense is trying to make a liar out of me by playing well against the Raiders yesterday (that safety was awesome!). Which is actually fine with me, go right ahead, I’ll be happy to eat my words.

One last note – on October 11, it’s the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Dallas Texans. That’s right, the Chiefs will be wearing their throwback uniforms from the 60s when the team was part of the AFL and were located in Dallas, as the Dallas Texans. Lamar Hunt lobbied for a game between the two Dallas teams, but it never happened; now the Game That Never Was will play out in Arrowhead Stadium this upcoming Sunday. If the Chiefs don’t win another game all year (and the way they’re going, that’s a distinct possibility) I hope they win this one. It’d be a fitting tribute to Lamar Hunt.

Yay – oh, whoops.

jjones — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:56:52 +0000

My knitting site is getting a huge number of hits suddenly, which would be great, except the hits are coming from Crochet Pattern Central, and my patterns are all knit, not crochet. So now I need to convert my pink ribbon scarf pattern to crochet, and ideally I should do it quickly since Breast Cancer Awareness Month starts in a couple of days. Fortunately, I do know how to crochet, and I’m pretty good at it, too, but it has been a while. Guess I’d better get crackin’.