Ohio's new governor was sworn in but what makes the headlines in the paper? OSU football.

I had forgotten that tonight was the championship game. *eyeroll* Ima have to strangle the first person I see wearing a buckeye necklace.

Ye gods, Cash, if I did that, I'd be strangling someone at 8:39 this morning.

I'm going to a low-key get-together tonight, but for the purposes of helping the hostess with constructing some artificial flower arrangements for a friend's upcoming wedding. My plan is to leave before it's over and not know the score the next morning.

Heh. You poor Columbus residents. I predict that, no matter who wins, there *will* be couches set on fire on the porches of student houses.

Cincinnati is definitely Go Buckeyes, but with much less rioting and burning of furniture. It's like, Yes, we're part of Ohio, but we don't have to destroy shit to prove it.

There was discussion on the radio this morning about measures to decrease the craziness. They've emptied dumpsters all over the city, and there's a parking ban today on five streets right near the heart of campus.

Why can't people just stay in their living rooms and drink? Pass out in your own space and don't endanger your neighbors, that's what I say...

Why can't people just stay in their living rooms and drink? Pass out in your own space and don't endanger your neighbors, that's what I say...

I recall at Ball State when we went to the NCAA tournament, kids spilling into the streets and having a blast. Without burning anything or destroying property. Or even running over school officials with a car. There may, however, have been some underage drinking. I think the most annoying thing to me is that every doofus who managed to get in one semester before dropping out (not to mention a BUNCH of thirty-something Midwestern males who never set foot on a college campus if it wasn't for a football game) seem to bleed scarlet & grey in this town.

I supose it doesn't help my mood that I'm sorely lacking in sleep today. Liv's still got some teething issues she's working out, and between that and DH and I both having trouble getting to sleep, topped by Owen rising at the ass crack of dawn and asking for macaroni & cheese for breakfast...

Let's just say there isn't enough coffee on the planet right now.

seem to bleed scarlet & grey in this town

A world of this. Today at work, it was declared to be a "scarlet and grey day"... the wording was "Meaning, employees are allowed to wear Scarlet and Gray for support of the Buckeyes big game, or business as usual."

So if you don't wear Buckeyes gear (which seems to include jeans for most everyone), you have to wear the normal business attire, rather than getting a dress-down day like everyone else. I almost wore orange and blue in protest, but I was worried that I would be fired. Plus my orange blouse was wrinkly.

If I wasn't afraid it would clog the interpipe I'd send you more coffee, preferrably espresso, Cash. I don't know if it's possible, but a nap when the kids nap can help some. My son was one of the ass-crack of dawn waker-uppers. Naps were the only way I survived.

Happy Belated Birthday to MiracleMan!

{{Beej}} So sorry things aren't going well with fella. Sounds like you're at a decision making point and those are tough.

Go, Nicole, you router wizard tech god! I had my daughter's ex-BF hook mine up. Mainly because I had my old desktop at the time and it didn't want to run the software. We ended up loading it on the laptop instead, but it was touch and go. He's also the one who set it up as a secure network, which I don't know if I would have figured out how to do that on my own. ::Hides electronics technician certificates in a very dark drawer::

All of you dieters, would you go on a diet for me? I just can't seem to gather the will power to do it myself. Thanks ever so.

I don't know if it's possible, but a nap when the kids nap can help some

Sometimes, I get a break--but for now, they're on different nap schedules. Liv's still taking two a day and I can't get her afternoon synched with Owen's. (And he'll skip his 40% of the time.)

So if you don't wear Buckeyes gear (which seems to include jeans for most everyone), you have to wear the normal business attire, rather than getting a dress-down day like everyone else. I almost wore orange and blue in protest, but I was worried that I would be fired. Plus my orange blouse was wrinkly

A friend DH works with went to Michigan (as did her spouse). She makes Buckeye candies and brings them in to work--but she colors them Maize & Blue. It's BRILLIANT.

but she colors them Maize & Blue. It's BRILLIANT.

So awesome. I love subverting the paradigm around here. Seriously, these people make even the most cracked-out fandom look totally logical.