Idzeeboo's Blog

The New England Patriots, under their head coach Bill Belicheat, tanked Super Bowl XLII last night and ended their hopes of a 'perfect' season. I'm not usually one to gloat over another's misery. Hell, I don't even care about the NY Giants (and not just because their head coach once coached the Jaguars). In fact, other than the possibility of the Patriots losing last night, I had no real desire to even watch this Super Bowl.

Why do I care? First of all, nothing bores me to tears more than seeing the same one or two teams in championship games year after year. This phenomenon is not something that is unique to football. Almost every major league sport has a team that for several years will dominate. Some might call that a dynasty - I call it booooring. You're probably thinking that I would not feel that way if my team won every year. (I'll have to get back to you on that one since I've never been that fortunate!)

Next, we have the cheating issue. I have heard every excuse possible from Pats fans since they were caught blatantly stealing defensive signals from the Jets earlier in the season. The most common (and false) justification is that "every team does it". Bullshit. I don't believe that for a minute. You might as well say that "every baseball player does steroids" too. I will fully admit that there are probably other teams that cheat and have just not gotten caught yet, but to say that they all do it is merely a way for Pats fans to try and make themselves feel better about it all. If you are an honest person, you could not possibly feel good about the prospect of a 'perfect' season when the scales were unfairly tipped toward the Pats - all on the backs on their unsuspecting opponents. Good for the Jets for turning them in. Shame on the NFL for not making the Patriots forfeit that game. They truly did not deserve to win.

Congratulations to the NY Giants for winning the Super Bowl and de-throning the Patriots and especially Tom Brady. This Super Upset is proof positive that the Patriots were a one man show and had no depth as a team. (Not to mention an utter lack of class with all their pre-game smack talking) Bill Belicheat was so pissed off at the end of the game, he refused to return to the field to watch the last snap. What a sore loser. How does it feel Bill? Reminds me of the old saying: "cheat cheat never beat".

Adam got his first vehicle this weekend! It is a 1991 Chevy S10 pick-em-up truck. He is absolutely beside himself with glee. He spent pretty much all day yesterday in it; listening to tunes, washing the mirrors, sweeping out the truck bed, etc...

Here are a few snapshots of him. Click on either one to view the large version.

We are all very happy for him and I am proud to say that he did very well on his first lesson on how to drive a stick shift!

With much sadness, I said goodbye to my goatee of 12 years last night. Boy does it feel funny! My chin is cold! I had to shave it for the academy which starts Monday. I figured I would treat you to a before and after photo. Enjoy!

I passed my oral review board last night and was formally accepted into the police academy. It was a pretty tough hour long interview that had a lot of demanding questions. Some of it was the usual interview stuff (describe strengths, weaknesses, etc) but some of the questions were really hard to answer. A couple of times I thought that I might be analyzing too much of what they were asking. In the end, all that matters is that they unanimously passed me and welcomed me 'aboard'. It was a big relief.

I should be starting the third week in October. For now, I have to go and purchase all of the necessary uniform things that I will be using throughout the academy. Its going to run me around $300 bucks but I have had the money set aside for months now anticipating this. I am looking forward to starting the academy but am a little nervous about it too.

I will be sure to keep everyone posted on my progress but I may have little time to update my blogs over the next year. I shall do my best!

I passed my police academy PT entrance exam today! Here is the breakdown of what I did:

Push-ups: 32 in 60 seconds
Sit-ups: 36 in 60 seconds
1.5 Mile run: 15 minutes, 40 seconds
Officer mobility course: 56 seconds

What a HUGE relief it is to finally get that monkey off my back. It has been worrying me for a few months now. I'm not sure why I was so paranoid but I am certainly glad it is done.

The next step is an oral review board (interview) with some police officers and then the night academy class should start on September 24th.

Woo-hoo!