August 2012
1 post
Head-butted out of Miami
At this point we may all know Chad Johnson/Ochocinco more as a brand rather than a football player. Take note Gronk, while athletes with undeniable skills dominate on the field, if their focus shifts too much from team player to playa, it could end in lost respect…and a job.
When Chad was just getting started as a Bengal, he established himself as a joker, but also as one of the best...
July 2012
1 post
3 tags
It's Back...
Football, that is. Happy first day of training camp! Not Gronk, he never left! Man, he was all over the place this off-season, never skipping a party rocking, fist pumping beat. Reality TV dating on The Choice (where I have total faith he was looking for a real, long lasting love as can be found on The Bachelorette), partying (sans shirt, of course), charity appearances (he strutted his stuff...
April 2012
1 post
Hello Fumbling Forward followers!
Until football returns in full force, I will be on a break from blogging as well. See you all in the fall!
Love,
Jenna
February 2012
12 posts
Womp Womp
Funny, but I didn’t realize until right now, at this very moment, that not only did my team come in second this year, but so did I in fantasy. That’s a big “womp womp,” but also a small “yay me?” Argh.
There's Always A Silver Lining →
“Is it better to make it to the Super Bowl and suffer the ultimate crushing defeat, or to have never made it at all?” ”Why am I so upset right now?” “Jenna, you’re on vacation, buck up, this is not the end of the world, it’s just a game.” “Where is the exit…where the hell is the exit?! I have to get out of this bar ASAP!” “Is...
Super Bowl Snack Ideas →
Preparing for a Super Bowl party is easy when it comes to food. Everyone will be totally satisfied with some monster sandwiches, chips and dips, and beer…lots of beer. But, As you’ve seen from pictures of mine, I like themed food, it’s way cuter and even if your not going for the “cute” vibe because it cramps your manly style, the women at your Super Bowl party will...
The entire team in cupcake form? The Pats have... →
January 2012
11 posts
Camels Stink
For the past week I’ve tried in vain to avoid any and all Super Bowl prediction news. It’s silly, no one can possibly know who will come out victorious and I honestly don’t need the stress of it. However, I couldn’t help but read one article that was sent to me by my loving/somewhat Giants loving fan of a mother (click here to read) who declared that “we no longer...
Boston & NY. Oh Sh*^&t.
From kickoff of the Patriots game to the Giants’ game winning field goal, I don’t think I breathed once yesterday. Well OK, maybe there was some breathing involved to scream, to writhe in agony, to text that I was freaking out, to get up to get more snacks because I needed to keep busy, and to generally keep freaking out. If either game had been more exciting, I would have feared for...
One year ago I was in a state of frozen elation at the Bears/Packers NFC playoff game. This year I’m cozy in my Patriots pjs and my Woodhead jersey but wishing I was a Patriot popsicle at Foxboro.
Let’s do this. GO PATS!
Tebow may have Jesus, but we have Sorcery
Today is a stressful day, believe me, I know. The anticipation for tonight’s game is mounting slowly but surely as kickoff approaches. For New England Patriots fans, It’s all coming to a head tonight…an entire season full of ups and downs, Gronk and Welker proving they’re super human machines, Ocho toning down his crazy ways and abiding by the New England way, Vince Wilfork...
The Ladies do Fantasy
In support of the the #1 Fumbling Forward blog inspirer, supporter, and female football fan, last night I ventured out to KES’s all female fantasy football league’s awards ceremony. After all, KES came in first place! I couldn’t miss her crowning moment. Not only was she the league’s big winner, she also had the most wins of the season. Not too shabby. So what does an all...
WatchJimmy Fallon, I love you.
“The New England Patriots: I don’t think it’s out of line to say the Patriots are...”
– http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/a-guide-to-the-nfl-playoffs/
Remedy to the Post-Holiday Season Blues
It’s that time of year again.
The Christmas cookies have been gobbled up and though you’re craving some of that sweet sweet addicting red icing that adorns cookie-Santa’s outfit, making more would be totally weird of you. It’s time to put away your dreidel and stop trying to actually get good at spinning the damn thing, you’ll try again next year. You’re...
December 2011
5 posts
A Christmukkah Miracle
It was a bittersweet Holiday weekend over at Fumbling Forward. Let’s start from the beginning.
I went into Christmas weekend wanting 2 things: a fantasy win, and a Patriots win on Saturday where my family would be front row and center for all the action…and by “front row and center” I mean in the very top section closer to God than Tebow has ever been. However, it was a...
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land the Jews were relaxing with nothing at hand.
But this Jew’s ideal Christmas involves lots of cold, seats in a stadium, and “GO PATS” written in bold.
Merry Christmukkah to all, and to the Pats a good fight!
If Bill pulls a win, all will be right.
A Competition-less Rivalry
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” This philosophical thought experiment begs me to ask another, equally as thought provoking question: “do my brother an I still have a Patriots/Colts sibling rivalry with QB Peyton Manning injured on the sidelines?”
Manning and Brady, two of the greatest QBs of all time. Spencer and Jenna,...
November 2011
8 posts
Fantasy Update
Going into last night’s Patriots/Chiefs game I was down in fantasy by 21 points. I was panicked as I wanted nothing more than to see the Patriots win (of course), and also see my 8-2 team stay #1 in my League’s standings (that’s right, newbie to fantasy right here is winning, ohhh yea).
My two players to take the field for Monday Night Football, representing my last beacons of...
Away for the Win
Needing some extreme R&R plus family time, my mom and I set off for Florida this past weekend to visit my grandfather in Sarasota (how appropriate that it should coincide with Albert’s departure to warmer climates in Florida as well). Ah, Florida, land of the early bird special, Hawaiian-esque button down Ts, golf galore, and retirement paradise. Nice for a weekend getaway, but when...
Fumbling Forward Turns 1
Happy one year anniversary to me/Fumbling Forward! Is it just me, or has time sped up? It’s like time and I are competitors in a marathon and I’m eating time’s dust as I watch it’s toned butt, that has somehow stood the test of time, sprint off ahead of me. Damn you, time…so sneaky.
This past year has been quite the year of change and as I’ve said before, this...
Captain America? Sounds About Right To Me. →
October 2011
9 posts
Time to Mash the Monsters
Do you like things that go bump in the night? Does a haunted corn maze peak your interest? Does the first Fall season spotting of pumpkin flavored fro yo/desserts/lattes/anything make your sweet tooth exclaim “hayyy! girl, hayy?” Are you an expert pumpkin carver? Do “fun size” candy bars bring out the taste-testing candy bar expert in you? Do scary movies make you scream...
Get Ready...
Aisles of possibility. Stacks of savory temptations. New discoveries around every corner. This is what a supermarket represents to me.
What new flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is gracing the freezer section at this very moment? What crazy kind of chip will they come up with next? How many new kinds of chocolates and candies have been invented for the upcoming mega candy holiday,...
For Halloween this year I will be dressing as none other than Bill Belichick…so technically I will be cross dressing and being something “manly.” I told my 6-year-old male cousin, who will be dressing as a scary little Joker from The Dark Knight, about my costume choice and this is how he responded:
Me: I’m going to be a football coach for Halloween!
Cousin: (His face...
Foot-in-Helmet Style
The bar I went to with my parents in Jets land for Sunday Funday was a relatively tame, family-oriented place, which proved to be both a blessing and a curse; a curse only because getting into a bar fight with a Jets fan would have been some seriously awesome writing material. Picture if you will, me, at hardly 5 ft 2 facing off with a 6 foot angry Jets fan, would have been hilarious right? Ehh...
WatchThe appropriately nicknamed “Kicking Queen” proves that a little girl can dream about being royalty and an athlete when she grows up, the two don’t have to be exclusive. I see daily commercials for the “Barbie Princess Charm School” DVD for girls…when is Mattel going to have the “Barbie NFL Preseason Workout” DVD??
The Kicking Queen gets the...
Time For A Little Revenge
Last winter, a newly developed section of my heart, the “football ventricle” powered by the “Patriots pulse”, experienced its first blow as I watched the Patriot Nation’s Playoff/Super Bowl dreams crush like a flimsy beer can against a rowdy frat boy’s forehead. The source of my first sports heartache: The Jets. The result: I will forever demonize them. In other words, the Jets are the sports...
“The hair had volume. It had charisma. There were reasons to feel it deserved an...”
– Wesley Morris on Brady’s hair
Read more: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7055830/on-brady-hair
A Family Funday Plus The Fork
And this one goes out to all the servers, from all the Sunday football bar hoppers… specifically, here’s looking at you, Jay-z at Tavern (no relation to the Jay). “Jay-z,” the happiest server in all the land, a lover of annoying patron questions, a connoisseur of peppy “yea! that’s the best beer we have!” answers, a Zach Galifianakis lookalike with the...
September 2011
22 posts
3 tags
TrainWrite: Rally Cap →
trainwrite:
by Karen E. Sikola
The details, as told to me by someone who matters: 10 p.m. The Sox are up 3-2 with their two best pitchers on the way. The Rays are losing 7-0 in the 7th. Over the course of the next hour, the Rays come back. As the Rays tie up their game 7-7, the Sox’ closing pitcher…
