Chak De PLS?

Finally I've found some interesting information about this league on the company's website:
 http://www.cmg-world.com/

This is the company managing the league, and they have more information on trying to find franchise owners:

http://www.cmg-world.com/FranchiseBrochure.pdf

Interesting information, it has to be said. 

Put Me in Coach!

Today, finally, after months and months of complaining about the weather, its started to get cooler in Albuquerque. It was decent earlier in the day, so hopefully the cold comes sooner rather than later. Albuquerque's weather is strange, because just as I say this, it might be 95 degrees outside tomorrow and be hotter than hell. So who knows. Here's to hoping.

In other news, all the best sports are getting underway once again. I've been watching soccer on my computer (English Premier League mainly) which has been awesome. Whenever I tweet about matches on Twitter, I get asked what team to I support. Honestly, I've been following Arsenal quite a bit lately, but I haven't historically had a favorite English team. I just love the drama of it all. Also excited about my first amateur soccer match this weekend. As an update, I joined a soccer team recently who I've been practicing with, and its been really good to go out there and play again competitively after so long. Our team is marginal, with maybe 3 or 4 players (including myself of course) having real talent, but its fun to just get out there. Plus the exercise always helps.

In addition, the NFL starts up again tonight (with college football already underway last weekend). Its amazing how football crazed the USA is. Listening to ESPN on my way to work, it seems like for the past 4 weeks, that is all anyone on the radio has been talking about. I like football, but I prefer soccer (mainly because I play it and watched a lot more of it in high school). I do follow college football quite a bit more because of the University of Michigan. My dad probably would let me hear it if I didn't.

Anyway, the great thing about having a strong and fast laptop is that I can watch a show my wife wants to watch (Project Runway) while using my computer to keep an eye on sports (the NFL game tonight). Its a wonderful way to make sure the wifey is happy without bugging her with sports she gets annoyed by. Win-win.
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I'll finish this blog post with a great article about a poor Swedish moose. Enjoy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999

Congratulations Dallas Mavericks!

So as I write this, the Dallas Mavericks have won the NBA Finals and are NBA Champions. I was rooting for the Mavs, as I really had a problem with LeBron's arrogance this whole series. Honestly, most people hate him for leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers etc, but I never really did. He left his hometown team for reasons he felt were right. My biggest problem was how annoying and overconfident he was the whole time. Whether it was him making fun of Dirk for being sick or pounding his chest before he even won the game, I felt like he just wasn't ready. His performance in the 4th quarter during the series showed it.

Congrats to one of my favorite players, Jason Kidd, for winning the championship the the New Jersey Nets couldn't give you.

P.S. This NBA Finals was very compelling television.

Chak De India, Santa Fe and strange phrases

Wow. Its been a long time since I posted on my blog. APOLOGIES. What has happened since I posted last? What hasn't happened is the real question. My parents came to visit and despite my biggest worries and fears, nothing bad happened. IN FACT, Priyam and my dad have a great relationship which makes me happy. While my parents were here, Priyam and i went to Santa Fe to visit the historic city (second oldest in the US btw) and we decided to try and do a lot more fun stuff during the weekends. And so we have.

But more importantly India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup. For a better description of events, by someone much better equiped to discuss such issues, click here.

I have to say, watching my wife's ebbs and flows of emotions can certainly be taxing, but alls well that ends well. When Sachinky saw Sachin get out and Sehwag getting out for 0 runs before him, she was not too pleased (to put it mildly), but they were saved in the end. Alls well that ends well.

Just as an aside, any one where the American phrase " Its aways away" came from? Aways being something like "Its not too far away". I said it to the wifey earlier today, and she looked at me like I started speaking latin. Maybe I did.

India vs. South Africa: The Showdown!

Today at work, I've been really busy and bored at the same time, never a good combination. To make matters worse, my mother called and was her usually annoying self. Its going to be an interesting few days when they come, especially because my mom is so excited to have green and red chili and loves Mexican food, and my wife absolutely HATES it. I personally like it, but I hope Priyam can fake some sort of fondness, cus it might be A LONG COUPLE OF DAYS.

Actually, all day I've been pretty excited about the India vs. South Africa cricket match tonight. The past week or so when I come back home and have about 30 minutes to myself in the morning before I have to leave for work, I've been watching cricket. Not just my wife's team India, but all sorts of different teams, like today's match: England vs. Bangladesh. I must say, I'm really enjoying the sport. I never really knew much about cricket, even living in Europe. But the more I watch these one day matches, the more I'm getting into it. Tonight is India vs. South Africa, two countries with some really good teams, so of course Priyam will be waking up to see it. Uusually I just wake up in the morning to see the end, but I think I might stay up with her this time. Its going to be a really tight game, and I'm not sure if I can afford to miss the action.

COME ON INDIA!

Eat It Buckeyes

Hello all, first, I would  like to apologize for my absense, I really have no excuse for it. Next, I would like to thank Ohio State University football program for screwing themselves over. As a Michigan Wolverine fan, the past few years have been really upsetting, from Rich Rod's hiring and firing, to the lack of amazing head coaching candidates, and always wondering if Big Blue will be able to regain the success they had while I was growing up. All the while Ohio State (our bitter rival) was laughing all the way to the bank, recruiting the top players, dominating the Big Ten, and going to BCS bowl games year after year. Their success was unmatched, and it made me very angry. Now, with Head Coach Jim Tressel lying to the NCAA, I finally can smile again. THATS WHAT YOU GET YOU EVIL SCHOOL. As an after thought, They'll be my People I Love to Hate this week.

Ohio State University

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Anyway, life has been good, got paid today (after noticing New Mexico raised the state taxes, those assholes). Also, I wanted to post a heromachine entry I have made, I call him the Resurrector:

Hope you like it!

What a Match!

Last night, the wife (and I kinda) woke up at 1:30 am to watch the much anticipated England-India cricket match. Our favorite player, Sachin, scored a century, and then go out so I went back to bed, with India comfortably batting well and no real worries. Of course, I'm not an expert on cricket, but I felt pretty confident on my way to the sack that India had no worries against an inferior side. So, as I awoke at around 8:30 am, I came into the living room with my wife comfortably lying on the couch with her computer. But, to my surpise, India's bowling was not holding up to a real British assault. My wife thought all was lost, but India got some serious wickets and stormed back into it. It all came down to the final ball, and it ended in a draw.

After a heart-pounding affair, my wife and I will have our normal day. Haircut, Walmart and possibly a comic book store run are in the cards for me. Then Oscars tonight. We'll see if James Franco and Ann Hathaway can do a decent job hosting, although I think they're gonna blow. We'll find out though, thats for sure.

Cricket in Canada?

So the cricket world cup has begun, and the wifey spent her first night awake, from 2 am to 10 am. The one thing I was amazed of is the fact that she didn't sleep at all on Saturday during the day. If I stayed up all night, I would have passed out after the match was over, but not her. She slept at night when I did, even though during dinner her eyes could not stay up, which was quite cute.

The cricket has, to be honest, been pretty mediocre so far. Sri Lanka vs Canada? Seriously? I mean its been two days technically, but damn. Canada is a waste of a cricket side. I would think that if the USA and Canada actually tried to train the serious athletes in their countries for cricket, they could crush some of these other nations, I mean, if they can throw a baseball at 101 mph, they could do this. But, cricket is not well known. ACTUALLY, cricket is a sport that if you asked a random American, I bet you they probably have never even heard of it. Thats no good. Its an interesting game, and certainly if people watch baseball, they would watch cricket if they were taught the rules.

But, thats something that will never happen sadly.

On another note, I get to spend two hours at the dentist today, SOOO EXCITED. Not sure you can really type sarcasm.

TGIF: Sachinky version

So today (well I say today, but its technically 1:30 am tomorrow) the wifey will watch the India vs. Bangladesh cricket match, and depending on how I feel I'll hopefully watch  as well. I slept on the coach last night (or reasons of stupidity, but that perhaps is for another time), and slept horribly. Back aches and neck cramps aside, hopefully I'll be able to take a quick nap or something and watch at least for a little while and then again in the morning or something. Not sure how it will all go down, but I know the wife will have no problems staying awake to make sure of an Indian victory.

Its also been decided, based on the couch discomfort, that as soon as I can find something to replace that couch, I will do so. Ugh.

In addition, Priyam and I are addicted to this buffalo chicken dip, which she makes and got the recipe online/from my mom. Its excellent, and you can find a step by step guide here. Thats the wife's blog.We used the dip as quesadilla filling, its making my mouth water just thinking about it.

Hell in a Handbasket

Was reading the news this morning about all of these protests in Middle Eastern countries, and the first thought that came into my head was, excuse the expression: "The USA is screwed"
You know we are really dead meat when the country populace are rioting and protesting in the streets because they want a ruler ousted because they're backed by the American government. Hello terrorism support. One thing this great country has never been good at is backing dictators who are liked at the time but absolutely hated 30 years later. THEN, when they get ousted for whatever reason, we look like the bad guys because some Defense officials in the 70s were sitting around a table in a poorly lit room saying, "This guy sounds like a good guy to finance, compared to the alternatives." Psh, what a joke. The worst part is that its such a bad joke.

Anyway, on a happier note, one day (or so) away from the Cricket World Cup, where the Wifey is getting super pumped listening to India nationalistic music by the boat load. I like to watch her enthusiasm, because its how I feel when the FIFA World Cup comes around. I like her when she is so happy, so I don't mind the India song youtube marathon currently occuring in our apartment.

Hoo Haa India, Ayaa India!

So just got back home a little while ago from work and dinner. My wifey and I went to Ling's Buffet, a new chinese buffet place near Priyam's work on Montgomery Blvd. It was really interesting, you could really tell that the owners put quite a bit of money into the decoir of the place and the food was quite good as well, with the Thai BBQ being a major highlight.

Since then, my wonderful better half has been gearing up for the Cricket World Cup. I know what you Yanks must be thinking: CRICKET? WHATS THAT? Haha, I know, I know. Thats what I thought too, and I lived in Switzerland where I was subjecting to all sorts of new sports but the British contigent at my school. (Who knew people could get so riled up about professional darts, but thats a story for a different post) But, the more I watched with the wifetopher, the more I actually got into it, now its a pretty nice passtime. She's a huge fan of Sachin, considered the "God of Cricket", and he's a real talent, for those who don't know of cricket or don't like it, you HAVE to see this guy. He makes cricket fun for even non-cricket fans. As the World Cup is approaching, we'll be watching all the India matches. What makes me love my wife more is her crazy devotion to the match (Rules include: no talking, no getting up from watching, no nonsense, and you must root for India) I've learned some of these rules the hard way let me tell you. But its very enjoyable, and if you can, I would strongly advice taking a look at Sachin play cricket, whether its on TV or Youtube or what have you.

Thats all for now, but I'm sure I'll have plenty of posts as the world cup gets underway this weekend.