WEEK 13
Thursday, Nov. 27
Tennessee at Detroit - Tennessee
Seattle at Dallas - Dallas
Arizona at Philadelphia - Arizona

Sunday, Nov. 30
Carolina at Green Bay - Green Bay
Indianapolis at Cleveland - Indianapolis
Baltimore at Cincinnati - Baltimore
San Francisco at Buffalo - Buffalo
Denver at N.Y. Jets - Jets
N.Y. Giants at Washington - Washington
New Orleans at Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay
Miami at St. Louis - Miami
Atlanta at San Diego - Atlanta
Kansas City at Oakland - Kansas City
Pittsburgh at New England - New England
Chicago at Minnesota - Chicago

Monday, Dec. 01
Jacksonville at Houston - Houston

Bury all your secrets in my skin
Come away with innocence
And leave me with my sins
The air around me still feels like a cage
And love is just a camouflage
For what resembles rage again

So if you love me let me go
And run away before I know
My heart is just too dark to care
I cant destroy what isn't there
Deliver me into my fate
If I'm alone I cannot hate
I don't deserve to have you
My smile was taken long ago
If I can change I hope I never know

I still press your letters to my lips
And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss
I couldn't face a life without your light
But all of that was ripped apart...
When you refused to fight

So save your breath I will not hear
I think I made it very clear
You couldn't hate enough to love
Is that supposed to be enough?
I only wish you weren't my friend
Then I could hurt you in the end
I never claimed to be a Saint
My own was banished long ago
It took the death of hope to let you go

So break yourself against my stones
And spit your pity in my soul
You never needed any help
You sold me out to save yourself
And I wont listen to your shame
You ran away you're all the same
Angels lie to keep control
My love was punished long ago
If you still care, don't ever let me know

If you still care, don't ever let me know...
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this is one of the best songs i've ever heard and i'm dedicating it to the bitch that was my best friend for close to 6 years until yesterday.

Below are my predictions for NFL Week 12 and my results for weeks 10 & 11.

WEEK 12
Thursday, Nov. 20
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh ✔

Sunday, Nov. 23
Tampa Bay at Detroit - Tampa Bay
Philadelphia at Baltimore - Baltimore
Houston at Cleveland - Houston
San Francisco at Dallas - Dallas
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee - Tennessee
Minnesota at Jacksonville - Minnesota
Buffalo at Kansas City - Buffalo
New England at Miami - New England
Chicago at St. Louis - Chicago
Oakland at Denver - Denver
Carolina at Atlanta - Atlanta
Washington at Seattle - Washington
N.Y. Giants at Arizona - Giants
Indianapolis at San Diego - Indianapolis

Monday, Nov. 24
Green Bay at New Orleans - Green Bay

Below are my results for weeks 10 and 11 starting with week 11, I have posted my final result and game list.

Week 11: 12-4

WEEK 11
Thursday, Nov. 13

N.Y. Jets at New England - New England



Sunday, Nov. 16
Denver at Atlanta - Atlanta 

Minnesota at Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay ✔

Baltimore at N.Y. Giants - Giants ✔

Oakland at Miami - Miami ✔

New Orleans at Kansas City - New Orleans ✔

Detroit at Carolina - Carolina ✔

Philadelphia at Cincinnati - Philadelphia 

Chicago at Green Bay - Green Bay ✔

Houston at Indianapolis - Indianapolis ✔

Tennessee at Jacksonville - Tennessee ✔

Arizona at Seattle - Arizona ✔

St. Louis at San Francisco - San Francisco ✔

San Diego at Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh ✔

Dallas at Washington - Dallas ✔



Monday, Nov. 17

Cleveland at Buffalo - Buffalo

Week 10: 12-2

Thursday, Nov. 06

Denver at Cleveland - Cleveland



Sunday, Nov. 09

Tennessee at Chicago - Tennessee ✔

Jacksonville at Detroit - Jacksonville ✔

Seattle at Miami - Miami ✔

Green Bay at Minnesota - Green Bay 

Baltimore at Houston - Baltimore ✔

St. Louis at N.Y. Jets - Jets ✔

New Orleans at Atlanta - Atlanta ✔

Buffalo at New England - New England ✔

Carolina at Oakland - Carolina ✔

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh - Indianapolis ✔

Kansas City at San Diego - San Diego ✔

N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia - Giants ✔



Monday, Nov. 10

San Francisco at Arizona - Arizona ✔



Open date: Cincinnati,Dallas,Tampa Bay,Washington

WEEK 11
Thursday, Nov. 13
N.Y. Jets at New England - New England

Sunday, Nov. 16
Denver at Atlanta - Atlanta
Minnesota at Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay
Baltimore at N.Y. Giants - Giants
Oakland at Miami - Miami
New Orleans at Kansas City - New Orleans
Detroit at Carolina - Carolina
Philadelphia at Cincinnati - Philadelphia
Chicago at Green Bay - Green Bay
Houston at Indianapolis - Indianapolis
Tennessee at Jacksonville - Tennessee
Arizona at Seattle - Arizona
St. Louis at San Francisco - San Francisco
San Diego at Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh
Dallas at Washington - Dallas

Monday, Nov. 17
Cleveland at Buffalo - Buffalo

Thursday, Nov. 06
Denver at Cleveland - Cleveland

Sunday, Nov. 09
Tennessee at Chicago - Tennessee
Jacksonville at Detroit - Jacksonville
Seattle at Miami - Miami
Green Bay at Minnesota - Green Bay
Baltimore at Houston - Baltimore
St. Louis at N.Y. Jets - Jets
New Orleans at Atlanta - Atlanta
Buffalo at New England - New England
Carolina at Oakland - Carolina
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh - Indianapolis
Kansas City at San Diego - San Diego
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia - Giants

Monday, Nov. 10
San Francisco at Arizona - Arizona

Open date: Cincinnati,Dallas,Tampa Bay,Washington

OK so below is the week 9 NFL schedule and how I picked them lets see how I did shell we.....

WEEK 9
Sunday, Nov. 02
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo - Buffalo to win
Detroit at Chicago - Chicago to win ✔
Jacksonville at Cincinnati - Jacksonville
Baltimore at Cleveland - Baltimore to win ✔
Tampa Bay at Kansas City - Tampa Bay to win ✔
Houston at Minnesota - Minnesota to win ✔
Arizona at St. Louis - St. Louis
Green Bay at Tennessee - Tennessee to win ✔
Miami at Denver - Miami to win ✔
Dallas at N.Y. Giants - Giants to win ✔
Atlanta at Oakland - Atlanta to win ✔
Philadelphia at Seattle - Philadelphia to win ✔
New England at Indianapolis - New England to win

Monday, Nov. 03
Pittsburgh at Washington - Washington to win

Open date: Carolina,New Orleans,San Diego,San Francisco

that makes my record for the week 9 - 5

now i best look at week 10 and make my picks what with there being a game tonight

I have nothing to do right at this moment so I have decided to give my predictions on this weekends NFL match ups and they are as follows.

WEEK 9
Sunday, Nov. 02
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo - Buffalo to win
Detroit at Chicago - Chicago to win
Jacksonville at Cincinnati - Jacksonville
Baltimore at Cleveland - Baltimore to win
Tampa Bay at Kansas City - Tampa Bay to win
Houston at Minnesota - Minnesota to win
Arizona at St. Louis - St. Louis
Green Bay at Tennessee - Tennessee to win
Miami at Denver - Miami to win
Dallas at N.Y. Giants - Giants to win
Atlanta at Oakland - Atlanta to win
Philadelphia at Seattle - Philadelphia to win
New England at Indianapolis - New England to win


Monday, Nov. 03
Pittsburgh at Washington - Washington to win

Open date: Carolina,New Orleans,San Diego,San Francisco

so thats what i predict for this weekends games, feel free to comment or message me if you have a different opinion or if you agree. I should really go into more detail about each game and why i think but i think i'll save that for next season when i start blogging more about my predictions and opinions on the great sport of american football.

Only By The Night by Kings Of Leon is one of the greatest albums I have ever heard in my life and is by far the best album of 2008 for me and thats with hearing the new Oasis record and without hearing the new Keane and Snow Patrol offerings.

Only By The Night has everything in an album that I look for, but what that is I have no idea, which I think is a good thing as I feel if i knew what it was it would ruin my musical enjoyment. The closest emotion if you will I can point it to is comfort and understand, records like this always seem to comfort my soul and have an understanding on how I feel about things past, present or future. They clear my head and fill it up all at the same time, with new feelings, thoughts, ideas and emotions.

Music like this takes situations around you and gives you solutions and lets you know that someone else out there feels just like you, even if they don't. Music is great like that it means something different to different people whilst meaning the same thing all at the same time.

This album has songs that connect with me in many way and over many emotions from heartache, pain, love, sadness and emotions that haven't even got a name.

Use Somebody and Cold Desert are two tracks on this album that really stick out for me and connect with me in many ways but the whole album has grade a lyrics and lyrics that mean something. More and more I hear so called musicians coming out with material that is deemed the greatest thing ever written and the best band ever only to hear these songs and bands and once again utter the words "what a load of shit". Kings Of Leon have never been a band like that from the first time I heard them I liked them but for some reason never paid them much attention, they were just there, but with every album and song I heard I noticed that they were growing and evolving and I thought they had peaked when I heard Because Of The Times..... Oh how I was wrong.

If you know that album your know how amazing it, if you haven't heard Only By The Night you won't know that its Because Of The Times just a million times better, however both albums are in my opinion what the Kings Of Leon are, they are the albums that best represent them as people and musicians. Not that Youth & Young Manhood and Aha Shake Heartbreak aren't amazing albums because they are and contain some amazing songs, they just don't ride your emotions like BOTT or OBTN.

Of course one things for sure that by now you would have heard Sex On Fire which is one of the most catchiest songs ever released and why its hit the number one spot in the UK chart, but that song aside OBTN features 10 other songs just as good.

I personally point you in the direction of Closer, Use Somebody, Manhatten, Revelry, Notion & Cold Desert as songs to check out, now thats of course 6 of the 11 songs on the album and to be honest I could have easily just listed all 11 tracks.

Now has you can see I'm not that good at writing reviews, I have the ideas and the things I wanna say but somehow can never get them down in the right way and for that I apologize, I also hate the way the reviews are written to sound like what the writer is saying is what you must feel and say and feel that is why I struggle to write out reviews as my goal is just to get you to listen to the subject at hand.

For ME this is the best album of the year but to others it won't be, hell not everyone likes the Kings Of Leon and I know there will be Metallica fans out there that may read this and say that Death Magnetic is the best album of the year and believe me it is good and I would advise against listening to it with a headache cos that shit is loud, but Only By The Night captured me more, it took me on a journey and after several hundred listens still makes me wanna listen to it over and over.

This is one of those albums that when I heard it in full for the first time I almost cried and today after listening to it in full for like the millionth time it still gives me the same buzz, the emotions and makes me wanna cry whilst all the while throwing new things my way.

Kings Of Leon Only By The Night is one of the must have album in your life on any level but if you live with emotions that run high and low all at the same time you need this album more.

5/5

By God that was bad....

I just sat and watched the pre-season game from last night between the Patriots & the Bucs and I have to say I wasn't impressed with what I saw from my Patriots.

Now I know this is just pre-season and the games mean nothing but from what I saw of the first string on D we looked old and inexperienced. Now that statement might not make that much sense to some but if you know what the D is made up of on the Pats this year it will be so so clear to you.

Mayo did look impressive at times but missed a few tackles and didn't wrap up players as quickly as he could have done.

Vrabel looked the best player out there for us on D which is what I expected to see, but this defense is not as good as previous years and needs a ton of work.

John Lynch could be a good addition but didn't get involved all that much during the plays he was in for, but since this was only his first week with the team, I'll give him a bit of a break.

The offense was bad except for Welker who as always shines, Moss wasn't that involved but got 25 yards off 2 catches.

Cassel was so amazingly bad, I was left hoping the foot injury that Brady is nurses won't keep him out come week one, although I'm skeptical that he really does have a foot problem and if he does it's probably not as bad as its being made out to be. I really want to see Cassel removed from this team even if we need to bring someone else in, Chris Sims could be a good choice, again he isn't the best but would be a much better back up the Cassel currently is and looked impressive for the Bucs in the plays he was in for and looks to be the odd one out in that line up.

O'Connell looked OK for the first time I've seen him play, but I think a lot of work is needed with him and it left me thinking that we should have tried to get or should try and trade for Colt Brennan cos that kid is impressive (but I don't think that will happen as its gonna take something to get him off the Redskins roster).

All in all, I'm slightly worried for the season ahead if we are gonna play like that on defensive side as we couldn't tackle, stop the run and all round wrap up plays.

Offense is a slightly different beast as long as we have Brady at QB, Moss & Welker will of course have huge years again should they stay healthy.

On the other hand the Bucs looked really impressive and I would look for a good year from them if they play like they did in this game.

Super Bowl XLII this past sunday was one of the best I have seen in a long time, from kick off to till the clock hit 00:00 in the fourth qtr I was keep entertained.

The only let down was that my New England Patriots didn't stay perfect.

I have seen several posts around the internet of people laughing at this fact and I bet you that most of them support a team bumped off by the Pats this year. Its a common trend in all sports people don't like the team that wins and is successful, Manchester United and Chelsea are prime examples in soccer, the Yankees in the MLB and even on a stretch John Cena in wrestling.

Did I want to see the Pats go 19 - 0?? yeah of course I did, was I upset when we lost the game sunday?? yeah I was, but this will only fuel a fire under the players for next year and it won't stick in there minds and hearts and bring them down next year because as always they will simply move on to the next game.

The Giants played extremely well on sunday and the Patriots didn't look there normal self, both sides of the ball seemed to be lacking the fight and determination of the season just gone by, Brady didn't seem to have his normal focus and the defense didn't show up.

If I was gonna pick an MVP for the Patriots in SB42 I would have to go with Wes Welker as I would have for the whole year, Wes is an outstanding player and one of the key reasons the Patriots got a 18-1 record. Moss was outstanding all year and many reports say that if it wasn't for Moss then the Patriots wouldn't have won all those games, personally I don't see that as I feel without Welker to do the short dump off's underneath the Patriots wouldn't have gotten to where they did.

Look at Sunday, hardly no long balls made it but Welker had lots of success on the short passes and he has the ability to gain yards after the catch.

Now after the game ended I didn't stick around for the trophy presentation but found out the next day that Eli Manning had been voted the MVP of Super Bowl 42, this confused me and I will explain why.

There was no Most Valuable Player for that New Giants team on Sunday, there was however Most Valuable PlayerS.

I give my MVP award to the entire Giants D, they won the game for the Giants by simply shutting Brady and the Pats O down, I'm sure that there's people out there that would argue that with me but then thats the point of an opinion.

One thing that sprung to mind when I started reading those posts around the internet and seeing the Reebok advert where a parcel was delivered to the 72 dolphins team was if you think the Patriots where dominate this year you might not have seen nothing yet. I think this fuels the fire even more and that loss will inspire the players on to fight and work even harder next year, yes the Giants may have just put a very deadly nail into a coffin which could blow up on the NFL next year.

I'm sure many people expect to see bitter comment from Patriots fans all over the net and I'm sure there are some, but from me you won't see any, the Patriots didn't play well on Sunday and the Giants did and thats how you win games in any sport.

I support Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (soccer) so I know how it feels to not be successful and win things. Yeah it still hurts every time your chosen team loses but the key conclusion I have always come to is that theres always next week or in the case of the New England Patriots there's always next year.

Congratulations to the New York Giants on winning Super Bowl 42.