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January 26, 2005
tom brady's scruff & 'do
We are enjoying Tom Brady's beautiful gold-red scruff for yet another year. His scruff length is a bit longer this year (right), as is his hair, so it kinda makes him look like a caveman, but y'all know I love that shit. Now I loved his cute little preppy fauxhawk in 2004 (left), but I'm lovin' the shaggy 'do he's got this year even more. I've been workin' on something similar to it myself. For some reason I just love to see medium-length hair curling up from under the back of a ballcap. Minor jimbo fetish. Sadly, Adam Vinatieri has given up his bear look from last year, but is still a cutie-patootie without the face fur. Remember: "If the knuckles ain't draggin', Jimbo ain't shaggin'"
Yet more Ruggers who blog and bloggers who rugg. Or something like that...but welcome to both worlds guys! Many other new links updated on the blogroll to the right. Again, sorry I can't keep up with everyone who has commented on this blog. Anyhow, all this chat about rugby with both John and Rob have got me itchin' for pain again. The hamster wheel at the gym is again growing old very fast. And I wanna git back up on the scrumhalf wagon again after being a frikkin' winger most of the year last year. My last match went well as scrumhalf, and I forgot how much I missed the position.
And like I say, rugby is cheap therapy. 'Roid rage jokes aside, I really think the practices and matches burn off extra aggression. I've been snarly of late, I know due to the weather, but also perhaps due to lack of an outlet. I lost it this morning, albeit understandably, when the chorus of The Stand-like croupy plague coughs continued from the office next to me, where two baby-boomer work-'til-you-die women have been deathly ill and coughing uncontrollably for two weeks now. After a particularly loud fit of coughing that completely shattered my concentration, I spoke out very loudly saying, "Jesus Christ people fucking GO HOME!" Many coworkers agree and are resenting their contagious presence, especially those who have gotten sick due to their insenstitivity and self-centeredness.
Last week most of the office was sick thanks to them, and I got by with a mere sore throat. If I had gotten sicker due to them I would have gotten really pissed off. One of the women seriously sounds like she has a bad case of bronchitis. I'm sure she's too 'swamped with work' to even go to the doctor. For chrissake people, we stopped getting Perfect Attendance Awards in high school, and it is rare that a task in this environment is so dire that you have to try cheating death just to get it done.
In a discussion I had the other day with Gurl about generational differences, she mentioned how Baby Boomers will tend to work their fingers to the bone until the day they die, and never take leave time for personal enjoyment or for health reasons. Please, people, the owner of your company, University President, the State nor the President of the United States (especially) does not give a shit about your life, and you are the only one looking out for your well being. Enjoy your life, take the time off, and get better. And most of all don't frikkin' get me sick.
In other work news, staff shufflings around here will get me a promotion to a room with windows, sunlight and fresh, plague-free air! I suspect the gloom I've been fighting the past two winters is due to lack of photoperiod exposure, as my current office is windowless. Plus these offices get so damn hot it'll be nice to get some outside air. And I will have plants! Many healthy leafy green plants that will flourish under my care and the blessed sunlight! And I will finally be able to install an aquarium in my new office as well. Oh yeah, and work on occasion too.
Posted by jimbo at January 26, 2005 9:46 AM
Comments
Do you think Tom Brady will be setting a new hair and facial style fashion trend with the longer hair and almost permanently scruffy face? I have been watching him with interest the past couple of years.
Posted by: Marc at January 26, 2005 11:48 AM
I like the short scruff and the fauxhawk. He just seems hotter to me for some reason. I don't like my scruff to be too long.
Posted by: Scott at January 26, 2005 12:27 PM