super bowl – Sydney Aaliyah Michelle

What’s the Nerdiest Thing About You? BLOG HOP!

Published on September 25, 2013 by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle21 Comments

This is the first time in my life where I think, I might not be nerdy enough. Did you see how many Happy Potter action figures Cassie Mae has purchases. I will give it a try and you should to.

Congratulations to Cassie Mae on the release of her YA Romance novel, How to Date a Nerd. I don’t usually read YA, but I am looking forward to reading this book. I love Cassie’s NA stuff and the premise of this book sounds really cool nerdy fun.

Now the rules, very nerdy, I know:

Post an answer to this question: What is the nerdiest thing about you?
Post the blog hop picture on your post and on your sidebar.
Post the Goodreads link to How to Date a Nerd (oh look, here it is! I’ll make it easy :)) http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17976672-how-to-date-a-nerd

What is the nerdiest thing about me?

I am a Dallas Cowboys Fan. I have been all my life. I was particularly nerdy about them during the 1997-1998 season. It was two year after the last of their three Super Bowl wins. I went to a total of 12 games that season. All home games and 4 away games (New York, DC, Green Bay & Philadelphia).

Every star on team had a radio or television show in the Dallas market and you could find me in the audience of one or more every week.

I collected every newspaper from the day after each game of that season and kept them in plastic bags.

I have a series of three photos of Troy Aikman during that time:

The first one is of him waving at me as I took the photo at a radio show.
The second one is of him at a game ~~looking in my general direction~~ looking for me in the stands.
The third I actually made it in the photo at the opening of a grocery store.

I collected cups, key chains, posters, magazine articles and I have an unusual amount of beer coasters with random Cowboy player autographs on them. I have them all in a trunk in my parents attic marked Cowboy Stuff, Do NOT Throw Away!!!!

And, if that wasn’t nerdy enough, I wrote an entire 30,000 word (approx. I hand wrote it in my journal) manuscript–dialogue only–of an embarrassingly passionate romance between Troy Aikman and some girl named Sydney (It’s not me, I swear. ;-)).

Here’s a short excerpt:

“Do you love football more than me?”

“No. Do you love being a lawyer more then you love me.”

“No, but being a lawyer isn’t my passion, football is yours.”

“I have room for more than one passion in my life.”

“Oh, Troy.”

“I love you, Syd.”

“I love you, too.”

*OMG, someone please tell me I’ve gotten better at this.

So, there you have it. Am I a nerd or what? It’s your turn, what is the nerdiest thing about you?

My Weekly Update – We Have a Lot to Cover

Published on February 3, 2013February 3, 2013 by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle5 Comments

It’s Super Bowl Sunday. One of my favorite days of the year.

I grew up with two older brothers. I attending a huge college football school (FSU) and my mother worked for an NFL player during his 16 year career. Needless to say, I am well versed in the game of football. The timeline of my life has always been categorized by In season and Off season.

Not a football fan? Here are 5 tips for you to still enjoy the game:

So you sound smart, the game is between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49’ers. We don’t like the 49’ers.
Except for their tattoo covered quarterback Collin Kaepernick. He is cute as long as he keeps his mouth shut. A little to, I am a quarterback in the NFL and this is how I am supposed to answer questions, for me. But, look at those tattoos. And, if you want to sound even smarter, after a good play, say out loud, “Wow, and to think this is only his 11th start in the NFL.”
Beyonce at half-time. Beyonce is always over the top. It is going to be a spectacle whether you are a fan of hers or not.
The Super Bowl will be played in the Superdome in New Orleans. If you can’t be happy for how this city has bounced back, well, then you must be dead inside.
The commercials. Wasted commercialism at its best. But, you might as well watch so you know what everyone is talking about at work the next day.

Enjoy the game and Go Ravens. What are your Super Bowl predictions?

So hot! And, I as a heterosexual women, I have no problem saying that. — So hot! And, as a heterosexual women, I have no problem saying that.

The Next Star Wars to be Directed by J.J. Abrams – my thought by Steve Umstead – I am pretty happy about this decision.

Four Techniques to Show Rather than Tell by Marcy Kennedy – I learned a new one. Remove the ‘to’ phrases.

30 Lessons That I have Learnt From Writing by Michael J Holley – You can’t go wrong with a great list. I need to work on #6.

How to Be a Writer Who Thinks Like a Publisher at Wise Ink – This is great resource for writers.

the dojo

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That’s right. I’ve joined a Dojo. The talented Ali Cross has reworked the dojo to continue her mission to create support and camaraderie among writers. The dojo is split into three dojos for writers, revisers and queriers (is that a word). You can join one or all three. I am in the NiNoReMo where revising ninjas train.

Goals for February: Revise 150 pages this month. That is 37.5 pages per week.

Join me in the dojo and let’s have a productive February.

Giants Win, Giants Win

Published on February 7, 2012May 13, 2012 by Sydney Aaliyah MichelleLeave a comment

You may or may not know this about me, but I am a die hard Cowboys fan. Period. I have no conference allegiance. Everyone in the NFC East is my enemy and they are lucky to get the opportunity to play us every season twice. I have loved the Cowboys thru the 1 – 15 season, three Superbowls and now the 1 playoff game in I don’t know how many years and still I am Cowboy Blue, through and through.

So, when I tell you that I was cheering for the Giants on Sunday. There must be a good reason. I cheered for the Giants because, . . . I can’t stand Tom Brady.

No way in the world should Tom Brady get more rings then Troy and Emmitt. He is lucky to have the three that he has. It is just mind boggling that he has been as successful as he has. In my oppinion, he didn’t work hard enough for it. He got the position off of an injury and had great players around him. And still, no one talks about them, they just talk about Brady and his supermodel wife. It is annoying.

So, I was a Giants fan for 4 hours on Sunday and am very happy with the results. 21 – 17, in Indianapolis. Eli Manning – MVP.

Madonna, LMFAO, Nicki Minja, MIA did the half time show. It looked really cool.

One interesting tidbit that I think shows why some women should not be allowed to be NFL player wives. There is a report trending now about how some fan yelled to Giselle after the game, “Manning owns Brady.” in which she replied, “My husband can’t throw AND catch the f—king ball. Someone needs to make a catch.” Nice Giselle. Kick the team and cause tension in the locker room. Smooth.

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