Friday, December 16, 2011

12 Days of (Ravens) Christmas

Okay, this is a little silly, but with the holiday season, I thought putting a Ravens spin on a classic Christmas carol would be a great way to celebrate. What can I say? I'm part singer, part writer and bleed purple!

Some lines are just general football-related, but I managed to get some specific Ravens references in also. Offense, defense and special teams are covered. Obviously assume all references are positive for the Ravens. ie forced fumbles refers to fumbles forced by our defense, not fumbles by Joe! ;-)
It's been a special season so far and hopefully that will continue! Go Ravens!!!

[To be sung to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas. For those who don't know, the patten is to sing each day and all the days previous. So Day 1, then Day 2, Day 1, then Day 3, Day 2, Day 1 etc etc.]

On the first day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me Ball So Hard University. ***

On the second day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me two interceptions.

On the third day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me three field goals.

On the fourth day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me four forced fumbles.

On the fifth day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me five touchdowns.

On the sixth day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me six sacks by Sizzle.

On the seventh day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me Seven Nation Army

On the eighth day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me eight touchbacks.

On the ninth day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me nine bombs downfield.

On the tenth day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me ten pass deflections.

On the eleventh day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me eleven leaping catches.

On the twelfth day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me twelve fu man chus.

***(Optional Variation of first line for very last time through: On the first day of Christmas the Ravens gave to me Ball So Hard to the Superbowl!)***

Happy Holidays everyone!!! Go Ravens!

Monday, December 05, 2011

Post NaNo Update

I apologize for being late with this. I went on vacation for Thanksgiving for like 10 days and it totally disrupted my flow (although it was a great vacation).

I got to 41k before I left for vacation on Saturday, November 19, which was averaging over 2,000 words a day. I pushed myself so hard during the beginning of the month so I would be able take a break and enjoy my vacation. And I'm glad I did. I was able to write about 4,000 words over the course of my vacation, but stalled my first day back when all I did was watch Ravens videos on Hulu.com and catch up on some missed TV.

So when November 30 rolled around, I still had 5,000 words left to go. I wasn't sure I could pull it off, especially since coming back from vacation at work always puts me in an extremely bad mood at work and I was feeling uninspired. But I had a productive lunch hour, continued writing immediately after work, and crossed over the 50k mark at a write-in.

Once I got home I pushed through to the end of the climax and rushed through an epilogue, enabling me to type the words: "The End."   

That's four year's in a row!!