So I'm cheating...

United isn't doing so well (it hurts me to even type that) and the last FM game that I played was the dropped one. There, my Bromley had just gotten promoted, so it's a bit more difficult to win games. We're pretty much struggling. And seeing as how FM is supposed to be my United safe space, not winning is not really ideal.

So, I started a new game! Well, first, I fired up the FM12 Editor first. I dropped Manchester United all the way down to Blue Square Bet South, and promoted Bromley to the Premier League (sorry, Bromley). I kept all the stats for United the same, which means we're insanely overqualified and overspending for a team in such a low league. For Bromley, I gave them a bit of money (£50m) in the hopes that they'd survive.

I took over United, and after a few friendlies, the season starts. The weird thing is, I had to play one league game before playing Manchester City in the Community Shield (which I lost, sadly). Let's just say, we're having a pretty easy season. We're also competing in the Champions League. Wonder what would happen if I win it, even though the club is competing in the Blue Square Bet South (probably promoted to Blue Square Bet Premier) that season.

My main concern is that my players would drop in abilities and potentials, or that they'd leave the team to get into better leagues. Haven't happened so far; morale is high and all first team players seem to be eager to stay. Hopefully this doesn't actually destroy Manchester United...

2014 People's Choice Awards

Congrats JT! He won 3 awards (Favorite Album, Favorite Male Artist, and Favorite Soul/R&B, I'm pretty sure).

Since the People's Choice Awards actually tells the winners they've won before the show (so they'd show up), I kinda think that Justin said he'd come if his award(s) are announced early on in the show, so he can go up and say a few words, thank his wife to stop (or at least slow down) the rumors, and then just leave not even half an hour into the show.

Edit: Show's still going on, and Justin just tweeted that he did indeed get the hell away out of there pretty early.

What do we do after we win 3 PCAs?!?! Easy... Go to Taco Bell!! People's Champ, baby!! http://t.co/OlCy7Pnpm0

— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) January 9, 2014

I love this guy! And now I want Taco Bell...

I think I've listened to Justin quite a bit last year...

There's probably 1-2 plays from this year, but I still think it's pretty impressive. And this doesn't even include how many times the physical CDs were played in my car! Especially during that road trip I took.

My 2013

A few days late, but I'm finally writing my "what happened last year" post. I think my 2013 had been pretty eventful. I am going back to last year's blog posts, and other social media posts, to help me remember this past year. (As I'm writing this, I realize that this is going to be one very long post).

Road trip!

Well, it was mostly in 2013. I had a few hours of 2014 on my drive home. But that's besides the point.

Since I had a couple months of unemployment before I had to leave the country, I thought that this would be the perfect time to go on that road trip I've always wanted. But just because I really want it, doesn't mean that I'd actually plan it. The only plan I had was that I'd leave on the 18th, and be in Denver by the 23rd. But, on the first week of December (or maybe it was the second week), I got a call from my cousin who invited me to go to Orlando for a week, because she and her sisters are going for winter break. I did want to go to Orlando another time before I leave the country, but I thought I'd go some time in January, after my road trip. So I thought about it a little, looked at a calendar to try to figure out the dates and if it's possible to get to Denver by the 23rd, and I went. Of course I went. It's a 16 hour drive to Orlando, and I was driving alone, but I was sure it was doable.

So, I put as many Nerdist podcast episodes as possible on my iPad, and early morning on December 15th, I loaded my car up and started driving south. It really was an easy drive, because I only had to follow I-95 South the whole day. It does get boring, going straight on a road for hours, but at least it wasn't too tiring. I only stopped 4-5 times, for gas, bathroom breaks, and food. Got to Orlando at around 2 am, spent 3 days at Disney World and 1 day at Universal Studios, and then headed out to the rest of the journey.

Here's the trip I ended up with: