boys are crazy

i admit that there are a ton of things i dont understand about boys....but tonight i was witness to probably my top 2.  which is saying something, considering i live with 4 boys.  lets just start with the whole sense of humor thing...AND how very very very different generally boys and girls senses of humor are.  now picture all of us sitting somewhere between 2 rooms....in those 2 rooms are 2 fairly large tvs, 2 laptops and a mac....but OBVIOUSLY the best place for 4 people to watch you tube videos is on kris' phone.  which they did....for like 20 minutes.....laughing hysterically.....at what, you ask?  family feud's biggest fails (name an animal with 3 letters in its name?  FROG.....ALLIGATOR???).  not that it wasn't funny.  it was.  maybe not quite as funny as they all seemed to think.  but here's my question?  WHY the PHONE??  and WHY during the football game that they are insisting i watch??  i'm pretty sure we all would have enjoyed it more on a bigger screen, and without kris yelling in between each answer at the tv.  maybe its just me.  and while i definitely appreciate that all of the boys were sitting here laughing at the same time, it just makes me wonder WHAT in the HELL are they DOING???

and of course tonight is football night.....let me prefice this little rant with i am a huge fan....not a stupid jersey owning facebook posting fan, but i enjoy the sport and usually like watching the games.  i've been a redskin fan thru good times and bad, starting back in the riggo days when sports were fun to watch and our teams were consistent (but that's for another time)....my husband is a cowboys fan - and i'm not sure how that happens to a kid from upstate ny, but there you go.  so my house is one divided....2 cowboy fans and 2 skins and 1 chargers fan (dont ask).....the thing that makes this so CONFUSING to me is the onset of FANTASY FOOTBALL.

here we are watching the cowboys/giants.....picture my husband and son, both SERIOUS - and i mean sitting here yelling at the tv serious - cowboys fans.....BUT they have the giants running back on their fantasy team.  here begins the dilemma.  romo throws an interception....kris starts yelling.  giants get the ball at the 3 - he starts chanting "give the ball to bradshaw"(the giants running back)....and then when the cowboys stop him, he's jumping up and down.  it's like sitting next to a schizophrenic toddler.  this is definitely one of those when i feel like i live on a different planet.  i want to say - can't we just watch the damn game?? and what's more important??  do you want your "team" to win??  or do you want more points for your fantasy team??  there's no loyalty i tell you...none :)   and whats more, they yell at ME when i put on the DNC convention DURING COMMERCIALS.   god forbid i attempt to stay informed and possibly open-minded!!  its football season after all....why should anyone care what else is happening in the world??  who cares about a pesky election??  it boggles the mind.  AND I'M a FAN!!  i can only imagine what those women out there who truly dont like sports think about football season.  THOSE houses can't be a whole lot of fun.

i guess the other side of the spectrum are the lovely ladies who participate in fantasy football.....i think maybe next year that's the best option....then i will have a reason to yell at the tv every week, and insist on changing the channels every 6 seconds so i can monitor my scores.  anybody else want in, just let me know :)  otherwise i may just have to start hiding all of the remotes......and see how much yelling at the tv i can make happen that way :)