Annie Clements Music

The League of Lovely Ladies

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by annie in Notebook

I’m pleased to announce the formation of my first annual all-girl fantasy football league, hereafter known as the League of Lovely Ladies. I became hooked on fantasy football 2 years ago when the Sugarland band launched a league, but due to in-fighting over questions of how much cash should be paid per trade, we decided not to do it anymore. So I played in a free public league last year (and won my superbowl thank you very much!) This year I decided to take matters into my own hands and form a league of my own.

And so the League of Lovely Ladies was born. I enlisted friends, family, co-workers, unsuspecting neighbors, and this awesome girl who works for Fender and wrote an article about me to sign on. Not playing for money, just bragging rights and some female camaraderie.

If you’re not familiar with Fantasy Football, here’s how it works. Instead of rooting for one team, you put together a fantasy team with players from all different teams and try to beat everyone else’s fantasy team. I made the mistake my first year of only drafting New Orleans Saint’s players. This was a bad idea on two fronts. One, every season a team gets a week off at some point which means your players don’t play and you get no points. Two, the Saints weren’t a very good team that year. (I’ve also used strategies like picking players who smiled and looked friendly in their Team Photo. Again, not the best strategy.)

Well in order to pick your team, your league must have a draft. Everyone takes turns picking from the pile. It’s kind of like picking your third grade kickball team. This means that as the draft goes on, the best players get scooped up and you have to get creative. You also have to have a cool Team name. My team is called the Clem Clammers. But first prize goes to Travis McNabb’s wife Christy. Team name: Michael Vixen. Wow! Undeniably amazing name! Female-centric, relevant and controversial, this name takes the cake. And she has a default picture of a pit bull wearing lipstick. Yes!

I thought it would be appropriate to host a draft party at my house for the Nashville-based participants in the L.of L.L. I also thought it would be appropriate to try and bake a cake with my C3P0 cake mold that I picked up at a flea market. The results were simultaneously delicious and terrifying.

Tools of the Trade:

The batter is poured:

Baked C3P0:

Oops:

Frosting filled the cracks in his head:

My Masterpiece:

The pink squiggly thing on the left is supposed to be a football. Folks, I’m a musician, not a cake decorator. Anyways the draft party was tons of fun and I think all the ladies picked admirable teams. As far as I’m concerned, everyone in this league is a winner!

Except maybe C3P0…

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