Tagged, I Am It...

Freaking great. Mae tags me with one of those dumb learn more about me things that are the blog equivalent of chain letters, and whereas I feel comfortable muttering under my breath at her and calling it dumb... it's still Mae, and out of respect for her, I can't exactly say no. So here it is:

"These are the rules of the game: The very first player chose a topic. In this case, the topic is FIVE WEIRD HABITS OF YOURS. You must then write a journal entry listing those weirdness you possess~as well as the rules of the game. Then, you select ONE PERSON TO TAG and link their names/blogs in your entry. Go to their journals and leave a comment informing them they have been tagged by you and to read your journal to see in what way they have been nailed!"

5. I drink a ton of soda, actually I just calculated it out (another weird habit), I drink over a ton of soda a year.
4. I don't listen to too much music made after I was born.
3. I sleep with a hat on when it is cold, in fact pretty much year round.
2. I don't watch too much TV, but I love to talk to it when I do. I yell at the commercials, give advice to the characters, and tell the writers, director, and producers what they SHOULD have done.
1. I don't like movies!

I am tagging Sarah!

God at Work

This is VERY strange. Many of you know that I HATE not getting enough sleep, like it is the one thing that will make me FREAK out... I need to know I am going to get my 8 hours or I am a crabby, stressed man.

Well all of sudden this week, I’m not freaked out. I was short sleep Monday night because my sleep schedule was screwy from the weekend, I didn’t worry about it, I just made it up Tuesday. I stayed up and watched the game on Wednesday, only about 5.5hrs sleep... no worries no stress, I just made it up yesterday. Now tonight, I have to work tomorrow morning, usually I’d plan to go home, nap, then dance AND leave early. I mean I am SO unconcerned. God working?

National Championship Game

A few (too many) words about the National Championship Game:
I didn’t think it was very well officiated. Texas won by three, and they had a touchdown that the replay showed that it wasn’t, but evidently the replay equipment wasn’t working at that time.

I also thought it was a game won (or lost) by the coaching, I thought the Texas guy (Mack Brown) had his players more ready to play, and called a better game, I thought the USC guy (Pete Carroll) tried to be a little too fancy.

The announcers talked a lot about bad tackling, but the guy with the ball is supposed to make one guy miss.

I think the Texas quarterback (Vince Young) was fairly amazing, but he didn’t make you stop and watch the way the Michael Vick, or Charlie Ward, or especially Tommie Frazier did. (not a homer call) I think Tommie Frazier was the most exciting college player I ever saw, Barry Sanders was the most exciting pro I ever saw.

Good game, but it didn’t grab me (the casual fan) the way the Ohio State / Miami championship a few years ago. That was two contrasting styles and had defense. This was two outstanding offenses against two against average defenses. Thinking back I cannot think of a single drive that was STOPPED, just drives that the offenses made mistakes or failed to execute.

How about a playoff system ;-)

New Years Eve Pictures? Not Quite

I just finished editing my pictures from new years eve, but I haven't gotten them posted yet. I am a little irritated with the computer right now, it is refusing to cooperate. I am also a little irritated with the camera... the large majority of the pictures were taken 640x480, even though I (thought I) had switched it to it's highest resolution. All but the last ten or so are kind of blurry.

A Few Things!

1. Happy 2006, may you all stay healthy this year.

2. January 1, 2006, 11:59pm, the weather here is currently thunderstorms. Poor Cherokee.

3. My personal research into the bird flu (a.k.a. drinking way too much on New Years Eve) is over. I have a plan now on how to handle having the flu because of my experience today. I hope those of you who witnessed me having too much enjoyed it... it will be a while before I drink more than a beer or two at once.

4. Picture's from the New Year's Dance, courtesy Troy (pictures from my camera & Troy's camera, taken by many people)