Uncle Again

Well this weekend was another good one. The Tigers finally righted themselves and destroyed the Colorado Buffaloes 58-0. While it was good to shut out the Buffs, it just lent more evidence to the existing stigma that the Tigers can destroy the lesser teams in college football, but when it comes time to play the big boys, they fall apart. The home upset by the Oklahoma State Cowboys was not a fluke, they were the better team. Still, the Tigers have come a long way from the old days where now the fans, and especially the team, is expecting to win EVERY game. GP has this program going in the right direction, and the big wins will come.

Even more importantly, though, my sister had her baby at 8:54 on Sunday morning. I drove back to visit for the day, and the little guy sure is a cutie. I'm excited to have another nephew around, I'll get to enjoy all the things about having another little baby all over again. It's gonna be a great Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season!

Back to the Grind

After a fun weekend with my family, it's back to work. I went to my cousin's wedding this weekend and had a good time. I haven't seen my mom's side of the family in a long time, so it was good to reconnect with them. I hope that I will be able to go out there more frequently in the future.

The low point of the weekend, by far, was Mizzou losing to Oklahoma State on Saturday night. Oklahoma did get beat by Texas, which is good for us. We play Texas on Saturday and if we come out of Austin with a win it will go a long way to get us back into National Title consideration. I think we are certainly capable of doing it, but whether we will or not is (obviously) yet to be seen. I don't even wanna talk about the loss on Saturday night, I'm still trying to recover. Bottom line is we choked. Credit to (I'm a MAN) Mike Gundy and his Cowboys, they were no question the better team on Saturday. That's why the game is played, boys and girls. Mizzou wins that game 8 or 9 times out of 10. Oh well, on to Texas.

So today I got out of class at 12:15, and it was nice to come back and have lunch, relax and then get started on some homework. I'm in the middle of another relaxing period, just started some laundry and considering going to Wal-Mart.

Our draft for our fantasy basketball league is tomorrow night so that should be exciting. I'm not a big follower of NBA basketball but it's a group of my friends so it should be fun if nothing else. Also a good distraction from studying. That's ALWAYS a plus.

In one week, arguably the most anticipated video game for Xbox 360 comes out. It's called Fable 2, and basically you are the hero of the world of Albion and you save the world from bad guys. OK, horrible summary of the game but it's not out yet so I can't really say. All I know is the original Fable, for Xbox, was a ton of fun. I guess I'm just a video game nerd. Whatever, I'm okay with it.

My sister is due to have her baby son on the 21st. I'm definitely excited for him to come! Having another baby around will make the drive back to St. Charles a lot shorter and much more attractive to me. One of my roommates is going back this weekend, but I'm not sure I will or not because I have a test on Monday for a class I should be doing better in. I guess I'll decide later.

Alright I'm on to do some math homework. Wish me luck! Talk to you later

---The Comeback Kid

I can see the light

So I for sure got my ass kicked by both of my tests today. The good news is that they are finally over. Now I just have to write a paper on the similarities and differences between William James and Daniel Wegner (SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE), which won't be terribly hard if I can manage to stay awake, and finish some meteorology homework.

At least tomorrow's Friday. Then I can sleep in for two or three days. This week has been so hectic and tiresome I'm having trouble getting motivated to just finish out the last little bit I have.

I was talking to a friend of mine today that hadn't registered to vote, and I asked her why she hadn't. She said that she "didn't feel educated enough" to vote. I didn't understand that comment at all. So, wait, you can get on Facebook and look at pictures of people you don't really know for hours, but you can't take 10 minutes a day to read a paper and learn about the election? I mean, come on. I am by no means a political scientist and don't claim to be. But, really, it's appalling that so many people just don't give a shit. I mean, there are soooooo many things out there to take an interest in; the war, Darfur, immigration, abortion, I mean the list goes on an on. And take a second to think about it... by voting you are taking an active stance to try and change some of those things. I dunno, it just seems dumb that people don't go out and vote. The uneducated story isn't workin for me, I'm just not buying it.

Here's a video I found sorta funny about not voting. it's a PSA so don't expect much:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1832128

My cousin is getting married in a couple weeks. The wedding is out on the East Coast, and I'm really excited to go out there and see all of my family for a couple days. I have not been out there in 3 or 4 years, I think, so I can't wait to go. The only downside is that I'll be missing the Mizzou vs Oklahoma State game. Both teams are ranked now and we both can keep winning it should be a top 15 or possibly even a top 10 matchup. It's set to air on either ESPN or ESPN2. I love night games in Columbia. The game has already been sold out it's really gonna suck to miss it. But I'll get a group of people together out there and show them what Chase Daniel and Co. are all about.

Wellllllllll it's high time I get some pizza rolls and get to writin and researchin.

Check back later

---The Comback Kid