Narnia

Book...kicked...butt
Movie...kicked...butt

So does my family. I'm in St. Louis visiting with them for the Christmas season. It's been great just hanging. My cousin Kathy got engaged! She's marrying a man from Portland named Hubert. Very cool stuff. So that's the biggest news. Tomorrow we're going to have a carriage ride through a Christmas light park. It's gonna be fun. Nothing much more to say...

SOTD - 8 - Tonight Nebraska beat Michigan in the Alamo Bowl or something like that. They won 32-28 in an exciting controversial contest. Michigan gave themselves a chance to win at the end of the game and they had an amazing series of 8 pitches trying to get themselves into the endzone but ending up about 15 yards short. It was nothing short of spectacular.

O FOGGY NIGHT

the stars are hardly shining
this is the night that the fog makes it hard to see

I took some picture in the fog and true to my word, I decided to waste some time posting them...

post moves

I like post moves in basketball. Just a random thought.

As I sit here playing with my dog after one more day of my break has gone by, I sit and ponder. I've been taking fun pictures as of late with my new camera and hanging with friends basically. Dean came over and I got to talk to him for a while. I felt bad because I was seriously falling asleep. I'm glad my parents were there or it could've been EXTRA rude. I just posted some more pictures on my facebook album and I think I'll put some of my favorites on here so I cover all bases.

So the biggest news in my life right now is that there is a STRONG possibility that I will be going to NYC with friends for New Year's Eve. That's so intensely awesome. I really hope it goes through. As for other things...I'm tired and reading the Lion, Witch, and the Wardrode. So I need to get back to that so I can finish it before I watch the movie.


SOTD - 13100 - my family computer when all said and done ended up with 13000+ viruses on it. I'm glad I ran that scan.


I get the impression that I'm going to be having a lot more photo posts now that I have a digital camera of my own...

2600+

When this post is finished, the computer will be at the 2600 range of viruses/trojans found within it...WOW

I ran across these pictures on my family pc. They are from senior year and there abouts....


The ever elusive Hamy finally caught on photo...

The party we had in Spanish class for Mrs. Fry as she was retiring at the end of the year.


Caleb drinking a drink very intently at Dairy Queen after some event. I'm not sure what it was after. Give me any help if you've got an idea.

Myself and Olive chillin' at the family reunion in the summer of '04.
Tucker and I taking random pictures in my room. Boy are we crazy boys. I look awfully different there too...what the heck is up with that.

Random babbling

I'm hitting up the random babble as I sit here on the family computer running a virus scan. We haven't had anti-virus software ever and I finally got some for my family for Christmas. So far, as I run the scan, slightly less than 10% of the files are viruses. I'm glad this is finally getting taken care of. My new camera still rocks and I've gotten a better hang of it, taking sweeter and sweeter pictures with it. I can't wait to take some normal pictures!!! I've started up some talk of possibly traveling somewhere for New Years. It's still hush hush, but I just thought I'd post about it because I'm excited. Clinton beat Lovington in basketball today and Justin was there to see it. It was great. Go Maroons!! We don't seem to be that good of a team, but we beat the Panthers, and that's all that matters as of today. One more thing....

SOTD - 59.7 - The Chicago Bears won the NFC North last night by beating the Green Bay Packers. Congratulations Bears fans. I'll let you have 1 division title every four years :) This team has primarily won with defense and that's all they've needed. In the games that they've lost though, their lack of offense has shone through. Now with Rex Grossman under center, the talk is that the offense is fixed. Just so it's known though, Grossman currently has a QB rating of 59.7...not exactly Super Bowl calibur numbers. We'll have to wait this one out to see the final verdict...

Christmas loot

I got my Christmas loot that I asked for :) I got a digital camera that I've been wanting for a long time. I'm so stoked about it. I took a bunch of random photos with it. There are some cool color features that allow me to create the optimum conditions for pictures. So that's how it rolls. My sister also got a camera and my mom got a sweet curio cabinet to hold all of her junk and trinkets. I also got her some picture frames with some old pictures of the family mounted in them. I think she really appreciated them.

MEERRRRRYYYYY CCCCHHHHHRRRRIIIIIIIISSSSSTTTTMMMMMMAAAAASSSSS

Well, December 25, 2005 is here, and I don't feel a day older...or something like that. Last night we had midnight mass and it was beautiful as always. Although this year seemed more Hable-esque as my mom and I were a couple minutes late to the carols, my dad couldn't find his regular glasses, so he had to wear his nerdy safety glasses, and Father Don completely skipped the Christmas Gloria. We also didn't get to sing Good King Wenceslaus, as the guy we sing with wasn't there.
But in all honesty, this Christmas crept up on me. I didn't even realize it was here by the time it started. But now it is here and I'm going to make the most of it. Last night in mass I was just thinking about the fact that this baby, as much as we rejoice his birth, was born to die. That was his lot in life. To die for us all. That's a pretty big burden for an infant. There's a really cool Relient K song about that called "I Celebrate the Day." One of the lyrics goes as follows.

The first time that you opened your eyes, did you realize you would be my savior. The first breath that left your lips, did you know that it would change this world forever.

It's a pretty cool tune just thinking that. I really enjoy the idea that we celebrate the birth of our savior. The only problem I even have with it is the cliche problem that people have; The commercialism taking the season over. Now, I can't deny that I enjoy gift-giving and recieving. Now I'm sitting here waiting for my women (sister and mom) to wake as I couldn't sleep past 9. I'm still a kid and I'm excited about my gifts :) I'm also excited about the gift the NFL is giving me in the form of a Bears-Packers football game today. And I'm excited about calling friends and hanging with my family.

My mom JUST woke up. One more person to go....

On a more serious note, I think one reason this Christmas is different, is I've been struggling a bit with my own humanity, trying to remember why I love God so much. It's something you have to remind yourself of and plug into again and again. Why do I do it? I have to remember why the life lived for Christ is the life gained! It's beautiful, but I have to believe it, not just say it.

Now that this is officially a pretty in depth, rambling post, I'm going to end it....pretty soon. At least I'll think about it.

SOTD - IMPROVEMENT - Dee Brown, the point guard for Illinois basketball didn't start this season as a point guard. He had finally smoothed himself out a bit in that roll. He started the season with an assist/turnover ratio of less than 1...That just isn't good. Now he's at 1.8/1, meaning in the last half a dozen games or so, his ratio has been signifigantly higher than that to bring his season average up. It's good to see that kind of improvement.

Another note on my fanhood to sports teams. I've been told I'm very negative about my teams, especially Illinois basketball, which is undefeated. We'll see how it goes. I'm still holding my ground, which is theoretically realistic ground. I've tried to keep an eye on changes and trends, and incorporate those into my adjusted views. So is Dee Brown a point guard...I'd say he's a lot closer to it now than he was.....

equation sheet

Christmas presents = done
room ~ clean
Mr. & Mrs. Smith = awesome
Soul Calibur III = more awesome
many hats from my room = found
there's just not a lot on my mind = my thoughts right now

SOTD - 6: Samkon Gado, the Packers starting running back went down with a season ending knee injury. To replace him, the Packers must start their 6th different running back of the season.

New Facebook things and other musings

• The Facebook (www.facebook.com for those of you that have lived in a cave or aren't in college) has added some new features as of late and I must say that they are awfully time consuming. The first feature is a 'pulse' keeping track of the trends amongst students. The other is a way to display your connections to people. That is very time consuming trying to do it for all the people you know.
• As of yesterday, our roadtrip to Florida was rapidly and harshly cancelled. I'm ok with it though, as it will free up my money and time. But soon we shall make the trek...soon.
• Ross bought a house in Normal and it is g-l-o-r-i-o-u-s. It's so cool what he's done with it in such a short time. I went and stayed the night with him last night and we had a blast doing all sorts of things in his sweet hanging pad.
• He beat me in everything we played, but it was ok, because we got to play darts, ping pong, and madden. It was great just to have that fun like that.
• Ross bought most of his stuff at thrift stores for his house. We decided to keep looking and we went to the thrift stores.
• I happened upon a pair of snowboard boots at the thrift store. It was a perfect blessing as they were in my size and it saved me a good chunk of money.
• I've not read in quite a few days. I really need to get back into that.
• Tomorrow is a day of work, as I have much cleaning as well as other odd tasks to complete.
• I got a couple more hats as of late and they're all fun. I'm a big fan of hats.
• Time for bed...

SOTD: DUMB - Johnny Damon, now a member of the New York Yankees signed a deal with them recently after being released from duty to hated rival Boston. Damon completely dishonored the code of not playing for the other team as well as allowed himself to get sucked into the pretty boy image of the Yankees and cut his long mane. That is so dumb!

I just woke up after 9 and a half hours of sleep OR I'm almost done with Christmas shopping OR I finally bought that Illini hat that I've been wanting

SOTD - 136.8 - The Packers lost their 11th game of the season on Monday night and they finally lost in a most convincing fashion. They established themselves officially as one of the worst teams in the NFL. They were officially trounced by the mediocre Ravens. The Ravens squad, led by Kyle Boller, put up 48 points on an over matched Pack. Not only did Boller eek out a fairly rare win for the Ravens, he also did it with a career day, throwing for 253 yards, 3 TD, and a new career best passer rating of 136.8, which tops his previous best by over 20 points.

Janie's got a gun

• Christmas shopping = almost done. I've got a couple more folks to put something together for.
• Jeff and I are frantically trying to organize this roadtrip and figure out the best way to get there and back again in realistic timing.
• Ryan wants to come home from Montana and I'm trying to figure out the best way to organize it and see if he can get there.
• Packers suck.
• The Illini are 11-0.
• I finally bought this sweet Illini hat that I've been wanting for a while. It's white and it's got an old english font I on the front and then the block I on the back. It's very cool in my opinion...that's why I bought it.
• I'm really hungry right now.
• My sister has her last day of school today, while I have been done for some time now. I love college schedules.
• I want to put together a slideshow of the scenery from Colorado sometime...I just have to make the time commitment.

I will leave you with Spence's current away message....

a common conversation with my good friend: [22:37] hable54: I think I'm in love [22:37] Cheffrey1: with... [22:37] hable54: i dunno [22:37] Cheffrey1: steak? [22:38] hable54: yeah...steak or girls...I think it's one of those [22:38] Cheffrey1: both are formidable [22:38] hable54: tis true...both supply men with a basic need [22:38] hable54: both look good when hot [22:38] Cheffrey1: he he he

The Time I Went Home and Found Out My Friends Were Still Cool or The Time I Left School for A Month and Couldn't Wait to Get Back or My Family Rocks

I thought I'd go with the recent trend in song titles which is naming them with multiple titles that are very long and descriptive.

SOTD: .500 - The 1972 Dolphins went 17-0. The 2005 Colts had much speculation surrounding them about a 19-0 season. The Colts lost today to a team with a winning record and that is in the playoff race. The '72 Dolphins only beat 2 teams all season with a +.500 winning percentage.

Loaded gun complex

• Last night I had one of those talks with Spence that just goes forever. You just discuss everything from your lives and address some brokeness and have a pleasant time.
• The kids were great this weekend. They pretty much watch themselves at times, although it was time being the jungle gym I enjoyed most.
• I got to talk to Fred, the guy that really pushed me along last year and I'm very excited about the role he has in my life right now.
• Fred challenged me and Mike in my opinion to be very bold this coming semester. I hope that we can meet that challenge with our own fire and passion.
• I got to sleep in the car....twas glorious.
• Tonight I got to hang with old high school friends and it was quite the contrast from what I was used to for a while. I see certain things that have changed, and then I realize how much I changed.
• I got to talk to Nathan a bit about what God's teaching him, which is powerful to me.
• Josh told me about this like 3 day day camp thing that I would love to do if possible to rake in a bit more dough.
• I'm soooooo tired. I'm falling asleep here on the cpu.
  

I kind of want to go into a big exam that I'm not in the class for and like 10 minutes into it stand up, yell "I HATE THIS CLASS!!", and storm out.

Thanks Justin. That is an idea that will come to bear fruit someday. I feel bad for those not done with finals, but I know they shall feel awfully gloriously when they are done. It's weird for me to be done. I don't know what to do now. It's just a matter of packing up my stuff and basically hauling out. It's kinda sad, leaving this place. I love it here. Home will be fun though, and I plan on staying awfully busy this break, so it's all good. I got done with my physics exam tonight and was sort of just done. That was a good feeling. Now I'm packing, and I'll be off to Memphis, Indiana for the weekend to watch children...that is ALWAYS fun. I don't have much else to think or say right now as my mind is fried.

SOTD: 1 - the number of months I have a break from school for

Listen up homies

SOTD: 2 - # of exams left for me

Worth

Nothing like school to shoot down the feeling of worth that I thought I had in God's eyes. Downward spiral coming quickly and it's scaring the crap out of me. I can't do this right now. I can't believe I did that horribly. Ack!!!!

Don't despair Alan...Don't despair...Don't despair.

Stumble

Wow, didn't expect that. Stumbling over that is not what I expected. Any prayers would be most graciously accepted. Just so that I may not stumble and instead stand strong.

A Very Badger Christmas

This is the true meaning of Christmas. It's in there, I promise.

SOTD: 84-81 - The score of the Depaul-Wake Forest basketball game. Depaul pulled the big upset over Wake off in North Carolina....most impressive

Final counter: 1 down 3 to go

A most insightful evening

Tonight twas, how did they say it in the 90s...THE BOMB. It played out in three acts and I shall tell it as so

1. It all started out with children and Biaggi's. At the same time!!! Spence, Rachel, Julianne, and I totally watched the iLife staff's children tonight for a few hours. It was great. We got to play silly games and I got to settle disputes and totally rock out with them. And we got Biaggi's out of the deal, which is quite the bonus. The only thing I feel bad about is that due to unfortunate circumstances, I had to leave Rachel and Julianne alone with all of those kids. Especially since they each had an infant to watch and unfortunately had to leave the rest of them to run amok. But it was enjoyable and I especially liked running around with an army helmet and a toy gun in front of all of these adults that I respect. I'm such a kid still. I love it.
2. After driving the girls home, I watched Braveheart with Spence and his friend Jenna. I got to get to know her just a tad and that was good. I enjoyed their company as well as the movie. It's just a very well done film. I'd never seen it before (oh horror of horrors) so it was great to get to enjoy it. I also am excited to hear that my friend Bryce is going to Manchu Picchu. That will be a trip to talk about for years to come.
3. Nearing the most intense heart wrenching part of a play is exactly what happened in this act of my evening. I got to hang at Brothers, which is a bar, with my friends celebrating Mike's birthday. I learned a ton there. I thought it was finals week and I'm only supposed to regurgitate info I already know, but it was great to learn something real and raw. I got to learn about respect, people's stances on drinking, people's stances on relationships, people's stances on me. I was very encouraged that people wwanted my respect and my opinion. And when I gave it I feel people really enjoyed having it. That is SOOOO encouraging. I also won at darts. Granted, I beat two people who were slightly buzzed, but it was still awesome. My whole problem with bars stems from the fact that I'm not meeting a person for who they really are. I am meeting them in a controlled setting where their inhibitions are slightly gone. I want a person to tell me what they want to tell me. So I learned a bit about how to act in those situations. I also realized something that I knew already, but it was a powerful revelation. I Love my friends. I really do care about them and would lay myself down for them. I cry inside when they deal with trouble and pain. Whether it be guy, girl, sin, lies, etc, whatever they're dealing with, I want to help them in the slightest way. I want to love as Christ loves. I want someday to be exactly there. It's going to take work, but I hope to be there. The saddest part of the evening is when somebody got a bit too sick for his own good. Twas sad, I'm not going to lie, but I really hope he's ok. That's my first concern.
4. The post-script to the plot goes here. I talked to another friend of mine and things are going better for him. Blessed be God for that. I also told Chris a bedtime story through IM. and it went like this:
5. ME: now here's a bedtime story for ya as well
   (02:14:11) ME: there once was a man named George
   (02:14:17) ME: and he was a great man
   (02:14:22) ME: he was a firefighter
   (02:14:48) ME: and he fought every fire the city could throw at him. Until there was a fire in his own house
   (02:15:55) ME: he didn't know what to do, it all happened so suddenly. George was lost without a home and his family had no money left. So the community came together for George. They gave him a check for a lot of money. They even got a mascot for the campaign to raise him money
   (02:16:05) ME: this mascot was "Stumpy" the three legged dog
   (02:16:14) Paolinetti: awww
   (02:16:24) ME: and Stumpy became a friend of George's family
   (02:16:33) ME: he was the kid's favorite animal ever
   (02:16:42) ME: and then he got run over by a car
   (02:16:52) ME: a really big car
   (02:16:57) ME: with HUGE tires
   (02:16:59) Paolinetti: sad
   (02:17:03) ME: but he lived
   (02:17:07) Paolinetti: good
   (02:17:24) ME: because he had only three legs he was safe. If he had a fourth leg, he would've lost too much blood
   (02:18:03) ME: so in an effort to get stumpy into a home and George's family into one too, the town raised 150,000 dollars by selling Krispy kremes
   (02:18:13) Paolinetti: wow
   (02:18:20) ME: yeah...it was a miracle
   (02:18:30) Paolinetti: that's an awesome story

So basically that's my LONG thoughtful evening in a most incoherent fashion. If any of my friends read this, let it be known that I love you and care a lot for you.

The innevitable low after the high

So today I've had a few talks and I few like I've overstepped my bounds on a few things. I've probably offered too much on too many things. So I still need to work on the balance of letting God work through me and God work directly in people I'm helping. This is so tough!! I guess I am a person though and not a diety. So I guess that's just how it goes. I'll work on fixing my attitudes and my roles. Hopefully I can find the happy place God has for me someday. I've also had good talks, so it's all gravy and God is still good. That's part of growing in your faith...praising God in the difficult times...it's tough at times, Lord knows I get that.

So tonight I've got a completely busy time watching the pastor's kids, watching Braveheart with friends, and then celebrating a birthday with friends. It's awfully exciting to have all of that. So I've been attempting to study throughout the day. It's been working a bit here and there. So I've got to get back to that.

SOTD:

21

Today is Mike's 21st birthday. Happy Birthday Mike!!

God is aweXome + SOTD

SOTD:

15

The amount of yards on an unnecessary roughness call on Shaun Rodgers that put Green Bay into scoring position in overtime versus Detroit.


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So God is great. I decided that. He really has lifted me up to a place of euphoric excitement at just the utterance of his name as of late. I've just been so excited about little things with God. I'm also excited about my friends that he's put into my life. Just in the sense of I pray that they can see the joy offered in him. Also the love that he offers. I love that I've gotten an opportunity to encourage a bunch of different friends these last few weeks. It feels so good to be able to encourage different folks. In so many ways God has worked through me, at least I hope I've got him flowing throughout me. And that's how I feel. Now comes finals week and I must do well, but I'm not going to freak out either. We talked in iteam about how stress is going to happen, but it's how we deal with that stress that is important. Tomorrow is going to be a fun day, especially what with sort of scheduling my own activities such as studying, working out, hanging out, etc. It'll be good to work it out.

OOO OOO OOOOOOOO....Tonight at Mass we sung O Come Emmanuel, and it was glorious. I love that song soooooooo much. It's so powerful and amazing. The context is what makes it such a powerful song. It's speaking to Isreal, a down to the end of it's rope nation. These guys had nothing going for them at the time. And this song is speaking to them saying REJOICE!! Emmanuel (God on the earth) is coming!!! They knew the prophecies and they believed. Imagine the buzz around the holy land in the time Jesus lived. The changes that occured were earth-shattering. It is soooooo amazing. I get chills thinking about it.

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MACHINE GUNNED (what with more bullets)

• Had SNG last night. I didn't go to SNG though. I was helping with the kids in the church. Sort of a "sunday school" thing. It was fun helping them out with all their crazy fun.
• I was told I should go to LT again this summer as a GCM intern. That was a very intriguing thing said to me.
• We played Christmas Pictionary last night at the guy's apartment. My team won, but it was totally fun for everybody.
• This morning we played basketball at IMPE. That's good fun.
• The finals are approaching and I'm not too worried. Gotta study these few subjects as the time approaches. Gotta push through to the end.
• Reggie Bush won the Heisman hands down. No huge surprise. Now the focus can go away from that towards the national championship game.
• The official passoff from the college football season to college basketball season was this weekend. There were no football games and bball dominated the tv schedule. The Illini won by 30 and moved to 10-0. Most of the games were blowouts too with the exception that I can think of...Gonzaga-Ok. State.
• NFL week 14 is in progress and important games are Colts-Jags, Bears-Steelers, Bucs-Panters, and others. It's good to be watching some quality football.

stat of the day yesterday, today, and more extravaganza

stat for yesterday:
12-0
The Colts are 12-0 when they score more points than the other team.

stat for today:
9/16
JJ Reddick shot 16 3-pointers and made 9 en route to 41 points in a 97-66 trouncing of Texas. Duke has clearly established themselves as the #1 team early this year.

more:
bullet format...GO

• Classes are done for the semester.
• I took my last hour exam on Friday. It went pretty well, but I'm still kind of unsure about it.
• Finals start next week but my first isn't until Tuesday night. I have one final per day from Tuesday through Friday, so it's nice to have them spread out, but it'll still kind of be stressful.
  
• There is still snow on the ground. It is the 10th of December and we've had snow since the 1st...just incredible. And it's snowing again now!!!
• We played snow football today. I'm disappointed at the lack of numbers for people that showed up. But those of us that showed (which is equal to 5) played some fun football I enjoyed it.
• The Cubs made a big offseason pickup in the form of Juan Pierre from the Marlins. I'm excited about that.
• I played basketball yesterday and tore it up. With no small thanks to my team. They did a great job. Justin fed the ball well to me and I was a bit too aggressive even. I still gotta work on letting everybody into the game, or something knowledgable like that.
• I also ran with Imig yesterday. That was lots of fun.
• I've been playing Medal of Honor: Allied Assault a lot lately. Although I've played it before, that was a long time ago, so It's fun to play it again, especially all the way through.
• Where did this semester go???
• I'm not a huge fan of soccer players as they took our basketball court away from us to play soccer. What a huge ripoff. But I forgive them, it's not the end of the world.
• I'm gonna go shopping this afternoon methinks as I've got to get stuff for the fam for Christmas.
• I hope I get the camera I want for Christmas. I know it's completely supperficial sounding, but you know how it goes....boys and their toys. Plus there is a lot of cool stuff that I can do with it that would be artsy etc.
• DONE
  

Chemistry and Hell - together at last

I can't take credit for this, although I've heard it before. Just take the time to read the majesty of it all.

Is Hell exothermic or endothermic?

basquetbol

The Illini stretched their newly minted winning streak to 9 games as we beat Georgetown today. I was going to go to the game, but I had mass to go to as today is the feast of the immaculate conception. Basically we celebrated that Mary was chosen by God to be the mother of God. So I gave my ticket to somebody that doesn't get to go to games often and I hope they thoroughly enjoyed it. I know I enjoyed the games I got to go to last year. Being in Krush last year I got to be at a lot of amazing moments in Illinois basketball history, so I'm glad other people get to experience the team this year. I hope we continue the winning ways though.


Finals are next week???? OH SNAP. Who's ready. I think I will be. I've got one more hour exam tomorrow, and then the semester is basically done. Time to get back to my prep for that.

stat of the day

144

The most points scored in the nation this year scored in college football by a single player. This was performed by a junior running back named Bush.

But it wasn't Reggie. It was Michael Bush of Louisville off of 25 touchdowns.

stat of the day

20.2-19.9 = .3

The average points per game Green Bay is being outscored by. It took until week 13 so that the 2-10 Pack finally has been outscored for the season.

Stat of the Day

7

barring an intense heat wave tonight, tomorrow morning will be the 7th morning in a row to wake up with snow outside. That's amazing for this part of the country at this time of year.

Ice Sculpting

Ok, so tonight I was definitely looking for anything to do for a goof off session. So as I walked back to my dorm from a meeting I saw the remains of the Santa ice sculpture we had for Christmas dinner tonight shattered around the ground. I knew I had to take advantage of this. So I grabbed a chunk and took it inside. This was much to the chagrin of most people. However, Chris saw this as a glorious opportunity so we headed back outside with screwdrivers, a saw, and a hammer and we set out to sculpt beautiful things. This is the only picture that would post unfortunately, but you get the idea. It was so fun and so much better than doing work....not that I was going to do any tonight anyway. Plus I got to talk to Chris getting to know him more in a deeper level, which is something I always love to do. He's a great guy.

In this picture: the top ice thing is my hovercraft that I sculpted and the rest is the carnage we created. Chris' Pride Rock from the Lion King is on the far right side.

Simpsons football fun

This blog post took a lot of time. This guy planned things out well. He's obviously an SEC guy and that's most of the references he has, but he's got some other schools in there such as ND and UofI. Very entertaining and awfully true. Take the time to read it. Now...without further adeiu....The College Football Simpsons roster.

My favorite line in there is "Then STFU whippersnapper"



OH... more Chuck Norris

we playin' bas-ket-balllll

well, the Illini have improved to 8-0 on the season and Jamar Smith is amazing. Granted we beat Arkansas Little Rock, so it's not very impressive. But they are a team that lost a close one to Michigan State. But we decimated them by 26, so I'd say it's a good showing for us. And Dee Brown got 10 assists. That's also impressive, considering he's not a traditional point guard.

on another note....

I had my last physics exam tonight, except for the final. I think it went pretty well. I'm not sure about a couple problems, but other than that, I think it went ok. Now I'm off to relax for the evening.

stat of the day:

10-1

The record of the Oregon Ducks, whose only loss came to Rose Bowl goer USC. They got passed up by the BCS for 2 loss Notre Dame and 2 loss Ohio State. Ohio State had to be selected because it was in the top four in the BCS poll, but Notre Dame's selection shows a clear east coast money grubbing bias in college sports.

Stat of the Day

Chris Chambers - Miami Dolphins:

15 catches for 238 yards and a TD. That's SICK. Plus the TD was the game winner. He's a PTP

I loathe Chicago

The city is becoming Boston. It's a creepy parallel. The football team does great at the same time as each city's respective Sox. It's just completely crushing me and making me not want to be a fan of them. Especially the fans. Chicago fans are bothersome more often than not. I'll try to be gracious though. Even though I'd rather not leave my room in an effort to stay away from hearing about "Green Bay sucks" again and again. Of course Green Bay doesn't give themselves a chance...just pathetic............................

Loaded Gun

This gun is loaded with bullets

• I woke up late today. I really wanted to help my dad with Sunday school, but apparently I needed the sleep.
• I was up until 2 working on my CS MP. I did finish it.
• I slept only 4.5 hours the previous night.
• I drove for 5-6 hours yesterday.
• Those factors should explain my need for sleep.
• Texas and USC were so dominant this week. They didn't want to leave any question as to who were the best two teams in the country. They came out gunning in tune-up games for the Rose Bowl in a month.
• My family rocks. I love them to death.
• It was great to see people that I haven't seen for 2 years this weekend. Seeing cousins, aunts, and uncles was great. It's gotten easier to talk to them as I've gotten older, which is very cool. Plus they're just very interesting people.
• A friend of mine could use your prayers. I really can't say much more than he/she is lost and really needs God's hand to guide him/her.
• I drove in some wicked snow last night. It took us 5+ hours to do a 4- hours trip.
• I love this snow!!! It's been around for 4 days now. That is so unlike central Illinois, especially for early December. But it really has been glorious and I hope it continues.
• Reggie Bush is a certified stud. He could breed with horses and probably have a Triple Crown winner, he's that amazing.
• I know the last point is disturbing, but ignore the disturbingness and see the awesomeness of it.
• Vince Young is a stud as well. Those two should probably be the top two in Heisman voting.
• My Heisman ballot:

1. Reggie Bush - USC: The guy is amazing and such a catalyst for his team. AND a 10+ ypc average = sick
   
2. Vince Young - Texas: This man has single-handedly killed Texas's reputation of choking in the big game. He also has done more with less.
   
3. Matt Leinart - USC: IMPROVED on last season when he won the Heisman himself. And truth be told, he might deserve it more than anybody else, but it's that whole, "he's won it once" thing
   
4. Brian Robinson - PSU: Quietly had a year nearly as big as Vince's en route to a Big Ten title.
5. Brady Quinn - ND: SICK numbers and a BCS berth. Granted, I probably put him lower because of the love that Charlie Weis gets. I have a feeling Quinn would've been this good under Ty Willingham, and I don't want a former New England coach to get the credit
   

HONORABLE MENTION: Jerome Harrison - WSU: Quietly led the nation with gaudy numbers.

Another Christian athlete

David Pollack - Cincinnati Bengals rookie

former UGA defensive end...sorry Florida fans, no hard feelings

Stat of the Day: Dec 3

This stat of the day thing is something I'd like to start doing. We'll see how long it lasts. This one sticks out like a sore thumb to me.

"I have been listening to all of the talk about Chicago's Defense and the comparisons to the great Bears defense in '86. So I decided to take a closer look at it. They have played only three teams ranked better than 21st in total offense (second, 14th & 17th) and only two teams ranked better than 20th in scoring offense (fifth and 10th) and they lost one of those games by 17 points (the Bengals). So although they are without doubt a very good defense, please stop calling them a great defense with all of the comparisons to the greatest defenses of all time."
-- Bill G., Indianapolis


source(NFL.com)

Big Government?

Does this qualify as big government. I think the role our government takes and the power they think they deserve to use is getting ridiculous. They have a succesful run in 'exposing' the steroids controversy in baseball, and now they think they can fix EVERY issue that some people have a problem with. As much as I dislike the BCS and wish there was an NCAA tournament instead, I'm not going to go to congress to fix my problems. I'm going to convince people of the way to do things in the right way. It's silly. Speaking of BCS, if USC and Texas win this weekend, than we get the BCS matchup we want. And the BCS did it's job. SO...if big haters of the BCS really want more heat on the current system, they are gonna hope USC or Texas loses this week. Then who deserves to be in the game. The reason the computer polls are there is to determine who deserves to go. Many people have biases, and that affects their votes. Of course the computers are programmed by people with biases. Enough of my rant. I'm going home tonight....laters.

subject:

I just wanted to post while I'm in class. It's great to just be able to sit on a laptop in psych lecture. We're talking about depression right now, and it's depressing. I've got so much to do this afternoon. Silly CS MP. ADIOS!!

Do this with your life

I told one of my friends that this is what I would do with her life if I owned it

ME: and then I'll make you do backflips with your life.
that's just to start...after that you'll be riding giraffes, and then proposing to a bushman from the heart of africa where you two will ride off into the sunset with your three asian children and your broken down Lexus being dragged behind. Once the giraffe reaches the sea, you'll part with him and ride the lexus with your family to the galapagos islands where hence to forth you will find you have toe ability to talk to turtles. You will learn of their evil scheme to take over the world and will stop them in the nick of time with your quick wit and your fast trigger finger. After that, you'll come back to New York to a ticker tape parade where everyone will praise you and deem you a lower case god and then you will decide that you don't really love your family anymore and leave them to join the Muslims to destroy them from the inside and then finally go to the only starbucks in Madagascar for a frappacino with a croisant

my friends rock

I love people. I just spent the entire evening hanging out, talking, discussing, advising, rebuking, taking advice, hearing stories, sharing jokes, doing stupid things, and all around just hanging out with a multitude of friends. That means they rock.


Post Script Thing: I love hearing about athletes that are Christians. This is probably because it strikes a chord with me because I have a parallel to them in my life. It's even cooler when these guys are on my favorite teams. Such as Roger Powell, J Leman, and now a bunch of the Green Bay Packers that I know of. VERY COOL!!!

SNOW BUDDY

bullet points rock

• It's snowing (or at least it did last night). What a perfect way to start my December than to a blanket of white outside my window :)
• Tuesday night, the defending national champion North Carolina Tarheels lost to the Fighting Illini. Too bad both rosters were dramatically different from the title game. We could've made a case for taking the trophy to our house.
• Wednesday night, for iTeam, we went to The Catholic Worker House in Champaign on Randolph Street. It's amazing what they do. It's a non-denominational (despite the name) house of in house volunteers that houses homeless women and feeds 75+ homeless people each day.
• A friend of mine's dad has a death ray in his backyard. How friggin' cool is that. He's got a ton of mirrors focused on one point and he can ignite logs and melt metals. Very cool.
• God is showing me some cool things as of late through reading. The first being, that I really do enjoy reading, it can just be a struggle to get into. I'm reading my second book of the semester, The Screwtape Letters. CS Lewis does a great job of portraying the plans of Satan's minions.
• The best song EVER on a Tony Hawk skateboarding video game is "Superman" by Goldfinger. I'm listening to it's majesty as I type.
• We signed a lease for an apartment. I don't remember if I wrote that down before or not. But there is new news anyway, as we got it resigned when they messed up our initial lease. We got a discount rate and Justin in his infinite wisdom saved us $2.03 per month. That kid is pinching pennies like that. Most awesome.