At this very moment, my voice is almost gone

So what up.

First off, I really must tell you all to take whatever measures you can to listen to a group called Mae. They have a myspace.com page. They have a purevolume.com page. They are amazing. Their cd, The Everglow, has blown me away and captured me for quite a while now. It's a cd of lyrics and music flowing together so beautifully that I can't imagine not being excited to not listen to it. It's has songs that hit on failure, love, grace, beauty, pain, and other things that buzzwords shouldn't be describing. I absolutely love it. So go buy it.

Now what else is going down.

• Illinois football is just big on miscues. We had a chance to beat Syracuse yesterday. They're not a good program by any means, but we made so many mistakes that they had to beat us. But there are some glimpses of hope in the form of young players like Juice Williams and Rashard Mendenhall. These are quick, athletic, smart guys who can be with us for a few years. They obviously need to improve, but I'm excited to see where they're going with this program.
• The Packers suck. They lost big time to the Bears. Of course it's hard to judge a team on one game. SOOOO, the Bears could just be really good, or both things could have been flukes. In any case, Alan's adult sports fanship doesn't look too good as he finds himself rooting for the Illini, Packers, and the last place Cubs. Awesome...
• So, do parents always have a favorite kid? This is a thought I've been contemplating. There are parents out there that definitely play favorites and neglect certain kids, but is it true that every parent has that? It's just a thought that I hadpresented to me and I'm trying to think through it.
• I have a serious issue staying awake once the sun goes down. My dad always says about college: Sleep, study, social life; choose 2. So this year I've probably been more on the side of study and social life, but Lord knows my body is trying to tell me otherwise. Especially when I watch movies. I think I'm gonna work on trying to take naps more often, because when I've done that this year, I've had far less trouble staying awake.
• Oh, so check this out. I'm finally getting a chance to play EA Sports NFL Head Coach this week as I borrowed it from a friend, and it's a lot of fun. It's definitely not fun in the normal sense of the word, and anybody seeing me play it wonders what the heck I see in it. But it's awesome. I've been going through the offseason pretty heavily lately, firing and rehiring coaches, signing players, and finally the NFL draft. The game definitely has some interesting GMs though that are looking for some interesting talent, as I managed to get Reggie Bush at the fifth pick with the Packers, and then in the second round with the fifth pick, I got Vince Young. I couldn't pass on that. It was amazing.
• I thought I had more to say, but I can't think of much else, so that's what I've got for ya'lls.