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longhorns beat oklahoma state 36-10!!! freshman quarterback colt mccoy beat the previous record held by vince young of most touchdown passes in a season, with two games left in the regular season. he's only three td passes away from beating the ncaa record of touchdown passes by a freshman. freaking amazing. we might be ranked #3 in the country tomorrow since #5 louisville upset #3 west virginia. as long as we beat kansas state next week, we'll be playing nebraska for the big 12 title. and then we'll see about bsc games. hook 'em horns!!!

longhorns beat nebraska! that was one scary game. only won by 2 points. the field goal kicker missed two field goals and had an extra point blocked so we were down by 1 point and they had the ball with about two minutes to go. and we fumbled them and got the ball. ended up needing a field goal and so we put in little ryan bailey from anderson high school in austin, who was going to be kicking his first-ever field goal. and he made it for the game-winning score! so awesome. hell of a game. hook 'em horns!!!

longhorns beat west virginia to move to the elite eight in college basketball playoffs. we play lsu on saturday. it would be so awesome if the longhorns could be national champions in baseball, football, and basketball, all in the same year. hook 'em horns!

i dreamt about the longhorns' victory last night. very nice. it's a proud day for texas. i love vince young. he's my favorite person today. and my mom is going to get me some ut national championship gear. woo!

rose bowl links:
wallpaper pics from the dallas morning news
videos from keye news in austin
longhorns on the wheaties box -- thanks kristen!
ut longhorn football homepage

my back is feeling some better today. still sore but at least i can move. yay mobility woo!

dave barry's 2005 year in review

got an email from don, my advisor from lpi, about our manuscript and the corrections. looks like it's going along fine and hopefully it won't take too long. and i've got some things to look at now too. weee! fun stuff!

( to do today )

going to go grab some lunch and get to work.

recap: hook 'em horns, my back is some better, paper is moving along, lots to do. bye

i had the best day. kristen called and woke me up shortly before 11am, which was good as ut was playing colorado in the big 12 championship game starting at 11. ut kicked some major ass. it was 42-3 going into halftime. that included 23 seconds in which we scored 14 points. three plays: ut touchdown, ut interception, ut touchdown. incredible. then zack called and we decided to go to chili's to watch the rest of the game. it turned into a major ordeal getting there because of an art fair taking up all the streets of downtown tempe, but we got to see the 4th quarter, up until the usc/ucla game started. ut won 70-3 and are now the big 12 champions. it was awesome. the next game they play will be against usc in the rose bowl. trojans are going down! hook 'em horns!

zack and i were walking back to my house and we passed a yard sale and they were selling a pretty decent propane grill for $25. so we walked to my apt and got my car and went back and i bought it. we had an interesting time getting it into my car and zack had to sit in the back and hang onto it while i drove with the back open. good times. hehe i bought a grill. so exciting. been wanting one for awhile.

then zack and i sat at my house grading papers for awhile and i got all mine done except for one student who just emailed me his an hour ago. sarah called and said she had a surprise and was going to abduct zack and me for awhile. the surprise was a place in guadalupe that advertised 'texas bbq' but they were closed by the time we got there. she was hungry so we walked back downtown and over to island's so she could get a burger. then over to margarita rocks for a bit to say hi to everyone. then to border's (yay books woo) and finally over to the movie theater where we saw aeon flux. it was actually pretty decent. much better than i was expecting. after the movie, zack, sarah, and i came back to my house and watched some squirrel songs and foamy's rants online and twister on tv. they just left so i'll head off to bed in a few.

tomorrow will be busy working on my geology of mars project. i'm glad i finished grading today so i can concentrate on my project and not worry about anything else. zack and sarah are coming over tomorrow evening and we're going to make chili, so i'll have to go to the store tomorrow sometime to get meat. yum. maybe i'll make brownies too.

last night was good. i gathered all my data for my mars project, pretty much got the introduction done, and finished my references list. decided i was hungry and would call todd when i went to go get food. that turned into me driving around talking to him for two hours before i actually got some taco bell (all that was open by then). it was so nice to talk to him. i haven't seen him since february and hadn't talked to him since he called me on the 4th of july. i'd really missed talking to him. can't wait to see him. he's wonderful. yay todd.

i need to be productive tomorrow so i'm going to sleep now.

recap: longhorns are awesome, had lots of fun with zack and sarah today, i bought a grill, got my papers graded, need to work on my project tomorrow, had a good night last night, i love todd, going to bed. woo. 'night all.

thanksgiving was interesting. had a good time at todd's. my pie and potatoes were a huge hit. todd doesn't even like chocolate pie and he wanted to me to make one weekly and bring it to geology of mars. hehe. going to eat myself some leftovers in a few minutes. yum. we watched the cowyboys play, and it was a good game, but they decided to miss a 34-yard field goal so they ended up losing in overtime. bummer. we played foosball, which was great fun. had some not so great conversations with a couple members of my family. really not looking forward to having to deal with hostility over christmas. i won't be staying at my house if i'm not welcome.

i guess this year i am most thankful for my friends. don't think i could have made it through this semester with something resembling sanity without them. they're all wonderful people and i love them very much.

i'd like to take this opportunity to say that i love my cousin erin. she's one of my favorite people on the planet.

wish some of my football-watching friends were in town so we could watch this ut/a&m game together. instead i am watching with kepler. ut is not doing so well. they should be slaughtering a&m and it's 15-14 a&m in the 2nd quarter. this is crap. we are NOT going to lose this game damnit. they aren't even ranked and ut is #2 in the freaking country! come on longhorns, get your game going!

so, this weekend:
-grade papers
-finish nighttime ir themis mosaic
-finish visible themis mosaic
-write up planetary geology paper
-make powerpoint presentation
-clean my kitchen
-clean kep's litterbox

for now, i think i will get some leftovers.