Another lazy Monday

Well it's been a few days since I last posted, so let me fill you in on all of the exciting stuff that didn't happen to me in the meantime. Friday was pretty much a lost cause—I neither got work done nor did anything exciting. I did watch the pilot for Lost, the new hit show by the J.J. Abrams (a.k.a. the wonderful man responsible for Alias). It was pretty good stuff—riveting, yet also mysterious. (What is that creature? It's like they crash-landed on Jurassic Park.) Chad and I are ready to watch some more of this show—that is, when we aren't watching season 2 of the aforementioned Alias.

Okay, enough about my TV-watching habits. Let's move on to Saturday. After I got back from my morning class I drove home and went to the Bulls game with my friends Mike, Chris, and Scott. (Thanks for driving, Skippy!) I had a great time in spite of the home team's poor showing (they blew a 24-point lead and lost... ugh...). The tickets were top-notch and came courtesy of my sister Laura. (Thanks, even though you don't read this!)

Sunday was all about football: I went over to la casa de Layfield and watched the Bears squeak out an overtime victory over Tennessee, thanks to a... safety? Yeah, the defense and special teams outscored the offense 16-3, and, yes, it was as ugly as that sounds. Thankfully, the defense is really playing well right now and is making plays (sacks, turnovers, etc...) that, frankly, I haven't seen being made this consistently since I started watching the Bears in 1994. Very exciting stuff. Now we just need a new QB!

One person I didn't get a chance to see this weekend was Nick, who didn't go to the Bulls game and couldn't stop by our little football gathering yesterday. I did talk to him, however, and he had some rendezvous with a girl he knew from college. I hope that works out for him, he deserves it. Speaking of girls, I just want to come out and say I need ideas for where to meet them. That's my deal, meeting them. I think once I get this out of the way I will be a far happier man.

Well, today marks the beginning of the end for this semester: 4 more weeks, of which one contains Thanksgiving break and another is final exam week. Then I get to enjoy winter break for four wonderful weeks... can't wait!

Unfortunately, I still have some work to do this semester so I'd better get on that. More later. Ciao for now.

-Mark