Weekend Wrap Up

It is always hard to go back to work after an extended break. This time is no different. It was even harder for me knowing that I did not finish any of the school work that I needed to. That is going to make the last couple free nights I have this week a living hell. Besides that, it was a great weekend.

I surprisingly got a ton of sleep this week. I slept over 10 hours 3 different times this weekend after going to bed multiple time around 9PM. There are a couple things that really surprised me about doing that. The first is that I had not been able to sleep 10 hours for a very long time; I have a hard time sleeping 8 hours. The second thing is that I was able to go to bed before 10PM which is actually good. I would like to get on a normal sleep schedule.

When I wasn’t sleeping, I was either watching football, eating a turkey dinner, watching Lord of the Rings, play Civ 4, or going out to the bars. I did only go out twice this weekend which also surprised me. We went to Rue 13 on Friday. It was one of the better times I had at Rue all year. The place was packed with good looking girls and they played a lot of good songs that I never heard there before. They did try to trick us with having the New Wave signs up but they were put up by accident.

A good majority of my weekend in which I should have been writing papers consisted of watching all 3 LOTR in HD on TNT. I just love the movies and couldn’t resist. I did try to watch Tropic Thunder but could not make it past 10 minutes. Everyone asked me if I saw Tom Cruise so I guess it was a funny scene. I might give it another try later. The only other TV watching I did was Dexter. The season got super interesting with last nights crazy twist. The last two episodes should be amazing. I also saw the previews to United States of Tara on Showtime. The show looks really good so I can’t wait to see it.

I unfortunately watched Mizzou’s disastrous game on Saturday. Even though Chase has certainly lost his touch (maybe he has been hanging out with Marc Bulger) but I think the problem is the defense. Our poor defense compounds the problem and it was blatantly obvious in the Kansas game. The first problem is that our pass rushers can not finish the play. They can force the QB out of the pocket but never tackle him or knock down the pass. Instead they just chase him around until he is able to get a good pass off. The problem with this is that our DBs can’t cover a guy this long and break off coverage early when the QB scrambles. This leaves multiple receivers wide open for a big play when in fact it should have been a big sack in MUs favor. This happened multiple times and it just sicked me. For Christ sakes, quit jumping around and actually hit the QB when you are in arms reach. I am not too optimistic about the Oklahoma game this weekend in KC but it should be a fun time no matter what. It is also suposed to be 55 degree so that would be awesome if it holds up. Also, I really think Texas got screwed. The Big 12 and the BCS really messed this one up. The crazy thing is that Texas would go to the title game if we beat OK. Its not going to happen but they can dream.

I did get some shopping done this weekend but not much. I was thinking about getting a Christmas tree and thought about it even more when I found out there is a lot a block from my place but I probably won’t just because I don’t think I will have the time in the next two weeks. I think a good 12ft tree would look awesome in my place though. I did end up getting a new camera. I went with the Canon 790. It is an awesome camera but I am not pleased with the fact that it is larger than my 3 year old camera. Isn’t technology supposed to make electronics smaller over time? It only increased 4 megapixels over my other camera.

To round it out, I did see Pepper for the first time in over 6 months. It really made my weekend. I really love that dog. He was so excited to see me. It just made me think how much I would love to have a dog if I was ever home enough to take car of it and play with it.

I probably forgot things so I will post updates if I remember anything big. On another note, Cardinals tickets (Pujols pack) go on sale this week.

Update #1 – It looks like my fantasy football team will not make the playoffs despite their good run lately. It comes down to the fact that my 3rd, 4th, and 5th picks are not on my team anymore and my number 1 pick (Frank Gore) has been horrible lately. I had a great defense (#1 in league) but they could only carry me so far.  My wide receivers and QBs are very unpredictable. They can go from having 30 points to 0 (or even minus points) week to week. Its hard to pick a MVP on my team. Cassel, Owens, Gore, and Chris Johnson all had around the same point total for me but none of them were consistent … they would throw out a huge game followed up by nothing. Because of that, I will give the MVP to to a combined defensive attack of Ware, Willis, Ruud, and Morrison. 3 of those players are in top 6 in our league and Morrison is not far behind. They were always consistent in getting me good points. My fantasy basketball team is not fairing any better. Allen Iverson is a big dissapointment. The verdict is still out there on Greg Oden. My team can really turn around if he has another game like yesterday.