2 Cups!

Today was without a doubt one of the best days of my life. Ever. I headed home for my little brother's Eagle Scout Court of Honor. I'm so proud of him! It was a great ceremony, I am very happy for him, and it was great to see a whole bunch of old Scouts and family friends that I haven't seen for a few years.

I found myself a ticket for the FF semifinal on Friday night, I was in the 3rd row of the upper deck at center ice, they were great seats. I enjoyed seeing us beat Wisconsin again, especially since I was at the game we lost to them earlier in the season. I still couldn't swear (little children in the vicinity, I'm not that much of an asshole), but at least I could say "suck" as loud as I wanted to! Wheeler had an amazing night (which he has not done all year), with a hat trick; 2 of his goals were with 4 seconds left in the period. The Gophers showed a lot of hustle and grit that I have not seen since before winter break. They recovered from an own goal and another 1-goal deficit to win by 2 against a defense-oriented team. Not bad at all.

Now, on to tonight. BEST. GAME. EVER. I managed to score 4 tickets for the game through my Dad's work earlier in the week, not even knowing if the Gophers would be playing in the game. Boy, was I glad I got them. On Friday, I was ecstatic because I was able to go to both the games the Gophs were playing in, which happened to be against our 2 biggest rivals, the badgers and sue. The seats i got were in the 12th row of the lower deck right on the Goal line, by far the closest to the ice I have ever been for a Gopher game (for only $20/ea too!). It was close all the way, finally going in to OT tied at 2. Wheeler made an amazing goal to win the game, everyone went nuts. The atmosphere at the Xcel was absolutely incredible, almost twice the number of fans that are in Mariucci. Here is a replay of the winning goal, which, as mentioned in the clip, bears a striking resemblance to Neal Broten's GWG in the 1979 National Championship Game against (who else?) the Sioux. On the way back, since we were on the band bus, I had the opportunity to talk with some of the Hockey Cheerleaders, who turned out to be some really cool people.

I'm going to bed. Maybe I'll complete and/or organize my thoughts if I think of it, maybe not.

More New Toys

My Mp3 player finally came. It took until 7PM to get there (stupid UPS), but it came. I like it a lot.

I am also the proud new owner of a Toshiba Portege 3490-CT laptop. It only has a 12" screen and weighs about 3lbs. I will be taking it to class a lot. In fact, I'm writing this from it.

Seeing how I have 2 computers, it's time to start naming them. I have one big laptop that is silver and higher performance and one small laptop that is black/dark grey and runs slower.

This is where you, the reader, comes in. I want suggestions on what to name my computers. Bonus points for:
-References to things that are cool (i.e. Star Wars, Hitchhiker's Guide)
-Names that are related (see: Executor and Devastator/Lusankya)
-Names that describe the computer in some way (see: Shortbus, it's small and goes slower)

Some examples:

Two names that are related and reference something cool:
Big: Executor
Small: Devastator or Lusankya

Name that describes the computer:
Small: Shortbus
Big: (I have no idea)

OH MY GOD I Want One

BEST. LEGO. SET. EVER. I seriously just about pissed my pants when I saw it.

Speaking of spending lots of money, I ordered myself an mp3 player over the weekend, a Creative Zen Vision:M. It will be here in about 3 days, and I shall be happy.

Also over the weekend: Skate With The Gophers! Even though I spent 2 hours handing out posters, I got:
-- my MB hat autographed by the one and only Don Lucia
-- team poster signed by every player but Okposo and Flynn, plus Lucia and the Wooger. I'm totally framing this one.
-- Picture taken with the McNaughton Cup and the 2002 and 2003 Championship Trophies
-- Also got to skate around on the ice at Mariucci for a bit with Okposo and Goligoski (and 100 other people, mostly kids), which was pretty sweet.

More Stuff

After thinking for a little bit more, I guess I can put down a few more highlights of the last 5 months, in no particular order:

I have become increasingly obsessed with Gopher Hockey. If you make me miss a game, you better have a damn good reason for it. I went to Madison for the Friday game over there (our first loss since the first game of the season, boo), which decreased my road record to 0-1-1. My ultimate goal is to go to a Gopher game at all 10 arenas in the WCHA (currently, I have 3). While in Madison, we "broke" in to Camp Randall and I got my picture taken on the 50-yard line, and saw the slab of bacon (the predecessor to the axe, for you uninformed people).

Solar Car will probably begin/continue to take over my life, especially later this semester and during the summer.

My little brother (now a senior in HS) got his Eagle Scout award, I am very proud of him. He is probably going to Iowa State for college, I don't really mind where he goes unless it's wisky, iowa, or nodak (fortunately, he never considered any of said schools).

I stumbled across quite possibly the most wonderful webcomic ever: http://www.xkcd.com. Some of the stuff is absolutely ridiculous, and others are straight up nerdy, but it's always halarious.

I'm hunting for internships and housing right now (i have an internship interview in an hour and a half). Both are something I've never really had experience with before, it's a little unsettling how much of a bearing on my future this stuff has.

Concerts

Yeah, It's been a while. I've had stuff to write about (sports games, trips, etc.) but I'm just too lazy to actually sit down and write stuff.

Anywho, I was reading The Onion this morning and found an article about the Minnesota Orchestra's 2007-2008 lineup. Two concerts that I DEFINITELY want to attend:

"To Boldly Go...", a space-themed concert (Feb 1-2 2008)
* Narrated By the one and only Lenoard Nemoy
* Selections from Star Trek, The Planets Suite, and John Williams

"The Vegas Years" with P.D.Q. Bach (May 24 2008)

Also on the Docket are the upcoming Blue Man Group show "How to Be a Megastar Tour 2.0" (March 30, 2007) and next year's Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert.

update

there, i did it. happy?

Off on the right foot (or the left...)

The year is off to a great start already! Spat camp was amazing, even though it was a lot more tiring than last year (8 marching rehearsals in a row... yuck), everyone seemed like they were about to die on friday morning. All the rookies are really cool and we went to see snakes on a plane with the trumpets.

On the floor (5th & 4th this year), most of the people are back from last year, we went to see snakes on a plane as a floor (my 3rd time, for those of you keeping score at home) on move-in day, and yesterday ate as a massive group at UDS (still crappy food), went on a late-night taco bell run, watched battle royale, and pranked the 7th floor. Ultimate game is soon to come. Its gonna be a sweet year.