Ummm.......what?

So I noticed a new trailer on Apple.com yesterday and, after watching it, I sent the link to Roomie since it seems right up his alley. This is the response I got:

Ahhh interesting. Oh wait!

MAJOR PLOT FLAW ALERT!!!!!!

For a site to be ‘untraceable’ it would require an insane amount of hops (bounces) around the world along with a TOR like configuration which significantly reduces ping time and throughput speed. This would render a site like that (particularly streaming media) utterly useless and even a minimal amount of hits would bring it to its knees!

CASE CLOSED – STRAIGHT TO DVD.

Uhh...ok, sure! Sounds right....I guess...

I might be a little obssessed

As I was blogging earlier, I happened to glance down and notice my Jazz notepad and coffee mug sitting right by each other. This doesn't mean much except that my desktop is Jazz, and so are my keys, and my license plate, and, well, here are the pictures to prove my insanity...

(Just got the plate and frame last Friday at the Jazz game)

I didn't bother to post pics of my Jazz apparel, I don't have that much time.

Some Good Comes from the NFL / Cable Disupute

So, as I'm sure everyone has heard by now, there was a big game on TV tonight. My beloved Packers vs the hated and ugly Cowboys. I would have LOVED to watch this game from my couch, where I have easy access to the fridge, bathroom, and remote; BUT, this game was on the NFL Network and due to some disputes with the big cable companies, less than 40% of the country can even GET the NFL Network. I live in part of that 60% that can't get the game, so I had to venture out of my apartment to the local watering hole to see the game. Turns out I'm not the only Pack fan in this town (SURPRISE!), the place was totally PACKED (pun intended) including about 20 other 2Ls /3Ls and even some 1Ls. This meant that I could yell and scream as if it were a big college game. I talked some trash, gave multiple high-fives, and drank about a dozen Cokes. It was the most fun I have had since the big karaoke bash and probably a top five-er for the year. It would have been perfect, though, had the Pack pulled out a victory...

The More Things Change...

I'm seriously surprised that it has taken me so long to get this way, but for the first time in my life, I really feel like I just want to be alone (as in, no significant other) and be especially selfish. I want to be myself and play Xbox when I want, go out when I want, talk to anyone that I want, eat what I want when I want (more on this later) and just be the guy that I wanted to be in college but never felt the significance of how much it would change my lifestyle.

The "relationship that almost was" is over and I couldn't feel better about it. Not because I don't like her (she's way fun) but because even in the early stages of the BF/GF thing that it almost was, I still felt trapped in a cage. I needed me time to do, literally, nothing.

Now that I am focused on me being me, I really want to spend some time improving myself. I'd like to shed some needed poundage and find out what the hell I want to do after I graduate. I've spent a lot of time being concerned with how I am perceived by others, but at this point I think that ship has sailed. However people view me now isn't likely to change, and even if it did, I'm not going to worry about that anymore.

I could ramble on about all the ways I am wasting away both physically and mentally, but that would be too depressing. Instead of eating fast food on a whim 4-5 times a week, I can have a tuna sandwich at home. Instead of spending my Friday nights on the computer, I can go out and enjoy the company of my friends. Instead of playing Xbox during the afternoons, I can work on outlines and my reading.

I know this sounds a little contradictory to the first paragraph, but when I say "I want to play Xbox when I want," I mean that I don't want to feel guilty about it or feel like I need to "grow up." And when I say that I want to eat what I want when I want, I mean that eating a salad doesn't make me less of a man! (especially the greek salad at Panera).

I think at this point the hate that I have for myself has finally been faced with an ultimatum: keep doing what you've been doing, and you'll keep getting what you've been getting (which is fatter, mediocre grades, and no self-worth).

So here it is folks, mark it down. I'm going to start being the guy I wanted to be when I moved to law school over a year ago.

[update: I just realized that all this was a very round-about way of saying that I am having an identity crisis and I need to figure out "who I am."]

Redemption

This is a public thank you to all those that I apologized to previously. Last night was karaoke night and we TORE. IT. UP.

We got stirring renditions of "Sweet Child of Mine," "Jessie's Girl," "I've Got You Under my Skin," and "Stay (I Missed You)." There was singing and dancing and copious amounts of alcohol.

Just like old times...

Important safety tip

more penetrating insight from CNN.

Bad friend

This is a public apology. I have been a bad friend lately. I want to apologize to Jewel, SLLS, and Jordan. I have been spending time with the new babe and basically been ignoring all other human beings. I am throwing myself on the mercy of the court...

update: upon further examination, I have been a bad friend for most of the semester so far. In attempting to "make up for lost time," as it were, I have neglected you all. Consider this my admission that I have a problem.

Stephen A Smith is officially crazy

He is ADAMANTLY picking the rich and creamy Nuggets to go to the NBA Finals. There is a REALLY good chance that they aren't even the best team in their division, but Stephen is really smart crazy eccentric loud so he might be right.

I'd say the Nugs are 40:1 underdogs to get to the Finals. And just because I'm making odds, I'd put the Jazz at 20:1. I love my Jazz, but the Spurs are just too damn good.

Here are my picks:

MVP
Heart says: Carlos Boozer
Brain says: Steve Nash

6th Man
Heart says: Paul Millsap
Brain says: Manu Ginobli

Most Improved
Heart says: Ronnie Brewer
Brain says: Ronnie Brewer

Coach of the Year
Heart says: Jerry Sloan
Brain says: Anyone except Sloan

Defensive Player
Heart says: AK
Brain says: pick 'em (Bowen or Wallace, as usual)

Finals
Spurs over whatever crap team comes out of the East

Me Gusta

I'm not going to call this a "relationship," at least not yet. But this girl that I met on Friday, she is such a breath of fresh air. Talk about no drama and low maintenance...

She's into me, this I know for sure. I am into her too, and she knows this for sure. But we are confident enough in ourselves that a) we don't have to do ANYTHING in a hurry, and b) I'm not going to be upset if she puts studying ahead of hanging out and vice versa. This is the level of maturity I was expecting when I came to law school.

And she's hot, so that helps too :-P

That was Tasty

Jazz win by 21 IN Oakland. Brewer and Millsap looked AWESOME, seriously. AK was in good (not great) form and DWill and Booz, they were at their normal best, combining for 56 points. I love beating teams that think playing fast and loose will win. We play slow and methodically and we DOMINATED. Damn it feels good to be a Jazz fan.

Hell yeah

"NBA.com posed these questions and more to the league's general managers, and nearly all of the GM's responded to our survey. Here's what the guys who call the shots think will transpire this season."


Game on in 27 hrs and 35 min.

Yeah...

Convo at local sandwich eatery today:

Fellow 2L Bowler: Didn't you bowl, like, a 190-something last week?
Me: 182 actually.
Bowler: Nice, maybe if I sit next to you some of that will rub off on me.
Me: I hope I can rub off on myself!
Bowler: ...that sounded weird.
Me: ...uhh...yeah, probably shouldn't ever say that again.