Football!!

I was talking to a guy from Iowa and he said something about how Nebraska girls were all obsessed with football and how weird that was.

To quote another guy: "That just makes our women superior."

Agreed.

I don't think I'm obsessed with football (I say that as I just got home from watching the NFC championship game--Packers are going to the Superbowl!--and the AFC game is on in the background right now). I'll admit I'm a die hard Husker fan and I've liked the Broncos since I was five, but obsessed? Nah.

Ok I do watch football even when it's not a Husker game. I don't know how many bowl games I watched this year, but it was definitely more than just Nebraska's pathetic performance at the Holiday Bowl. And I'll watch Sunday Night Football (and Monday Night Football sometimes).

I know what the Wildcat formation is and I can tell you the difference between a tackle and a sack. I understand the concepts of downs, holding, rushing, kicking, punting, running routes, and safeties. Mention Johnny Rodgers, Tommy Frazier, Eric Crouch, or pretty much any good Husker player in recent years and I'll know exactly who you're talking about. I know who Aaron Rodgers and Jay Cutler and Drew Brees are. Danny Woodhead, anybody? I remember the glory days of John Elway and Brett Farve, who is finally retiring, thank God. It pains me that Tim Tebow is playing for my Broncos, because I hate the Florida Gators, but he's actually doing pretty well so I suppose I should be ok with it.

I can hold my own in a room full of guys when a game is on and I can have an intelligible conversation about Superbowl prospects (Packers and the Steelers, but I'd rather have it be the Jets. The Packers are gonna get creamed either way because the AFC is tough this year). I have guy friends who forget I'm a girl sometimes, but you know what? I'm ok with that.

So maybe I care a little more about football than your typical girl, but I did grow up with a bunch of boys. I have two brothers, no sisters, my dad, all my uncles, and most of my cousins are guys. When there was Husker football going on, we watched it. It's kind of a way of life here in the Cornhusker State (Yes, that is our state nickname). I wouldn't say it's an obsession.

Not quite yet...

I know my last post was all about getting back into the swing of things, but it's a little hard to do when there's a three-day weekend already.

And while I should probably get started on some homework, I'm going to put it off a little longer. See I've a had great weekend so far full of stupid funny movies (Eurotrip and The Other Guys), Packers football (Go Pack Go!), late night sledding (Brrr!), sleeping in (sort of), and spending time with some great friends, and there's still a whole day left. I'm not quite ready to do school-related anything.

Some friends rented a cabin for the weekend and it was great to get out of Lincoln, even just for a night. Definitely an awesome way to spend some time off. I spent the weekend with, among a few other people, my boyfriend, an avid Packers fan, and a kid from Wisconsin. I like the Packers and they had a pretty fantastic game, but let's just say we all heard A LOT about it. Even when we all finally called it a night and went to bed, the two of them kept going on about Green Bay's 48-21 domination of the Atlanta Falcons. It was actually pretty hilarious. They were like girls at a slumber party, except they were two 20-something guys laying in bunk beds talking about football.

Even better was that we woke up at 8:30 and watched Tom & Jerry (I love Tom & Jerry, no joke), followed by Sports Center for more Packers highlights and then pancakes.



How am I supposed to handle homework after all that?

Is it Friday yet?

You know how when something important is coming up, the days....just....drag....on...sooo....sloowwwlyyyy...

This has been the longest week ever, and it's only Monday. It's a bit depressing, actually. I don't know if I can make it two more weeks until Thanksgiving break...and then two more weeks until finals....and then Christmas break!

It will be amazing.

And I'm having a really hard time realizing that it's November already and that there really are only two weeks left until break, mainly because it's 60 degrees outside. What the heck, Nebraska???

Not that I'm complaining. It's beautiful out =)

Highlight of the Week: Huskers>Sooners. Enough said.

Football, friends, and psychology.

I officially love living in the honors dorms.

Last night we were all hangin out, watching the Huskers epically fail at attempting to play football for the first three quarters of the game. I guess the guys got bored and somehow started talking about somebody's psychology homework and were arguing something about olfactory senses and stereotyping white people.

Meanwhile, the two girls in the room were screaming at the tv like that would magically make us win the game.

It was hilarious.

The Huskers totally dominated the fourth quarter, by the way, and I'm sorry for ever doubting them.

Tip of the Day: Watch football.

(Fresh) Man Vs. Machine

So I've decided the only thing I really truly hate about college is my building's computer lab.  I have my own shiny new MacBook, but no printer.  But hey, it's ok, cuz honors kids supposedly get free printing. You just put your stuff on a flashdrive and take it down there and print it off.  Easy, right? 

False.

Objection #1 : The computers are PCs...

Objection #2 : The printing isn't entirely free.  We have to bring our own paper.

Objection #3 : The printers suck.  Like seriously.  I have not been able to print one thing off smoothly.  The ink's out, there's a paper jam, it just decides it's not gonna print, or it's gonna print my 14 page English syllabus twice...one time it even printed something that was nothing even close to my environmental science paper (and I was the only one using the lab at the time...sketchy).  It's extremely frustrating.  I'm about ready to go buy my own printer.

But....I did beat the printer today for the first time!  Not like actually hitting it, but I won.  I got my biology notes to print off, formatted correctly, on the first try.  Yes!

Observation of the Day : Husker football is too popular for its own good.  I just spent like an hour waiting to pick up my pre-ordered tickets, the line was crazy!  But hey, I get to go to all the home games, so it's totally worth it.

And...it's Friday!