I’m always unsettled when I’m home alone… maybe it’s because we have a fairly big house and no security system. Or that I think I hear or see things. Like for example I just walked in the door and as I set down my keys I swear I saw a movement in the basement. But then again it wasn’t well lit and could have been anything, especially since it was out of the corner of my eye.
I mean, I’m sure it’ll all be ok… but I really hate being alone in this house.
The Gopher’s just beat the Bulldogs to head to the WCHA Championship Game against UND. Impressive since UMD swept the Gophers in both series this year.
And it’ll give me something to do tomorrow night—the game’s on at 7pm.
Update: The Gophers Beat UND! Wahoo! I’m really sad that I didn’t get to watch the game—I was at work because somebody called in sick. However, I did tape it, so I’ll hopefully get to watch it in the near future. I hear it was a really great game of hockey.
As many of you know, the U of M’s spring break is this week. I thought I’d be able to take some time off and relax, but so far it has been pretty hectic with work. I was originally only scheduled for both Sunday’s of Spring Break, but I’ve ended up working on Tuesday-Friday. At least I’ve been working at some different stores so it’s not so boring.
The Gopher Basketball Banquet was on Monday of this week. We got to the hotel (it was at the Hilton in downtown) and played for a while (30-60 minutes?). Then sat down and ate dinner. The meal was really good (I haven’t had steak in ages!) and the company was even better—being able to talk to band people that I hadn’t seen in a little while.
Then we had to wait through all of the talks and speeches. Monson got up and talked a bit about each player and then let the Seniors say whatever they wanted. On the whole it took a quite a while and was mostly boring since I don’t know any of the players on a personal level. There were certain interesting parts because I guess the Basketball Player’s have a sense of humor as well. There were the jokes about people’s sexuality (although in a nice fashion, especially since one of the one of the gay-joke targets is now engaged). There was talk of “putting three people in a box and seeing who would come out”… a sort of who’s the best competition mind game. I think it would have been a lot funnier if I knew about the inside jokes ahead of time.
Michael Bauer spoke last (since he was the “best” senior). He got very emotional, especially when talking about how he almost lost his father and his brother during his college career. It was very touching (and honestly it was close to bringing tears to my eyes). Monson must have been apprehensive about letting him talk after the “incident” in Indianapolis at the Pep Fest in which Micheal quoted his brother as saying, “Beat the F— out of Wisconsin.”
The evening concluded with a rendition of the rouser, likely the last time I will play it this school year! Only 5 more months until Spat Camp!
Well I can’t really deal with Xanga anymore. It just doesn’t have the flexibility that I was looking for. So with that said, I’m proud to introduce my new blog:
I’d like to also take this time to introduce all of you to a thing called RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Essentially you can get a free RSS Reader which every so often (ie: hourly) checks a bunch of news feeds (ie: each one of the blogs you read) and alerts you when there are updates.
It’s kinda (well totally) geeky, but it’s slick and can save bunches of time.
Oh, and for those curious enough to actually try, the RSS URL for Xanga sites is for example http://www.xanga.com/rss.aspx?user=froehle, obviously replacing “froehle” with the username of whoever you want.
So you came here wanting to know more about me?
I’m currently a student at the University of Minnesota. I’m majoring in Math and Physics. After college I aspire to go to graduate or medical school. On campus I’m involved in the band program, namely Marching Band and Basketball Pepband. I’m also doing University Bands this spring which is a non-audtion concert band.
I am 19 years old.
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Just when I though politicians couldn’t get any dumber, let me introduce HR 3920…
Short Title: Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004
Official Title: To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States Supreme Court.
[stops and blinks]
WHAT?!
Never ever vote for these crazies (the sponsors and co-sponsors): Row Lewis [KY], Howard Coble [NC], Mac Collins [GA], Jim DeMint [SC], John Doolittle [CA], Terry Everett [AL], Trent Franks [AZ], Virgil Goode, Jr. [VA], Joel Hefley [CO], Jack Kingston [GA], Joseph Pitts [PA], and Richard Pombo [CA].
Oh, and what if the law gets passed. And then the supreme court says “I don’t think so.” But then congress could overturn that ruling.. and we can see that’s not going anywhere.
Yay! Spring break is finally here. I’m leaving for the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament in 1.5 hours! I’ll be home shortly after our first loss (hopefully not tomorrow). Everybody wish the Gophers the best of luck, ok. And if I don’t see you before spring break, have fun and be safe.
I usually don’t write about religion and such here, but this is just too much for me to take. This The Truth For Youth propaganda that some right wing catholic zealots are crazy. I mean it’s one thing to skew the facts to support your point of view, but some of the crap they say (especially in the video — the link is in the upper right) is outrageous.
For example (as Ann Marie points out):
Ooh, and the gay comment just floors me. How can someone have the audacity to say something like “It’s a shame that they gay people too lazy that they come out of the closet instead of cleaning the closet” (ie, it’s too bad that they’re admitting to being gay rather than converting to homosexuality — I kind of butchered the quote a little — it’s in the movie).
I have no tolerance for people who are bigots in the name of God. God preaches tolerance and acceptance!
Wow! It’s been so long since I’ve last done this.
Let’s recap some important events:
Friday was a night never to be forgotten (or remembered for that reason). I owe Beka the most sincere apology (although I don’t think I was as bad to her as she described it). Note to self: unless you want the wrath of Beka again, stay away from Nick Cruise’s drinks.
Saturday and Sunday were filled with Basketball band (too bad the Gopher’s can’t win ever…) and homework. I had to type up my lab report for physics… quite an indepth piece of work. The Oscar’s were on Sunday and surprisingly I guessed 14/24 correctly, a pretty good feat since I hadn’t really looked into what the critics thought. It did help that I had seen a good number of the movies on the ballot (and mostly the ones that won as well). Max’s Oscar party was fun, but I didn’t stay for too long (had to get the homework done and there were too many Grand Rapids High Schoolers).
Monday went quickly-mostly working on that pesky physics lab report and wasting time playing with Textpattern.
Tuesday is for Physics Lab. Time to play with radioactive stuff! Kinda crazy. Nothing like the Geiger counter reporting 2000 counts in the matter of a couple seconds.
Ooh, and Tuesday Night is for Caucuses! I went to the DFL one. It was kinda interesting but mostly a lot of formalities. I at least felt that I was able to have my opinion heard (through a straw poll for the presidential candidates and voting on several resolutions). I voted for Edwards (who turned out to be the candidate to receive the fewest number of positive votes). Interestingly enough (well, not really since it is a college campus), Kucinich got the most votes (43), then Kerry with 32-ish, and lastly Edwards with 13. I really considered voting for Al Sharpton, but wussed out in the end and voted for Edwards.
Brad Froehle 