s-n-o-freaking-w. YES!!!

the first of the season, and it’s blistering cold outside… ForeCastFox says it’s *15 degrees*… brrrrrrr! so i’m definitely staying inside where it’s warm. i love the way the snow illuminates the usually dark night with its lustrous glow. it could almost be daytime with the amount of light outside right now… at least an overcast, rainy sort of daytime.

speaking of cold, i spent black friday morning freezing my tail off in the best buy parking lot. dad was going to wait for the buttcrack-of-dawn 5AM opening to take advantage of the BF specials, including a $397 laptop. so i was basically there to keep him company (there wasn’t anything i wanted to get). we arrived around midnight and there were already about 50 people lined up… including some idiots who set up a tent! alas, we waited 5 hours in the ridiculously cold weather for nothing: best buy employees worked the line before the grand opening to solicit buyers of the “major” sale items like TVs, etc. and they had already sold all of the laptops that were in stock. dad still scored a few items that were left, but afterwards we both decided it was quite stupid, a waste of time, etc., and we vowed to never do it again.. unless a REEEAAALLY good deal comes up

in sports news, TU’s done quite well in football lately, and simultaneously BAAD in basketball. ah, the curse lives on: it seems we either have a pretty good football season or basketball season, but not both (granted, sometimes they both equally suck). we’re even going to a *bowl game* again this year, the liberty bowl, in which we’ll play fresno state. i was witness to the first basketball game (vs. SFA) and i guess we didn’t play *too* badly, but a lot of what i’d consider rookie mistakes were made. such as? missing layups and other similarly easy shots, and how about making a basket (albeit accidentally) for the opposing team. yes, this actually happened.. first time i’d ever seen it anywhere other than.. say, middle school. now i’m not trying to badmouth TU here (although it seems like i’ve done a pretty decent job so far). we played a solid game against OU, a formidable opponent. i still believe there’s hope yet for the boys to turn it around.

i read that pat morita, immortalized as mr. miyagi in the karate kid, died the other day. “wax-on, wax-off” is probably one of the most treasured films quotes in recent history, alluding to a character-building process through hard work and determination. although he successfully portrayed other roles, pat will live on in the hearts of a generation as the wise old karate master who forged a champion out of the seemingly ineffectual daniel-san.. and made us laugh all the while.