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| Guess the songs!
1. "Say your prayers little one. Don't forget, my son, to include everyone."
2. No lyrics at all... You'll probably never guess it at all. Came out in 2003 and is 5:46 in length.
3. "Come with me my love, to the sea, the sea of love."
4. "In the end I win, everytime"
5. "Dearest, though you are the nearest to my heart, please don't ever say we'll part"
6. "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?"
7. "I'm not so good with subtlety. You wouldn't say that I'm the picture of urbanity"
8. "They say history will find us on the last train and we'll make all the same mistakes that they made"
9. "She wakes up when I sleep to talks to ghosts like in the movies. If you don't follow what I mean, I sure don't mean to be confusing."
10. "So you're hanging from a tree and I made believe it was me"
11. "every now and again sometimes, i get lost on the wind of a dream."
12. "Resolutions. Well Baby they come and go. Will I do any of these things? The answers probably no"
13. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
14. "Now, I'm wanting this for sure And I'll beg for nothing more"
15. "I told you once before goodbye, but I came back again. I love you so. I'm the one who wants you."
16. "Oh stealing moments just to be with you, Though its wrong its hard to tell the truth"
17. "long ago and oh so far away. I fell in love with you before the second show"
18. "Listen here, this will only be A small portion of your lifetime That you'll sacrifice for me"
19. "Life starts in a dark place. The story of a car chase and I've become the criminal"
20. "Hey, The world is ending, Don't you even know? Well how did evolution get so slow? The grass don't even grow."
21. "I took the Polaroid down in my room I’m pretty sure you have a new girlfriend"
22. "But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke The same cigarrettes as me"
23. "Lights, camera, action. I think I'm going for it this time. There's something you should listen to. Could I take you for a car ride? This is the soundtrack for our movie. Would you tell me when we get to the best part? I'll play it for ya. Oh no, I think I've lost this one. Can we try again?
Well I'm a wreck. I really can't explain it but I, I hear the music when I look at you. Orchestrating the song to accommodate the moment. Well, I'm so in love with you."
24. "The nights are getting colder. The red light's on, it's over. To give up now doesn't make much sense. So this is my goodbye."
25. "Losing sleep for days. Is this just a phase? Are there other ways? The one who sings is the one who pays."
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| Wow. It's been a while.
Today was pretty good. Had class at 8 AM, but I enjoyed it. Went to work around 11, stayed for 2.5 hours, then went and saw "Great Debaters". Of course I had to be back at work at 2:30 so I only saw 45 minutes. But I liked it. Then after work had "Religion and Theology in Afro-America". That will be a fun and exciting class. We got out early so I went and did some research on a railroad (see http://maverickmaniacsmusings.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/the-old-abandoned-railbridge/). Then I went to 808, which was amazing. Then I finally saw the end of Great Debaters. It seemed like a long movie. Probably due to the 10.5 hours that passed between the start and the end! :).
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| The last few days have been a welcome relief. I've worked lots of hours making good money at HWS. Before too long I might be able to pay off my debts. Thursday night I got to hang out at Dina's with everyone. That was a lot of fun. It's been far too long since I've had good times like those. Hanging out with dorm people is great, but it's times like that night that made high school so great. We played Apples and Apples and we (Dina, Ashley and I) won. Hah. I usually suck at that game. I wrestled Matt Lawton a bit, cut my lip. Buckley was being very anxious to leave, and I was like... uhh now? So he went with Danny and I stayed with matt, steve, victoria and dina until 2. Glad I didn't leave, we had a fun time. Ashley got her car stuck in the snow and we had to go help get her out. That was fun. I ended up with lots of leftovers that Dina sent with me. Come in quite handy when there is no food around the dorms!
I was dead tired Friday so I didn't go to work in the AM. Went to my parents and had a nice talk with my mom and sister. They liked my haircut. Then worked in the afternoon before the UNO game at night. Then I fell asleep in the lounge watching VHS lol.
Today I'm going to watch soccer, NFL, Creighton, the debate... maybe go visit the western heritage museum. Well see.
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| Alright... it's a big day tomorrow. Our latest edition of the NFL playoffs kicks off.
First up is Washington going to Seattle. Washington has finished extremely strong, and come together after the tragic death of Sean Taylor. But can they go to Seattle and win on the road in the playoffs? I don't think so. Washington is starting Todd Collins at QB. That Todd Collins. The one who is famous (infamous) for being the player with the largest gap between starts in NFL history at over 10 years. There is a reason for that. Good QBs don't go 10 years without starting by accident. Todd Collins is not capable of leading this team to a road victory in the playoffs in my opinion. I'm taking the Seahawks 28-10
So the Jaguars are going into the Steel City, where they won a few weeks ago. Can they do it again? I think so. Pittsburgh is in trouble with Willie Parker, the leading RB in the NFL at the time. The Jaguars are built to win in situations like this. I don't buy into David Garrard as a good QB for the playoffs yet, but I think he's good enough to beat the Steelers.
Jaguars win 27-17.
The Maverick hockey team has a big series at Western Michigan. UNO, struggling all year, is still "in it" technically for a top 4 seed (trailing Michigan St. by 7 points with 2 to play (a sweep at MSU makes it 3 points... but MSU still has 3 extra games more than UNO). They would need to go on a run unlike anything we've seen at any point this year though to pull that off. Trying to get a 5-8 seed is much easier. The 5th place team (Bowling Green) has 12 points while UNO is back in 8th with 11. Ferris State, Northern Michigan, and Alaska are also right there with 12, 12 and 10 respectively. UNO travels to Northern and Alaska over the next month or so, and has an opportunity to put some ground on those teams. The Mavs can definitely get that first round home game if they play well down the stretch. It won't take a great stretch of wins, just picking up wins over teams they should beat and maybe a few surprises.
Anyways, back to this weekend. Western is in 2nd to last with just 4 points and a 2-8-0 record in conference, but we tied last place Lake Superior State for their only 2 conference points (0-9-2) at home in our last conference action... so who knows if this is gonna be doable on the road. UNO really needs to sweep. Western is not a good team. The return of Juha Uotlia was key last weekend. He added some more depth and some much needed experience to the blue line. The Mavs need someone in goal to step up. Jerad Kaufmann struggled Friday night, and Jeremie Dupont did the same Sunday night last time out. I'm not sure who's starting this weekend. Kaufmann, Dupont and Aarnio all have the potential to step up and win games, but until one of them steps up and establishes himself as the go to goaltender down the stretch, this team is doomed to struggle I fear.
Bryan Marshall is silently having a spectacular season and career. He now has 8G and 20A in 20 games on the year, giving him 135 points in his career. That's only 9 behind David Brisson for 2nd place (behind Mr. Mav Hockey Scott Parse's 197). So don't forget when you're watching him play how great he really is. Marshall is 3rd in the NCAA with his 28 points, only 3 behind Michigan's Kevin Porter. His 20 assists are top in the NCAA. Mick Lawrence's 7 PPG goals places him 4th in the NCAA.
Also, UNO's opponent for next weekend, Miami, lost to Bowling Green 4-2 tonight, meaning UNO will not be hosting the #1 team after all. Doh. Our favorite goalie Jimmy Spratt was featured on the front page of USCHO.com... I can't wait til the perverts come to the Civic... GET YOUR SHARPIES READY!!!!!
Creighton Basketball faces a tough road trip to Springfield Missouri. The team is desperate for a win now having started Valley season 0-2 (okay so 14-4 is sounding unlikely for our conference record now...) The Jays, 9-3 on the year, take on the Bears of Missouri St. (8-6 on the year) at 7 on Saturday. Creighton's starters aren't gonna change and we need to accept that. I don't think it will cost them games. The team can come back if they get down early. The 0-2 conference record is CU's worst start since 93-94 (Pre-Dana). That team went 0-7 to start.. yikes. This team is gonna have to look to Dane Watts to lead them. He is the only player in the conference in the top 7 in points and boards. He is going to have to have a big game against Missouri St. Josh Dotzler is gonna need to take care of business. No sloppy turnovers, good passing, hard defense. He can't force shots either. Chad Millard needs to step up and shows us something as he's been a bit of a disappointment at CU so far. Nick Bahe and Pierce Hibma need to use whatever minutes they get effectively.
Off the bench, P'Allen Stinnett will be playing a big game. In an interview with 590's Matt Perault, Dana Altman said if P doesn't stop complaining about foul calls to the refs, he will sit him. This is going to be interesting to see, how does he respond? P has loads of talent, but he hasn't totally bought into the system yet and he' starting to draw the ire of the coaches it appears. Casey Harriman, Cavel Witter, Booker Woodfox, Kaleb Korver all need to play their roles. I'd like to see some 3s out of Casey, to see Cavel stay under a bit more control, and for Booker to continue his hot shooting. Maybe some 3s out of Korver :D? Kenny Lawson and Kenton Walker will hopefully get some time to continue their development. How well these two do could play a big difference in this team's season.
Defensively the Jays will worry about the Bear's Deven Mitchell who leads the league with 16.9 points per game. Blake Ahearn is finally gone though!
Booker Woodfox's shooting has finally come around. Earlier in the year the coaches talked about him needing to get some confidence and start knocking down some shots. Well, it's happened. He now leads the team with 17 3s and 42.5% shooting. He's 13-21 (61.9%!!!) the last 5 games. Does Altman think about starting him anytime soon? He is a junior and he's playing very well lately.
I'm not gonna take the Jays to win in Springfield. I hope they do, but I'm taking the Bears 74-69. Jays will stop the losing at home next week... but it continues Saturday night.
Finally, the Republicans and Democrats have a big debate Saturday night. It's gonna be in prime time on ABC. I will be taping it so I can watch sports and then the debate. New Hampshire is coming up on Tuesday so this is the last chance for many of the candidates to get their message out to the state as a whole.
Republicans from 6-7:30 CST..
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, R-NYC
Former Governor Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.
Senator John McCain, R-Ariz.
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex.
Former Governor Mitt Romney, R-Mass.
Former Senator Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.
Democrats from 7:45-9:15 CST...
Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
Former Senator John Edwards, D-N.C.
Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill.
Governor Bill Richardson, D-N.M.
I'm looking forward to the first debate for the Democrats where the marginal candidates are gone. These three can now turn to each other (Richardson is around... oh well) and we'll see what they have to say. As far as the Republicans go. This is a big debate as these all are still in it (though Paul has 0% chance I still believe). Don't be fooled by Gulliani's poor showing so far. He's focusing on Super Tuesday, not these early states.
So there's your Saturday preview. A big fun day coming up!
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| Tonight was the continuation of a rivalry. Nebraska Omaha and Doane.
I'm not sure how much of a rivalry it is considering Doane plays in the
NAIA. Oh well. I'm also getting tired of seeing NAIA teams. They
aren't on our level, let's play some more D2 competition!
Anyways,
UNO started off with a poor first half, building a 27-14 with lead with
8:18 to go, but losing that on a 12-1 Doane run until the 3:33 mark.
They led 28-26 at that point. The offense just wasn't totally clicking
and the defense wasn't either. Then at 2:58 Nate Owen hit a big 3,
then 2 Denny Johnston FTs. I remember at that point my friend Vernon
mentioned, 5 straight points. Next thing you know Tyler Peterson is
throwing down a monster slam, 2 andrew bridger FTs and a Jerry Bennet
dunk and the Mavericks finished the half on a 11-1 run to go in 39-27.
At this point I took off running for my car and drove home to get my
camera battery a little charge. To take this picture...
The Mavs started the 2nd half strong with a 5-0 run, to extend the lead
to 17, thanks to a Justin Peterson jumper and a Michael Jenkins 3.
After a quick Doane surge to cut the lead to 44-34, the Mavericks
slammed the pedal to the floor and took off. A 17-3 run opened the
lead up to 24, highlighted by dunks from Jerry Bennett and Justin
Peterson. Peterson's was praticular impressive dunking right over a
Tiger. At this point the game was over and the teams just traded
possesions the rest of the way, with UNO getting the final, 78-57.
Jerry Bennett led the Mavs with 16 points (8-12 shooting), 4 boards and
4 blocks in 29 minutes. Bennett played especially well in the 2nd half
going 5-5 for 10 points and 3 blocks and 13 minutes. He really showed
some range on his jumper tonight. Andrew Bridger, in his first game
back from an ankle injury, was the key in the first half scoring all 10
of his points in 14 minutes. Denny Johnston led the Mavs in
distribution with 6 assists and only 1 turnover. Michael Jenkins had
another nice game with 11 points and 7 rebounds in 23 minutes.
The Mavs shot 50.9% for the game, including 56.5% in the 2nd half.
Both halves featured 4-11 3pt shooting for 36.4%. Good FT shooting was
big for the Mavs, shooting 16-20 for the game. The Tigers shot 36.1%
for the game, 29.4% from 3, and only 61.5% (8-13) from the line. Jack
Lind and Dane Cruz both struggled going a combined 6-21 from the floor
The #18 Mavs are now 12-1 on the season and are off until next Thursday
when they play 12-3 Augastana to open the final season of NCC
Basketball. The women (14-1 and winners of 9 straight) will take on
13-3 and #25 ranked Augastana at 6, with the men playing immediately
after that game at 8. Tickets are $7 for Adults, $5 for Students and
free with a UNO student ID.
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