…to bring you this important announcement: there is way more stuff in my room than should physically be able to fit in there. I go through phases of wanting to clean up and reorganize my room (although this usually happens in the summer, and this time it’s actually being forced on me by my mom), but anyone who comes into my room after about the next week or so will very likely have a hard time recognizing it. Nothing has really been moved around, but my guides are in nice magazine holders now, there aren’t multiple rings of stuff going around the outside of my room, and the amount of stuff shoved onto shelves and put under other things has been greatly reduced. The reason this is being done is because my mom is having people she works with over for a happy hour in the middle of next week, and according to her, she’s “embarrased to have people come over because of my room.” The study should probably be my following project, but we’ll see if I stay in the cleaning mood or not.
Also, according to the newspaper, we play our game this week on Saturday (yes!) in Denton (double yes!) at 2:00 (/shrug, works for me). Probably end up like Friday was and be a whole day devoted to football, but with the prospect of going to State if we win, I think I can deal with it.
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We’re only one win away from HP’s first ever 14-win season. That’s right, our record is now 13-0 after a well played 45-28 victory over Ennis. Next week is going to be against Stephenville or Plainview in who knows where (but hopefully on Saturday so that my Calculus exam on Friday night at 7:00 doesn’t conflict).
I think that I’ve pretty much decided on my new phone barring a $600+ price tag on it once it gets released. It’s the Nokia N80 that Cingular appears to be picking up (pics online are of the silver version, but IMO the black looks sooooo much cooler). I won’t rule out the possibility of me picking it up unlocked/unbranded, but considering that the price for that will be a few hundred over the unsubsidized cost, I’d have to want it really bad (or this phone going to have to be cheaper than I’m expecting). I’m due for my upgrade from Cingular though, so it’s just a matter of waiting until it hits their stores. What can I say, kids from HP like expensive toys. :)
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59-17. Didn’t think so.
Next week is Friday at 1:00 (still at Texas Stadium) against Ennis (apparently whoever told me that they changed classes was misinformed) after their win today against Waco Midway. Not sure exactly what this round is called (possibly Regional Finals), but it’s Round 3 out of (I think) 5, so winning would only put us two games away from State if my math is correct and State really is December 10th.
Saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire today, and I must say that I was quite impressed. I thought there was too much in the movie that felt like it was just there because it was in the book and didn’t bother to tie into the rest of the movie along with the obligatory deletions/tweaks from the book, but not enough to bother me as much as Prisoner of Azkaban did. Guess that’s why I’m not a movie director since I’d want to make a 4 hour epic that covers every single point the book does.
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No, there’s no direct connection of the title of this post to the content; I just liked how it sounded. :)
In the past 2 days, I’ve seen a total of three movies: Zathura, Revenge of the Sith, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I’ve done a review for the second, but I’ll quickly cover the other two here.
Zathura is, at its core, Jumanji in space. That’s not a bad thing though because it’s entertaining throughout, and that’s all a decent movie really needs to accomplish. Score: 7/10
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory actually came out this summer, but the DVD came out this past week. I personally loved it, but since it is a Tim Burton movie after all, this one can’t really be judged for the masses. Score: 8.5/10
This upcoming week is my last full week of classes for the semester. Next week is only three days because of Thanksgiving (it should be two, but UTD is very anti-holiday it seems), and then the following Tuesday exams start and go through December 5th. I registered for my spring classes this past week, but since I’m not sure what the CLEP tests I’m taking next month will give me credit for, it may or may not be my final schedule.
Even though I don’t plan on getting an Xbox 360 for about another 6 months, I went ahead and added my Gamer Card over to the sidebar just to be proactive. Even though I rarely ever play anything on Live, I’ll keep the Gold account anyway for the times when I do feel like playing something.
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A year ago I never would have thought I’d be working another HP Football playoff game after our season ended in the first round, but last night was my “second chance” at a semi-decent playoff run since I wasn’t a trainer our junior year. Anyway, you’d think after looking at our season this year that the game list night would have been a cakewalk for us just as every other game had turned out being.
Not quite.
Once we were down 10-0 at the end of the first quarter, that’s when I started to get a whole bunch of memories from last year. We managed to fight back a little, but at the half we were still down 17-14. This couldn’t be good. I don’t think we had been trailing in any game this year at the half (except possibly the Denton Ryan one). Unlike our other games, this game was never really “sealed” either by either team. We did, however, manage a 38-31 win over the team we lost to last year. This means that we play this upcoming week on Thursday at 7:30 vs. McKinney North @ Texas Stadium. Maybe second chances really do exist…
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Yeah, so I thought I might try out that word. Not sure if I’m going to like it or not, but you’ll never know until you try.
My day today? Church, lunch at church, way too much time on the computer, hair cut, and then now. Hmmm…might need to rethink this whole “daily” thing.
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With my track record of making posts chances are no one is going to believe this, but Blogger actually had the nerve to be down for maintenance this afternoon when I was going to make a post. Anyway, the good news is that I remembered to make it, and it won’t be even longer until an update happens.
For the first time in (I think) 3 years, HP Football went 10-0 in the regular season. The next big step will be our first playoff game this Friday against none other than Texarkana Texas High, the team that beat and eliminated us last year in the first round. Also, same as last year, the game is once again in Tyler on Friday night. The details of how I’m getting there have yet to be worked out, but I might actually *gasp* miss Calculus */gasp* to be able to go with the rest of the trainers.
Apparently at least one person reads my blog without me directly telling them to because Laura brought up the question about the ring that I posted about a few weeks ago (Edit: that was actually in the post immediately before this one….kinda sad) (Edit 2: And I also just now noticed that Laura let a comment about it….even more sad (although I do have email notification on now :) )) when we were having our early trainer dinner at Las Trojas. Coach Harris’ reply was a joking “no” (something along the lines of “my chance was last year”), but Laura and Preston both think that I should be able to get one if I want it. Again, all this discussion is extremely premature, though, as we still have to actually make it to the final game before we could have a chance of winning.
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