i think i need to yell more.

i remember why i stopped going to so many bruin basketball games.

when you subconsciously view each game as a battle between good and evil, as i do, they become a bit of an emotional investment.

it's kind of exhausting.

i yelled. a lot.

and it felt good.

this is such a weird part of my personality. i'm not a sports fan. i keep up with two teams in the whole world: the belmont bruins men's basketball team, and the texas a&m football team. that's it. i care about no one else's team. i can't even tell you who played in the superbowl this year.

so writing blog posts about how i am physically and mentally exhausted after just watching a basketball game, leaves you with a really warped impression of me.

but that is what i did today. i watched two basketball games. women's and men's.

every other day of the year i am a relatively calm person. but when i go to basketball games, i scream a lot. and i think that's because i don't get to scream about ANY of the things i really want to scream about in my daily life. that's not what adults to. adults suppress their emotions and let people walk all over them. wait, that's not right. but i haven't figure out what is right yet...

so i screamed a lot today.

i screamed when they were 20 points behind, and closed that margin to 10 points behind.

i screamed when they fell 10 points behind again.

i screamed when they came within 3 points of being tied, and fell behind again.

i screamed when they tied the game in the last second, and had to go to overtime.

i screamed while they held their lead.

i screamed when they lost the game by two points.

i like screaming.

BONUS VIDEOS:

i went to the women's game, which i don't normally do. i think their games are kind of boring. they move slower. they aren't as agressive.

yawn.

give me something to scream about...

so i made a couple videos. the first one is at the women's game. you can see the mostly empty stands, and though it's noisy...all you hear is the team members yelling. no one in the audience, really.

and then the opening minute of the men's game...very different. full stands. people screaming, people dancing, people cheering.

loud, yes.

it was 10 times louder later in the game. it was really dramatic.

enjoy.





p.s. the women won their game.

red and blue.

i lost an entire aspect of my personality.

i love belmont university.

the year after i graduated, i went to every single basketball game. last year, i didn't go to as many, but i made an effort. this year i haven't gone to even one.

but tomorrow i'm going to the homecoming game. and i'm really excited about it. the last game i watched was the one against duke in the march madness game, but let's not relive that. (one point, it still hurts...)

ANYWAY.

last night i went to get my ticket, and i decided to stop by university ministries to see if the old ministers were still at work. one of them was! so we talked, blah blah. and she told me that there's this homecoming worship thing tomorrow, which actually sounds...awkward. but there will be some people there that i haven't seen in a long time, and i love me some reunion-ing.

the point:

i forgot what time she said, so i got on the homecoming website. and i realized i'm really lame for not participating in some parts of it. there was an alumni-only concert tonight. andy davis. andy davis. how could i be so foolish not to register for any homecoming events.

for some reason thinking about homecoming feels "lame" or something. but i'm past that now. next year...i'm going to be all over it. not just the basketball game, but the whole deal. i went to belmont university. i lived there for four years. there are so many reasons to be proud of that. my fellow alumni are amazing musicians. belmont hosted a presidential debate this year. the basketball team is suprisingly talented. we almost made it to round two of march madness last year...

i really should not get into that again.

but i'm excited about tomorrow. i'm not going to start chanting "go bruins!" or anything.

i think it would only be lame if i was still hanging out on campus or something. right? yes. i'm right. nobody thinks it's weird to go visit your family. i lived at belmont for four years of my life. it's a similar thing.

i went to belmont. and i'm sad that i forgot how much i love belmont, and how blessed i feel to have gone to college there.

i'm going to buy a new sweatshirt. i can always use more...

i'll save the explanation of my fashion choices for another post.

don't go.

i'm almost 25, and i think my mental acuity is deterioriating.

wait, no. i just used the word "acuity" in a sentence. i'm good.

BUT

i think i used to be funnier.

facebook had a brain fart (unlike me!) and imported all my old blog posts from myspace. what? i haven't logged into that thing in a year or so.

so i logged in to read them again...

i think i used to be funnier.

i have selected two excerpts to post here today. a flashback of sorts. trust me. it's way better than what i've been wanting to blog about all day, which was something infuriating that happened at work.

september 9, 2006
"me and c.s. lewis. basically the same."

i think me and c.s. lewis have a lot in common. he has a way with words, you know. sometimes when i'm reading his books, i have to stop every paragraph just to marvel at what was just read. it really is incredible that anyone could be so eloquent and intelligent.

and then there's me. my lexicon is so exiguous. (that's a joke i made up, and i hope you get it). but really. today someone asked me if i liked the movie "the notebook", (no), and asked me what it was about. i said "it's about this couple. they fall in love, then they break up, but they get back together, and then they're old, and they die."

i dare you to come up with a better summary of that movie.

and another short-ish one...

october 24, 2006
"alzheimer's in reverse"

alzheimer's. the disease where people lose memories. it's tragic. my great grandma had it.

and now, apparently, my dad does. but in reverse. he creates memories.

one of my sisters is taking archery and is learning how to shoot a gun. yeah, she's pretty cool. but my dad claims he once taught ME how to handle a gun. the thing is, i've never touched one. i don't know where this memory came from. it never happened. but i'm not going to tell him. it's better that he lives in ignorant bliss during his senile years, which appear to be setting in at age 52.

wait. that reminds me. this is actually a very sad anecdote. my parents have an ongoing argument about how they got engaged. my mom says he never proposed, and my dad says he sang her a song on his guitar when he proposed. did he create that memory too?

more importantly, is this hereditary? how can i be sure of anything anymore.

mouse has a new lunchbox.

things i used to know:

- basic accounting principles
- obscure copyright laws
- how to explain various supply and demand curves
- how to write a paper in MLA format
- how to record music in a studio

things i know now:

- i can recite a book called "time for school, mouse" from memory
- i can identify the cries of 14 different children without having to look
- i know ten verses to "the wheels on the bus"

i don't want to know ten verses to "the wheels on the bus."

but i do want you to see if you can come up with that many.

i miss her all of a sudden.

maybe i'll get to see her in may when one of my sisters graduates from college?

kailey rose.

that smile...

everything else.

things you can buy on ebay:

a potato shaped liked a cross.

"Your probably wondering why this potato is shaped like a cross! I was thinking the same thing when i pulled it out of the bag! I have never in my life had a potato come like this.This will probably never happen again so happy bidding!!"

cost: 1.2 million dollars.

a dollar bill and two pennies.

"For sale one United States of America Dollar Bill. It is the typical dollar bill everyone has with no collector value. This dollar does not buy as much as it use to.

You here a lot on the news about the value of the dollar but now it is your chance to decide.

As an added bonus I'm including two United States of America Pennies. They also have no collector value. Just your typical everyday pennies. I've been told on numerous occasions that my two cents are worthless but now you can decide how much they are worth."

current bid: 99 cents. interesting.


a prezel with heart shaped rose petals.

"I found this preztel just mear nano seconds before eating it. I thought it looked a lot like rose petals shaped like a heart.

It's unique, that's for sure."

cost: $20

also...WHAT?

3 real human molar teeth.

for education and research only.

because there are so many uses for other people's teeth.

starting bid: $19.99, and what remains of your sanity.

the contents of my vacuum cleaner!

"Yes, you read that right. I have a wonderful vacuum cleaner. It's a Eureka upright, whirlwind action, detachable canister, 12 amp, 15inch sucking machine! It really SUCKS! It's got a headlight, alot of attachments, a long cord, and it sucks, sucks, sucks! What I am offering up for bid here is the contents of that baby after I get done sucking the floors in the whole house. It will be substantial, it always is. I usually fill that canister up at least twice in one sucking session. I'm sick of carrying it outside to the compost pile. Why not sell it on EBAY! What a country! Why buy it, hey why not? Make some art out of it, put it under a microscope, bring it to the classroom for the kiddies, leave some at crime scenes!"

starting bid: ten cents. seems fair.

sarcasm can be so accurate.

i really, really appreciate this post on "stuff christians like."

read it, and understand.