Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Sue!

Yup, Birdy's turning 26 today. :) I hope she has a good one. I actually had it programmed into my phone but I forgot about it. So I was on the GO train when my phone started buzzing like crazy. It was really early too so I was half-asleep. I was like, "What on earth?" Then I fished around my pockets for my phone and saw "Sue Bird 26"

Anyway, here are my birthday wishes for her with between now and her next birthday (Selfish ones, take note)

1. In the 2007 WNBA Season, she'll get back on First Team All-WNBA. Just to shut the "haters" up....wouldn't that be sweet?

2. Winning the Dish& Assist Award. Just because I think she's the best passer out there and the best person at recognizing when and how to pass the ball. I can't believe she's only won it once. But next year will be her second.

3. A nose that will stay mended. :) I swear if she breaks her nose again, I'm personally gonna go over there and permanently stick that mask to her face. It brings too much anxiety for me when she breaks it.

4. A WNBA Championship. Well, we need at least two don't we?

5. A Perfect WNBA Season--Hahaha! Ok, this is the selfish one and highly unlikely one. But you never know. It would be sweet to go through the season with victory...after victory...after victory...:)

Anyone else wanna add anything feel free to comment. :) There can never be too many birthday wishes, right?

Anyway, happy happy birthday Sue!

Two years ago...

...on this date...the Seattle Storm won their WNBA Championship. :)

I've been a little busy with other things and I've been trying to de-obsess myself with the Storm (because, well, they're gone until next May anyway). However, I saw the headline on the Storm website and I allowed myself to sit back and savor that moment once again. It was absolutely incredible. Anyway, I just wanted to write about it. Back then, since that was the first year I started watching them and I was known to flip flop between obsessions (Martina Hingis, Annika Sorenstam...yada yada...), when they won and I was screaming and jumping around the place, my mom and my sister basically ignored me. They were just like, "That's nice." Two years later, when they win, they get all excited for me, and when they lose, they stay the hell away from me. :)

Happy Anniversary Storm! Thanks for being a part of my life for the past two years.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Yesss!!!! I'm so happy it's Thanksgiving this week. I know my class schedule is pretty light and everything, but it still feels great to get a holiday. Plus Thanksgiving means a great big meal at my aunt's house. :)

I spent the day trying to write my outline for my Lit class. It's supposed to be about the predicament of the character in Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". Mainly, I'm writing the outline using lines from the book as explanations. Like if I say that Prufrock feels like he is disconnected from the world, I'll cite lines and then explain how they do support my claim. Anyway, the big problem is that it's supposed to be for an essay that is 4-5 pages long. But the outline is supposed to be contained in 1 page WITH the supporting details in it. WTF??? So now I'm trying desperately to cut it down. And it's not like my points are very extraordinary anyway...sigh....

I just started to read my Max Weber book for my other report and it's been going well so far. Basically, he believes that capitalism did not only arise due to economic goals but also because of religious goals. He says that capitalists see earning more and more profit as a "calling" and that not doing so to the best of one's ability would make God unhappy. It's an interesting take on it even if it's not something I can completely feel comfortable with. However, Weber does cite various historical examples to back his claims. I'm still struggling, however, with figuring out whether or not he approves of capitalistic enterprises because of his theory. It probably does not matter in the long run (i.e. my paper), but it's something that I'm just wondering about. It's possible that he's just talking about his theory of capitalism while not showing his opinions on the morality of it all.

My sis and I went to Red Lobster today and had their "endless shrimp" special. We had it on my birthday but we couldn't enjoy it too much because we got this really creamy shrimp pasta that prevented us from eating more shrimp. Anyway, we vowed to go back one time, not order that pasta, and eat plate after plate of shrimp....Thinking about it now, maybe it wasn't such a good game plan... :)

BTW, the Maple Leafs lost today against Montreal. Out of three games, they've only won one (yesterday's 6-0 drubbing of Ottawa). I'm pretty bummed. As if this wasn't bad enough, the other team I just began minorly rooting for (because of their goalie, Cam Ward), the Carolina Hurricanes, don't have a win yet in the new season after winning the Stanley Cup last year. I think I really am the cursed fan...sigh....

Oh yeah, and in the Yankees-Tigers series at least, I was rooting for the Yanks....that didn't turn out very well at all.

So I'm going to try and change it up a bit...I really don't like whoever is going to get out of the Cardinals-Padres series so I'm gonna cheer on whoever wins this series to win the whole thing. :)

UConn Huskies Season Primer

UConn Roster

# 11 Ketia Swanier G Junior
# 24 Charde Houston F Junior
# 25 Mel Thomas G Junior
#44 Brittany Hunter C/F Junior
# 2 Tahirah Williams G Sophomore
# 20 Renee Montgomery G Sophomore
# 32 Kalana Greene G Sophomore
# 51 Cassie Kerns C/F Sophomore
# 13 Jacquie Fernandes G Freshman
# 14 Meghan Gardler F Freshman
# 22 Kristen Phillips C Freshman
# 31 Tina Charles C Freshman
# 41 Kaili McLaren F Freshman


Thurs Nov. 2 Team Concept 7:30 PM
Wed Nov. 8 Houston Jaguars 7:30 PM
Mon Nov. 13 Richmond 7:00 PM
Thurs Nov. 16 Colgate 7:30 PM
Tues Nov. 28 Boston U 7:30 PM
Thurs Nov. 30 Purdue 7:00 PM
Mon Dec. 4 at Holy Cross 7:00 PM
Thurs Dec. 7 at Georgetown 7:30 PM
Mon Dec. 18 at Virginia 7:00 PM
Thurs Dec. 21 Colorado State 7:30 PM
Sat Dec. 23 Oakland 12:00 PM
Fri Dec. 29 Hartford 7:00 PM
Sun Dec. 31 Sacred Heart 12:00 PM
Tues Jan. 2 at West Virginia 8:00 PM
Sat Jan. 6 Tennessee 4:00 PM
Tues Jan. 9 Seton Hall 7:30 PM
Sat Jan. 13 Syracuse 2:00 PM
Mon Jan. 15 at North Carolina 7:00 PM
Wed Jan. 17 at Providence 7:00 PM
Sun Jan. 21 at St. John's 4:30 PM
Wed Jan. 24 DePaul 7:30 PM
Sat Jan. 27 Notre Dame 7:00 PM
Tues Jan. 30 at Cincinnati 7:00 PM
Sat Feb. 3 at Marquette 8:00 PM
Tues Feb. 6 Rutgers 8:00 PM
Sun Feb. 11 at LSU 3:00 PM
Tues Feb. 13 Louisville 7:30 PM
Sat Feb. 17 Pittsburgh 12:00 PM
Tues Feb. 20 at South Florida 7:00 PM
Sat Feb. 24 Villanova 12:00 PM
Mon Feb. 26 at Rutgers 7:00 PM

Duke Blue Devils Season Primer

I haven't seen many Blue Devil games. I just look at the stats during the season and whether they win or lose. Anyway, since the Dukies are my favorite team, I thought I'd just post their roster and their schedule. Throughout the year, I hope to post more about them time permitting.

Duke Roster
# 10 Lindsey Harding G Senior
# 43 Alison Bales C Senior
# 2 Emily Waner G Junior
#23 Wanisha Smith G Junior
# 11 Chante Black C Junior
# 30 Carrem Gay F Sophomore
# 4 Abby Waner G Sophomore
# 22 Brittany Mitch G/F Freshman
# 31 Keturah Jackson G/F Freshman
# 15 Bridgette Mitchell F Freshman
# 21 Joy Cheek F Freshman

Sun, Nov 05 Anderson University Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Thu, Nov 09 EA Sports Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 11 Northeastern Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Fri, Nov 17 Marist College Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov 19 Houston Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Tue, Nov 21 Penn State Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 25 Michigan at Ann Arbor, Mich. 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Nov 29 Old Dominion Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
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Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Classic
Mon, Dec 04 Rutgers at Piscataway, N.J. 7 p.m.
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Thu, Dec 07 Vanderbilt Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Dec 10 Texas Durham, N.C. 1:00 p.m.
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Caribbean Classic
Tue, Dec 19 Bowling Green or SMU at Cancun, Mexico TBA
Wed, Dec 20 Bowling Green or SMU at Cancun, Mexico TBA
Thu, Dec 21 Pittsburgh at Cancun, Mexico TBA
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Blue Sky Resort Classic
Fri, Dec 29 Dartmouth at Hanover, N.H. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Dec 30 Dayton/Boston University at Hanover, N.H. 5:00 p.m./7:00 p.m.
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Wed, Jan 03 Miami * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Jan 07 Virginia Tech * at Blacksburg, Va. 12:30 p.m.
Wed, Jan 10 Georgia Tech * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Jan 13 Maryland * Durham, N.C. 12:30 p.m.
Thu, Jan 18 N.C. State * at Raleigh, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Jan 22 Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn. 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 25 Florida State * at Tallahassee, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Jan 29 Virginia Tech * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Feb 02 Virginia * at Charlottesville, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Feb 05 Clemson * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Feb 08 North Carolina * at Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 11 Wake Forest * at Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA
Thu, Feb 15 Boston College * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 18 Maryland * at College Park, Md. 6:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 25 North Carolina * Durham, N.C. 5:00 p.m.

Subway accident

I was on my way home with my sister last Friday from a hockey game. By the way, it was a great hockey game. It was the Marion Hilliard tournament here at the U of T at Varsity Arena. I thought that we'd see the Varsity Blues but instead we saw the U of Ottawa against the U of Alberta. It was the first hockey game I've ever seen and it was fun even if I was freezing my butt off. It was free too so my sis and I were seated in the front row.

Anyway, on the way home, I was lugging my heavy laptop and my school bag. My sister had my laundry bag. We were entering the subway at Museum to get to Union. The people in front of us were taking soooo loooong getting into the train. Finally, when we were getting in already, the whistle came on signaling that the train doors were closing. I rushed in and the doors began to close. I quickly put my hands out to stop the doors. While doing this, my brain just shut down completely and my right foot fell into the gap between the subway and the platform. I thought I had just tripped so I tried to stand up. Instead, my foot was stuck. I heard people screaming behind me and these really nice girls were helping my sister keep the door open so that the train wouldn't move. I finally managed to yank it out after hours it seemed. It turns out it was more like five seconds. Anyway, I think I have a bone bruise now and it really hurts. Thankfully though it wasn't anything more serious.

Thank God for those nice girls that helped me out. Because of me, they weren't able to catch the train. I was wondering whether my pride or my ankle hurt more. After a few seconds, my ankle definitely won out.

:) Anyone know anything about the parliamentary system, please email me ASAP. Stupid Machiavelli report. It's supposed to be 15 minutes long but Machiavelli says about eight lines about it in The Prince. Anyway, I've realized I've got to spout some BS to stretch my report out.