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October 2007

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• 10.25.07
  Public Apology
  General (1)

  I got absolutely no sleep last night... so today was a little rough. I started to fall asleep on the ride home, so I rolled down the windows to do a freeze-out... that usually does the trick. Usually. I had to kick it up a notch today and sing along with the radio at the top of my lungs... yeah, the windows were still down. So, Central Illinois residents who live along Route 36, consider this my public apology... especially the people of Atwood who had to endure my rendition of "Gimme More" by Britney Spears... that probably wasn't fun for anybody.
  
  
• 10.21.07
  Michigan fan
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  University of Illinois juniors Mark Bernachea (left), Tom Mark (center) and Tim Watkins, all from Rockford, in the stands before the start of the Illinois game against Michigan Saturday night in Memorial Stadium. "We're going to try to protect him," said Bernachea about his Michigan fan friend. "He's probably not going to make a lot of friends in this section." The group left in the middle of the fourth quarter.
  
  
• 10.21.07
  Hey, take my picture
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  Every time I go to a game there are people that yell from the stands... "Hey, take my picture!" Most of the time I make a quick frame so that I don't look like the asshole ignoring them. Besides, I do stand in front of them, in the seats that they paid for, for a while so I really don't want to be rude. Usually I'll just forget about their photo, but I'm going to start posting them here... could be fun. Here's the first in the series... from the Illinois game against Michigan last night.
  
  
• 10.21.07
  Famous
  General (4)

  Who's that sexy beast on the highlights of ESPN SportsCenter? Check out that photographer in the black sweater and hat. Look at the form... shooting and moving to safe ground at the same time. Too bad the photos sucked. Rick and I were wondering how many times we'd be in the highlights tonight. Now we know at least once.
  
  
• 10.20.07
  Max Factor
  General (2)

  I take entirely too many photos of Max, but what am I supposed to do... ignore the cutest cat in the world? Max decided to take in some fresh air while I took the garbage out this afternoon and I couldn't resist making a few frames.
  
  
• 10.19.07
  Sigh
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  I should be sleeping right now. My body is exhausted, but my mind is wide awake. It's been like this for about a week now. This isn't entirely new... I have a hard time winding down on a normal night, but usually it's nothing a glass of milk and a dark room can't fix. I've tried laying down in bed with my eyes closed, on the couch with a boring movie, in my old bed with some music, on the floor with my favorite blanket and none of it is working. Anybody have any suggestions for a good night sleep?
  
  
• 10.18.07
  It finally happened
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  I knew this would happen someday... my dad joined Facebook. When I was a kid, parents weren't all up on social networking I recall conversations along the lines of "Why can't you just call someone?" when I used to be hooked on AIM back in high school. Now I'm going to see Facebook status updates from one of my parents in my news feed. What's next? Mom on Twitter? Grandpa on MySpace? I suppose things could be worse...
  
  
• 10.18.07
  Night soccer blows
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  Tonight was just my second time shooting soccer at night. My first time was Eastern Illinois at Notre Dame for the first round of the NCAA championship. It was snowing and freezing cold. Tonight's two games were on a poorly lit field in the rain. Normal rain might not have been so bad... but this was coming in sideways thanks to the 25 mph wind gusts. I am now convinced that night soccer games are the worst thing in the world.
  
  
• 10.18.07
  Supersize me
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  I pulled through the drive up at McDonald's on the drive home tonight a few minutes before they closed. I ordered a small fry and they gave me two large orders of fries. McDonald's 1, my coronary health 0.
  
  
• 10.17.07
  Driving home
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  Tonight was one of those nasty nights that aren't meant for driving. My ride home from work is about 40-50 minutes depending on traffic. From the time I left Decatur to the time I got home there was only one other car on the road. Unfortunately that one car rode my bumper all the way to Tuscola.
  
  

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