domingo, febrero 20, 2005
Illinois at Iowa
Saturday my roommate (K) and I attended our first Iowa basketball game. Iowa was playing the number 1 ranked team, Illinois. According to K, I should be rooting for Illinois since I “attended undergraduate there,” while here I’m just “studying.” Fair argument, I suppose, but given the choice, my loyalty cannot lie with a team whose mascot is a racial caricature from the 1920s.
The game was surprisingly very fun. We sat next to a bunch of guys who were in their young 20s. They were vocal: whining and cursing at every foul called against Iowa and complaining that Illinois fouled Iowa when Iowa could not make a basket (I think it’s called a “turnover.”) Iowa gave Illinois a good ride, but we ended up short . . . short by 11, but a close 11.
In other news, I am on the verge on falling out with my Spanish professor. He is really pushing my buttons. Strike one: he told me to calm down when I notified him I was missing a class. Strike two: he accused me and another person in the class of copying homework assignments. Strike two and a half: he keeps making lawyer jokes at the beginning of class; I can handle one day of lawyer jokes, but he said them last Wednesday and Friday. I’ll give him π-value number of strikes; after that – ¡nuestra relación va a terminar!
“I'm not being too dramatic; it's just how I gotta have it.”
Ciara feat. T.I., Goodies [remix]
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The game was surprisingly very fun. We sat next to a bunch of guys who were in their young 20s. They were vocal: whining and cursing at every foul called against Iowa and complaining that Illinois fouled Iowa when Iowa could not make a basket (I think it’s called a “turnover.”) Iowa gave Illinois a good ride, but we ended up short . . . short by 11, but a close 11.
In other news, I am on the verge on falling out with my Spanish professor. He is really pushing my buttons. Strike one: he told me to calm down when I notified him I was missing a class. Strike two: he accused me and another person in the class of copying homework assignments. Strike two and a half: he keeps making lawyer jokes at the beginning of class; I can handle one day of lawyer jokes, but he said them last Wednesday and Friday. I’ll give him π-value number of strikes; after that – ¡nuestra relación va a terminar!
“I'm not being too dramatic; it's just how I gotta have it.”
Ciara feat. T.I., Goodies [remix]
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