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as is often the case, my plans ended up being for naught. yesterday ended as being much different than i had planned. i planned on working a bit saturday morning and rushing home to catch the texas-ou game. it was the 100th meeting of these two all-time programs. texas held a 56-39-5 all-time record; but, the sooners had won the previous 5. with texas ranked # 2 in the country, this game was even bigger for ut than it usually is.
i hate ou. it is really a strange thing to hate everything about a university and its state, but i do. their coach, bob stoops, is one of the best football coaches in the game. as much as he is talented as a coach, he appears to be a better man. it would be hard to cheer against him but for his current job. some really good friends of mine are from and root for oklahoma. the kids on the football team are just that- kids. it doesn't seem right to have such ill will toward kids just trying to grow up and have fun playing football. nevertheless, i hate ou. where it all comes from, and exactly to whom the feeling is directed, are unanswerable questions to me. but, the result will not change.
back to me: i ended up working more than an hour later than anticipated. by the time i got in my car, the first quarter was just ending. yesterday was also linus' birthday party. linus is in jackson's kindergarten class, and is jackson's best friend. when i found out his party began at 1:00, i asked charlotte," who schedules their kids party in the middle of texas-ou?" she replied that apparently linus' mom does. when charlotte suggested that i just go home and watch the second half of the game, i really only thought about it for a second or two before i decided to stay with my family and go to the party. the party was at linus' house, so surely the game would be on in the house anyway. two birds and all that. we ended up in the back yard with no tv in sight. on the bright side ,the guy from "weird science" -or wherever- was fun and showed us some cool experiments. i did keep up with the score via the web access on my phone. "i love technology."
as it turned out, texas won 45-12 and i saw exactly 0% of the game . i didn't miss a thing. some things are just not that important when compared to time with my wife and kid.
i hate ou. it is really a strange thing to hate everything about a university and its state, but i do. their coach, bob stoops, is one of the best football coaches in the game. as much as he is talented as a coach, he appears to be a better man. it would be hard to cheer against him but for his current job. some really good friends of mine are from and root for oklahoma. the kids on the football team are just that- kids. it doesn't seem right to have such ill will toward kids just trying to grow up and have fun playing football. nevertheless, i hate ou. where it all comes from, and exactly to whom the feeling is directed, are unanswerable questions to me. but, the result will not change.
back to me: i ended up working more than an hour later than anticipated. by the time i got in my car, the first quarter was just ending. yesterday was also linus' birthday party. linus is in jackson's kindergarten class, and is jackson's best friend. when i found out his party began at 1:00, i asked charlotte," who schedules their kids party in the middle of texas-ou?" she replied that apparently linus' mom does. when charlotte suggested that i just go home and watch the second half of the game, i really only thought about it for a second or two before i decided to stay with my family and go to the party. the party was at linus' house, so surely the game would be on in the house anyway. two birds and all that. we ended up in the back yard with no tv in sight. on the bright side ,the guy from "weird science" -or wherever- was fun and showed us some cool experiments. i did keep up with the score via the web access on my phone. "i love technology."
as it turned out, texas won 45-12 and i saw exactly 0% of the game . i didn't miss a thing. some things are just not that important when compared to time with my wife and kid.
posted by cm at 10/09/2005
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