my own worst enemy

Staring at the Ceiling

Friday, September 16, 2005

The past few night I've had a lot of trouble falling asleep, which is odd because two of those days I had biked over 16 miles so I should have been tired. But no, I get into bed and just end up laying there. After about an hour of trying to sleep last night, I just stared at the ceiling. I don't think this job is challenging enough. It's weird going from graduate school, where you have more shit to deal with than you can handle, to a real job, where I spend the majority of my day surfing the internet because there's nothing to do. It's not like I should complain, though. (1) My boss had no idea they were going to cut our team's funding, which would force us onto this new project which has nothing to do with actual engineering. (2) I'm getting paid well. So enough of the whining.

I've gotten some good biking in this week. About 16 miles on Tuesday and 18 miles last night. I'm going nuts on this new hobby. This week alone I bought a speedometer/odometer for the bike, a wedge bag, a spare inner tube, tire levers and a spoke wrench. I've already ruined two hotel washclothes trying to get grease off my hands. It's about the only thing I have to look forward to in the week. There's a week in early October where I have to go to a different office about 10 miles from the hotel, and I think I'm going to bike there everyday. It'll sure as hell save money on gas.

Now that it's the weekend, I have other things to look forward to. Jism's holding a "Mexican Independence Day" party tonight where everyone is bringing their favorite fifth of alcohol. I, of course, am bringing some delicious Maker's Mark. Something tells me there are going to be some wasted people there tonight.


The Fightin' Irish take on the Spartans of Michigan State on Saturday. After a 17-10 victory over arch-nemesis Michigan last week, the boys in blue are looking to continue their domination of the Big 10 teams by winning their home opener under Charlie Weis. I don't know about you guys, but this doesn't look like the ND team of the Davie/Willingham eras. The offense has poise and attacks a game plan. I've never seen lead blocking this good on an Irish team! (I only started watching in 1999) The defense is aggressive, hits hard, and actually makes tackles! The special teams held Michigan's Breaston, a premier punt returner, to minimal yards last week!

I can't say I'm not nervous, though. Call me Lou Holtz, but I'm still in the mindset that ND could potentially lose any game on the schedule. Including those "vicious animals", the Washington Huskies. I'm less worried about that one than Michigan State, though. I figure with our talent and superior coaching staff, we'll pull off the win in South Bend. My prediction:

Notre Dame: 31
Michigan St: 17

If you want to celebrate a touchdown during the game, give me a call. I will most likely be sitting alone in my hotel room with a 6-pack of beers, yelling at the TV and scaring my neighbors. Next weekend will be better, as I'm going to the UW game to visit the one and only Alaska. I can only hope that we will top off the Irish victory over Ty with some NBA Jam and Lime-flavored Tostitos. Mmmmm..... NBA Jam.... *drools*

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