Friday evening Ericka came over and brought dinner from central market. She is so thoughtful and I really do like that about her. We had dinner and then watched the movie Elizabethtown. I have had it for years, but I think the timing worked out on when I got to see it. It wasn't that good of a movie, but there some themes in it that I really connected with.
Ericka thinks I might use my computer too much. Reading news, writing blog entries, checking email and all types of internet activity I probably do too much. It is surely not a good idea and I'm glad she mentioned it because it made me think more about it. I want to start being more efficient and finding escape efforts won't help me. It is the main reason I am staying away from video games right now. We have a ps3 and a wii here at the house and I could rent a game and play for days, but I haven't even played once because I know I'll like it too much. I don't do lots of things because I know I'll like it too much.
Saturday Ana and Rick came into town for the UT game. I was so excited to see them. Rick was very generous and all around awesome and got me tickets for the game. How do you express your appreciation for something like that? I elected to take Ericka with me. This was the first time I had ever done the tailgate thing. Ericka and I showed up at about 2pm and I got home at 2am. Those 12 hours in between were quite a time.
We started off the day at a tailgate party where they had two large tents set up, a bbq pit, a flat screen tv, chairs and beer, did I mention the beer. It was so hot and so early, but I was amazed to see how packed the park was. So many people and so much UT spirit. I wore blue which was very close to the purple of TCU, there goes my great planning. Oscar joined us too which was cool of him to come out. I passively watched the A&M game as I tried to slowly drink all the beers that kept appearing in hand. All I could think about was how long the day was going to be and how I had to pace myself. I worry too much about this type of thing, maybe I don't like feeling like I'm losing control. We took some pictures and mainly talked a lot. Then it was time for the game.
We worked our way over to the stadium and I was in awe by the size and clarity of the jumbo-tron. There was a lot of excitement in the air and it is an experience to be in a stadium full of roaring fans. The first half was not a good one for UT. I blame the QB and the coach, but halftime came with Texas down 10-0. At halftime we went over to what I think is called the Alumni building where we watched the rest of the game on a large projector TV. We could of gone back to our seats, but the air condition and comfortable chairs felt so right after being outdoors for so many hours. Texas went on to make a strong comeback and pretty much blow the game out. As the game was ending, we went back to the tailgate where we caught the end of the game and finished drinking. Overall I have to say it was quite the experience and I was very thankful for being able to go. I had a really good time and feel like I missed out on an important aspect of college, the college football game. Hook Em horns!
Near 11pm we called it a night and went back to Ericka's house where we hung out with Monica's mom and husband. They remembered me from when they visited Cornell and I took that as a big compliment since it was so long ago. They were enjoying the hot tub while we all talked. Ana and Rick left the tailgate at 1am or so and proved to be much more equip at celebrating that I was. It is like an endurance event of fun. I posted pictures.
Speaking of, it gave me a feel for ACL and if I could go 3 days in the sun listening to bands. I don't think I am that cool, but I do think I am cool enough to do a whole day. I'm looking for tickets right now. I'll keep you updated on how that works out.
Sunday night I saw the documentary Alive Day Memories. I invited Ericka to watch it with us. It was very moving and almost too hard to watch at times. It is hard to describe, but right now my stomach just hurts and I feel sad, somber, traumatized, grateful and inspired. Part of me wants to recommend for everyone to see it because it is so true and raw, but the other part of me feels like I would rather hide from such realities, which were often too painful to watch. This is real life and real people are dying and getting injured the fact I'm anti-war doesn't make me just blame this on the architects of this war. I accept it exists and heroic American soldiers are doing their job to the best of their ability and everyone in America shares in our soldiers pain on both sides. I think the documentary did a great job of staying apolitical and not focusing on James Gandofini whose presence I thought might defect some. Seeing Dawn's story was the most moving for me because I know how awesome and professional she truly is. I learned a lot. I'll retreat back into my sugar coated world now, but am happy I got to see it. Here is a great interview on Huffington Post.
Here is some information on Cats and pregnancy. http://cats.about.com/cs/catmanagement101/a/humanpregnancy.htm
I can understand the want to take every precaution, I do, but it doesn't mean you should be ill informed. I know I'm safer in a plane than in a car, but I'm more worried in a plane. I get it, but don't spread the old wives tales. The story of the deaf indoor cat that was banished outside still breaks my heart, but who do you pick, your baby or an animal and I'm going with my baby too no matter how irrational it may be.
One month was ok
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