JLGoolsbee.com

A great weekend.

Friday night, Hebron put the hurt on Frisco Centennial. Had a chance to hang around some of the high school band guys, and that was fun. The people I knew are grown up now, and there’s a ton of new faces, so it was a little stranger than last year, but still fun.

Saturday morning, me and my dad made our way over to the Ballpark, where Chrysler was sponsoring what they called an “Inspired Drives.” Basically, they had their SRT rides (the Crossfire SRT6 and 300C SRT8) and a couple PT Cruiser GT’s out there on a couple different driving courses. One was a simple dragstrip with a couple PT Cruisers… semi-lame, because even the GT version of the PT isn’t all that much fun do drive. Another course was a “professional course,” and a “professional driver” would drive the car (choice of Crossfire or 300C) around the course - that was awesome. They weren’t so much as driving the car, so much as they were powersliding every corner and burning as much rubber as possible. There was another course that was similar, but instead of a “professional driver,” I drove. Oh. My. It was amazing. I drove both the Crossfire and the 300C… to throw a car like that around the corners and at high speed… wow. Wish I could do that with my car… legally… oh well. So that was a blast - thanks, Dad.

Later on Saturday, I had the opportunity to go to IKEA for the first time… that place is massive. I spent about 2 hours there, and could have been there longer were it not for me and my feet getting tired. It was amazing though… I could stock my future house exclusively with IKEA furniture. No kidding. And it wouldn’t hurt my (future) bank account to do so either, since their stuff is not expensive at all.

For those of you worried about the meaning of the post title… heh. We (being me, my brother, and my dad) were walking around IKEA, and me or dad (I forget which) wanted to go a certain direction, and my brother says, “You can’t go that way, you’re going against the arrows.” But seeing as how it was so loud in there, and how I had just seen some Arabs, my brain heard, “You can’t go that way, you’re going against the Arabs.” Oops. Good for a laugh though.

The pond water is getting real gross. It smells bad too. The far end (away from the fountain) where the water doesn’t get churned up often… it looks like pudding. And the ducks still swim in it. It’s gross.

I don’t understand why people I’ve never seen before ask to be my friend in Facebook. I mean, maybe they’ve heard my name from somewhere, maybe they’re just friends of my friends, or friends of my friends’ friends… but seriously - I’ve never even seen some of these people.

So this Accounting class is starting to make a little more sense… yeah - after our first test. Oh well.

Pray for people in the path of Rita. Especially those who just escaped from Katrina, and are once again in the path of nature’s fury.

That was a good weekend. For the most part.

Football game was good, though long. ‘Twas worth it though, we won 51-13 over Louisiana College.

Our strange field formations were well formed, so I hear… if I get a picture of them, I’ll be sure to post one up here.

After the game I ran (well, drove) to Chili’s to get some quesadillas, and came back to the dorm for a “me” night. Sunday, I went to UBC, ate lunch there afterwards, came back to the dorm… and did nothing. I mean, I did stuff. But I really didn’t do anything. Boring, I know (and it was), but sometimes that’s a good thing.

Gas prices are going down (finally), I paid $2.65 on Saturday. Strange, that a price of $2.65 excites me.

I got an 86 on my microecon exam - which I was pleased with, and then our professor announced that the cutoff for an A was an 80, meaning my 86 is an A. I like this class.

I’m still listening to the new Death Cab for Cutie, “Plans,” and I stll don’t have a favorite.

Plug in. Sia bene.

Currently Playing Plans By Death Cab For Cutie Preview in iTunes Music Store

Well, it’s certainly been an interesting week.

The other night, I’m pretty sure I witnessed a freshman doing his laundry for the first time. Ever. First off, he didn’t sort anything. He stuffed everything into one washer. Then, he didn’t know which load type to pick. He left, and came back about 10 minutes later saying, “I dun forget to put the soap in thar.” Since we were putting loads in about the same time, later I was in there to switch out my loads. He came down the stairs, put his load in the top dryer, walked over to pay with his OneCard, and then he started the bottom dryer - and didn’t even notice. He got about halfway through the room before I stopped him and pointed it out. Ah, freshmen.

Slime started this week. It’s still strange to me - being an upperclassman, that is. Makes me feel that much older to be called “Mr. Goolsbee.” But oh, how I’ve waited for these days. I’m excited about these freshmen. Through all the muck that is going on, these freshmen are pumped about being Slime. It’s impressive.

I think I did pretty good on my microecon test today… we’ll see. At least our professor has a sense of humor. For instance, in the directions at the top of the multiple choice, he wrote, “I think you know how multiple choice works. If you don’t, come ask me, and I’ll tell you after I stop giggling.”

I got the new Death Cab the other day… greatness. I wish I could find lyrics for the iTunes exclusive track, “Start Again.” But alas, I cannot. It’s not even in the nifty “Digital Booklet” that came with the album. I got un-lazy and wrote them out myself… and I like it (it’s got a catchy tune too):

“I don’t know if you can hear me
I’m feeling down and can’t think clearly
And even though it’s complicated
We’ve got time to start again
I don’t know if you can hear me

And even though it’s complicated
We’ve got time to start again
I don’t know if you can hear me”

I am confused. Don’t ask what about; hopefully it will sort itself out soon. Knowing better, I know it probably won’t, but we’ll see.

Plug in. Sia bene.

Currently Playing Plans By Death Cab For Cutie Preview in iTunes Music Store