Reboot

I forgot what it feels like to take some time off from blogging. It's hard to get started again. But, since Matthew has written more on my blog in the last week and a half than I have, I suppose I should get back at it.

First on the agenda: break. My break was occasionally exciting and occasionally boring. I got some work done, but certainly not enough. I also spent a good amount of time on various lakes/reservoirs. We almost died in my mom's sailboat, so that was fun. (Tim almost ran us into a dock, with a little help from massive winds.) I took some people water skiing at my dad's house. Other than that, the break was fairly tame.

I spent my first few days wearing out Halo Wars, and that's really all it took: a few days. It's a decently fun game, but there really isn't much variety in team selection. I was super-excited about it going in, so I was mildly disappointed. I also played Watchmen: The End is Nigh over break. It was more than decently fun, but also suffered from some variety issues. You can read my "full" review of that game here.

I spent my last few days doing schoolwork of one variety or another. That was kind of a bummer.

Next on the agenda: sports. The WBC is now happening. In the most unfathomable outcome ever (in the two times this event has been played), the Netherlands took Dominican Republic's spot in the second round. I'm sure the odds on that were something akin to the odds that Earth is actually filled with caramel (so you might want to start digging). I've been trying to watch as many games of the Classic as possible, but with damned responsibilities and so much good NCAA basketball this past week, it's been hard. Plus, the general forecasting ability of which games will be worth watching seems severely handicapped for this event. For example, Australia mercy ruled Mexico last Sunday, and then Mexico mercy ruled Australia on Wednesday.

I hope, for your sake, you watched at least some of that unconscionable UConn/Syracuse game in the Big East tournament. It was pretty spectacular and probably earned the Orange a three seed in the big tournament. Johnny Flynn impressed me more than I thought possible during that game. Despite his comments in this article, I thought he looked like he could play all night (which he pretty much did).

UNC played about as well as I would have expected them to in the ACC tournament with Ty Lawson. Surprise: he's important to the team. I made a comment to my friend Gregg the other day that I wouldn't be surprised to see Marcus Ginyard spend some considerable time running the offense in his fifth year on campus. In other words, Lawson will leave a pretty serious void when he's drafted by a playoff team in the NBA draft. Plus, Bobby Frasor will be gone. Frasor didn't look terrible in Lawson's absence, but I felt like he was trying to be Ty Lawson at times, a task he may not be up for.

Next on the agenda: the TV. I'm getting more and more drawn into East Bound and Down on HBO, mostly because my roommate(s) like it. I'd say it's okay, but I probably wouldn't watch it if I didn't now have coconspirators in the process. (Yes, Bryan, I just called you a coconspirator.)

We three amigos watched a semi-marathon of East B & D, as Austin calls it, yesterday because we'd gathered to watch Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America but couldn't sit through it. It was funny, but not like Ferrell's Bush on SNL funny, more like Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football funny.

Don't know if you caught last night's Family Guy. In case you've saved it on your digital video-recording device, I won't say too much. But when you start an episode off with a caveat/apology, you might need to rethink the whole of the episode.

Reaper has started its new season run, which means with Dollhouse, Chuck, and Heroes, I now have four hour-long "appointments" with hour-long shows, which isn't good for my productivity.

Finally on the agenda: I should be back to my regular blogging "habits," though I do have a lot of work on my proverbial plate right now, including an inch of student papers that I need to read through this week, mostly by Wednesday. So, Matthew, you can stop complaining about my blogging and start getting your Xbox fixed.

QotD:

Obviously, brackets are now available. I don't want to know you're whole deal there, but who do you have winning it all?

My take: UNC. Not sure what you expected here, but I pretty much have to pick UNC every year that they even have a chance, considering I went there and all. I also (sort of like) Arizona State, Washington, and Kansas for the repeat.