:: let's catch up

over the holiday break, i missed a few days of posting here on the blog. during that time there were some notable news stories that i feel the need to address. so, let's do some catching up.

wednesday, november 26th ::

• being the first official day of my break, i took the opportunity to rest. i woke up at 12:30.
• i got to hang out with my brother and sister. i also get to hang out with roxanne and watched the simon pegg movie "run fatboy run". roxanne and my sister talk me into going to see the vampire love story "twilight" which i didn't hate as much as i anticipated.
• prior to seeing twilight, i get to eat some great mexican food at los tres amigos, the best place to get mexican food in slidell.
• terrorists carry out coordinated attacks in 10 locations in india's financial capital and largest city, mumbai.

thursday, november 27th ::

• thanksgiving day starts later than i expected. i missed a portion of the macy's thanksgiving day parade. i also missed the traditional biscuits and country gravy. but i did catch rick astley rick roll the nation...

• i went to my friend steph's house for thanksgiving lunch/dinner. lots of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and crescent rolls. oh, and pie.
• i watched a lot of "house" as there was a marathon on the usa network. 

friday, november 28th ::

• people everywhere wake up way to early and go shopping. we covered this in an entry on friday, but one man was trampled to death. two others were shot dead in a toys 'r us. that bring the death count to 3. wow.
• i slept in late. take that crazy early shoppers.
• i attempted to watch the egg bowl, the annual rivalry game between the football teams of my mississippi state bulldogs and the ole miss rebels. this didn't turn out too well. i stopped watching mid-way through the second quarter. my bulldogs lose the game 45-0. it's a sad day in starkville.
• my brother and i sit back and watch the new morgan spurlock documentary, "where in the world is osama bin laden". i thought it was pretty awesome, very eye-opening, and informative.
• later, my bulldogs basketball team plays washington state. the sporting news doesn't get any better for the dawgs, as they lose their first game, 63-52.
• my brother, dad, and i go see the newest james bond movie, "quantum of solace". it was my second time seeing it, but i still enjoyed it.

saturday, november 29th ::

• becca buys a cool new computer. it runs windows vista, unfortunately, and becca spend the rest of the day authorizing vista to carry out basic functions such as "open window", "look at clock", and "deactivate annoying authorization system"...
  
• news breaks that plaxico burress, wide-reciever the new york football giants, was shot in the leg at a night club the night before. upon closer inspection of the story, it's revealed that he accidentally shot himself in the leg. that's a major dive in street cred... then, it was revealed that he accidentally shot himself in the leg with a gun he was not licensed to carry. uh-oh.
• more news breaks, this time that mississippi state head football coach, sylvester croom, resigned. some people are happy, some are upset. i'm just glad it's basketball season again.
• unfortunately for me, my basketball edition of the mississippi state bulldogs are handed their second loss of the season by texas tech, 77-73. and my previous hatred for the texas tech basketball team grows...
• i fill up my gas tank. it cost $24. that's shocking. not getting my hopes up for things to stay this way.
• i go to a birthday party for my friend ryan, where i eat sushi for the fist time. it's actually pretty good. can't wait to get more.
• becca, my sister, and i watch the will smith movie "hancock". while most of my friends panned this movie, i liked it. it was an interesting take on the superhero genre and had a pretty nice script. the fact that it starred smith, jason bateman, and charlize theron helped too...
• the attacks in mumbai ended when indian security forces regained control of the attack sites. 172 people have been confirmed dead, and at least 293 people were injured.

sunday, november 30th ::

• i woke up early enough to get to sunday school on time, but still get there late after waiting for my brother and sister to get ready. i love them anyway...
• after church, i get to eat more great mexican food at los tres amigos.
• the saints lose to the tampa bay buccaneers 23-20, essentially ending their playoff hopes.
• becca and i drive back to starkville and listen to a lot of christmas music.

well, that was the recap. hope your week was as eventful and restful as mine.

more to come...