what i did this weekend, in no particular order: drove, slept, drank, complained about aches, slept, watched football, drove.

the highlight was undoubtedly my invasion into the annual post-thanksgiving sugarbush football game. the game was sloppy, wet, muddy and cold, and, was perhaps the ugliest pickup football game ever played. but it was fun, and we kept unstadt's dad's car relatively clean. and afterwards, i slept for approximately four hours.

other highlights of the weekend included sleeping on the nemo hide-a-bed.

returned to chicago with unstadt on saturday, and we did our best to convince that fine young gentlemen that the only thing my family does is watch football. (in actuality, we also watch baseball during the spring and summer and, in extreme cases, the fall.)


big sports night tonight. scott skiles' bulls debut (good), notre dame hoops' 2003 tv debut (bad), and willie's destroyers' usage of the tennessee defense during the monday night game (good). [i've got a tenuous hold on the final playoff spot, it appears.]

tonight also marked the opener of the big ten-acc challenge, featuring the cats. northwestern led by five at the half against a florida state team that's expected to be a tournament team, but the cats stopped hitting their outside shots in the second half. (they lost by about 20.) still, they played pretty well, and the matchup zone was stifling at times. i haven't looked much at the schedule, so i can't anticipate a non-conference record, but i figure they'll be good for 4 or 5 conference wins. i wish vedran would handle the ball a bit more . . . he's their most skillful player.

in related news, brad daugherty is perhaps even more annoying than chris speilman. and espn's mark jones is officially unwatchable in every sport. maybe they should switch him to bowling; that way, i'd never have to watch him.