While last week/weekend was Parent Weekend here at SC. My mom came out on Wednesday night because I didn't have any school on Thursday and Friday. I was so happy about that because every year on Parent Weekend they let the parents watch the football team practice on Thursday. Well of course the one year that I don't have class or work on Thursday is the year that they cancel all of the events on Thursday because of Yom Kippur. It was fine though because we just ended up spending the day with my Grandpa. He's 85 and he seriously cracks me up. The whole time I was laughing because he's just such a strange little old man. He is always talking to himself and singing as he slowly makes his way around the house.
Friday my mom and I went to a bunch of events. Two extremely interesting ones were about politics and the economy. The first event had a panel of journalist from other countries, the former and current dean of the school of journalism, and former governor Grey Davis. The panel was discussing the changing role of the media in covering politics and the economic crisis. The second was a lecture by a school of business professor about the crisis and comparing it to a similar crisis that occurred in Japan, and how we can learn from their mistakes. That was really helpful becaue my mom and I both came out feeling like we were better informed about the situation. Both events had standing room only because they covered the two topics everyone is interested in at the moment. After that we went to the football pep rally. After the rally, the only players who stayed were Rey Maualuga and Brian Cushing. Rey took pictures with a bunch of parents and little kids. It was so sweet, and it just made him my favorite player even more. I took his picture, but didn't have my pic taken with him (don't even ask me why). I also didn't have my purse, so I didn't get his autograph. At least I saw him though, so that made my day - heck even my year. All the dads were excited and kept saying, "He's a star." One lady had no clue why everyone was gathering around him, and asked him, "Who are you?" He responded, "Me? I'm a nobody." She then asked what his number was, and he said, "Oh, fifty-something." She seemed really preplexed, so he smiled and said that his number was 58. He left right after, and the lady turned to me and my mom and asked who he was. We told her and said how great of a player he was. I don't think she really got it, but she said, "I'll tell my son that I touched him."
Friday night we went to visit my Aunt Cece's. That was full of craziness, but at least I got to hang out with Ross and Joe. I helped Ross with his SC application, and helped him set-up everything he needed to file for financial aid. I always thought it was a given that he would get into SC and come here next year, but he bombed his SATs, so I'm nervous. I don't think we are going to go shopping for an apartment this winter break after all. He said though that the test was just really hard. All of his friends who took it with him re-took it later, and all of them got better scores. One girl went from a 640 to an 800 in math alone. He re-took it and is just waiting for his scores. He thinks that he did way better, so I'm just hoping so.
Saturday Jason came and we went to the game. It was good, had it's highlights. The defense - and of course Maualuga - was amazing, and didn't give up anything. The offense did ok, but 3rd quarter was aweful with all the turn-overs. The guy sitting next to us sumed it up great when he said, "They're up by 21 and I'm pissed. 21 to 0, and I'm pissed!" That's the thing about us Trojan fans, we sure are spoiled. The Rose Bowl and 21 point leads are just not enough to keep us happy. Poor Sanchez had three turn-overs in a row, and his receivers didn't seem to help him much. Anyways, boy did I hear a story about Sanchez today in lab. This one sorority girl sits across from me in lab. She was saying that she went to the 901 last night and saw Mark Sanchez completely wasted. She said that some girl was pulling him to take her home, and Sanchez started to go, but then turned to go back inside. The guy that was with the girl in my physics class patted Sanchez on the back and asked him if he was ok, and Sanchez was so gone that he couldn't even speak. The girl just ended up pulling him out of the bar. He should be careful with that. As mentioned, he's already been accused before, so getting so drunk and going home with a random chick might not be the best idea. He probably doesn't want to pull a Leinart before he even gets signed.
Anyways...
Song of the Day
September by Earth, Wind & Fire
Selected because: I was on the tram today and the driver was totally rocking out to this song.