Which song did you think of...

when I said I was accepted at Oklahoma? (This question will probably be lost on anyone but my family members.)







Or my favorite:



I always felt bad for poor ol' Jud Fry.

6 for 6........UPDATED BELOW: 7 FOR 7!

I received an acceptance letter from Stetson Law today, making me 6 for 6 so far this cycle. For those of you keeping tabs, I've now been accepted at: UPDATE: OKLAHOMA EMAILED MY ACCEPTANCE THIS MORNING!

• Miami
• Campbell
• Penn State
• Creighton
• Elon
• Stetson
• Oklahoma
  

I'm still waiting to hear from:

• Florida State
• Tennessee
• Richmond
• Louisville
• Denver
• Arizona State
• Utah

This might sound really...well...wrong, but so far my acceptances have not been...well...unanticipated [Update: Oklahoma was one of the "big boys"], as my numbers have been in the top 25% (at least) among all applicants at each school. That's not to say that I'm not absolutely thrilled to be accepted at these schools, only that the "easy" waiting is over (it wasn't easy, I had nightmares that I wouldn't get in anywhere!), and with the exception of Louisville the next batch of admissions letters are much less predictable. (I should note, I don't think I'm "guaranteed" to be accepted at Louisville, or anywhere else for that matter, only that the likelihood of being accepted at Louisville is much higher, compared to some of the other schools I've yet to hear from).

Still, even with the remaining schools left to hear from, Penn State and Stetson [Update: OU too!] will remain top contenders, regardless of where else we're accepted (I say "we're," because Lauren's stuck in this with me, bless her heart). Decisions, decisions, decisions!

I Got Soul...

Chris Martin (Coldplay), Brandon Flowers (The Killers), and Bono (U2) join up for an impromptu rendition of one of my nephew Zac's old favorites during an epic encore performance.

(Mama, you might not want to watch, as the picture is very shaky.)

Wii Fit

Where I've Been

Regular readers of this blog may be wondering where the daily analysis-filled posts have gone, and why I've replaced them with random videos, links, and minimal effort/commentary. Well, I suffer from a very specific form of Seasonal Affective Disorder. From December to March (roughly) I generally feel sluggish, uninspired, uncreative, and unmotivated. Even as I wrote that last sentence I had a really hard time coming up with simple words like "uninspired." It's more difficult for me to get out of bed, to go to class, to study, to finish my assignments, or do a lot of the things that are typically very easy for me. Every "B" I got in undergrad was during the Spring semester, due in part to this funk I find myself in every year.

My friends have come to affectionately call this my "off season." My symptoms, however, are not necessarily associated with cold weather or fewer hours of sunlight...I think. As strange as it sounds, my winter blues start at the end of baseball and college football, and I don't snap out of it until I can finally watch Peter Gammons, Steve Phillips, Karl Ravech, and John Kruk nightly on "Baseball Tonight." I know how crazy this sounds, but it's the honest-to-goodness truth.

This past year has been an especially exciting one, which makes this off-season an especially difficult one. Last Spring my father, my brother, and I drove down to Florida for Spring Training for the first time. I graduated from college in May and then got married a week after. On our honeymoon we saw Jon Lester's no-hitter against the Royals at Fenway. The Sox had a hell of a year and made it to game 7 of the ALCS despite a ton of injuries and some trades that should have significantly hurt our chances. Luckily, I was able to go straight from baseball to football this year without missing a step, as my Pirates started this year as strong as ever, being ranked as high as 14th in the country en route to a conference championship and a Liberty Bowl appearance. On top of all that, there was an election this year!

Maybe it's easy to see why this Winter has been especially low for me. Fear not, however, my faithful readers! Spring is coming, pitchers and catchers have started their workouts, "Baseball Tonight" episodes are being shown more regularly, and I think I see some sunshine outside!

Note to show how unoriginal I feel: This post took me about an hour and it's as boring as it is depressing...

Where's the Outrage?

Priceless

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Bill O'Reilly's Right to Privacy

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Funny Political News
Joke of the Day

You've Crossed the Line Now, B. Hussein Obama!

House will not be aired tonight because of the President's live news conference.

Romney 2012!!!

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Holland Pays Tribute to Lantos

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the 12 recently paid tribute to the late Tom Lantos, former Democratic congressman from California, at a gathering commemorating Lantos' life.

According to this news release by the Church News,

Drawing on four decades of friendship with the family of the late U.S. Congressman Thomas P. Lantos, D-Calif., Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve paid tribute to the former chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs for his "legendary commitment to human rights and justice" and his inspiring example as a family patriarch.

From Lantos' Wikipedia page we see that,

Lantos was a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and repeatedly called for reforms to the nation's health-care system, reduction of the national budget deficit and the national debt, repeal of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and has opposed Social Security privatization efforts. He supported same-sex marriage rights and marijuana for medical use, was a strong proponent of gun control and was adamantly pro-choice.

Lantos was a well-known advocate on behalf of the environment, receiving consistently high ratings from the League of Conservation Voters and other environmental organizations for his legislative record.

This leads me to perhaps the most obvious question: If Congressman Lantos was able to earn such a high level of respect and admiration for his character and example from Elder Holland, despite what I assume to be their apparent disagreements over social and domestic issues, then why is it so difficult for many conservative-minded Latter-day Saints to accept liberal/progressive Saints like me as moral, righteous, or otherwise equally deserving children of God?

I wonder if Elder Holland has ever asked his friends how any good member of the Church can support candidate so-and-so in light of his position on the issue of (insert the usual suspects here).

Terrorists Part II

Yes!

That's the best news I've heard all year.

Doing the Work of Terrorists

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3 for 3

In at Penn State today! Three down, twelve to go.

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