Portsmouth 0 Newcastle 0

Final Score from Fratton Park:

English Premier League

Portsmouth 0

Newcastle United 0

OASIS!!!

The Oasis gig was fabulous! I can't even come up with the words to
describe how the whole thing was. JET and Kasabian were pretty cool
acts too. Ooh, the sheer joy when they play a song that you love
listening to... We went wild when they play Morning Glory, Wonderwall
and Don't Look Back in Anger. My ears are still ringing... and its
about to get worse since I'm catching Coldplay later in the
afternoon. Pictures coming up soon.

Oh, and I didn't blog about 'The Phantom of The Opera' that I saw at
the Fabulous Fox Theater, have I? I'll also blog about that later.

The Station Agent

I managed to squeeze in some time to watch the last of the first 3
Netflix DVDs that I rented, since doing the MSE homework was getting
me nowhere.

'The Station Agent' was awesome, at least in my regard. It's such a
simple movie, yet it evokes so many basic human emotions. It was
somewhat similar to 'Garden State' (and also another film based in
New Jersey) and it really did cheer me up a little after a bad week
for me. The other two DVDs were 'American Splendor' and 'City of
God.' I didn't really like 'Splendor' that much, but I guess it makes
an interesting biopic, whereas 'City' is just, well, magnificent.

I vowed to start a new regime of things from now on, eliminating all
the things that I take for granted, or those things that I do
automatically without even thinking about it. One of my colleagues
while working told me that everyone had an necessary evil, no matter
how good/perfect they were. For most people, its smoking, drinking or
others. But if you think about every single action that you take in
your daily lives, you realize there's all these small things that you
do that you don't quite understand why. For me, it's things like
biting my nails, scratching my forehead, my back, cracking my
fingers, among many things. Can one really be completely free of the
necessary evil? I'm gonna give it a shot. I want to see how long I
can last before it starts taking a toll on me. Some of those things
are so common, it might even begin to wear me out physically and
mentally.

One of the major things is that I'm actually going to utilize all
these breaks I have in between classes, so that I can get more work
done. Usually, what ends up happening is that I'll be surfing the
net, or just talking to friends, when I could get my homework or
studying done, so that I can sleep earlier and longer. I always plan
out my studying time, but I never actually complete my plan. I know
I'm capable of much more, but when I think that I've done enough, I
just stall. That shouldn't be the way. I know I'll wear out faster
and feel more tired during mid-week, but heck, let's try and see.

I've failed 2 tests this semester already, and it's gone awfully out
of what I expected. It seems like I'll be glad just to make a 3.0
this semester, when I should be making at least 3.5. This really
sucks, since failing in the earlier part of the courses essentially
means that the rest of the semester will be spent making up for the
loss. I don't quite understand why it turned out this way. It's not
like I've not been studying, maybe I'm doing it wrongly. I thought
that I was okay, since most students take their hit in their freshmen
year, and I didn't really suffer, mainly because it was very similar
to what it was like in high school. I guess now it's my turn to deal
with the change of pace in college life, now that I'm taking few
tougher classes.

Let's see how this somewhat detox thing can last. Will I really have
an necessary evil so that I have something to blow steam off? I guess
I'll see.

College Football Rankings - Week 5

Needless to say, we dropped heavily. I'm just thankful that we're
still in the polls.

AP: 25th (down from 15th)
Coaches': Tied at 24th (down from 15th)
Harris Interactive: 26th(This is the new poll that replaces the AP to make the other 1/3 of the BCS formula)

We won't play in the coming week, so I'm assuming we'll drop out of
the polls this weekend. We have a Thursday night game on the October
6th, against N.C. State. That should be enough time to recover from
the heavy loss and make amends against an ACC foe, to get our season
back on track.

GT 7 VT 51

Final Score from Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, VA;

NCAA Football Division I

No. 15 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 7 (3-1, ACC 1-1)

No. 4 Virginia Tech Hokies 51 (4-0, ACC 3-0)

I can't even come up with the words to describe how I feel.

This sucks. Really sucks.

Newcastle 1 Man City 0

Final Score from St. James' Park;

English Premier League

Newcastle United 1

Michael Owen (18)

Manchester City 0

Alright, another victory, against a good team, and Owen's scoring streak starts!

College Football Rankings - Week 4

This week's ranking seems like the highest we'll be this season;
AP: 15th (up one from 16th on week 3, missing out on 14th spot by
just 3 votes)
Coaches': 15th (up 3 from 18th in week 3)

Alright... next stop, Blacksburg, Virginia to play 4th ranked
Virginia Tech. The battle of the Techs was a showstopper last season,
as VT came back strong in the last quarter to crush us. I'm afraid
they'll be ready to tear us apart, as they've been ripping teams in
their games so far. If we can keep out defense tight and make decent,
yet effective plays, we should be able to keep the margin to a
minimum. It'll be nerve-wrecking to watch for sure. Another ACC
showdown, and a Coastal divisional one at that.

Go Jackets!

UConn game now updated with pictures.

Blackburn 0 Newcastle 3

Final Score from Ewood Park;

English Premier League

Blackburn Rovers 0

Newcastle United 3

Alan Shearer (62)

Michael Owen (66)

Charles N'Zogbia (85)

Finally, first victory of the season and Owen registers his first for Newcastle. Shearer breaks scoring drought and is 7 away from being the all time highest goalscorer.

UConn 13 GT 28

Final Score from Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, GA:

NCAA Football Division I

Connecticut Huskies 13 (2-1, Big East 0-0)

No. 16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 28 (3-0, ACC 1-0 )

The Bobby Dodd Stadium as it is filling up.


Stupid Raymond... (My ex-Peer Leader's room mate, who continues to claim that I was one of his residents last year, but I'm actually not) I managed to get a shot as he was moving away from the camera.

Gameday!

GAMEDAY...

Oh, how I've looked forward to this weekend.... The Electronic
Properties test was definitely do-able, but I don't think I had
enough time to answer everything the way I should have, plus, I guess
I focused too much on the definition and manipulation of the formulas
as compared to focusing more on the concepts.

For now, I just want to forget about two disastrous tests and get on
with enjoying the game tonight and hoping that Newcastle will
register their first win of the season tomorrow.

U-fuckin'-Conn... watch out, the Jackets are about to sting pretty bad.