Tostitos Gold Hosts First-Ever Live Halftime Challenge Event During Tostitos Fiesta Bowl As Ohio State Buckeyes and Miami Hurricane Cheerleaders Kick Field Goals For $250,000. Not only did the Buckeyes pull out a great victory but their cheerleaders whupped up their Canes' opposites during the above challenge. And while I'm at it i think tv coverage could have did a little better than five seconds of Miami's weak woodwind section marching at a catatonic pace. Seeing the traditional 'Ohio' signature with the tuba ' i ' dot would have been nice or a few seconds of the cranking Ohio snareline. God bless the FritoLay company for hosting this fine Ohioan victory over those Florida braggarts!

Late night dinner: Deer chops on kaiser roll and horseradish mustard, the deer was slain by my kinfolk out east...yeehaww....

Yesterday I went to the Museum gift shop to buy this great Karim Rashid chess set I had eyed up a few weeks ago, only to find out that they had sold out of their six copies. I was pissed, mostly at myself for waiting to long, they will try to back order it for me. Today I had to settle for a tin box of nifty "Orange" pencils by Rashid, I like them alot, hope that they can get the chess set in for me.

First Day
Roll out of bed early because I can't really sleep extra like I wanted to with a bad headache pounding away. It think it was the homemade wine at last night's New Year's eve get together that did this to me. Long shower, no shave, it sounds like it's raining hard outside. Decide to step out toward campus to scare up some breakfast, the walk is very rainy both coming down and on the ground, lots of splish-spalsh. Freda's is open and I ponder whether it should be French toast of cheese omelet, I decide to go with omelet and a side of bacon. Food comes quick and is exactly what I need at the moment..mmm..coffee. Drunken man three seats down from me tries to get my attention but I ignore him, I don't feel like dealing with that now. He later mutters toward me "asshole" and keeps staring at me attempting to recognize his existence, I don't pay attention, I think he's really pissed off at me. I don't want a strange ass confrontation or worse yet a weird brawl now, today or here. I don't look at him and he soon leaves to hopfully sleep it off. I walk back in the still pouring rain to the office to get some work done so my tomorrow will run smoother, chomp on some wonderful Chinese roll cookies friends from Philly brought me yesterday, work quickly gets done. Get home, call parents and friends to wish them a happy New Year, head still hurts.....

Just back from seeing Gangs of New York. Horribly brutal movie set in Civil War era New York City. Well done time piece but extremely violent.