oh BABY!
you know that song, "the 12 days of christmas"? does anyone actually understand it? i've loved that song all my life, but for the heart of me i can't understand why there would be 12 days of christmas. but, for tonight, i'll leave it up to my own interpretation. december 25th being the 1st day of christmas, january 5th would be the 12th day of christmas. hooray! here's my version of the song to try to encompass everything that happened today:

on the 12th day of christmas, my true love gave to me,
12 s and twelves of fellow longhorns,
11 hundred yards of total offense,
(#)10 aka mvp vince young,
9 total touchdowns,
8 hours at town center,
7 dollar chipotle meal,
6 heartwrenching fumbles,
5 seconds on tv,
4 hours of cheering,
3 crossword puzzles,
2 hooked horns, and
1 sweet texas victory!

if you're real bored or real excited you can try to sing it.

and here are some pics, courtesy of melody, cynthia, and olivia:


5 seconds of fame?


hook 'em!


you know, it's really all about the chair


town center reprezent!


jester west 151 reprezent!
all in all, i can't believe that this game not only lived up to all the hype, but that it was also a more exciting game than last year's rose bowl. my voice is gone, i've yelled "oh baby" many more times than necessary, and i stepped in some gum over at the town center, but i don't think ANYTHING could ruin today.

oh BABY!

2006

"I do think New Year's resolutions can't technically be expected to begin on New Year's Day, don't you? Since, because it's an extension of New Year's Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second.
- Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary

well whether i should technically start following new year's resolutions on january 1st or 2nd, i figure it's never too early to start thinking about them.

this time of year, i always hear of people's resolutions and stuff like that, and i've boiled it down to 2 main theoretical approaches:

1. shoot for the moon, because even if you miss, you'll land among the stars
2. set your goals low and you'll never be disappointed

the first one just kinda annoys me because that's what i used to do every single new year's. just set huge, lofty expectations for myself that ended up never being completed. most of the time i'd just keep putting it off until it was the end of the year and i realized i hadn't even attempted to fulfill the goal. and, well, the second one is just too cynical, so here is my single 2006 new year's resolution:

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
- 1 corinthians 10:31

i'm not sure whether that even "counts" as a new year's resolution, but i'm gonna stick with it. i figure it's a pretty darn good credo for this year. i mean, you really can't go wrong with it. this way i can sorta just live one day at a time and not have to worry about completing some huge project that i kinda stuck myself with doing on new year's eve.

i guess more than anything i really want to lean on God this year. heh, i guess i say that every year, to some extent, but lately i feel like i have been lacking consistency with Him. for some reason, it seems like i tend to pull away from Him at times when i truly need Him the most, most of the time feeling too unworthy to be in His presence at all. i suppose the concept of His grace is still something that completely astounds me, but hey, i'm not complaining.

happy new year's everybody, and may your 2006 be filled with countless laughs and memories.