They really don't have much to be ashamed of. They played pretty well throuought the game up until then. LSU is an excellent team and Auburn was playing in Death Valley which can shake up a visiting team.

I know, I know. It's just the whole "they had it and they let it slip through their grasp" thing. Sorta like the M's and a playoff spot. I'll forgive Tuberville before I forgive the M's PTB, though. This is the ONLY time I've been angry at his play calling or clock management. With the M's ownership and management, I have a List.

The way this mask fits even a straw doesn't want to go behind it. Also it's impossible to lick my fingers to help sort paperwork but I keep trying which is why it now has a big dent. On the plus side it is amazing how much easier breathing is.

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TeeHee! After checking myself in a mirror I'm really amazed the snack bar cashier didn't just laugh at me when she dropped off her paperwork. The mask is pushing my cheeks up and back. All I need is a derby and I can join the Nairobi Trio.

The buffista babies are all adorable.

I got one of my students mad at me today -- I enforced my "If I can't read your answer, I can't give you credit for it" rule. (Seriously. He filled up half a page with writing, and I had no clue what any of it meant. Plus, this paper had apparently gotten wet at some point, so some of the ink was smudged, and all of the lines of the paper had bled, so in addition to the horrible writing, it was faded and covered with blue splotches.)

I have my sign language midterm tonight, which totally killed me. We had to look at this photo and describe the people in it, their surroundings, and what they were doing. The photo was taken at a mall or office building or something with glass walls, and a glass elevator shaft in the middle, and there were so many light reflections that it was nearly impossible to see any of the people, let alone figure out what they were doing. The best that I could get for the background was that there were some trees. I was kind of annoyed at the choice of picture -- I had to focus so much brain power on figuring out the picture that I know I got distracted from concentrating on my signing. (Thinking over what I signed, I know that I said they were in the third building when I meant to say they were on the third floor.)

I know, I know. It's just the whole "they had it and they let it slip through their grasp" thing.

I feel you. Did you see us lose our #1 spot right after getting it because of Kentucky in the 3rd overtime?

Hil, not your fault. If you can't tell if he got the right answer, he might as well not have.

Unrelatedly, Midweek Music is going to be Elvis (the one true Costello one), so far I'm thinking Monkey to Man, Oliver's Army, Radio Radio and Pump it Up. As a bonus, I have Diana, Willie and Elvis Doing Crazy. Anything else? I'm also thinking I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea and/or Watching the Detectives. Just so many good ones. I can't pick. So of course I'm asking y'all to give me more not to be able to pick from.

I have a soft spot for A Good Year For The Roses. Love Shipbuilding too.

Ah A Good Year for the Roses! Love that one!

Mr. Jane's boss...So, Saturday I helped him open and there was a black glass on the bar with a picture of a closeup of Elvis's eyes with the nerd glasses and the caption "ELVIS LIVES!" (all their glasses are random Goodwill and garage sale stuff. Nothing in that place matches) so I ask if I can take it, and Mr. Jane, knowing how much I love him, lets me, only I forgot to take it when I left. Turns out his boss bought me a whole set of them. Love her!

I feel you. Did you see us lose our #1 spot right after getting it because of Kentucky in the 3rd overtime?

I did, and I was rooting for y'all in that game. I like to see an SEC team at the top, as long as it's not Alabama. Not that that stops me from rooting for Auburn in every single game they play and being gleeful when they play spoiler, of course. No one ever said sports fandom had to be consistent.

No one ever said sports fandom had to be consistent.

Particularly when we're talking SEC. (The one true conference)

Oh! I Want You, how did I forget that one? Heartbreaking!

Oh, and it totally first-world problems, my neighborhood has become a traffic mess because of the World Bank meeting. There are a few streets closed off entirely, and no street parking in the entire neighborhood. Which means there are way too many cars on all the other streets, so there are cops stationed at every corner to direct traffic. So walking to class takes twice as long as it should, because there are twice as many cars going through each intersection.

Oh, and the coffee shop that has Ethiopian food at lunch time is on a blocked-off street, so I had to get Chinese food for lunch instead.

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In less petty complaining, protesters were throwing bricks! Some of them tried to push through a police barrier. At least one arrest for assulting an officer. Most of the stores in Georgetown boarded up their windows for Friday night, but the thrown bricks broke a bunch of windows. Oh, and one woman got hit in the head with a brick.