usually i’m good about not slacking off just because it’s the weekend. nothing against workday bloggers, i’m just not in that category normally. this time around i’ve just been busy i guess. i still managed to have a relaxed and pleasant weekend though. so you’re not left wondering…

friday night we watched godfather part II. not the first time i’ve seen it (second, third maybe?), but not a movie you can watch often, clocking in at 3 hours and 20 minutes. however, it is by far (i think) the best movie of inordinate length and an excellent thing to own on dvd. jesus that movie is amazing. sure, it felt like we were watching it for an entire day, but i didn’t mind. i would have sat there all day and watched it. afterward i couldn’t really do anything else even though it was only 10:30 or so, so we just sat around and played rock music loudly. good night.

saturday afternoon some associates and i worked on our presentation for the big consulting challenge we’re doing on wednesday. we get to pretend we’re management consultants and present a proposal. it’s actually pretty fulfilling because i’m working with a group of guys i really like and respect, we work well together, and oh yeah, we get to split 1000 dollars if we win, plus get a free trip to st. charles, illinois to compete nationally. so the stakes are high and we’re going to kick ass. i’ll let you know how it goes.

that night my roommates and i went over to a friend of ours’ who invited us to have dinner with her and some other girls, and we did, and it was delicious. then we played a crazy board game called cranium which is like the bastard son of every other party game ever invented all at the same time (pictionary, charades, name that tune, trivial pursuit, etc). we all had a really good time. it’s such a pleasure to hang out with fresh faces sometimes, and those girls are the tops. a night to remember and hopefully repeat in the near future.

today, well, homework and working on the consulting project more. and watching some super bowl, naturally, even though i don’t even like football. actually, i was assigned to watch the commercials for advertising class, so i was leaving the room during the football parts until i just gave in and sat down on the couch and hit the cheese ball and crackers…yum. i started watching when the score was rams 3, patriots 0, and since the other guys in the room were cheering for the rams (and i know nothing about football), i started cheering for “the blue team”, as i called them then and all through the game. then i gloated loudly that my team won despite the fact that i didn’t care at all. i have to say though that i thought early on in the game (while they were still losing) and still think that the patriots won because they’re called the patriots, and that the CIA rigged the game somehow. damn the man.

final note: britney spears is pretty attractive, but that 90 second pepsi commercial was the worst-sounding musical montage i’ve ever heard. luckily i wasn’t really listening.