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You may have noticed I changed the theme of my wordpress install. I didn’t really plan on changing the theme but I tried to update my old theme from Modularity 1.1 to 1.2 and it effectively screwed up a lot of the modifications I had done on it. So after trying out a ton of different themes in the past few days, I’ve settled on this one. I don’t find it that much better than my old one, but it’ll work for now.

If you guys have been following my twitter or flickr at all, you probably noticed I’ve been playing a decent amount of golf lately. I played a few rounds right out of college but never got around to buying myself a set of clubs. Clem asked me to play about a month ago and after that I decided to finally invest in the game. If golf is a drug, Paul and Clem became my dealers. Paul found a deal at a golf course right behind my house. Morris Williams has a $50/month all you can hit range balls. On top of that you can get a 18 hole round for $10 with cart after 3pm. I’ve played there 3 times with Paul now.

So in the past month I’ve improved my score from around 110 down to 102. The goal right now is to break 100 and consistently shoot in the 90′s. My short game has turned out to be my strength but my putting still needs a lot of work. I also have an iPhone app called GolfCard that allows me to track my scores and upload them to oobgolf.com. If you want to look at some of my score cards from the past few weeks, here’s a link to my profile on the site. I’m a stat junkie so I love being able to break down all the different numbers that revolve around the golf game. If any one is interested in a round of golf, let me know!

Wanted to jot down some thoughts on the game while it’s still fresh in my mind.

- The Rose Bowl is old, run down, cramped but an absolutely unique and amazing venue. I am happy to have made it there for such a huge game. The atmosphere was electric.

- After Longhorns fans realized McCoy was out, we rallied around Garrett Gilbert. At the beginning of every offensive possession during the TV time outs, Longhorn fans would chant Garrett’s last name over and over until they lined up to play. One of the few times I felt we could will a player to greatness during the game and Garrett kept getting better and better through out the game.

- I absolutely love the way we competed during the 2nd half. I was actually optimistic during half time but the way we rallied was quite surprising. We were truly a 2nd half team this year.

- Those 10 minutes from when Shipley scored a touchdown to when we recovered the “onside” kick was one of the more magical moments in UT football that I’ve witnessed first hand. The come back in the Fiesta Bowl last year was special but I expected it to happen. This was special because we were riding into the unknown with a freshman quarterback leading us.

- I have no regrets about going to the game. It was worth it to cheer on our team and I was proud of the way we fought. The future looks bright, looking forward to next year. Hook ‘em!

I’ve been dealing with a problem with my car the past few weeks. The remote was not able to lock the doors so I kept having to lock it manually. I was planning on bringing it into Sterling Acura but kept putting it off. I finally got a chance to bring it in today. They fixed it under warranty which is great. On the way out I asked the service rep when my warranty was up, she responded, “Oh in 5 miles.” Woow, driving home my warranty expired. If I had driven anywhere else today I probably would’ve had to pay for the repair out of pocket. I also drove to Dallas and back this weekend which put 300+ miles on my car. Glad I brought it in when I did.

Used my GPS program on my iPhone to map out my bike commute to work this morning. Not bad compared to my old car commute from up north. Follow this link to view the full route in google maps.

Distance: 3.23 miles
Elapsed Time: 15:13.6
Avg Speed: 12.7 mph
Max Speed: 27.0 mph
Avg Pace: 04′ 43″ per mile
Min Altitude: 455 ft
Max Altitude: 575 ft

2nd busy Saturday in a row. Last week I moved into my new place. This week I had:

1. Vox Leadership Appreciation Lunch
2. Coed football game
3. Nick’s Birthday dinner at Aussie’s
4. Star Trek tonight at Galaxy 10

Over the weekend I moved into my new place in Mueller. The move was pretty painless thanks to Ochs and his truck. I had already moved all the small stuff over in the previous weeks so I just moved the bed, dresser, and desk over on Saturday. The new house is only 3 miles away from UT so now I wake up at 7:30 to get to work by 8:00. Gonna test out the bike route the next few days to see how long that will take.

I think we consumed around 200 pounds of crawfish today. It was not a good idea to wear a white shirt to a crawfish boil. Thanks again to the Bagwells for hosting this and for all the delicious crawfish!