Trey Songz from the Coach Carter Soundtrack.
It snowed last night. I dislike this. Cold is fucking miserable. The misery increases when I have to hike around UNM to do my thing...and wait in the cold for the bus across town. Yick.
I can now play super nintendo games on my Droid. Seriously. This isn't a phone, I don't know what to call it, but not a phone. Multimedia extravaganza? Eh, phone is much shorter. :P
My Lobos won their game last night against UC Riverside. That was kind of a creepy game, considering yesterday was a year to the day when I moved from Riverside to ABQ and became a Lobo. So, Lobos are 1-0. Tar Heels are 2-0 and they play again today I believe. Kinda not worried about them, that whole national champs thing. Basketball season! Love it. W got me all hyped up and involved mid/end of the season last year, and I had such a fucking blast watching the games and yelling at the TV (Lobos got yelled at...a lot.) that I've been anxiously awaiting basketball season since the final game of March Madness. I hate my school academically, but hey, I'll yell and howl and do the lobo thing with my hands because it's fucking fun, dammit.
Our Lobo gang sign or whatever:
We (yeah, I said we) have a really young bball team this year, one senior starter actually. Last year's team was actually fairly decent but also mostly seniors so we'll see how this year goes. Because of all the young players, I'm not expecting us to go far at all. I believe we're starting with one senior and the rest freshmen and sophomores, or least that was the line up last I heard. We have ONE senior and TWO juniors in our lineup. This year's team is Lobo puppies, basically. I'm really curious as to how we'll play this year. UNC is UNC and nothing more needs to be said, lol.
Now, the one thing that I'd gladly put up against ANY team's is the Pit Arena. The energy, insanity and noise in there during a game is fucking surreal. I don't think any team in the country has the energy of the Pit. I can't even describe it, but it's incredible. Of course, all of that energy is being used on a team like the Lobos, but hey, can't have everything. :P
I'm not a fan of women's basketball. It's just not as intense as men's basketball, the pace of the game and the play style is very different and not in a way I like. Though if I want intense women's sports, I should be watching our soccer team, yeah? Sheesh. Google UNM's women's soccer if you don't know what I'm referring to, but most people do, it made national news. Between that girl and Locksley pummeling an assistant coach, I'm starting to wonder what the fuck is in the Gatorade in the sports department.
In a bit of social experimentation, I've been trying to see if people react differently to me when I smile. Instead of walking around campus with my usual scowl which by the way is just what my face defaults to, I've been consciously making myself smile. Now, obviously, it's a very similar smile to the one in my hat picture. It's a very insincere smile since my the muscles around my eyes are not involved in the smile. It's mischievous and cute though. It's funny, I'll be around campus and realize I'm not smiling then force a smile. I have to consciously maintain the smile, if I get distracted by something my face defaults. Anyways, I've noticed two things. Females seem to be more hostile to me when I smile. I'm still trying to figure out WHY. It's a decent majority of them, about 75%, seem to give me more attitude when I talk to them. Maybe it comes off as condescending? No idea. Guys come up to me more, which is technically a bad thing. I get massive anxiety when I have to make small talk with people I don't know. But at the same time they're hitting on me so I like the boost to my ego. I'm not interested in seeing anyone currently, so they all get shot down. I've made a couple of new friends this way though. The whole idea of people changing how they interact with me when I smile is really weird and curious to me. I'm exploring my world and how people respond to me. It's scary, but fun.
Alright, time to go study.
~A.