Seahawks at the Eagles

Note: Entry for Monday, 12/05/2005.

Mondays aren’t that bad anymore, because there is something to look forward to; that being Monday Night Football. But before an evening of fun, work still must be done, so here goes…

You could feel the anxiety in the air; there were those who acted cool like nothing was going to happen, and there were those who seemed a bit restless. Why all the fuss, you ask? Because in today’s microeconomics class, the take-home final will be handed out for us to agonize over. To add to the drama, Professor Davidson didn’t show up until quite late, he had a car accident (he’s okay btw) on his way over, according to the secretary who came with a big manila envelope, which inside held our exams.

So in the end, being a bit short on time, the professor breezed through the remaining material, gave us the final and laid out the rules of writing it. Basically we can consult all printed material, notes included; but no conversing with anybody outside of the class. As for our study group, we decided to go over it on Wednesday, giving us some time to write things out.

After that, it was time for lunch. I headed over to Old Botany with Seth and chatted a bit about his team, the Philadelphia Eagles. It seems that they aren’t doing too well, with McNabb out of the season because of surgery, and the whole T.O. drama. I did remember to pack my lunch, but after finishing it (sandwich and chips), it just didn’t feel like enough. That usually doesn’t happen, and I didn’t know what was the matter, at least with my stomach. But being quite hungry, I decided to go to the Union to get some burgers.

It’s nice to eat a hot and juicy burger with fries liberally sprinkled with salt and pepper, plus free soft-drinks refills. Talk about the calories, but I’m good. I have yet to gain serious weight, and every time my mom sees my photo, she’s worried that I’ve grown thinner.

With a fulfilling meal in my tummy, and some caffeine in my system, I headed over to Berkey Hall for econometrics. The professor went over a series of derivations of a multivariate problem. It was quite calculation-intensive and it took the whole class hour, and she didn’t finish it, either.
I was quite anxious to go home, because I had an appointment with the a chimney company, called “Chimnee Cricket, Inc.” for a free estimate. It seems that our chimney has a serious downdraft problem and cold air keeps coming in. A temporary solution of plastic sheeting held in place by duct tape was used, but that didn’t really help, because quite often, the tape would fail and the plastic sheeting would come off at the corners.

Anyway, so the guy arrived, and checked it out. I told him about the damper being rusted shut and stuff. He then gave a pull on a steel handle and said, problem solved. Turns out that because the old damper was rusted shut; a new external or something damper was installed and that the handle basically controlled the on/off of it. Stupid me, I never thought that was it. Oh well, at least him coming out was free. He then said something about “tucking-in” the bricks lining the chimney, saying that it would be better if it was fixed before I burn stuff. He gave me a quote of $225 including the maintenance and cleaning. This reminds me, I have to call around, get some other price quotes and then talk to him about it.

After that, I went to Owen for food and television. I got to meet Becky and Tammy for dinner; Arthur came down later, but he didn’t eat with us. Something about spending too much money dining out previously. After dinner, we cleaned up and Arthur and Becky left. Tammy and I stayed to do homework. Around 19:00 or something, Luis showed up. He joined us and we chatted a while. He’s going back home for winter break and I said that I could give him a ride to the airport on the Saturday after the finals.

We then proceeded back to our studies when Luis left. Around 20:30, I got a bit restless, so I decided to call it a night and go watch the game. Eric called earlier on (during the afternoon) to see if I wanted to see the game. I said I would and asked if he would like to join me at Owen and watch it together. It was around half way past the first quarter when he showed up. At that time, the Seahawks, playing in Philly against the Eagles, made an impressive drive for a touchdown. Arthur also joined us later with snacks and drinks. Thanks man, that was some great tea!

Back to the game, during the first offensive drive by the Eagles, there was an interception for a touchdown by the Seahawks and that basically was the tone of the game. The Eagles couldn’t get past fourth down, and the Seahawks defense was all over, with a few more interceptions that resulted in more touchdowns. The final score was 42-0, quite a blowout I’d say. During halftime, there was a dedication to Reggie White, #92 and stuff, and beyond that, the game wasn’t that interesting. Around 23:00, the café was in the process of closing, so we went downstairs to the TV room to catch the reminder of the game. Unfortunately, someone was already there, so we couldn’t watch it. I said to Arthur, Eric and Tammy that the game is basically won, and it was late, so I bid them adieu and drove home.