when the pretty birds have flown, honey I'm still free

I wish I would have had seats this good when I was in college. After visiting my former college haunt, seeing what college folk look like now, and staying up past midnight 2 nights in a row, I can officially state...I am freakin' tired and I look it. I swear every college person we passed that evening looked like they were 12. The route to and from Assembly Hall took me past almost every apartment and dorm I lived in while in C-U...which I of course pointed out to Jinn.

"I lived in this apartment building the summer between my freshman and soph year...and there's the dumpster that was under my bedroom window. I got woke up really early every Thurs." "That's where the serial rapist ran into the glass enclosure around the stairwell right next to our apartment--we heard the thud when he hit it before he ran off." Ahhh...memories.

The Bulls/Jazz game took a bit to get rolling. Lots of sloppy play in the first half. Plenty of unfinished runs to the basket, missed passes, and just general silliness. Things were much improved in the 2nd half. Both Derron Williams and Derrick Rose are amazing to watch. There were several times I had to look up at the instant replay because I couldn't believe the pass that each of them made.

Could have done with out the Luv-a-Bulls. I'm not sure this game was worth a costume change mid-way through. The first ensemble featured the word "Bulls" in bright red letters on the lame excuse for shorts. Oh, you want me to look at your ass? Thanks for clearing that up for me...I couldn't figure that out from your gyrating hips and thrusting pelvises (or is that pelvi?).

Saturday night brought Mamma Mia. Having seen the movie, I already knew what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised by just how strong the woman playing Donna was--she had a great voice and was a solid actress. The guy playing her ex "Sam" looked a lot like David Hyde Pierce. According to the playbill, he portrayed "Electricity" in the propane tv ads! His singing was strong as well.

One of my sales reps is a new dad as of Sunday. His daughter wasn't expected until the end of this week. He's going to be out most of this week so it may be a bit of a rough one for me. I'll either be confused a lot or I'll be bored. He sent out an email with pictures Sun. afternoon and forgot to tell us they'd had a girl! He kept referring to her as "the baby" or "new arrival." They have yet to choose a name. At one point he was saying he wanted to name a girl Camero. I told him he should just buy the pole now if he was going to do that.

Finally, I watched the SNL bits with Sarah Palin and they were so-so. Tina Fey was funny as usual, but Palin, Lorne Michaels, and Alec Baldwin's stuff dragged. I got really focused on watching their eyes shift from the cue cards to half glancing at each other. It didn't even seem as if Alec was talking to Palin. Perhaps he was afraid his eyes would be burned beyond repair if he stared into the face of Satan for too long...