Colds suck.

I am battling a nasty cold, so I haven't had the energy to use my brain as I should - hence no blog posts for a week. Instead, I've been working on my syllabi for the upcoming semester from my home office on the couch, knitting O a scarf, and providing my brain with mindless pop culture before I have to dive into the semester, by watching the first three seasons of Heroes via Netflix's awesome "watch instantly" feature. I had never seen an episode of Heroes until last week. It's okay, nothing great (I'm told I should reserve that adjective for the new Battlestar Galactica or the original British version of The Office - my money is on The Office, athough I do love me some good Sci-Fi) and there are a few interesting characters. I'm on episode nine of season three - I'm guessing this is the season where the show jumped the shark. I'll stick it out to see what happens. Plus, it's something to do while I knit and feel miserable from this damn cold.

Here's to hoping the Sooners can hang on and find some more offense. I am not a Florida fan. Dagnabbit, Florida is about to score. Someone remind me to write about the annoying conflict between most academics I know and sports. I've had people assume the worst of me because I enjoy college sports. Silly, silly people. You can read Habermas, go to obscure documentaries AND enjoy a good college basketball game (or the BCS National Championship). It is possible.

It's 2009...yay.

I'm not a big New Years Eve person. I used to be, but no longer. I think if I lived in a more exciting city and could walk everywhere or take public transportation, I would enjoy NYE much more. I'm not a fan of drunk drivers on icy roads. I'm really hoping 2009 brings some good things my way. The past three years have not exactly been stellar. I had major health issues last year that I am hoping stay away for good. I'll be stepping up the exercise and overall health-consciousness to help speed that along.

My Hawkeyes beat the pants off South Carolina today, so I suppose my 2009 is off to a good start. I have about 2 weeks to knit, read and relax before the semester starts back up again and I plan to take full advantage of that. On Tuesday, I visited the library and picked up When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris and Under a Green Sky by Peter Ward. One should make me laugh (I hope), the other will probably depress or scare the hell of out me.

I'm not feeling super-inspired tonight, musically. I might wait until tomorrow to post another 80s gem. I'm a cheery loser, eh?