BCS

Texas is #1

Florida is #5 or #8, depending on which poll you look at

The BCS Championship Game is in Miami

if either team goes- I WANT TO GO SO BAD!

...but what are the chances?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowlprojection?season=2008&week=8

(check out Feldman's prediction)

beef

Let me preface this by giving a friendly reminder that I am a registered Republican.

Why do so many people think Sarah Palin is a strong, brilliant, qualified woman and then just say Hillary Clinton is a bitch?

A friend of mine told me how upset she was that Hugo Chavez said Palin is just a beauty queen. Not because it's Palin, but because he shouldn't say that about women in general. I understand and agree that it's wrong for him to be passing judgment on anyone... I mean, he's downright evil and he wants to be judgmental?  Anyways, that discussion got me thinking about all the people I know who would stand up for Palin's strength as a woman and turn around and put down Hillary... then get upset when they encounter someone who doesn't worship Palin.

I am a 21st century feminist. Women's rights is a deal breaker for me. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of a woman from any party being in the White House, but it would honestly make me sick if Palin becomes that woman. She doesn't deserve it... not compared to the many women out there from BOTH parties who have worked their butts off to get where they are.

Let's talk about Kay Hutchinson, a Republican Senator of Texas, since I just read about her recently. 

"In 1993, Texas elected Kay Bailey Hutchinson to the United States Senate in a special election, making her the first -- and, to date, the only -- woman elected to represent the state in the Senate.  One year later, she was re-elected to a full six year term.  And in 2000, she received more votes for her re-election to a second full term than any other statewide candidate had ever received.  In 2006, she was again re-elected by an overwhelming margin.  She serves in the Senate leadership, having been elected by her colleagues to be a chairman of the Republican Policy Committee in the 110th Congress, making her the fourth-highest ranking Republican senator and the highest ranking Republican woman.  Sen. Hutchinson also serves on the Republican National Hispanic Assembly (RNHA) National Advisory Committee."

She got her law degree from UT... before the Senate served in the House of Representatives and as Texas State Treasurer... named one of the 30 most powerful women... has a very strong history of beating democrats in elections... And you're telling me Palin is better suited for the VP office? I know, I know, Hutchinson is probably happy where she is, and maybe didn't want the nomination, but Hutchinson is only one example of many extraordinary women who should be in Palin's place.

There are too many brilliant women out there to waste our times handing privileges to the ones with the most makeup and highest heels. The fact the Republican committee chose Palin over the many qualified Republican women out there shows how shallow and ignorant they believe this country to be.

Palin will never break the glass ceiling. If she gets into office it's not a big step for women- it only proves the double standard that ugly, old white men can get anywhere but you have to be a relatively young, beautiful woman to even challenge them. No woman will truly break the glass ceiling until she cuts the makeup, pulls down the hair, puts on trousers and a loose blouse and still makes it to the top. Hillary came closest and maybe that's why I love her so much.  I didn't necessarily agree with everything she had to say, but I still have the utmost respect for her. Her relative androgyny intimidated people and earned her the "Bitch" title, but I'd rather be a bitch than shallow.

scary

I'm scared of white people.

Want to be know why? Watch this:

Any McCain supporters with even an iota of intelligence should be appalled and embarrassed by the ignorance surrounding the campaign.

wonderful weekend

so... last weekend was pretty amazing and I'm going to walk you through each amazing part!

1) MIKE GOT A JOB! yaaaay We went to dinner at a place in the warehouse district called Starlight to celebrate. Delicious.

2) We saw Benny Benassi- yup, third time this year. Can't get enough of him. Made some new friends, danced, had a great time!

3. Mike was nominated "Young Alumni President" of the Lone Star Gator Club :)

4. Our friends threw a "House Divided" party for the Florida/LSU game. My friend Katelyn from UF lives with two Tigers so it literally was a house divided! They did an amazing job decorating so here are some pictures of their condo...

Their garage

Les Miles and Urban Meyer showed up!

"Die Hard Gator Fan"

Britney Spears was mad the Gators were winning so she took her wig off...

The food was also amazing. Our chef, Kelly, treated us all very well!

She made this LSU vs. Florida cake

Fried Alligator (I didn't eat any, of course)

"Crawfish Kelly" -an item from her parent's Cajun restaurant

We had a blast! The Gators won 51-21 so HALF of the party was thrilled!

aw, despite our differences we can all get along :)

parah salin

I need to update on my insanely good weekend, but since I haven't gotten all the pictures yet I'll just post some great pictures I found today when doing a little Sarah Palin search.







and my personal favorite......

Austin City Limits

School is a pain but at least living in Austin makes up for it!

Last week Mike and I got free tickets for the third and final day of the Austin City Limits music festival. The lineup was pretty good... we saw Gnarls Barkley, Against Me!, Blues Traveler, the Raconteurs and the Foo Fighters. Our absolute favorite performer, though, was Joe Bonamassa... just an awesome guitarist jamming out. We actually live in walking distance from the park, which was wonderful considering all the major roads around us were shut down. Probably the highlight of the day was when Mike bought me a cowboy hat. I don't know how I feel about it... but I think my relationship with Texas is moving a little too quickly.

Other than that, our lives have consisted of football, football and football. Going to UT football games, watching UF football games with the Gator club, watching football at home, at restaurants, anywhere it's on. Gotta love football (minus our loss to Ole Miss last weekend).

A bunch of us are participating in the AIDS walk in downtown Austin to raise money for research on October 19. The weather has been beautiful so that should be fun :)

A heartbeat away

Tonight's VP debates were great. I think both candidates did a stellar job (in their own ways, of course, because neither actually did a good job if you really think about it). Let's talk with a little bit of psychology... Biden was great with central-route processing. For a good deal of the debate you really had to pay attention to him, and that could hurt him with the average joe. He spouted off facts, numbers and made sure everyone know McCain's history. Palin was great using the peripheral route... by connecting with the people by looking right at the camera, really emphasizing the things she wanted people to remember (ie, Alaska is an "energy producing state") and constantly reminding us of things we already know. Not much thinking had to go on to understand what she was saying, and that's not always a bad thing (especially if you're the in the market she's trying to attract).

I obviously side with Biden, but I was disappointed with a few things he said. I think he got either tired or overwhelmed towards the end, but the debate went in his favor. Following the debate, an analyst said Palin's biggest problem was that Biden knew McCain's records better than she did. That was pretty obvious, but she kept that I'm-going-to-knock-you-with-a-ruler smile going the whole time and good for her.

I didn't appreciate that Palin talked her way around answering questions. We've seen it before (Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric), and I think this was her opportunity to talk to her critics and say, "I am qualified and I can handle this job." Instead, she did what her critics wanted- she spouted out memorized speeches and avoided directly answering questions. Biden called her out once or twice, but I wish he had more. He could have really "drilled" into her (in typical Joe Biden fashion), but as much as I would have loved to have seen that, I'm not sure it would have been the best for his reputation.

Anyways, this debate was so much more interesting than the presidential debate. 

I may not like Palin as a person, but I adore her as an entertainer! (she shouldn't take that as a compliment)

Don'cha'know?

Go Joe!