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i should have thought of this idea first instead of taking out some major loans to go back to grad school. on second thought, i probably wouldn't get bids in the millions but maybe i might get enough to buy myself a happy meal.

awesome trojan news (from earl):
"USC coach Pete Carroll said Monday that All-American safety Taylor Mays, cornerback Josh Pinkard and tailback C.J. Gable would return next season."

i'm ecstatic about mays and pinkard returning. not so sure what to think about gable. i think i would like to see what marc tyler could do back there but i guess it's nothing to complain about.

hey for all my married friends, did you guys go on the "engaged encounter" retreat? missi and i just got back. i don't think i've talked about so many feelings ever in my life.

just 3 days til pasadena marathon. this is definitely the last marathon in my foreseeable future. i might concentrate on running half marathons next year. hopefully i really do free up some time in may so i can resume really training hard.

for now, i have the perfect pushup! anyone have it? its pretty awesome. besides using that, i'm trying to eat good this last week. i know its a bit late, but right now i feel like i'm lendale white running a marathon.

i'm also looking forward to finishing the semester. we have a month off of school until spring semester. my last break from school was last december so it'll be good to have no homework for a few weeks.

anyone in pasadena this weekend? let me know if you are interested in checking out the run. here's a link to the map for anyone interested.

weekender this weekend. beat the farm!

caught wicked again with missi on friday night. teal wicks who plays elpheba was awesome. the woman who played g(a)linda wasn't as good as the one we saw the first time (laura woyasz). all in all, its a bit troublesome that i knew all the words.

the next day i planned to run 24 miles. didn't happen. i got umm...10 in? the marathon in 3 weeks is gonna hurt. really bad.

to compound my not running enough, kevin and i hung out for the az game. we drank jager bombs. we ate fried chicken. we ate nachos. then we proceeded to take turns slapping one another in the face to see if that would help us sober up. not sure if it worked.

and sunday, i was just useless. utterly useless. it takes me over 24 hours to recover from drinking. i didn't leave the house the whole day. didn't work out, didn't see the sun. had two fantasy basketball drafts and watched way too much football. i don't even know if i brushed my teeth or showered.

on the bright side, i got an A on my project management midterm last week!

what is everyone upto for halloween?

so there was a vp debate. i should talk about that. and there is that bailout bill that i should REALLY talk about...

but hey this is burgs.net.

here we talk about the new ds and sports!

check out the new nintendo dsi that is launching in japan.

after an email from joghas, i had to include this. vh1's top 100 hip hop list (actual list on bottom of link). some notable omissions. some bad calls. anyone care to comment? (i know exactly what you are thinking...where's snow and vanilla ice!)

and this weekend big games. dodgers and sc. rich v actually scored me a ticket to game 4...not trying to jinx or anything but umm..there might not even be a game 4? petros calls it a pivotal game for the pete carroll area. i call it a must win.

fight on! beat the ducks!

my computer got fried this weekend. literally. i smelled the smoke, opened up the computer, and smoke came out.

i debated fixing it up but i realized i've had it for over 4 years. i also have all the files backed up. so i just ordered a cheap 500 dollar computer from dell and will just use it til it crashes.

in fantasy news, i'm 2-2 in p4p and 3-1 in my other league. i won my baseball league which is super sausage but hey, i'll take the money.

good heroes last night...i like this season so far. much better than season 2. at least its moving pretty fast!

usc vs oregon this saturday! fight on!

"When DeSean Jackson learned 'SC had already promised the No. 1 jersey to Turner, he eliminated the Trojans from contention. Granted, there were several other breakdowns in communication that had already left a feeling of doubt in DeSean Jackson's mind about signing with the Trojans. But learning he would not be able to don the No. 1 jersey was the straw that broke the camel's back."

thank you desean jackson for your boneheaded play last night.

sincerely,
brian westbrook

52-7! woohooo trojans number 1! and beanie wells hurt! ok while this is cause for trojan nation to celebrate, let me try to temper the enthusiasm and look at some of the negatives (something i'm great at).

-turnover differential was even. i still want to be +1 or +2 in the turnover department each game. i think the d did their job. its more about the o (and special teams) not turning the ball over. ok my bad on this, i'll strike this out.

-penalties. without this, its a 52-0 shutout. remember, the trojans led the pac-10 in penalties last year.

-batted balls. 4 batted balls? i thought this problem would be fixed with booty out, sanchez in. sanchez definitely has the height to remedy this. lets hope this gets corrected.

lets wait to see the status on wells. the other wells (his backup, maurice) just isn't as good so thats a major talent dropoff if beanie can't go.

thanks to jogahs and atl for hosting for the uva game. hope you are all having a swell 3day. fight on!

street racers in eagle rock. take your lowered cars somewhere else please. these guys must have gotten excited that vin diesel and paul walker are coming back for fast and the furious iv.

its official, p4p king vs golden boy. it will inspire me to run at the rose bowl and at griffith park more since manny likes to train at gp and oscar at the rb. crazy thing is the bout is set for dec 6th, date of the usc/ucla game.

speaking of the trojans, beat the cavs!

i hate to say i told you so but...
davon jefferson, i told you so.

now instead of living the good life hanging out with mark sanchez and the usc song girls at chanos....you'll be playing at sioux city or grand rapids in the cba. good luck with that, devean george 2.0.

the nba draft could even be more exciting though. my ideas?

a) make it 3 rounds. ok the 3rd rounders probably won't make the league but its another round to nitpick and dissect.

b) make it on the weekend like the nfl draft.

took my dad out for fathers day last night to mortons. we had this deal. pretty good stuff.

i have a new favorite show on tv. intervention on a&e. have u seen it? its a trainwreck, but a smart trainwreck. its no flava of love 3 or beauty and the geek.

went to taco tuesday at fred's in pasadena yesterday. fred's is the old moose's. although its the same ownership, def not as cool as moose's. 2 dollar tacos is a sweet deal though.

cool, just looked ahead at sc's fall schedule. homecoming falls on my bday this year!