March Madness has begun. There are a lot of great ideas out there, but the whole �bracket� idea is one of the best ever. There are sixty-four teams in the tournament each year (I guess maybe some would argue there are 65 now with the wild-card spot) and if it weren�t for the brackets, I�d probably not give a rip for any except Florida. But, thanks to the bracket idea, I�m suddenly either rooting for or against each of the sixty-four teams. I was pretty excited today because UNC-Wilmington won. Did I even know that there was such a school as UNC-Wilmington a week ago? Nope. But all of a sudden, I�m rooting for them and I get a point for a first-round upset. And to think I didn�t care a lick about college hoops till I got to college.

Some say that each day brings something new. Today brought a pretty cool new thing for me�I was MC tonight at our Crusade meeting. I�ve always sort of wondered if it would be as fun as it looks or if I could pull it off and I�ve decided that the answer to each is �yes�: It is definitely as fun as it looks and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it (which qualifies as me �pulling it off� in my mind). I think one thing I enjoyed tonight was the pressure. It isn�t often that I�m actually in a pressure situation and, as long as I don�t have a guitar in my hands, I totally thrive on pressure. I can almost physically feel my brain kicking into a different gear, backup power supplies firing up, little mice-reserves being brought in, the whole deal. I sort of remembered back to last year when I was leading the Weekly Meeting Planning Team�for about an hour before each meeting, I was constantly being bombarded with last-minute requests, ideas, lack of punctuality, almost any hitch that could be thrown into the system was at some point or another. I loved every minute of it.

Anyway, I have another guitar lesson bright and early tomorrow morning (that translates to 10 am in slacker time), so I need to get some rest. Eight hours is out of the question now, so I�ll have to salvage what I can tonight and make up for missed time via napping tomorrow. I love naps.

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Unbelievable. I spent 5 hours today, waiting in line to see the Kentucky vs. UF game. That is really out of character for me–I usually wouldn’t be able to justify spending 5 hours sitting around waiting to watch a basketball game–but, I thought, “What the heck. I’ll give it a shot. We have to win anyway, because we’ve lost the last two and we’re one of the best teams in the country.” Turns out we lost by 2 lousy points. So, I spent about 8 hours today, waiting to see our guys lose by 2. Ouch.

Anyway, I just finished watching Pretty Woman for the first time. It’ll probably be the last. Honestly, I don’t get it; everyone always says, “You haven’t seen Pretty Woman?! Man, you gotta’ see that movie.” I just don’t see what all the hype is about. Julia is a good actress and Richard did a good job in the movie, but I never really caught what was so special about this particular prostitute that she changed his life. She seemed like a nice enough girl, but when it comes down to it, I just don’t see what set her apart from the rest. Yeah, she knew a little about cars and she was kind of feisty, but there are lots of feisty, car-knowledgeable women that aren’t prostitutes. Why didn’t he just go find one of those?

I better get some sleep. I have a dilemma tomorrow in that I have 4 consecutive classes, but the third one is cancelled. So, I’m wondering if I should go to the first 2, then leave and skip the last one, or if I should stick around and kill an hour before attending my last one. Why does life have to be full of so many tough decisions? Ah, the life of a college student…

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