NCAA

It's been a while since I've written an actual update about moi. Right now I'm soaking in the last great sporting event I'll be participating in until football starts back up in the fall. This is especially key because Tiffany isn't here to receive the awful torture of having sports being watched/talked about/referenced off-hand, which seems to cause her and many women to react as if they've been personally insulted. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

I had a job interview this past Saturday and another this morning for the two biggest school districts around me, Corona-Norco and Riverside. The Coronoa one went well, as I dazzled the two women interviewing me with my disarming smile and wit. I won't hear from that district until mid-April, but from talking with other students in the credential program as an "intern teacher" I will still be paid at or near regular teacher salary - needless to say this would finally give a reason for my existence out here, and the monetary compensation is enormous compared to my current job of testing the limits of my credit with various lenders. The Riverside interview didn't go as well, but the two districts have different interview policies: Riverside's pre-lim interview is really just to make sure I have all my paperwork, while Corona's is a little more extensive, asking a dozen or so work-related questions. Anyway I wandered into the Riverside USD building at 9 a.m. sans caffeine, which proved to be a big mistake as a my interview consisted of being asked five rapid-fire questions that at any other time were simple but in my drowsy and suddenly confused state I found perplexing. After asking a question, the interviewer was greeted with a ten second silence while I slowly repeated it to myself.

In other news, I'm sunburned on my back and face. One class is completed and the second class will be over after a final exam Monday night. Tomorrow night is a badass St. Pat's party (I know the holiday is on Saturday, but we're Irish here and don't mind spreading the cheer across multiple days/weeks). Also, why the hell is CBS showing UCLA/Weber State when Duke is doing its best to fully play out the tools they are by losing to Virginia Commonwealth in the first round? That's a downside of living on the West Coast, you have to put up with West Coast sports. They suck. On top of that, nobody here even cares. Oh wait, CBS just switched to the Duke/VCU game - they had to stick with the 2 seed UCLA until they were up by a comfortable 24 points - shit they just switched back! This game was over as soon as it was written in the bracket! Who the fuck cares about this game? UCLA is up by 20 with ten minutes left in the game, Weber State hasn't made 10 field goals in the game - why can't we watch something interesting? My only thought is that Duke has cried enough to the refs that they're going to go ahead and let them blow out VCU just to shut them up. Quote from UCLA game: "And that's the first points for Weber State in five-and-a-half minutes!" Why is this televised?

Also way to go UGA, stomping over another West Coast pansy league team, Fresno State, in the NIT. In the first half Fresno made one non-three point field goal and three free throw points. They made nine 3's. It was ridiculous. They refused to step inside the three point arc. UGA stopped even pretending to guard the paint, they would triple-team whoever was at the top of the key and Fresno State still thought they it would be a good idea to keep hucking up low-percentage three's all day. UCLA up by 27 with 7:40 left; Duke up by 6 with 10:00 left. Stupid CBS. Stupid West Coast not being sports oriented. Stupid Bon Jovi doing Hanes commercial.

"Don't worry, we'll get you back to Weber State and UCLA in just a second, but let's take a peek at Duke!"... "Duke doesn't have a lot of spurtability..." What does that even mean? Duke is up by 6 now, UCLA still by 27. Sorry, I'm done bitching about this.

Well I picked Texas Tech over BC. I always pick Bob Knight for no good reason. Also Michigan State is going to beat Marquette, which I do not want to happen. I have Arkansas beating USC (12 over 5) because the Pac-10 sucks, Texas beating UNC, and 6-seed Louisville going to the Final Four.

"Well this game is already wrapped up, UCLA dominating from minute one." Meanwhile, Duke's lead is down to ONE! Why the fuck are we watching this boring-ass mismatch? "UCLA's defense has really shut down Weber State." The girl's varsity softball team could shut down Weber State!

EDIT (the next day): I suck at making tourney picks.