Seanitude Version 2.0 This is the personal web outlet for Sean McDonald. Now serving 25% more Auburn, Bama and Ole Miss hatred.
Tuesday, December 31, 2002
4:39 PM
OK forget the Cotton Bowl shit, this comes from a site called DEBKAfile, it seems to be a very Israelli-heavy news site. Anyway, these are their headlines right now. Italics inserted by me.
Entire US Army 3rd (heavy mechanized) Division- 20,000 strong, based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, is ordered on New Year’s Eve deployed to Persian Gulf
DEBKAfile: Last US ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to renounce WMD arsenal expires Tuesday midnight as we reported in an earlier exclusive report appearing below
According to US military sources, 3rd Army commander has direct authority to use tactical (theater) nuclear weapons if Saddam employs WMD
US Col. (retired) Hackworth to Fox TV: US special forces already in Iraq are armed with ADMs -“nuclear suitcases”
Israeli defense minister Mofaz with air force commander Maj.-Gen. Halutz inspect air force’s southern base and its contingency plans in US war on Iraq
In TV interview, Mofaz affirms Iraqi missile or warplane carrying WMD may try to reach Israel.
He says similar menace posed by terrorists now that Iraqis, al Qaeda and Lebanon-based Iranian Revolutionary Guards are intermingled with Palestinian terror groups on West Bank and Gaza Strip
Seriously, he had something intelligent to say on his postgame show. Mainly that there's either some story behind this late-season break down or that the coaches need to take a good look at themselves in the mirror. Two players got in a fight before the game began. A turnover on the 12 yd line and all they get is a net gain of 0 yds on the drive and a field goal. 60 yd punt return? Nothing. Good field position all game? Nothing.
They managed to lose to four of the (if not the four) worst teams in the NFL this season. To put icing on the cake, Cleveland managed to beat the Falcons, so a win today would have put the Saints in the playoffs.
And were the players pissed after the game? NO! They were smiling and patting the other team on the back! WHAT THE FUCK? You just lost your chance at the playoffs and you assholes are happy? After that lackluster performance, they should have had their heads hung low and been quickly on their way to the lockerroom to change and get home.
Games and seasons like this are why I lost faith in the Saints years ago. I can still cheer them, but I never EVER believe they will win a game. EVER. It's safer that way and when they choke like they did today, I don;t feel stupid and angry, just angry.
At least the football team I care most about and still have faith in will be playing in January.
That's right, ESPN's gift to the world on the Second Day of Christmas is a story on how Sadaam Hussein's son, aka Delta Force Target #2, the President of the Iraqi Olympic Committee tortures and imprisons athletes when they lose. Not that this is a reason to go to war with them, but damn Iraq sucks.
I'm reminded of that classic verse from a South Park song:
I heard there is no Christmas
In the silly Middle East
No trees, no snow, no Santa Claus
They have different religious beliefs
They believe in Muhammad
And not in our holiday
And so every December
I go to the Middle East and say...
"Hey there Mr. Muslim
Merry fucking Christmas
Put down that book the Koran
And hear some holiday wishes.
In case you haven't noticed
It's Jesus's birthday.
So get off your heathen Muslim ass
and fucking celebrate."
That's right, scientists have found a way to powderize Whiskey.
Imagine what this could mean for LSU football! No longer will we be controled by alcohol Nazis at the gates. Just bring your packet of whiskey powder, buy a bottle of Tiger Water for $2, mix in the powder, and you've reclaimed a part of LSU tradition. Plus this way, opposing fans won't be able to claim that they were being hit by glass whiskey bottles anymore. We'll be throwing plastic water bottles at them instead!
Wednesday, December 25, 2002
2:39 AM
Well we did Christmas a little early at the McDonald household, doing presents after Midnight Mass. I'm typing this sitting in the nice "Executive" Chair I gave my mom for Christmas to go with her new computer. And guess who was at mass at my church this year? Mr. and Mrs. Kiwanis International Trustee Lenny Simmons! Turns out Cathy's mom goes to Nativity of Our Lord (my church) and they were there with her. Small world!
Anyway, got some nice gifts, the two best being car insurance (phew!) and an LSU Baseball jacket. I'll be wearing that tomorrow night as I cheer on the Rainbow Warriors (no, not Ole Miss) against the Green Slime.
Burning my grandfather a Louis Prima CD tonight to go with the CD player we got him, then its off to my uncle's for dinner tomorrow and then back to Baton Rouge tomorrow night to work Thursday morning and play some football in the afternoon.
The student section was yelling his name in the last minute of LSU's win over Prairieville A&M when Coach Brady cleared most of his bench. Everyone but one skinny white kid sitting in the last seat got put in. As the chant grew louder Brady had no choice but to walk over and tell him to go in. Josh Maravich hit the floor his father built for the first time and in a few seconds was shooting the last points of the game, sending the thousand or so fans there to blow the roof off the PMAC with a simple 2 pt shot from right under the basket.
He wasn't sinking shots from all over the floor or taking the other team to school, but I can finally say that I've seen Maravich play at LSU.
Tuesday, December 17, 2002
4:10 PM
How to tell if you're a secret redneck Jedi
If you hear . . . "Luke, I am your father... and your uncle..."
If you ever said the phrase, "May the force be with y'all."
Your Jedi robe is camouflage.
You have ever used your light saber to open a bottle of Bud Light.
At least one wing of your X-Wings is primer colored.
You can easily describe the taste of an Ewok.
You have ever had a land-speeder up on blocks in your yard.
The worst part of spending time on Dagobah is the dadgum skeeters.
Wookiees are offended by your B.O.
You have ever used the force to get yourself another beer so you didn't have to wait for a commercial.
You have ever used the force in conjunction with fishing or bowling.
You have ever had your R-2 unit use its self-defense electro-shock thingy to get the barbecue grill to light up.
You have a confederate flag painted on the hood of your land-speeder.
You ever fantasized about Princess Leia wearing Daisy Duke shorts.
You have the doors of your X-wing welded shut and you have to get in through the window.
Although you had to kill him, you kinda thought that Jabba the Hutt had a pretty good handle on how to treat his women.
You have a cousin who bears a strong resemblance to Chewbacca.
You suggested that they outfit the Millennium Falcon with redwood deck.
You were the only person drinking Jack Daniels during the cantina scene.
Your father has ever said to you, "Shoot, son come on over to the dark side...it'll be a hoot."
So Sean Penn says Iraq is clear of all weapons and there's no need for war. Well if Sean Penn says it, it must be true.
I hope he gets stuck in Baghdad when the bombs start falling, we'll see who he supports when there's bunker busters coming for his ass. Sad thing is, he'll be able to come back here and live his life with all the freedoms granted him by our evil oppressive government.
I wish he were an Iraqi coming to the US proclaiming how right we are. Then he could go back to Iraq. I'm sure he'd have just a good and long of a life there.
Woke up at 9:30. A few mintues later the phone rang. Cintas wanted to do a phone interview with me. I dropped a resume with them electronically thorugh LSU Career Services a few weeks back and I guess they liked it. They were nice enough to let me call them back once I got my head a little more together. I think the interview went well, the interview said she'd let the New Orleans HR Manager know she had someone interested in working in New Orleans and I said don't limit me to there, I'll work anywhere in South Louisiana. So might have a good job lead there.
At work this afternoon, a professor told me that he heard I was considering getting an MBA. He said I should axe those ideas, work a few years, and then go somewhere with a better program than LSU and get exposed to some new professors and views. Food for thought.
Grades are now in. 3 As and a B. Thanks to extremely liberal curving (one of the few liberal hings I like) in banking, I got an A (despite having an average around 70). Now don't go saying this was grade padding, he taught this like a grad class, making things purposefully hard and seeing how people did and then giving letter grades. This also means I need something like a 1.75 average in the spring to graduate cum laude. Can you say "senioritis" boys and girls? :-)
1:52 AM
OK this has been floating through various CKI e-mails, but sending out mass forwards has never been my thing. That's part of the reason I have this blog, to share things like this.
1. WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? Alarm is set for 8, I usually sleep till 9:30
2. IF YOU COULD EAT LUNCH WITH ONE FAMOUS PERSON, WHO WOULD IT BE? John McCain. It'd be interesting
3. GOLD OR SILVER? Geauxld
4. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA? I honestly don't remember
5. FAVORITE TV SHOW? South Park (Kenny's back!), The Daily Show, and Saturday Night Live
6. WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? On the rare occassion I eat breakfast, oatmeal or poptarts
7. WHO WOULD YOU HATE TO BE LEFT IN A ROOM WITH? Carrot Top
8. CAN YOU TOUCH YOUR NOSE WITH YOUR TONGUE? No
9. WHAT INSPIRES YOU? If only I knew
10. WHAT'S YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Christopher
11. BEACH, CITY OR COUNTRY? Beach and country are good to visit, but I'm a city boy.
12. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter. Bowl games, Christmas, and no hurricanes, does it get better than that?
16. FAVORITE CAR? One with an engine and working AC
17. FAVORITE SANDWICH FILLING? PB&J
18. TRUE LOVE? Not yet
19. WHAT CHARACTERISTICS DO YOU DESPISE? not being able to have fun without ruining other people's fun.
20. FAVORITE FLOWER? I don't really know anything about flowers, but we used daisies for a Homecoming tradition at Country Day, so I'll go with daisies just out of not having one.
21. IF YOU WERE TO WIN IN THE LOTTERY, HOW LONG WOULD YOU WAIT TO TELL PEOPLE? If this Wednesday (its $160 million) I'd wait till Christmas when my family gets all the money they've put into me (car, education, insurance, etc) in money cards (though might need to be careful cutting my grandfather a big check to repay him for highschool, not sure he could handle the shock). My roommates would know in about 2 minutes.
22. FIZZY OR STILL WATER AS A DRINK? Fizzy water? uhhh I'm going still. Must be some sort of Yankee question
23. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHROOM? Off white
24. HOW MANY KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING? Kenner house, shed, car, main work office, personal work office, apartment, mailbox, and St Christopher medalion keys. That's 8 (thought the St Christopher key is loose, I keep it with me when I have my keys)
25. WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE TO? An RV (Can you say following the Tigers coast to coast?)
26. CAN YOU JUGGLE? No
27. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Saturday
28. RED OR WHITE WINE? red
29. WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY? Not much, was a bad day for everyone.
30. DO YOU CARRY A DONOR CARD? Does the Blood Center count?
31. SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT THE PERSON THAT SENT THIS TO YOU: Well I've gotten 3 so far....
Paul Newfield: Has proved that not everything I've said about UNO students is completely true :-)
Michelle McKenzie: She's coming to LSU, is there anything better you can say about someone? :-)
Ashley Taylor: Can shoot a gun much better than I can.
32. WHO DO YOU LEAST EXPECT TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? This isn't an e-mail so N/A
33. WHO IS THE PERSON YOU EXPECT TO SEND THIS BACK FIRST? See #32
Monday, December 16, 2002
1:36 AM
First off, want to say that I hate Randy Moss more than I hate Gold Jerseys.
That being said, I do take some pleasure in knowing that several people who laughed and celebrated when LSU lost to Arkansas at the last second were in the Superdome to watch the Saints once again snag defeat from the jaws of victory. My God Culpepper fumbled the ball and the Saints let a Viking pick up the ball and waltz into the endzone.
New attempt at MP3, lets see what happens.
Sunday, December 15, 2002
1:38 PM
OK looks like my plan for MP3s may not work.
Will work on when I get back to Baton Rouge.
I still hate the gold jerseys and the Superdome sounds about as intimidating today as it does during a Tulane game.
Who let Gerry Dinardo play with the Saints jerseys?
Saturday, December 14, 2002
4:54 PM
Jiffy Lube Sucks and other New Orleans observations
OK went to get an oil change at Jiffy Lube. Decided to get my tires rotated at the same time. They broke one of the bolts that you screw the lugnuts onto. Now I need to go get that fixed, pay for it, and bring the receipt back to Jiffy Lube for reimbursement.
Then when on the way home, my car started smoking! Luckily, we think that is just spilled oil, but it was enough to scare the shit out of me.
After seeing the Uptown/Tulane bar scene, I can proudly say that the LSU bar scene is much better that the bar scene of UL-Willow St.
If you ever want to see what the streets of Baghdad are like after a US bombing, just drive down any of the streets in New Orleans or on I-10 through Metairie. Hopefully this will be like baton Rouge in that the hellish construction will be wrapping up soon after whenever I get there permanently.
For everyone going to the Saints game, have fun. For once I will be pulling against the purple and gold.
Just found this story on how White Supremacy groups now have women taking up stronger leadership roles in the movement. Not that I support any of what they do, just found it funny that they are having to try to modernize the way they think and work despite being stuck in a 60+ year old mindset on race relations.
Stories like this are why I have a link ot the Drudge Report on the right.
3 videos back up: The Twelve Yats of Christmas, Santa and His Reindeer Used to Live Right Here, and Ain't Dere No more.
DIX PACK OF SIXIE!
9:20 AM
NO MORE FINALS!
NO MORE FINALS!
NO MORE FINALS!
Never a good way to start a final when you MISSPELL YOUR OWN NAME! I mean I've only known how to spell "McDonald" since Kindergarten or so. There's an "a" in there I know that.
Well I continued my above average ways in baking getting 15 out of 25 on the multiple choice section. The average was 13. I just hope that the professor sticks to his word on how he gives grades and doesn't let his anger and rage cloud his judgement.
Working till 12, then going to try to sell about 50 lbs of books out of my schoolbag (though I'm sure all my books now have updated editions and won't be bought back) and go home.
Good luck to everyone not done with finals (hahahahahaha) and see everyone on Friday
The article says that this "was discussed publicly for the first time Monday night."
Well have to call BS on that. This has been in and out of public discussion for some time. Longer than people think. Just how long?
Back when my grandfather was an alderman on the Kenner City Council in the 1950s!
Once again, this has been talked about since the 1950s. So if its taken 50 years just for discussion to get to the media, I think we can expect to see this light rail system in place in time for Ole Miss's next trip to the Sugar Bowl in 2573.
With a 7-7 Record and ranked 11th in points scored in the 12 team league, the 8th-ranked Baton Rouge Tigers slipped into the aPaFL playoffs after losing to the Texas Kitten Killers last night. They will face the top team in the league, The Ginchiest (10-4) this weekend
The Baton Rouge Auburn Haters sit in last place in the Circle K league at 3-11.
For those of you that don;t knwo the Powerball jackpot is $101 million this Wednesday! I already bought $5 in ticktes. What the hell. I might lose, but think if I win! :-)
I used to work in a convenience store when the powerball hit $180. That was a crazy night. A line 30 people long for tickets almost all night (3 in the afternoon till 9 when lottery sales ended) If we ever had a lull my boss had me print $100 in tickets that sold in about 10 minutes each time.
Anwyay, just saw my powerball ticket on my desk and thought I'd reminisce for a second.
Oh, and anyone ridiculing this $5 doesn't get to come to the party I'm throwing when I win :-)
I just hope my calculation of needing about 65% on the final to get an A was right.
The GA says we learned what Profit Margin Premium was but I've never heard of it!
If I get less than a B final grade, I will fight it.
Staying at work another 15 minutes then going home.
No final tomorrow so if anyone wants to try to forget today's finals let me know.
9:55 AM
OK before you read the rest of this post, everyone in LSU Circle K knows I love all yall.
That being said, I just found this picture online and the first thing that I thought of was Jody's inspirational "Soar like an eagle" e-mail he sent to the LSU eGroup months ago.
Having posted that, please remember, I'm a committee chair, so if I were using this to talk bad about our club (which I'm not), I'd be talking bad about myself too!
Saturday, December 07, 2002
2:59 AM
Well, I've brought back music to the site, but going to limit myself to MIDI files since they are smaller and less illegal.
Also, I can edit them for sound if I don't like what I find. I changed the first song, Boogie Down, from its original orchestration to all brass instruments and redid the balance a little to let the main melody stand out. I downloaded a huge pile of MIDIs tonight that I will randomly play with and fix up if I see fit. Right now the the collection is mostly some oldies, country, a little rock and some other stuff. I'm looking for Christmas music to put up (or may try to sequence it myself to waste study time).
LSU students, you should recognize this song. If you don't go to a basketball game, you will know it then.
Friday, December 06, 2002
11:09 PM
No more class!
No more books!
No more teachers' dirty looks!
OK I'll still get the dirty looks since I work near half my teachers, but no more class! I got a 75 on the banking group project, which considering the high was 85 and the low was 30, and that he grades based on how everyone turns out, not on a numerical scale (my 83% on the midterm was the highscore and I was congratulated for getting 70s on the quizes by the grad assistant). I;m actually ranked 4th in the class of 40, so lord knows what I will get.
So far I have As guaranteed for Sports Marketing and Real Estate Finance without taking finals.
Commercial Bank Management (my hardest class) final is at 7:30 AM Monday and Sports Law is at 7:30 AM Wednesday. I'm willing to take Bs in both. I'll be happy with Bs. I just want this semester over!
If you're going out with Matt Sat night, see you there. If you're not, see you next Friday for Alison's production.
1:35 AM
This isn't going to be a weekly scheduled thing or anything, just something I'm doing now and may or may not do anymore.
And now from the home office in Kenner, LA...
The Top Ten Things In My Room That Are Out Of Place and Should Be Put Up
10) LSU Basketball Schedule Poster
9) LSU CKI Communications/PR/Newsletter Chair folder
8) Cox High Speed Internet Self Installation Pack
7) My Belt
6) LMT CKI "Pat" Hat with pins
5) Laundry Bag of Dirty Clothes
4) Phone Message Pads from Work
3) Laundry Bag of Clean Clothes
2) 1, 2, 3 Empty Cups
And the Number One Thing In My Room That Is Out Of Place and Should Be Put Up...
The sleeping bag that hasn't been used since Tioga!
11:40 AM
For those of you that would like some reading enjoyment outside of studying for finals, once the press conference in College Station happens this afternoon (Franchione is there now) visit the Tider Insider and watch the carnage unfold. Some has already begun. One suggested that the Bama ROTC to set up 44 MM guns around campus to shoot down his plane if he tries to return to Tuscaloosa to address the players.
11:20 AM
So I was wrong when I laughed at Bama people for comparing Franchione to Bryant. He's just switching schools in reverse order.
Wednesday, December 04, 2002
6:16 PM
Everything looked good on my huge 21" monitor at work, but when I got home, I saw problems and had to fix a few things here (like shrink all the pictures down)
Looking better now.
Got to "walk" from my Real Estate class today (leave class w/o having to take the pre-final bonus quiz or the actual final) with an A! So only two finals (7:30 AM Monday and Wednesday) for me!
Oh, and if anyone can interpret what the Texas A&M "cheerleaders" (the gay looking guys in the white slacks and shirts in the picture below) are doing, please share it with me!
4:17 PM
Hey redid things again here, getting closer to what I want I think.
BTW, here is the new LSU Circle K drinking game.
Everytime someone resigns, take a shot.
If its a board member, take a double shot.
If its the president, finish the bottle.
That put's this year's total at 9 shots if you count committee chairs that resigned their position when they moved to the board.
Tuesday, December 03, 2002
3:14 PM
Texas A&M students assuming the position.... to cheer?
1:55 AM
Was starting this as a comment in Bobby's blog, but decided to do it here instead.
It seems like (as my law professor would say) the fit is hitting the shan all over in CKI right now. I'm willing to bet that its unfortunately no more than the normal average, just concentrated a little closer to home for me than normal I guess.
I want to leave this short before I say something I really shouldn't, but rant mode is ON.
To Circle K members worldwide. I want you to think back to the real reason you joined CKI. For about 50% I'd think it started when you're walking around campus, maybe at a student organization fair, and you see the table for Circle K and you look at it and you think it would be a FUN WAY TO SPEND YOUR FREE TIME IN COLLEGE. About another 30% I'd say joined (like me) because they wanted to do stuff with friends already in the organization. The other 20%, former Key Clubbers that had fun in Key Club and wanted to keep it up in college.
The percentages might be off, but you'll notice all three groups joined for one basic reason, TO HAVE FUN.
Once you join you learn about the leadership opportunities and the fun of doing service, but somewhere along the way alot of people have somehow gotten massive sticks stuck up their asses and turned into machines trying to find ways to do more and more and more and more until the point where Circle K becomes more important than school, family, friends, and enjoying the 4-7 (8, 9, etc.) years of freedom that is college.
We put way too much pressure on ourselves. Too many of the goals we set are based on numbers and not ideas. Doing X service hours and attending Y Kiwanis meetings to get points for the Club Achievement award is not why we do things, or at least it's not the reason we should do them.
I think you can read Bobby's update and pretty much just sign my name to that too. I'd give some further CKI comments here, but people would think I was just copying exactly what he thought and said.
I'm going to give some final advice before I go to bed and watch the rest of the Hugh Hefner Roast.
Finals are coming up. For most of us that means we aren't allowed to hold meetings by our universities. LISTEN TO YOUR UNIVERSITY! Take the 2 weeks off to worry about books and finals and let the Circle K shit wait. It's an EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY. Not like you can really have anything that pending right now since school's about to be out for a month. Stand back, take some deep breaths, get some sleep, yell "FUCK CIRCLE K!" at the top of your lungs for a few hours if it helps, just do whatever you need to do to get away from whatever stress CKI is inflicting on you right now and worry about the more impontant things.
Oh, in other news, eaTme fired R C Slocum today, look for Alabama Head Coach Dennis Fifthchoicione to leave the University of Alabama - Probationville for eaTme in the next week or so. It's not like Bama has a bowl game to prepare for.
"If we must take this war into their homes and burn them to the ground, we will do so."
-Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
President, Louisiana State University
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