6 November 2007 - It's somthing unpredictable...

CafeAbroad.com continues to ruin my life. Earlier in the year, I had to print a retraction over I Am Dan's use of the fake word "lede" after it was brought to my attention that "lede" might be more legitimate than I had thought.
Well just yesterday in a game of online Scrabble, I was down to my final three letters in a very competitive match. And sure enough, I saw a spot on the board and I put down "L-E-D-E" in a move that should have won the game for me.
Except for the fact that my opponent challenged the word and guess what? HE WON. "Lede" is not a valid Scrabble word. And seeing as I trust a board game more than dictionary.com, I retract my retraction and I will continue to call Dan a total and utter retard. Check and mate.

Onto the reflectrospective:
Top Five Things I'm Looking forward to in Los Angeles
1) My dog. Nuff said.
2) Seeing the sun again. This entire semester has been like 30 Days of Night. My deep, George Hamilton tan has faded to the point where I might be mistaken for a brunette ginger kid.
3) Not cooking for myself/City Wok sesame beef.
4) Joe Torre helming the Dodgers. But more importantly, the promise of Larry Bowa being Torre's proxy for home plate tantrums.
5) The potential that the spring semester at CMC will be even better than my time in Auckland. SUIT UP, men. It's going to be one hell of a time. Just remember: No classes on Friday.


In other news: in honor of the WGA strike, Heroes actually put out a decent episode last night. Although I totally called Kensei being the killer, I was pleasantly surprised with the cliffhanger ending. Sadly, it looks as though the world once again needs saving and the only recourse is *sigh* save the cheerleader. Weren't we already at this point of tedium last season?
My auto-drafted fantasy team continues to run wild (if only everyone else in the league would pony up their $20 for the pool...).
Stephen Colbert won't be running for president for at least another four years.
And both Generalisimo Franco and Edgar Stiles are still dead. Although the same can't be said for Tony Freaking Almeida! Hopefully the WGA strike won't ruin Tony's triumphant return from the dead.

Death to the infidels,
-MGD
Max Davison is a junior at Claremont McKenna College. He was born in the summer of his twenty seventh year, coming home to a place he'd never been before. He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again. You might say he found the key to every door.