Thanksgiving Weekend

So as last weekend concluded I certainly had a few things on my mind. Last week was the infamous rivalry week of BYU vs Utah in the Holy War, friday was Black Friday, and Thursday was good ole Thanksgiving.

To start the week off, I made sure to put my Red Univ of Utah U magnets on my car, my Utah flag on my car, and I tried to wear as much red as I could. I know it sounds excessive, but I hate BYU fans way more than I hate the Y itself. I don't really have that much hatred for the Y. They recruited me out of high school, I went to the games, and I competed in the Y kicking camps my junior and senior years and won MVP both years. But the fact that they never formally offered me a scholarship and asked me to just walk on really doesn't bother me. Its the attitude of the BYU fans that chaps my hide. They act like 13 yr old kids that have a new game given to them, and then are punished when their parents take away their privileges. Its the whole holier than thou attitude, the god's will, the immature pouting, and lame irrational comments that get made by them.

So the game ended up 17-10 with BYU once again driving down the field with less than 2:00 min left and scoring. I'm only gonna say 2 things about this game then move on. The defensive coordinator did the same thing as he did last year on the 4th down and 18 to go. Lets not bring the same pressure we have brought all game that has worked, but lets drop back into coverage and let the BYU quarterback pick us apart. He didn't necessarily make an amazing play, but the cornerback bit on the QB scramble and didn't have the deep help he should have. Either way a bad decision on the Def Co's part. And last of all, and I know how this is gonna look and sound, but I would have gracefully conceded a win to the Cougs had they marched down the field like last year, and kicked a field goal on us. But to get another 30 yds on questionable calls (possibly make up calls from earlier in the game), and then win does indeed piss me off. They weren't that impressive. They didn't earn those yards. If they had than I would be okay with it. But when Bryan Kehl goes into our WR helmet to helmet, and our guy slams into the ground back onto his head, and no call, nothing, of course a personal foul call that late into the game on us that was no where near the extent of a foul that Kehl did to us, it upsets me. It bothers me. But.....its over. Next year I guess.

Now on Black Friday I have to admit is quite the interesting event in my life circle. I have friends who just take this as an excuse to blow money. Its okay, there are tons of savings, so lets spend absurd amounts of money on questionable things. Yeah, okay, there are good deals. But good deals can be found anytime. Just a little patience and research will do wonders. Great deals can be found on Black Friday, but to a select few. The first people in line. The ones who have camped for over 24 hours. I just think its rediculous. I looked through the ads, found of a few specific items that I wanted to give to specific people, and I woke up and drove to Shopko at 5 a.m. and bought the items and drove home. I saved money on those items, didn't buy anything that I really didn't need to, and I'm happy.

But while at Shopko I witnessed something that I have been itching to get off my mind. Obviously its early in the morning with lots of crazy people wandering around. Well at Shopko once you picked out your items and wanted to check out, they had a designated winding route that made it organized so the checkers wouldn't be overloaded. There was one worker telling you which checker to proceed with. The rest of the surrounding areas were blocked or barricaded off from access to the checkers. Basically there was only one way to buy the items. Well as I'm getting checked out, I here this lady yelling at one of the workers standing on the inside of the barricade to let her in. She's yelling, "you better let me in right now, I'm handicapped". The employee stated to her that she need to go to the designated line and wait like the rest of us and that she would be accommodated over there if she need it. Well the lady started yelling at the girl one more time, "Let me in, I'm handicapped. If you don't let me in I'm gonna force my way in". Well she did. She pushed her cart through the barricade and was flying to the shortest checker line. She was a fat lady who was booking it with her cart full of whatever. This really irked me, I mean seriously what right does she have to claim being handicapped? Was she born that way, was she born fat and doomed to have problems, or was it rather a self-inflicted disease that she basically did to herself. By the way she looked, the things she said, her unwillingness to do as the rest of the Shopko customers were doing, I would wager that she is just a flat out lazy obese individual who happens to have health problems with no one to blame but herself. She could walk around and stand in line like everyone else. I even wonder if she parked in the handicapped parking at 4:55, walked to the front of the line before the doors open and said to the people who had been camped out for hours and said, "I'm handicapped, so I'm first". When what she should have done is parked her fat butt on the opposite side of the parking lot, walked all the way over, carried all of the items she was getting with her hands, and then stood in line like everyone else. This might have helped her reverse her inevitable doom. Lazy people drive me crazy........