HEYHOWSITGOIN?<\/p>\n
I hope you all had an excellent Mardi Gras. What I have determined is that Minnesotans don’t really know how to celebrate, but we managed to find a good party nonetheless: the Jack Brass Band<\/a> played at Dixie’s on Grand, and there was southern food and piles of beads for everyone. It was a great time, and I can’t wait for their record release in a couple of weeks. That’s about the only thing that could get us to the Varsity, really.<\/p>\n Going backwards in time:<\/p>\n Monday we hung out and watched Coyote Ugly<\/em>, because Cindi said I should see it, having been to the bar in Fort Lauderdale. I wish to have those two hours of my life back, please.<\/p>\n Sunday was the Superbowl. Duh. Holy crap, it was exciting. Eli Manning makes me laugh every time I see him, because he always looks either completely blank or incredulous. Also, Tom Brady is a douche, so it was fun watching him get knocked over by huge angry dudes.<\/p>\n Saturday, Matt and Wendy and I went to the Mall (where we made it rain on the 12-hour dance-a-thon<\/a>), and to the Winter Carnival<\/a> in St Paul. We then went to Lyle’s for Cindi’s birthday. She’d been telling us about the birthday donut she used to get as a kid, so I contacted her mom to ask about it. She shipped me a giant donut from North Dakota, and sent photos of what it was supposed to look like.<\/p>\n So Thursday I frosted the donut (my new favorite non-euphemism ever), and presented it to her<\/a> on Saturday. WIN. Also, we watched the second Gophers-UND game, the one where there was a fight during the handshake (WHO DOES THAT?) and where the Sioux coach got suspended for flipping the bird<\/a>. Hey! Sioux suck!<\/em><\/p>\n Friday night, we convened at Grumpy’s before the first Gophers game. Wendy and Cindi were going to meet us there for a drink and then go to Big 10 to watch it, or at least that’s what we told Cindi. When she got there, we handed her a ticket and all headed over to Mariucci Arena. It was a good game, the Gophers looked more like their usual selves, and the Sioux won<\/a> in overtime with a really lucky goal batted out of the air a player in front of the net. Eh. Nobody got in a fight, and that’s what matters. It felt like it’d been forever since we’d seen a live game!<\/p>\n In other news, I started lifting again, and holy crap, I feel like at least 14 million bucks. It’s kind of amazing. I’m going slow because I’m worried about my neck injury and messed-up rotator cuff, but it’s been awesome. I’m sore every day in that way that means progress.<\/p>\n Matt came downtown for lunch today, and I had the awesomest sammich ever (bbq mock duck). I could only eat half of it, and I’m wishing I’d kept the rest here instead of sending it home with him, because I could be using that as a pillow right now.<\/p>\n Happy Mittwoch! HEYHOWSITGOIN? I hope you all had an excellent Mardi Gras. What I have determined is that Minnesotans don’t really know how to celebrate, but we managed to find a good party nonetheless: the Jack Brass Band played at Dixie’s on Grand, and there was southern food and piles of beads for everyone. 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\nJenni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"