Well, it's been awhile.  Here's some random musings from the Life O' Demko...

1.  The Illini Basketball team lost today.  Though deeply saddened I am, all should be glad that the team's first loss did not come in the National Championship game, else Demko would've walked into the cornfields never to be seen or heard from again.  Unlike Sterk's empty ocean threats, I would have actually done it. 

Anywho, when informed of the team's loss by a reporter, Bower said, "Only one loss?  On the football team, we don't stand for that kind of incompetence.  I can guarantee you that we will have more losses than that."  Bower was then informed that losses aren't good to have, at which point he yelled, "No more questions!" then struck a Heisman pose and left the room.  Rumor has it that he's busy recording his own version of a Numa Numa video.

2.  Demko did not see the game because he was reffing.  Halfway through the first period two kids came at me, one with his stick raised rather high.  Needless to say, I lost my fight with the hockey stick.  I fell to the ice, blew the whistle, and needed a few moments to gather myself.  One of the coaches was quite considerate and had ice and advil waiting in the scorer's box in between periods. 

During the second game, a youngin came up to before a faceoff and asked, "Were you the ref who got hit in the face with the stick?"  Yes, I answered.  "Did it hurt?" he asked.  My response:  "Nah.  It tickled."

I have a minor cut a bruised eye to show for it.

3.  Friday was unofficial St. Patricks Day, just an accuse to drink in the A.M. without being called an alcoholic.  At my speech comm lecture, the professor showed us ads for something called Johnnie Walker, which turns out to be a brand of whiskey.  At the end of the lecture, a drunkard behind me screams, "Do you know Johnnie Walker?"  The professor calmly replies, "No, but my father does.  He's good friends with him."

4.  Two items of interest from my Spanish TA, who is a graduate student from China (yes, my spanish teacher is Chinese).  Firstly, when asked if something was going to be on the test, he answered, "Probably, but I doubt it." 

Secondly, one day he randomly informed us never to give a clock to a Chinese person as a gift because he or she will think that you want him or her to die.

5.  The Llama Song.  'Nuff said.