Hoops

Hoops - it seems like I've been trying to avoid jumping through them in academia, but alas, it is not to be. One of my other profs put things in perspective for me when we had lunch last week. I'd asked him to read "Semper Fi" because I wanted his opinion as a director and a dramaturg, as well as a historian. He gave me a lot of good feedback and we talked a bit about my frustrations with playwriting, at least this semester. He told me that sometimes there are hoops to jump through in grad school, and this looked like one of them. While that does not make the situation any better, at least it is more palatable now. I still dread going to the class, made even worse by the fact that our final will be at 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning, but at least I know if I want to get anywhere I need to jump through the hoops and there is no getting around it. Grr!

But, on the upside, I did finally get to go to a Texas Tech basketball game Saturday. Loved the band, loved the student section, hated the refs! Tech is not doing so well this year, but I had hopes they would beat Nebraska. Alas, it was not to be. The Huskers were getting lots of help from the refs. Pat Knight got T'd up, twice, and thrown out of the game. That really energized the crowd. I kind of felt sorry for the Nebraska bench, since they were right in front and next to the student section, but not that much. Did you know that Cookie Miller (Nebraska player) looks like Li'l Bow Wow? I didn't either until one of the students pointed it out to him - LOL! Great fun. The next home game is Saturday against Baylor. I'm looking forward to these hoops at least.