Well, like a lot of people, our internet server went down, with the collapse of Excite, sometime Fri night/Sat morn. But it was back up sometime this morning, so all is good with the world.

The 2002 World Cup Draw took place Sat @ 10:00 GMT, and it looks like the US has a good group (good, as in good for their chances to advance). The US will have all of their 3 first-round games in Korea. Group F looks unbelievably tough, with England, Argentina (who have no love lost between them), always tough Sweden (a sentimental favorite of mine) and Nigeria, the strongest African side. Almost not fair, since all of these teams will likely be worthy of advancement come tournament time.

Sat. night was interesting. I rolled over to Tad�s house in Redmond. We ended up watching a couple movies, one of which was Eyes Wide Shut. I�m a big Kubrick fan, but the movie was� well� interesting. It was a little too slow, really, but interesting. About 11:00 o�clock Tad had an insatiable jones to head down to Krispy Kreme in Issaquah. I was hesitant, knowing that there is always a long wait and THEY�RE JUST DONUTS, PEOPLE!!! Tad insisted that it shouldn�t be that bad, and Chris (Tad�s roommate) and I reluctantly decided to go. Once there, we saw the line was quite long, even at 11:20 on a Sat night. THEY�RE JUST FUCKING DONUTS, PEOPLE!!! We ended up waiting � AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES for our fucking donuts. I ended up getting a dozen devil�s food and a dozen Strawberry jelly filled. I had only ever had two Krispy Kreme donuts before, and I found it remarkable how normal they were. THEY�RE FUCKING DONUTS, PEOPLE!!!! Nothing I experienced last night made me alter my opinion. In fact, I feel like a real jackass for actually taking part in what has got to be the most inexplicably asinine social phenomena to roll around in years. THEY�RE JUST DONUTS, PEOPLE, SIMPLE FUCKING DONUTS!!!

Today I mostly sat around and watched football, and I went for a jog around Green Lake.