Dave's Blog

Alright so I'm blogging for the first time in 2009 but I promise I have a good excuse. I've been studying abroad in Ecuador since January and I will be here for just over one more month.

With Thanksgiving less than 48 hours away I figured it would be all too appropriate to write a blog concerning how badly I "overstocked my plate" this semester. I am in Walter Library - I just finished two hours worth of physiology reading and am about to dive right into chemistry until the library closes at midnight. Some might consider this a busy night, but it is one of the many previously unknown rituals that I have suddenly become accustomed to this year. If only you knew. . .

There are few things I love more in life than waterskiing. There is nothing I would rather be doing, and the fact that it is already October means only one thing: the season is almost over. In fact, for the U of M Waterski team our tournament season ended three weeks ago tomorrow.
Let me take you back to our fateful weekend. . .

I can vividly remember sitting in my favorite teacher's office with a few of my friends on May 1, 2006. Most of the students in the office were laughing, eating, studying, or simply listening to the hysterical anecdotes being told by my teacher. I, however, sat trying to relax on the faded blue fabric of his fouton while my mind raced with the question, Depaul or Denver?

The Gopher Hockey season was recently ended on Saturday with a 5-2 loss against the Boston College Eagles. Thus has sent me into the all too familiar lull of post-hockey depression. Each year since the Gophers last national title in 2003 I have experienced this, and it has become quite unpleasant.