Attention, a tragedy has occurred.

As you may know, the Large Hadron Collider was turned on about a week and a half ago. They were warming it up (and by "warming it up" I actually mean cooling it down to around -460° F) and running a few tests, building up to mid-October when they would actually start shooting those particles at each other at [close to] the speed of light. Exciting stuff! But here's the bad news: A mere 10 days after firing it up, a giant helium leak is forcing them to shut everything back down. AND, since before they can go in and fix it they have to get the temperature back up to, say, I don't know, not absolute zero (and then back down once it's fixed!), it's going to be another couple of months before the masses can really start panicking about blackholes swallowing the world. Blast! Katelan and I were getting so excited about wearing this shirt!

In the event of a velociraptor invasion, I'm doomed.

I could survive for 28 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor

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Great news, guys! If a velociraptor and I were both chained to a bunk bed with 7 foot chains, I would survive for approximately 28 seconds. Okay, maybe that's not such great news, maybe it actually means that I am a tragically wimpy pansy with zero street skillz. But you know what? I'm not really all that concerned about it. There are 2 things factoring in to my unconcerned attitude: 1) The case happens to be that velociraptors are extinct. 2) The Jones Soda cap from the bottle (Strawberry Lime!) I just opened says:

A long time, see? That translates to "longer than 28 seconds." So I feel fairly confident that I won't be encountering a velociraptor chained to a bunk bed any time soon. What a relief.

In other news, the Large Hadron Collider has not yet destroyed the world. Katelan and I will soon be buying this t-shirt and have big plans to wear it the day after they start shooting those particles at eachother. Go science!

Yes indeed, go dwags. For the more literate and less inebriated portion of the population, a translation reads Go Dawgs! It's game day at Mississippi State and I've got my fingers crossed for another win. The fact that we're playing Auburn does worry me, but hey, we beat them last year! Then again, last year we didn't start out the season losing to Louisiana Tech.

As exciting as game day is, I am not really in the mood for it today. Today I am sniffly and achy and tired and just want to stay in bed watching the rest of Season 1 of Heroes. But duty calls. So at 4:15 I will put on my brand new, never-been-worn-by-anyone marching uniform and trudge over to McCarthy Gym to warm up with the band. Atleast I'll be trudging in style though! As I just mentioned, the new uniforms are making their debut today. Exciting times in Band Land!

The game comes on at 6 pm CST/7 pm EST on ESPN2. Tune in and pray that we don't get slaughtered!

Go Dwags!