Well, it was pretty unfortunate that McCoy had to sit out basically the entire game. Horns did a heck of a job staying in it though with a freshman QB. I feel like Texas made plays happen but just couldn’t overcome having such an inexperienced QB (which, IMO, played as well as we could have expected given the circumstances)… and pretty much gave Alabama the majority of their points due to mistakes. What can ya do. They were able to capitalize on the mistakes when Texas couldn’t with our 2nd string QB. Congrats, Alabama. Texas special teams did some pretty nice stuff too.

On the plus side, with Gilbert playing like he did, seems like he could do much better with more training/experience. Too bad Shipley won’t be around next year.

Hook ‘em!

Okay, I’m going to confess that I’m pretty nervous about this game. However, I didn’t have much hope the last time this happened either. That time, which was pretty ridiculous, I updated the accent color on OliverWEB to be orange to celebrate the win. Coincidentally, the previous accent color was also pink back then (pardon the shirtless pics =p)…

I’ll do that again this year should we come out with the win.

HOOK ‘EM!!

As is probably apparent by my previous posts, I opted to stay in town to welcome in 2010 instead of venturing to Dallas with Heather, Steph and Ryan. That being the case, I saw in the new year with a few peeps over at my place who just hung out and played games mostly. I also volunteered to dog-sit Ally as Chancy went to another party.

On Saturday, since nearly everyone is out of town for a while, Mark and I worked on our frisbee technique. I’m happy to say that I am quite content with where my back-hand throw is now (it previously was utterly terrible) which has gotten stronger and more accurate. After nearly two hours of that, we went to get food then Brook showed up with a few peeps and we played a relatively short 3v3 game. <3 Ultimate.

I also watched the Tech and Cowboys games, Sherlock Holmes, and the ending of a horrible “SyFy” movie - Flu Bird Horror. I’d say two of those four were satisfying, one was mediocre, and one, I am lucky to have seen without suffering brain damage. I will let you guess which is what.

“You’ve been around for such a long time now
Oh maybe I could leave you but I don’t know how
And why should I be lonely every night
When I can be with you, oh yes you make it right” - Tracey Ullman

Welcome to 2010!

Here was Owiber.com’s word cloud for 2009:

Heather and Steph have kidnapped my roommate for the New Year festivities in Dallas, so I’m:

…again. But! That’s not bad as I think a nice and easy countdown to the new year doesn’t sound very terrible at all. I’m itching to do something somewhat creative/productive though, so we’ll see if I can muster up anything (don’t hold your breath).

As a side note, in 2000, when asked where I’d be ten years from then, I said:

I’ll be 26… possibly married, making money… probably got a master’s in Computer Engineering… leading a happy life. =) Hopefully. =)

In 2004, I said in five years, I’d:

Stable job… somewhere… I wonder if I will have a girlfriend then… lol. Owner of an Infiniti G35 Coupe. =)

Apparently my future telling was not very keen back then… married? Hahaha… oh little Oliver, you slay me.

See ya in 2010!

One year after The Great Food Roadtrip of 2008, there will be MEATCATION!!! Behold version 0.87 of the Meatcation agenda:

Open house dates will be announced and people are free to show up whenever bringing meats of their own for us to cook. =)

I will consider myself blessed if I’m fortunate enough to work with a group like my BV team in future endeavors. Cheers!

Rest of the photos here.

Friday was a good day. Started the day with our quarterly Bazaarvoice All-Hands at the Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar, which we will soon have to move from because we’ve filled it up). Congratulations to all my team members who won awards! Here are some photos!

Then, we had our holiday party early (so we could celebrate with our international teams who flew in this week) at the Driskill.

They had scallops, which I consider to be the bacon of the sea!

Then, some of us closed the evening by chilling at Jim’s for a while.

Ah… in the words of Steve Balmer…

“I have four words for you. I love this company, yes!!!”

I have a few video clips… I might get around to uploading them all eventually, but for now… here’s one:

“A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on” -Journey

My fireplace is currently hidden behind my couch and I’m pretty sure I will never use it. However, after a conversation with Nancy, it will soon have purpose other than just being in the way. Woo! More updates to follow… hopefully tomorrow or the day after. =)

On another note, I am taking the week after Thanksgiving off. Mark and Andrew will be over and we will be making lots of meat. It will be known as meatcation.

“Yeah, it’s been a long, long time.
Such a site, you’re lookin’ better than a body has a right to.
Don’t you know we’re playin’ with the fire?
But we can stop this burnin’ desire, Leah!

Ah! Leah! Here we go again!” - Donnie Iris

Here are picks from BV on Friday. Oh, and our team hit our team goal for the quarter! Woo! Congrats, guys!

Plenty more pics here!