March Madness

Richard and I have been watching a lot of basketball. A LOT!

I'm rooting/screaming at nearly every game, because at the end of it all I COULD end up with about $200 in our college b-ball pool. Then I could shop!

Check out all of Richard's information on March Madness and especially the Bruins at his website bruinology.com. : )

Extra Time

If we ever get enough time on our hands, I planned out our 125-day trip across the globe :

Los Angeles to Sydney--6 days
Sydney to Thailand--4 days
Thailand to Vietnam--4 days
Vietnam to Japan--7 day
Japan to S. Korea--2 days
S. Korea to China--14 days
China to India--6 days
India to Russia--3 days
Russia to Egypt--2 days
Egypt to Kenya--3 days
Kenya to Morocco--3 days
Morocco to Portugal--3 days
Portugal to Spain--4 days
Spain to France--4 days
France to Switzerland--2 days
Switzerland to Italy--6 days
Italy to Greece--4 days
Greece to Turkey--2 days
Turkey to Hungary--2 days
Hungary to Czech Republic--2 days
Czech Republic to Austria--2 days
Austria to Germany--5 days
Germany to Finland--2 days
Finland to Sweden--2 days
Sweden to Norway--2 days
Norway to London--3 days
London to Ireland--4 days
Ireland to Brazil--5 days
Brazil to Argentina--4 days
Argentina to Chile--3 days
Chile to Peru--6 days
Peru to Ecuador/Galapagos--6 days
Ecuador/Galapagos to Belize--3 days
Belize to Yucatan Peninsula--3 days
Yucatan Peninsula to Mexico City--2 days
Mexico City to Los Angeles...

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Perhaps one day...

Notable exceptions are New Zealand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Scotland, south South America (like the Strait of Magellan), and Canada. But c'mon, adding those countries would be unrealistic.

UCLA v. Stanford

We just watched an incredible basketball game tonight. I thought I'd note it in our blog --- mostly b/c I know that in 5 years Richard will still be referencing it and I'll probably have already forgotten. Down a billion points for practically the entire game, UCLA managed to somehow pummel Stanford by 10 points in the end, in overtime. That's right. Love and Collison and Moute and Shipp and Westbrook and Mata took on the ridiculously huge Lopez brothers and conquered (though they took their sweet time, much to my distress). We were screaming like crazy at the SF Saloon on Pico with Scott and Nicole... and I mean screaming! GO BRUINS!!!!