well, the eagles didn't make it to the super bowl, but i think i'm going to have to root for the panthers because of bruins deshaun foster and ricky manning jr. (both of whom had breakout games yesterday). the patriots do have jj stokes (also of 49ers past), but i think it'll have to be carolina. unfortunately, i really wanted the eagles to win, so i don't really care as much anymore.

it's interesting how people sometimes surprise me with harsh realities of society, and how i don't realize how it'll affect me until it does. i was talking to arlene about judgment this weekend, and it followed two judgments people had made of me on friday... and both were surprises to me because both were snap judgments and neither gave me the benefit of the doubt. one was image-related, and one was behavior-related, and both affected me so much that i was irritated about them all weekend. while one was from someone i don't even know, the other was from someone i know fairly well... and both made me pretty upset that they would be so quick to pass judgment on me for whatever reason. i'd like to say that i try not to judge people, because who am i to judge? in truth, though, everyone has judgments to make to some degree... i mean, we look for specific characteristics in people we select to be our friends, significant others, mentors, etc. those are judgments of a positive sort, so the people we weed out are being judged somewhat negatively. while i feel like i try to get along with everyone as much as possible, i know there are people i like better than others. so, i guess i shouldn't be so surprised when people pass negative judgments on me, but i feel like i should at least be given a chance before someone cuts me down. not everyone is willing to allow that chance, though.... and if someone is going to pass negative judgment on me in the first place, why should i care enough about them to want to change their minds?

other than that, though, i had a pretty decent weekend. liz let me work out with her at her gym on friday night, and she had me doing some power lifting (yikes!). she's trying to help me get in climbing shape, because we have high aspirations! :) we went to see big fish afterwards, which i liked even though it was slightly hokey. i like ewan mcgregor a lot, though. (i like tim burton, too.) saturday, arlene and i went out to walnut creek to watch the bruin basketball team get slaughtered by arizona. we met up with other bruins at the stadium pub, which was fun. it's always cool to watch sports with other fans :) sunday was more climbing with liz and marla.... liz and i both got our belay certification, too. yay! today i'm in at work to get some abstracts written, and i'll probably take friday off in lieu of the MLK day holiday. only one other coworker is here, so i should be able to get some good work done.

happy monday!